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Why most memberships fail

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Hey Trendpickw, Jay's live right now walking through why most memberships fail in their first year (and how to avoid that fate yourself). This is the heart of day one of the Membership Summit. Jump in: Jump into the room here That button should get you right in with THIS email address. But if it gives you any issues, use this link instead . — The Creator Science Team ​ Unsubscribe | Update your profile | 2025 Riverside Drive, STE 35093, Columbus, OH 43221

I'm going live now!

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Hey Trendpickw, We're live for Day 1 of the Membership Summit. Join here: Join the live room here That button should get you right in with THIS email address. But if it gives you any issues, use this link instead . Not registered yet? That same link gets you in. Cheers, Jay Jay Clouse ...

#564: Accessibility Guidelines and Techniques

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Free accessibility book, accessible tooltips, virtual scrolling, accessibility context systems and inaccessible AI-generated UIs. Issue #564 • June 23, 2026 • View in the browser Dear Smashing Friends, Have we fixed front-end accessibility yet? Well, not really. Pages are getting significantly denser and more complex. The number of accessibility issues has increased by 10.1% from 51 errors in 2025 to 56.1 errors in 2026. After all these years, these errors haven’t changed at all. They are still related to poor color contrast , missing alt-text, missing form input labels, empty links and empty buttons. And: there is more ARIA code being deployed, but often implemented poorly, and so ...

See you in 3 hours?

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Hey Trendpickw, Day 1 of the Membership Summit starts TODAY at 1pm ET! That's just about two hours from now. If you're thinking about starting a membership in 2026, this is perfect for you. As of now, it doesn't look like you've registered yet. We're over 2800 registrants now (and my team has a goal of 3,000). ​ Save your seat in one click → Registration's open right up until we start. We'll also send a reminder 15 minutes before we open the doors. Grab a notebook. See you at 1! Cheers, Jay ​ ...