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215: How to find your true newsletter niche and get paid for it (featuring Ciler Demiralp)
Season 2, episode 15 is here!
In this episode, I chat to Ciler from Newsletter Circle about the realities of building a sustainable newsletter business from scratch.
Here’s a taste of what we covered:
- The surprising career pivot from corporate marketing to running a thriving newsletter business.
- How Newsletter Circle carved out a unique niche in the crowded newsletter space.
- Behind-the-scenes of analysing 75,000 Substack newsletters, and the biggest shock from the data.
- The #1 underrated secret to growing a newsletter audience (hint: it’s not fancy tools).
- Why half of newsletters…
The skinny
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