Alexander Kluge
@alexanderkluge
That’s a great advice. I’ve been documenting daily using a macOS app called „The Archive” zettelkasten.de/the-archive/. It was a surprise that I found it but since February 2018 I’ve been using it daily. I wouldn’t know what other tool to document or journal my life. On mobile I’m using 1Writer (1writerapp.com) because of the Markdown support and Dropbox sync.
Except for email and social media (Twitter, Mastodon, LinkedIn, Telegram/WhatsApp, Nomad List, FB), I visit and interact in my topic-centric communities (copywriting community: copychief.com, creator’s business community: seanwes.community, and WIP.chat though I prefer the Q&A and Roasts at WIP, not so much the Telegram group chat). I don’t check daily news because they don’t matter. Instead, I'm receiving all the important news that matter to me via email, f2f conversations or through word of mouth (hearsay).
TIL f2f conversations 😂
Good to know your different sites. Two of them I didn't knew :)
And regarding news, they are the events that have already happened & there is nothing we can do about it except get angry or spoil are mood so even I don't pay attention to news anymore. Stopped reading newspaper for the same reasons. But if someone is sharing something too much, then I check it out otherwise I also don't like it.
I’m glad you enjoyed what I wrote ;) And I agree: If some news are so „important” (whatever that means) then it will pop up at some place or another, and that’s when I’ll check. Apart from that I’m happy to be in liaison with JOMO (joy of missing out) for sanity reasons.
I don't know what is considered a "best" example but here is an example: the public diary for my startup studiolist.org, documented on Instagram - www.instagram.com/explore/tag… - for 4+ months (Feb-May) but now I'm taking a break to concentrate on client work (the startup is a potential long-term money-maker not immediately like client work).
Interesting, I was about to recommend Ghost to you. But I wanted to answer your question precisely and not say something you didn't ask for ;)
Ha! Nice one. Yeah, I spent a couple of weeks setting up something on Wordpress, getting frustrated. Then I asked Pieter and he just said Ghost. Liking it!
I've heard good things about Digital Ocean, they have support for WordPress through so-called droplets marketplace.digitalocean.com/…
Thanks man. Actually decided to go with ghost instead. Must host with digital ocean though.
Interesting, I was about to recommend Ghost to you. But I wanted to answer your question precisely and not say something you didn't ask for ;)
Ha! Nice one. Yeah, I spent a couple of weeks setting up something on Wordpress, getting frustrated. Then I asked Pieter and he just said Ghost. Liking it!
Follow-up @jefftriplett: because I received the confirmation for the Mailchimp support and I tried it myself.
My question was: Can I include a merge tag in the from name field? For example: Could I write: I appreciate you, |FNAME|?
The answer is: NO you cannot include a merge tag but you can edit the from name or from email address for an email campaign and individualize it this way.
focusrecip.es (offline though), and I like my own recent domains: emailhealth.care, copywriting.delivery - it's nice to see more playful domains.
Try this if you're ok with a long-term strategy that requires patience:
- Make a list of top 5-7 companies/people you'd like to work with (dream clients). Approach them with a problem or business challenge they have while also providing a solution or a partial solution and then ask for nothing in return.
The alternative: Get a day job (part-time/full-time) depending on how much money and free time you want and need and don't worry about contracting gigs. Use your free time and available funds to make your side project a reality. Sounds so easy and straightforward, right? ;)
I’m glad you enjoyed what I wrote ;) And I agree: If some news are so „important” (whatever that means) then it will pop up at some place or another, and that’s when I’ll check. Apart from that I’m happy to be in liaison with JOMO (joy of missing out) for sanity reasons.