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Tech for Email

41 Tools That Might Make Your Newsletter Better

Here are the tools you need to help you build, grow, analyze, and monetize a successful newsletter.

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Newsletter success stories

From In-Person to Inbox: How Poynter Transformed A Hands-On Workshop Into an Email Course

How Poynter adapted its Work-Life Chemistry workshop into a six-part email series — and started charging $50 per student.

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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 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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Beyond the Inbox

Expense This, Not That: What Newsletter Operators Need to Know for Tax Season

If you made money off your newsletter last year, you’re going to want to keep a few things in mind as you file your taxes. We talked to four tax experts to get tips that can save you time, money, and pain come April 15.

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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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Newsletter success stories

David C. Baker Built a Million-Dollar Consulting Business Through His Newsletter

How does a consultant who never seems to pitch his own services, who doesn’t have a massive email list, and who gives so much away for free end up building a business that brings in seven figures a year? David C. Baker tells his story.

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Best practices

25 Ways to Measure the Success of Your Newsletter

Open rate and click rate aren’t the only ways to tell if your newsletter is successful. The best newsletters look at metrics around engagement, growth, monetization, and reader feedback to understand what’s working.

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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.