{"id":1347,"date":"2008-12-21T12:12:44","date_gmt":"2008-12-21T20:12:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.agaveweb.com\/blog\/?p=1347"},"modified":"2008-12-21T12:12:44","modified_gmt":"2008-12-21T20:12:44","slug":"vanity-publishing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agaveweb.com\/blog\/vanity-publishing\/","title":{"rendered":"Vanity publishing"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1348\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1348\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/agaveweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/photoblog-screenshot.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1348\" title=\"photoblog-screenshot\" src=\"https:\/\/agaveweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/photoblog-screenshot.jpg\" alt=\"All this could be yours to own.\" width=\"450\" height=\"521\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1348\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">All this could be yours to own.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Imagine if every day* you checked your email and saw you&#8217;d received an email from a friend with a lovely picture from round Portland way and a brief description of the photo.<\/p>\n<p>Imagine how much easier it would be dealing with the other things clogging up your inbox if you&#8217;d first seen a picture of Oregon at its finest.<\/p>\n<p>Imagine if in between the sea of Facebook alerts you had something that didn&#8217;t require you to sign into anything to be rewarded with a message.<\/p>\n<p>Imagine that if you ever got sick of receiving said daily slice of the Pacific Northwest you could cancel at any time.<\/p>\n<h2>Imagine no longer&#8230;<\/h2>\n<h2>Sign up for email updates from my photoblog:<\/h2>\n<div>\n<form style=\"border: 1px solid #000000; padding: 3px; text-align: center;\" action=\"http:\/\/www.feedburner.com\/fb\/a\/emailverify\" method=\"post\">Enter your email address:<\/p>\n<p><input style=\"width: 140px;\" name=\"email\" type=\"text\" \/> <input name=\"url\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~e?ffid=949839\" \/> <input name=\"title\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"Gwyn's Photo Blog\" \/> <input name=\"loc\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"en_US\" \/> <input type=\"submit\" value=\"Subscribe\" \/><\/p>\n<\/form>\n<\/div>\n<p>It&#8217;s what&#8217;s known as a win-win situation&#8230; you get emailed a photo. I get a boost to my ego and a reason to keep on publishing the blog.<\/p>\n<p>If boosting my ego isn&#8217;t enough motivation, think of the schipperke.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/agaveweb.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/gwyncus.jpg\" alt=\"more subscribers = more photos = more walks and exercise for Atticus.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">more subscribers = more photos = more walks and exercise for Atticus.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Real quotes from current subscribers:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I like your writing and you take some nice pics too!&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;I like getting your daily photo in my inbox&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;it&#8217;s lovely to see your pics. they are fabulous.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>But that&#8217;s not all.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The next 5 subscribers win a 4&#215;6 signed print of <a href=\"https:\/\/agaveweb.com\/photos\/archives\/\">any photo from the vaults<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(present subscribers can have one too, hellz yeah, send me a link to the one you want, A, T, A &amp; D) <strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><input style=\"width: 140px;\" name=\"email\" type=\"text\" \/> <input name=\"url\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~e?ffid=949839\" \/> <input name=\"title\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"Gwyn's Photo Blog\" \/> <input name=\"loc\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"en_US\" \/> <input type=\"submit\" value=\"Send. Thanks in advance :) \" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re all about the RSS, that&#8217;ll be: <a href=\"https:\/\/agaveweb.com\/photos\/feed\">https:\/\/agaveweb.com\/photos\/feed<\/a> the offer stands for feed readers too.<\/p>\n<p>This&#8217;ll be the last time I nag you for a while.<\/p>\n<p>* most days&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>If you&#8217;d like email updates from this here blog then use this form \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<form style=\"border:1px solid #ccc;padding:3px;text-align:center;\" action=\"http:\/\/www.feedburner.com\/fb\/a\/emailverify\" method=\"post\">Enter your email address:<input style=\"width: 140px;\" name=\"email\" type=\"text\" \/> <input name=\"url\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~e?ffid=228957\" \/><input name=\"title\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"Gwyn's Blog\" \/><input name=\"loc\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"en_US\" \/><input type=\"submit\" value=\"Photos schmotos, please send me nothing but blog stuff\" \/><br \/>\nDelivered by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.feedburner.com\" target=\"_blank\">FeedBurner<\/a><\/form>\n<\/div>\n<p>Here endeth the plug.<\/p>\n<p>1ft of snow, with an icy crust. 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