Final Thoughts

This is the first Steel Market Update Executive newsletter of the year (we produced our first Premium newsletter on Friday of last week). I can’t even imagine the number of articles I have written about the industry since I began keeping my steel customers up to date on industry events in 2004 (and explaining why they were being abused by their suppliers and how to be proactive). As most of you already know, Steel Market Update was officially incorporated in August 2008 and we have been churning out almost a full book worth of articles each and every month of the year.

So, I thought the most appropriate way to begin the New Year would be to see how we fared over the past twelve months. From a readership standpoint our renewal rate continues to be in the mid 90 percent range each month and we are adding new members each and every month. Our Premium level membership has been growing as both existing customers and new people begin to understand what Premium has to offer. I thank each of you again for your support over the past twelve months.