While there are more ways than ever to communicate with your entire company, there is one method that remains as strong as ever: The company newsletter.

Yes, the internal newsletter might not mean the same thing it once was, and these days it might not even be a letter. But when it comes to sharing company news and ensuring that your whole organization is on the same page (literally) the company newsletter is still hard to beat.

Let's dig into why newsletters are still a big deal, however they're presented; how to create a business newsletter that people will want to read, and how to share it...

Internal newsletters remain a reliable way to share updates, celebrate achievements, and reinforce company culture in a centralized manner. They offer a digestible format that employees can skim on their own time, making them especially valuable for large or fragmented workforces where not everyone can attend meetings or browse the intranet regularly.

A major benefit of the internal company newsletter is that rather than overwhelming employees with daily emails or endless chat notifications, newsletters allow teams to take in information at their own pace. They might be able to soak up that announcement over a coffee break, or even on the bus home.

And finally, newsletters also support transparency by providing a consistent channel for leadership updates, policy changes, and strategic goals. In short, company newsletters are easy to digest and they can reach everyone - even deskless workers.

But how does the newsletter fit into your company-wide internal communications?

How Internal Newsletters Fit Into a Broader Comms Strategy

An internal newsletter should not be the only way you communicate with your team. In fact, in the modern age, they'll most likely be a tool used sparingly.

Instead, the internal newsletter works best as one part of a broader internal communications strategy. Think of it as the foundation that supports other formats, such as:

Town hall meetings: Also known as the All-hands meeting, ideal for live Q&A and big-picture updates.

Weekly or Monthly departmental meetings: Used by teams to keep everyone aligned and informed with developments that matter.

Ask Me Anything (AMA) sessions: Great for encouraging transparency and dialogue with members of the team.

Instant messaging platforms (Teams, Slack): Regularly used by organizations for fast, informal communication (and often newsletter style updates).

Digital signage: Perfect for surfacing key messages in workspaces, especially when sharing messaging between departments or locations.

The company intranet: A long-form repository for policies, FAQs, and documentation.

While an organization might have perhaps all of these internal communications methods in one way or another, similar information might be shared in all of them. But that's not a bad thing. Often updates can be missed, for example if employees are absent, out of office or tied up in another project.

So even with all of these communication channels, a regular employee newsletter can be a great way to share all your company news across departments. It can also be a great way to share wins (and improve employee morale and job satisfaction), keep people in the loop with industry news and share other things like internal job postings.

In fact, there is a lot that can go into a company newsletter - so let's take a more in-depth look at what to include in your bulletins.

What to Include in an Internal Newsletter

When it comes to business news and updates, obviously you want to share the important developments - but you also want to make the content accessible and engaging. The most effective internal newsletters balance both essential updates with content that reflects your broader company culture.

In general, when writing your company's employee newsletter, you'll start with the important company news at the top. This might include company news or industry developments that affect employees. The content might then move onto departmental or employee achievements, with the opportunity at the end to sign off with something more light-hearted.

Let's take a look at some of the specific content to include in your employee newsletter ideas:

Perhaps most importantly, sharing information from the senior leadership team is key to keeping employees informed about business developments. This also gives your workforce a sense of direction and helps align them with the company priorities. A short message from the CEO or department head can go a long way.

Keep these parts of the update as compact as possible and try to use plain language. Using business jargon might seem natural for senior executives, but for many employees, especially those in larger enterprise organizations, business speak can seem like another language.

This is where you can recognize individuals or departments for their recent accomplishments and really build a sense of community. You might not even need to share wins here - simply explaining what some team members or departments are up to and their goals for the quarter can help align everyone with the company's mission.

This is also a great way of boosting employee engagement, as employees can feel involved with these goals, even if they didn't partake directly.

With team updates, try to include photos or quotes where possible.

Similar to team spotlights, it can be good to share business developments and progress on key initiatives, product launches, or client wins. Visuals like charts or infographics help make these updates more engaging.

This content might be tied into other parts of the newsletter, or might be a whole feature in itself.

Looking to encourage more employee engagement with initiatives? Highlight internal and external events such as training sessions, team offsites, webinars, or volunteering opportunities in your employee newsletter.

This can be a really good way of building a sense of community, especially when trying to help new employees understand what is happening within the company.

Sometimes trying to get employees engaged with opportunities can be a challenge - especially as people are busy and can lose track of what is available. Use your company newsletter to point to new courses, internal training, or curated reading lists.

This helps to remind team members that work is there to support their professional growth and signals investment in employee development.

When it comes to things like security or big changes to business processes, you want to make sure that everyone gets the memo. This is where it's a good idea to use the newsletter to communicate changes in policy, benefits, or procedures. Make sure to link to full documents on your intranet to avoid overloading the reader.

These developments might also be shared in departmental meetings or your company all-hands. But use your newsletter to remind employees and underline how important these updates are.

