A one-link, once-a-weekday email for writers who want to newsletter better.
Each issue of Read This links to an article, blog, video, or other resource that provides helpful insights into building a better readership using an email newsletter.
The internet isn’t for humans anymore
Bots use the internet more than we do.
How I grew my Substack from zero to 40k annual income
... in just 12 months.
How to design a newsletter readers love
... without any design experience.
Grow your email list with the right people
An alternative approach to sharing your newsletter.
Resisting algorithmic comfort
Don't let machines or the crowd decide your world.
A case for sincerely trying in 2025
More thoughts on intentions.
Your favorite newsletter’s favorite newsletters
A massively ambitious project by Caitlin Dewey.
Stock & flow
A metaphor.
12 of the most common newsletter mistakes
... and how to fix them.
"How To Succeed On Substack"
Short answer: Publish.
Build an offline community
... and make social media companies sad.
Here's what the fight for your attention really looks like
Shifting joy into competition
Forget resolutions and words of the year.
Choose a New Year's Imperative instead.
Things that aren't doing the thing
Or: Read This turns one.
What I Wish I’d Known Before Launching My Newsletter
25 newsletter operators share the advice they wish they’d gotten at the very start.
Are Social Media Platforms the Next Dying Malls?
It was cool to hang out at the mall—until it wasn't.
Are we all converging into the same online persona?
On the global flatness of the internet.
The new rules of media
20 lessons for digital media’s present and future.
300+ newletter landing page examples
Including screenshots, easy filtering, and conversion rate data.
Death by a thousand substacks
If you’re not a breadwinner, you’re the yeast.
For the love of god, make your own website
The internet sucks now--but it doesn't have to.
In praise of writing on the internet
and how to go from 0 to 8,000.
The relationship graph
On cold emails, warm intros, and the invisible threads of a career in design.
You don’t actually have to stay on Twitter
And how successful creators kill them.
Three myths about paid subscriptions
And how successful creators kill them.
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