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<p class="MsoNormal">Great point, well made!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Ipg-smz <ipg-smz-bounces@netpress.org> <b>On Behalf Of
</b>Matt Heusser via Ipg-smz<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, November 5, 2019 10:00 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Mark Brownstein via Ipg-smz <ipg-smz@netpress.org><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Matt Heusser <matt@xndev.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Ipg-smz] Not the greeting I was expecting ...<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I see the content bubble as huge for people with writing skills. I /am/ asked to metaphorically sell my soul more often than I was when I was doing pure journalism work, but I have not had to in order to pay the rent yet -- but I do occasionally
ghostwrite and say "do what you will with my position here." :-)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks to the bubble, demand is, what? 10x? And there may be 10x as many writers, but how many have the skills? 2x? How many have the subject matter expertise? Another 2x? What is the overlap with those two? It's back to the professionalish,
I thought ...<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">That's not a typo. I'm probably still more of a consultant-subject matter expert slash writer than a writer slash consultant. Which I am okay with.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">--heusser<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Tue, Nov 5, 2019 at 11:39 AM Howard M. Cohen via Ipg-smz <<a href="mailto:ipg-smz@netpress.org">ipg-smz@netpress.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">I see those rushing to the bottom as making it easier for the cream to rise to the top. I was referring to us, the community of writers who love tech, not markets. For me, the most
vibrant markets are those who promote real thought leadership, not business-class politics.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b>From:</b> Ipg-smz <<a href="mailto:ipg-smz-bounces@netpress.org" target="_blank">ipg-smz-bounces@netpress.org</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Cameron Laird via Ipg-smz<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, November 5, 2019 8:59 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:ipg-smz@netpress.org" target="_blank">ipg-smz@netpress.org</a><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Cameron Laird <<a href="mailto:claird271@gmail.com" target="_blank">claird271@gmail.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Ipg-smz] Not the greeting I was expecting ...<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">I'm open to more inspiration, Howard.<o:p></o:p></p>
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writing?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">Matthew Heusser,</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><br>
<span style="background:white">Managing Director, Excelon Development</span><br>
<span style="background:white"><a href="http://www.xndev.com" target="_blank">http://www.xndev.com</a></span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white">Book A Meeting with Matt; save time!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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