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  • LETTER ON MY SITE

    Published On: June 3, 2025Categories: Email Marketing, Social Media, Websites

    Taylor Swift controls all her music, and she even controlled the news, driving zillions of people away from social media to her website with a post saying “Letter on my site.”

    No, you’re probably not as big as Taylor Swift. But will you get to her level faster playing the same social media lottery with everyone else?

    What if you spent hours every day practicing? Honing your skills? Connecting not with legions of people but a few good ones?

    Sure, social media can help you find an audience. But a website with a newsletter sign up form can help you keep one.

     

  • MOVING MEMBERSHIPS FROM SUBSTACK TO MEMBERFUL

    Published On: June 1, 2025Categories: Internet, Newsletters, Technology, Work

    I don’t publish a paid newsletter, I host weekly Zoom calls with members. Substack’s ability to manage members is very limited, and they haven’t made any meaningful updates to their system in the four years that I’ve been using their platform.

    That, along with other folks losing data without any help from the Substack team has made reassess how I want to run my business, which led to moving my paid subscribers to Memberful, who are owned by Patreon.

    They were very extremely helpful, getting on Zoom calls with me to walk me through the process and answer my questions, which made the move that much easier. I’ve never had a Zoom call with anyone at Substack. Finding an email address to get the export process started was a challenge, too.

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  • ONLINE FEEDS THE OFFLINE

    Published On: May 30, 2025Categories: Community, Internet, Life, Writing

    A most gracious Michael Maupin wrote this tonight, after chatting with a stranger for a bit:

    Live in the world, but your Substack (and online life) is a part of it. They feed each other. You can’t be online all the time.

    OPEN UP. Git yer ass outside.

    I only really know Michael via Substack, but we’ve talked once on the phone awhile ago. Online met offline, at least by way of actual conversation late one night.

    Same as Michael’s conversation with someone at a closing eatery. Stories shared, and he got a new subscriber to his newsletter. It’s not all about “growing our audience,” of course, but it all takes place one person at a time, whether you’re trying to run a store front, sell a record, or live a good life.

  • BLOGS ARE THE HOME FOR YOUR WRITING

    Published On: May 30, 2025Categories: Websites, Work, Writing

    Lex Roman talks about wanting to write more, and how you can’t exactly always do that with a newsletter. Something written generally… gets sent out, and you don’t want to send multiple emails per day (or per week, maybe) to your readers.

    Plus, it gives your work a home. Your newsletter generally isn’t your permanent address, it’s the delivery truck that transports your readers to the places you want to take them.

    (link via Alex Dobrenko)

  • REPLAY: “let’s work on our websites together” virtual co-working with special guest Tom DuHamel

    Published On: May 28, 2025Categories: Replay

    Big thanks to my friend and owner of I Heart Blank, Tom DuHamel everyone! Tom talks about different WordPress systems, SEO, calendar plugins, ADA accessibility and lots more.

    Come to our next co-work, Tues June 3rd from 9am-11am. Register here: https://lu.ma/7t5k37r6

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