
Growth In Reverse (Newsletter Growth & Email Marketing) (Chenell Basilio and Dylan Redekop)
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07 May 2025 | Behind the Scenes of a Free 30-Day Newsletter Growth Sprint | 00:35:15 | |
Get 30 proven strategies to grow and optimize your email list FREE >> "This might be the most fun I've had growing my newsletter." — Chenell And here's how Chenell's doing it. We're giving you a behind-the-scenes look at how 30 Days of Growth is going—and how we’re planning to make the most of the final stretch! With over 2,600 signups already and a massive giveaway in motion, this mini-launch is becoming more than expected… but can it be even bigger? In this episode, Chenell & Dylan break down what’s working, what could be better, and where we’re focusing our energy in the back half of the campaign. We get into the growth levers we’ve pulled so far—like cross-promotions, private podcast feeds, and Substack experiments—and brainstorm ways to maximize reach and increase referrals. It’s a total fly-on-the-wall session, so you’ll hear the real-time ideas, dilemmas, and strategies we’re exploring to keep this momentum going. → Take your newsletter to the next level with GIR Pro >> KEY TAKEAWAYS
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FOLLOW ON SOCIAL OUR NEWSLETTERS Subscribe & Leave a Review: If you found this episode valuable, take a second to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts or Spotify! It helps more newsletter creators find the show. Plus, if you submit a review, you’ll get priority for your own newsletter roast! Thanks to Tim Forkin for editing these episodes. | |||
05 Mar 2025 | From 0 to 100K: The Science of Writing, Learning & Experimentation with Anne-Laure Le Cunff | 00:44:55 | |
Get 30 proven strategies to grow and optimize your email list FREE >> "I didn’t have a goal—I just committed to showing up every day for 100 days." — Anne-Laure Le Cunff, Ness Labs After publishing 100 articles in 100 days, Anne-Laure drove 6,000 subscribers to her Maker Mind newsletter. It was the tiny experiment that kickstarted her newsletter journey. But it was just the beginning. Today, her Maker Mind newsletter reaches over 100k subscribers' inboxes, and her Ness Labs community brings in over 6 figures in revenue every year. But what's even more impressive is that she's accomplished this while completing her PhD in neuroscience and publishing a book, Tiny Experiments. Chenell & Dylan sit down with Anne-Laure to discuss everything from how she got her first 6,000 subscribers to growing and monetizing a newsletter to six figures. KEY TAKEAWAYS
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23 Feb 2025 | The 7-Figure Newsletter Teaching People “Why We Buy” | 00:32:13 | |
Get 30 proven strategies to grow and optimize your email list FREE >> Katelyn Bourgoin has amassed over 63k subscribers and earned $1M in revenue—in 2024 alone! She runs the popular newsletter Why We Buy. It's my favorite newsletter when it comes to buyer psychology. And in this deep dive walkthrough, I'm giving you a rundown of how she's built and monetized her newsletter. And then later this week, Dylan and I have Katelyn on the show talking all about how she's pivoting her consulting business to a full-on newsletter business. Get 75+ Growth Levers used by top newsletters: https://growthinreverse.com/gll/ *** LINKS MENTIONED
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18 Dec 2024 | Building His Newsletter to 75k Subscribers with Eddie Shleyner of Very Good Copy (#003) | 00:54:05 | |
Get 30 proven strategies to grow and optimize your email list FREE >> #003 - Welcome to the Growth In Reverse podcast — in this episode, Chenell & Dylan host a special guest: Eddie Shleyner, the creator behind Very Good Copy. Eddie has built a successful newsletter and blog focused on micro lessons in copywriting, creativity, and marketing, garnering the attention of over 70,000 subscribers and leading brands.
