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The Newsletter Growth Lab

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Live Growth Board Week #15
Welcome back to a Live Growth Board! Been a long time and very excited to see where you are in your Substack growth. Where you get the chance to see your progress each week, ask question and be accountable. Which is the best way to grow on Susbtack and in this community too. Each Monday, we share our work, stats and progress in the classroom! It’s also a great way for me, and the community, to support and cheer each other on. Just share your update like I did below 👇 For me: Subscriber count: 2011 (previously 1911) Open rate: 21% (previously 23%) