Meeting Title: Bi-weekly Newsletter Review Date: 2024-12-10 Meeting participants: Ryan Brosas, Anne, Uttam Kumaran
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1 00:02:07.350 ⇒ 00:02:08.360 Uttam Kumaran: Hey, guys.
2 00:02:11.250 ⇒ 00:02:12.769 Ryan Brosas: Hello! Good morning!
3 00:02:13.240 ⇒ 00:02:14.019 Uttam Kumaran: Hey! Good morning!
4 00:02:19.530 ⇒ 00:02:20.250 Ryan Brosas: That.
5 00:02:22.695 ⇒ 00:02:25.440 Uttam Kumaran: Cool. Do we want to talk about Newsletter stuff.
6 00:02:26.320 ⇒ 00:02:27.180 Ryan Brosas: I?
7 00:02:27.810 ⇒ 00:02:30.730 Ryan Brosas: Yes, I guess. Yes, sure.
8 00:02:32.730 ⇒ 00:02:38.589 Ryan Brosas: So so from the last from the last
9 00:02:39.202 ⇒ 00:02:43.630 Ryan Brosas: newsletter that we have. I already have like already.
10 00:02:45.590 ⇒ 00:02:48.430 Ryan Brosas: Like what they call this the structure it.
11 00:02:48.560 ⇒ 00:02:54.600 Ryan Brosas: and make it like a template on the on the what do you call this on the motion
12 00:02:56.005 ⇒ 00:03:08.170 Ryan Brosas: templates let me share my screen. So oh, hey, so
13 00:03:12.810 ⇒ 00:03:14.130 Ryan Brosas: letter
14 00:03:33.090 ⇒ 00:03:34.050 Ryan Brosas: here.
15 00:03:35.220 ⇒ 00:03:41.670 Ryan Brosas: Yeah. As also you stated that we need to work on the subject.
16 00:03:42.470 ⇒ 00:03:49.630 Ryan Brosas: Already. Take that on, mind. So I already put some subject line here so we can. So I can have like
17 00:03:49.790 ⇒ 00:03:54.450 Ryan Brosas: 3 options for every newsletter that we have.
18 00:03:54.940 ⇒ 00:04:05.879 Ryan Brosas: So when when the blog post for Tuesday and Thursday is approved.
19 00:04:06.468 ⇒ 00:04:12.140 Ryan Brosas: I can start the newsletter. Then I can tag you, Tom, for the notes
20 00:04:12.430 ⇒ 00:04:15.260 Ryan Brosas: and I can note.
21 00:04:15.260 ⇒ 00:04:15.820 Uttam Kumaran: Great.
22 00:04:15.820 ⇒ 00:04:25.300 Ryan Brosas: Colleagues, which is I think this is from the previous content. But you know, leadership, content.
23 00:04:25.590 ⇒ 00:04:32.070 Ryan Brosas: tools, industry, news, turning resource innovation. It. It really depends on, you know, on the
24 00:04:32.320 ⇒ 00:04:34.894 Ryan Brosas: on the link that we are going to share.
25 00:04:35.180 ⇒ 00:04:35.710 Uttam Kumaran: Okay.
26 00:04:36.680 ⇒ 00:04:41.120 Ryan Brosas: Topics. I think this is really the same. Yeah.
27 00:04:42.178 ⇒ 00:04:48.139 Ryan Brosas: Alright, this is also the one we mentioned. This is also like
28 00:04:48.630 ⇒ 00:04:56.820 Ryan Brosas: the same the format of what we you know what we did on the fake jam
29 00:04:56.840 ⇒ 00:04:59.750 Ryan Brosas: so that well, you should read.
30 00:05:00.330 ⇒ 00:05:04.970 Ryan Brosas: and I think this is really a good template. So so I can follow this team.
31 00:05:06.740 ⇒ 00:05:07.060 Uttam Kumaran: Okay.
