SQLAuthority News – Limited Edition T-Shirts Arrived

I have received quite a few request for SQLAuthority.com T-shirts. Every day I receive lots of emails and suggestions. Many readers have great suggestions and have helped to improve content. Now the limited edition T-shirts are finally here.

First of all I express my gratitude to all of you. Few of my loyal and enthusiastic readers will receive the Limited Edition T-Shirts by tomorrow.

T-shirts are very limited. I have kept only two for me and have shipped all other.

Why Small Thank Yous Matter

Reading this note today makes me smile. It was a small thing, a handful of shirts in a box, but it meant a lot to me. In 2007 this blog was still young, and every email from a reader felt like a gift. Those readers did more than ask questions. They sent corrections, ideas and kind words, and their suggestions shaped many of the articles that came later.

Those Limited Edition T-Shirts were my way of saying thank you out loud. If you run a blog, a user group or a small team, try the same idea in your own way. It does not have to be a shirt. A public thank you, a reply to every comment or a small token for someone who helped you costs very little, and people remember it for a long time.

A community grows when people feel seen. So if you are reading this and you ever sent me a suggestion, a correction or even a complaint, thank you. You are part of this blog too. Small gestures build big communities, and this box of shirts was one of my first lessons in that.

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