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Dec 2024
20:
What I Wish I’d Known Before Launching My Newsletter
Dec 2024
19:
Are Social Media Platforms the Next Dying Malls?
Dec 2024
17:
Are we all converging into the same online persona?
Dec 2024
16:
The new rules of media
Dec 2024
13:
300+ newletter landing page examples
Dec 2024
12:
Death by a thousand substacks
Dec 2024
11:
For the love of god, make your own website
Dec 2024
10:
In praise of writing on the internet
Dec 2024
9:
The relationship graph
Dec 2024
6:
You don’t actually have to stay on Twitter
Dec 2024
5:
Three myths about paid subscriptions
Dec 2024
4:
5 landing page best-practices
Dec 2024
3:
Don't worry about being consistent
Dec 2024
2:
Why Substack (still) matters for writers
Nov 2024
29:
The AI-generated content factory: books edition
Nov 2024
27:
Don't call it a Substack
Nov 2024
26:
Return to the blogs
Nov 2024
25:
Talk to your audience
Nov 2024
1:
Measuring what matters
Oct 2024
31:
How to diagnose an unexpected drop in open rates and engagement
Oct 2024
30:
12 ways to write creative newsletter names
Oct 2024
29:
Focus on each person, not an audience
Oct 2024
28:
The strategy questions
Oct 2024
25:
What makes a good newsletter?
Oct 2024
24:
200 days of showing up
Oct 2024
23:
You should be using an RSS reader
Oct 2024
22:
Share your work with authority
Oct 2024
21:
The newsletter benchmarks you should be aiming for
Oct 2024
18:
A blog post is a very long and complex search query to find fascinating people
Oct 2024
17:
Why informally written emails work better
Oct 2024
16:
Tactics for writing in public
Oct 2024
15:
Out-random the AI
Oct 2024
14:
The best piece of advice I ever got about newsletters
Oct 2024
11:
A portal to random Substacks
Oct 2024
10:
Writing, riffs & relationships
Oct 2024
9:
How the biggest newsletters use social media to grow
Oct 2024
8:
Creative success is a numbers game
Sep 2024
30:
Beyond the search engine
Sep 2024
27:
Does this need to be a goal?
Sep 2024
26:
Obvious best practices too many newsletters still don’t do
Sep 2024
25:
Turn up your volume
Sep 2024
24:
Non-Coercive Marketing
Sep 2024
23:
Selling out without selling out
Sep 2024
20:
How to monetize a blog
Sep 2024
19:
I can tell your book was self-published
Sep 2024
18:
The secret strategy to ramp up your reply rate
Sep 2024
17:
Outdated expectations kill creative dreams
Sep 2024
16:
The creative switch
Sep 2024
13:
Substack's ticking time bomb
Sep 2024
12:
Feeding the algorithm
Sep 2024
11:
What's your origin story?
Sep 2024
10:
The biggest mistakes paid newsletters make
Sep 2024
9:
Your Substack isn’t for everyone
Sep 2024
6:
How to collect emails for a newsletter
Sep 2024
5:
Life without goals
Sep 2024
4:
Newsletters should be letters
Sep 2024
3:
What's the best way to end your email?
Aug 2024
30:
The f*ck it guide to content
Aug 2024
29:
Stop doing things you hate doing
Aug 2024
28:
Write for someone
Aug 2024
27:
Disenshittify or die
Aug 2024
26:
The newsletter advice Dan Oshinsky gives again and again
Aug 2024
23:
Stop acting like an expert
Aug 2024
22:
What would it mean to be done for the day?
Aug 2024
21:
How technology hooked the world
Aug 2024
20:
Writing vs. content
Aug 2024
19:
Use the internet, not just companies.
Aug 2024
16:
Like & subscribe
Aug 2024
15:
Yes, people do buy books
Aug 2024
14:
A curated resource to build a newsletter business
Aug 2024
13:
Should you have an email newsletter?
