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Audience Bridge [Insights]

Chris Miquel

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Frequency: 1 episode/21d. Total Eps: 18

Audience Bridge Insights is a podcast for newsletter operators, marketers, and media founders who want to scale smarter. Each episode dives into real-world strategies, tools, and conversations with industry experts on email deliverability, list growth, monetization, and the evolving tech behind the inbox.

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🇩🇪 Germany - marketing
02/08/2026
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🇨🇦 Canada - marketing
03/03/2026
#31
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03/03/2026
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The AI Standing Between You and Your Subscribers — with Chad S. White

Season 1 · Episode 18

Thursday, July 30, 2026 • Duration 01:03:27

Your email can pass every authentication check, land in the inbox, and still never get seen the way you wrote it.

Chad S. White has written nearly 4,000 articles on email marketing. He's the author of Email Marketing Rules and GVP of CRM Strategy at Zeta Global. And he says we've entered a new age of deliverability — one where inbox providers rewrite your subject lines, summarize your content, and rank your emails before a single subscriber opens them.

For publishers who mail daily and monetize the send itself, that's not a feature update. That's existential.

We dig into where the standard deliverability playbook still holds for high-frequency senders — and where it breaks completely.

In this episode:

▪Why the 2024–2026 wave is the biggest structural shift email has ever had
What Apple Intelligence and Gemini are actually rewriting — and the "game of telephone" between you and your subscriber
The new reputation loop: getting penalized for engagement outcomes the AI shaped, not you
How to write subject lines and structure emails so the AI summarizes you accurately
Whether opens are finally dead as a metric — and what France's regulators just decided about open tracking
The Gmail Newsletters tab rumor, the Promotions tab evidence, and why "more opens = more clicks" is magical thinking
Where standard frequency guidance actively hurts daily senders
Why your most marginal subscribers can't be allowed to price your best subscribers out of the inbox
Sponsored sends in an AI-summarized inbox: why image-only ads are now invisible
Five years out: when your audience is half humans, half machines reading on their behalf

CONNECT WITH CHAD

📕 Email Marketing Rules: https://www.emailmarketingrules.com
💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chadswhite

Subscribe to Our Newsletter:
https://links.audiencebridge.io/subscribe-v2

In this video, EXPLAIN.

Follow Chris on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrismiquel/

If you liked this video, subscribe to my channel!

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AI Is the Biggest Change to Email Since the iPhone w/ Dan Oshinsky

Season 1 · Episode 17

Wednesday, July 15, 2026 • Duration 01:10:27

Email has only had two truly big moments: the AOL CD in 1998, and the rise of mobile. Dan Oshinsky says the third one is happening right now — and nobody, not even the Gmail team, knows what the inbox looks like on the other side.

Dan ran newsletters at BuzzFeed and The New Yorker before founding Inbox Collective, where he helps newsrooms, nonprofits, and independent newsletters get more readers and make money. I caught his AI talk at the Newsletter Conference in May — it was the conversation everyone kept having in the hallways afterward. So I brought him on the show.

We get into who you should actually be writing for (people, robots, or deliverability), why depth is the new moat, where AI genuinely earns its keep in a newsletter operation, and the one fear keeping publishers up at night: email's stability — the entire foundation of this industry — is being challenged for the first time.

🔔 Subscribe for weekly conversations on newsletter growth, deliverability, and monetization: https://www.youtube.com/@audiencebridge

📬 Get the newsletter breakdown of every episode: https://www.audiencebridge.io/subscribe

CONNECT WITH DAN:
Inbox Collective: https://inboxcollective.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danoshinsky/

CONNECT WITH CHRIS:
X: https://x.com/miqchris
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrismiquel
Audience Bridge: https://www.audiencebridge.io

The 8 Hidden Infrastructure Issues Tanking Your Deliverability Right Now - with LB

Season 1 · Episode 8

Tuesday, November 11, 2025 • Duration 55:31

In this episode, Chris Miquel sits down with LoriBeth “LB” Blair, a full-stack email solutions architect and one of the most respected deliverability experts in the industry.

LB has helped top newsletter operators, e-commerce brands, and major ESPs fix the toughest inboxing and deliverability challenges — saving clients millions in the process.

Together, we break down the real reasons your emails aren’t inboxing and what you can do today to fix them.

🔥 Topics Covered:

Why your content is getting filtered (and it’s not “spam words”)
Image compression, code bloat & secure links
DMARC, SPF, DKIM, and BIMI explained in plain English
How hackers use “list bombing” & how to protect your forms
Dedicated vs Shared IPs — which one’s right for you
When your deliverability crashes overnight (what to check first)
Google’s One-Click Unsubscribe enforcement
How LB saves brands millions on email infrastructure
What to audit before selling your media or newsletter business
Where to find LB & final thoughts

💡 Key Takeaways:

Bloated HTML and uncompressed images are killing your inbox placement.
DMARC is no longer optional. Start at p=none, collect data, then move to reject.
Shared IPs are fine for low senders, but serious senders need dedicated infrastructure.
Google now enforces one-click unsubscribes. Non-compliance = lower reputation.
Your deliverability = your revenue. Stop guessing, start measuring.

