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How Newsletters Use Paid Communities to Boost Retention
In episode 100 of The Newsletter Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore how newsletter writers are building paid communities around their content to deepen subscriber loyalty and create recurring revenue. They focus on the case of a tech newsletter that launched a $20-per-month Slack group, growing from 200 to 1,200 paying members in six months, and discuss the trade-offs between community and email. They also touch on how Substack's chat feature and Beehiiv's community integrations are changing the landscape. The hosts examine retention metrics, moderation costs, and the surprising way…
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