All by myself (don’t wanna be…)

All by myself (don’t wanna be…)

Issue #154 When I moved to Ohio from Florida as a 14-year-old, having left behind my first boyfriend and needing to make a new group of friends all over again, I used some of my spare time to reacquaint myself with my piano and teach myself some new songs. One of...
Gurus, prognosticators, and other people to ignore

Gurus, prognosticators, and other people to ignore

Issue #153                                             I just got back last night from Justin Goff and Stefan Georgi’s Copy Accelerator event in Tampa. It was wonderful to be back at a live copywriter event in person and see and meet so many great people....
How to torture your teenage children

How to torture your teenage children

Issue #152—February 25, 2022                                                This morning Ben Settle sent out an email to his list recounting how I once tortured my two teenage children five years ago with one of his notorious “Valentine’s” issues...
Good emails 👍

Good emails 👍

Earlier this week I talked about “bad emails”. Specifically, I shared some lame efforts to sell a male potency supplement that I got a peek at when someone hacked my email while I was in Italy. (If you overlooked it in your email inbox, go back and take a...
Lies, d*mned lies, and statistics…

Lies, d*mned lies, and statistics…

What’s in Kim’s Mailbox? As Mark Twain put it, “Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are much more pliable.” Twain is also credited with saying, “There are 3 types of lies: Lies, damned lies, and statistics.” As copywriters, we...