1,000 Subscribers!

It took about 4.5 months, 39 issues, and the work of going through thousands of research papers to find the right ones, but we are finally here - at a crucial milestone: 1,000+ subscribers.

What went well:

• Subscribers are mostly professional marketers who I expect can easily expense a future paid version to their companies
• Great feedback, both from professionals and marketing professors whose research I cover
• Growing LinkedIn network and following
• Slow but steady word of mouth
• 3 traffic spikes: 2 articles on the front page of HN, and 1 mention in Marketing Brew (newsletter to 100+K marketers)

What could go better:

• Need to find a way to accelerate word of mouth and conversions (ideas: a new landing page + referral program)
• Need to find new consistent growth channels beyond LinkedIn
• Need to build my Twitter presence, which is almost non-existent

If you think 'Wow he's growing fast!': Keep in mind I am working on this full time and I had a decent existing network in the marketing field before this

If you think 'Wow he's growing slow!': Keep in mind my ideal target market isn't overly broad, and any suggestions for growing faster are welcome!