7 Lessons I have learnt, running a newsletter for a year
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On July 11th, 2020 I sent out my first newsletter.
Today, it has 75K+ subscribers, with an open rate of 54%.
And if I wanted to, could generate 2-3L per month revenue, with virtually no effort!
Here are 7 things I learnt, running a newsletter I call "warikoo Wanderings"
1. Find your topic and then find who likes that topic. Not the other way around.
Don't start a newsletter for anyone else.
Start it for yourself.
Because you want to write.
Because you want to share.
Because you have something to share.
1.
In school, I was the diligent, studious, obedient kid.
But there were kids around me, who weren't.
And I looked down upon them.
I thought those who smoke, drink, do not study, do not obey, as evil people.
I felt righteous in my approach.
And felt right to judge them!
Most of those kids have gone on to do meaningful things in life.
One of them runs a big chemist shop.
He went out of his way to source meds for my mom during the 2nd wave, when I had lost all hope.
In the end, how you treat people, defines who you truly are!