Home topics technology digital-blogs Digital Digital 20 ideas to inspire your next eNewsletter Kristin Huddleston April 19, 2012 It’s that time again, the deadline for your upcoming email newsletter is looming and you just can’t find the energy or inspiration to even start. In fact, you find yourself staring at the screen with eyes slightly out of focus and fingers itching to type ‘w-w-w-dot-f-a-c-e-b-o-o…’ into your web browser. Sound familiar? Well help is at hand. Instead of procrastinating, shake off the cobwebs by going for a walk (depending on the neighbourhood), bouncing ideas around with a colleague, or drawing a mind map to organise your thoughts. If that doesn’t work, check out the list of ideas below. Make some friends 1. Invite other staff members to contribute stories to the newsletter. 2. Find that person who’s always taking photos of team activities and projects and ask if they’ve got anything you can use. 3. See that grad student sitting and staring out the window or that guy whose project has just finished? Go and have a chat and ask them if they would like to help brainstorm or have a go at writing an article. 4. Make friends in high places. Many company directors and team leaders often have messages or news they would like to share with clients but they just don’t have the time. So help them out and ask them if there is anything important they would like you to write about. 5. Introduce the new guy