Dev to Agency

It took a couple of months, but I finally hit 100 subscribers to the Dev to Agency newsletter.

Having no experience in writing or newsletters - this means a lot to me, and I realised quite quickly there is no point in 'pumping out content' if no one is listening.

My biggest learnings form 0 - 100 subscribers:

• My readers prefer actionable over philosophical advice
• People respond surprisingly well to a "Why did you signup? email
• I suffer a lot of self-doubt when writing (but i'm getting better)
• Weekly, long-form articles is too much for me (at this stage)
• I have so much I want to say, I need to prioritise and plan
• Having a content schedule changes everything
• Building relationships (on Twitter) has helped a lot

As I had recently sold my custom software agency of 8 years, I felt like I wanted to give back - and help anyone in the position I was when starting out, so I decided a blog targeted at full-stack developers that want to start(or have started) a software agency.
I knew I wanted to do something honest and direct - not a "how to make and easy 1 million dollars" - as there is nothing easy about starting an agency. I also had not written before, so this whole thing was a new experiment 🚀