A refuge for moths! Ha! I love it!
Can you believe it has been almost a year since I subscribed to your wonderful blog? My favorite thing about it is YOU! I love your writing style but you are such a wonderful human and I’ve enjoyed getting to know you. I always appreciate your use of my artwork–I think our styles work very well together. I know you aren’t on Facebook but I share links to your blog there and I do hope you’ve gotten some traffic from those posts.
Speaking of grilled cheese and cocoa, what do I get if I have an invisible list with imaginary readers? I may have to seriously consider finding a budget for some assistance. Let’s talk. xo
Shawn, you are a shiny gem. So thankful I reached out to stalk you for the Professional Artist article.
Okay I say you get Smores and fragrant coffee by a campfire for an “imaginary list.”
An imaginary list sounds fun, though, so …. Dr. Suessian. With more potential than reality-based lists right? But if you want to start your list ( for free ) :) you could add an email signup box to your face book page and see what happens. Did you try that yet? Here’s that article on how to do it, most readers said it took under ten minutes to set up. https://thecharmedstudio.com/create-email-sign-up-for-facebook/.
Thanks for the links back to my site facebook, it makes a difference in my micro climate.
I did do one newsletter through Mail Chimp but had lots of issues. Most people who received it said it was all just a jumble of words without any order and only links for photos. My version looked beautiful.
Thank you for the link. I will look into that.
I’m sure one of Drew’s tech savvy readers would know better than me but your mail chimp issue might have had something to do with sending it as plain text vs html… or maybe not. Talk soon Shawn.
Thea, what you do so well works well. I’ve enjoyed getting to know you through our exchanges about art and what’s behind the art we (artists) make. I love the idea of making personal connections with readers, and as a reader of The Charmed Studio blog, I’ve benefited. But do you anticipate how that might change as your list grows larger?
~Sharon Leah
It’s been lovely to get to know you as well Sharon and I appreciate you commenting. Before I answer I want to ask you:
What have you done as your list has grown larger?
Another great article, Thea. It seems I always learn from you. It didn’t occur to me to personally contact everyone on my list. I always respond to comments but I have to say the personal email from you made me feel so good and still, l only send the auto-response when they sign-up. Love the personal email idea.
I still get excited everytime someone signs-up for my newsletter or blog. I can’t imagine that changing. (pant, pant) Thanks!
If you have the time, I think you especially, will find contacting new subscribers fun. We start blogs to be seen but we also start them to connect on a deeper level with others. I see the reaching out as something that brings back to us this creative oxygen that can energize the more altruistic aspects of our blogs.
And I loved your (pant, pant) confession. Very affirming, as always, thank you Mickey!
You know of course that comparing-myself-to-a -dog- bit was on the cutting room floor (edited out) but I closed my eyes and put it back in at the last minute.
The personal stuff we hesitate including is sometimes the part of our writing that readers can relate to right? Take care.