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by DanLivesHere 3278 days ago
I am, at http://nowiknow.com

It's a general trivia email. Every day I send a fun fact of the true story behind it.

Been writing for seven years. Not going to disclose how much I make a month, but I describe it as not quite full time job money but a lot more than beer money.

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Hey Dan, don't think I've ever introduced myself, but obviously your work with Now I Know is pretty rad. I do slightly similar stuff with my newsletter Tedium (though I aim for the deep dives, admittedly), and I just wanted to say that I respect the work you've done over the years to build out an audience as well as broader interest in the newsletter medium as a whole.

We wouldn't be talking about newsletters right now were it not for efforts like yours.

Wow, thanks a ton!
Hi Dan, Happy Anniversary!

Love your emails, always look forward to reading them in the morning.

How do you monetize?
* Patreon

* Sponsors

* Amazon affiliate ads

* Network ads

* Two books/audiobooks out

* Working on content syndication

Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/NowIKnow), and I'm guessing some other sources like syndication to other sites
I actually very rarely get paid to syndicate my content out.