AskPath. AskPath.com.com. What's up, everybody? Patflin here and welcome to episode 250 of Ask Pat 250. That's awesome. Thank you so much. I hope your year is going well so far. Mine is. I'm getting a lot done,

including more episodes of AskPack coming your way. We have a great episode and question today from

Rebecca Decker. But before we get to that, I do want to thank today's sponsor, which is Aweber.com.

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Sweet.

Let's get to today's question from Rebecca.

Hi, Pat. My name's Rebecca Decker, and I'm the founder of evidence-basedbirth.com.

My mission is to get research evidence on the best practices for childbirth out of medical journals

and into the hands of expecting parents, inspiring them to make more informed decisions about their

care. My question has to do with the future of email lists.

Over the past year, I've built an email list with more than 6,000 users,

but I can't help but wonder what's the future of email lists and what will take their place

for entrepreneurs of the future.

You see, I work with a lot of young people and email is just

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