How to Drive Paid Revenue From Your Newsletter

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I see a lot of resistance to it from from newsletter operators, especially the ones who are coming into this more from like the journalism side of things. It's just I want to write newsletters and I want to get paid for writing newsletters. And anything else is a distraction. If the free newsletter starts as the focus and kind of the main value driver, it's going to be harder to upsell them in a premium newsletter.

Welcome back to another episode of the Send & Grow podcast. This week, SparkLoop cofounder Louis Nicholls sits down with Ryan Carr of the Blakely Digital: an agency dedicated to helping newsletter operators grow their audience & revenue.

And Ryan knows a thing or two about newsletter growth. Ryan was the Growth Lead at The Hustle when they were acquired by Hubspot and now — with his agency — helps drive growth for newsletters like Bankless DAO and Matthew Berry's Fantasy Life, to name a few.

In this episode, Louis & Ryan discuss…