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This is so good and super encouraging. I just launched People of Product as a newsletter. We have a podcast that we've been running for a few years under this brand and after almost 150 episodes, It was time to start leveraging the conversation into a Newsletter.

I'm only a LOT overwhelmed with the idea of it all, but also pumped! More so adding it to my list of things to own/do. Running my consultancy Crema, leading sales and marketing efforts for the company, recording podcast interviews, posting on LI (Which your LI in testing ground advice is fantastic!) But I want it to be authentic. I don't want to outsource it.

Needless to say, this was super encouraging, and given this week was our first "Real Post" I'm pumped to learn quickly.

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Congrats Kyle! Particularly appreciated the SEO insight - would not have thought about that. I also love the message of slow, steady, regular posting vs. hacks and tricks. 🩷 what you are doing, you are an inspiration!

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Thanks, Hema!!

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Congrats Kyle 🙌 Keep on sharing high-quality content! I love the "content <> community flywheel" concept — watching how your newsletter is growing is a a great motivator for me 🙏

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Thanks so much, Kate! It’s been awesome to see all of the things you’ve been up to with the newsletter & Growthmates 💪

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50,000 is such a huge number. I wish attain even 1/5th of it with my psychology newsletter!

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Great walk-through and I appreciate you taking the time to unpack this on Impromptu Chats too. Substack is great, but increasingly I am hearing folks that are beyond the basics are looking elsewhere. Next stop, 100k!

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Thanks, Casey!

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Congrats Kyle, and thanks for writing this - exactly what I needed as I write more this year.

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Really useful stuff Kyle, thanks for sharing! I massively agree about the importance of the welcome email in particular.

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Thanks, David!

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Congratulations. This is a very insightful breakdown of growth, and the fact that it happened over a 3 years period means the data gave more of a population type than a sample type. More wins

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Congrats Kyle! I promise to work hard to keep my place at the top of the leaderboard 😂

Interesting takeaway about the recommendations. For me it’s even a higher percentage - around 65-70% of new subs, and I agree about the lower quality. People just don’t know what they sign up for.

It’s crazy that 30-40 new subs from an article is considered a bust 😂 for me 30-40 is pretty great

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Congrats! Does a custom domain have a positive impact? I thought the opposite because I find when I want to subscribe to someone on a custom domain I have to log in again

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I haven’t had any issues with it!

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huh?

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Let’s go!!!! Love to see it

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🙌 🙌

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Great insights. Thank you for sharing.

This level of analysis will surely grow your newsletter

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Well deserved! Insightful and relevant thoughts shared across numerous postings. Keep raising the bar.

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Congratulations, Kyle! What an amazing milestone! You are an inspiration and a source of insights to so many of us 🫶🏼

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🙏 ☺️

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Congrats Kyle! Even bigger milestones to come.

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Thanks, Aakash! Mostly trying to keep up with you — you’re crushing it!

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Congrats Kyle! You're one of the few newsletters I read whenever it comes out.

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🙌 🙏 (and excited for your piece coming out soon… 👀)

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