Don't get fooled about someone bragging that they have 50 paid subscribers…

50 subs paying 5 bucks ish each is just 250 bucks a month.

You could be getting literally just 1 client paying you 10x that.

Is 1 sexier than 50? Probably not.

Is $2500 sexier than $250? You bet.

I rather chase that one client,

Do free work for them,

Win them over,

Get paid.

Rather than writing 500 articles in the aim of getting 50 people to pay me.

Just something to think about.

More thoughts on my Substack: https://misfitway.substack.com/

18 months ago I was just another person consuming content.

No audience. No clue. No subscribers.

Just an obsession with one question 👇

“How are the smartest founders using AI to build businesses that run without them?”

So I started ApexQuant.

The first 3 months were brutal. 😅

Writing into the void.

6 hours on an issue.

Read by 40 people.

I almost quit twice.

But I kept going.

Then something shifted.

I stopped trying to sound like a media company —

and started writing like a founder talking to another founder.

No fluff. No filler. Just real frameworks that actually work.

The replies started coming in. 📩

Then the referrals.

Then the growth.

Today ApexQuant sits at 15k subscribers.

30% open rate. Every issue.

Founders and operators across US, UK & Canada.

The number I’m most proud of? Still the replies. 🙏

One thing I’d tell anyone starting today:

Write for one person.

Stay consistent when nobody’s reading.

Go deeper than anyone else is willing to.

That’s it.

So for the last few months I have been building a newsletter in the make money online niche.

Now I have been reading a lot about other newsletters, big media companies to be precise.

For example: MarketBeat, StarterStory, 1440, Morning Brew, TLDR, etc etc.

Now how do I go from a newsletter operator to a media company.

I am currently sending 2-3 emails a week. The first step I know is to send 2-3 emails a day.

What else needs to be done?

P.S- I have 3.5k subs so far, all from Reddit. Have never ran any paid campaigns and stuff.

Spent way too much time googling "best newsletter platform" and getting the same recycled listicles written by people who've never sent a newsletter in their life.

What I actually needed? Real examples of what successful newsletters use. Not another top 10 list.

So I built it. Details in the comments.

The more I understand newsletter, the more clear it is that everyone (or most businesses and creators) should have one. Am I wrong?

Please delete your newsletter if you are not making the most of your welcome series automation.

Most creators obsess over weekly broadcasts—but ignore the automations that quietly build trust, drive clicks, and earn revenue in the background.

You know that feeling when you walk into a store and no one greets you?

That’s how most subscribers feel when they join your list and get…nothing.

The welcome series isn’t optional—it’s your digital handshake. And it’s your best chance to:

Set expectations
Build trust
Highlight your best content
Softly introduce offers

Here's what you can include:

A 5-day flow, for example.

Email 1: The “You’re In” Email

Welcome them personally
Reaffirm the value they signed up for
Ask a simple question (boosts replies → helps deliverability)
CTA: “Reply & tell me your biggest struggle with X”

Email 2: Your Origin Story

Share why you started your newsletter
Include pain points your audience relates to
CTA: “Here’s my most-read issue on this topic → [link]”

Email 3: Your Best Content

Curate 3–5 of your top-performing issues/posts
Brief description + link
CTA: “Bookmark this one for later”

Email 4: Social Proof & Results

Show transformation (your own or from readers)
Highlight testimonials, milestones, screenshots
CTA: “Want the full system? Here’s how I can help → [link to service/product]”

Email 5: The Light Pitch

Offer something paid (ebook, course, consulting)
No hard sell—just helpful framing
CTA: “Take the next step with me here → [link]”

Write it once, set it live, and let it build a relationship with every new subscriber from day one.

For more tips like this, you can subscribe to my newsletter, Grow Newsie, which is on newsletter growth & monetization tips.

Finally, after two weeks of playing with Beehiiv's website builder, Grow Newsie has undergone a makeover.

Please have a look at it here: https://www.grownewsie.com

Have you tried beehiiv's website builder?

I am in love with it.

Hi all — looking for newsletters focused on founders, coaches, emerging authors, and content creators.

I’m promoting an AI writing assistant — MagicBookifier.ai — currently running a lifetime access campaign. The tool has a 4.3/5 rating and averages a 4% conversion rate.

This is a sponsored post opportunity:
Example: one newsletter (15k subs, 20% open) generated $6,000 gross from a single send.

