A reader writes in about her concern that reader responses will cut into her productivity.
Dear Kevin,
Hi. I love your advice to email as a blog. What happens if you get too many ongoing responses from subscribers? I wonder if you ever find email back-and-forth taking up too much of your time. For this very reason I’ve often thought I couldn’t have comments on blogs, yet I love the direct engagment of email. How can one manage response time? Would love if you have anything on this.
Thank you for your time!
My response:
Personally, I’ve never experienced my newsletter as a time-suck in the least.
I write my daily email in 25 minutes or less, which includes responding to my subscribers.
So, all-told – I try to keep my publishing and any email back and forth to under a half hour.
If for some reason I run out of time, I take a 5 minute break, reset the timer for 10 minutes, and wrap up any reader responses.
Like this one!
Hope that helps!
I’m here,
Kevin
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