Looking for feedback? Your employee newsletter is a great place to ask and encourage employees to engage with surveys or questionnaires. This is obviously a great way to gauge things like job satisfaction, or even to get feedback on recent business developments.

Make sure to share a link to surveys from within your newsletter and to also cross-promote it on internal comms channels such as messaging apps and your workplace digital signage displays.

Keeping employees informed about what's happening in your industry can be key to helping employees feel connected to the company. While this isn't a must have, employees might appreciate a little bit of transparency with how developments affect your business. 

It doesn't have to be a big update, but simply highlighting trends in consumer behaviour, recent mergers or how tech or economic conditions are affecting your business can be great to help employees feel involved.

Not everything in your newsletter needs to be business related. Why not give employees the opportunity to contribute content? This can be a great way for them to share what's happening in their own community, highlight initiatives they're working on, raise funds for a good cause or simply invite everyone to get involved in the after-work running club.

This is an excellent way to get employees' attention as they're more likely to read the newsletter for peer content, and by extension engage with work updates.

From new job postings to the opportunity to attend a work conference, or even sharing workspace availability, your internal employee newsletter is a great place to share these updates.

Lets be honest here - business updates are a dry subject. So try to end with something light. Birthdays, new hires, trivia, or team photos can all help humanize your internal communications.

If you're creating a monthly newsletter, anchoring each issue around a central theme can be a good way to keep content fresh and focused. This doesn't need to be concrete, but it can help with planning and mould your company newsletter ideas around a central theme.

If you're mapping your employee newsletter ideas at the beginning of the year, this can be a useful calendar outline:

January - Goals and Vision: Outline the year’s priorities, upcoming initiatives, and leadership reflections.

February - Team Culture: Share values in action, employee spotlights, and culture-building activities.

March - Learning and Growth: Feature internal learning resources, development stories, and mentorship opportunities.

April - Sustainability and CSR: Highlight your company’s environmental or community-focused initiatives.

May - Mental Health Awareness: Promote wellbeing resources and create space for open conversations.

June - Mid-Year Review: Reflect on progress and preview what's next.

July - Innovation and Ideas: Showcase employee suggestions, new tools, or process improvements.

August - Recognition: Celebrate achievements and peer-nominated awards.

September - Back to Business: Refocus post-summer with project kickoffs and strategic goals.

October - Security and Compliance: Educate around data, IT, or workplace safety.

November - Gratitude and Community: Share thank-yous, community impact stories, and team appreciation.

December - Year in Review: Wrap up with milestones, messages from leadership, and celebrations.

Even the best internal newsletter is useless if it doesn't reach your workforce. While most newsletters tend to be emails, a multichannel approach to distribution can ensure you reach all parts of the company.

Use two or more of these to share your newsletter content:

Still the most common method - your newsletter may well take the form of an email which can then be split up over different announcements or platforms.

You can also segment your email list if necessary to send targeted versions to different departments or locations.

Make it easy to access your employee newsletter by keeping it accessible on your intranet portal. Tools such as Unily offer plenty of tools to enhance your newsletters and store them for easy access.

While your company intranet is a great repository, it can also be a silo - with content hidden and inaccessible to non-desk based workers. Pair this with displaying content on digital signage for maximum effect.

Many organizations use messaging platforms such as Microsoft Teams or Slack. There are various ways to share your company newsletter here.

Firstly, share a link to the newsletter when it goes live with a summary of what to expect to get people interested.

Secondly, share snippets from specific announcements with a 'read more' link to the entire feature in the newsletter.

Thirdly, encourage employees to comment on specific announcements or developments within the newsletter.

Not everyone can access a work computer or device, and digital signage is one of the best ways to improve the reach of your newsletter. With digital signage displays, you can share highlights of specific announcements. ScreenCloud's QuickPost app is a really useful way to share a shortened version of specific content with a link to a QR code to read more.

Or use those QR codes to share a link directly to your newsletter. A great way for deskless workers to get access to the full content on their own devices.

Read more: How to use digital signage for internal communications.

In some cases, printed copies or QR codes in physical locations can help ensure everyone has access, especially in environments with limited digital tools. A printed copy of the newsletter might have less information, especially if you're keeping the newsletter light.

Printed QR codes can also be used to link directly to your intranet site.

Tips For Creating Engaging Newsletter Content

When it comes to ensuring employee engagement with your company newsletter, a simple and uncluttered design helps. Use readily available templates from sites such as Canva to put your employee newsletter together.

When it comes to the written content, these tips should help:

Be concise: Use short paragraphs, subheadings, and bullet points.

Prioritize relevance: Ask what your audience needs to know and why it matters.

Use visuals: Photos, charts, and infographics make information easier to digest.

Write in a human tone: Avoid corporate jargon. Speak like a colleague. Edit out AI cliches.

Internal newsletters remain a reliable way to share updates, celebrate achievements, and reinforce company culture in a centralized manner. Find out how in our blog.

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