News of Interest to Newtown Township Residents is the long name of my opt-in email newsletter, which you can subscribe to here.
Occasionally, someone clicks the “Unsubscribe” link and I can no longer send them my email newsletter. So far 2 people unsubscribed this month. That’s OK – I still have 666 subscribers.
I never ask people WHY they unsubscribe. Maybe I should. But what reasons should I list for them to choose from? A recent New Yorker magazine “SHOUTS & MURMURS” piece offered some suggestions. Here are the ones I may use if I ever decide to ask why people unsubscribe from my list:
- I receive enough of these e-mails, but I don’t “get” them.
- These e-mails are no longer relevant. Who am I kidding? I’m no longer relevant.
- What are you, writing a book?*
- I didn’t get an e-mail last month when my aunt died. Nice. And, yes, I checked my spam folder.
- I could [NOT] give a crap about [insert topic I wrote about].
- I am not a proofreader, and I know pronouns are a delicate subject, but “youse” is not a pronoun even if you DO come from NYC!
More possible reasons...