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Weekly Blog Digest Email Template

Designed for bloggers, publishers, and content-driven brands, this weekly blog digest email template transforms your week's best posts into a structured, scannable reading list that keeps subscribers coming back. The layout features numbered entries with category labels and estimated read times, making curated content effortless to browse across any device. Use it to recap editorial roundups, spotlight niche publication highlights, share thought leadership articles, or re-engage dormant readers with fresh weekly picks. Content teams, newsletter editors, and indie founders will find this publication and blog email template especially practical for maintaining a consistent digest cadence. Build subscriber loyalty and drive measurable click-throughs with every send.

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About the Weekly Blog Digest Email Template

Built for bloggers, newsletter editors, and content-driven brands, this weekly blog digest template turns your best posts into a structured, scannable reading list subscribers actually look forward to. Numbered entries, category labels, and read-time indicators reduce decision fatigue and make browsing feel effortless. For publication and blog senders, this format builds habitual engagement by conditioning readers to expect a reliable weekly drop of curated editorial value.

When to use this template

Send every week on the same day and time to build a conditioned open habit, typically Tuesday through Thursday mornings. Use it at the end of each content cycle to recap the week's output, or trigger a digest send when a subscriber has gone 14 or more days without clicking any campaign.

An indie newsletter curator recapping five niche industry reads each Friday
A SaaS content team spotlighting thought leadership posts to re-engage trial users
A lifestyle publication bundling weekend reading picks for loyal subscribers
A solo founder sharing weekly roundups to grow a personal brand audience
A B2B blog editor packaging gated and ungated articles into one weekly send
A media brand re-engaging dormant subscribers with a freshly curated weekly list

Subject line ideas

Your 5 reads for this week are ready
This week in [Niche]: don't miss #3
We picked the best posts so you didn't have to
What I read this week — and think you should too

Best practices for publication and blog emails

Write each entry headline as a benefit or question, not just a title reprint, to drive clicks
Use category labels like Opinion, How-To, or Deep Dive to help readers self-select content fast
Lead with your second-best post at slot one and save the strongest piece for position three
Keep teaser copy to one sentence per entry so the digest stays skimmable on mobile screens
Include read time on every entry so time-pressed subscribers commit rather than defer indefinitely

Template anatomy

How the Weekly Blog Digest Email Template template is laid out, top to bottom:

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section (1 column) containing social row, social link, text block.

Components used

Built from the following MJML elements:

20 text blocks2 social links1 button1 social row

Color palette

Colors used across the Weekly Blog Digest Email Template template:

#41475a

#eff1f6

#1e293b

#ffffff

#94a3b8

#0f172a

#64748b

#cbd5e1

#2563eb

#334155

Typography

Font stacks declared in the template:

Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif

MJML source code

A preview of the MJML markup for the Weekly Blog Digest Email Template template. Open it free in EmailBuilder.ai to get the complete source and start customizing.

<mjml>
  <mj-head>
    <mj-title>Weekly Blog Digest Email Template</mj-title>
    <mj-preview>Five reads for your weekend — this week's best from the blog.</mj-preview>
    <mj-attributes>
      <mj-all font-family="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"></mj-all>
      <mj-text font-size="15px" line-height="24px" color="#41475A"></mj-text>
    </mj-attributes>
  </mj-head>
  <mj-body background-color="#EFF1F6" width="600px">
    <mj-section background-color="#1E293B" padding="22px 40px 18px 40px">
      <mj-column>
        <mj-text color="#FFFFFF" font-size="21px" letter-spacing="2px" align="center" padding="0"><strong>FIELD NOTES</strong></mj-text>
        <mj-text color="#94A3B8" font-size="12px" align="center" padding="6px 0 0 0">Issue #58 · Your weekly roundup</mj-text>
      </mj-column>
    </mj-section>
    <mj-section background-color="#FFFFFF" padding="28px 44px 4px 44px">
      <mj-column>
        <mj-text color="#0F172A" font-size="22px" line-height="30px" align="center" padding="0 0 6px 0"><strong>Five reads for your weekend</strong></mj-text>
        <mj-text color="#64748B" font-size="15px" align="center" padding="0">Everything we published this week, in the order we'd read it.</mj-text>
      </mj-column>
    </mj-section>
    <mj-section background-color="#FFFFFF" padding="22px 44px 0 44px">
      <mj-column width="12%" padding="0" vertical-align="top"><mj-text color="#CBD5E1" font-size="24px" font-weight="800" padding="0">01</mj-text></mj-column>
      <mj-column width="88%" padding="0">
        <mj-text color="#0F172A" font-size="17px" font-weight="700" padding="0 0 2px 0">The habit that quietly doubled our output</mj-text>
        <mj-text color="#64748B" font-size="13px" padding="0 0 16px 0">Productivity · 7 min read</mj-text>
      </mj-column>
    </mj-section>
    <mj-section background-color="#FFFFFF" padding="0 44px 0 44px">
      <mj-column width="12%" padding="0" vertical-align="top"><mj-text color="#CBD5E1" font-size="24px" font-weight="800" padding="0">02</mj-text></mj-column>
      <mj-column width="88%" padding="0">
        <mj-text color="#0F172A" font-size="17px" font-weight="700" padding="0 0 2px 0">Why your best ideas come in the shower</mj-text>
        <mj-text color="#64748B" font-size="13px" padding="0 0 16px 0">Creativity · 5 min read</mj-text>
      </mj-column>
    </mj-section>
    <mj-section background-color="#FFFFFF" padding="0 44px 0 44px">

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