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What I Wish I’d Known Before Spending $5,000 Promoting Newsletters Through Meta

This year, I ran ad campaigns for eight different newsletters, helping them acquire thousands of newsletter subscribers. I learned a lot from the process. One of the biggest lessons: It’s easy to spend your money unwisely on platforms like Meta. Here’s what you need to know if you’re trying to grow through paid ads.

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The Five Types of Automations

Every team should be thinking about how to use automations to engage their audience and drive more revenue. From a welcome series to winback emails, these five automations can help you better engage and monetize your email audience.

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Beyond the Inbox

14 Books That Shaped the Way We Think About Newsletters

The best books can help us rethink the way we think about our writing and our readers. These 14 books helped us improve our own work. Hopefully, you’ll find one, too, that helps you better understand and write your own newsletter.

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How Often Should I Actually Send My Newsletter?

You might want to adjust your sending cadence based on a few factors, from the time you have to produce each email to the way you monetize your newsletter. Here’s how to figure out what frequency makes sense for you.

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Personalization Dissonance: Why Large Teams Struggle to Deliver a Consistent Email Experience to Readers

When you personalize emails in silos, your audience sees the inconsistency in their inbox. For a smarter email strategy, it’s time to look at the bigger picture to better serve each individual reader.

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It’s 2025. Is It Still Worth Launching a Newsletter?

There are plenty of reasons to be skeptical of email. There are so many newsletters out there, newsletter data isn’t great, and yes, there are long-term threats from AI. But a few killer features still make newsletters something worth investing in.

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Newsletter monetization

The Super-Simple Newsletter Format That Actually Helps You Retain Paying Subscribers, Members, or Donors

There are lots of ways to retain your supporters, but one of the most effective is to send a monthly, behind-the-scenes newsletter to tell supporters more about your team and your strategy. Here’s how to create one of these newsletters for your publication or business.

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The International Inbox

How a Spain-Born Founder Built and Runs One of Mexico’s Most Popular Newsletters — From Texas

Two years ago, Fernando Caralt took a newsletter format he loved and adapted it for a Mexican audience. Now it reaches 140,000 readers and will bring in nearly $200,000 in revenue. But there’s one interesting twist: Fernando’s never lived in Mexico, and he runs the entire operation from the U.S.

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11 Design Ideas You Should Steal For Your Newsletter

You don’t need to be a designer to create a beautiful newsletter that will stand out in the inbox. These newsletters use small design elements that anyone can incorporate into their email strategy.

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The 10 Laws of Great Newsletters

Keep listening to your audience. Lean into your voice with everything you do. And eight other laws that best-in-class newsletters always follow.