Starting this month, I will simply have the newsletter as a blog post, which will notify anyone subscribed to the blog anyway. MailChimp got the job done, but ultimately just served a purpose as an experiment in newsletter creation. It all felt a bit redundant to what the WordPress blog provides in terms of follower notifications. That and there has not been a notable jump in monthly mailing subscribers.
The formatting for the “post” version of the newsletter should be similar if not all but identical the email.
If not spam, please don't hesitate to comment!