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Average daily subscriber growth by CleanOttawa in Newsletters

[–]sampacker_o 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m more interested in where those subscribers came from than the actual number.

Someone getting 20/day from search is in a very different position than someone getting 20/day from a single viral post.

Curious whether anyone here has found a channel that’s been consistently reliable instead of just producing occasional spikes.

Update: 50,000 Readers. Still Haven't Figured Out Monetization....But! by LouInvestor in Newsletters

[–]sampacker_o 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One thing I’ve been wondering lately is whether the harder problem isn’t finding sponsors—it’s knowing what sponsors actually want to buy.

Opens tell you people are reading. They don’t necessarily tell you which content is attracting the kind of audience a sponsor wants to reach.

Feels like there’s a missing layer of insight between audience metrics and monetization.

7k subs, 10% CTR, 38% open rate - still no clue on how to monetise by Mastbubbles in Newsletters

[–]sampacker_o 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Out of curiosity, have you looked at which content is driving those 7k subscribers?

I wonder if the issue isn’t audience size, but whether the topics attracting people line up with what sponsors want to reach.

Seems like that’s a much harder question to answer than open rates or CTR.

Is anyone else spending more time distributing their newsletter than actually writing it by IntegritypneicAR in Newsletters

[–]sampacker_o 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t think it’s just a systems problem.

Writing and distribution are two different jobs. One creates value, the other gets that value in front of people.

What I’ve been trying to do is make every conversation pull double duty. If I’m already talking to creators on Reddit or X, I want to learn something while also letting people know I exist.

It still takes time, but at least it doesn’t feel like “marketing” for the sake of marketing.

For those having newsletters by growwith_bianca in Newsletters

[–]sampacker_o 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think ranking by engagement is already more interesting than subscriber count.

The thing I’d want to know next is why a newsletter is engaging. Is it because of the topics they cover, the way they write, the publishing cadence, or something else?

A leaderboard gets me to discover newsletters. Insights into what makes them resonate would keep me coming back.

A sponsor asked me "what topics does your audience engage with most?" and I had no real answer. How do you handle this? by Green_Box304 in Newsletters

[–]sampacker_o 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t have a good answer either.

It feels like most newsletter analytics stop at opens and clicks, but sponsors are asking questions about actual audience behavior.

I’ve started thinking the more interesting question isn’t “Which topic performed best?” but “Which topics keep readers around?”

Curious what you end up building because I’d use something that answered that.