32 00:05:07.760 ⇒ 00:05:11.679 Ryan Brosas: Or the I think the
33 00:05:12.090 ⇒ 00:05:18.348 Ryan Brosas: the only problem that I have from previous newsletter is the the
34 00:05:19.740 ⇒ 00:05:24.244 Ryan Brosas: the font, I guess, because I don’t have the the font, but
35 00:05:24.770 ⇒ 00:05:33.660 Ryan Brosas: and already provided me the phone so I can use the the correct notes of note section
36 00:05:34.510 ⇒ 00:05:41.179 Ryan Brosas: I think that’s all. Oh, I already have the the font, so I can use these correct
37 00:05:41.230 ⇒ 00:05:44.190 Ryan Brosas: our resource for this for the section.
38 00:05:45.080 ⇒ 00:05:48.010 Uttam Kumaran: Okay, yeah, that was gonna be, that was gonna be. My. Only thing is the
39 00:05:48.370 ⇒ 00:05:54.450 Uttam Kumaran: is the notes section, like, let’s not use the image. If we can just use the text.
40 00:06:07.820 ⇒ 00:06:09.050 Ryan Brosas: And
41 00:06:10.070 ⇒ 00:06:17.356 Ryan Brosas: I think that’s all for for my on my side on the writing or content side.
42 00:06:18.820 ⇒ 00:06:22.030 Ryan Brosas: I forget where the the.
43 00:06:22.030 ⇒ 00:06:26.619 Uttam Kumaran: Can we pull? Can we pull up one of the newsletters from last time? The only big thing is like
44 00:06:26.990 ⇒ 00:06:28.480 Uttam Kumaran: for the blogs that
45 00:06:28.720 ⇒ 00:06:34.169 Uttam Kumaran: the thing I really wanted to? Was it just to be like a summary of like what we talked about that that week?
46 00:06:36.330 ⇒ 00:06:40.699 Uttam Kumaran: So remember, we, I was like, put the article key, takeaways.
47 00:06:41.210 ⇒ 00:06:44.720 Uttam Kumaran: Why you should read it next right.
48 00:07:07.530 ⇒ 00:07:08.410 Ryan Brosas: Here.
49 00:07:08.930 ⇒ 00:07:11.760 Uttam Kumaran: Yeah. So I think it’s, it’s pretty good now, actually,
50 00:07:17.310 ⇒ 00:07:21.299 Ryan Brosas: So should I shorten this much more destruction.
51 00:07:21.300 ⇒ 00:07:23.719 Uttam Kumaran: I think it’s okay for now.
52 00:07:45.740 ⇒ 00:07:48.139 Uttam Kumaran: yeah. And then at the top. Yeah. So the.
53 00:07:48.310 ⇒ 00:07:49.780 Ryan Brosas: The biggest thing is.
54 00:07:49.800 ⇒ 00:07:52.800 Uttam Kumaran: We need a subject, we, we need a better subject.
55 00:07:53.530 ⇒ 00:07:55.049 Ryan Brosas: Yeah, better sad. Yeah.
56 00:07:56.110 ⇒ 00:08:00.073 Ryan Brosas: So that’s why I added, the subject line here.
57 00:08:01.450 ⇒ 00:08:02.150 Uttam Kumaran: Okay?
58 00:08:04.720 ⇒ 00:08:09.180 Uttam Kumaran: So then, that’s the subject. So yeah, every week we can think of a good subject. And then.
59 00:08:11.250 ⇒ 00:08:14.099 Uttam Kumaran: yeah, maybe we should make it even shorter
60 00:08:22.470 ⇒ 00:08:23.310 Uttam Kumaran: like.
61 00:08:23.590 ⇒ 00:08:27.810 Uttam Kumaran: Just have the summary and the key takeaways, and then read the blog.
62 00:08:33.539 ⇒ 00:08:36.569 Ryan Brosas: Like from the previous one.
63 00:08:37.589 ⇒ 00:08:45.539 Ryan Brosas: Like AI, and data something interesting on the data. And AI.
64 00:08:47.909 ⇒ 00:08:50.239 Ryan Brosas: Oh, where is the content for this.
65 00:09:17.980 ⇒ 00:09:21.016 Uttam Kumaran: Okay, I think that’s good. Then do we want to talk about
66 00:09:24.630 ⇒ 00:09:27.549 Uttam Kumaran: we want to talk about. And we want to talk about the pop up.
