I’ve done a few AMAs on Zoom this year. These are private calls where teams can join and ask me, well, anything. They don’t tell me what they’re asking in advance. They show up, surprise me with questions, and give me the chance to share a few ideas back.
They’re a lot of fun to do — and I’m especially thrilled when I get asked a question and I have a link — or maybe even a few — from Inbox Collective that I can share to help answer it.
A few years ago, when I started publishing original stories on the site, I told myself that I wanted to use Inbox Collective to answer the big newsletter questions that I hadn’t seen answered elsewhere. And I’m finding through these AMAs that I’ve done a pretty decent job of that!
I’m always looking for signals that I’m on the right track. Those could mean page views or email replies or client inquiries, but sometimes it’s the unexpected signals — like having plenty of links to share on Zoom calls — that are an indicator that I’m doing something right.
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That photo of a blurry Zoom call comes via David Montgomery and Unplash.