72: How I Went From Dreading My Newsletter to Writing It in 30 Minutes

If the thought of writing a newsletter every week makes you want to close your laptop and never come back, this one's for you. I get it. I've felt that exact dread, staring at a blank screen, deleting what I wrote, and deciding I just wasn't a "newsletter person."

In this episode of The Creative Bodega, I'm sharing how I went from avoiding my newsletter completely to sending my 285th consecutive issue, and the simple format that made it possible. If you've started a list and let it go quiet, or you haven't started one yet because the whole thing feels too big, this episode is for you.

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Things I cover inside this episode:

• Why I avoided writing a newsletter for so long, even knowing I needed one
• The exact 3-2-1 Create format that takes me 20 to 30 minutes every week
• What goes in each of the three sections, including my favorite one
• Why a smaller, engaged email list beats a big unengaged one
• How I track open rates and clicks with a simple spreadsheet
• Why and how I regularly delete inactive subscribers
• What to do if you're starting your list completely from scratch

Resources & Links mentioned in the episode:

• 25% OFF Flodesk: my email platform of choice, and what I use for both sending the newsletter and cleaning out inactive subscribers
• Start & Grow Your Email List from Scratch my self-paced course for anyone starting completely from zero. We cover building a freebie people actually want, getting set up on Flodesk without wanting to throw your laptop, writing a newsletter you don't dread, and using your list to actually make sales!

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