How California writers voted for their own doom
Published: Mon, 04/27/20
A tale for the business books:One thing I found e tremely ironic was when, last year, writers were shocked & freaking out over California’s AB 5…
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Yours Crotchety's favorite morning reading
Published: Sun, 04/26/20
The February “Email Players” elBenbo’s Lair insert included a short bit about my morning reading routine I go through each day, while I await the…
How to put the fear of hades into your competition
Published: Sun, 04/26/20
“You can crush a man with journalism.” - William Randolph HearstOne of the best business bios I read last year was one about the late William Randolph…
Big tech company destroys pregnant woman’s business
Published: Sat, 04/25/20
“Email Players” subscriber Kristian Thaulow once sent me this ditty:===Hey brother,Just read this article about an “influencer” who got her account…
The two biggest threats to email marketers today
Published: Sat, 04/25/20
“Email Players” subscriber Fabien Delorme asks about threats to email as a media:===Ben,here's my question:What I like a lot about your marketing…
The downfall of the lowly internet marketer
Published: Fri, 04/24/20
Not long ago, I wrote in one of my daily emails:"I'd bet green money someone who knows what they are doing with email can make more sales sending a…
When the social media psychopaths come-a'-doxing
Published: Fri, 04/24/20
Back in January, Mike Cernovich wrote on his blog about how a nurse got harassed and do ed (i.e., her private info published publicly) on Twitter.Do…
YouTube and the prophecy of doom
Published: Thu, 04/23/20
Once upon a time, one of my customers Kate Stelmaszek realized early what a lot of people — including seasoned marketers who have been in the game for…
How to know if you're a capitalist or merely human capital
Published: Thu, 04/23/20
One of my customers sent me a screen shot a while back in response to a daily email I sent, of a tweet by a bloke named Sahil Lavingia that said:===If…
Why so-called “influencers” were dropping like flies even before Cap'n Corona
Published: Wed, 04/22/20
Not long ago, my woman told me about a burlesque dancer who had a huge Instagram following whining on Facebook about how her account got abruptly shut…