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Email Newsletter Roast: Can This One Survive?

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Welcome to our first ever newsletter roast — where we shared exactly what we'd change to increase newsletter signups and improve the website. If you’re growing a newsletter, watch this before making the same mistakes. And to see what's being done well! We put a call out to our subscribers to get their newsletters roasted. Daren Smith took the call and was our guinea pig for the very first newsletter roast on the Growth In Reverse podcast. Daren definitely made a few critical newsletter mistakes, but we'll guide him and share with you how to improve your newsletter—especially your landing page, thank-you page, and welcome sequence. If you want to submit for a free roast, you can do so here: https://growthinreverse.com/roast/ If you want a private, more in-depth newsletter audit, you can find more information here: https://growthinreverse.com/audit/ *** LINKS MENTIONED • ‪@craftsmancreative‬'s Craftsman Films newsletter → https://www.crafts …...more
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Email Newsletter Roast: Can This One Survive?
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Mar 192025
Welcome to our first ever newsletter roast — where we shared exactly what we'd change to increase newsletter signups and improve the website. If you’re growing a newsletter, watch this before making the same mistakes. And to see what's being done well! We put a call out to our subscribers to get their newsletters roasted. Daren Smith took the call and was our guinea pig for the very first newsletter roast on the Growth In Reverse podcast. Daren definitely made a few critical newsletter mistakes, but we'll guide him and share with you how to improve your newsletter—especially your landing page, thank-you page, and welcome sequence. If you want to submit for a free roast, you can do so here: https://growthinreverse.com/roast/ If you want a private, more in-depth newsletter audit, you can find more information here: https://growthinreverse.com/audit/ *** LINKS MENTIONED • ‪@craftsmancreative‬'s Craftsman Films newsletter → https://www.craftsmanfilms.co/join/ • Want your newsletter roasted? Submit it here → https://growthinreverse.com/roast/ • Growth In Reverse Pro Community → https://growthinreverse.com/pro/ • Check out ALL the Growth In Reverse Deep Dives → https://growthinreverse.com/archive/ *** Subscribe to the Podcast 👇 • See all podcast episodes: https://growthinreverse.com/podcast/ • Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... • Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5jVjX6R... *** Connect with Chenell: →   / chenellco   → https://bsky.app/profile/growthinreve... → https://x.com/chenellco 📬 https://growthinreverse.com *** Connect with Dylan: →   / dylanredekop   → https://bsky.app/profile/growthcurren... 📬 https://growthcurrency.net *** Special thanks to ‪@timforkindotcom‬ for editing this video! *** 00:00 Intro 01:12 Newsletter sign-up page roast 09:50 Reviewing the mobile version 10:44 Roasting the Thank-You page 14:35 The double opt-in email 15:23 another Thank-You page (and how to improve it) 16:38 Roasting the Welcome Email 24:47 Roasting a newsletter post 26:45 Roasting Daren's social promotion 32:50 Main Takeaways from the Roast
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