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Q&A: Is Substack primarily a newsletter platform or a blog?

Posted on October 17, 2022

Question from Michael: Hi, Rick. I look forward to getting your newsletter every morning. I’m fairly tech savvy but I almost always learn something new.

I susbscribe to several other Substack newsletters in addition to yours and I’ve noticed something. In every case the newsletter homepage resembles a blog.

What I mean is all the old newsletter issues are listed there so people can read them online as articles.

So that brings me to my question: Is Substack primarily a newsletter platform or a blogging platform? [Read more…]

My best tip for quickly growing your Substack subscriber list

Posted on September 5, 2022

If you send out a Substack newsletter you might be struggling to figure out the best way to grow your subscriber list.

After all, it doesn’t matter how great your newsletter content is if no one is receiving it in their Inbox.

In this post I’m going to explain how I almost doubled the size of my Substack’s subscriber list from a little over 8,000 subscribers to over 14,600 in just one year. [Read more…]

Friday, July 22, 2022 – Q&A: Which app do you recommend for defragging an SSD? – Speed up your computer by adding more RAM

Posted on July 22, 2022

Hello, and welcome…

Rick’s Daily Tech Tips Update for Friday, July 22, 2022

Topics covered in this issue…

• Q&A: Which app do you recommend for defragging an SSD?

• Speed up your computer by adding more RAM

• Q&A: Does Google fine people for sending spam with Gmail?

• The Terminator: The ‘line’ where day meets night

[Read more…]

How to avoid losing your data to a ransomware attack

Posted on June 15, 2022

If you’ve been paying attention to the news of late, you probably know that the number of successful ransomware attacks on computers and mobile devices are increasing by the day.

Ransomware is a particularly insidious form of malware that encrypts all the files on your computer or mobile device, then holds your precious data hostage until you pony up and pay a monetary ransom to the hackers.

Once ransomware has locked up your machine, you’ll have no choice except to pay the ransom or you’ll have to say goodbye to your data forever. But… [Read more…]

5 tips for protecting your devices from the summer heat

Posted on April 19, 2022

Well, here we are in mid-April, and that means summer will be here before we know it.

We just had a late blast of wintry weather here in Virginia, but we’ve already had some really nice “summer” days and there will be plenty more coming down the pike real soon.

Here’s something you need to remember as you’re out and about enjoying the heat of the coming summer: If you get hot, your mobile devices will too. [Read more…]