A one-link, once-a-weekday email for writers who want to newsletter better.
Each issue of Read This links to an article, blog, video, or other resource that provides helpful insights into building a better readership using an email newsletter.
Should I publish my newsletter to my blog?
Redundant or required.
How to return from a newsletter hiatus in style
... and minimize unsubscribes.
11 design ideas you should steal for your newsletter
Small design tweaks for a bigger impact.
The social media mirage
... and the humble email.
My blog is a digital garden, not a blog
Is it time to start cultivating and growing your own garden?
Creative courage in the digital void
Kat Vellos on putting it all out there.
How to find real friendships online via the algorithm
Kat Vellos on putting it all out there.
How To Build Your Audience When Your Topic Is You
On attracting a community of people with shared interests.
Ye Olde Blogroll
Because blogs are the soul of the web.
Taste is the new intelligence
Is curation the new IQ test?
300 days of showing up
Another humble brag & link roundup.
Entertaining strangers is exhausting
There are better ways to spend your time and energy.
The joy of missing out on platforms
... and the possibilities that arise from missing out.
7 questions to help you find direction
What to ask yourself during changing times -- or any time.
Platform reality
Enjoy it while it lasts.
Open-source design resources
A collection.
No one cares ... for now.
And that's okay.
Abandoned blogs
A collection of untended digital gardens.
Do the human work
The trick to getting people to show up.
10 (more!) things I wish every writer knew about marketing
Dan Blank on how to master the craft of sharing your writing.
Good Internet
A new magazine.
The non-scientific, non-scammy way to grow your newsletter
There are no shortcuts to growth, but there are strategies to steadily grow.
5 rules for creative authenticity
A mini manifesto.
10 things I wish every writer knew about marketing
Dan Blank shares lessons from 25 years of helping writers.
Blogging as a gift
Why write post after post into the void with nobody engaging?
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