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Let’s rewind a year – it’s February 2020 and International Women’s Day is on the horizon. We decide there’s no better way to start our ‘Interview with Experts’ series than with Q&A sessions with some of the email marketing industry’s most trail-blazing women. It starts with conversations about the gender balance at industry conferences. And [...]
Over a million print and e-books are self-published each year. And it’s estimated that indie authors account for around 30% of all e-book sales in English-speaking markets. Which presents you, indie author, with a challenge. How do you get your latest book release in front of the right audience when so many others like you [...]
Thanks to the internet, writers have more opportunities than ever to grow an audience and deliver premium content. And make good money while doing so. In the early noughties, blogging was the primary modus operandi for digital publishers. But in more recent years, email has become the new platform of choice. And paid subscription newsletters [...]
The most common mistake I see in newsletter landing pages is the author not considering first-time visitors. The author knows exactly what they’re offering readers. But they struggle to portray the benefits of subscribing to someone unfamiliar with the newsletter. That’s why you need to ask yourself: What would my potential subscriber need to see [...]
You’ve started your first newsletter and got a few thousand subscribers on your list. Now it’s time to make some money and get your newsletter generating revenue. But how do you do that? Well, there are two ways you can monetise your newsletter: And in this article, we’re going to guide you through the first [...]
In today’s internet age, there has never been so much online content. Whether it’s images uploaded to Instagram or tweets posted on Twitter, the total amount of data uploaded and shared is mind-boggling. And somewhere in all that content, people are talking about brands. It might be a question on Reddit or a comment in [...]
For marketers, every industry comes with its unique challenges. Marketing a car is very different to marketing fast food, as one example. But what if you’re marketing something that only exists on a computer? Something that blurs the line between product and service? Well, that’s the unique challenge that SaaS marketers face. And to make [...]
Type “careers of the future” in your search bar and developers will appear in practically every list Google can throw at you. We’re now so reliant on computers that software developers, engineers and programmers have become some of the most sought-after roles in the tech industry. But in the past, building a career in this [...]
For many creators, newsletters are an intensely personal project. They’re a space to explore curiosities. A space to make sense of information and ideas. And a space to share knowledge. Whether that’s through curation of content. Or original writing. It’s what inspired Stevan Popovic to start Stockideas.club, a newsletter that brings together his research into [...]
Newsletters are having a moment. And in recent years, email has become fashionable again. But this time, it’s not big brands driving the trend. It’s individual creators. Creators who want to build a community. And deliver content to their audience, on their terms. It’s a growing trend in today’s passion economy. And Substack is accelerating [...]
Email is enjoying a renaissance. As people crave an alternative social network that’s more intimate, more private and more connected, email is the old that’s become new again. And it’s personalised newsletters that are answering the call. Whether it’s a curation of content and tools around a particular theme, or opinion-pieces on what’s happening in [...]
If you’re just starting out on your personal newsletter journey, growing your audience might be one of the biggest challenges you face. Word of mouth and contributions to online communities, such as Indie Hackers and Reddit, are a good place to start. But if you want to reach a wider audience, submitting your newsletter to [...]