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How I Use Trello for Blogging
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Hi Reader I've tried many different SaaS productivity tools over the years. I keep coming back to Trello. It works for managing a newsletter, my YouTube channel, and blogging. I like Trello because it's easy to use. So I decided to document my work flow. Simply, plan a creative project on a single board... and limit what you work on. Write on, Bryan Collins
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Letters From the Desk of Bryan Collins
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On Sunday, I asked members of my Telegram group how many email subscribers they have. I wanted to figure out what type of content to create. Over 50% of respondents said they don’t have an email list. 33% of respondents are running a list with over 100 subscribers. The rest are running lists with over 1000 subscribers. I was surprised by the results. My thesis? Some respondents find setting up and growing an engaged list overwhelming, while others get distracted by the lure of social media. I...
Yesterday, I wrote a newsletter about the merits of running a paid newsletter on Kit and Substack. A reader asked why I’m using Substack if I already run this newsletter on Kit. They also wanted to know why I’m creating a Telegram group, which I teased in that newsletter. I started my email list on MailChimp back in 2015. I moved to ConvertKit in 2016 as it’s a better fit for creators. I use ConvertKit (now Kit) because it’s connected to Become a Writer Today via landing pages and forms. I...
Running a paid newsletter is all the rage. You can turn on paid subscriptions on Kit or Substack by connecting them to your Stripe account, pressing a button, and asking people to subscribe. A paid newsletter looks crazy attractive. Substack even slapped a calculator on the homepage at one point so aspiring newsletter owners could salivate over potential monthly profits. All you have to do is write your newsletter and forget about all that marketing. What creator wouldn’t love that type of...