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05 Feb 2025 | Small changes that could 10x your newsletter. | 00:45:21 | |
Get 30 proven strategies to grow and optimize your email list FREE >> Could these small changes have a 10x impact on your newsletter's success? → Take your newsletter to the next level with GIR Pro >> KEY TAKEAWAYS
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16 Apr 2025 | The #1 Thing These 3 Newsletters Got Wrong (and How to Fix It) — Newsletter Roasts Vol. 2 | 00:41:19 | |
Get 30 proven strategies to grow and optimize your email list FREE >> Three roasts are better than one! Our first Newsletter Roast was last month, and we only roasted ONE newsletter. These newsletters are all in different phases of their journey but all share one common problem (you'll have to listen to find out). In this episode, we review each newsletter's sign-up page, their welcome email & onboarding, and one edition of their newsletters. While you *can* listen to this one, you'll get much more out of watching it on YouTube (see YT link in the show notes below). Why newsletter roasts? We're doing these roasts as a way to give back to our listeners—especially those who leave this podcast a rating & review—and to help every listener improve their newsletter by learning from the mistakes others have made. → Take your newsletter to the next level with GIR Pro >> KEY TAKEAWAYS
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FOLLOW ON SOCIAL OUR NEWSLETTERS Subscribe & Leave a Review: If you found this episode valuable, take a second to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts or Spotify! It helps more newsletter creators find the show. Plus, if you submit a review, you’ll get priority for your own newsletter roast! Thanks to Tim Forkin for editing these episodes. | |||
04 Jun 2025 | Creators Are Flocking to Substack—but Should You Join Them? | 00:39:21 | |
“You can pretty much do anything on Substack—which is good and also makes me nervous.” – Chenell Basilio We've seen a wave of creators flocking to Substack over the last month and couldn’t help but wonder... what’s really going on here? In this episode, Chenell & Dylan unpack the why we believe this migration is happening. Are creators just chasing the next shiny thing, or is Substack genuinely offering something new and powerful? We dive into the benefits, red flags, and the not-so-obvious consequences of going all in on the platform. We cover how Substack is evolving from a newsletter tool into a full-blown creator ecosystem, and whether that’s a blessing or curse—or a bit of both? If you've been thinking about launching (or leaving) a Substack, this episode is your guide to making an informed decision—minus the hype.
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FOLLOW ON SOCIAL OUR NEWSLETTERS Subscribe & Leave a Review: If you found this episode valuable, take a second to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts or Spotify! It helps more newsletter creators find the show. Plus, if you submit a review, you’ll get priority for your own newsletter roast! Thanks to Tim Forkin for editing these episodes. | |||
23 Dec 2024 | What I’d Change If I Started Over (#004) | 00:43:14 | |
Get 30 proven strategies to grow and optimize your email list FREE >> In this episode of the Growth In Reverse podcast: after hitting 40,000 subscribers in 2 years of publishing her Growth In Reverse newsletter, Chenell reflects on how she operated, grew, and monetized her newsletter—and what she would do differently if starting from scratch. Get free access to 75+ newsletter Growth Levers here: https://growthinreverse.com/growth-levers-library/ KEY TAKEAWAYS
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FOLLOW ON SOCIAL OUR NEWSLETTERS Subscribe & Leave a Review: Love what you’re hearing? Make sure to subscribe, and if you found this episode helpful, leave us a rating & review on your favorite podcast platform! Thanks to Tim Forkin for editing these episodes. | |||
