Foothills Business Daily is dropping Mailchimp in favor of Substack, here’s why…
The move from Mailchimp to Substack is long-term good news for our readers and Foothills Daily News, LLC.
You might feel a pinch of pain in the short-term.
Still, we will migrate our email list to Substack in time for the morning Executive Summary email, Monday Dec. 5, and we hope you'll stay with us.
Reach me, Publisher Steve Thurston, steve@foothillsbusinessdaily.com, with concerns and comments.
Read on to learn more.
Bad stuff first…
First: It’s a new log-in on a new system.
We know the log-in experience on our main website has been, at best, clunky. Often, it is downright miserable. We know we are asking you to try a new log-in system. We believe it will be a better log-in experience than you have had at foothillsbusinessdaily.com.
However, we know we have not thought of everything, and someone will have troubles. We stand ready to help.
Reach me, Publisher Steve Thurston, steve@foothillsbusinessdaily.com, with concerns and comments.
Second: We are putting some content behind the paywall in Substack.
We will be posting the morning Executive Summary and some premium content exclusively on our Substack page behind the paywall.
Good stuff here…
First: We are putting some content behind the paywall in Substack.
Yes, the paywall is also good news. Read on...
We will be posting the morning Executive Summary and some premium content exclusively on our Substack page behind the paywall.
This website, FoothillsBusinessDaily.com and all the content on it remains FREE.
The paywall may be short-term bad news.
We believe it will be long-term good news.
It will make a better reading experience for you, and will help the company stay afloat financially so that you keep getting the great stories, easy reading and fast turnaround that you expect.
We’re asking for just $36 per year (or $5 monthly) to receive the morning Executive Summary email and some premium posts.
Second: Everyone may subscribe for free on Substack.
You will still get FOR FREE:
- Afternoon Deadline COB email.
- Full access to the FoothillsBusinessDaily.com.
Final details…
Email migration by Dec. 5.
To make this very easy, we are moving your emails over so that it is as easy as possible for you to stay in touch.
We are maintaining an updates and help page here in Substack.
Substack has a better, easier, more friendly paywall.
If you have cursed the log-in system at FoothillsBusinessDaily.com, Rejoice! The end is nigh. We have removed it completely from our site, already.
We believe your cursing at the sign-in will subside.
The tech troubles on our main site and the paywall/sign-up come from too many 3rd party software companies trying to get along; Substack collects all requirements under one roof, and it all works as one. Ez-pz.
Substack’s privacy policy can be found here.
A cleaner, easier-to-read email experience.
FoothillsBusinessDaily.com has always been about the reader’s experience.
Our emails are a hot mess.
For the time being, advertising will not be found in our emails. (That’s partly why we’re asking you to pay.)
And our flagship site FoothillsBusinessDaily.com is STILL FREE and easy to read.
If Substack asks you to create an account, please do. And then please click “subscribe” and join our paid subscription.
It’s just $36 per year. You’ll pay more for dry cleaning this year, unless you’re work-from-home. Then you’ll pay more to get the coffee stains out of your best, work hoodie.