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the reality of how to grow a newsletter
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Morning Newsies,
I often get asked how to grow a newsletter
The Just Go Grind newsletter grew to 18,000+ subscribers in the last 7 months
The reality that people don't want to hear?
What it actually has taken me to get here...
1. I've spent a DECADE creating content online - blogs, podcasts,… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
— Justin Gordon (@justingordon212)
12:45 PM • Jul 20, 2023
☝️☝️☝️ That is the hard truth about growing a newsletter in 2023.
You need to…
Commit
Investing in skills
Keep sending your newsletter every week
1/Commit
When starting a newsletter, you need to look deep down at yourself and ask yourself if you want to do this long-term. Because starting a newsletter can be valuable but if you continue to write every week. Ever since I started this weekly newsletter and my daily one, I have not missed a single day of sending out an email to my subscribers.
2/Investing in Skills
Justin is on point, I have for the past year also invested thousands in courses and all have led me to start this newsletter.
A couple of courses I have taken:
Ship 30 by 30
Udemy
Klaviyo
Hubspot
Shopify
3/Keep Sending Every Week
Try not to miss a single week of sending out your newsletter. Even if you have 1 subscriber don’t let that be used as an excuse to miss a week.
Moving along…
📈 Newsletter Metrics This Week
I want to be transparent and also I think it will be cool to see the weekly growth of a newsletter
Open Rate: 59.8%
Click-Rate: 19.4%
Subscribers: 49
🔥 Click Worthy
Almost near the finish line…
🐦 Tweet of the Week
Working on The Newsletter Vault.
What would you like to see?
So far:
Courses
Tools to use
Creators to followWhat would you like to see if you are starting a newsletter
— Daniel ➡️ Email Marketing Addict 📩 (@idanielroman)
3:18 AM • Aug 18, 2023
Let me know what you want to see, and reply to this email with your answer.
🎉 You did it!
That’s all for now
See you next week,
Your Amigo - Daniel
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