My Content Will Always Be Free.
I never started this to profit off of a pandemic, sure ain't going to start now!
So, uh…yeah.
I’ve gained a lot of friends, contacts and associations since I first rolled out my substack and it’s been an amazing experience. I have met some truly great people, Zoomed (Pro-Zoom Account afforded by Paid Subs) a few town-halls and have been afforded some fantastic opportunities to speak in public regarding statistical overviews for the whole COVID thang.
I hope to do a lot more…
And I can’t tell you how much your support has meant to me.
I also can’t apologize enough for not being very quick on the replies…I’ve been slow but in all fairness, never had any idea that I’d hit a quantity that would overwhelm me. Business professional, I’m used to 300 email days as a part of my regular schedule, where sifting and prioritizing I could do, honking down the highway at a buck forty throughout rural Alberta while in Conference Calls and Team Meetings.
But this…has had me blown away!
And it’s Great!
Just sad that I’ve been spread so thin that I can’t get back to you all in as timely of fashion as I would have hoped.
My humbled apologies.
Over the most recent weeks, I have had paid and non-paid subscribers offer to help fund some of my travel, time and efforts through crowdfunding and had considered it…there are a few things that I could use to help make things go a little better, but we’re in some tough times right now and I still feel the same way as did when I got this up and running.
It’s not about the money!
The information that I share, I share because it’s important to everybody…not just those who can pay a subscription.
I’ve posted my worst marketing proposal earlier and am going to do it again…by being a paid subscriber, you will get nothing more than all free subscribers do, with exception of my personal, ‘Thanks’ and ‘Appreciation’.
The funds have helped me with a couple of upgrades and perks and I’ve thrown them all back into what I’ve been doing and I think that this is where it should go.
So…a Huge ‘Thank You’, to those who have a paid subscription. A Huge ‘Thank You’ for those who have offered additional funding, but with the current situations on Crowdfunds and seized bank accounts followed by doxing on the crowdfund platforms, I’m no longer considering this as an option. For those who want me to speak at their events, gas money and an overnight (distance pending) is my going rate…and for those who just want to buy me a coffee, subscribe on the monthly plan and cancel if you feel like I’ve had enough caffeine, and it’s a sharp $5 in my pocket, minus the substack processing fees, easier to get in and out of and complete anonymity for the donations.
It’s all good.
Pay…Don’t Pay.
What I do, I do for my Fellow Albertans and Fellow Canadians and to be a part of the difference that I’d like to see…If this lends support outside of the country boundaries, even better.
We started this nightmare, “All in this together”…I plan on finishing, right there beside ya!
Thank you for all that you are doing and please continue to share the information that I provide and anything that you think I should be sharing and if you get in over your head, reply or email me until I respond.
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Thank you for all of your support and the kindnesses you’ve afforded me!
Sincerely,
Sheldon Yakiwchuk
My Content Will Always Be Free.
Responses to comments are just a little booster...
Please priotise on your articles. It is great to read non-Yankee authors and data. I am NOT dissing Yankee authors at all. However, USA is not the whole world.
Hey Sheldon. Didn't know how else to contact you. Hope you see this. Great thread on Twitter . I have reposted it on a blog to share with none twitter peeps. I hope that's ok. I did credit and link back to source. If any issue, get back to me. Thanks ✌
https://vax.data.blog/2022/05/14/data-dive-with-sheldon/