Journalists Pay Themselves
Get more of your free subscribers to go paid. The play by play of reader-funded news.
A growing list of newsletter writers and journalist run newsrooms relying primarily on reader funding (or at least making a good chunk of change from their reader base)
Methods that work at any audience size. Not just social media!
The backstory behind my 2025 partnership and what it means for you
Writers love coming up with reasons they can’t get paid. Here's 13 ways to make money on your terms.
Start automating more of your communications with your readers with email sequences
'Behind the story' costs get readers paying the freight for the footage
A checklist to save your work, secure your audience and land on your feet from Liz Kelly Nelson and Lex Roman
Why Andy Dehnart landed on ad-supported as the revenue model for "reality blurred"
Replace big tech platforms with the 3x3x3 system for growing your publication
10 publishers share 1 thing that grew their list or got them paid subscribers in 2024
Alissa Walker of Torched hates social media. Here's how she drives virality.
Plus my quick take on Substack's latest controversy (and what you should do)
How to welcome your new reader and what to offer them in the welcome sequence
Ty Burr left Substack in February. I wanted to know how it impacted his revenue and growth.
10 motivation messages to get your readers opening their hearts and their wallets
