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)
I'm running a survey so we can figure out what to expect with free to paid conversion rates
Start automating more of your communications with your readers with email sequences
Americans are going to give their money to someone. Why shouldn't it be you?
Got a small audience? Five surprising advantages big outlets can't touch.
It's up for grabs! Might as well be yours! A quick guide if you hate asking for money even when the moment is right.
Posting your milestones in public will get more of your audience making them happen
I wrote this for a Substack writer and now it's all yours to use
How this newsletter got so much reader funding up front and what's different 7 years later
Substackers report shockingly low free to paid conversion. I have some theories about why.
10 things you need complete with examples from indie news outlets doing it well
Inside RANGE's drive for new members in August. What worked and why.
Let's break down the path and the math to earning money with your newsletter
Three ways to get more shout outs from your subscribers so you reach new people