NEEDS INFO: Add Newsletter Signup to Site

[Mephistic]

Summary
We currently only prompt users to sign up for our newsletter during the account creation process.

With the V2 launch impending, we're planning to re-prioritize the newsletter to build awareness/engagement. To that end, we should add a link to the main site that enables users to sign up for the newsletter.

Work Detail
(Design in Progress - This ticket is a placeholder for now)

Resources

• Newsletter Signup link: https://cdn.forms-content.sg-form.com/fc8a7d49-d903-11ed-9e53-c2519c5b83a4

[mvictor55]

@mchai1218 - thoughts on where to put the Newsletter?
I think we want it in a few places, potentially:

1. Footer, under "Resources" (or perhaps a more noticeable spot in the footer?)
2. Homepage, in the blank spot in the screenshot below, with copy: "click here to sign up for our newsletter"
   
3. Somewhere on the "How to Support MAPLE" page (which needs a refresh - https://www.mapletestimony.org/about/support-maple)

[mvictor55]

@Mephistic @mertbagt
Thoughts on how difficult/time-consuming it is to make the newsletter CTA embedded directly on the site? (like in the screenshot below)

[mvictor55]

Also add to bottom of notification emails

[mchai1218]

@mvictor55 I want to first raise one concern that, from the content perspective, "Newsletter" and "Newsfeed" are pretty similar. Regarding where to place it, in the footer, maybe under "Account"? In the header, we could either put it under the Account Icon or combine it with "Newsfeed." A newsletter signup CTA makes sense on the homepage as well.

[mvictor55]

hmm good point Minqi. Is there another term for "newsletter" we can use? I imagine we should try to avoid using "newsletter" in the spots where "newsfeed" is close by... which I think is only in the footer? What if, in the footer, we just hyperlink text that says "stay in the loop" or "click here to stay in the loop". Otherwise, our other placements can probably just say "subscribe to our newsletter for updates"

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