A special message to my JOTW subscribers
lundqu...@cs.com
A special message to my JOTW subscribers
I have been faithfully publishing this newsletter since the beginning of 2001. I started the network to connect people, including myself. It helped me find employment when I was looking for work--TWICE, and it has helped many of you find jobs. In fact, while I do get some feedback, I am aware of cases of subscribers who made a successful connection that led to a real job as a result of JOTW, even if the individuals involved never told me afterwards. Hey, it happens.
JOTW has always been an avocation for me. There was a time when I had some paid sponsors, and I admit the money was welcomed, but I never looked at this is as my job. At one point I had more than 11,000 subscribers. But there was a problem with the Topica service I was using. It stopped functioning properly and even as I continued to post the newsletter, I couldn't tell if all of my subscribers were receiving it. Ultimately I was able to rebuild the subscriber base using Google Groups, which has worked well for me, but I have never topped 6,000 readers in the post-Topica era. If I worked hard at outreach I could grow awareness and increase both subscribers and job listings...and sponsors. It's a function of time, mostly, and I don't really want to make a new investment of time.
I have been extremely faithful in posting JOTW every Monday. The latest issue represents JOTW newsletter number 2,061. I took a few weeks off for a vacation once or twice, but most of the time, even when I was on travel, I got the newsletter out--whether it had 30 job opportunities or 130, from wherever I was in the world.
In order to give myself the luxury of that time I spend each week working on JOTW, I plan to cease publishing the newsletter at the end of 2024.
If anyone would like to assume the list of subscribers and the website so you can continue to send out the newsletter yourself and post it online as you see fit, please contact me at lundqu...@cs.com and we can work out the details.
Thank you for being a part of this network.
Ned Lundquist
ABC, IABC Fellow,
Captain, U.S. Navy (Ret.)
Edward Lundquist, ABC, IABC Fellow
Captain, U.S. Navy (Ret.)
Editor and Publisher
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