67 00:09:30.911 ⇒ 00:09:34.230 Anne: Yeah. Yeah. So actually, Ryan, I sent a new
68 00:09:34.390 ⇒ 00:09:40.009 Anne: figma link here in chat. So that’s the new notes template.
69 00:09:40.480 ⇒ 00:09:44.259 Anne: As for the pop up. I’ve already updated it.
70 00:09:44.990 ⇒ 00:09:45.620 Uttam Kumaran: Okay.
71 00:09:47.600 ⇒ 00:09:57.610 Anne: So. I’m just waiting for your approval. If it’s going to build now, elderly.
72 00:09:57.610 ⇒ 00:09:59.419 Uttam Kumaran: Can we take a can we take a look at it?
73 00:09:59.580 ⇒ 00:10:00.180 Anne: Yep.
74 00:10:12.060 ⇒ 00:10:15.650 Anne: So this one I’ve already updated the text here.
75 00:10:17.880 ⇒ 00:10:18.990 Uttam Kumaran: Okay. Great.
76 00:10:23.420 ⇒ 00:10:27.070 Anne: Should I add this to Helene’s task for this week?
77 00:10:28.740 ⇒ 00:10:30.669 Uttam Kumaran: Yes, that would be.
78 00:10:33.070 ⇒ 00:10:37.993 Uttam Kumaran: I think that would be great. What do you think about the size of the whole thing? You think it’s
79 00:10:42.610 ⇒ 00:10:47.230 Uttam Kumaran: I guess it makes sense like, and then it’s centered.
80 00:10:53.420 ⇒ 00:10:57.729 Uttam Kumaran: I wonder if we should put Brainforge newsletter like one above the other.
81 00:10:59.500 ⇒ 00:11:04.579 Anne: Like here at the top.
82 00:11:06.510 ⇒ 00:11:09.119 Uttam Kumaran: No, no, no! On the on the actual pop up
83 00:11:09.290 ⇒ 00:11:11.839 Uttam Kumaran: where it says, Brain forge newsletter.
84 00:11:17.446 ⇒ 00:11:21.550 Anne: If we should just do brain, if we should just do the text above each other.
85 00:11:27.790 ⇒ 00:11:29.349 Anne: I like this one.
86 00:11:29.600 ⇒ 00:11:32.170 Uttam Kumaran: No, no like it’s like it’s a new line.
87 00:11:32.340 ⇒ 00:11:34.079 Uttam Kumaran: So newsletters on the bottom.
88 00:11:35.560 ⇒ 00:11:36.780 Uttam Kumaran: Do you see what I mean?
89 00:11:36.930 ⇒ 00:11:40.820 Uttam Kumaran: No, no, no! Meaning newsletters under the word brain forge.
90 00:11:44.880 ⇒ 00:11:45.800 Uttam Kumaran: Yeah.
91 00:11:46.680 ⇒ 00:11:47.150 Anne: And.
92 00:11:47.150 ⇒ 00:11:50.610 Uttam Kumaran: That way that way you can make the image on the right bigger.
93 00:11:54.230 ⇒ 00:11:55.360 Uttam Kumaran: What do you think.
94 00:11:56.300 ⇒ 00:11:59.160 Anne: Yep, I think. This works also.
95 00:12:00.850 ⇒ 00:12:01.240 Uttam Kumaran: Okay.
96 00:12:02.150 ⇒ 00:12:06.130 Anne: Oh, that’s that way. It’s a little bit. It’s just a little bit bigger.
97 00:12:15.700 ⇒ 00:12:18.535 Uttam Kumaran: Okay, yeah, let’s have them. Let’s let’s have them.
98 00:12:22.700 ⇒ 00:12:25.260 Uttam Kumaran: let’s have them go ahead and and work on this one.
99 00:12:26.990 ⇒ 00:12:27.770 Anne: Okay.
100 00:12:28.860 ⇒ 00:12:35.174 Uttam Kumaran: And then you know, I put a comment about potentially making the
101 00:12:37.086 ⇒ 00:12:41.190 Uttam Kumaran: the component. The footer component also matched the style.
