When you first start selling ads, you’re a salesperson. But as you grow, you need to become an operator. The reality of scaling newsletter ad sales is that it’s less about crafting the perfect pitch and more about building an efficient machine. How do you manage five, ten, or twenty advertisers at o...
If you’re running more than one newsletter, you know the complexity multiplies with each new publication. Every newsletter has its own content schedule, audience demographics, and roster of advertisers. Trying to manage ad inventory and performance across a growing portfolio with manual tools is a r...
How much is your current newsletter process costing you? It’s a question worth asking. The true cost isn't just the sum of your monthly software subscriptions. It's the billable hours your team wastes logging in and out of different accounts. It's the time spent manually compiling client reports ins...
If you’re still managing your newsletter ads in a spreadsheet, you know the feeling. It’s a chaotic mix of color-coded cells, endless email threads searching for creative assets, and the constant fear of double-booking a premium slot. This manual approach might work when you have one or two advertis...
Selling ad space in your newsletter is one thing; truly understanding its value is another. You see the payments come in, but connecting that income to specific ad placements, campaigns, and subscriber actions can feel like a guessing game. Without a clear system, you’re operating on assumptions, un...
If you’re managing newsletter ad sales with a messy spreadsheet, a chaotic inbox, and a separate invoicing tool, you already know there’s a better way. Selling ads shouldn't feel like a frantic juggling act. The right platform brings order to that chaos, transforming your manual ad operations into a...
You’ve spent months, maybe even years, building a dedicated audience that trusts your voice and opens every email. Now, it’s time to monetize that hard work. But what is that access actually worth? The answer lies in a strategic approach to newsletter ad pricing that goes far beyond your subscriber ...
When engagement dips or delivery questions come up, you need facts, not guesses. Jumping between reports, exports, and ESP dashboards wastes time and rarely gives you the full story. Most teams end up piecing together data from multiple tools, hoping to reconstruct what actually happened. It’s slow,...
One of the biggest challenges in any ABM program is knowing which accounts are actually ready for a sales conversation. You can spend months targeting a company with no way of knowing if your message is resonating. This is where your newsletter becomes more than just a communication tool—it becomes ...
If you're selling newsletter ads with a mix of email threads, a color-coded spreadsheet, and a bit of luck, you're not alone. This manual approach works when you're just starting, but it doesn't scale. It leads to double-bookings, missed deadlines, and a process that feels more chaotic than professi...
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Bruce is a creative explorer, blending art, entrepreneurship, and technology to create projects that inspire and involve people in surprising ways. A co-founder of Letterhead and Head of Marketing.
When engagement dips or delivery questions come up, you need facts, not guesses. Jumping between reports, exports, and ESP dashboards wastes time and rarely gives you the full story. Most teams end up piecing together data from multiple tools, hoping to reconstruct what actually happened. It’s slow, frustrating, and erodes confidence in your metrics. That’s why we built Activity Log to be a single, searchable record of every subscriber interaction. Each open, click, bounce, and unsubscribe is captured with a timestamp and linked to the exact newsletter it came from.