26 Feb 2025 | Building a $2M Newsletter While Getting Lazier with Katelyn Bourgoin | 00:52:33 | |
Get 30 proven strategies to grow and optimize your email list FREE >> "Less is more. The key to growing Why We Buy wasn’t doing more—it was doubling down on what worked and cutting the rest.” Chenell & Dylan are joined by Katelyn Bourgoin of the Why We Buy newsletter. Chenell researched & wrote a GIR Deep Dive on Katelyn back in 2023. At that point, Katelyn's Why We Buy newsletter had just surpassed the 50k-subscriber mark and she was in the midst of earning $300k with her newsletter. Fast-forward 18 months: Why We Buy is approaching 70k subscribers and nearly hit $1M in revenue during 2024. That's nearly 1.5x subscriber growth and over 3x revenue in only 18 months. In our chat, we talk about what's driving revenue these days for Katelyn, and how she's approaching newsletter growth. → Take your newsletter to the next level with GIR Pro >> KEY TAKEAWAYS
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FOLLOW ON SOCIAL OUR NEWSLETTERS Subscribe & Leave a Review: Love what you’re hearing? Make sure to subscribe, and if you found this episode helpful, leave us a rating & review on your favorite podcast platform! Thanks to Tim Forkin for editing these episodes. | |||
19 Mar 2025 | Brutally Honest Newsletter Roast: What Works, What Doesn't, and What to Fix | 00:34:41 | |
Get 30 proven strategies to grow and optimize your email list FREE >> We sent out the call to get your newsletter roasted. Over 20 listeners submitted their newsletters. And today we're roasting the first one: Craftsman Films Shout-out to Daren Smith of Craftsman Creative and Craftsman Films for being our first guinea pig with this experimental episode. → Take your newsletter to the next level with GIR Pro >> KEY TAKEAWAYS
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FOLLOW ON SOCIAL OUR NEWSLETTERS Subscribe & Leave a Review: If you found this episode valuable, take a second to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts or Spotify! It helps more newsletter creators find the show. Plus, if you submit a review, you’ll get priority for your own newsletter roast! Thanks to Tim Forkin for editing these episodes. | |||
22 Jan 2025 | Turn Your Newsletter Into a Sponsor Magnet - with Justin Moore (#008) | 00:51:41 | |
Get 30 proven strategies to grow and optimize your email list FREE >> "I made $2,000 with a newsletter list of only 3,000 subscribers." In this episode of the Growth In Reverse podcast, Chenell & Dylan sit down with Justin Moore and discuss how to nail brand sponsorships. Justin is the founder of Creator Wizard where he coaches creators to earn more with their brand deals. He has also written and pre-launched his book on the same topic called Sponsor Magnet. → Take your newsletter to the next level with GIR Pro >> KEY TAKEAWAYS
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FOLLOW ON SOCIAL OUR NEWSLETTERS Subscribe & Leave a Review: Love what you’re hearing? Make sure to subscribe, and if you found this episode helpful, leave us a rating & review on your favorite podcast platform! Thanks to Tim Forkin for editing these episodes. | |||
02 Apr 2025 | From 40 Followers to $1m: Dave & Marsden Kline Built a Creator Business in 3.5 Years | 00:45:33 | |
Get 30 proven strategies to grow and optimize your email list FREE >> "Quantity leads to quality, but when you find a winner, you have to double down." — Dave Kline, MGMT Playbook Dave Kline went from leading teams at Bridgewater to building a million-dollar creator business—with zero prior experience on social media. But the real secret behind the success? His wife, Marsden (Mar). While Dave built a public-facing brand on Twitter and LinkedIn, Mar worked behind the scenes to shape the vision, voice, and strategy of their business.
