The Week That W.A.S.
News and Updates
We’re back from our two-week vacation in Morocco and back to seven days a week publishing/podcasting here on “We Are Speaking.”
If you missed any of the articles or the podcast for this past week, you can find them in the archives.
Great News!
Speaking of the podcast, the “We Are Speaking” weekly podcast is #233 of 720 podcasts in the “Government” category on Apple Podcasts! Yippee!! That means our podcast is in the TOP 1/3 of that category!
Did you know that you can download the app to read all of the articles, listen to all of the podcast episodes, and discover other Substack publications? Now available for iOS and Android!
And speaking of podcasts again, I am starting a new weekly 15-minute podcast called “Find Out In Fifteen.” The podcast will discuss branding, marketing, and business-building topics for independent writers and creative and solo professionals.
Those topics are what I teach and coach on in our company the Global Creative Community.
I am sure that some of our subscribers will find this new podcast valuable. If you do not wish to receive this podcast via email as you receive the other articles and podcast episodes, you can go into your account and “unclick” that option.
The intro trailer for the new podcast is below.
I also write on branding, marketing, and business building for creatives in my weekly LinkedIn newsletter. You can subscribe to that newsletter here.
Celebrating Our Paid Subscribers and Looking for More! Lots More!
For the last couple of months, all of the articles and podcast episodes have been free. Sharing our publication is the best way you can help us to grow!
Starting Monday, October 10, 2022, we are going back to 4 free and 3 paid articles per week. One week, the Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday articles will be for paid subscribers; the next week, the Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday articles will be for paid subscribers. The Monday op-eds, Saturday “We Are Speaking” podcast episodes, and Sunday update articles will always be free, as will the “Find Out in Fifteen” podcast episodes.
Also, the archive for the current month will always be free. The archived articles for previous months will now be for paid subscribers only.
We will still publish 7 times/week or 28 times/month which equals about 35¢ per article at $10.00/month, even less per article at $100/per year.
Lastly, we are considering doing a live monthly AMA (“Ask Me Anything) where our community can talk directly with us for an hour. That will also be for paid subscribers, as will occasional Friday Q&A discussions.
We hope that everyone finds value in our articles, and we are really appreciative of all of our subscribers. We love researching and writing the articles every day, even though it takes an average of 2-3 hours per day.
However, this newsletter is intended to be one of our income-producing projects, and your financial support really helps us.
Whether you are a free or paid subscriber, we thank you for your support.
Please let us know what you think about all of this week’s news you can use in the comments!