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This is GC⚡ #83 — your secret weapon for newsletter growth ⚔️

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Your Growth Currency ⚡ This Week

"Knowledge is the currency of growth."

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START

⚡ Why I Chose Ghost for My Email Newsletter by Nick Simard

I've never met Nick before. But he lives less than an hour from me (small world!) and he just launched his latest project, the App Chat newsletter. I love this short, digestible read on the 6 reasons he chose Ghost for his newsletter.

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GROW

⚡ From 78 subscribers to 750,000 with 1440 Media CEO Tim Huelskamp by Ali Montag

"Stop thinking about growth and monetization. Just absolutely nail the customer experience."

That's Tim's advice for anyone pushing from 100 subscribers, and aiming for 1,000. Nailing the customer experience is going to get you the growth & monetization you're looking for. Read to find out Tim's advice for hitting 10,000 subscribers.

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IMPROVE

⚡ 21 Writing Tips to Become a Better Writer Fast by Bill Widmer at Ahrefs

Improve your writing, improve your newsletter. These 21 tips aren't fluff. Take Tip #1: Start With The End In Mind. It's logical but I always need that reminder. It helps you as a writer avoid unnecessary details and make every paragraph impactful.

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MONETIZE

⚡ How much is a newsletter subscriber really worth? by Louis Nicholls at Sparkloop

3 important words: Subscriber Lifetime Value (SLV). Check out SparkLoop's brand new SLV Calculator and read why you need to know your SLV number. This is a valuable tool for anyone paying—or considering paying—to acquire subscribers. Once you know the value of a customer, you'll know how much you should be paying to acquire them. This is an unlock!​
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Thanks for making it to the end—I try and save some personal ramblings for this space.

It's peak fantasy football season (NFL football for those outside of North America).

My league just drafted in our 11th season. It's intense (and nerdy, fully admit it). But it's fun.

And as a "modest" consumer of fantasy football content, I'm gob-smacked by the level of high-quality and sheer QUANTITY of content from these fantasy football creators:

• Podcasts
• YouTube episodes
• TikToks
• Instagram posts
• Tweets
• In-depth articles
• Newsletters—some weekly, some multiple times per week, and many even daily.
• Digital products & apps

It made me think...

So many of our newsletters are pieces in a larger content marketing strategy. I look at the Fantasy Football industry as an unexpectedly stellar example in running a robust content machine.

Get your own content strategy inspiration by checking out the Fantasy Footballers or FantasyPros and steal some ideas.

They're great at analyzing football—but they might be even better at creating sticky content and building audiences.

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Hit reply and let me know why — I answer every one :) Or DM me on Twitter!

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And in case you missed it, here are last week's TWO most popular links:

#1: How to write a welcome email (+ 8 welcome email examples) by Rachel Burns
#2: The 26 Best Lead Magnets Working in 2022 by Monica Snyder
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Other Growth Currency⚡ Resources:
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→ The 1KS Roadmap: A Free Course To Your First 1,000 Subscribers​
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Peace and platonic love,

Dylan

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