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Feb 2024
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#2610 - Failure Friday: “I abandoned a g...

CHRIS GUILLEBEAU / ONWARD PROJECT
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In this week’s Failure Friday segment, we hear from an online retailer who started a promising email list but faltered in maintaining it. Consistency matters!

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