I'm not a fan of putting "Re" at the beginning of an email if it isn't a real re. I get so many emails. When I see a re I look at the name and wonder when we had a conversation and if I forgot something. Only to click on it and realize we never spoke and it was an undercover way to get me to open that person's email. It creates unnecessary confusion that I could do without.

@Lydia Kyriakidou I have never used it unless I was referencing something both parties are aware of from before. I think that marketers know many people in decision making positions are old enough to remember the original meaning. So they will use it to get the open. One could call it poor marketing skills. Or sneaky ones.

Last week launched a private podcast to my list that will be included in my welcome sequences from now on. The last episode was uploaded on Wednesday. The series was crawling at around 22-25 downloads during this week. I woke up this morning to 43 downloads so I'm happy to see people are taking the time to tune in.

@Angela H This is interesting. I use GetResponse. There are some people who are on different lists. But when I send an email to everyone, the platform automatically curates a list of unique subscribers. So if you signed up for 3 things and are on 3 lists, you only get one email.

@Angela H Understood. I've seen a lot of people leaving from Kit recently. And there have been changes to Thrivecart which affected how contributors' info showed up in bundles. I've never used them. I started with Systeme io and they were a nightmare. I went to GetResponse afterwards and I'm still with them.

Happy birthday Sage. Enjoy your day and your vacation 🎁.

I'm a little late to this post but I think it's a bad practice to "gently recommend" someone give you a rating on your Podcast as one of the questions on a form where you're interested in collaborating. And when the suggestion is "gently taken" they don't hear from you again. You don't have to work with the person making the inquiry. But the least you can do is respond to the request, thank them for the review you pretty much asked for and then say you don't think it's a good fit. I can't say for sure it's a deliberate attempt to get more ratings for the show. But it's bad business in my books.