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
3 ways to keep more subscribers with you longer
A fatal mistake and the fix that keeps more subscribers with you longterm
Get cancel reasons automatically plus keep track of who canceled and win more subscribers back
Why subscribers cancel and what you can do about it
The false choice between writing and business
What to paywall featuring 5 strategies from Extra Points, The Flytrap, Caitlin Dewey, 404 Media, and Max Read
In this guide, you’ll find 13 different revenue streams to support your writing and reporting.
How many revenue streams do you need and how much will you make from each? Use this revenue projection worksheet to figure it out!
Was that paid ad worth the money? This calculator helps you figure that out!
How easy and cheap are Facebook ads? I share my experiment results with you!
One of these might be your missing piece to making more money
Why pay Facebook when we can pay each other?! My latest experiment in paid ads featuring The Side Blogger.