102 00:12:43.530 ⇒ 00:12:44.610 Anne: This one. Yep.
103 00:12:44.610 ⇒ 00:12:45.520 Uttam Kumaran: Yeah.
104 00:12:46.990 ⇒ 00:12:52.289 Uttam Kumaran: So before, like, this was supposed to be something different, like you were, gonna sign up and get something. But
105 00:12:52.600 ⇒ 00:12:59.010 Uttam Kumaran: now I kind of want it to be basically like signing up for the Newsletter.
106 00:13:03.130 ⇒ 00:13:08.650 Anne: Hmm, something. Okay, I think I should adopt this one because this one looks good.
107 00:13:13.300 ⇒ 00:13:17.181 Uttam Kumaran: So I think 2 things. One is for this component
108 00:13:18.250 ⇒ 00:13:25.220 Uttam Kumaran: we want people to be able to also read a version of it. Before signing up.
109 00:13:31.330 ⇒ 00:13:32.060 Anne: Sorry.
110 00:13:32.790 ⇒ 00:13:38.809 Uttam Kumaran: Like. We want people to be able to read one of the latest versions before signing up.
111 00:13:42.530 ⇒ 00:13:43.350 Anne: Hmm.
112 00:13:43.350 ⇒ 00:13:44.440 Uttam Kumaran: Does that make sense
113 00:13:45.410 ⇒ 00:13:51.229 Uttam Kumaran: say like they may not want to sign up, but they may want to read like read the latest edition.
114 00:13:52.905 ⇒ 00:14:01.160 Anne: Oh, is it going to be like in a page or.
115 00:14:01.160 ⇒ 00:14:06.500 Uttam Kumaran: Yeah. So in beehive, you can actually just share the individual newsletter link.
116 00:14:06.680 ⇒ 00:14:07.310 Anne: Yeah.
117 00:14:08.720 ⇒ 00:14:11.047 Uttam Kumaran: So we’ll put that in a link.
118 00:14:12.870 ⇒ 00:14:17.929 Uttam Kumaran: so that if people don’t want to sign up immediately they can go read one, and then, if they want to sign up, they can sign up.
119 00:14:18.760 ⇒ 00:14:20.349 Anne: Hmm, okay, okay.
120 00:14:22.300 ⇒ 00:14:25.880 Anne: Okay. I’ll explore this one tomorrow.
121 00:14:26.680 ⇒ 00:14:27.300 Uttam Kumaran: Okay?
122 00:14:29.070 ⇒ 00:14:32.369 Uttam Kumaran: And then, yeah, this one mainly just want to get the same styling.
123 00:14:33.580 ⇒ 00:14:38.040 Anne: Okay, I’m like this, see? For the pop-up caller.
124 00:14:38.610 ⇒ 00:14:44.719 Uttam Kumaran: Yeah, like the same. Well, yeah, same color, or, honestly, just more of the same like text. And.
125 00:14:44.720 ⇒ 00:14:45.300 Anne: Yeah.
126 00:14:46.133 ⇒ 00:14:47.280 Uttam Kumaran: The image.
127 00:14:48.390 ⇒ 00:14:49.710 Anne: No plp.
128 00:14:50.650 ⇒ 00:14:54.929 Uttam Kumaran: Because right now it’s a little bit. It doesn’t really make sense like what what it is.
129 00:14:57.110 ⇒ 00:14:58.260 Anne: Okay. Okay.
130 00:15:02.940 ⇒ 00:15:03.670 Uttam Kumaran: Okay.
131 00:15:07.500 ⇒ 00:15:09.510 Uttam Kumaran: Anything else on the Newsletter side.
132 00:15:11.958 ⇒ 00:15:14.530 Ryan Brosas: I think that’s all for me.
133 00:15:20.280 ⇒ 00:15:24.569 Uttam Kumaran: Okay. Great. I think the only other thing, Ryan we can consider is potentially
134 00:15:24.780 ⇒ 00:15:33.320 Uttam Kumaran: putting the newsletter also on the site somewhere like for SEO, but I don’t know.
135 00:15:35.070 ⇒ 00:15:37.359 Ryan Brosas: The I’m.
