After a quick little summer vacay, Email of the Week is officially… BACK! And boy oh boy, do I have a good breakdown for you today. One of the things I love about this Email of the Week project is that I get to feature brands with awesome backstories. You probably haven’t heard of a …
Seven years ago, I walked into the Old Bridge Public Library looking for business books. I made the decision that I was going to figure out how to start a business on the internet. I had no idea what I was doing. But I knew if I read enough books and did enough research, eventually… …
My wife and I celebrated our anniversary this week. This was our fourth. Man, time is flying… Fourth anniversary means that traditionally gifts are: flowers and fruit… and appliances. Applicances is kind of fucking stupid – because honestly, by year four of marriage… what appliances DON’T you already have? Right? Now, flowers and fruit is …
Last week, I celebrated my very first Father’s Day. It was awesome. Got to hang out with all my family members and bask in the glory of finally becoming a Patriarch. I really enoyed it. As you can probably guess, I was off my phone for almost the entire day. So I didn’t see many …
I’ve been seeing a lot of stories lately about how most popular food delivery apps are actually screwing restaurant owners with every single order. I’ve seen breakdowns where restaurant owners actually LOSE money with every order that gets placed. That’s kind of fucking gross. And I’m not too happy about it. So, a few weeks …
Remember that whole Covid-19 thing? It was that whole situation where we all had to lockdown for 3+ months or EVERYONE ON THE PLANET WOULD FUCKING DIE… only it’s kind of looking like it wasn’t even real because now life is back to normal and we’re all gathering and doing whatever the fuck we want …
Wanna hear a funny story? A while back, I tried a little experiment with my email list. This was back when I decided to stop being an email “generalist” and instead focus on working JUST with eCommerce brands. My email list was a lot smaller back then. Back then, I’d check out who joined my …
Have you ever royally screwed up an email broadcast? At a certain point in your business, it’s bound to happen. Most of the time, you might forget to include a link… or forget an important detail in your copy. So you have to send one of those semi-embarrassing “correction” emails. I’ve done this. In fact, …
A couple of weeks ago, my wife and I wanted to send a gift to a friend of ours for her birthday. We landed on sending some cupcakes via Baked By Melissa (totally her idea, btw). Now, let me tell you… If you’ve never tried their cupcakes, you haven’t truly lived. They’re phenomenal. Baked By …
One of the interesting side effects of the quarantine has been seeing an army of normies become hip to Zoom. People are even calling it the new “social networking” platform. And listen, I myself love Zoom. (Well, besides the fact that it’s YET ANOTHER TOOL THE FUCKING CHINESE GOVERNMENT IS USING TO SPY ON US …
