Don’t chase reach — chase resonance. Find a niche and scale things from there. And a whole bunch of other lessons, on topics ranging from newsletter metrics to growth, that stood out to me at the 2025 edition of The Newsletter Conference.
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An email course is an automated series designed to teach readers new skills, habits, or lessons. My newsletter list — and client base — took off as soon as I started building them. And the best part: With a course, you can stop writing new content and start teaching what you have. Here’s how you can use courses to grow and monetize your email list.
Like many consultants, Anne-Kathrin uses her newsletter to drive business. But she’s built something bigger than that, expanding her newsletter with paid subscriptions, ads, and even a licensing business.
18 finalists made the cut. Now’s your turn to pick which newsletters created the most innovative strategies for content, design, engagement, growth, revenue, and technology.
Just getting started with ads in your newsletter? Looking to level up your ad strategy? Here are a few ideas for ad formats, rates, and tools that can help you make more money for your newsletter.
In 2024, I created a new newsletter that went out every single day — 366 emails in all. (It was a leap year!) It took a lot of work, but it also opened new doors for my business. Here’s what I learned from my daily newsletter experiment.
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There are all sorts of emails you might send readers, from newsletters to transactional messages. Here’s how to incorporate all of these into your email strategy.
Should you reply to readers? Should you engage with them in a comment thread or a digital community? Six newsletter writers explained how they handle reader engagement.
That first time a reader chooses to support your work is just the start of your relationship with them. Here’s how to keep those supporters coming back again and again.
In 2018, Wale Lawal started a student publication in Nigeria to cover critical African issues. Six years later, they’ve raised $800,000 and are building a fully-fledged media company — with newsletters at the center of their strategy.