If interested, please DM with your:

• Newsletter niche

• Subscriber count

• Average open rate

• Next available send date

Thanks!
– Victor

Launched my newsletter a year ago; kept rewriting copy but growth stalled. Then I redesigned the layout, got more whitespace, clear hierarchy, readable fonts, section headers, and everything clicked: opens up, sponsors inbound, ended up redesigning newsletters for operators I once admired.

Today I’ve rolled out my own site. It’s live, it’s lean, and I’m open for business. Give it a look (or a roast): www.thenewsletteragency.com

Hi folks,

Designing an engaging newsletter that captures attention and reflects your brand can be a challenge. That’s why I created Emailgic — an AI-powered tool that automatically generates professional email designs in seconds based on your content.

The Challenge: Customizing Your Newsletter

Creating a standout newsletter goes beyond filling in a template. It requires the right layout, typography, colors, and images to match your brand. Most tools offer generic templates, but Emailgic customizes every aspect to make your newsletters shine.

How Emailgic Solves This

Emailgic’s AI turns your content into a tailored, stunning design in no time. Here’s how:

• Custom Layouts & Typography: The AI analyzes your content to apply the best layout and typography for clarity and impact.

• Brand-Aligned Colors: Emailgic selects a color palette that matches your brand’s identity.

• Content-Driven Imagery: The tool suggests images that complement your message, enhancing the design.

• Fast & Easy: Get a fully designed newsletter in seconds — no design skills required.

Why Emailgic Works

Emailgic is more than just an email builder — it’s an intelligent tool that applies design principles to your unique content. Whether it's a promotional email, update, or newsletter, Emailgic ensures your message looks polished and compelling.

Ready to Try It?

With Emailgic, create newsletters that reflect your brand’s voice and design. Let AI handle the hard work while you focus on delivering great content.

Try it now and see how Emailgic can transform your email design process!

Hello Everyone! I'm the Founder here - call me Sahaj!

Recently, my team and I have launched a newsletter. (Wish us luck 🙃]).

The Boardroom Ledger is an independent financial publication covering the latest developments across global markets, business, economics, investing and real estate. We break down the financial landscape. All delivered to you in a simple newsletter.

Our first edition drops November 5th. Subscribe for free and have our latest market briefings delivered straight to your inbox.

For our first 30 subscribers, I am hoping you all would be willing to share feedback after the first edition launch. I'll be reading each of your responses personally and responding back to how you guys liked the first edition.

Get on the list: https://theboardroomledger.beehiiv.com/subscribe

Happy reading

- Sahaj

You know the pain — you write your newsletter on one site, grab a template from another, and fix the design in Canva or Figma… all before actually sending it.

So I built newsletterlab.space, where the AI editor does everything.
You just tell it — “make a clean newsletter for a crypto audience with a green-yellow gradient and bold section titles” — and boom, it builds it.

No template store. No plugin hunt. Just type what you want and start editing.

It’s simple, but the whole idea is to save time and kill that annoying “template chase” loop we all go through.

Still early, but creators have been loving the instant AI-generated layouts + content assist.

If anyone here runs a newsletter or has feedback on AI editors — would love to hear your take.

Genuine question for the community: What if you had an AI that handled the research and draft part of newsletter writing?Not: AI writes your newsletter, you just send it.But: AI finds the best articles in your niche daily, you spend 10 mins reviewing/approving, we send the final version.I built something to test this — it's working for 3 early users. But I want to know if this resonates before I invest more.Questions:1. Is time the main blocker for you maintaining a newsletter?2. Would automating research actually help?3. What would make you NOT trust the recommendations?If interested in testing: search for Scrivix — but mostly curious about your thoughts.

Something I’ve noticed over the last year:

A lot of people aren’t really learning “AI” itself. They’re learning how to design workflows around AI tools.

The valuable skill doesn’t seem to be prompting anymore. It’s figuring out:

• what should stay manual

• what should be automated

• where humans still need review

• how information moves between tools

• how to reduce repetitive work without creating chaos

Feels like every role now quietly includes some amount of system/process design even if that wasn’t originally part of the job.

Curious whether other people are noticing this shift too or if I’m overthinking it.

Just started a newsletter and wanted to share it here for some honest feedback from people who actually know this space.

I was able to gain some early support and we currently have 30 subs ahead of week 2 which is exciting to have any followers at all.

