EmailYourBrand · Part of the YourBrand Network
You don't need the whole map. You need the nextstep.
You don't have an email problem. You have a clarity problem. You don't need another platform. You need to know the one move that helps your list this week.
Find my email nextstep →Two minutes. Six questions. You see your result before I ask for anything.
Free · 2 minutes
What's your Inbox Health Score?
Email rules quietly changed in 2026, and most of us are leaking subscribers, replies, or deliverability without knowing where.
Six questions. Two minutes. One nextstep. No email needed to see it.
Kindness is cool. Smiles are free.
How it works
No program. No 40 tabs. One move at a time.
Take the score
Six quick questions about where you are with Email today. Starting from zero or a thousand, it works.
See your one gap
Not ten things. The one that matters most right now, plus three moves for it.
Do one move a week
Nextstep Notes lands every Thursday with one trend and one 15 minute move. Do it, then do the next.
Try this today. 15 minutes.
Email the ten people who know you best.
Ask them one question: "What's the one thing about what I do that you wish someone would just tell you?" Then reply to every answer.
Done looks like ten emails sent and every answer replied to.
That's what a nextstep feels like. The quiz finds yours.
Russ Johns
Nextstepnext · YourBrand Network
Who's behind this
I'm Russ. I write Nextstep Notes every Thursday, and I read every reply.
600+ livestream interviews. A 25,000 person audience across LinkedIn, Instagram, and my own community.
I fell off a billboard in 1987, climbed the corporate ladder for fifteen years, lost nearly everything, and rebuilt around one idea: help more people help more people.
This site is one small piece of that. One craft, one move at a time, with people who cheer each other on.
Meet the Nextstep Crew →Not ready for the quiz?
Start with the letter.
Nextstep Notes lands every Thursday. One trend, one 15 minute move, and the Email trend lives right inside it. Free, short, and kind to your inbox.
Get Nextstep Notes, free →No price. No upsell. Unsubscribe any time.
Fair questions
Is it free?
Yes. The quiz, your result, and Nextstep Notes are all free.
Do I have to give you my email to see my score?
No. Your result shows up on the page. Getting it in your inbox is your call.
I'm just starting out. Is this for me?
Especially for you. Getting the basics right early means everything you add later sticks.
Will this grow my numbers?
I won't promise numbers. I'll help you see where you are with Email and pick one useful move. What happens next is yours.
Your list is the one thing you own. Is it working?
Most of us send when we remember, hope it lands, and never hear back. Not because we're bad at it. Nobody told us what to fix first.
Take the two minute Inbox Health Score. You get your score, your one gap, and three moves. On the page. No email needed to see it.
Find my email nextstep →One craft, one move at a time. Kindness is cool. Smiles are free.
EmailYourBrand is part of the YourBrand Network. One method, many crafts. Help more people help more people.
Kindness is cool. Smiles are free. What's the nextstep? Next.
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