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Best practices

The Secret Strategy to Ramp Up Your Reply Rate

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.

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The International Inbox

From Print to Digital: Lessons from Two European Football Writers on Growing Paid Newsletters

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.

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Newsletter success stories

After 23 Years, The Borowitz Report is as Successful as Ever

The Borowitz Report was founded in 2001 but only launched a paid newsletter offering in March 2024. Now it’s got tens of thousands of paying subscribers. Here’s why Andy Borowitz’s readers keep following — and supporting — him.

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Newsletter success stories

How Isaac Saul Built Tangle Into a Million-Dollar Newsletter

Tangle, a daily newsletter that goes in-depth on one big news topic per day, now has 100,000 readers and more than 16,000 paying members. Founder Isaac Saul explains how he built it.

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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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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 monetization

How I Sold $12,500 in eBooks From My Newsletter

You don’t need to have a huge newsletter audience to successfully monetize. Here’s how Notes from a Hired Pen leveraged a small newsletter list into big sales.

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Indie newsletters

Come For the Newsletter, Stay For the Discord: Why Some Newsletters Have Private Communities for Their Subscribers.

Building a community through Discord or Slack could be a way to deepen engagement with readers and drive additional revenue. But it comes with a lot of work — and some potential headaches.