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Useful Newsletters

By Kim Myeong-gyu Reporter, Senior of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Don’t you want to get the latest news, trends, and insights? Or don’t you want to be the first to know about your favorite brand’s new products, services, and events? Subscribing to newsletters that provide you with this information can be very useful.

Newsletter is a platform for businesses and individuals to share important information and connect their audience on a regular basis. There are a variety of customizable newsletters for a marketer, entrepreneur, freelancer, or those who are simply looking to learn and grow in a field.

You can receive high-quality information  by your e-mail regularly and directly when you subscribe. You can choose from different topics and industries that interest you, including marketing, technology, finance, healthcare, etc. And newsletters offer hard-to-find information like expert interviews, case studies, and in-depth analysis.

If you are unfamiliar with newsletters, do not worry. Subscribing is easy and often free. All you have to do is find a newsletter that interests you, enter your email address, and receive updates immediately. You can decide to unsubscribe anytime if the content is irrelevant or unimportant to you.

In this article, I will show you some of the best ones that provide high-quality information in three categories: current event/trend, economy/real estate, and taste/sense.

♦ Current Event/Trend

      1.      Newneek

It is a newsletter for busy people who are interested in what is going on in the world but can not watch all the overflowing news. Newneek is a current affairs newsletter covering many areas, including politics, economy, international, labor, human rights, tech, culture, and the environment. Newneek’s mascot, “GOSUM,” is the speaker who explains a wide range of various issues in society. It is easy to read by organizing the main flow of each issue as a whole and applying a friendly dialogue. Also, there is no problem with the depth of information because reports that need to be known or are difficult to understand in the past produce in-depth reports separately!

      2.      Upcle

It is a newsletter that briefs you on what happened today. It is a current event/trend newsletter that easily releases important news in various fields such as politics, economy, international, and culture. It selects one issue a day and explains the related story, and the text/design composition is simple, so it is recommended for those who are burdened with a long newsletter.

      3.      Careet

It is a newsletter that gives you a glimpse of the latest trends in fashion. In particular, it is a trend newsletter that communicates with the MZ generation to catch and quickly deliver the things they are most passionate about right now. It is recommended for those who want to read about the trends in the changing times. You can get insights on content planning and marketing for the MZ generation.

♦ Economy/Real estate

      1.      Uppity

It is a newsletter that summarizes economic and financial stories that people have difficulty in understanding and sends them by email. It is an economic newsletter that talks about money in real life, from investment news such as stocks and funds to an introduction of economic terms and issues related to financial products. It is an introductory newsletter for beginners who are just starting to manage money and want to do well in financial technology.

      2.      Booding

This newsletter is recommended for people who have been avoiding real estate articles due to difficult real estate terms. In particular, it provides useful information for tenants and end-users suffering from real estate problems, and explains in easy language from basic terms to policies/issues to young people whose “dream of getting a house for themselves” is increasingly distant. The interesting feature of it is that it has a section where subscribers’ real estate problems/issues are answered, and solutions are provided.

      3.      Card Gorilla

Card Gorilla is currently the largest credit card platform in Korea. It searches, compares, and recommends credit cards and check cards released by domestic credit card companies and banks. Through this, it provides information on how to use credit cards and check cards well. It provides popular credit card and check card information in real-time, and introduces consumption stories that anyone can sympathize with in everyday life, and even useful tips for using cards well.

♦ Taste/Sense

      1.      Ccatalog

It is a newsletter that creates review content with the motto, “Even if it is not fun to live, let’s have fun living.” It introduces not only new products but also fashion, movies, books, and exhibitions. If you read this, you can get the desire to buy something that you did not have, and it brings hot services and the latest news in the world, such as new products, who is the hot artist these days, and what is popular among the MZ generation. Also the style of dialogue is friendly, so it can be easily read as if reading a message.

      2.      LongBlack

It is card news designed with the concept of being able to read for only one day. Long Black puts a time limit on content, leading to the action of ‘read now.’ Therefore it forces subscribers to be diligent. LongBlack mainly deals with branding or business trends, and you can find stories about brands you have not heard before. Rather than brands that everyone knows, such as Coca-Cola and Apple, it deals with the story of brands with a stronger personality, so if you want to encounter fresh topics, LongBlack is highly recommended.

Subscribing to a newsletter is a small investment for yourself. You can save money and time with letters packed with good news/information and fun letters that can heal for a while in your busy work. It also provides information periodically and connects people who share similar interests. It is also effective if you want to promote your business. I hope the newsletter will enrich your day.