Let's talk about using Logseq for content creation!
Our Community Manager @rroudt has been writing a curated newsletter using Logseq for more than 50 editions.
This is his step-by-step process 👇
@rroudt Why would you write a curated newsletter, and why use Logseq for it?
Curated newsletters are useful to share what you're learning about, or to share progress on projects for your job.
Logseq helps you to streamline the entire process.
@rroudt Every process has inputs, outputs, and the steps that lead to the outputs.
The easiest way to input useful resources or notes into your Logseq graph is by setting up a template.
Here's an example of a Logseq template for quick capture 📥
@rroudt Decide on a few standard tags or properties for your quick capture template.
No need to complicate things; a todo and two or three tags usually suffice. We'll use these values in a query, so make sure the combination of values is unique in your graph.
@rroudt As you go over your day-to-day activities, you'll encounter useful resources or ideas.
To quickly capture things for your newsletter, run your template on the daily journals page. Nest any notes underneath the block containing properties and tags. This will feed your queries.
@rroudt The easiest way to retrieve blocks in Logseq is by using a query.
Queries are like a saved search/inbox. But using a few properties or links, you can create any pipeline process you'd like.
For the Logseq newsletter, @rroudt uses this query to fetch all collected resources:
@rroudt While Logseq is an outliner first and foremost, it's also an excellent companion for long form writing.
To make it easy to export text out of Logseq, write paragraphs as sibling blocks (so without indenting one after another).
Next, right-click and Copy As to export:
@rroudt We use @Ghost to send our newsletter, but many other platforms play nicely with Logseq's Markdown export.
Paste the text from the previous step in your newsletter editor and delete the bullets. Now you're all set for sending!
See the final result here:
blog.logseq.com/newsletter-1-y…
@rroudt @Ghost These are the steps that @rroudt uses to produce the weekly Logseq newsletter in less than two hours total.
Want to build a similar process? Join tomorrow's event where Ramses will give an extended demo and answer all of your questions.
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