419: Zero to $50k: How to Grow and Monetize an Email Newsletter

<p>Zero to 55k subscribers and $50k in revenue in 8 months?</p> <p>That’s exactly what Codie Sanchez with <a href= "https://contrarianthinking.substack.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Contrarian Thinking</a>, her newsletter about investing and entrepreneurship.</p> <p>Codie's a former journalist, turned institutional investor, turned online business owner. </p> <p>I've thought about content businesses mostly in the context of blogging, podcasting, or video -- but what if email <em>is</em> your content channel?</p> <p>After all, the challenge that many other content channels face is "how to get people to join your list."</p> <p>Codie's model, in a true "contrarian" way, cuts out that middleman.</p> <p>This episode is sure to have you thinking a little differently about how you approach building an audience and building an online business.</p> <p>Tune in to hear:</p> <ul> <li>what you might create a newsletter about</li> <li>what makes newsletters such an interesting business model</li> <li>how Codie’s grown and monetized her's so far</li> </ul> <p><a href="https://www.sidehustlenation.com/codie">Full show notes</a></p>