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Sunday, June 25, 2006 | The Funny Thing...

THE FUNNY thing about Planet Waves is that you can click on a link and bump into 300 new articles, for free. And there are apparently people who sit around reading them; hey, that's why I wrote them. Here is just such a click: the question by question archive of Astrology Secrets Revealed, which is up to date as of about two weeks ago. Feel free to bookmark it and share the whole thing or individual articles:

http://planetwaves.net/cainer/archive/

In yesterday's blog, I linked to a letter discussing the future of Planet Waves. This entire project, Planet Waves from head to toe, is funded by our readers, and supported by a LOT of modestly paid or volunteer work. The way readers support us is through subscriptions to Planet Waves Weekly and now, the Eros section. In the years we've been offering Planet Waves Weekly, I've written dozens...maybe even a hundred...different "get involved" pitches to you, reaching out, explaining what we're doing, and why independent media is so important.

My favorite style is the one where I talk about what great sales pitches we have. And my second favorite is saying, you don't want me wasting my time writing letters to convince you to subscribe -- you want me writing horoscopes, articles and stories (and now, doing audio).

I wrote a couple last week, posted immediately below, which you can read. In both, I neglected to mention that we don't have ads here at Planet Waves. Any banners you see are for self-promotion or are gifts or exchanges with our trusted friends.

YOU are our sponsor. You are the source of revenue.

Consider this. The reason I think ads are so dangerous is because a news outlet is very much obligated to do the bidding of its sponsors. It used to not be that way, or used to be less so, but, those advertisers are getting pretty powerful, and the networks themselves are now owned by all kinds of unsavory interests, such as companies that make a lot of money on wars, for example.

If YOU are our sponsor, then we are beholden to you; we must serve your interests, and give you a service you can use and benefit from. Isn't that refreshing for a change? I would guess this is fresh air coming in through a window you didn't even know opened.

To sign up for Planet Waves, you can use the link below. If you're one of those people who comes back every day and always thinks it would be a great idea to subscribe -- please do it now. It's modestly priced, lots of fun, very useful, guaranteed, and goes a long way to help us go, and grow.

http://www.planetwavesweekly.com/sales/home.html

I really do suggest you see what our subscribers have to say about us lately. The testimonials are pretty amazing.

http://www.planetwavesweekly.com/feedback.html

Thanks so much. Happy New Moon. Don't miss the New Moon audio above.

Yours & truly,

Eric Francis
Ottawa, Ontario