Organically grew 14k newsletter subs + 49k IG followers in 2 weeks. Creating a practical playbook to expose my newsletter strategies - get on the waitlist 👇
17 weeks on
@beehiiv
and I've made $19k+
- $600+ from boosts
- $3k+ from ad placements
- $16k+ from premium newsletter subs (~$500 per month for 3 months)
Not counting the $4k+ I've made from Notion templates + masterclasses which I use my newsletter to promote
I started my premium email newsletter last week ($5/mo, increasing in Feb)
Today I have:
- 2 premium email sends
- 71 paid subs
- $395 MRR
So surreal. I appreciate everyone's support SO much 😭❤️
Newsletter update: growth slowed down a bit (getting 100-200 daily subs instead of 600+)
Now the focus is gonna be on consistency (2x a week email sends, daily IG reels)
How much I made in March 2024 (and whether I hit my $10k goal or not):
YouTube is fun but idk if I'd do it again
Let me know your thoughts on the video, I don't watch YouTube so I have no clue if this is best practice or not
I work with people who are looking for jobs in tech and they’re struggling, saying the market is rly bad
But every week people DM me saying they wanna hire me & they don’t even know what they wanna hire me for, they just liked my vibe
Why building a personal brand is important
omg i cannot believe i just successfully negotiated an extra $1k for a sponsored reel ($2k total). will share details after it's finalized but im so shook rn
🥺 checked my email today and got one from
@beehiiv
saying i grew 600+ subs today. I love these daily updates
every time i post a new template on IG, the subscribers shoot up lol
Sorry to beehiiv but I’m ending boosts as soon as I start selling my own products
Not bad for my newsletter’s first month but my ambitions are always 📈📈📈
Anyone down to hop on a user research call?
Looking for someone who's interested in learning tech skills (data analysis, marketing, UX design, product management, venture capital, etc.) + have an interest in online courses
In return I'll share my advice on growth
147 unique clicks on a newsletter ad @ 2.80 CPC = $411.6?? No way...
Maybe newsletter sponsors can actually make me more than selling my own products 😂 we'll see next week
ngl I was so proud of myself for figuring out how to edit the text behind my head on capcut
still learning YouTube (how to add timestamps, edit faster, add more engaging visuals, etc.) but will share everything I learn!
Video link:
Is it worth learning fb ads if you’re already doing well on organic socials?
My gut says yes (for scaling) but idk. Is fb ads still a thing 😂 feels so basic but maybe it works
idk who needs this reminder but stop worrying about the small stuff
hashtags, posting time, trending sounds don't matter as much as quality content + consistent posting
Feb has been such an amazing month for me
- turned 25 (my fav number)
- celebrated my bday 5x (all my friends are amazing)
- hit my revenue goal ($5k)
- travelled to 5 cool cities (dislocated my kneecap tho 😂)
Grateful 🥺❤️
Stayed with
@lmsqueezy
bc:
1. merchant of record
2. amazing support team ❤️ they sorted it out for me bc i was selling $5 products which is why fees inflated
3. easy to set up storefront
having a site + stripe link (my customers are in diff countries) is too complicated for me
Instagram restricted me bc my reel took off and the DM/comment automation went 📈📈📈
Good thing I have an email list and already emailed everyone the info I’m trying to post
Another reason to start an email list and not rely on social media
Honestly can't even measure the ROI
@beehiiv
has given my personal brand (11k subs) + my startup (60k subs)
Regular emails = audience relationship-building = more conversions = happier customers
idk who needs to hear this but make sure your newsletter header logo/image (at the top of your emails) is a clickable link that goes to your newsletter landing page
I’m in a weird place with my brand
IG: 70k followers, productivity niche
Twitter: 1k followers, creator business niche
Newsletter and YT: both
Maybe this is why people pay $$$ for personalized coaching from an experienced mentor bc I can’t find any advice online
Followers is a vanity metric but 🥺 I started with less than 100 on twitter back in Jan. Since then I've met so many amazing + inspirational people ❤️
Everyone starts from 0. Grateful for the chance to share my learnings + positively impact more people
Just got this message from a friend.