🔗 Connect with LB Blair:

LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/lbblair
Send Edge Consulting → https://www.sendedge.com

🔗 Learn more about Audience Bridge:

Website → https://www.audiencebridge.io

How Tyler Morin Built The Water Coolest — and Why Authentic Voice Still Wins in 2025

Season 1 · Episode 7

Wednesday, October 8, 2025 • Duration 55:50

In this episode of Audience Bridge Insights, Chris Miquel sits down with Tyler Morin, founder of The Water Coolest and Leverage Letter, to unpack how he built, scaled, and reclaimed one of the most successful business newsletters in the game.

Tyler shares the behind-the-scenes story of selling The Water Coolest to Barstool Sports, buying it back, and building a new media model centered around authenticity, voice, and sustainable growth.

We dive into:

✅ The secret to creating a newsletter people actually look forward to
✅ How Barstool taught Tyler to scale with personality
✅ Paid vs. organic growth — what’s working in 2025
✅ The power of voice, tone, and consistency in email
✅ How AI is changing content creation (and how to use it without losing your identity)
✅ Why engagement is the new deliverability metric
✅ What the next wave of newsletter media looks like

If you’re building, running, or scaling a newsletter — this is a must-watch episode.

📩 Subscribe to Audience Bridge Insights for weekly deliverability tips: https://www.audiencebridge.io/subscribe

Mentioned in this episode:

📨 The Water Coolest → https://thewatercoolest.com/
📨 Leverage Letter → https://www.leverageletter.co/
🎙️ Letterland Pod → https://www.youtube.com/@LetterLandPod
𝕏 Tyler Morin → https://x.com/JPMorinChase
[in] Tyler Morin → https://www.linkedin.com/in/tylermorin/
𝕏 Chris Miquel → https://x.com/miqchris
[in] Chris Miquel →

The One Fix That Saves Your Inbox (and Revenue) — with Bryan Jenkins

Season 1 · Episode 6

Tuesday, September 9, 2025 • Duration 42:07

In this episode of Audience Bridge Insights, I sit down with Bryan Jenkins, Director of Sales at Email Oversight, to dig into the unsexy but critical side of email: data quality and validation.

We cover why one bad email address can ruin a lot of good, how to validate at acquisition, when to re-clean your list, and what to do about bounces and complaints before they destroy your sender reputation.

If you send email at scale, this conversation is a must-watch.

What you’ll learn in this episode:

✅ Why validating emails at acquisition is the cheapest way to protect your list
✅ How list decay works — and why re-cleaning isn’t optional
✅ The role complainers and bounces play in inbox placement
✅ Why trimming your list isn’t losing muscle, it’s cutting fat
✅ Pro tips for managing Yahoo/Gmail bounce codes the smart way

Listen now and learn how to keep your list clean, protect your reputation, and boost inbox placement.

📩 Subscribe to Audience Bridge Insights for weekly deliverability tips: https://www.audiencebridge.io/subscribe

Mentioned in this episode:

📨 Email Oversight

𝕏 Chris Miquel

Bryan Jenkins

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Monetizing the Inbox: Jesse Watkins on Newsletter Sponsorships & Growth

Season 1 · Episode 5

Tuesday, August 26, 2025 • Duration 47:25

In this episode of Audience Bridge Insights, I sat down with Jesse Watkins, founder of Who Sponsors Stuff and co-creator of The Newsletter Conference, to unpack the real mechanics of newsletter monetization.

We cover:

✅ Why sponsorships aren’t plug-and-play revenue
✅ The importance of aligning sponsors with your brand’s voice
✅ Why flat-fee pricing often beats CPM models
✅ Direct sales vs. ad networks — and which wins long term
✅ How to scale once your ad inventory is full

Whether you’re just starting to monetize your newsletter or you’re looking to optimize and scale sponsorship revenue, this conversation is packed with actionable insights.

📩 Subscribe to Audience Bridge Insights for weekly deliverability tips: https://www.audiencebridge.io/subscribe

Mentioned in this episode:

📨 Who Sponsors Stuff

📨 The Newsletter Conference
𝕏 Chris Miquel
Jesse Watkins

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Email Deliverability Secrets with Kyle Renfrow (CEO of OptiPub)

Season 1 · Episode 4

Tuesday, August 12, 2025 • Duration 56:37

Hitting the inbox is harder than ever. In this episode of the Audience Bridge Podcast, I sit down with Kyle Renfrow, CEO & CTO of ESP OptiPub, to talk about what really moves the needle for email deliverability in 2025.