136 00:15:37.360 ⇒ 00:15:40.679 Uttam Kumaran: Or you can actually, or even yeah, I don’t know.
137 00:15:41.890 ⇒ 00:15:50.830 Ryan Brosas: Because we already like think like including the blog post on.
138 00:15:50.830 ⇒ 00:15:51.770 Uttam Kumaran: Oh, okay.
139 00:15:51.770 ⇒ 00:15:54.019 Ryan Brosas: So it would be like a duplicate.
140 00:15:55.880 ⇒ 00:15:56.389 Ryan Brosas: But I’m not.
141 00:15:56.390 ⇒ 00:15:57.090 Uttam Kumaran: Yeah, yeah.
142 00:15:57.090 ⇒ 00:15:57.980 Ryan Brosas: I will!
143 00:15:57.980 ⇒ 00:15:58.510 Uttam Kumaran: Okay.
144 00:15:58.892 ⇒ 00:16:04.630 Ryan Brosas: Research some stuff on on next, if that is a viable approach for us. Also.
145 00:16:05.180 ⇒ 00:16:06.200 Uttam Kumaran: Okay. Okay.
146 00:16:10.000 ⇒ 00:16:11.090 Uttam Kumaran: Okay. Great.
147 00:16:13.340 ⇒ 00:16:13.670 Uttam Kumaran: Sorry.
148 00:16:13.670 ⇒ 00:16:22.920 Anne: I just want to add, maybe we can have a post on Linkedin since Linkedin, or we either, to
149 00:16:23.090 ⇒ 00:16:29.870 Anne: make the audience sign up like a single post since.
150 00:16:31.650 ⇒ 00:16:34.769 Anne: We have a lot of our readers there. I don’t know.
151 00:16:35.130 ⇒ 00:16:41.770 Uttam Kumaran: Yeah, I think I think one thing, Ryan, let’s put something in the Content calendar about doing a Newsletter launch.
152 00:16:43.018 ⇒ 00:16:46.249 Ryan Brosas: Yeah, sure, sure I’ll I’ll I will be.
153 00:16:46.250 ⇒ 00:16:53.679 Uttam Kumaran: Because what we’ll, what we’ll, what we’ll do is we’ll have me, Nico Miguel. All 3 of us will post that we have a new newsletter, you should sign up.
154 00:16:56.180 ⇒ 00:17:00.407 Ryan Brosas: Oh, yeah, I’ll be doing that and put that in notion.
155 00:17:02.127 ⇒ 00:17:07.639 Ryan Brosas: May I ask what would be the viable date for the newsletter launch.
156 00:17:08.180 ⇒ 00:17:09.400 Ryan Brosas: Just let her match.
157 00:17:11.550 ⇒ 00:17:13.160 Uttam Kumaran: Let’s just do next week.
158 00:17:13.500 ⇒ 00:17:17.280 Ryan Brosas: Next week. Yeah. Okay, content.
159 00:17:30.460 ⇒ 00:17:38.480 Ryan Brosas: Yeah, I already. Put it on on the content side. So I can make it and send the
160 00:17:38.916 ⇒ 00:17:42.749 Ryan Brosas: draft version of it later, or you know, tomorrow.
161 00:17:43.170 ⇒ 00:17:43.820 Uttam Kumaran: Okay.
162 00:17:48.260 ⇒ 00:17:49.250 Uttam Kumaran: Good idea.
163 00:17:53.990 ⇒ 00:18:09.360 Ryan Brosas: So for the con. I think. For the blog post and for the blog post that is needed for the newsletter. I just need some approval, so I can start curating one. I think that’s all for the content side.
164 00:18:10.400 ⇒ 00:18:11.480 Uttam Kumaran: Okay. Okay.
165 00:18:12.720 ⇒ 00:18:13.310 Ryan Brosas: Firm.
166 00:18:13.750 ⇒ 00:18:18.409 Uttam Kumaran: Do we want to still do the next design meeting, or should we skip that?
167 00:18:20.840 ⇒ 00:18:22.759 Uttam Kumaran: I guess, Anne, up to you.
