Build Your Audience — The Email Letter on Your Keepsake Page
Your Keepsake Page can do more than display your published notes. It can also collect email subscribers — readers who want to hear from you when you publish. The setup is zero-config: a subscribe form is already on your page, and a digest goes out on the cadence you choose. You own your list. You can export it anytime.
How your readers subscribe
They enter their email
Type, click SUBSCRIBE. Anti-bot honeypot, disposable-domain check, and IP rate limit run silently in the background.
They confirm by email
A confirmation email arrives in their inbox: "Confirm your subscription to [your name]". They click the button. Their address is now active.
They get a welcome digest right away
Just after confirming, they receive a mini-digest with your three latest posts — so they discover what you write before the next regular send.
They wait for your next letter
From there, they're on your list. They'll receive a digest at the cadence you chose (weekly or daily). If a period passes without you publishing, no email is sent — never an empty letter.
Tip
The form is hidden when you set the cadence to Off. So if you don't want to collect subscribers (yet), turn it off in Settings → Keepsake Page → Letter and subscribers — the rest of your page stays unchanged.
Choose your cadence
Weekly (default)
One digest every Monday morning (8 AM UTC), recapping what you published in the past 7 days. Perfect for steady writers who post 1–7 times per week.
Daily
One email per day (7 AM UTC) when you've published. Ideal for travel diaries, live events, intensive periods. Switch back to weekly when you slow down — your subscribers don't have to do anything.
Off
No emails are sent. The subscribe form disappears from your page. Your existing subscriber list is preserved, just paused.
No posts, no email
Whether you're on weekly or daily, an empty period means no email is sent. Subscribers are never bothered with "nothing new this week" filler.
Tip
If you're starting a publishing streak (a project, a trip, an event), switch to daily. If you're back to occasional notes, switch back to weekly. There's no penalty either way — your subscribers don't see your settings.
What the letter looks like
Up to 20 posts per digest
If you publish more than 20 in one period (rare!), the email shows the first 20 plus a "View all posts →" link to your page.
Photos appear inline
A post with one photo shows the photo at full width. Two to four photos are arranged in a 2-column grid. More than four shows the first four plus a "+N other photos →" link. Each thumbnail links to the full post.
Each post has a Read more →
Long posts are truncated in the digest (320 characters). Subscribers click "Read more →" to land on the full post on your Keepsake Page.
Native unsubscribe button
Modern email clients (Gmail, Yahoo, Apple Mail) display an Unsubscribe button right in the inbox header — one click, no tricks. There's also a discreet link in every footer.
Tip
The digest preserves your page's appearance choices (theme, accent). If you change your theme in Settings → Keepsake Page → Page appearance, the next digest reflects it.
Replies land in your contact inbox
Set your contact email first
In Settings → Keepsake Page → Public profile, enter the address you want replies to reach in Contact email. It saves when you leave the field. This is opt-in — leave it empty and the field stays hidden on your public page too.
If no contact email is set
Replies bounce back to a noreply address. Subscribers don't get an error, but you don't see their reply. Setting a contact email is the simplest way to actually have conversations.
Why we don't expose your account email
Your Keepsake account email stays private by design. The contact email is a separate field you choose to expose — many creators use a dedicated address (e.g., hello@yourdomain.com) just for this.
Tip
Replies to your letter are gold. They're the most engaged readers giving you feedback or starting a conversation. Make it easy for them by setting a real contact email you actually check.
See and manage your subscribers
Subscriber counts
Active subscribers (will receive your next letter), pending (haven't confirmed yet), unsubscribed, and bounced (their address is invalid). The active count is the one that matters most. The counts stay exact, however long your list grows.
The list, and who you already know
Show list displays your subscribers, filtered by status, with the date they joined. When a subscriber's email matches one of your contacts, their name appears — click it to open their profile. On that contact's profile, a line tells you they subscribed to your Page, and since when.
Remove a subscriber
Remove stops your letters to that person right away. Nothing is deleted: they move to unsubscribed, and they can subscribe again from your Page whenever they want.
Remind someone who hasn't confirmed
In the Pending list, Remind resends the confirmation email to someone who may have missed it. It's available once per person, from 24 hours to 3 months after they signed up — never more, so nobody feels chased. The reminder recalls when they signed up and says it's the last message.
Your next letter
Under the sending frequency, Next send tells you when your next letter goes out, in your own timezone, and how many notes it will carry so far. Nothing published yet? Everything you publish before then goes into that letter.
