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In content marketing, email newsletters have emerged as a pivotal force. These communication conduits, bridging the gap between brand and audience, amplify brand awareness, engagement, and sales. Yet, creating unique content alone cannot guarantee a brand's ascent to success in today's ever-evolving digital terrain. The astute brand must use the proper tools to transform its email newsletter endeavors into quantifiable business value.

The Client: Techstars, a global startup accelerator, is dedicated to helping entrepreneurs succeed. With hundreds of newsletters to manage, they needed a platform to reduce errors, streamline the process, and fit within their budget. Enter Letterhead. By providing Techstars with a personalized newsletter experience tailored to each curator, Letterhead has empowered them to keep up with their growing global subscriber list, resulting in increased open and click-through rates.

Before we jump into the topic of using curated content for newsletters, let's first acknowledge the importance of this marketing strategy. In today's fast-paced digital world, newsletters have become crucial to any successful marketing campaign. They offer businesses direct communication with their audience, allowing them to build relationships, increase brand awareness, and drive revenue.

Oh, newsletters. The ultimate way to keep your audience informed, engaged, and eager for more. But let's be real – creating a top-notch newsletter can be a time-consuming and labor-intensive process. But don't worry, my fellow content creators! We've got the secret sauce to help you streamline the newsletter creation process, so you can work smarter, not harder. Let's dive in.

We know firsthand how hard it can be to manage, run, grow, and monetize a newsletter operation. That's why we decided to help other publishers avoid the pitfalls we ran into and get the most out of their newsletters. At Letterhead, we help other publishers master email newsletters, and our tools are trusted by the publishers of over 2,000+ newsletters like Patch, Salon, Tiny News Collective, Techstars, McClatchy, and Snopes.

But let's face it – the environment for publishers is challenging and getting tougher. Ad spending has declined for the last six months and is projected to decrease even further in 2023. And 74% of digital ad spend goes to the big three platform companies. In this climate, first-party data has never been more critical. Publishers need to own their audience directly and control the contact information. Building trust-based, long-term engagement is how publishers get secure revenue and lifetime value. Email is the best channel for this, with a 40:1 ROI as a marketing and engagement channel.

Unfortunately, most publishers are leaving value on the table with their email lists. 90% of publishers say the email channel is vital to the future of their business, but only 22% say their increasing investments are paying off. Publishers have some of the lowest-rated emails according to consumers. It's time to flip the script and get more out of your newsletters. We've put together this comprehensive guide that digs into the key strategies publishers should use to take their operations to the next stage. For now, here's a glimpse into the four strategies to help you do just that:

Digital marketing can be a tricky game. It sometimes feels as though the online world is evolving at far too fast a pace to keep up with, as trends come and go in the blink of an eye. But, in this ever-changing virtual arena, there is one old reliable that marketers can always count on: email.