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#191 – Making a Living From the Paid Newsletter Ecosystem with Yaroslaw Bagriy of Newsletter Crew

2021/2/15
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Courtland：付费新闻通讯在2020年取得了巨大成功，许多成功的案例证明了其商业模式的可行性。付费新闻通讯的兴起不仅为作者创造了机会，也为开发相关应用和工具的独立黑客创造了新的生态系统。 Yaroslaw Bagriy：付费新闻通讯是一个持续存在的趋势，为作家和软件开发者提供了大量机会。Substack是主要平台，但ConvertKit和Ghost等其他平台也值得关注。许多独立黑客正在开发并从付费新闻通讯生态系统中获利，例如Newsletterfy、Upscribe和Obscure.be等。现代API和工具使得单人团队也能开发出强大的电子邮件营销工具，与大型公司竞争。即使大型平台存在，也有机会通过构建专注于特定细分市场的电子邮件营销平台来获得成功。 Yaroslaw Bagriy：创建Newsletter Crew的初衷是为了多元化收入来源，并利用新闻通讯趋势。在学习创建付费新闻通讯的过程中，发现缺乏全面的学习资源，因此决定自己创建资源。通过收购一个现有的社区并将其整合到自己的项目中，扩展了其付费新闻通讯业务。Newsletter Crew的目标是为其SaaS产品建立分销渠道。目前每月收入约2000美元，这不足以让他辞职，但他正在努力增加收入。

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This chapter explores the rising trend of indie hackers profiting from paid content, particularly paid newsletters. It examines the ecosystem created by this trend, including writers, app developers, and tool creators.
  • Paid newsletters emerged as a significant content trend in 2020.
  • Indie hackers are finding success in creating apps and tools for the newsletter ecosystem.
  • The trend extends beyond writing, encompassing platforms and tools that support newsletter creation.

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When Yaro Bagriy (@yarobagriy) set to learn about paid newsletters, he was disappointed by what he found. So in true indie hacker fashion, he decided to create his own learning resource to teach others like him — Newsletter Crew: a podcast, blog, and community all about the paid newsletter ecosystem. In this episode, Yaro and I discuss some of the most inspiring stories from newsletter creators, Yaro's process for coming up with paid newsletter ideas, and why indie hackers building newsletter software may stand to gain more than anyone else.