I'm hearing whispers in my head, telling me nobody will show up for my auction, and nobody will bid more than $2... The woe is REAL. I don't think I'll be sleeping tonight. BUT! Maybe you can help distract me... with... direct mail! The other day, on a whim, I bought a $9 ebook off Instagram of all places... from a dude I know nothing about... about direct mail marketing with ugly postcards 🙃 I know folks who do some cool stuff. @Lex Roman, for example, sends stickers and postcards to their new Legends (paid subscribers). I wanna do something similar, too, to acknowledge my Vault members. But as far as marketing goes... does anyone have any thoughts? Especially for online businesses? Like, would you or would you not hate me if I sent you a postcard with a QR code to my Vault membership? Or maybe it needs to link to a lead magnet instead.... I loved getting Lex's stickers, also got a postcard from @John Bejakovic once, loved that too (though Spaniard mail is no joke)... but those are not marketing mails... So yeah... anyway... thoughts? Also, just realized Lawrence Bernstein has a direct mail marketing mini guide here (I think I prefer Airmails over ugly postcards...): https://admoneymachine.com/2020/05/25/greatest-money-making-loophole/

I'm excited and honored to host @Stacey Nicholls as the first of the many guest speakers (hopefully) to share a slice of their vast knowledge in their specific hyper-specialized skills, with Anthill members 😁 Can we have a round of applause, please? 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 Head over to the Classroom to find Stacey's presentation: Website as a Marketing Hub Stacey is also offering you 5 quick website fixes to solve your many business problems

Sometimes, emails from random subscribers make for great entertainment fodder... although a part of you wants to cry, too. Like this one... ----- Good afternoon, Side Blogger staff, I keep receiving your emails, but I don't understand what you actually do or what value they add to anyone's life. Once again, you are like a lot of other text people who put stuff around, who assume everybody is a computer geek and understands all of the nuances the computer language people use. I am interested in an open discussion space where I can discuss issues with people, but with a level of security that ensures plenty of scrupulous people around, seeking to get access to my computer for malicious reasons. So, unless I can understand what it means, I think I'm left to try to kill it off, as it comes across my computer very regularly. ----- This came from a person (or persons, because they signed off as Name & Name) who subscribed to my list 4 months ago and has opened almost every email... according to Kit, anyway... Like... what am I to make of this...? 🫠 Anyway... what's making you laugh and cry at the same time, these days? Share away!