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Psst... First name / you... over here!
 
Wanna make a deal?
 
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I had a totally different email planned to send to you today.
 
It was very strategic, so smart, was def going to have affiliate links — a total slay, if you will.
 
But I did not care about a single word I was writing. It felt empty.
 
And I knew you'd be able to tell, you smarty pants!!!
 
Maybe it's my luteal phase, maybe it's retrograde, maybe it's the sun finally coming out and making me want to do things that are not work, but the creative well is DRIEEEEERRRR than the Mojave Desert where I lived for three years.
 
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See, proof!!!
 
So here's the deal I'm proposing:
 
I'm gonna share some cool things I think you should know about, and then you're gonna go enjoy your weekend, and then I'll see you again next week with hopefully a little more creative brain power.
 
Sound like a plan?
 
Cool Sh*t I Think You'll Like
 
>> First things first: you can turn off your read receipts in Instagram DMs.
 
Head to your settings > Messages and story replies > Show read receipts
 
If I'm late to the party, oh well, but this was brand new and incredibly exciting news to me! I like to be able to open a message and read it to prepare my response without worrying that someone's going to think I'm ignoring them!
 
>> Literally right this second as we speak my website is getting an upgrade
 
Sarah Kleist is working her absolute MAGIC and it's taking everything in me not to show it off until it's finished.
 
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Which is probably also why I'm creatively tapped — any energy not going towards client work is going 110% to getting this sucker done!
 
>> I'm going to wake up tomorrow with a brand new Taylor Swift album to listen to
 
Big news for insufferable swifties like me.
 
Sorry if you're not here for it. Try giving Maggie Rogers's new album a listen instead!
 
>> TransparentTextures.com
 
Need the perfect paper background in your brand color? This is the way.
 
It's so cool, where has it been my whole life?!?!
 
>> My Haute Stock membership just renewed which is a great reminder to tell you how much I freaking love it.
 
I love it so much I wrote a whole blog post about it, actually.
 
 
>> Last, but certainly not least, a hot take:
 
IG story stickers have a new look and the entire internet is up in arms about it, except for me.
 
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Is it the prettiest design ever? No. But when have Instagram's native features ever been pretty?
 
Here's what I like about it:
  • I don't have to scroll to find what I'm looking for
  • The black text on white backgrounds makes it easier for me to read & find things
That's literally it. I don't understand it either, but I like it, okAY???
 

 
 

 
This email probably breaks a thousand and one different marketing rules.
 
“Write what your readers want to hear, not what you want to say"
 
Sorry bestie, you're getting my brain sans filter, today.
 
“Don't forget to sell! Add a call to action!”
 
Can the action be to give urself a break?
 
“Send your newsletter at the same time each week!”
 
Whoops.
 
What can I say, I'm just being my authentic self!! Which is another one of those marketing “rules” now…
 
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