Insights

Picture this: You’re running a successful online newsletter. Every day, your subscribers grow as more and more people click that gorgeous “Subscribe Now” button. You’ve got it made, right? Wrong. Here’s the reality check we don’t want to hear: the game isn’t about getting folks to sign up – it’s about getting them to stick […]

WordPress is the world’s most popular CMS, and there is a reason for that. Well, there are many reasons for that, but one is how it lets you design your website with incredible ease. Part of that comes from Gutenberg Blocks, the platform’s native page-building tool. As with everything else, there are third-party plugins that […]

If you’re in the publishing sector –  whether you’re a startup media outlet, an established news organization, or a content creator looking for robust revenue streams – paywalls should be part of your shortlist vocabulary. They are ways to restrict access to content unless the user pays a fee or subscribes to a service. But […]

When it comes to paywalls (and, sooner or later, it will), two types of strategies stand out. Freemium vs premium is the choice for monetizing content, whether you’re a creator or publisher. We’re dedicating this article to comparing the two types of paywalls. Both approaches carry weight, with distinct benefits tailored to different business objectives […]

Does this sound familiar: you’re drowning in time-off requests, trying to juggle all the schedules in your Google Calendar, and praying your team is updated in Slack. It does to us. We wanted a way for everyone to announce and sync their time-offs without jumping through 10 different hoops. Even with tons of Google Calendar […]

Tired of spending more time emailing your subscribers than crafting that good newsletter content you love to write? You don’t have to be, you know. Email automation can solve a lot of that for you, and you’ve probably heard this already. But what exactly can email automation do for your newsletter business? Well, that’s what […]

Let’s say you like to make your content easy for search engines to find (and you do!) and be discovered by new audiences (yes, please) without paying even more to your platform. Then, you’ve already hit the limits of what Substack can do for you! In fact, there’s a long list of reasons why Substack […]

Ever heard of a DDoS attack? A Distributed Denial-of-Service attack is a malicious attack that disrupts your website’s regular traffic. How? A network of bots, a botnet, releases a massive amount of traffic to your website, causing it to crash, at the very least. Scary right? But DDoS attacks belong to a much larger group […]

Substack lets you bootstrap your own creator-led media company for free. So what makes some newsletters start to look for Substack alternatives? Well, the problems start when the money comes in. In this article, we’ll explore the problem with Substack pricing and other limitations that make you second-guess if it’s the right platform for your […]