r/Newsletters

How much beehiiv's recommendations can be helpful with also the counting the efforts put to setup crosspromos with other Newsletters.

Also should I focus on substack more or beehiiv recommendations features. I mean like we can also ask other Newsletters for restacking or atleast after building a good relationship.

Actually I used beehiiv as a email sender and have setup substack so substack subs get subscribed in beehiiv. I publish same posts on substack web posts.

Should I focus more on beehiiv recommendations or substack for crosspromos or getting subscribers?

Love to hear you experience, suggestions.

Is there an app that you use to create your HTML for your newsletter where you can just paste your text and have it edit the HTML for you and paste it back into your newsletter tool?

I use Kit.

At the moment I'm just using Claude to write my HTML, but it's a back and forth process and I run out of credits quickly.

Hi folks, I’ve noticed that most newsletter sign-up pages request for just email addresses and no other detail.

I’m assuming that newsletters that are sent out are personalised to each user using their first name. So how do you all get the first name of your users when most times they put an email address that has nothing to do with their first or last name?

Backstory: I work in comms for a 20-person NGO. Up until 3 months ago, we were sending our general newsletter completely by hand via Outlook... I finally decided enough was enough, did some research, and moved us to Kit - the free version, of course (why pay for something that you can get for free??)

Well, it has been a total failure. The deliverability has been awful, to the point where our own team wasn't even receiving the emails. I ended up looking like one big noob in front of the organization (even though they conveniently forgot we were literally sending them manually before...).

Anyhow, but I now finally have a budget - about to €40/month (though I'm happy if it's less. Also I can increase the number if the price – performance works in my favour). We currently have 1,800 subscribers.

What I've looked into so far: I talked to some colleagues working in similar organizations, and they recommended MailUp. I checked it out, but for what we actually need, the pricing is over €100/month, which is way out of our budget. And whatever preplexity/gemini recommend it not really fit for our needs upon doing a more extensive research into the recommendations.

Must-Haves:

• Budget: Up to around €40 per month.
• Multiple independent lists: We run different projects, and they each have their own newsletters. I need multiple newsletters to "co-exist" independently within one system. Each needs its own subscriber list, unique landing forms, distinct templates, and separate unsubscribe options. (If a system doesn't do this natively but has a solid workaround, I'm open to hearing tips.)
• No fancy features needed: We don't need complex automations or any of that fancy things. Just the basics done well.
• High deliverability & Reliability: This is my top priority after the Kit disaster.
• User-friendly for non-techies: My coworkers will be logging in to send their own project newsletters. I want to be able to set up templates for them and make sure they can't change or adjust the design/layout too much.

Does anyone have recommendations for a provider that fits this description and handles multiple distinct project lists well within this budget? I really do not want to go through KIT thing again...

I’m currently building partnerships with newsletters in different niches (DTC, SaaS, finance, health).

I’m actively looking for:

• cross-promotions
• audience swaps
• collaborative placements

These are accounts I have just created, so they are brand new. Please do not hesitate to reach out—especially if you are involved in the fields of biohacking, longevity, fitness, or sports. Honestly, any topic works; as long as we can reach a mutual agreement, we can work together. I offer a 20% commission on every product sold, plus a 15% discount for your audience—along with other perks, and I am also open to discussing your specific terms.

If you run a newsletter and are open to partnerships contact me:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61588787146254

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anyniat.karoka/

Mail: anyniat.karoka@gmail.com

I run a real estate blog helping foreigners buy property overseas (mostly focused on Southeast Asia). SEO traffic dropped hard in 2025 and maintaining a website solo has been brutal. I want to shift to a newsletter format so I'm not dependent on Google.

I have a 600+ email list (mostly foreigners who've already bought property in Asia), genuine interest in deep research and writing, and some data on what people actually ask about. I just want a sustainable format for content I already enjoy creating.

What I'd write about:

Topics that cross borders, things like:

• Islands in Indonesia where foreigners are buying (besides Bali)
• Greek islands where you can still buy under €100k
• Co-ownership and fractional ownership platforms compared
• The obsession with Japan's $20k abandoned houses and what's actually going on
• Financing options for foreign buyers

Rotating between market deep dives, cross-country comparisons, and structural topics (legal, tax, ownership models).

What I'm trying to figure out:

1. Is this too broad? Should I pick one region and stay there? Will an American looking at Mexico care about what's happening in Greece or Indonesia?
2. Is there a content format that will be useful to readers across all these markets? Like a monthly legal roundup, or "what changed and what it means for foreign buyers"?
3. Would you read this? What would make you open it every week?

For context, I'm not selling anything through the newsletter. I make money through agent referrals.

Appreciate any input.