Aug 2024
12:
Don't trust the (design) process
Aug 2024
9:
The movement is what matters
Aug 2024
8:
Just enough social media
Aug 2024
7:
Default to spaciousness
Aug 2024
6:
The email welcome series
Aug 2024
5:
When your commonplace book is a public database
Jul 2024
26:
Be brave or be stupid
Jul 2024
25:
Rethinking the unbearable weight of self-promotion
Jul 2024
24:
Growing your readership
Jul 2024
23:
The four newsletter growth quadrants
Jul 2024
22:
A branding exercise
Jul 2024
19:
Good sign-offs
Jul 2024
18:
How to talk about your creative work at a party
Jul 2024
17:
The platform authors need now (that isn’t social media)
Jul 2024
16:
Marketing with a heart
Jul 2024
15:
Curiosity and consistency
Jul 2024
12:
Books are Big AI's Achilles heel
Jul 2024
11:
“One newsletter I always make time to read”
Jul 2024
10:
To be well published
Jul 2024
9:
Author platforms
Jul 2024
8:
Instability
Jul 2024
5:
On ultra-processed content
Jul 2024
4:
Slow the decay in our creative work
Jul 2024
3:
Reject numbers, embrace connections
Jul 2024
2:
Influencers aren’t getting famous like they used to
Jul 2024
1:
The A to Z guide to newsletter subscriber growth
Jun 2024
28:
Do pointless things
Jun 2024
27:
On slowing down
Jun 2024
24:
The new alt media and the future of publishing
Jun 2024
21:
How to opt out of Meta’s AI training
Jun 2024
20:
Unscalable, hand-crafted lists of links
Jun 2024
19:
50 ways to fuel a conversation
Jun 2024
18:
Style is an algorithm
Jun 2024
17:
How to generate content
Jun 2024
14:
How to grow an email newsletter
Jun 2024
13:
Practical ways to post something every day
Jun 2024
12:
The critical piece missing from your marketing funnel
Jun 2024
11:
I used to run a popular newsletter. Then things started getting weird.
Jun 2024
10:
On taking the time you need to notice, think, and grow
Jun 2024
7:
Back to the land, internet style
Jun 2024
6:
Do literally anything
Jun 2024
5:
23 crazy simple tips about how to build a high-growth newsletter
Jun 2024
4:
The state of the culture, 2024
Jun 2024
3:
Substack wants to be YouTube
May 2024
31:
Slash pages
May 2024
30:
10 questions to help you build a better newsletter
May 2024
29:
The enshittification lifecycle of online platforms
May 2024
28:
Books don’t sell
May 2024
24:
Instagram is dead to us... so what's next for creatives?
May 2024
23:
Three ways to start your next newsletter
May 2024
22:
On having more interesting ideas
May 2024
21:
The case for learning in public
May 2024
20:
Why so many newsletters aren’t worth the writer’s effort
May 2024
17:
100 days of showing up
May 2024
16:
Blog post vs. email — the death match
May 2024
15:
Just do the thing
May 2024
14:
The 80 best single-operator newsletters on the internet
May 2024
13:
The problem with newsletter advice
May 2024
10:
Write the emails you want to see in the world
May 2024
9:
25 rules for running a great newsletter
May 2024
8:
How to build a successful referral program for your newsletter
May 2024
7:
The self-motivation toolkit
May 2024
6:
Maybe you don't need more subscribers
May 2024
3:
Zero-click content
May 2024
2:
Do it for the sake of it
May 2024
1:
Borrow everything I know about growing a newsletter
Apr 2024
30:
Nobody knows you exist. Now what?
Apr 2024
29:
The craft of how you share
Apr 2024
26:
Bottom of the funnel
Apr 2024
25:
We need to rewild the internet
Apr 2024
24:
Death of the follower & the future of creativity on the web
Apr 2024
23:
Promote your creative work without feeling sleazy
Apr 2024
22:
I hope this email finds you
Apr 2024
19:
Embrace the weird
Apr 2024
18:
Seven marketing sins
Apr 2024
17:
Email marketing 101 for authors
Apr 2024
16:
50 lessons learned from writing 50 newsletters
Apr 2024
15:
The post-platform internet
Apr 2024
12:
On the importance of taste – and how to acquire it
Apr 2024
11:
25 ways to measure the success of your newsletter
Apr 2024
10:
Two underutilized email strategies
Apr 2024
9:
Find your ideal audience
Apr 2024
8:
The Internet needs to change
Apr 2024
5:
How to grow your newsletter audience
Apr 2024
4:
Avoiding false metrics
Apr 2024
3:
The 10 commandments of social media
Apr 2024
2:
Substack writers concerned as subscriptions ‘plummet’ due to follow feature
Apr 2024
1:
On being a good newsletterer
Mar 2024
29:
Everything is an essay.
