join my freaking mailing list
ten years ago there was a true taste-maker who was ahead of her time, named jenn schiffer, who started a newsletter and it got to just over 1700 people. this was pretty wild because in 2014 there were only like 5000 people on the internet. hi, i'm jenn schiffer, and i have since deleted my mailchimp account so i could only find the first issue in a reply to an email someone sent.
this mailing list has gotten some mileage. i used mailchimp for several years, tried substack for like a month, and then landed at that one service twitter used to own, revue. i actually really liked that one! everyone i encountered that worked there were really nice and helpful, but it was shut down pretty much immediately after caffeine free diet coke and a glock bought twitter.
last month i mentioned thinking about starting a new mailing list and i'm a woman of my blogged (pronounced 'blah-gid') word, so - whoops - buttondown.email/jenn is where you can subscribe. this is a fresh new list, so if you were an og e-news money dollars subscriber, thank you but you gotta subscribe to this one for continued valor.
the reason i went scorched earth here is slightly rational: because i have "director" in my corporate job title, the cold emails i get are absolutely feral when it comes to handling mailing lists - i basically get offered the "opportunity" to purchase attendee data for any large tech industry event on a weekly basis and i find that to be extremely fucking disgusting. this is in part why i decided to delete the 1700-row mailing list and start anew with this one - like, i've been carrying these email addresses for so long, rarely even emailing them, that if they REALLY want to be on my list they will find their way: by you subscribing to the new one. i said the reason was slightly rational!
if you're worried how often i'll be sending email out, don't piss me off. this list is literally to let you know when i've written a blog or have cool events coming up - we're talking like 2x a month, tops. if you're a sicko who wants an email from me more frequently, just email me lol - the whole reason i'm sending this out today is because an old friend of mine sent me a hilarious email and said i should email her my blog posts as i write them. so this is really for you, alice - but the rest of you are welcome join us. as i said 10 years ago in the first newsletter i ever sent:
you're probably not going to regret subscribing to this but, who knows, i'm not psychic
welcome to inbox hell!
xoxo jenn, sole co-ceo of live laugh email
