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#115 β€” How to improve your email newsletters

This week you're in for a treat with tons of stories, advice and free tools about email newsletters. Plus: How to deal with trolls and what makes fake news feel true? Enjoy your weekly curated articles! > We'd love to hear from you! If you'

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#114 β€” Launching memberships without a large audience

This week's issue includes a brand new post on the Ghost blog, growth stories from two publishers, a free report that you'll definitely want to check out, and the inevitable eclipse of print! πŸ’― Top picks You don't need a huge audience to start a

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#113 β€” The passion economy enables a new kind of entrepreneurship

Make sure you don't miss this week's top pick about how to write data-driven stories, and the following article about the passion economy. Also included: Instagram as a search engine, the New York Times has more digital revenue than ever β€” and Cosmopolitan liken their pricing model

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#112 β€” How publishers can make digital media pay

Last week everyone was compiling lists of the best independently run newsletters, this week it's lists of ways publishers can make money! We've included the most comprehensive list as this weeks top pick, along with all the other stories we've been reading this week.

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#111 β€” The ad industry keeps losing traction & dozens of journalists build their own newsletters

This issue is packed full of interesting articles and podcast episodes. The TL:DR is, the ad industry continues to lose traction, more journalists than ever are choosing an independent path and publishers are finding new ways to drive revenue using free registration walls and first-party data. Enjoy this weeks

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#110 β€” The best newsletters on the internet

This week's issue includes articles about how diversified revenue streams are benefitting publishers, membership success stories, Spotify's new video podcast feature, why Google has donated almost $40million to more than 5,600 publishers worldwide. Thanks for supporting Publisher Weekly. See you next week! πŸ’― Top picks 80

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#109 β€” The new growth channel: Newsletter referral programs

Happy Sunday! This week's issue includes insights into the latest strategies for paid newsletters and subscription publications, how quitting Facebook ads can actually be a good thing, how to understand your readers in a privacy driven world and much more. Enjoy your reading 😊 πŸ’― Top picks 7 ways COVID

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#108 β€” Passion communities are flourishing

This week we've got an interesting success story, why newsletters are surging, some free resources for publishers from Google, a webinar about being an independent journalist and more. We hope you enjoy this issue! πŸ’― Top picks Nathan Tankus's newsletter subscribers don’t care about diplomas [https:

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#107 β€” Newsletters are the new homepage

This week's issue includes stories about the continued rise of email newsletters and subscriptions in publishing, as well as a guide about choosing the right analytics tools and much more! πŸ’― Top picks Publishers are seeing revenue bumps of up to 103% from email newsletters: β€œIt is the new

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#106 β€” How to forego venture capital with the membership model

Enjoy your regularly scheduled Sunday reading & listening with all of the top stories in publishing. There's articles covering how to address reader fatigue, content marketing tips, new podcast advertising tech, a new social network from Google and more! As always, hit reply to chat – tell us what

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#105 β€” The resurgence and importance of email newsletters

This week's issue is full of interesting reads about the importance of email, why people pay for online news, the latest reports and why publishers need to improve the personality of their digital products. Enjoy! > By the way: We've made a few changes around here.

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#104 β€” How the internet has changed everything

Tune in for this week's curation of articles, including studies about how publishers are fine-tuning their paywalls, a round up of subscription growth from the past 3 months from a new Zuora report and why publishers are fearful of Amazon commission cuts. Enjoy! πŸ’― Top picks Never-ending Niches by

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#102 β€” Free tools to upgrade your membership analytics

This week's curated list of the most important stories in publishing is short and sweet. Make sure you don't miss the top pick with great advice about analytics for membership businesses. πŸ’― Top picks Upgrade your analytics and build a data-powered membership program [https://source.opennews.org/

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#94 β€” Subscription economy has grown by 321%

Hope everyone is staying safe and finding productive ways to spend their time indoors!

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#89 β€” Patreon vs your own indie website

Welcome to the 89th issue of this newsletter - thanks for all of your support so far! Business as usual this week, with the latest stories about independent publishing, technology and modern journalism.

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