#17: Holy unbelievable news, Batman!
It's finally happened.
This is incredible.
Honestly.
Coming from a place where I didn’t know what I would write, and lacking the self confidence to create what became The Jobs List…. here I am launching paid subscriptions.
Note: You don’t have to pay to keep receiving my mails. There’ll always be the free ones.
However, you may want to subscribe for one of 6 important reasons (or a combination thereof) ….
1 - You know there’ll be extra value-add to help boost your job hunt
That’s right - you may have read in my last post about the 30,000 hours+ of experience I bring to this career coaching game, but I can only share so much each time.
So I’ll be bringing cool new content, templates, videos, interviews and all sorts to help you take your next career step.
2 - You enjoy the read and yearn for more.
You already love the stories, anecdotes, random and tenuous pop-culture connections. Well, you’re in luck, as there’ll be even more of that to come.
3 - You want to support me
There’s only so much I can do for free, and though I love giving you all this value every couple of weeks, it’s not paying my mortgage or putting shoes on my kids’ ever-growing feet.
I quite like my house and going from full-time slave to Amazon to one-man-CV-Writing-band has killed my savings account. I already sold my car, so come on.
4 - You want to get early bird access and discounts
Yep. I sent out a 20% discount to ALL my fantastic readers for my “Rev Up Your CV” workshop. And I’m going to be running those monthly. Those discount offers will now come through the paid subscriptions - making a nice dent in the embarrassingly low cost of getting on board.
5 - You love the unending gratitude that will come your way
Indeed, I’ll be pleased as Punch and happy as Larry, and boy, I’ll let you know that. Yes, I’ll be superdooper thankful, either in writing or, you know, vibes.
6 - You just want to buy me a pint each month to say thanks
I’ve had people buy me flowers (er… not my thing really), champagne, beer and all sorts of things over the years for the free support and value I’ve given them - that’s helped them get out of toxic environments, gain massive raises, do stuff they enjoy and reset their work-life balance.
That’s all lovely, and for the price of pint or two you (depending on where you live) can do the same.
Think of me as that CV Writing Busker that you stand and listen to for ten minutes - just don’t bugger off without bunging a couple of quid in my hat.
Jeff Masin, an actual one-man-band busker in New York. All my instruments are in my head and play out to you in my posts, group sessions and 1-1s. I don’t own a washboard, banjo or a heel-operated harmonica.
So how much is all this extra content, value, gratitude, dopamine from doing something nice, etc etc gonna cost me?
£5.
You read it right.
And Substack (the platform hosting these words) will take 10%, and Stripe (who process the payments) will take a slice too. So I’ll probably get 4 quid something a month.
You can pay more of course, if you want.
In real life, a fiver will buy you:
About 14 miles of travel in a 12 year old Renault Clio
A coffee and half a cake in Costa
2 pints of beer in my local pub, or 2/3 of a pint in one in London
A magazine (I know, right, didn’t they used to be like 2 quid?)
So there you are. I’m not going to lament it any more, but it really is a bargain, and of course you can unsubscribe whenever you want. No tie ins. Unless you opt for the discounted annual membership at £50 which’ll save you a tenner.
Truth be told I’ve been putting this off.
I’ve teased it a couple of times in my free posts, and, well it’s ruddy summer now in the UK, and I decided if I don’t get on with it now, it’ll be bloody Christmas.
There’s one thing for sure. There’s never a “right time”.
If you were looking for a new gig last month and you haven’t got one yet, you need all the support you can get.
Regardless of the fact that it’s the summer holidays, or that there’s J in the month, or that you’ve got that new project to deliver, or actually your boss was quite nice to you the other day….
JFDI. Please.
Phil
PS, completely unrelated, I’ve loved the coverage Metallica have been getting for Master of Puppets featuring in Stranger Things. Happily I just walked in on my 15 year old daughter watching the last ep of Season 23 (or whatever it is) right at the moment Eddie Munson was shredding the crap out of his guitar. What a guy.
I know, not relevant.
But if you’re reading it, it’s because you haven’t subscribed yet. Surely this is more important than your Netflix subscription.
Anyway, whether you subscribe with payment or not, I love having you here and writing for you every fortnight, serving your job hunt and hopefully putting a smile on your face in the process.