Insight & Advice
Borrow everything I know about growing a newsletter
Lucy Werner's takeaways from growing to 300+ paid subscribers in six months on Substack.
Embrace the weird
Matthew Haughey over at A Whole Lotta Nothing on just going for it.
Seven marketing sins
Seth Godin on marketing-related human failings.
50 lessons learned from writing 50 newsletters
Advice from the cognitive-neuroscientist-in-training Anne-Laure Le Cunff over at Ness Labs.
Two underutilized email strategies
“Consistently delivering emails doesn't mean you need to consistently create 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 links to a thought-provoking post by Jay Clouse over at Creator Science.
Avoiding false metrics
“Making your numbers go up (any numbers–your bmi, your blood sugar, your customer service ratings) is pointless if the numbers aren't related to why you went to work this morning.” Read This is curated by Stephen Knezovich. Each issue shares resources and insights to help writers launch,
The 10 commandments of social media
“I refuse to believe LinkedIn wouldn’t be better if you had to pay to post made-up inspirational stories.” Read This is curated by Stephen Knezovich. Each issue shares resources and insights to help writers launch, improve & grow their email newsletter. This particular issue links to an article on
On being a good newsletterer
“A person’s inbox is a sacred space: Don’t be an unsubscribe ding-dong, make it easy and obvious.” Read This is curated by Stephen Knezovich. Each issue shares resources and insights to help writers launch, improve & grow their email newsletter. This particular issue links to insightful blog post
Everything is an essay.
“When solving for consistency, of both quality and quantity [of your newsletter], your best friend is the humble essay.” Read This is curated by Stephen Knezovich. Each issue shares resources and insights to help writers launch, improve & grow their email newsletter. This particular issue links to a thoughtful blog
9 ways to make email the happiest place on earth
“One metric cannot possibly measure your success.” 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 an older issue of Ann Handley's Total Annarchy newsletter and offers what I believe