Launching
Email marketing 101 for authors
An in-depth and helpful zero-to-launch post by Tim Grahl (via Book Launch).
The Internet needs to change
“I can't stop asking myself why - when I know that people do curation better than these algorithms - do I stick around with these algorithms, and I think I know why.” Read This is curated by Stephen Knezovich. Each issue shares resources and insights to help writers
The creative playground
Fun might be the secret to jumpstart our creativity ... but it might also be the secret to sustaining an email newsletter. Read This is curated by Stephen Knezovich. Each issue shares resources and insights to help writers launch, improve & grow their email newsletter. This issue links to a fun
Substack is both great and terrible for authors
“Here’s what concerns me: the value of a straightforward, free email newsletter is getting overshadowed.” Read This is curated by Stephen Knezovich. Each issue shares resources and insights to help writers launch, improve & grow their email newsletter. This issue links to an excellent blog post by the always-excellent
How can technology help us belong?
“We are free, independent, and sovereign ... but we are lonely.” Read This is curated by Stephen Knezovich. Each issue shares resources and insights to help writers launch, improve & grow their email newsletter. This issue links to a collection of 160 (!) companies that are addressing loneliness and building products and
Email authentication (How to)
“Email authentication, like HTTPS, has evolved from being a nice-to-have to a standard expectation.” Read This is curated by Stephen Knezovich. Each issue shares resources and insights to help writers launch, improve & grow their email newsletter. This issue links to an article by Chris Shiflett that gets a little
Two things to know before launching your newsletter
“At the start, you only need to be able to ask two questions: Who is your audience? And what are you sending them of value?” Read This is curated by Stephen Knezovich. Each issue shares resources and insights to help writers launch, improve & grow their email newsletter. This issue,
A simple antidote to a corporatized, unfeeling, profit-maximizing world
“Care more than you need to, more often than expected, more completely than the other guy.” Read This is curated by Stephen Knezovich. Each issue shares resources and insights to help writers launch, improve & grow their email newsletter. This issue features evergreen advice from Seth Godin.
Want to start a newsletter? Read this first
“You shouldn’t start a newsletter without thinking deeply about what you’re trying to accomplish, who you’re trying to reach and, above all, why a newsletter is the best vehicle for your goals.” Read This is curated by Stephen Knezovich. Each issue shares resources and insights to help
Pop-up newsletters are the greatest newsletters
“There’s something powerful about knowing an end exists — for both writer and reader.” Read This is curated by Stephen Knezovich. Each issue shares resources and insights to help writers launch, improve & grow their email newsletter.