💥 Local Newsletter Business: $200K from 18K Subscribers - CreatorBoom

Ryan Sneddon from Naptown Scoop is interviewed on Side Hustle Nation.

Big Ideas:
💥 The primary demographic is women over 40.
💥 People love seeing their name published.
💥 Referrals in exchange for a birthday mention were very popular.

Here's an inspiring story of doing whatever it takes to follow your creative dream.

"Andrew created his YouTube account in 2006 and started posting in 2008. He has not stopped since — he has posted 720 videos in 16 years. His earliest videos are of him illustrating guitar picking exercises, and his latest are about navigating Spotify features as a musician; his instinct has always been to educate. And he’s made quite the business of it."

Eddie Shleyner of VeryGoodCopy.com went from getting hired to write job board submissions to a professional copywriter with 68k subscribers in just a few years.
 

"Ryan Holiday is one of the world’s most prolific writers. He’s published sixteen books, written a daily email newsletter every day for the past eight years, has 1.7 million YouTube subscribers, and runs his own creative agency."

Terry Rice from HeyCreator offers some ideas about how creators can approach brand partnerships.