Tom Ruwitch
Last night, I saw Jeff Tweedy at the Sheldon Concert Hall in St. Louis. He’s one of my favorite singer / songwriters. And he’s the lead singer of one of my favorite bands, Wilco. Great concert — even though halfway through, he f’d-up it. Here’s how that went down… He told us he wanted to…
How’s this for ironic… Last week, a guy pitching marketing services for pest control companies began bugging me on LinkedIn. He first buzzed by on Wednesday: : “Hey Tom, let’s connect! – I’ve worked with a lot of folks in pest control and thought maybe I could be of help to you.” Pest control?!? This guy was…
Before we get to the RecomMONDAYtions… Please do me a favor… If you like being in my online family, please spread the love by sharing this or one of my other story-powered emails who might like it, too. Simple process: Your friend will thank you — as will I. I’m grateful your on my list and for…
A few days ago, I received an email from an author whose list I joined after I read his book. I hadn’t heard from him in months. For three months after I joined his list, I received a few scattered emails, but then… …crickets. 🦗 🦗 🦗 Poor guy. He built so much momentum with…
I spent part of my morning swatting pitchy pests from my LinkedIn message box. Yesterday, I set off the swarm when I accepted several connection requests. 🪰 🪰 🪰 🪰 🪰 🪰 🪰 🪰 🪰 🪰 🪰 🪰 Sib: Is there any opportunity for me to design and develop websites for you? Me: Buh-bye SWAT! Oscar: (Via audio message)…
Yesterday I emailed you a cautionary tale about a job-seeker who caused a pee-pee spill at 7-Eleven (If you missed it, search for subject line: “Urine trouble”). I shared that story in another email back in 2018. Many of the people on my list today received that email. But none wrote yesterday and said, “Hey!…
It’s National 7-Eleven Day (July 11)… …which means you can get a free Slurpee® at your neighborhood convenience store (thank heaven) , but… Do NOT get one of those microwaveable burritos… …or, if you must, nuke it in the microwave at home or the office. I stopped using 7-Eleven microwaves after hearing this story, ripped straight from…
Book Highly Recommended: Jerry Weintraub’s Incredible AutobiographyI have fallen in love with this book: When I Stop Talking, You’ll Know I’m Dead: Useful Stories from a Persuasive Man, by Jerry Weinbtraub. I wrote an email about it last week after I read Chapter 1. It gets better with each chapter. (Thanks to Brian Kurtz for recommending this in…
Let the cage match begin. In one corner: Elon Musk, founder of Tesla and SpaceX and owner/destroyer(?) of Twitter. In the other corner: Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, Instagram, and the just-launched Twitter-killer(?) Threads. Threads launched earlier this week, and 30 million souls have already boarded the ship. I’m one of them. (Follow me on…
Another day. Another stupid marketing trick. Here’s the story… Last month, my pal Adam received a cold email pitch from a guy named Jim who wrote: “Hey Adam, My boss asked that I connect with you about a potential advertising opening for Words That Click…(his email below)…” Jim then described his advertising service and suggested…