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?? Early Bird pricing EXTENDED through Wed., Aug. 28!!! Jesse Watkins and I are thrilled to announce... ***The Newsletter Seminar: September 2024 ??*** A live-taught, online course to help you build a profitable newsletter business...?taking place over the month of September. ? The Newsletter Conference?brought together the industry for the first time earlier this year—and showed us just how hungry people in the newsletter space are to learn from each other and to connect?with?each other. So, we're bringing that energy to the virtual space, in a format that lets us all dig deeper into the practical, actionable ways we can improve our newsletter businesses. The Newsletter Seminar has three key components: Live sessions?with awesome guest speakers (more on that below) Actionable course materials—released week-by-week as we cover topics like audience building, ad outreach & sales, and subscriptions & membership Access to?an engaged community of peers?in our dedicated digital space; meet and learn from others in the newsletter industry We're excited about what we've got in store for you. We hope you'll join us! We've got a great slate of guest speakers ready to teach you the best practices for building and running a money-making newsletter: ???Alex Lieberman, co-founder of?Morning Brew?&?storyarb?will join to teach you how the Brew built its legendary ad program—and how you can define and codify brand voice (the part that people don't understand/mess up the most). ???Matt McGarry, the founder of?GrowLetter?(who's helped the biggest newsletter brands add 15M+ subscribers), will teach you how to grow a newsletter list that's not just big but *profitable*. ???Amanda Black,?VP of Sales at?1440, will delve into how one of the world's biggest newsletters maintains its industry-leading ad performance (their ad clickthrough rates are unreal). ???Dan Barry, founder of?Ad Sales as a Service?(and former?Director of Partnerships at?The Daily Upside), will teach you the ins and outs of cold sales outreach. ???Brad Wolverton,?Editorial Director of?HubSpot Media (which acquired The Hustle), will delve into the art and science of developing great newsletter content. ????Katy Huff, ad sales star formerly of?The Hustle?and now co-founder of?MadRev, will bring you inside the art of the deal. ???Keith Pepper,?Publisher of?Rough Draft Atlanta, will take you behind the scenes of how to make a local news organization profitable, mixing sponsorship and membership. (And even more we'll announce next week!) So... Learn more at the link in the comments! (?? Early Bird sales will be limited!)

Dear newsletter folks: If there's one thing in newsletters/email that you've learned how to do that you'd be eager to *teach others* what would it be?

Brad Wolverton's Newsletter Examples newsletter looks at successful ad formats this week—with commentary from Who Sponsors Stuff co-founder Ryan Sager and MadRev's Katy Huff... Check out ad formats from 1440, Rotary Digital, The Athletic, and The GIST. The key to successful newsletter ads? Keep it native.

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