One of my favorite project types is newsletters. They are fun to put together. They are interesting (usually) and also provide a steady source of work. I do a fair number of newsletters now:
- CGH Insurance Group’s monthly employee newsletter (cghinsurance.com/newsletter)
- the American Institute of Architect’s monthly newsletter (www.aiabham.org)
- the Alabama Sierra Club’s monthly newsletter (alabama.sierraclub.org)
- Your Town Alabama’s bi-monthly newsletter (yourtownalabama.org/news/index.php)
- Alzheimer’s of Central Alabama’s quarterly newsletter
- and a couple more that I’m probably forgetting
Most of these newsletters are online only. A couple are print. I really enjoy working on both types. Print newsletters are great, because everybody gets exactly the same experience–if you choose a font, you can be sure that it will look the way you want. If you choose a layout, nothing will mess it up. Web newsletters are fun, too, though, because you can plug loads of information in, you can make them “clickable” so people can access even more info.