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12 Mar 2025 | The Future For Newsletters: Biggest Lessons from the Newsletter Marketing Summit | 00:41:59 | |
Get 30 proven strategies to grow and optimize your email list FREE >> "The future of newsletters isn’t just email." — Chenell Basilio Missed the Newsletter Marketing Summit in Austin? Well, Chenell didn't! She was there IRL—and she's sharing her biggest takeaways from the first annual summit. Not only did Chenell attend the event, she was a speaker! Listen in to find out more about her talk and the insights and trends she discovered while in Austin TX. → Take your newsletter to the next level with GIR Pro >> KEY TAKEAWAYS
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12 Feb 2025 | How To Revive a Stalled Newsletter — with Ben Collins | 00:46:46 | |
Get 30 proven strategies to grow and optimize your email list FREE >> What happens when an established newsletter hits a growth plateau? Chenell & Dylan sit down with Ben Collins of BenLCollins.com and his Google Sheets Tips newsletter. When Chenell researched & wrote her GIR Deep Dive on Ben last year, all appeared to be going well for Ben and his Google Sheets Tips newsletter. But when we invited Ben to join us on the podcast, he was apprehensive: "Are you sure you want me to come on? Growth has been very flat." So we took this as an opportunity to flex our growth strategy muscles and provide Ben with some newsletter growth coaching. KEY TAKEAWAYS
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14 May 2025 | From Confusion to Clarity: How to Fix an Overwhelming Newsletter | 00:31:12 | |
Get 30 proven newsletter strategies to grow and optimize your email list FREE >> "Faceless brands are forgettable. Put your name on it. Make it human." In this episode, Dylan and Chenell are back for another Newsletter Roast! Get out your marshmallows 🔥 This week we're roasting a newsletter all about podcast discovery. The Find That Pod newsletter promises to help readers uncover the best shows out there, but does it actually do that? We go deep into what’s working and what’s not. We share actionable insights for creators looking to grow and monetize newsletters. Especially those targeting broad or interest-diverse audiences. Whether you're a newsletter writer, a podcaster, or someone just trying to better connect with your audience, this roast is packed with lessons on simplicity, specificity, and the power of personalization.
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FOLLOW ON SOCIAL OUR NEWSLETTERS Subscribe & Leave a Review: If you found this episode valuable, take a second to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts or Spotify! It helps more newsletter creators find the show. Plus, if you submit a review, you’ll get priority for your own newsletter roast! Thanks to Tim Forkin for editing these episodes. | |||
04 Dec 2024 | The Wildest Newsletter Growth Strategies From 3,000 Hours of Research (#001) | 00:25:29 | |
Get 30 proven strategies to grow and optimize your email list FREE >> #001 - Welcome to the Growth In Reverse podcast — in this episode, Chenell & Dylan dig into some of the wildest ways to grow your newsletter after looking back on over 3,000 hours of research into creators. Get the full list and 75+ newsletter growth tactics here: https://growthinreverse.com/wild KEY TAKEAWAYS
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02 Mar 2025 | This Student Grew a Newsletter & Community to 6-Figure Subscribers & Revenue | 00:23:52 | |
Get 30 proven strategies to grow and optimize your email list FREE >> Anne-Laure got her first 6,000 subscribers by posting 100 articles in 100 days. But that was back in 2019. Today, her Maker Mind newsletter hits over 100k subscriber inboxes, and her Ness Labs community brings in over 6 figures in revenue every year. So, in this deep dive walkthrough, I share how Anne-Laure went from 6k subscribers to 100k+. Then later this week, Dylan and I chat with Anne-Laure about her recent journey of getting her PhD in neuroscience and publishing a book, all while still operating a successful newsletter and online community. Get 75+ Growth Levers used by top newsletters: https://growthinreverse.com/gll/ *** LINKS MENTIONED
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30 Apr 2025 | Steal These 5 Newsletter Growth Levers You Can Start Today | 00:38:44 | |
Get 30 proven strategies to grow and optimize your email list FREE >> In this episode, we’re unpacking five high-performing newsletter growth levers that creators are using right now to grow smarter—not harder. Each tactic comes straight from Chenell's 30 Days of Growth series, where creators shared the exact strategies that helped them attract thousands of new subscribers, improve engagement, and build more loyal audiences. From a clever “four-hour follow-up email” to a Google Doc that helped generate over $1.2 million in revenue, we’re dissecting what made these plays work—and how you can apply them to your own newsletter strategy today. If you're looking for real-world examples, simple execution, and no-fluff tactics that get results, this one’s for you.
