🧠Once you turn on paid subs, it's a whole new level of commitment. I feel it's vital to value our free as well as our paid subscribers equally. It's easy to get all excited and want to pamper our paid subs, creating all this content for them and sometimes forgetting that our free subscribers haven't had a newsletter in weeks! (speaking…
🧠Once you turn on paid subs, it's a whole new level of commitment. I feel it's vital to value our free as well as our paid subscribers equally. It's easy to get all excited and want to pamper our paid subs, creating all this content for them and sometimes forgetting that our free subscribers haven't had a newsletter in weeks! (speaking from experience! 🫣).
Making a plan to, e.g. release a free newsletter on a Tuesday and a paid one on a Wednesday, will get you in the habit of remembering both.
I agree with not forgetting our free subscribers. I can't pay/subscribe to every newsletter, but I still want good free content from that writer. If every article cuts off halfway through, I will probably unsubscribe. You're still getting your work out there which can lead to something.
agreed! I've noticed some writers will just do a "buy a coffee" model where the payment is more to support their work and all of their content is free. seems to work well for some who can execute it well!
really appreciate your perspective, Jo! I'm definitely feeling the tension between wanting to make it "worth" the paid subscription while also continuing to publish for folks who have followed along since the start :) have been working on refining the publishing schedule!
🧠Once you turn on paid subs, it's a whole new level of commitment. I feel it's vital to value our free as well as our paid subscribers equally. It's easy to get all excited and want to pamper our paid subs, creating all this content for them and sometimes forgetting that our free subscribers haven't had a newsletter in weeks! (speaking from experience! 🫣).
Making a plan to, e.g. release a free newsletter on a Tuesday and a paid one on a Wednesday, will get you in the habit of remembering both.
I wish you lots of success with going paid.
Yes...that planing thing. That's my goal for the New Year. My plan thus far is to get out 4-5 posts/month and I generally hit the number.
I agree with not forgetting our free subscribers. I can't pay/subscribe to every newsletter, but I still want good free content from that writer. If every article cuts off halfway through, I will probably unsubscribe. You're still getting your work out there which can lead to something.
agreed! I've noticed some writers will just do a "buy a coffee" model where the payment is more to support their work and all of their content is free. seems to work well for some who can execute it well!
really appreciate your perspective, Jo! I'm definitely feeling the tension between wanting to make it "worth" the paid subscription while also continuing to publish for folks who have followed along since the start :) have been working on refining the publishing schedule!