[ogarten]

What's you goal with the newsletter? Talk about cool things? Make Money?

As a reader I hate substack because it's so damn pushy about signing up and paying for subscription. As a creator, I guess that drives your revenue.

Imho, everyone is doing newsletters now and it's a completely overcrowded field. I recently unsubscribed from almost all newsletters, because most provided little to no value for me. Sure, having 10k subscribers is fine but how many of them actually read it?

[penaazv]

Talking about cool things in a little more depth than social posts.

And yes, I agree; it is getting too crowded :(

[ogarten]

Mh substack, medium, hackernoon. Many places, all sinilar and all not that great for that :/

[penaazv]

Eventually making money from something you enjoy doing is a win-win. But starting off somewhere to later restart elsewhere is gonna be painful.

Substack apparently has (or had?) a good reputation, but I read people switching to other platforms, and started doubting it.

Gotta look up hackernoon. Thanks :)

[ogarten]

I am kind of in the same boat as you. I just started a blog on my personal website jut I am looking to monetize at some point in time. I don‘t lile substack because it harasses the reader too much. Hackernoon has a really nerdy vibe to it.

I think managing the newsletter yourself is really the best way to go and then talk about it on social media. My main problem is that once you want to make money with it everything becomes less enjoyable. Gotta start thinking about your funnel, your landing page, etc.

[penaazv]

Have you heard of beehiiv? It's apparently quite creator focused.

About the money-making aspect, it seems like a later stage thing atm. But yes, I get where you're coming from.

[ogarten]

I haven't used beehiiv. Looks similar to what other offer, too.

For me it feels like either you want to make money or you don't and that is the major drive behind the choice. Most tools have some way to export/import subscribers.

I would probably try to have a newsletter and also publish on your website for example. This way, people will have a chance to checkout your content before subscribing.

[rozenmd]

Everyone is writing software too, but that doesn't stop us from making money :)

[ogarten]

Not denying that ;) and i am sure there is still money to be made and that‘s why I was asking for the reason ;)