• What email provider to choose

    Sitting at my ancient-but-beloved Thinkpad T530 to write an email is practically second nature for me now. But it’s easy to forget what it was like in the early days. Where there was a struggle with what to write. How… Read more…

  • Build the plane while flying it

    I was glued to my laptop watching a conversation between Laura Belgray and Amy Porterfield. They’re two people who are crushing it in their businesses. Mind you, they’ve both been at it for many years. But, like most of us,… Read more…

  • How to overcome a pathological aversion to selling

    I know business owners with an almost pathological aversion to selling. Ironic, of course, when you’re in business. As the reality is: You MUST sell. Otherwise you won’t be in business for long! They’re scared to death of ever being… Read more…

  • Email “experts” making email harder again

    Things seem to be OK in LinkedIn land after the hacking incident I wrote about the other day. And blow me down if LinkedIn support gave me one of the best customer service experiences I’ve had for a while. Not… Read more…

  • How To Create Your Email Welcome Sequence In 30-Minutes (Or Less)

    What I’m about to share with you will horrify anyone who loves “best practices” or prompting ChatGPT with “how do I write a welcome sequence?”. So you must be unafraid of going against the flow. I’m sharing this with you… Read more…

  • What I Learned From 12 Months of Daily Email

    In August of 2024 I shared with my list about what I’d learned from the previous 12 months of writing an email every day. I’ve compiled the “articalised” versions of these emails here for easier reading (so I’ve removed the… Read more…

  • “The biggest thing for building my confidence”

    Around June last year I had a Zoom conversation with a writer friend. We were sharing our experiences. About writing, business, and life in general. At one point I talked about the difference daily email made for me. I said…… Read more…

  • How to Get Your First Subscribers

    When I started my first email list I had 7 subscribers. At least, I think it was that many. And that’s only coz members of my support group kindly signed up. I even had one client jump in to make… Read more…

  • “Better dash then…”

    “Huh?! What’s tha-” I say, my phone frantically buzzing beside my head. Still rather groggy from my afternoon nap, I reach over to answer. “Oh.. uh… hello?” “Guess what?” “Uh… what?” I say, as I recognize my wife’s voice. “I… Read more…

  • What if they don’t know I have a website?

    Lying in bed this morning, the inspiration lighting bolt stung me to full consciousness… “What if they don’t know I have a website?”  I mean, I’ve voiced the unthinkable before… Saying to shocked denizens of the internet that you don’t… Read more…