[Podcast] Stop monkeying around with your emails

This week we're talking about email marketing, newsletters and mailing lists. We chat about why it's so important to have that data in a system that you have control over (so it can't disappear on you should anything happen to your account/that platform). We also discuss the different styles that Nicola (created) and I (curated) use for the newsletters/emails that we send out.

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