When starting my newsletter, my main pain point was coming up with a good name, tagline, and format. I had a pretty good idea of what to cover but it took me a lot of time to put all of this into focus.
It was a natural outcome of one my major interests, the Google ecosystem, and the constraints of the project, a curated roundup to keep the work manageable. I narrowed down to a specific niche by realizing there aren't any sources with a practical angle.
So my newsletter covers practical resources on Google products and related tech.
Probably the main pain point I had was that I knew too many places I'd like to post and kept having to write a few down, customize the text i'd like to share, and post. Lots of different communities and FB groups. Each one had to be carefully handled and customized. It was just a very full white board and I feel like I still missed a few place I could have shared it, the week I launched it.
Thanks for the advice. Umm but I actually had an idea for creating a marketplace for newsletters, and I guess you would actually be the perfect person to validate the idea. So, what do you think?
For my current project management newsletter the thought was to share the craft and news about PM. I enjoyed writing about it daily on my site, but the newsletter model makes it feel more personal since I know how many people it’s going to and how many open it.
I’ve started a new project to help direct my love of information and facts. I’m launching The Daily Drop! on Monday as a means to write and share what I find with regard to random information; musics, sports, news, photos... anything. The goal is to give info in less than a 2-minute read. Again, the thought on this one was simply a means to redirect my personal need of info as I’m sure there are others out there who’d like the info.
When starting my newsletter, my main pain point was coming up with a good name, tagline, and format. I had a pretty good idea of what to cover but it took me a lot of time to put all of this into focus.
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It was a natural outcome of one my major interests, the Google ecosystem, and the constraints of the project, a curated roundup to keep the work manageable. I narrowed down to a specific niche by realizing there aren't any sources with a practical angle.
So my newsletter covers practical resources on Google products and related tech.
This comment was deleted 3 years ago.
Huge difference between the pain points of starting and running a newsletter. What are you interested in knowing?
sorry about that, I updated the post to just focus on starting
Okay so, do you have a newsletter you're starting?
I'd look here to see what @kintulabs did: https://kintu.co/20-newsletters/
He started 20 newsletters in 20 days.
And I recorded a video each day of how I started my latest newsletter: https://www.loom.com/share/9361394b371e4574ac121bfb6bba733e
Probably the main pain point I had was that I knew too many places I'd like to post and kept having to write a few down, customize the text i'd like to share, and post. Lots of different communities and FB groups. Each one had to be carefully handled and customized. It was just a very full white board and I feel like I still missed a few place I could have shared it, the week I launched it.
Great videos! Would you still prefer to use substack over anything else? Just thinking about SEO etc.
At the time I wasn't thinking SEO. If you ONLY care about SEO, I'd avoid substack at all costs.
Thanks for the advice. Umm but I actually had an idea for creating a marketplace for newsletters, and I guess you would actually be the perfect person to validate the idea. So, what do you think?
What type of marketplace?
something like steep
For my current project management newsletter the thought was to share the craft and news about PM. I enjoyed writing about it daily on my site, but the newsletter model makes it feel more personal since I know how many people it’s going to and how many open it.
I’ve started a new project to help direct my love of information and facts. I’m launching The Daily Drop! on Monday as a means to write and share what I find with regard to random information; musics, sports, news, photos... anything. The goal is to give info in less than a 2-minute read. Again, the thought on this one was simply a means to redirect my personal need of info as I’m sure there are others out there who’d like the info.