168 00:18:24.670 ⇒ 00:18:26.220 Anne: Sorry. I think.
169 00:18:27.397 ⇒ 00:18:31.999 Anne: There’s not much from the design team, because
170 00:18:33.444 ⇒ 00:18:38.879 Anne: I’m already working on the home page and the other pages.
171 00:18:39.080 ⇒ 00:18:43.880 Anne: So what I need, I think from you is
172 00:18:44.140 ⇒ 00:18:49.600 Anne: the services or the content for the new services and pricing. So I can work.
173 00:18:49.600 ⇒ 00:18:52.139 Anne: Yeah, the next things. Yeah.
174 00:18:52.550 ⇒ 00:18:58.560 Uttam Kumaran: Yeah. So actually, 2 things. So one is, we added a lot of information on the services in notion.
175 00:18:59.610 ⇒ 00:19:11.510 Uttam Kumaran: So maybe we can. Yeah, so like, let’s if you want to take a look there. The second thing is oh, actually, I think you already took some of that, and you made it. So we just need to feed. Give you feedback on that services page right?
176 00:19:11.850 ⇒ 00:19:12.730 Anne: Yep.
177 00:19:12.960 ⇒ 00:19:16.769 Uttam Kumaran: The second thing is, we were sending out a proposal today.
178 00:19:17.370 ⇒ 00:19:19.049 Uttam Kumaran: I was wondering if I could.
179 00:19:19.660 ⇒ 00:19:21.809 Uttam Kumaran: if I can ask you to help me
180 00:19:21.920 ⇒ 00:19:25.669 Uttam Kumaran: put together one document for that proposal.
181 00:19:27.270 ⇒ 00:19:30.429 Anne: Yep, yep, sure. You can just send me.
182 00:19:30.700 ⇒ 00:19:31.270 Uttam Kumaran: Okay.
183 00:19:31.270 ⇒ 00:19:33.430 Anne: The document. Yep, I’ll be online.
184 00:19:33.870 ⇒ 00:19:36.080 Uttam Kumaran: Okay, I’m just gonna send you that and the pricing.
185 00:19:36.120 ⇒ 00:19:41.669 Uttam Kumaran: I just wanna see the format and hopefully, maybe we can standardize that format as well.
186 00:19:42.330 ⇒ 00:19:46.170 Anne: Okay, okay, I’ll work on it tonight. Yep.
187 00:19:46.700 ⇒ 00:19:53.139 Uttam Kumaran: Okay? And then, yeah, maybe if can you send a note in the design team and let’s, I’ll just cancel the the design meeting today.
188 00:19:54.540 ⇒ 00:19:55.550 Anne: Okay. Okay.
189 00:19:55.920 ⇒ 00:19:58.570 Anne: Sorry. I’ll just pause.
190 00:19:59.750 ⇒ 00:20:03.479 Uttam Kumaran: Yeah, you can just send in slack just saying, Okay, we’re gonna cancel the design meeting.
191 00:20:03.480 ⇒ 00:20:04.120 Anne: Okay. Okay.
192 00:20:04.120 ⇒ 00:20:05.582 Uttam Kumaran: We covered everything.
193 00:20:06.070 ⇒ 00:20:06.780 Anne: Okay.
194 00:20:08.190 ⇒ 00:20:11.709 Uttam Kumaran: And then I’ll send. I’ll send you that stuff that way. We could have some more free time.
195 00:20:12.270 ⇒ 00:20:13.620 Anne: Yup, okay. Okay.
196 00:20:14.130 ⇒ 00:20:15.420 Anne: Thank you.
197 00:20:15.420 ⇒ 00:20:17.260 Uttam Kumaran: Okay. Alright. Thanks. Everyone.
198 00:20:17.370 ⇒ 00:20:17.940 Ryan Brosas: Thanks.
199 00:20:17.940 ⇒ 00:20:19.160 Anne: Thank you. Bye.
200 00:20:19.160 ⇒ 00:20:20.219 Ryan Brosas: Have a great day.
201 00:20:20.530 ⇒ 00:20:21.960 Uttam Kumaran: You, too, guys. Bye.