The Newsletter. Yeah, I Started One. Don’t Make It Weird.
Look, I know what you’re thinking. Not another newsletter. Like we don’t have enough noise in our lives. Like the universe was really crying out for one more person with a newsletter and an opinion about everything.
I get it. I really do.
But here’s the thing. The blog is fine. The blog is good, actually. It’s where I come to yell into the void, to work through the static, to figure out what I think by typing it out loud and it seems to help a lot of creatives. That’s not going anywhere. I need that. Maybe you need that. It’s my therapy that you get to witness. Lucky you.
But lately I’ve been thinking about the difference between shouting and talking. The blog is shouting. It’s me on a stage with a microphone, pacing back and forth, sweating under the lights. And that’s fine. That’s what I do.
But the newsletter? The newsletter is different. It’s quieter. It’s me pulling up a chair, leaning in, talking to you like a human being instead of an audience. No stage. No lights. Just… connection. Which is terrifying, honestly. Connection means you can see me. And I’m not sure any of us are ready for that.
So here’s the deal. I’m calling it Digital Marketing for Creatives – how original. Hey, you need to stay on-brand. And it’s not just the blog in a different outfit. It’s not the greatest hits repackaged so I can harvest your email address like some kind of digital farmer. I hate that stuff. You hate that stuff. We’re all on the same page.
This is new content. Different content. The stuff that doesn’t fit on the blog because it’s too raw, too specific, too much like an actual conversation. Thoughts that show up at 3am when I can’t sleep and the world feels like it’s ending. Things I’m learning the hard way so maybe you don’t have to. The behind-the-scenes chaos of someone who’s trying to do the work in a world that’s actively on fire.
You want the algorithm tips? Go read someone else. You want the five ways to optimize your funnel? There’s a thousand bros on LinkedIn for that. This is gonna be different. This is gonna be real. Or at least my version of real, which is messy and uncomfortable, but it will get you marketing in a more effective manner.
Now. Because I’m apparently incapable of doing anything without adding a layer of complication and existential dread, I’m also doing a thing. A dumb thing. A promotional thing that makes my skin crawl but here we are.
Anyone who signs up in March, this month, right now, while the clocks are doing whatever they’re doing and the light is changing, gets entered into a raffle. A drawing. A whatever-you-want-to-call-it. And the prize? A copy of my book. Digital Marketing for Creatives. Which is weird to give away because the whole book is about how to do this stuff without losing your soul, and here I am doing… this stuff. The irony is not lost on me. Trust me, I’ve spent three therapy sessions on it.
But here’s the truth: I wrote that book for people like you. People who have something to say but hate the saying-it-out-loud part. People who know the work matters but feel gross about the self-promotion machine. If that’s you, if you’re out there making things and cringing every time you have to tell someone about them, then maybe this newsletter is for you. And maybe you should get the book for free instead of paying for it. If you want the book, but not the newsletter, this link is for you.
So. That’s the thing. That’s the pitch. I feel dirty. I’m gonna go take a shower now.
If you want in, if you want the real stuff, the unfiltered stuff, the stuff that doesn’t make it to the blog, there’s a link. It’s right here. Click it. Or don’t. I’ll be over here either way, refreshing my subscriber count and pretending I don’t care.
I care. I care a normal amount. Let’s move on.
Fine print: One entry per human soul. Winner drawn April 1st. No, this is not an April Fool’s joke, though my entire career could be viewed as one depending on your perspective. Open wherever books can be shipped, which I think is everywhere but honestly I’m still figuring out international postage.
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