Comprehensive newsletter growth advice from Trends.co.

Big Ideas:
► How to get attention across free, paid, and audience-driven channels.
► Step-by-step funnels for converting that attention into new subscribers.
► Tips on activating readers and minimizing churn.
► Growing through referrals.

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Growing Viral breaks down how Pat Walls built StarterStory into a $1.4m business off of startup interviews.

Big Ideas:
► Using Reddit for early traction.
► SEO-focused content drives 280k visitors every month.
► Growing to 60,000 YouTube subscribers in 3 months.

Gergely Orosz writes the Pragmatic Engineer newsletter, the #1 technology newsletter on Substack.

Big Ideas:
► He has over 400k email subscribers and makes over $1.5m per year through paid subscriptions.
► He makes more than $100k per year from his books.
► Product Hunt and Hacker News helped growth in the early days.
► Getting media coverage by sharing exclusive tips.
► Substack's newsletter recommendations.

Interesting creator business: Daily Dose of Internet has 15.9m subscribers curating clips from other creators.

Big Ideas:
► The channel gets permission or pays other creators to use their clips.
► One video exploded the growth of the channel.
► Compilation videos can't be on the YouTube homepage.
► He's been offered $12m for his channel.

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Yong-Soo Chung shares five key lessons from getting 3,000 subscribers in 5 months.

Big Ideas:
1. Twitter ads are/were underpriced after Elon Musk purchased the platform.
2. Auto-DMs to new followers.
3. Newsletter cross promotions (less effective when you are starting)
4. Swapping recommendations is the secret sauce.
5. Consistency

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Using the ConvertKit Creator Network to Grow Your Newsletter

Colin and Samir interviewed Tim Ferriss.

Big Ideas:
► Why video is critical for interviews
► Choose a game you can play for the long-term
► Only accepting high-quality sponsors
► Why you need to buy your first few clients. (You need referrals and credibility in the beginning.)
► 17 Questions That Changed My Life

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