Why subscribe?

Dear potential friend and business partner,

You can subscribe to get full access to this unique newsletter, my Slack workspace, and website, as my content ecosystem. By subscribing, you don’t miss updates about my work and the ILLUMINATION community on Medium and Substack. I am the founder and chief editor of these integrated publications. I serve as a leader of this joyful and supportive community of 35,000+ writers and 200,000+ readers.

This strategic and educational publication includes my articles, book chapters, and training programs reflecting my 42 years of experience as a content strategist and book author. I lead a large, diverse, and supportive writing/reading community on Medium and Substack. In addition to sharing my stories on content strategy and marketing, I interview influential writers and invite guest authors to inform the community.

We developed a large and supportive community on Medium and are now extending our service to Substack to empower freelance writers. I shared my vision and high-level plan in a story titled. How I Architected a Charity Organization & Why I Will Run It Like a Business. Substack can be lonely, but meeting like-minded people can make it joyful. As a leader of this community, my goal is to make your journey smooth, fun, and productive. Now, I am piloting the Substack Boost program, which will turn into a global low cost educaton and marketing service for freelancer in 2026.

My 2025 goal is to help all my subscribers be master freelance writers to grow their audience and start earning income from their writing business.

I offer some of my articles, stories, and community-building posts for free, but paid members have access to my maximum content, plus my mentorship/coaching and promotion of your content in my vast network. I also provide editorial support and guidance for book writing based on my 40+ years of writing and content marketing strategy skills.

Benefits of Paid Membership

1 - Unlimited access to archives, including articles to guide writing and marketing strategy.

2 - Unlimited access to all my books related to writing, freelancing, and Substack newsletter growth. I also provide audio versions of book chapters like Substack Mastery and the new Advanced book for freelance writers.

3 - Unlimited access to From Zero to Substack Hero training programs at all levels as they become available. It will be around 60 modules.

4 - Mentoring and online coaching through ILLUMINATION Slack workspace.

5 - Editorial and book writing/publishing guidance.

Mega Deal: For a limited time only, until 31 January 2025, those who subscribe to the basic $5 plan will be upgraded to my founding membership tier value of $500 annually. It includes all the benefits of tier 3 of Substack Mastery Boost features. The founding membership to this publication will be $3000 in 2026 as it will work as a business partnership resource.

Thank you for being a valuable member of our diverse and inclusive community.