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Momentum creates motivation

“If you let motivation dictate your actions, inertia conspires to keep you in place.” Read This is curated by Stephen Knezovich. Each issue shares resources and insights to help writers launch, improve & grow their email newsletter. This issue links to a tiny thought from the Farnam Street newsletter.

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Stock & flow in newsletters

“Flow is the feed [...] Stock is the durable stuff [that] spreads slowly but surely, building fans over time.” Read This is curated by Stephen Knezovich. Each issue shares resources and insights to help writers launch, improve & grow their email newsletter. This issue links to a 2019 blog post from

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A modest guide to productivity

“Stay on paper as long as possible; sketch and write things out long-hand, possibly even emails.” Read This is curated by Stephen Knezovich. Each issue shares resources and insights to help writers launch, improve & grow their email newsletter. This issue is from the designer Frank Chimero's blog

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Less homework! More fun!

“A word of advice for publishing a newsletter, blog post, novel, or literally anything: keep it short and keep it sweet.” Read This is curated by Stephen Knezovich. Each issue shares resources and insights to help writers launch, improve & grow their email newsletter. This issue is from Robin Rendle

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15 lessons from 30+ years in newsletters

“Subject lines don’t matter anywhere near as much as your sent-from line.” Read This is curated by Stephen Knezovich. Each issue shares resources and insights to help writers launch, improve & grow their email newsletter. This issue features an excerpt from CJ Chilvers new book, Principles for Newsletters, via

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Toward a unified taxonomy of text-based social media use

“The most important thing to know about social media is this: Most people don’t post.” Read This is curated by Stephen Knezovich. Each issue shares resources and insights to help writers launch, improve & grow their email newsletter. This issue features an analysis (of Threads, mostly) by Elizabeth Lopatto

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A simple antidote to a corporatized, unfeeling, profit-maximizing world

“Care more than you need to, more often than expected, more completely than the other guy.” Read This is curated by Stephen Knezovich. Each issue shares resources and insights to help writers launch, improve & grow their email newsletter. This issue features evergreen advice from Seth Godin.

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Want to start a newsletter? Read this first

“You shouldn’t start a newsletter without thinking deeply about what you’re trying to accomplish, who you’re trying to reach and, above all, why a newsletter is the best vehicle for your goals.” Read This is curated by Stephen Knezovich. Each issue shares resources and insights to help

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Pop-up newsletters are the greatest newsletters

“There’s something powerful about knowing an end exists — for both writer and reader.” Read This is curated by Stephen Knezovich. Each issue shares resources and insights to help writers launch, improve & grow their email newsletter.

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Why you should have a newsletter

"The reasons are the same now as they were years ago: a newsletter list gives you direct access to the people most likely to support your work." Read This is curated by Stephen Knezovich. Each issue shares resources and insights to help writers launch, improve & grow their