No catch. Just realized how rarely anyone is taking advantage of the podcast space. I have a coworker who gets like 40k downloads per month. Even a small conversion on those numbers is massive list growth. I'm based out of Columbus Ohio, so ideally id love to work with someone i can physically meet but if anyone is down to start a podcast where we jointly record it, that'd be sick. We can coordinate with timezones and everything. Regardless I'm starting a podcast this summer as I'm off work (teacher) and have the summer off. I could probably even do guest speakers, that would be sick. Great way to promote your newsletters. DM me if interested.

Edit: I was thinking of a super casual but high quality podcast. You can run your own and I run mine and we have a back and forth about newsletter stuff. We meet to record. Basically I’ll record older emails of mine. And the second part of the podcasts becomes our convo and thoughts about the topics discussed. maybe for 30 minutes to an 45, hour tops.

Recording will be via riverside(the platform) or really any virtual meeting tool like zoom then we push the final recorded version to Buzzsprout which is another platform that will aggregate and share the podcast to popular outlets like Apple Podcasts or Spotify. If we record every other day that is like 45 episodes in just 3 months. Almost enough for the year.

If your newsletter fits any of these niches:

• Project Management, Education, Personal Development
• SaaS, startup, or founder focused

You can send a cross promo request directly here

If not, feel free to join the community (130+ creators) and let me know your niche, I’ll notify you when a relevant opportunity comes up.

Let’s help each other grow in a way that’s authentic and valuable to our readers.

I mean the type of daily newsletter that sums up local news, fun activities, family-friendly stuff, maybe weather, etc.

Those seemed to enjoy a bit of a moment in 2024-25 and I'm wondering whether that ship has sailed.

When I try to research that market, I always wind up on a Youtube or Skool page where some guru is selling an "AI does it for you" newsletter course, which makes me think the market is already saturated.

I am looking to buy a micronewsletter for the Fashion niche (could be like nyc type performative people or productive and organized people. ) Quality people, US or EU. No gender preference but females prefered

I run a newsletter it covers gadgets, tech news and product reviews. Currently sitting at 345 subscribers, growing organically.

Even if the answer is "grow first" I'd love to know the realistic threshold for tech newsletters specifically.

I’m building a small tool for people who subscribe to lots of newsletters in Gmail and want a calmer place to read them (one stream, less inbox noise). Not trying to grow a list here I’m trying to see if the problem is real.

If anyone’s willing to sanity-check the idea, there’s a 2-step waitlist on the site (useful or not + rough price range). Happy to take blunt feedback in replies too
https://thereadly.vercel.app

Happy to remove if this breaks sub rules.

We run two developer-focused newsletters and are looking to connect with more technical founders, engineers, and builders.

One newsletter is focused on web development + AI tooling/workflows and has ~39k subscribers.

The other is focused on mobile engineering (iOS, Android, Flutter, React Native, etc.) and has ~90k subscribers.

Combined, the audience reaches 130k+ developers and tech professionals weekly with ~50% open rates.

We’re especially interested in connecting with people building in AI, devtools, infrastructure, mobile, and software engineering.

If you’re building something for developers and want to get in front of a highly technical audience, happy to chat about sponsorships and partnerships.

Something I’ve noticed over the last year:

A lot of people aren’t really learning “AI” itself. They’re learning how to design workflows around AI tools.

The valuable skill doesn’t seem to be prompting anymore. It’s figuring out:

• what should stay manual
• what should be automated
• where humans still need review
• how information moves between tools
• how to reduce repetitive work without creating chaos

Feels like every role now quietly includes some amount of system/process design even if that wasn’t originally part of the job.

Curious whether other people are noticing this shift too or if I’m overthinking it.

Gonna be honest, I didn’t expect to be sharing numbers this small. But small numbers with context are more useful than no numbers at all.
Week 5 update on The AI Edge, a free weekly newsletter reviewing AI tools for freelancers and solopreneurs.
Subscribers: 11
Open rate: 41.38%
Industry average open rate: 20-25%
The subscriber number is humbling. The open rate tells a different story.
The people who do subscribe are actually reading it. That’s the only metric that matters at this stage. If the open rate was 10%, I’d be questioning the whole thing. At 41%, the product is working. The distribution isn’t.
What I’ve learned in 5 weeks: most AI tool content is either hype or YouTube summaries. Nobody is testing tools for 3+ weeks and writing honestly about what broke, what got dropped, and what’s still open in their tabs. That’s the gap I’m filling.
What’s not working: converting any of this into subscribers fast enough. Reddit has been the best channel so far. LinkedIn had one post hit 6,500 impressions.
What’s next: staying consistent, one issue every Friday, and figuring out distribution before the content.
If you’re running a newsletter or building something similar, curious how you’re thinking about early growth.

Built my newsletter subscriber base to around 1K recently.

It’s still small compared to the big creators out there, but the audience is pretty niche and engaged.

I’m starting to think maybe it’s finally time to reach out for sponsorships or partnerships instead of waiting for “bigger numbers.”

For those already running newsletters:

At what subscriber count did you land your first sponsor?