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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 monetization

11 Things Smart Newsletters Do to Convert Readers to Supporters and Customers

Email can be an incredible tool for driving readers to support your work or buy something. Here’s how top newsletters convince readers to pull out a credit card and take the next step.

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The International Inbox

Finding Sanity While Building a Newsletter: A Conversation With Indian Creator Tanmoy Goswami

On the challenges of producing a newsletter from India, the value of keeping communities small, the double-edged sword of audience surveys, and how to do more for yourself by doing less.

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Best practices

15 Lessons From 30+ Years in Newsletters

CJ Chilvers has been creating newsletters since 1987. Here’s what he’s learned along the way.

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Best practices

What I Wish I’d Known Before Launching My Newsletter

We asked more than 20 newsletter operators for the advice they wish they’d gotten. From content strategy to growth best practices, here’s what they told us.

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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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Best practices

19 Great Newsletter Landing Pages You Can Learn From

A well-built landing page can help you grow your newsletter faster. Here are landing page best practices to utilize and great examples to borrow from.

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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.