Reflections on Building a Successful Newsletter Business

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Episode 693: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talks to Alex Lieberman ( https://x.com/businessbarista ) and Austin Rief ( https://x.com/austin_rief ) about how to build a profitable newsletter. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Intro

(3:12) 0 to 100K subscribers

(9:18) Nontraditional hires

(15:26) 100K to 1M subscribers

(35:00) Entrepreneurs Operating System

(43:27) 8-figure Exits

(55:28) How to start a newsletter in 2025

(1:02:57) Newsletter ideas

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Links:

• The Hustle - https://thehustle.co/ 

• Morning Brew - https://www.morningbrew.com/ 

• Traction - https://tinyurl.com/5dfh3nx9 

• Arena Magazine - https://arenamag.com/ 

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• Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com 

• Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents.

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Check Out Sam's Stuff:

• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/

• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/

• Copy That - https://copythat.com

• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth

• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/

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