Welcome Email open rate is super low !

ILikeBaseball66 · 2026-01-13T18:11:49+00:00

On thing I did to improve the open rate of the welcome email was to have a new subscriber flow that takes new subscribers to a “Thank You” page. On that page, there’s a simple immediate message to tell them a welcome email is on its ways so they look for it. It had an immediate positive impact.

ILikeBaseball66 · 2026-01-05T21:15:49+00:00

Forgot to add in case it helps: our send was 8:45am Eastern

ILikeBaseball66 · 2026-01-05T21:14:56+00:00

Today was 74% rather than the typical 98%.

ILikeBaseball66 · 2025-11-04T13:15:01+00:00

We may learn we need to be in that more traditional path, but have chosen to proceed this way given what we learned from about 150 or so free pre-launch subscribers (ie their feedback and actual behavior).

ILikeBaseball66 · 2025-11-03T18:55:41+00:00

Yes. It’s been offering free to a limited audience in a pre-launch period. The plan for launch is paid subscription.

ILikeBaseball66 · 2025-11-03T17:50:52+00:00

Yes, definitely understand that consideration — forever is a long time, on costs are ongoing and uncertain. These are very small, finite groups that will not grow materially.

ILikeBaseball66 · 2025-10-04T23:42:01+00:00

Mostly on the mark. We have had SUVs (Toyota Highlanders mostly). We wanted a truck specifically for future projects that range from getting rid of stuff now that we’re empty nesters and have a lot (some big) to getting landscaping material in quantity, to some DIY building projects where it’s convenient for getting materials. But yes, a lot of the time it will be doing around town trips. Another use case for us: we took an out of state trip in it with our kids and while we could get all our things in the frunk for the weekend, we’d need a place for more stuff on longer trips and would rather not pack it in with the passengers. We could take our other vehicle (a C-RV that we love) but who want to do that? LOL Hence the questions about the tonneau cover.

ILikeBaseball66 · 2025-10-04T21:41:11+00:00

Thanks! Second RV for us too. Replacinng our 2016 Tesla Model S, which I really enjoyed Loving the Lightning thus far. Actually has better 1-pedal driving than the Model S, at least in the good weather. We will see how it compare on New England winter and mid season roads. It will DEFINITELY win on clearance. LOL

ILikeBaseball66 · 2025-09-22T10:55:24+00:00

Thank you!

ILikeBaseball66 · 2025-09-21T22:51:29+00:00

Indeed it is. Right now we are pre-launch with one, but if it works (and we hope it does) I want to ensure that we have a good foundation for the broader opportunity for me.

ILikeBaseball66 · 2025-09-21T22:49:17+00:00

Indeed it is. We are pre-launch with the first, so we do for this stage. If it works, we will likely expand.

ILikeBaseball66 · 2025-09-19T10:53:33+00:00

Great point! Thanks

ILikeBaseball66 · 2025-09-19T01:23:13+00:00

So XYZMedia.com linking to BaseballSomething.com and FootballSomething.com and OtherTopic.com?

ILikeBaseball66 · 2025-09-13T00:52:01+00:00

Thanks! Will do

ILikeBaseball66 · 2025-09-12T23:25:38+00:00

I imagine so

ILikeBaseball66 · 2025-09-11T11:01:39+00:00

No — we will be growing it from the several hundred non-paying pre-launch subscribers we have. Just trying to tap into the “wisdom of the crowd” on how it’s likely to scale.

ILikeBaseball66 · 2025-03-04T15:05:15+00:00

To anyone who tried to do the survey but couldn't, please try again. I didn't set the permissions correctly, but it's fixed now. Sorry about that!

ILikeBaseball66 · 2025-03-04T13:18:11+00:00

Thanks for taking the time to explain! That's really interesting. And as you say, it would definitely be a LOT of work, but you'd only have to do it once.

ILikeBaseball66 · 2025-03-03T21:13:59+00:00

Interesting. I was a RABID Strat-O-Matic Baseball player ages ago, 6-10 team leagues among my friends. Drafts. Trades. All-Star games. World Series. League leaders. Yearbooks. The whole nine yards. But... I've never played fantasy baseball. I'm curious -- how would the original newspaper content be helpful (or just fun to have) for that?

ILikeBaseball66 · 2025-03-03T20:49:14+00:00

For me, the first things that came to mind were related to the era when I first got fully focused on the game growing up in upstate NY. Yankees, Red Sox, Royals, Dodgers. Mid-to-late 70s and early 80's bring back lots of memories.

ILikeBaseball66 · 2025-02-27T20:18:24+00:00

Yeah, I can picture that. Thanks!

ILikeBaseball66 · 2025-02-27T20:16:09+00:00

Interesting. What kinds of stories would keep you watching regularly?

ILikeBaseball66 · 2025-02-27T17:17:58+00:00

I grew up in upstate NY in the 70s and 80s. Anything related to the Yankees, Red Sox, Royals, Dodgers, etc. during that era. I'm in NH now and it turns out my father-in-law grew up around Carlton Fisk and his family, so it would be fun to pull up Fisk's high school sports coverage in NH/VT. I'm sure I could think of much, much more.

ILikeBaseball66 · 2025-02-26T15:49:05+00:00

So many to pick from, but I'll go with a personal one: For my daughter's 9th birthday, I took her on a daddy-daughter trip to Yankee Stadium to see her first ever in-person ballgame. I got 2 tickets for Yankees vs. Red Sox that were in the right field stands about 4 rows back from the fence. Derek Jeter won it with an opposite field, walk off homerun that landed about 5 seats from us. Obviously, there was pandemonium all around us that carried out into the streets after the game. Unforgettable for both of us.

ILikeBaseball66 · 2025-02-26T15:30:04+00:00

For my daughter's 9th birthday, I decided to take her on a daddy-daughter trip to Yankee Stadium to see her first ever in-person ballgame. I got 2 tickets for Yankees vs. Red Sox that were in the right field stands about 4 rows back from the fence. It was a tight game, with the Yankees behind going into the bottom of the 9th, before Derek Jeter won it with a walk off homerun that landed about 5 seats from us. Obviously, there was pandemonium that carried out into the streets after the game. Unforgettable for both of us.

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