Two diseases are loose in the industrialised world and neither one is physical. The first belongs to people who expect to take out more than they put in. The reposted essay saying so is the sharpest thing on this blog, and it is aimed at exactly the audience most likely to be reading it.
Dustin Swigart's own writing is practical. Why messages people asked for end up in a spam folder and what to change so they arrive. What a blog actually is, described as a journal that happens to be public. A long piece on building a list that is targeted rather than large.
He follows a sales trainer he admires and passes on what he learns without pretending it is his own.
There is a post arguing you can build your own economy regardless of the one outside.
Read the spam filter post if your emails go out and nobody appears to receive them.