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Any newsletter writers out there?

I am working on a new product to turn daily/weekly newsletters into short podcasts.

  1. Add me as a subscriber
  2. Send your newsletter to subscribers
  3. I take the email and turn it into a sound file using text-to-speech technology
  4. I upload and it is available on all podcast platforms
  5. You now have a podcast without any additional work

The value proposition for professional newsletter writers is to expand their audience and ultimately increase revenue.

Let me know if you'd be open to answering a few questions about your newsletters (# of subscribers, frequency, revenue per subscriber, etc.).

on December 11, 2019
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    @anthilemoon @harrydry

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      Cheers, and yeah sure:

      • 8200 subs
      • 1 / week newsletter
      • $2.5k month total site revenue. but not all comes from newsletter.

      Tbh, I'm not sure I'd use your product. Just my personal opinion. If I was going to do a podcast I'd do it myself ... I wouldn't want a computer reading my newsletter. Maybe other newsletter owners feel different.

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        Are there any good podcasts out there that do interviews marketers / growth hackers to discuss their growth hacks? Podcast version of your site?

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          Well, hopefully my site before you know it. I don't actually know. Perhaps Everyone Hates Marketers but it's not that actionable. Stay tuned.

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            Awesome, just started listening to that podcast. Would love something like your site but in audible format for the commute/gym!!

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    I have a newsletter. Not one which would be suitable for a podcast (it’s curated content rather than my own editorial). Previously had ones that are more editorial.

    As the owner of newsletters I’d want to do my own thing as I think it would be weird for my brand. Outsourcing to a text to speech voice would be strange for listeners. I’d rather record my own and have someone handle step 4.

    As a big listener of podcasts I couldn’t ever see myself listening to a computer generated voice reading out text. Just isn’t the same as listening to a human voice. Zero character, personality etc