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๐ŸŒฑ Building a loyal fanbase

Happy Sunday everyone! Grab a drink and dive into this week's roundup which is packed full of newsletter growth stories and tips โ˜•๏ธ ๐Ÿ’ฌ In this week's issue: * From 0 to 1k โ€” How one publisher hit the 1,000-subscriber milestone without a pre-existing audience. * Content formatting is important,

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โค๏ธ Make your readers fall in love (with your content)

Welcome back! Hope you're having a relaxing Sunday. This week's roundup is all about reader engagement and community, with a side-serving of AI tips (mmm... roboty). Let's tuck right in ๐Ÿด In this week's issue: * An audience determines the success of the creator.

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๐Ÿ’Œ Newsletters are having a moment

It's officially springtime! A season all about new beginnings, allergies, and butterflies ๐Ÿฆ‹. During this time of revival, newsletters are also having a moment of resurgence. We love to see it! ๐Ÿ’ฌ In this week's issue: * Our latest email feature updates unlock many different email possibilities, here'

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๐Ÿ”ฎ 5 tips for conversion magic

Happy Sunday everyone. This week's issue is packed full of tips for you can use to boost conversions and increase email open rates. Nice. Let's do some magic! ๐Ÿคซ New stuff landing in Ghost in the coming weeks โ€” if you don't want to miss out,

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๐Ÿ’ป The path to becoming a full-time creator

Welcome back! Whether you're a seasoned subscriber or a new addition to our community, we're thrilled to have you here. If you're eager to learn how to cultivate and keep a loyal audience, you won't want to miss out on these insights.

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๐Ÿ”— The art and science of SEO for independent publishers

Happy Sunday, Ghosties! (No? We're still workshopping a fandom name.) Welcome to issue #240 of your weekly roundup of emerging trends and ideas in the creator economy. This week's top stories come from three different corners of the publishing universe. So, aim for the stars, and

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๐Ÿฆ„ Proven ways to refine your marketing copy

Is it just us, or is it often harder to write a one-liner for your marketing than it is to write an entire newsletter? Marketing copy is super important, it's your elevator pitch to the world, but it's not always easy to write โ€” so we'

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๐Ÿค˜ How to cut through the noise and stand out online

It's estimated that there are more than 50 billion indexed web pages on the internet today, making it more complex than ever to get your voice heard, despite all the technologies that are supposed to make it easy (we're looking at you, Twitter Blue). The solution?

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๐Ÿ“ข How to sell ads without selling out

Selling out has never been cool (unless you're the cast of Breaking Bad). But you still gotta make a living, right? So, how do you sell yourself without selling your soul? By putting value in your values. ๐Ÿ™ ๐Ÿ’ฌ In this week's issue: * Sponsorships. Find out how to

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๐Ÿ’ฅ The art of disrupting the status quo

Welcome back to your weekly roundup of the latest ideas from across the Creator Cinematic Universe (cc Marvel). We're feeling positively giddy to share this week's curated stories with you, because they share a common theme that we're all about: naps! Just kidding, the

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๐Ÿ”ฅ Why we've misunderstood what it means to "focus"

For most of us, focus is synonymous with attention. It's light, like something we can toss around at a moment's notice. But this definition is incomplete. If you look up the origin of focus, you'll find that the word came from the center of

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๐Ÿ“š Why now is the time to get back to basics

Bruce Lee famously said, "I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times." Consistency, repetition, commitment. Starry-eyed success is often the product of mind-numbing routines. Doing the work, day in and day

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๐Ÿ”ฎ Why there's nothing artificial about AI's future

Change is only scary if you're unwilling to change with it. With this in mind, let's dive into one of the fastest-growing segments of the internet economy, try to understand how it works, and peel back why this might be exactly what our creator careers need.

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๐ŸŽ The secret to getting everything you want in 2023

That headline may be a stretch, but it gets at the deceptively simple answer we all avoid: we must take action. Start that newsletter. Ask for an interview. Upgrade your equipment. Publish consistently. Tell your friends about your project. Commit. Do one thing, every single day, that moves you closer

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๐ŸŽŠ The most popular resources of 2022

๐Ÿ’กWe're taking a short break for a few weeks and will return in 2023 with the latest trends and tips. Thanks so much for supporting The Ghost Newsletter! ๐Ÿ’ฌ In this week's issue: * Best articles. Here's a highlight of the resources you loved! * Best newsletters.

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