Solo Practice

I couldn't get to the Tip of the Week any earlier this week because I was too busy purging my RSS and e-mail subscriptions.

You know what I'm talking about.  You read one or two interesting blog posts or articles from a blog author and you immediately subscribe to their RSS or e-newsletter only to find that when they send you a new post you are too busy (read 'not interested enough') to read what they subsequently write.

Or their topic no longer interests you.  Or they post so infrequently that when you get notification they've posted something new you don't remember subscribing and hit the 'spam' or delete button without opening.

Don't be shy.  If you've subscribed to a newsletter or RSS but you are not reading what they write or it has turned into a sales pitch you are not interested in, unsubscribe and free up your e-mail or feeds list for what you do want to read.

You actually do the author a favor, too.  You are sending a message that they need to get back on track to maintain your interest, write more frequently (or less), stop selling so hard or sell harder.

In the meantime, I'm going to take my own advice and continue to purge, purge, purge.  Don't worry.  I may purge you now, but once you start delivering the goods, again, I may just re-subscribe!

(Of course, this doesn't apply to Solo Practice University E-zine...:-)