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⚡10 Tips to Make a Living Selling Info Products

"Why am I getting this email?" — quick reminder: You may have signed up on my homepage, for one of my free resources (1KS Roadmap or Mark Manson onboarding templates), or you were referred here by a friend's newsletter. If not, unsubscribe at the bottom — no harm, no foul. [Read the browser version right here] Hey you. It's me. Quick question slash favor to ask. Can you take 7 seconds to vote below? Which swipe file are you most in need of: Landing Page Examples Welcome Email Templates...
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⚡ How I grew on LinkedIn in January

"Why am I getting this email?" — quick reminder: You may have signed up on my homepage, for one of my free resources (1KS Roadmap or Mark Manson onboarding templates), or you were referred here by a friend's newsletter. If not, unsubscribe at the bottom — no harm, no foul. [Read the browser version right here] For the OG subscribers to this newsletter. You might remember... The first 100+ editions of Growth Currency⚡ featured a lot of curation. I'd share all the links to tools, articles,...
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⚡ The email flywheel that drove $33k in 53mins

"Why am I getting this email?" — quick reminder: You may have signed up on my homepage, for one of my free resources (1KS Roadmap or Mark Manson onboarding templates), or you were referred here by a friend's newsletter. If not, unsubscribe at the bottom — no harm, no foul. [Read the browser version right here] The flywheel that drove $33k in 53 minutes (And how you can use it for your newsletter) This flywheel got Katelyn Bourgoin over 2,586 people on her course waitlist.Her course costs...
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⚡ How to onboard new subscribers like a best-selling author

[Read the browser version right here] What You Can Learn From Mark Manson's Newsletter Onboarding (Pt. 1) A week ago, I subscribed to Mark Manson's newsletter. Like millions (probably) already have. Mark's newsletter landing page where he's already doing things *differently* But I sub'd for a different reason than the million: I don't give a sh*t about his content (no offense, Mark). I give a sh*t about his onboarding process. Why? Because my onboarding process—I hate to admit—could be...
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⚡ Spicy Newsletter Takes for 2025

[Read the browser version right here] Spicy Newsletter Takes in 2025 If you've been in the newsletter space long enough, you've 100% seen conflicting advice. People love sharing what's worked: "Lead magnets are a great way to scale growth!" "Make sure you use double opt-in to avoid spam.""Always A/B test your subject lines." But then the other half of the group stands up and says: "Lead magnets are a waste of time. Do this instead.""You'll lose too many subscribers to double opt-in!""A/B...
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⚡ Growing a newsletter while ignoring social media?

[Read the browser version right here] Do you need social media to grow a newsletter? In a word: No. Sure, social media can help. But you don't have to be the reply guy or the niche guru and sell your soul to please the algos. In fact, some pretty impressive newsletters grew their lists without relying on social media much at all. We dove deep into this topic and found five "non-social" strategies for newsletter growth. EP 005: How They Grew Without Social In the latest Growth In Reverse...
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⚡ He *accidentally* built a life-changing newsletter business

[Read the browser version right here] Eddie didn't even want an audience at first.But now he's got 75k subscribers. Eddie Shleyner got a job as a copywriter 10 years ago. One problem: he had no idea how to *do* copywriting. So he started teaching himself. He was diligent in taking notes and capturing everything he learned. And he had no intention of sharing any of it. Fast-forward 10 years later: Eddie built the VeryGoodCopy newsletter to 75k+ subscribers. And it's the central hub of his...
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⚡I tried the "Resend to unopens" feature. Here's what happened.

[Read the browser version right here] The 'Resend To Unopens' Experiment I tried it for 5 campaigns. Here's what happened. I used to do this all the time. Resending to unopens made sense to me because of my own inbox habits: I’d “save” emails in my own inbox to read later. Then I’d forget to read them. So getting a friendly reminder (aka. a “resend”) from that newsletter publisher was often welcome. Well, I recently decided to fire up this “Resend to unopens” strategy again (Kit has a...
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⚡ Stop losing newsletter subscribers to this so-called “best practice”

[Read the browser version right here] Hey! Today's article below could save you from losing 20-40% of your subscribers. I've personally lost over 2000 subscribers to this "best practice." I don't want you to make the same mistake. But first... Chenell and I just dropped our second podcast episode. And wouldn't you know it? → It's full of other mistakes we see newsletter operators (including us both!) making all the time. We share 12 of the most common newsletter mistakes—and how to avoid or...
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