How Newsletters Transform Careers

How did building a newsletter contribute to your life professionally and personally?

“Writing Mostly Metrics helped me land my first CFO gig and dream job at a high-growth tech company.

It got me on the radar of a VC firm that was recruiting on behalf of their portfolio companies. So by putting myself out there, and writing about things I knew really well and was very passionate about, it helped get me on the radar of like-minded people. I think they read my stuff and said wow this guy (nut) talks about financial metrics in his spare time. He’s passionate about the space.”

“It led to me escaping supply chain and landing a job at Product Hunt.

It showed me that you can make money on the internet.

It’s truly been the best.”

“I’ve met so many incredible people through my podcast and newsletter.

Each conversation I have with an entrepreneur opens my mind to new ideas and concepts I deploy in my own life.

It’s definitely been an accelerant to my own growth and entrepreneurial journey.”

"People, people, people.

I met so many amazing people through the newsletter that I would never have in a million years. It still blows my mind."

“I’ve met a lot of cool people so far. I’ve met some of the biggest newsletter creators on Twitter through Exploding Ideas.

Almost every day, it feels like someone interesting is DMing me to ask about my strategies and connect.

It’s helped me expand my network of high-value people.”

“Seeing the newsletter as a business (rather than a hobby) and trying to grow it has taught me a lot. Marketing, growth, copywriting…

I’ve learned much more in a year than I could learn in a corporate job.”

"Professionally, it’s helped me develop skills like copywriting, understanding media businesses, social media.

It’s created a high-margin income stream."

“Building the Raising Empowered Kids newsletter has been an enlightening journey, both professionally and personally.

Professionally, it honed my skills in communication, research, and creativity, pushing me to stay updated with the latest parenting trends and psychological insights.

This endeavor sharpened my ability to distill complex ideas into relatable and engaging content, a skill invaluable in any professional setting.”

"It's had an impact on my personal brand and also isn't incredibly time consuming which has left me time to tinker on other things and spend less time working overall. My wife is a fan!"

“Blitz became a huge identity of who I was, my personal brand essentially has become the Blitz. So much of my personality is in the brand, and so much of the brand makes up my personality.

It’s opened the door to a lot of cool opportunities in life with athletes and events I’d only dreamed of experiencing.”

“I am so glad I decided to create My Sweet Dumb Brain.

It’s changed my life for the better.

It’s made me a stronger writer and thinker and has given me much-needed confidence in my creative abilities.

I’ve always wanted to be a writer, but I quickly landed on the managerial track in my career—editing and helping others to be better writers and journalists. It wasn’t until my husband died that I was reminded that now is the time to chase my writing dreams.

The fact that I get to share my thoughts, week after week, to thousands of willing readers—and get paid for it?!

It’s honestly surreal. It’s a dream come true.”

“Wonder Tools is a creative outlet for me.

I used to write for Time Magazine, and after that other publications, and got into the rhythm of writing regularly.

Now I have more freedom than ever before to choose what I write about.”

“I’ve made way more great contacts and friends who have newsletters than I ever did with websites, where people tend not to share their URLs for fear of having their niche copied or negative SEO.

And I sleep well at night knowing that Google can’t take away 50% of my traffic and revenue overnight in an algo update.”