It was a proverbial black leather boot to the face.
Well not literally…
I’ve been working on a series of posts that break down the psychology of what we’ve been witnessing over the last few months…
It was all tied to the election period in the good ol’ U S of A.
It was nicely written. Edited to make sure it all made sense and lead into each other.
I even scheduled it to go out, so that I don’t forget about it and it gets drip fed right into your email inboxes.
The information was not malicious but if you wanted to. You could’ve used it for devilish ways.
So I woke up on the day the first email was supposed to go out, but it didn’t happen.
I did wake up to an email from the email service provider I’ve been using…
…and honestly ever since using them. I never had a single issue.
You’ll know that The Silly Goose Society was started off as a meme on Twitter and I was just taking what is considered pop culture and turning it into a thing.
An outlet for my own writing, business, musing and whatever else expose your willing eyeballs too.
But NOOOOOOOOO.
Apparently from that ESP, my content was too political AND I was infringing on copyright for using the silly goose shenanigans as a vehicle.
Now as far as I’m aware. Being a silly goose isn’t trademarked or copyrighted.
It borders on being a meme and it is considered satire/parody in the comical domain which ties into what the majority of satire/parody sites like The Onion base their whole business off.
Anywho…
I got the boot because they clearly didn’t like my views and the content I was going to push out to all of you.
So I was annoyed that I got “Cancelled” for lack of a better word, but it goes to show that no one is safe.
I spoke to my editor and a few other business folk I work with and they said it would 100% be better to just go down the “Personal Brand” root.
Which makes sense from a business point of view.
Although that won’t stop me from being a silly goose and sharing everything I used to share in the past emails.
I’m actually going to ramp it up, cause I’ve found a new email service provider that kicks the arse out of every one out there.
It was created by marketers and writers for marketers and writers.
So I’m a fresh convert to the new platform.
I’ve had to build everything from the ground up again.
I’m still working on the site/blog/shop and I’ll get to finishing it off soon.
The good thing though is I can send emails again and invade your inboxes with my words.
So I haven’t vanished. I just got a black leather boot to the face…
And if you’ve read this far down. I appreciate you and if you can help me out.
Hit reply and tell me something cool or tell me how much you missed me.
I need to get some “Algorithmic Love” going so that my emails can get off on the right foot.
Your fellow silly goose,
Stephen Walker.