Comments on: Some good advice is meant to be ignored http://www.fluentself.com/blog/newsletter/some-good-advice-is-meant-to-be-ignored/ When you need some destuckification. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:30:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Business Heart » The Blog versus The Newsletter http://www.fluentself.com/blog/newsletter/some-good-advice-is-meant-to-be-ignored/#comment-378 Business Heart » The Blog versus The Newsletter Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:25:02 +0000 http://www.fluentself.com/?p=250#comment-378 [...] friend and colleague, Havi Brooks of The Fluent Self just dumped her “noozletter” in favor of her blog. She was, as she admitted, a-scared and a-tremblin’ about the decision, because every big [...] [...] friend and colleague, Havi Brooks of The Fluent Self just dumped her “noozletter” in favor of her blog. She was, as she admitted, a-scared and a-tremblin’ about the decision, because every big [...]

]]> By: Havi Brooks http://www.fluentself.com/blog/newsletter/some-good-advice-is-meant-to-be-ignored/#comment-350 Havi Brooks Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:21:36 +0000 http://www.fluentself.com/?p=250#comment-350 Whoah, two Dunfords in a day? A <em>double-dunford</em>? Score. Jack can't type yet, can he? Because the day I get the coveted Dunford Triple is the day my blog is famous. Oh, sorry, back to you. Thanks for chiming in, Jamie -- and for the vote of support. Love it. Whoah, two Dunfords in a day? A double-dunford? Score.

Jack can’t type yet, can he? Because the day I get the coveted Dunford Triple is the day my blog is famous.

Oh, sorry, back to you. Thanks for chiming in, Jamie — and for the vote of support. Love it.

]]> By: Jamie Dunford http://www.fluentself.com/blog/newsletter/some-good-advice-is-meant-to-be-ignored/#comment-349 Jamie Dunford Thu, 21 Aug 2008 06:08:56 +0000 http://www.fluentself.com/?p=250#comment-349 I don't want to belittle the whole breakup feeling, because that must be hard. But it seems to me that the whole point of running a blog/business is so that you can do what you love and not have to listen to other people tell you how to do it (i.e. your stupid boss who is only there because he/she brown-nosed his/her way to the top and is obviously way out-classed by yourself and why doesn't anyone else seem to notice this?) Congrats on following your heart and what you believe to be true. I don’t want to belittle the whole breakup feeling, because that must be hard. But it seems to me that the whole point of running a blog/business is so that you can do what you love and not have to listen to other people tell you how to do it (i.e. your stupid boss who is only there because he/she brown-nosed his/her way to the top and is obviously way out-classed by yourself and why doesn’t anyone else seem to notice this?)

Congrats on following your heart and what you believe to be true.

]]> By: Havi Brooks http://www.fluentself.com/blog/newsletter/some-good-advice-is-meant-to-be-ignored/#comment-347 Havi Brooks Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:18:13 +0000 http://www.fluentself.com/?p=250#comment-347 Oh, you guys are the best. @Brandon & Elizabeth - I definitely see the appeal of the digest idea and appreciate the suggestion, and at the same time can't imagine doing it. Seems like it would be annoying for people who made the move to subscribe to the blog. And anyway, as I always say, asking people to click a link is the offline equivalent of asking someone to run down the street and buy you a sandwich. Link-clicking is construed as way more work than just reading. But maybe I'll change my mind on that. @tatoca - you're not allowed to have any shoulds?! Man, that sounds like another should. You <em>should</em> at least be allowed <em>one or two</em> shoulds, right? Talk about going cold turkey. Go slow with the change ... being nice to yourself is hard and weird so don't push it too much! :) @GirlPie, Emma, David, Sonia and everyone, actually - Thanks so so much for being all sweet and supportive. I'm still feeling a bit vulnerable/terrified along with elated and liberated, so it's really awesome to have all you guys cheering for me. Mwah! Oh, you guys are the best.

@Brandon & Elizabeth - I definitely see the appeal of the digest idea and appreciate the suggestion, and at the same time can’t imagine doing it. Seems like it would be annoying for people who made the move to subscribe to the blog.

And anyway, as I always say, asking people to click a link is the offline equivalent of asking someone to run down the street and buy you a sandwich. Link-clicking is construed as way more work than just reading.

But maybe I’ll change my mind on that.

@tatoca - you’re not allowed to have any shoulds?! Man, that sounds like another should. You should at least be allowed one or two shoulds, right? Talk about going cold turkey.