We cover:

✅ How Yahoo & Gmail’s latest changes are impacting inbox placement
✅ Dedicated vs Shared IPs – and the hybrid model most marketers overlook
✅ The deliverability data your ESP isn’t showing you (and why it matters)
✅ Scaling to high volumes without destroying your sender reputation
✅ Actionable steps to protect and improve your domain reputation

If you’re sending newsletters, campaigns, or high-volume email, this conversation is packed with strategies you can implement immediately.

📩 Subscribe to Audience Bridge Insights for weekly deliverability tips: https://www.audiencebridge.io/subscribe

Mentioned in this episode:

📨 Optipub → https://optipub.com/
𝕏 Chris Miquel → https://x.com/miqchris
Kyle Renfrow → https://www.linkedin.com/in/kyle-renfrow/

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Crushing Local Email at Scale – How 6AM City Sends Millions of Emails Daily (ft. Ryan Heafy)

Season 1 · Episode 3

Thursday, July 31, 2025 • Duration 56:53

How do you deliver 25+ local newsletters a day, scale to millions of subscribers, and maintain rock-solid inboxing while doing it?

In this episode, I sit down with Ryan Heafy, Co-founder and COO of 6AM City, to unpack the systems, strategy, and culture behind one of the largest local newsletter networks in the country.

We cover:

✅ How 6AM City manages high-volume daily sending without tanking deliverability
✅ Their editorial + data engine that drives local engagement
✅ What happens when you acquire a network of AI-powered newsletters (like Good Daily)
✅ Real-time email performance insights and how they optimize across cities
✅ The importance of internal alignment between ops, tech, and editorial

Whether you’re sending 1 newsletter or 100, this episode is packed with insights on scaling email the right way.

📩 Want more episodes like this?

Subscribe to the Audience Bridge Insights newsletter for weekly deliverability strategy, list growth tactics, and expert interviews:

👉 https://www.audiencebridge.io/subscribe

Mentioned in this episode:

📨 6AM City → https://6amcity.com
𝕏 Chris Miquel → https://x.com/miqchris
𝕏 Ryan Heafy → https://x.com/ryanheafy

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How Tyler O’Shea Fixed His Deliverability and 2X’d His Open Rates

Season 1 · Episode 2

Thursday, July 31, 2025 • Duration 27:55

In this episode, I sit down with Tyler O’Shea, founder of The Underdog Newsletter, to break down how he turned around his declining open rates, overcame inbox placement issues, and built a smarter, more profitable email strategy using the Base Sending Segment method.

Whether you're a newsletter operator, email marketer, or media buyer—this conversation is packed with insights you can apply immediately.

🧠 What We Cover:

- The problem that nearly wrecked Tyler’s deliverability
- How Beehiiv flagged his list—and how he fixed it
- Why sending to your full list is a mistake (and what to do instead)
- How to build your Base Sending Segment
- Inbox recovery, smarter segmentation, and growth without risk

🎧 Listen, learn, and apply the exact tactics Tyler used to hit 55% open rates and scale without spammy tricks or cold blasts.

🔗 Subscribe for more episodes on email growth, deliverability, and newsletter strategy.

Mentioned in this episode:

📨 The Underdog Newsletter → https://newsletter.jokermag.com/
📥 AudienceBridge → https://www.audiencebridge.io/subscribe
𝕏 Chris Miquel → https://x.com/miqchris
𝕏 Tyler O'shea → https://x.com/OSheaSEO

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How Matt Paulson Built an 8-Figure Media Empire with Email

Season 1 · Episode 1

Thursday, July 31, 2025 • Duration 40:31

What does it take to grow from a personal finance blog to 5.4 million+ email subscribers and a business generating 8 figures in revenue?

In this premiere episode of Audience Bridge, we sit down with Matt Paulson, the founder of MarketBeat, who reveals how he scaled a newsletter-powered empire without relying on big tech, SEO gimmicks, or cookie-cutter tools.

🔥 What you’ll learn in this episode:

How MarketBeat got its first 500,000 subscribers organically

Why email is STILL their #1 revenue driver (even in 2025)

The exact infrastructure Matt uses to send millions of emails daily

How they spend $1M/month on ads — and track ROI down to the source

Deliverability war stories: Yahoo blocks, Microsoft filters, and how to beat them

Why SMS (just 5% of their list) drives 40% of revenue

The ruthless list hygiene strategy that keeps their inbox rates sky-high

📬 Whether you're a media operator, newsletter founder, or marketer looking to build your own audience engine — this is the blueprint.

👉 Subscribe to the Audience Bridge podcast for more interviews with the minds behind the internet’s biggest and smartest audience machines.

🔗 Get the newsletter: https://www.audiencebrige.io/subscribe
📩 Follow Chris: https://x.com/miqchris | https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrismiquel/
📩 Follow Matt: https://x.com/mattpaulsonSD | https://mattpaulson.com