Always ask for permission! Learned a harsh lesson today.

Today I published the latest edition of my newsletter and got publicly shamed on twitter by an artist with 7000 followers :(

I emailed this out to 224 subscribers with an image I plucked from google images (I gave credit to the illustrator).

I made the HUGE mistake of tagging him on twitter as being featured in the newsletter.

Here's the response I got:

'Hi if you're going to use my artwork for your publication without asking permission and paying a fee I will have to ask you to remove it or I can send you an invoice'

Lesson learned!

Hope you can learn from experience. Said newsletter edition minus the image of course https://productivitypro.substack.com/p/the-pro-letter-8

The joys of Building (learning) in public.

Thanks,
Keith