publishing

Recently my friend Ben Opsahl sent me a note. He had subscribed here in early 2017 expecting a regular newsletter, and then noticed that he didn’t hear from me much. He had four emails from me last year, he pointed out. Four? Yep: F–O–U–R. Because that’s how often I wrote here and how often I published a “newsletter.” (Which was really just a blog post notification.) Lame. So what gives, Ben said? I wrote him back, explaining that I’m kind of busy with MarketingProfs. And what’s more, I did produce throughout 2017—just not for my own site. Even as I wrote that to Ben, it felt weird. Like an excuse. A cop-out. Why didn’t I write on my own site? Yeah… What gives? 2018 is the year to change that. Here’s the plan. But first, a story… When I was eight years old, my parents gave me a journal for […]