Monday, June 10, 2019
MarketVolt’s Monday Mash-Up
More Important than a Game
Blues Stanley Cup Run Introduces World to Inspiring Girl
I live in St. Louis, and I root for the St. Blues hockey club. So I’m disappointed this morning that the Blues lost last night to the Boston Bruins and didn’t clinch the Stanley Cup championship on home ice (they’ll try again on Wednesday in Boston).
To cheer myself up, I watched this video last night — the story of Laila Anderson, a young Blues fan who is battling a rare disease with courage and grace. Her story inspires everyone who hears it — including Blues players. I love this story. It reminds me that so many things are more important than a hockey game.
Marketing Guidance
Email Marketing Tips
I like this article from Search Engine Journal and agree with the advice:
11 Powerful Email Marketing Tips You Need to Know
Recommended Reading
Mary Karr is a Master
Mary Karr is one of my favorite writers. Her first memoir, The Liar’s Club, is great — funny, insightful, heartbreaking, riveting. in 2015, she published The Art of the Memoir — a book about writing, particularly about the art of writing memoirs. This too is a great book. It’s full of great insights for anyone who writes, not just a memoirist.
I’m Listening to…
Joe Walsh’s Hit that Turns 41 Today
Joe Walsh is one of rock’s greatest guitarists and bad-boys. On this day in 1978, he released Life’s Been Good, a song that celebrates and satirizes rock-star life.
Here are some fun facts about the song, from SongFacts.com
Here’s a rockin’ video of Walsh performing the song soon after it was released.
Here’s a quote I like from Mary Karr:
“I once heard Don DeLillo quip that a fiction writer starts with meaning and then manufactures events to represent it; a memoirist starts with events, then derives meaning from them.”
Any reading, listening, quoting, resourcing that you think we should share? Send us a tip.
Until next time, enjoy the rest of this week and the weekend.
Tom