Go slow with the change … being nice to yourself is hard and weird so don’t push it too much! :)

@GirlPie, Emma, David, Sonia and everyone, actually - Thanks so so much for being all sweet and supportive. I’m still feeling a bit vulnerable/terrified along with elated and liberated, so it’s really awesome to have all you guys cheering for me. Mwah!

]]> By: Sonia Simone http://www.fluentself.com/blog/newsletter/some-good-advice-is-meant-to-be-ignored/#comment-346 Sonia Simone Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:03:08 +0000 http://www.fluentself.com/?p=250#comment-346 I headed over here because Mark tweeted it, and I had a heartstopping moment thinking you had actually dumped the list. But you didn't, so it's all happily ever after. Life is too short to drink bad wine or write nooz when you no longer want to write nooz. Congrats on freeing your heart up! And you've got updates by email, so those who like email can still get the goodness. I love the autoresponder part of my newsletter, which is all timely and useful and makes me look fabulous. Once the string runs out, my noozies realize what a horrible, horrible flake I am. Ah well. Sonia Simones last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheRemarkableCommunicationBlog/~3/369372644/beatrix-kiddos-guide-to-making-it-happen.html" rel="nofollow">Beatrix Kiddo's Guide to Making It Happen</a> I headed over here because Mark tweeted it, and I had a heartstopping moment thinking you had actually dumped the list.

But you didn’t, so it’s all happily ever after. Life is too short to drink bad wine or write nooz when you no longer want to write nooz. Congrats on freeing your heart up! And you’ve got updates by email, so those who like email can still get the goodness.

I love the autoresponder part of my newsletter, which is all timely and useful and makes me look fabulous. Once the string runs out, my noozies realize what a horrible, horrible flake I am. Ah well.

Sonia Simones last blog post..Beatrix Kiddo’s Guide to Making It Happen

]]> By: David http://www.fluentself.com/blog/newsletter/some-good-advice-is-meant-to-be-ignored/#comment-345 David Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:50:33 +0000 http://www.fluentself.com/?p=250#comment-345 Ya know, I started a newsletter a few short months ago and I just wasn't diggin' it. Like you said, it didn't feel right, even though the conventional advice was "of course you should have one." I dumped it, but I'm keepin' on keepin' on with my blog. It's just more fun and not as much work as thinkifying ways to get people to sign up on my silly web form. I'm not going to debate the use of either one, because I do get newsletters that I really like reading. Really. Havi: Say Goodbye to Hollywood, say goodbye my ba-ee-bayyyy... Did that make you sad? Davids last blog post..<a href="http://illoicious.blogspot.com/2008/08/they-just-dont-get-it-do-they-ghosts-in.html" rel="nofollow">They just don't get it, do they? Ghosts in the machine...</a> Ya know, I started a newsletter a few short months ago and I just wasn’t diggin’ it. Like you said, it didn’t feel right, even though the conventional advice was “of course you should have one.”

I dumped it, but I’m keepin’ on keepin’ on with my blog. It’s just more fun and not as much work as thinkifying ways to get people to sign up on my silly web form.

I’m not going to debate the use of either one, because I do get newsletters that I really like reading. Really.

Havi: Say Goodbye to Hollywood, say goodbye my ba-ee-bayyyy…

Did that make you sad?

Davids last blog post..They just don’t get it, do they? Ghosts in the machine…

]]> By: Elizabeth Potts Weinstein http://www.fluentself.com/blog/newsletter/some-good-advice-is-meant-to-be-ignored/#comment-344 Elizabeth Potts Weinstein Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:02:12 +0000 http://www.fluentself.com/?p=250#comment-344 Depending upon who you used for your newsletter, you could just set up your newsletter to be a feed of your blog. Like a once-a-week email that has the last posts you did that week, or whatever. Then you don't have to write anything else, but people who want email delivery get it. (you can do this through aweber.com) ~ Elizabeth Depending upon who you used for your newsletter, you could just set up your newsletter to be a feed of your blog. Like a once-a-week email that has the last posts you did that week, or whatever. Then you don’t have to write anything else, but people who want email delivery get it. (you can do this through aweber.com)

