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Tag: Best practices for indie newsletters
Everyone wants to build a better newsletter. But for many newsrooms and non-profits, focusing instead on the structure around the newsletter — including growth, monetization, metrics, and automations — will allow you to build a better email strategy for your org.
There are many best practices that are easy to implement and that will make a big difference in your strategy. They’ll help you grow your list, get more engagement, and make more money. Here’s what you need to tackle next.
Want to host an event for your audience but don’t know where to start? Here’s what you need to do to get started — and make money off the event, too.
They’ve got two million active subscribers, eight different newsletters, 30+ staffers, and multiple revenue streams. So how did they manage to stay under the radar? They’re based in Brazil and only publish in Portuguese.
Here’s a counterintuitive strategy that skyrockets your reply rate and turns your silent subscribers into engaged responders: Leaving yourself open to criticism. It might just be the secret sauce your newsletter needs.
No matter what type of newsletter you work on or what your goals are, everyone’s struggles are pretty similar. Here’s the advice I give to help solve your biggest newsletter problems.
The Borowitz Report was founded in 2001 but only launched a paid newsletter offering in March 2024. Now it’s got tens of thousands of paying subscribers. Here’s why Andy Borowitz’s readers keep following — and supporting — him.
Claire’s been building a successful newsletter, Evil Witches, since 2018. It’s grown into a product with nearly 1,000 paying subscribers. But Claire felt stuck with her newsletter. So Claire and Dan talked through a few options. Here’s their conversation — and what Claire did next with Evil Witches.
Tangle, a daily newsletter that goes in-depth on one big news topic per day, now has 100,000 readers and more than 16,000 paying members. Founder Isaac Saul explains how he built it.