tanJennts is the creative outlet of writer, photographer & marketer Jenn Chen
If you’d like to know more about me, visit the About page or my website.
Sent twice a month on Wednesdays, free subscribers receive a set of the below sections
notes from Jenn: A short list of things that have happened recently.
the tanJennt: An essay or feature, including how-to guides, articles, personal reflections, interviews, and short-form journalism. Some example topics include:
Culture
Freelancing & writing
Cultural identity
Food
Coffee marketing
Mental health
digital strategy: A few links on how to improve your digital strategy.
interesting reads: Articles I’ve read recently that I’ve enjoyed. These run the gamut of topics.
plant update: A plant feature from my container garden!
With the cost of one cup of specialty coffee ($5/month, $50/year), paid subscribers receive two extra articles or essays per month. I’ll continue introducing paid benefits as this newsletter evolves.
To get a sense of what I like to write about, here are some of my favorites:
I hate video, a rant — Stop turning everything into TikTok.
Listening to your gut — An essay on how I pay attention to my gut's opinion.
Do what you love and it’ll still feel like work — An essay about the glorification of “doing what you love.”
Nostalgia in marketing — How the psychology of nostalgia is used in marketing.
F**k email etiquette — An essay on how we should stop putting all those niceties at the beginning of every email.
Please just let me be mediocre — An essay on the pressures of being really good.
How to prepare for a press interview — Useful tips on how a business owner can prep for that press interview they’re about to have.
Housekeeping:
Posts before May 25, 2022: Coffee Marketing newsletter sends that were imported from Revue, my previous newsletter platform. These are a mix of original pieces published for the newsletter and for clients.
The biggest difference between tanJennts and Coffee Marketing is that I’m committing to writing one original piece per issue. I will still link out to my bylined articles, but even in those cases, there will still be a fresh article to read.
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