How To Grow And Scale Your Newsletter with Dru Riley

How can you build and monetize a newsletter that attracts the right audience?
Dru Riley, the founder and CEO of Trends.vc, joins the podcast this week to break down proven methods for growth online.
Dru Riley has built his Trends.vc newsletters to over 60,000 subscribers - with an audience of founders, investors, and thought leaders in companies like Apple.
In this episode of Creators on Air, he joins us to discuss how to grow your newsletter, convert readers to paid members, and work with sponsors.
In this episode we discussed:
00:00 An introduction to Dru Riley and Trends.vc
02:56 Dru’s writing process for Trends.vc
07:01 Which content leads to the most subscribers?
12:31 Converting free to paid subscribers
16:33 How to approach pricing changes as a creator
19:54 Effective ways to work with sponsors
21:30 Why you should vary your sponsorship approach
25:29 Optimising your click rate
26:55 Using AI to enhance your processes
33:48 Quick-fire round
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[@influencercapital]

Great interview! Love how analytic Dru is. I am starting a newsletter right now. How many subscribers do I need by the end of the year to get an interview with you?

[@moneymakingsim4314]

Love Dru!! ✊🏽… Bruh, why isn’t this channel bigger?!?! They should have MILLIONS OF Subs!! Leaened so much over the past year thank you guys/girls!! Don’t stop!!!🛑🚫