They’ve got two million active subscribers, eight different newsletters, 30+ staffers, and multiple revenue streams. So how did they manage to stay under the radar? They’re based in Brazil and only publish in Portuguese.
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Here’s a counterintuitive strategy that skyrockets your reply rate and turns your silent subscribers into engaged responders: Leaving yourself open to criticism. It might just be the secret sauce your newsletter needs.
António Tadeia and Pit Gottschalk have covered football in their home countries for decades. Now, they use indie newsletters to build their own audiences and bring in revenue.
In 2015, Bergum left a career in finance, moved to Istanbul, and started a food blog. A decade later, he publishes two newsletters in two languages — with four different revenue streams. Here’s how he manages it all.
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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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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.
Want to sell more subscriptions? Advisorator’s Jared Newman discovered one tactic that worked for his newsletter: Giving away more content.
Gaía Passarelli’s Tá Todo Mundo Tentando newsletter is growing — and it’s one of several successful independent newsletters in Brazil.