Jon WorthJan 26

How do I overcome my railway Groucho Marx problem? đŸ€”

It's not “I Don’t Want to Belong to Any Club That Will Accept Me as a Member” but “Why would any company in the railway sector consider me to work for them, as there’s nothing I know they don’t know already”

But I do need to find paid work, somehow. Question is how and for whom?

Explained 👇
https://jonworth.eu/how-do-i-overcome-my-railway-groucho-marx-problem/

How do I overcome my railway Groucho Marx problem?

"I Don’t Want to Belong to Any Club That Will Accept Me as a Member" Groucho Marx is supposed to have said. And I have come to the view that I am facing something similar in my railway work. "Why would any company in the railway sector consider me to [...]

Jon Worth
Show threadPascalJan 26

@jon Absolutely would subscribe! And very happy to hear that you’d be using Ghost and Stripe.

I would argue that you might even be able to charge more. Especially if you also offer the newsletter as a podcast (I’m thinking something like Stratechery’s format) and a discount for yearly subscribers (12 months for the price of 10 or 11).

Show threadJon WorthJan 26
@pblilou I am not doing podcasting. There are too many podcasts 😄 And I think I am better being a guest on other people's podcasts than trying anything of my own!
Show threadPascal
@jon Fair enough^^ You are indeed very good at being a guest on podcasts ;)
My point is that reading a newsletter aloud and using the distribution mechanism of podcasting as a technology doesn’t force you to be a « podcaster Â» in the editorial or content sense. But it might increase the value and broaden the audience of a newsletter with relatively little extra effort

Jan 26 at 2:19pmIvory for iOS