Like Mini-Me from an Austin Powers movie…
My daily email now has its new counterpart.
You see…
Today I birthed my Freelance Contours weekly newsletter on Substack.
And because it’s a name I’m using for both this new Substack and this daily email list…
I promptly renamed this list to Freelance Contours Daily.
You can think of the Substack as a side-quest from the main adventure storyline of this daily email list.
The daily email list you’re now reading is my baby… and will always be at the heart of my business.
Now, the astute reader may ask why I’ve done this.
And there is a long, windy, curcuitous answer to that.
But the bullet point version is…
Some people don’t want daily email (but they don’t know what they’re missing yet!)
There’s an opportunity to introduce more people to my world.
It’s so easy for people to give support through subscriptions. And it won’t take me much time to provide the perks for paid members. (In other words, this is an additional income stream.)
It’s an opportunity to repurpose content I’ve only used once before. In particular I can spruce up and use some past emails.
Because I’m repurposing content for this, it’s a really low time investment thing to get running.
Over time I expect some subscribers will upgrade to paid plans. So there may be some income arriving because of that.
But there’s also nothing stopping me advertising products and services in the newsletter. Much like I do here.
Now, I’m not going to suggest you all go off there and subscribe. Particularly if you like it here. And it’s all warm and cosy for you.
But you’re most welcome to have a nosey… https://milham.me/substack
It’s of course a little light on content as things start up. The first regular post is coming out midday Thursday.
You may wonder whether you’ll have double-upped emails.
And the answer is: for the most part, no.
Reason being…
This daily list is the cutting edge. It’s where the new content I write first sees the light of day.
And most of what I create will probably never find its way onto the Substack newsletter.
But content from 6+ months back from this list, I’ll likely be repurposing for Substack.
Although, it’s not just a copy-and-paste exercise. Because it gets a complete once-over. And I’ll add more meat if needed.
So, Substack will have the new-and-improved versions of a small fraction of the emails I sent many months prior.
I’m not going to talk about Substack much on this daily list, because Substack is like playing in the shallows.
And this daily email is for wading out into the deeper water.
There’s a time for splashing around in one or the other.
If you want to check it out… the Freelance Contours Substack is here:
https://milham.me/substack
P.S. And I won’t be at all upset if you share this link with any freelance writers you know who may want to take a look (nudge, nudge!)
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Chris Milham