Recent letters sent
The last five digests, with date, subject line, and number of recipients. A glance tells you when you last reached your list.
Export to CSV
An Export subscribers (CSV) button downloads your full list as a CSV file. Columns: email, status, subscribed_at, confirmed_at, unsubscribed_at, last_sent_at. Open in Excel, import to another tool, archive — the file is yours.
Tip
Every subscriber comes through your Page's form and confirms their address — there's no bulk import. A list built this way is small at first, but everyone on it asked to hear from you.
Celebrate each new reader
No flood on busy days
At most three emails a day. If more people subscribe, they're grouped into a single email the next morning.
Turn it off anytime
In Settings → Keepsake Page → Letter and subscribers, turn off Tell me about new subscribers.
Tip
The best way to thank a new reader is to publish. The notification links straight back to Keepsake.
What happens during your Keepsake trial
Subscriptions are accepted
Visitors can subscribe normally on your page. The double-opt-in confirmation email goes out, and they're added to your list once they confirm. Your audience can start growing on day one.
Digest emails are paused
Weekly and daily digests are not sent during the trial period. They start as soon as you activate a Keepsake subscription.
Everything resumes at activation
When you upgrade to a paid Keepsake plan, your existing subscriber list is intact. The next scheduled digest goes out normally — your active subscribers receive it as if nothing happened.
Tip
If you're using the trial to evaluate Keepsake but already want to start collecting subscribers, just publish and share your page link. Subscribers will queue up; emails start when you do.
Tips and good practices
Pick the cadence that matches your reality
Don't pick daily because it sounds ambitious — pick the cadence that matches what you actually publish. Subscribers prefer one consistent letter to twelve sporadic ones.
Publish what feels worth their inbox
Subscribers gave you a slot in their inbox — a precious thing. Treat each letter as if it costs you something to send. Quality over count, every time.
Mark yourself as Not Spam
When you receive your own digests as a test, mark them "Not spam" and add the sender to your contacts. It quickly trains Gmail and other filters to recognize the sender as legitimate for everyone.
Share your page, not the form
When you tell people to subscribe, link to your page (keepsake.place/@yourname), not to a separate form. They land on your latest content first, then decide if they want to subscribe.
Tip
A small list of engaged subscribers is worth more than a big list of half-interested ones. Don't chase numbers — chase the people who actually want to read what you write.
Power user — going further with Kit (ex-ConvertKit)
Turn off the Keepsake digest
In Settings → Keepsake Page → Letter and subscribers, set the sending frequency to Off. The Keepsake digest stops; the subscribe form disappears from your page. You'll add Kit's own form instead (a JavaScript widget you embed elsewhere, or a dedicated landing page on Kit).
Set up RSS-to-email on Kit
Your Keepsake Page exposes a full RSS feed at keepsake.place/@yourname/rss.xml. In Kit, create a new RSS Broadcast sequence pointing to that URL. Kit will pick up new published notes and email them to your Kit list automatically — daily, weekly, or per-post.
Migrate your existing Keepsake list
Use the Export subscribers (CSV) button in Settings → Keepsake Page → Letter and subscribers to download your Keepsake list, then import the CSV into Kit. Your subscribers carry over without re-confirming (Kit treats imported lists as already opted-in if you certify consent).
Why Kit specifically
Kit is built by and for independent creators (writers, podcasters, photographers). Their free tier covers up to 10 000 subscribers, broadcasts, and basic automations. Paid tiers unlock advanced segmentation, deliverability features, and visual automations. We use them ourselves and recommend them — the link above is an affiliate link, you pay nothing extra and Keepsake gets a small thanks.
Tip
Most creators never need to leave Keepsake. The digest is more than enough for steady, focused publishing. Move to Kit only if you hit a real ceiling — segments, automations, or a paid newsletter business model. Until then, less tooling = more writing.
Related guides
Your Keepsake Page — Publish Notes Publicly
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Notes: Capture, Process, and Organize
Understand the full lifecycle of notes in Keepsake. From quick capture in the Inbox to keeping them as notes, turning them into tasks or entries, and finding them on contact profiles and pages.
Add Photos to Your Notes
Capture, paste, or drop photos into your Keepsake notes. Learn how to use the camera, drag & drop, clipboard paste, and the toolbar to enrich your notes with images.
Import & Export Your Data
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