How did I create a one-paragraph daily email that 35,000 people read, and what am I doing right now to grow it?
But most importantly, how can you use email to grow YOUR business?
You're about to find out.
Today, my guest on the I Want To Know podcast is Emily Ryan. Emily is a top MailChimp expert. She's listed on page one of the MailChimp experts directory and is obsessed with helping brands grow via email marketing. In the last nine years, she's worked on a wide range of emails, from Columbia University to Sparkling Ice to your mom-and-pop hardware store. Her work has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Inc.Magazine, and Entrepreneur.com, as well as on the MailChimp blog. You can find her on Instagram stories daily @EmilyRyanLikes and subscribe to her popular email, Nine Things Sunday, which is a link roundup of fun from around the internet..
Here are some of the most valuable moments in our conversation:
12:36 - 6 Keys To Consistently Publishing A Daily Newsletter
27:27 - 7 Ways I Grew My Newsletter To 35,000 Subscribers (Without Spending Money)
42:50 - The 5 Elements A Newsletter Needs (If You Want It To Get You Customers)
Show Notes
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What is I Want To Know?
Where creative entrepreneurs get their questions answered.
I Want To Know is a no-fluff, 30-minute weekly podcast to help you grow your audience and business.
In each episode, host and For The Interested newsletter creator Josh Spector answers three questions from a creative entrepreneur to help them overcome their challenges and accomplish their goals.
Each answer becomes a 10-minute conversation in which Josh shares advice based on proven strategies he’s used to grow and monetize his audience.
If you’d like to be a guest on I Want To Know, apply at JoshSpector.com/Questions.