"How do you get 6,000 email subscribers in just 5 months, and keep that momentum going for the next 3 years, growing by over 1,000 every month after?"

Big Ideas:
► Challenges Work: 63 days into her 100 articles in 100 days challenge Anne-Laure reached 2000 subscribers
►SEO is her fasting growing traffic source.

via @getfounder

Matthew and Karla Bailey publish the MustDoCanada blog, newsletter and YouTube channel. They now earn more than $100k per year from sponsors and even more from advertising.

Big Ideas:
► A major source of growth early on was a cross-Canada tour to celebrate Canada's 150th anniversary. They reached out to over 100 potential sponsors to fund the trip before they had a big audience.
► SEO-focused content about things to do in Canada is the primary driver of traffic.

"Everyone who publishes content - newsletters, blogs, tweets, whatever - can benefit from keeping a swipe file. A swipe file is a collection of marketing and copywriting examples to use for inspiration."

Related Link:
Every newsletter writer needs their own swipe file

Steph Taylor of Imperfect Action shares what she would do if she was starting from zero with no followers, no subscribers and no content.

Big Ideas:
► Become an active member of communities where your potential audience is.
► Focus on one primary distribution channel.

Lucrative YouTube niches where you don't have to be in the videos. 

via @fortheinterested

Great video on how to come up with topics to write about, testing those ideas quickly, and then turning them into longer content.

Big Idea:
Frameworks like this make content creation much easier.

Nathan Barry of ConvertKit offers 13 tactics to get more newsletter subscribers.

Here are some more great links I discovered this week.

How to get paid sponsorships for your email newsletter - ghost via @initiatorcreator

Comprehensive database of AI tools - futuretools

Swap lead magnets for more newsletter subscribers - growthtools via @fortheinterested

E-A-T for higher search engine rankings - neilpatel