I share my experiences in email copywriting. I offer tips on how to write a marketing email that educates, persuades and converts a prospect.
Email best practices for Internal Communications
I write about the email best practices for Internal Communications. I argue why internal emails need to be written visually. And why they cannot follow the conventional storytelling format.
5 Public Policy problems in an Intangible Economy
I talk about the 5 public policy problems that will arise in an Intangible economy.
Book Review of “We, the Citizens”
I review the book, โWe, The Peopleโ. This is an audacious attempt to simplify complex public policy topics in a comic book format.
Why GenAI will not replace Human Writers
I argue why GenAI cannot replace human writers. GenAI is not magic, itโs a probabilistic sequence predictor. It is trained on data to predict what is most likely to follow a set of words (prompt). In contrast, human writing is thinking on paper.
Finding Purpose Beyond Work
โWhat do you do?โ How many of us simply announce our profession in response to this question? Work is so central to our identity in the world today that this seems natural. If you identify yourself closely with your work, thatโs great. But, for many people, work is simply a means to pay their bills.... Continue Reading →
Art vs Artist
Years ago, I finally met a writer I only knew by his works. His writing oozed satire, irreverence, and iconoclasm. His personality reflected warmth, kindness, and thoughtfulness. The contrast between his writing and social self couldnโt have been sharper. In his magnum opus, โThe Story of Philosophyโ, Will Durant chronicles the lives of philosophers alongside... Continue Reading →
Looking back at 2024
โAmateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.โ โ Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft Write a newsletter every week: that was my new year resolution for 2024. When I wrote my first newsletter on Jan 6th, 2024, I didnโt know if I... Continue Reading →
Using Deadly Laws as a Proxy for Social Change
I argue why deadly laws cannot be a proxy for social change.
Is Any Publicity Really Good Publicity?
Marketing is a fine art and inexact science