# Short guide to create a newsletter for Jekyll

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**Created:** [June 5, 2024, 6:59pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/short-guide-to-create-a-newsletter-for-jekyll/9230 "2024-06-05T18:59:53Z")\
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Hi,  
I know it’s hard with static site to keep a list of subscribers and send them a newsletter. But it’s not impossible 🙂

Here, I share a guide to have a newsletter, using an RSS feed and RssFeedPulse

**Enable your RSS feed**

An RSS feed is a simple text file that contains your latest blog posts in XML format. It’s a standard format that allows other websites and services to read your content.

You can generate an RSS feed automatically using a plugin like [jekyll-feed](https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll-feed) in 3 steps

### Step 1: Add the jekyll-feed Plugin

First, add this line to your site’s Gemfile:

```auto
gem 'jekyll-feed'

```

### Step 2: Configure the Plugin

Then, add this line to your site’s \_config.yml:

```auto
plugins:
    - jekyll-feed

```

### Step 3: Install the Plugin

Finally, run bundle install to install the plugin.

```auto
bundle install

```

The plugin will automatically generate an Atom feed at /feed.xml.

**Create a campaign on RssFeedPulse**  
Then, it’s possible to use [RssFeedPulse](https://rssfeedpulse.com) to create a newsletter.  
You have to register and create a campaign.  
You have to give the url of your feed when creating a new campaign

**Add a form to collect subscribers**

Then you can add a form for users to subscribe.  
You have to insert a form, either in the footer, or after any content (like a blog page)  
You can copy paste the markup from RssFeedPulse

And, that’s all. Every new blog posts will appear in the RSS feed, RssFeedPulse will read it and send an email to your subscribers

Bye