2,000 total subscribers
by Dianna AllenI actually cleaned my list last week, removing inactive subscribers. So, my list was around 700 left over.
I didn't get a chance to announce hitting 1k because I hit 2k in the same day!
I'm going to start pitching to brands/businesses to sponsor my newsletter. I have no idea how to go about doing this or how to even format emails for this proposal, but this is going to be my first step towards long-term monetization.
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Congrats! 2k is an awesome step! That was my trigger to start monetizing my newsletter.
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haha! I love how much this has taken off. Massive congratulations Dianna :)
Starting that subreddit a while ago was also a really genius move. Nice one.
Do you mind telling me how you've managed to grow that? I'd love to write about it for my website.I'd say twitter / Instagram could be really good growth channels. So I'd try and grow those. Perhaps make them more prominent on the website.
Bit of a weird idea - but I'd try writing recipe threads (essentially just summaries of the blog) I really think there's a massive opportuntity on twitter for that. Simple ten tweet recipe threads.
How to make a green pea soup
THREAD ...And then the summary with pictures :)
Anyways, I hope you keep riding the wave. Really inspiring seeing this.
All this crazy traffic will die soon, so just try and get as many people on social / reddit / email as poss :):)
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I'm big fan of starting a thread like that! I could see one of them, one day, taking off with RT's :D
As far as my subreddit taking off, you actually have the opportunity to share your subreddit anywhere on Reddit. First, there's a subreddit called New Subreddits, I think. You can share it in there.
Then, I went to other subreddits filled with my audience, and would comment on relevant posts like, 'this would be great in r/BudgetMealPlans!' Very simple :)
And I made sure to establish threads in it before marketing, that way people could see the content they will have by joining. And encourages others to be active, so ask questions to get a conversation going!-
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awesome - might try this myself. thanks dianna :)
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The more I read the subreddit of yours the more I'm blown away by what an amazing marketing move that was. Literally a sub reddit dedicated to your site.
Do you mind going into some details on how that picked up initial traction? And what's come from it etc ... As I said, would love to write about for my site!
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How about charging monthly for premium content as dailycodingproblem.com and re:charged does?
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I want to do this, I just need to create the content first. I figured the newsletter sponsor can be something that could hopefully get settled this month.
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