I launched my newsletter, Evil Witches, in 2018. Here’s what I’ve learned about building an audience, identifying the right strategy for your newsletter, and being your own boss.
Tag: Learnings from indie newsletters
The Food Section brings independent coverage of Southern restaurants and food culture to inboxes. Publisher Hanna Raskin explains how she built the newsletter, grown her paying audience, and launched new editorial partnerships.
A.J. Daulerio survived the Hulk Hogan trial, the blog bubble, and bankruptcy. We talked to him about his current project, The Small Bow, and how he’s built a newsletter and a digital community to support others going through hard times.
Gaía Passarelli’s Tá Todo Mundo Tentando newsletter is growing — and it’s one of several successful independent newsletters in Brazil.
Not every newsletter is trying to grow its audience quickly. For some indie newsletters, a focus on content or community — not growth — is the right move.
Using Beehiiv’s advanced dashboards, you can get the data you need to make the decisions that matter.
How do you know when it’s time to start monetizing? And what are the different ways newsletters like yours monetize? Let’s talk through some options.
Launching your newsletter is the easy part. Now comes the real work: Starting to build a loyal audience for your newsletter. Let’s talk about the next steps.
You can sell your newsletter, keep it going as a side project, hand it over to someone new, or shut it down entirely. Let’s talk through all four options.
A dedicated relationship with readers paid off, literally, when the French newsletter Bulletin created and sold a book based on a section of their newsletter.