His IG: 87.5k followers
My IG: 51.1k followers
But I monetized at ~40k followers thanks to my email list
And just signed up for
@beehiiv
partner program bc everyone's asking me what email software I use
I'm setting up a newsletter for someone (from scratch)
Writing tutorials but I feel like these docs + a video walkthrough could help more than just 1 client
Lmk if you want access to this and I'll clean up the doc to make a mini course (will probably be ~$35)
Every day I am thankful for , took 2 mins to generate a whole persona and it's way better than anything I could've come up with myself
Much easier to edit this (to be more newsletter focused) than start from scratch
Is anyone building an AI agent that'll basically clone my skills/knowledge... I need a JenGPT 😂
I have:
8+ years of daily journal entries
6+ years of habit tracking
2+ years of time tracking
100+ Notion pages with my random learnings/knowledge
60+ articles in 2 newsletters
I keep learning about the most sus ways to make money online through random DMs I get on IG 😭 master resell rights courses, dropshipping weird products, affiliate programs, etc.
Feels like audience trust is so overlooked in these circles
I know a company is gonna do well when they treat their users/influencers well and make them feel special
My friend got a $500 bonus + free merch from a fintech app
I woke up to an email from
@beehiiv
with a surprise gift 🥺
Who’s interested in getting a free list of tools I use to run my business 👀
- how I systematize content creation
- how I set up analytics to see what works
Comment below, DMs must be open
(I’ll send you the direct Notion link via DM, no email signup needed)
POV you rant to a voice note while making breakfast and can now turn it into a Twitter thread, LinkedIn post, or list of action items
Thanks
@AudionotesApp
❤️
reminder to collect emails
last Monday I added this email form
~900 signups (made an account after clicking "enroll now")
200 email subs (did not make an account, just left email)
that's 200 people who otherwise would've left the site
9 conversions (4.5% conversion rate)
Pattern I see often (not a roast, just interesting): someone grows on IG, sells a course on how to grow, makes lots of money, sells another course on how to make money selling courses
Idk who needs to hear this but TALK TO YOUR USERS
And don’t build whatever they ask for. They might know the problem well (so listen to them) but you’re the expert on creating the best solution for them
exact same video, 5 different hooks
testing short-form video on tiktok and youtube is my fav thing ever
someone even commented "i'm happy to be included in this experiment"
working on my masterclass content rn and im blowing my own mind 😂
sharing so many tips for social media + newsletter growth that i never see others talk about
if u wanna skip the waitlist for the masterclass, reply to this tweet and i'll DM you
This week's win: made almost $500 from selling templates
This week's loss: haven't been posting consistently on socials so newsletter growth stagnated. Lost 200 subs too
$417.20 made from boosts (including email boosts) (still pending)
I should've enabled this sooner but might turn off the boosts soon. It's not great for my subscription flow UX (after subscribing, ppl get redirected to upgrade, boosts, demographic form)
Just wrote 1k+ words about monetization + free templates (pitching to sponsors, testing out consulting/agency)
Upgrade your subscription to premium to get it in your inbox this Friday:
POV u connect with someone on Twitter and now you're hosting an event together
$49 to learn how to make $5k in 2 months, who's in 👀
Only 10 spots available:
Going viral on IG: 600 subs per day
Going kinda viral on twitter: 152 subs per day
Although IG viral was literally like 1-2 mil views so I shouldn’t compare
Has anyone done a deep dive on beehiiv’s product UX + growth and how they were able to capture such a large market share so quickly?
Would love to read it for inspiration so I can do the same for edtech 🥺
omg i just hopped off a call with the founder of and ALL INSTAGRAM CREATORS NEED TO GET ON THIS PRODUCT
cannot believe it's free rn. way better than manychat bc now i can actually schedule my content
Doing newsletter analytics setup for a client rn and honestly the documentation feels too valuable
Thinking of turning it into a mini-course/template where I share screenshots of how to set it up including examples from my own newsletter
Would anyone be interested?
(Will also
what you see: $300 for 21 min worth of work
what you don't see: months spent building my account, posting content for free, emailing/negotiating pricing with sponsors
Not writing my newsletter playbook until I get 100 waitlist submissions
So changed my Twitter bio accordingly
I found that usually you have to promote things you have conviction on multiple times (it's what happened for me to go viral in December)
Interesting observation: I went viral on IG but took advantage of it to funnel traffic to more monetizable platforms (YouTube, email list)
Now I get requests asking for the same IG content, but on YouTube 🤔 bc some ppl prefer YouTube
Repurposing + distribution is key