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15 Jan 2025 | 7 of the Best Newsletter Growth Strategies of 2024 (#007) | 00:36:25 | |
Get 30 proven strategies to grow and optimize your email list FREE >> In this episode of the Growth In Reverse podcast, Chenell & Dylan dive into the best and most unique growth strategies they saw in 2024. → Take your newsletter to the next level with GIR Pro >> KEY TAKEAWAYS
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27 Jan 2025 | $624k/Year From a Newsletter - How Aakash Gupta Grew His Newsletter From 0 to 105k in 3 Years. (#009) | 00:18:00 | |
Get 30 proven strategies to grow and optimize your email list FREE >> In 3 years, Aakash Gupta went from 0 to over 300k followers, 105k email subscribers, and $624k in annual revenue. This is a walkthrough of a deep dive I wrote into his growth story, which you can read here: https://growthinreverse.com/aakash-gupta/ On Wednesday, we're releasing the full interview with Aakash Gupta here, so stay tuned! | |||
21 May 2025 | How He Turned a Free Google Doc into $1.2M + 18,000 Newsletter Subscribers | 00:50:29 | |
Get 30 proven newsletter strategies to grow and optimize your email list FREE >> "There is a strong, undeniable correlation between the number of emails you send and the amount of money you make." — Olly Richards In this episode, Chenell & Dylan chat with Olly Richards — the founder of Storylearning.com and now a fast-growing personal brand — about exactly how he grew his personal brand from $0 and 0 audience to $1.2m and over 18,000 subscribers in 18 months. From his early days as a broke jazz musician to building a multi-million dollar language learning business, Olly walks us through the evolution of his business brain, the intentional pivot into mentorship, and the role of his newsletter in scaling it all. We go deep into his email strategy, the content philosophies behind his newsletter, and how he leveraged high-leverage, low-effort marketing techniques to build a loyal audience — and then turn that audience into over $1.2m in revenue. If you’re building a business around your newsletter or thinking about launching a premium offer, you’ll want to hear how Olly layered mentorship, digital products, and events to create a flywheel that fuels itself.
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08 Jan 2025 | Spicy Newsletter Takes: Should You Really Do This? (#006) | 00:51:57 | |
Get 30 proven strategies to grow and optimize your email list FREE >> In this episode of the Growth In Reverse podcast, Chenell & Dylan dive into some of the most polarizing newsletter topics. They share their experiences and opinions AND potentially *hot* takes. Take your newsletter to the next level with GIR Pro >> KEY TAKEAWAYS
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29 Jan 2025 | Scaling to 150k: The Secrets to More Paid Subscribers with Aakash Gupta (#010) | 00:47:45 | |
Get 30 proven strategies to grow and optimize your email list FREE >> "Collaborations are not optional. They’re the fastest way to grow a newsletter.” — Aakash Gupta, Product Growth Chenell & Dylan sit down with Aakash Gupta of the Product Growth newsletter in this episode. → Take your newsletter to the next level with GIR Pro >> KEY TAKEAWAYS
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28 May 2025 | 30 Creators. 30 Days. 3,700+ Subscribers: How She Did It | 00:42:03 | |
"I thought this would grow my list. It did—but the real win was something else entirely." — Chenell Basilio on her 30 Days of Growth experiment. In this special episode of Growth In Reverse, Chenell & Dylan break down the whirlwind that was Chenell's 30 Days of Growth experiment. What started as a simple idea to improve my cross-promotions quickly snowballed into a full-fledged daily popup newsletter, complete with giveaways, podcast episodes, and a ton of valuable insights.
