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As I confirmed in my recent post, Stop / Go, I am going to do at least one more year of my jobs newsletter – albeit on a slightly more limited schedule. I’m going to aim for 20-25 editions in 2027 rather than the 40-50 from recent years. Sending fewer emails does not lead to paying less for the privilege though. The current platform cost for the coming year is US$756 (which currently is about £565) not to mention the annual £150 I spend on the .jobs domain (but that is my own fault! Nobody was crying out for that.). I’m looking for a single sponsor for 2027 to cover the costs of Ghost. The newsletter currently goes to 2532 subscribers and in 2026 it has averaged a 63% open rate and a 15% click rate. If you are reading this I suspect you can guess the demographics but if you are curious I did a survey last year and wrote up some findings. I think this compares favourably against sponsoring something like UK Govcamp where the ‘Silver’ option is about the same price. Ghost suggests a few…