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Indie newsletters

How to Start Monetizing Your Indie Newsletter

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.

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Indie newsletters

How to Get Your First 5,000 Readers and Engage With Your Audience

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.

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Indie newsletters

Every Good Newsletter Needs an Exit Plan. Here Are Four Paths to Consider.

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.

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Newsletter monetization

How a French Newsletter Turned a Fun Outro Into €60,000 in Book Sales

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.

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Indie newsletters

How to Write and Promote Your First Newsletter

It’s time to write your first edition. Let’s get it written — and start building your audience.

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Indie newsletters

How to Launch Your Indie Newsletter

Thinking about creating a newsletter, but not sure where to start? Here’s a checklist to help you get your newsletter off the ground.

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Best practices

10 Lessons From 10 Years in Email

I’ve learned a lot from a decade of building email teams, running tests, and sending thousands of newsletters. Here are ten lessons that stand out.

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FWD Progress

Digging Into ‘Dirt,’ a Digital Entertainment Newsletter

While paid newsletter tiers are common, Dirt is among the first to finance its operations through NFT sales. 

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Newsletter success stories

Launching a Paid Newsletter Gave Me the Freedom to Say ‘No’

Opening up a paid option was, without a doubt, the most significant decision I’ve yet made in my writing career.