Alec Hogg: Smoothing your Wall Street Journal access

Full membership of the Wall Street Journal is a big benefit of the BizNews Premium offering. Yet data shows us less than one in five members actually use it. Those who do tell us it's amazing – in our recent SurveyMonkey poll many threatened to cancel if we ended the partnership. Others say they gave up after not being able to access it..Also read: Alec Hogg: For answer to what Ramaphosa's 'long game' means, ask Rassie.The tech has been an issue for most of the past three years. So, with the WSJ contract coming up for renewal, we took another deep dive into the back end with our New York partners. It made no sense that we were the only one of their global partners whose community experienced such problems. These renewed efforts have been rewarded..___STEADY_PAYWALL___.The solution is deceptively simple. On BizNews Premium, subscribers may select any password they want. For wsj.com and its App, however, specific guidelines apply: a minimum of 5 and maximum of 15 characters in a combination including at least one letter and one number; and NO special characters..So a password like alec@123 which works fine on BizNews Premium – will not do so on WSJ.com. However, alec123 works perfectly on both. The only other requirement for a smooth journey is for our members log into wsj.com at least once a month via BizNews Premium – that ensures those taking advantage of the low price point are genuine members of our community..Also read: Alec Hogg: Tito's real message – focus on your own circle of competence.If you are among many of members who have not been accessing the Wall Street Journal, please make the simple fix by first changing your BizNews Premium password (click here) and then accessing WSJ from the home page Premium link in our menu bar (see below). If you still hit a problem, please drop us an email to support@biznews.com..For your attention today….FOR DOWNLOADING….* The latest edition of the increasingly popular BizNews Digest PDF, is now available for downloading. The format combines being able to click through to related video, audio and other articles, with easy-reading advantages of a more traditional layout. Here's the link: https://bit.ly/2HMBDpl.* My BizNews colleague Nadya Swart has done a superb job on a highlights video(three and a half minutes) of my recent interview with Bobby Godsell. A must-watch. Here's the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3zyRZfT2jA.* I'm also really proud of the weekly Inside Investing podcast, the latest episode featuring Sasol's new CEO Fleetwood Grobler – in case you missed it, here's the link: https://www.biznews.com/entrepreneur/2020/10/28/sasol-5.DOWNLOAD THE FREE BIZNEWS.COM APPClick on the links below to download your own Biznews.com App:.Apple: https://apps.apple.com/za/app/biznews-com/id1517392839.Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.goodbarber.biznews&hl=en

Alec Hogg: Smoothing your Wall Street Journal access

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