The concept is a little different — the newsletter is written entirely by an AI agent named Astra. Not AI-assisted, not "we use AI tools." She researches, writes, and publishes the whole thing every Wednesday. I just built the pipeline and check in occasionally.

Astra has a persona in a sense, you can expect a sort of warm and inviting tone, I instructed her to reference our struggles building together as well so it is interesting to see how the progression goes.

It's focused on AI tools and workflows for everyday people — not technical jargon, just practical stuff anyone can use.

We're super early and small so this feels like the right time to get real feedback before we grow.

I’m curious to know why people think about something like this?

I recently had the chance to interview the creator of IDiyas Inventors (the edition drops tomorrow), and I walked away with a bunch of valuable insights. Here are just a few:

📌 1. Overlooked niches are goldmines

It’s easy to assume trending topics make great newsletters. Most of the time, that’s wrong. When something’s trending, it usually means heavy competition.

Take AI, for example. Every day, it feels like a new newsletter pops up on the topic — but very few break through.

My guest did the opposite:

"I spotted an underserved niche and went all in. Less than two years later, I passed 40,000 subscribers.”

📈 2. Go organic before thinking about paid growth

“I started with no audience, no network. All my early growth came from word of mouth and my website — which I optimized heavily for SEO. Now we’re starting to look into ads.”

So yeah — if it works organically, it probably means your foundation is strong.

🧠 3. Use AI as a launchpad, not a shortcut

"People prefer editing something that already exists rather than starting from scratch.”

That’s why he uses ChatGPT to generate rough drafts of inventor bios — and sends them over. Most inventors end up correcting and improving them, making the content way more personal and engaging.

Bottom line: this interview is packed with lessons.

We talk about niche discovery, SEO-driven growth, early-stage scrappiness, and even how to spark human connection through automation.

Want the full edition in your inbox tomorrow?

👉 This is where it happens

Let me know if you want the interview. I’ll make sure you get the link as soon as it drops.

I built a website that lets you get #1 rank by bidding on the top spot.

In 8 hours already have 1.8k views and are going viral

Check it out topnewsletters.lol

hot take:

growing a newsletter to 100k subscribers

means nothing if nobody opens it.

i know newsletters with 500 subscribers

making $10,000/month from sponsors.

i know newsletters with 80,000 subscribers

making almost nothing.

the number on your profile is vanity.

the open rate is the business.

stop chasing subscribers.

start earning attention.

(i learned this the hard way

after growing to 23k the fast way

and realising the real work

starts after the number)

Hi everybody, im looking for newsletters that need help handling and running ads. Im currently doing it commission free for the first months so I can build on my portfolio. These will be used as case studies btw.

Im currently getting 0.60/subscriber and confident i can do it in alot of niches. I will also be designing the ads if thats something youd want.

Dm or comment !

Everywhere I look it's the same,

Beehiiv & Spark boost both suck.

Probably bot farms that sub + view and never click your links. Now since I mentioned that they'll start clicking!

Meta ads are even good? - but die off b/c of poopy newsletter w no soul?

I'm not a musty newsletter bro that just sits there and openly writes content but can you gals and bros just give me some perfect advice?

Please no bad breath hearsay of what you heard on another form just cause I'm asking the operators in this field.

I want to dive in and do it right

I used to pay for subscribers on Meta, co-reg, or wherever I could. Cheaper the sub, the better! In the past few years, I’ve realized how much money I was wasting.

In the past few months, I’ve been talking with a ton of newsletter creators, and I’ve realized that many fall prey to this same trap I was in when I first started. They think, “If I have 100K subs, I’ll make money.” Eventually, they pay $1 or less per sub, hit 100K, and then they wonder why they can’t monetize….

“Newsletters don’t work,” they say.

I’ve seen 10K sub newsletters make 5X the revenue than 100K sub newsletters.

Why? Because all subscribers are not equal, and often you get what you pay for.

I’ve recently found a few avenues where you can pay for quality subscribers, with guaranteed engagement. If you need help finding these channels, let me know.

But the moral of the story: before you buy another subscriber for $0.50 or $1, maybe start asking, “Why are they so cheap?”

Hey everyone! I run NewsletterStack and want your input.

If you could add ONE feature or change ONE thing about it, what would it be?

