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Arielle Nissenblatt’s 30-Day Challenge Added 1,000 Subscribers

1,000 new newsletter subscribers and 350 new Slack members — all from a free 30-day challenge Arielle Nissenblatt ran on a "fly by the seat of my pants" plan.

Arielle has been writing the Earbuds Podcast Collective newsletter for almost 10 years. This summer she tried something new: a free, 30-day challenge for podcasters. She recruited launch partners who promoted it to their own audiences in exchange for logo placement and shout-outs. Then she let the challenge reshape itself around what those partners could teach. She also turned sign-up form answers into a Slack channel full of member…

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