Yesterday, The Religion Teacher email list passed the 40,000 subscriber mark. It is hard to believe that many people sign up to get emails from me or that there have been almost 60,000 people total who have signed up if you count those that unsubscribed. Here are a few of the things that helped the…
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Prime Time Newsletter
While I’ve had email lists for years, I only recently started sending a regular email newsletter to them. In the past my strategy had been to email the lists when I had something interesting to share or when I was launching something. Unfortunately this meant frequent gaps that could be weeks long. And that meant…
Find Your Whale Readers
In a recent podcast, Seth Godin talked about whales. He’s written about it before on his blog: “The management of whales.” A whale is a person that consumes far more than the typical person. In 2014 23% of Americans didn’t even read a book. There are some, however, who read more books on their own than…
A Vision is Discovered Over Time
“In my experience, creative people discover and realize their visions over time and through dedicated, protracted struggle.” Ed Catmull, Creativity, Inc. Leaders may feel like they have to have it all figured out. Speakers and authors tend to write about vision as if it is something that comes through some sort of Divine revelation that…
The “Link Roundup” Email Newsletter
There is a lot of pressure for authors to be prolific creators for the purpose of marketing. They feel the need to blog all the time or churn out new content in order to earn attention. A much more efficient approach, however, is to be a content curator and not just a creator. This way…