Mar 2024
28:
Don’t think big!
Mar 2024
27:
On marketing broetry
Mar 2024
26:
The zero-click email strategy
Mar 2024
25:
How to grow a community from 0 to 2,000+ active alumni
Mar 2024
22:
Share what you've struggled with
Mar 2024
21:
11 things smart newsletters do to convert readers to supporters & customers
Mar 2024
20:
How to get your first 100 signups
Mar 2024
19:
9 ways to make email the happiest place on earth
Mar 2024
18:
Every reader counts
Mar 2024
15:
What's the best way to grow your email newsletter?
Mar 2024
14:
How I built a big email list exclusively about books I liked
Mar 2024
13:
25 ways to sign someone up for your newsletter
Mar 2024
12:
Is email marketing dead?
Mar 2024
11:
TinyLetter, in memoriam
Mar 2024
8:
The paradox of productivity
Mar 2024
7:
40 one-sentence newsletter tips
Mar 2024
6:
The creative playground
Mar 2024
5:
Substack is both great and terrible for authors
Mar 2024
4:
Don’t call it a newsletter
Mar 2024
1:
Knowing what to say to your readers
Feb 2024
29:
“When do we get to the marketing part?”
Feb 2024
28:
‘Enshittification’ is coming for absolutely everything
Feb 2024
27:
How can technology help us belong?
Feb 2024
26:
Email authentication (How to)
Feb 2024
23:
Two things to know before launching your newsletter
Feb 2024
22:
The #1 goal for your book marketing
Feb 2024
21:
Author platform is not a requirement to sell your book
Feb 2024
20:
Momentum creates motivation
Feb 2024
19:
Stock & flow in newsletters
Feb 2024
16:
A modest guide to productivity
Feb 2024
15:
Less homework! More fun!
Feb 2024
14:
15 lessons from 30+ years in newsletters
Feb 2024
13:
Toward a unified taxonomy of text-based social media use
Feb 2024
12:
A simple antidote to a corporatized, unfeeling, profit-maximizing world
Feb 2024
9:
Want to start a newsletter? Read this first
Feb 2024
8:
Pop-up newsletters are the greatest newsletters
Feb 2024
7:
Why you should have a newsletter
Feb 2024
6:
You can't own your audience - but you can own an idea in their minds
Feb 2024
5:
17 non-negotiable things your email newsletter needs right now
Feb 2024
2:
A new brand of unsubscribe
Feb 2024
1:
How Austin Kleon assembles his weekly newsletter
Jan 2024
31:
Just how personal is an email newsletter?
Jan 2024
30:
Reach vs. Resonance
Jan 2024
29:
Little lessons from writing newsletters
Jan 2024
26:
Creating a fully customised, weekly newsletter
Jan 2024
25:
Intensity vs Consistency
Jan 2024
24:
Substack Turns On Its ‘Nazis Welcome!’ Sign
Jan 2024
23:
The email rules
Jan 2024
22:
Designing your content strategy
Jan 2024
19:
Advice for newsletter-ers
Jan 2024
18:
Email checklist
Jan 2024
17:
What's the point of content?
Jan 2024
16:
Write the emails you want to see in the world
Jan 2024
15:
The podcaster's guide to growing an email list
Jan 2024
12:
Self-promotion (on your own terms)
Jan 2024
11:
Why most paid newsletters fail
Jan 2024
10:
The only way to grow your list
Jan 2024
9:
35 lessons from 35 years of newsletter publishing
Jan 2024
8:
The new social media rules
Jan 2024
5:
Readers, not subscribers
Jan 2024
4:
Considering the pull quote
Jan 2024
3:
Using a newsletter as a way of building relationships at scale
Jan 2024
2:
Why isn't my Substack gaining any traction?
Jan 2024
1:
Which is the right ESP for your indie newsletter?
Dec 2023
29:
Things that aren't doing the thing.
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