How do you get more newsletter subscribers?

I write a weekly newsletter for French-speaking FOSS enthusiasts Le Courrier du hacker https://lecourrierduhacker.com with today +900 subscribers.

I've been communicating through French-speaking channels, like subreddit /r/france or big community website like LinuxFR https://linuxfr.org.

I also post on a regular basis articles about sideprojects and newsletters on my own blog https://carlchenet.com (primary acquisition channel until now).

500 first hundred signups were easy to get. From 500 to today is really more difficult than before.

I run a newsletter called UI Movement, which has 18k+ subs, and Letterfuel, which is a newsletter service similar to Revue.

Based on my experience, here is what works:

• Reach out to other newsletters with similar audiences. See if they's be up for doing a mention for mention type thing.
• Content marketing - create original content and include an opt in to the newsletter. Share to relevant communities (eg, here). Guest posting would probably work too.
• Share each issue you publish on social media and to relevant communities.
• Product marketing - think of tools you can build for your audience. Build and share, link to and include opt ins to your newsletter.
• Encourage subscribers to share by asking in the newsletter.

The main thing, however, is to have solid positioning for the actual newsletter and know who it's for and where to find those people. You seem to be doing a good job of this already.

Good luck!

I have a couple suggestions:

Have a clear description of what your newsletter is and the content you send.

• The page you provided does nothing to describe what your newsletter is about. "We Are Builders: Receive the content we think is worth sharing. Delivered right to your mailbox every two weeks 💌" is not very descriptive.
• Think about who your audience is and describe the content you send and how it will help them. Think in terms of something like "best content we read about entrepreneurship, lean startup, marketing, product management and tech to help you <insert benefit here>"

Reduce the barriers to subscribing. Here's a couple ideas:

• Embed a subscribe box into your Medium posts. I looked through your Medium content and noticed there were no embedded subscribe CTAs. Not sure which email provider you use, but look into creating an embeddable link to drop into your Medium posts.
• Create a designated "Subscribe" landing page. For social profiles or casual mentions, it's helpful to have a landing page you can send people to subscribe.

Run a campaign through something like viral-loops.com to do a giveaway or the like.

• Run it for a couple weeks and push out a bunch of content while you're doing that to create buzz.

Find the thought leaders of your target audience, and get your newsletter in front of them. If they find it valuable, they might share it with their social followers and email subscribers.

The truth is you likely know exactly what works, you’ve read it all over the internet.

The key is to just do it. Then do it again.

Building an email newsletter takes time and it compounds. The more people you have, the more amplification on your content and the more amplification, the more people you get.

The beginning is a grind. Just keep at it.

My biggest bump in new subscribers comes each week after a new edition. I make a point of asking existing subscribers to share with their colleagues / friends. So be sure, at the very least, to request your subscribers to share it with their friends.

I run www.CryptoDa.sh and first 100 subscribers came via FB / Linkedin announcement. I then started also writing different pieces on linkedin and posting it on reddit with a link to the newsletter as well as reaching out to different Slack groups and offering some stuff for free!

I run the newsletter — http://www.howwebdesign.com/.

I have got a surprising number (to me) of subscribers from forums like reddit.

Posts need to be organic and useful to users in the relevant subreddit.

Well you can offer content/prizes as a perk for people to refer other subscribers. Works for The Hustle.

I wrote a blog post about how I got to 1000 subscribers.

Check it out: https://www.starterstory.com/blog/how-i-hustled-my-way-from-0-to-1000-email-subscribers

I run a bi-weekly newsletter, Autopilot360 which showcases tools and resources useful for day to day use.It's been only 2 issues and few subscribers.These are my findings:

• Need to create content like guides, blog or videos for engaging
• Share your issue on Twitter
  my newsletter, https://www.getrevue.co/profile/autopilot360