{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Bootstrapped Founder","title":"208: Louis Nicholls — Growing Your Newsletter","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3077,"description":"When it comes to building an \"owned audience,\" nothing beats an email list. Louis Nicholls is a newsletter expert, and he shared with me how to monetize a list, how to grow it reliably, and why cold emails are often done spectacularly wrong.Louis will show you how to do email right.00:00:00 Why did you choose to build SparkLoop?00:05:23 Grow an audience, monetize a list00:09:07 How do you maintain customer quality in a network?00:14:55 Advice on how to cross-link your knowledge with other channels.00:18:48 How much is too much in terms of \"buying\" subscribers?00:21:59 What makes a newsletter word of mouth-worthy?00:27:48 Struggling with self-promotion00:31:51 What makes a good or a really bad cold email?00:36:44 Why all cold emails look the same00:42:57 Why a good message is never cold00:48:57 Borrowed audiences always have riskMy new podcast project: Arvid & Tyler Catch Up / https://catchup.fmThe blog post: https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/louis-nicholls-growing-your-newsletter/ The podcast episode: https://share.transistor.fm/s/8e4bcbf9The video: https://youtu.be/FNolzZtXjLIYou'll find my weekly article on my blog: https://thebootstrappedfounder.comPodcast: https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/podcastNewsletter: https://thebootstrappedfounder.com/newsletterMy book Zero to Sold: https://zerotosold.com/My book The Embedded Entrepreneur: https://embeddedentrepreneur.com/My course Find Your Following: https://findyourfollowing.com","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/BNKC8bjmav7kM70FiBhPsYU70z0kVRY7C5GGDQhvfNs/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/Lzc0MTAvMTY2ODg3/NTEzMC1hcnR3b3Jr/LmpwZw.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}