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Newsletter success stories

How Isaac Saul Built Tangle Into a Million-Dollar Newsletter

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.

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Best practices

25 Rules For Running a Great Newsletter

Operate in all four growth quadrants. Use AI for productivity, not creativity. And 23 other rules that any newsletter operator needs to follow.

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Newsletter success stories

One Newsletter I Always Make Time to Read

There are a lot of great newsletters out there. These are the ones your favorite newsletter writers never miss.

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The International Inbox

How Amanda Cua Built BackScoop, Southeast Asia’s Go-To Tech Newsletter

At age 19, a first-time founder based in the Philippines launched a newsletter about business and tech. Two years later, it’s one of the top resources in the region.

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Case Studies

The Rise of the $100k Newsletter Operator

How three newsletter operators on Beehiiv — Zain Kahn of Superhuman, Quinn Emmett of Important, Not Important, and Pete Huang of The Neuron — reached the six-figure milestone, and what you can do to get there, too.

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Newsletter success stories

Meet The Hustle and Morning Brew Alums Shaping the Future of Newsletters

The Hustle and Morning Brew built the blueprint for how to make a successful independent newsletter. So who better to teach others the playbook than the people who created it?

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Newsletter monetization

How I Sold $12,500 in eBooks From My Newsletter

You don’t need to have a huge newsletter audience to successfully monetize. Here’s how Notes from a Hired Pen leveraged a small newsletter list into big sales.

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Indie newsletters

Come For the Newsletter, Stay For the Discord: Why Some Newsletters Have Private Communities for Their Subscribers.

Building a community through Discord or Slack could be a way to deepen engagement with readers and drive additional revenue. But it comes with a lot of work — and some potential headaches.

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Indie newsletters

These 5 Newsletters Took A Break From Publishing. Here’s How They Did It.

Newsletter writers are increasingly taking time off to grow their families, recharge with a vacation, or cope with burnout. Here’s what you can learn from those who’ve taken a break from writing their newsletter.

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Indie newsletters

Burnt Toast Allowed Virginia Sole-Smith To Quit Her Day Job. Here’s How She Did It.

Over the past seven years, Virginia Sole-Smith’s grown Burnt Toast into a product that brings in six figures annually. Here’s what she’s learned about deciding what content to paywall, what kind of perks to give away to paying subscribers, and why her reader surveys are designed to get feedback from superfans.