I mean, this whole thing is just...business? We all need to get paid so we offer stuff of value? Yglesias puts out a product people some people like and pay for. Sometimes people will subscribe, sometimes they will unsubscribe. He can see when subscriptions go up or down vs the topics or length of his posts, and then adjust to make more…
I mean, this whole thing is just...business? We all need to get paid so we offer stuff of value? Yglesias puts out a product people some people like and pay for. Sometimes people will subscribe, sometimes they will unsubscribe. He can see when subscriptions go up or down vs the topics or length of his posts, and then adjust to make more money if he wants.
I was doing a lot of email marketing newsletters for a while and we made 3 groups with 3 frequencies, did them for 6 months and looked at the click-thru and unsubscribe rates. We decided to go with the frequency with the best combination. Is this a secret technique?
And there's a lot of dragging him because he doesn't get it right all the time? Who does?
Is being a writer or journalist or a content creator supposed to be above creating things people like and will pay for?
I mean, this whole thing is just...business? We all need to get paid so we offer stuff of value? Yglesias puts out a product people some people like and pay for. Sometimes people will subscribe, sometimes they will unsubscribe. He can see when subscriptions go up or down vs the topics or length of his posts, and then adjust to make more money if he wants.
I was doing a lot of email marketing newsletters for a while and we made 3 groups with 3 frequencies, did them for 6 months and looked at the click-thru and unsubscribe rates. We decided to go with the frequency with the best combination. Is this a secret technique?
And there's a lot of dragging him because he doesn't get it right all the time? Who does?
Is being a writer or journalist or a content creator supposed to be above creating things people like and will pay for?