~ Elizabeth

]]> By: GirlPie http://www.fluentself.com/blog/newsletter/some-good-advice-is-meant-to-be-ignored/#comment-343 GirlPie Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:31:39 +0000 http://www.fluentself.com/?p=250#comment-343 From one of the four people you didn't ask for advice (and I'd have said the same thing if you'd paid me for counsel): BEST. DECISION. EVER. Did you notice that's what your cold was trying to purge? Your 600 friends will be delighted to follow you over to blogland, it's bringing them into the present, which plenty more of what they want and got from your nooz. AND the bonus of the comments! Maybe one last tip to them on how to make that easy... [I love my "morning coffee" which is a plug-in on my Firefox browser that opens my favorite blogs, all lined up in a row, to check in on before I check my RSS reader (love the Google Reader) over lunch at my desk.] Some little tip like that might help them "come on down!" And let me be the first to WELCOME YOU NOOZLETTER READERS -- to the comments section of your new date with Havi. Glad to have you, chime on in, any friend of Havi's is a friend of her blog's audience; actually, not an audience as much as a class: come to hear mellow music that's new to you, stretch out on comfy mats in a lovely space, and let your mind and lungs take deep breaths. Glad to have you join us. From one of the four people you didn’t ask for advice (and I’d have said the same thing if you’d paid me for counsel):
BEST. DECISION. EVER.

Did you notice that’s what your cold was trying to purge?

Your 600 friends will be delighted to follow you over to blogland, it’s bringing them into the present, which plenty more of what they want and got from your nooz. AND the bonus of the comments! Maybe one last tip to them on how to make that easy… [I love my "morning coffee" which is a plug-in on my Firefox browser that opens my favorite blogs, all lined up in a row, to check in on before I check my RSS reader (love the Google Reader) over lunch at my desk.] Some little tip like that might help them “come on down!”

And let me be the first to WELCOME YOU NOOZLETTER READERS — to the comments section of your new date with Havi. Glad to have you, chime on in, any friend of Havi’s is a friend of her blog’s audience; actually, not an audience as much as a class: come to hear mellow music that’s new to you, stretch out on comfy mats in a lovely space, and let your mind and lungs take deep breaths. Glad to have you join us.

]]> By: Mark Silver http://www.fluentself.com/blog/newsletter/some-good-advice-is-meant-to-be-ignored/#comment-342 Mark Silver Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:49:41 +0000 http://www.fluentself.com/?p=250#comment-342 And, I should add, that I do post my newsletter to my website every week, so people can and do link to it, and I get some groovy SEO juice from it as well. Blogs have lots of advantages, which is why I blog, and will amp up my blogging. But even the collection of blog posts... I'm just curious whether it would really meet the needs of someone who is looking for/expecting a "newsletter" (please pardon the English-dictionary-authoritarian spelling). Especially if they don't have always-on internet. Which, many, many people do, and many, many people still! don't. Anyway, I like crossing pens with you, Nathan. Thanks for pushing back. Havi, you rock. Thanks for being brave and stoopid. peace Mark Mark Silvers last blog post..<a href="http://heartofbusiness.com/wordpress/2008/08/18/feeling-tender-nervous-uncertain/" rel="nofollow">Feeling tender, nervous, uncertain</a> And, I should add, that I do post my newsletter to my website every week, so people can and do link to it, and I get some groovy SEO juice from it as well.

Blogs have lots of advantages, which is why I blog, and will amp up my blogging. But even the collection of blog posts… I’m just curious whether it would really meet the needs of someone who is looking for/expecting a “newsletter” (please pardon the English-dictionary-authoritarian spelling).

Especially if they don’t have always-on internet. Which, many, many people do, and many, many people still! don’t.

Anyway, I like crossing pens with you, Nathan. Thanks for pushing back.

Havi, you rock. Thanks for being brave and stoopid.

peace
Mark

Mark Silvers last blog post..Feeling tender, nervous, uncertain

]]> By: Brandon Watkins http://www.fluentself.com/blog/newsletter/some-good-advice-is-meant-to-be-ignored/#comment-340 Brandon Watkins Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:58:39 +0000 http://www.fluentself.com/?p=250#comment-340 To keep the regular, active contact with your list, how about sending out a "Weekly Wrap" of your blog posts? Not the whole post, just the headline and maybe the first sentence or two. That way, you're regularly contacting your customer base with your writing, but making use of your blog to do it. You'd have to talk to someone more into the technical details, but I suppose it's possible to automate the whole thing (Set up RSS to feed an auto-emailer or something?). Just an idea from out here in IdeaLand. Brandon Watkinss last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SimpleSustainability/~3/369171424/5-books-everyone-should-read.html" rel="nofollow">5½ Books Everyone Should Read</a> To keep the regular, active contact with your list, how about sending out a “Weekly Wrap” of your blog posts? Not the whole post, just the headline and maybe the first sentence or two. That way, you’re regularly contacting your customer base with your writing, but making use of your blog to do it. You’d have to talk to someone more into the technical details, but I suppose it’s possible to automate the whole thing (Set up RSS to feed an auto-emailer or something?).

Just an idea from out here in IdeaLand.

Brandon Watkinss last blog post..5½ Books Everyone Should Read

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