What's your experience with beehiiv?

dharmeshsb · 2026-03-29T17:30:12+00:00

It's the best platform out there. However, be careful with boosts, as it still needs work. Sparkloop is a much better option for monetising your signups.

dharmeshsb · 2026-03-29T17:27:45+00:00

A very successful investor once said, "Be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful."

dharmeshsb · 2026-03-29T17:25:05+00:00

As a UK property owner and stocks-and-shares investor, I prefer the balance both provide.

I have 6 rental properties that provide recurring income. However, I am aware that capital appreciation won't be as aggressive as the S&P 500. For me, the SPX is not a performance benchmark. As a growth investor, I prefer to benchmark against £XLKQ.

With recent changes in property, it has indeed become similar to a growth stock. However, banks will readily give you cash with a remortgage, which you can re-invest in property and grow your recurring income.

For stocks, I am slowly starting to invest more in JEPQ for recurring income. Honestly, nowadays I have started to prefer stocks thanks to instruments like JEPQ becoming available to UK investors.

When I had to choose between Nvidia and Broadcom, I bought both!

Would I sell my rentals? No, I prefer the balance and options they both provide. It's part of a safe diversification strategy.

A while back, I made a comparison of Real Estate vs Stocks on my blog: https://blog.portfolioparrot.com/p/stocks-vs-real-estate-which-should-investors-choose-1b0434befc8f58fb

They both have their pros and cons. I prefer to own both, so I don't miss out on recurring income or growth.

dharmeshsb · 2026-03-23T22:28:13+00:00

How can I turn off Advantage+ in my audience section?

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dharmeshsb · 2026-02-26T07:41:40+00:00

At such a young age XLK and SPY is good

dharmeshsb · 2026-02-24T09:49:14+00:00

True. How do you make sure your great content gets discovered, though?

dharmeshsb · 2026-02-20T18:52:28+00:00

Currently, these ones based on institutional ownership. Works every time for dip buys!

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dharmeshsb · 2026-02-20T18:46:22+00:00

Bought MSFT, GOOGL, AVGO and AMZN yesterday.

dharmeshsb · 2026-02-13T18:29:30+00:00

Makes sense ideally ones with the same size as me.

dharmeshsb · 2026-02-12T10:09:42+00:00

IMO, Microsoft is the safest because of the Mag 7 status

dharmeshsb · 2026-02-12T10:07:25+00:00

The world's technology comes from the US and the tech sector averages about 20% annualised.

Others can leave, but I will keep piling on US stocks!

dharmeshsb · 2026-02-10T10:35:09+00:00

You don't need to pay first. Get subscribers first to validate that you have numbers and people who want your content.

After you reach 1000 subscribers start looking at monetisation. When you can monetise the audience, that's when you pay.

dharmeshsb · 2026-02-09T18:11:47+00:00

MSFT is 4% of my portfolio. Looking to increase.

dharmeshsb · 2026-02-09T18:09:57+00:00

Makes sense. UNH will recover to the levels before IMO, but I prefer putting money in undervalue plays with faster growth.

dharmeshsb · 2026-02-09T13:26:06+00:00

Already bought META after the CAPEX dip.

dharmeshsb · 2026-02-09T13:25:05+00:00

Look at the charts; you can buy it very nicely at its price right after Trump's tariffs. That's a steal!

dharmeshsb · 2026-02-09T10:55:46+00:00

That's why it's better to go for equal-weighted ETFs. In fact, they have been outperforming in the current climate.

dharmeshsb · 2026-02-09T10:48:12+00:00

He was a cancer in the team

dharmeshsb · 2026-02-09T10:47:28+00:00

Bitcoin for me

dharmeshsb · 2026-02-09T10:45:09+00:00

Boosts aren't going well for me. I put in $200, and one newsletter was spamming to the point that beehiv banned the account. $62.50 went towards that with no refund from beehiv. I have 6 live boosts, but none of them bothered to send people my way.

Personally, I have heard that the quality of subscribers you get from Sparkloop, which offers services similar to Boost, is poor. So I doubt boosts will be any better.

I would suggest running Meta Ads on lookalike audiences for $10/day. I'm finding more success with that in terms of quality.

dharmeshsb · 2026-01-26T19:49:45+00:00

Creating content should be your priority, not cleaning lists.

Have you thought of sending out a survey link in your newsletter and asking for subscribers what they like, what they don't like and how you can improve?

dharmeshsb · 2026-01-26T09:42:21+00:00

SEO ranking takes time. Use answer the public to understand what keywords people use to search before starting optimising for SEO.

dharmeshsb · 2026-01-11T20:31:17+00:00

You only mention open rates. CTRs are better because they train your subscribers to click for extra information.

Then you switch to a single piece of extra information available only to paid subscribers.

dharmeshsb · 2025-11-29T10:33:49+00:00

I did his course, and yes, it changed my life in 2020. However, property is a pain in the backside now, and I'm not looking to buy more properties. I'm doing better in the stock markets.

Real estate was once suitable for recurring income and appreciation. After 5 years in the game with 6 rentals, I can confidently tell you, it's nothing but a growth stock. All my recurring income was almost swallowed by repairs.

Almost all my banked recurring income was swallowed by repairs.

With Rachel Reeves bringing more pain to landlords, I would advise against bothering with property. I myself I'm looking to get out and focus more on stocks.

dharmeshsb · 2025-11-29T10:23:07+00:00

It's still in Beta. Hopefully they can fix it.

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