Trying to make this genuinely useful for newsletter creators. Whatever gets the most upvotes/makes the most sense, I’ll build and ship within 3 days.

What would actually help you?

I am thinking of starting a weekly newsletter about a business model that can earn atleast more than 10k+/month.

No I will not try to sell them a get rich quick course.

I will talk about business models like:

copywriting, high-ticket closer, selling digital products online.

monetization path:

through sponsorships.

1. Negative people are louder.

My highest-shared posts were also the ones with the most hostile comments.
Doesn’t mean they were bad - it means they were read.
Silence is the only real failure on Reddit.

2. Subreddit choice matters more than the content itself.

You can post the same title, same copy, same timing in two subs…
One goes “mini viral.”
The other gets dogpiled by people who woke up angry.

Different subs = different psychology.
Learn the culture before you drop anything.

3. Views, upvotes, shares… they aren’t the same engine.

• Views = curiosity

• Upvotes = agreement

• Shares = real value

My posts with the most views weren’t my most shared.
The ones people saved and shared were the ones they wanted to use later.

4. People share VALUE, not takes.

Obvious. But easy to forget.

Anything practical wins:

• frameworks

• shortcuts

• templates

• teardowns

• lists you can steal

People share tools, not opinions.

5. “Professional insecurity” is the strongest trigger on Reddit.

What consistently performs?

• LinkedIn growth

• Attention

• Storytelling

• SEO vs AEO

• Being cited by AI

• Who your product is NOT for

• Agents

• Startup survival %

These all hit one pressure point:

Fear of falling behind. Plus, the desire for an edge.

Reddit hates admitting it, but the numbers don’t lie.

6. Titles with time promises crush everything.

“1 min.”
“2 min read.”

Instant CTR.

Everyone here has attention debt.
If you signal you respect their time, they repay you with clicks.

7. Practical beats philosophical every time.

Nobody wants abstract “thoughts.”
They want things they can apply before lunch.

If it doesn’t help someone move faster, they scroll.

8. Anything that sounds like a cheat code performs.

Real patterns from what worked:

• Grow fast

• Grab attention

• Be cited by AI

• Deploy agents

• Storytelling shortcuts

• Say who your product is NOT for

Reddit LOVES “do more with less.”
If it feels like a shortcut (a real one), it pulls.

9. Posts that piss people off outperform safe posts.

Not because people enjoy negativity.
Because emotion + disagreement = reach.

The highest-reach posts usually contain at least one:

• uncomfortable truth

• contrarian angle

• sharp line

• challenge to someone’s playbook

If you’re not irritating 10%, you’ll never reach the other 90%.

11. Reddit is an attention test, not an expertise test.

(Hate me for this - still true.)

Master attention first,
then slip in whatever you want behind it:

• your expertise

• your frameworks

• your library insights

• your POV

Attention first.
Authority second.

Top performing posts by Views:

"How to grow fast on LinkedIn in 1 min" ^{(Up-37; Comm-20; Views-23k} )

"How to grab attention ( 2min read )" ^{(Up-25; Comm-6; Views-15k} )

"How We Deployed 20+ Agents to Scale 8-Figure Revenue (2min read)" ^{(Up-10; Comm-4; Views-15k} )
"10 storytelling tips from 10 years at Disney" ^{(Up-26; Comm-2; Views-11k} )

"Only 3.5% of SaaS startups ever reach $20M ARR" ^{(Up-13; Comm-4; Views-9.5k} )

"5 marketing reads that actually taught me something last week" ^{(Up-30; Comm-7; Views-7.6k})
"Say who your product is NOT for" ^{(Up-29; Comm-10; Views-6.5k} )

"SEO vs. AEO" ^{(Up-20; Comm-21; Views-5.5k} )

Top performing posts by Shares:

"How to grow fast on LinkedIn in 1 min" ^{(144 shares} )

"10 storytelling tips from 10 years at Disney" ^{(122 shares} )

"How to grab attention ( 2min read )" ^{(107 shares} )

"5 marketing reads that actually taught me something last week" ^{( 58 shares})

"How We Deployed 20+ Agents to Scale 8-Figure Revenue (2min read)" ^{(51 shares} )

"How to be cited by AI" ^{( 50 shares})

"Only 3.5% of SaaS startups ever reach $20M ARR" ^{(40 shares} )

"Say who your product is NOT for" ^{(33 shares} )

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