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How Newsletters Use Paid Subscriber Events to Deepen Engagement

In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore how newsletter writers are using paid subscriber events to build community and generate additional revenue beyond subscriptions. Lucas breaks down three specific models: the livestream Q&A, the virtual workshop series, and the in-person meetup, using concrete examples like a Substack tech writer who charges $50 per ticket for monthly AMA sessions and a Beehiiv creator who runs quarterly masterclasses at $200 a pop. Luna pushes back on whether this scales for smaller writers, and Lucas shares data from a 2025 survey of 200 newsletter operators showing…

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