The sun’ll come out tomorrow
I came home to my youngest belting out… “The sun’ll come out tomorrow…” 🎶 Yep… It’s that time of the year when the local theatre company starts auditions for their next production. This time it’s Annie. And all the ladies… Read more…
Who’s a cute little fella?
What do you get when Chris’s brain and Canva’s Magic Media AI have a baby? Well… it might look a little like the cute fella who is now hard at work creating new pages on my website. Like this one,… Read more…
The great unsubscribe amnesty
In marketing there’s often this sense of desperation about growing your email list to be as enormous as possible. Wanting anyone and everyone to be on it. Comparing sizes with others. And being heartbroken should even one person unsubscribe. But,… Read more…
If the worst that can happen is you become a better writer… why not?
I know I get sideways glances when I mention this one thing. After all… It’s not a “best practice”. And “you’ll burn out your list”. Or “you’ll not be able to keep it up”. I’m talking about daily email. Why… Read more…
Humans are from Earth. Not Krypton.
March 4th, 2021. A day etched in my mind forever. I was driving from our home in the country. Heading to the city for a morning meeting. It was for a committee where I was the new representative from our… Read more…
Lights, camera… lights… LIGHTS!
If you’re ever recording a video. Perhaps to upload to YouTube. Or to use in a course you’re developing. Even if you’re on yet another Zoom call… Getting lighting right is super-important At least it is, if you want to… Read more…
Today’s frantic dash
“Huh?! What’s tha-” I say as my phone buzzes right beside my head. “Oh.. uh… hello?” I answer groggily. “Guess what?” “Uh… what?” I say, as I recognize my wife’s voice. “I thought Leah’s flight arrived at 6pm. But it’s… Read more…
That eternal question for freelancers…
“Phew!” you say, “no more Substack.” Yes, my friend… at least not for today. 😁 I’m all Substacked-out anyway! But one thing I don’t get tired of is hearing your questions. Feel free to send those in any time. And… Read more…
Substack… again?
OK, OK… I know I said yesterday I wasn’t going to talk about Substack much on this list. But it’s got some pretty nice features. And there’s a particularly cool one I thought you might like to know about today.… Read more…
Substack
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… Read more…
