🍦How I sold my first local newsletter ads (web version)

Quick Win to Monetize Right Away

You might be asking where the monetization part comes in? I break this down a lot more in my Six-Figure Substack Growth Masterclass, but a lot of this has to do with writing a few great “hero posts.”

Your “hero posts” will be detailed posts that show your expertise and provide your reader with a ton of value. At the ... See more

When monetizing through adverts, one can stick to classic formats such as sponsoring or focus on offering a service, a form of value to audiences such as invitations to an event, discounts, the opportunity to test a product ... creativity can also come into play: with its "Sponsored answers," the format used by newsletter Protocol can serve as insp... See more

What’s interesting about newsletters is that consumers are willing to pay for them. While blogs have never really figured out monetization (apart from ads), Substack alone claims more than 50,000 paying subscribers.