BrightKite

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A newsletter that matches the season

Your customers live by a calendar. Budget season, conference season, the quiet weeks of summer. BrightKite knows what time of year it is, and times every issue to match.

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Three seasons of the year shifting the tone and topic of the weekly newsletter issue.

Generic newsletters are weirdly timeless

Most automated newsletters could have been sent any week of any year. They have no sense of season. They wish you a productive week in the second week of August, when half your readers are on a beach. They say nothing about budgets in October, when budgets are the only thing your buyers are thinking about.

A newsletter that ignores the calendar feels like a recording. A newsletter in step with the year feels like it was written this week, for now.

We track your year, not just the months

Every industry has a shape to its year. We learn yours. When the planning season starts, when buying slows, when your conferences cluster, when renewals come due, when your customers are flat out and when they have time to read.

  • Budget and planning seasons, when buyers are deciding
  • Conference and event season, when your industry gathers
  • The slow weeks, when a shorter, lighter issue is the kind thing
  • Year-end and year-start, when people reflect and plan

Then each issue is timed to fit. The topic, the tone, even the length. A heavier strategic piece in planning season. Something quick and human in the dog days of summer.

Set once, right all year

You don't build a content calendar. You don't brief us each quarter. We already know the rhythm of your year, and every issue lands in step with it.

If your calendar has a date that matters, a launch, a busy stretch, a deadline your customers feel, email us once and we plan the surrounding issues around it.

Questions, answered

How do you know our seasonal pattern?

Partly from your industry, partly from you. We ask about the shape of your year during setup, and we adjust as we learn what your readers respond to.

What about one-off dates, like a product launch?

Email us the date and what it is. We will build the run-up to it into the issues around it.

Does seasonal mean holiday emails?

Not unless you want them. Seasonal means in step with your business calendar. Holiday sends are optional and entirely your call.

Will the summer issues just be thinner?

Lighter, not lazy. A shorter, well-judged issue in a slow week respects your reader’s time. The standard never drops.

See what your newsletter could be

Twenty-five minutes. We'll look at your business and tell you, honestly, whether a BrightKite newsletter is worth it for you.

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