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How long did it take for you to get your 1st newsletter subscriber?

...and what got them to sign up?

on November 1, 2020
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    Got 56 subscribers on my first day. (Hadn’t even sent out first issue yet)

    Creds to the the IH forum.

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    I got the first couple dozen subscribers within days of announcing my newsletter. It was easy as I leveraged my network of friends, acquaintances, and Twitter followers.

    Then I got stuck around 50 for months. Now it seems the subscriber count is slowly growing again.

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    Forced my girlfriend, my sisters and her friends to sign up.

    I will never forget writing like I was writing to a 100 people but it was only 3.

    Love the process

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    1 day...

    And it took more to build the sign up than get a subscriber...

    I didn't know back end and I connected a form to firebase with a script... it was fun.

    Now I am up to 1.4k which is fine.

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    First subscriber was my fiance. My biggest supporter.

    Who was yours?

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      Nice! I don't actually have a newsletter but was considering starting one. I was curious about what "normal" growth looks like at the very beginning.

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