Ja’Min Devon

📰 Building @sunlandnews a Local Email Newsletter

[Ja’Min Devon @JAMINDEVON]

@BlackestPhillip @marclamonthill @JoeBuddenPod @JoeBudden @ThatsThatIsh @bdotTM @ZiggySmalls_ @Dntcalmewhitgrl @emannymusic @IMIXWHATILIKE For sure very interesting. Dr. Ball could really open the minds of the folks up there I think. Well, I hope.

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@EventStacker Really? I just started one for a funeral home. Open rates are 65%. 5,600 person list.

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Has anyone started email / newsletter marketing agency for local biz? Trying to get some insight into the space.

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@holmisthename Used to work in a big SDVOSB. Problem is a lot of contracts with a bulk of the value are sole source, and aren’t open for bid. Many of the contracts you would find, many are aware of. I think a trends approach in this space might work better. Something around pricing.

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@holmisthename Question: do you just handle growth for clients, or content as well. (Just saw your ad for growjoy on FB, good stuff!)

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Has anyone started an agency for starting newsletters for local businesses?

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If you are a local email newsletter, FACEBOOK is still the best platform for organic sign ups. This is organic clicks to my newsletter. Each newsletter is gated. I will let you do the math.

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This has a 67% conversion rate for my local email newsletter.

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@AlexBelogubov Does this work for Facebook?

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The local media crowd needs to choose between being an arbitrage business or actually creating and building media. They are not the same. There's such a disconnect on here between the local newsletter crowd and actual media trends. TLDR Just listen to @bmorrissey. I know nothing.

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@louisnicholls_ I think what's missing here, and what many miss when talking local newsletter, is that local newsletters are not the business. Like a twitter following is not THE business. It's a channel to a business.

Email just happens to be a really strong channel. I don't get your take.

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Memes are the comic strips for local email newsletters.

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Local newsletter folks! If you can’t take a break from your newsletter business, you don’t have a business you have a job. It’s Christmas, live a little.

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@aidenplye Yes take a break! The entire industry is closed until mid Jan. Everything will
be okay!

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BRAND shortens the conversation you need to have to gain trust as a business. Your local email newsletter should be a bridge for that with local businesses.

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A newsletter is a brand channel.

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Does @kit still publicly share revenue?

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IDEA FOR @kit AND @beehiiv : give us the ability to do Spotify styled wraps for our subscribers. Subscriber with the most clicks in the emails. Most poll responders, etc.

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@colinvmcguire No, not to my knowledge

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The manychat auto DM new follower feature lets local newsletter get 2 for the price of 1. If you've ran FB ads, you know that a byproduct is gaining IG followers along the way. But now you can run ads for your IG page and have the auto DM feature work people into newsletter.