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26 Mar 2025 | One man. One newsletter. One Million subscribers: How Lenny Rachitsky did it. | 00:44:15 | |
Get 30 proven strategies to grow and optimize your email list FREE >> Chenell has written a few deep dives on Lenny (How he reached 377k subscribers, and how he got 18k paid subscribers). So we thought it would be interesting to see what he's done to accelerate his growth to over 1M subscribers over the past few years—and share our biggest takeaways and reasons for his growth. → Take your newsletter to the next level with GIR Pro >> KEY TAKEAWAYS
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FOLLOW ON SOCIAL OUR NEWSLETTERS Subscribe & Leave a Review: If you found this episode valuable, take a second to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts or Spotify! It helps more newsletter creators find the show. Plus, if you submit a review, you’ll get priority for your own newsletter roast! Thanks to Tim Forkin for editing these episodes. | |||
22 Nov 2024 | Coming soon... the Growth In Reverse podcast! | 00:00:50 | |
Hitting 50k newsletter subscribers isn't easy. But the Growth In Reverse podcast reveals how newsletters are doing it. Chenell Basilio has spent the past 2+ years and thousands of hours reverse engineering how the biggest newsletter creators in the world have grown audiences of 50,000 to 1M subscribers—and beyond. Join Chenell and her cohost Dylan Redekop every week to learn the most effective and unique newsletter growth strategies, hear from other newsletter experts, and figure out how to turn your newsletter into a profitable business. Check out the newsletter of the same name at growthinreverse.com → | |||
11 Dec 2024 | The Biggest Mistakes We See Newsletters Making (#002) | 00:31:14 | |
Get 30 proven strategies to grow and optimize your email list FREE >> Get the full list of mistakes and 75+ newsletter growth tactics here: https://growthinreverse.com/mistakes KEY TAKEAWAYS
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09 Apr 2025 | How “IV Content” Fuels the Fastest-Growing Newsletters—to 50k and Beyond (NMS Talk) | 00:25:43 | |
Get 30 proven strategies to grow and optimize your email list FREE >> Over the past two years, I’ve studied the growth of the most successful newsletters in the world—those who’ve hit 50,000+ subscribers—and I noticed something interesting. There's one thing every single one of them has in common. It's not some sexy growth hack or a secret referral program. It’s something way more powerful and often overlooked. In this episode, I walk you through that key insight, plus I break down the proven tactics that top creators are using today to grow their lists without relying on social media.
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19 Feb 2025 | Beyond Sponsorships: The Most Unique Newsletter Revenue Streams | 00:37:57 | |
Get 30 proven strategies to grow and optimize your email list FREE >> What are the most popular revenue streams for newsletters? Chenell & Dylan review the revenue stream stats from the 66 Deep Dives that Chenell's published for Growth In Reverse. They reveal what the 3 most common revenue streams are—but then they unearth the lesser-known revenue streams that newsletter creators are sleeping on. → Take your newsletter to the next level with GIR Pro >> KEY TAKEAWAYS
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10 Feb 2025 | He Built a 6-Figure Empire Teaching Google Sheets: Ben Collins Deep Dive | 00:21:43 | |
Get 30 proven strategies to grow and optimize your email list FREE >> Ben Collins has built a successful business and a newsletter with over 50k subscribers that earns him a comfortable living. Later this week, Dylan and I talk to Ben about how he can continue to grow the newsletter and get over the growth plateau he's currently facing. Get 75+ Growth Levers used by top newsletters: https://growthinreverse.com/gll/ *** LINKS MENTIONED *** Subscribe to the Podcast 👇 *** Connect with Chenell: | |||
30 Dec 2024 | Grow Your Newsletter WITHOUT Social Media (#005) | 00:44:12 | |
Get 30 proven strategies to grow and optimize your email list FREE >> In this episode of the Growth In Reverse podcast, Chenell & Dylan review how some popular newsletters grew without social media —and share how you can do the same. Get free access to 75+ newsletter Growth Levers here: https://growthinreverse.com/growth-levers-library/ LINKS MENTIONED
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23 Apr 2025 | The Cross-Promo Playbook: Strategies That Actually Work (Without Wasting Time) | 00:48:04 | |
Get 30 proven strategies to grow and optimize your email list FREE >> We're diving into one of the most underrated growth strategies out there: collaborations and cross-promotions. Whether you're building a newsletter, launching a podcast, or growing a YouTube channel, collabs are one of the most high-leverage plays you can run — and we break down exactly how to do them right. We get into real-life examples, from simple newsletter swaps to co-created content that drives thousands of subscribers (even when you're the smaller creator). We also talk through common mistakes we’ve made, what to watch out for, and how to build a repeatable system that makes these partnerships easy and effective. If you're feeling burned out by social algorithms or just want more control over your growth, this one’s for you. → Take your newsletter to the next level with GIR Pro >> KEY TAKEAWAYS
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