Your Letterman Newsletter: Make the Issue Feel Alive

This is a simple idea with big effect. Letterman.ai is adding comments and likes on article pages, and when you pull that article into your newsletter, the current counts show up as a small badge in the card.

 

It won’t update after the email is sent, but at pull-time, whatever you’ve already earned is reflected right there. 

 

“We are going to build comments into your articles… when you pull it into your newsletter, it’s gonna have a little icon… likes and comments… shown at pull time.” 

 

This makes your week flow smarter. Publish earlier in the week and nudge a few reactions with a post to your Facebook page: ask a simple question, invite a quick tip, or share to a small circle.

 

On send day, you’re no longer guessing which pieces are “hot.” Your article page tells you. You pull in the strongest ones, and your email now carries a hint of that activity: a quiet nudge that says, “There’s something happening here.”

 

“How are we going to have social proof already?… publish and collect likes/comments before pull-in.” What to do this week:

 

• Write two short articles you can ship early.
  
  

• Ask one small question in each (“What did we miss?” “Any hidden gems?”).
  
  

• Share lightly in your channels to seed a few comments.
  
  

• On send day, open Article Cue, pick the pieces with the best energy, and pull.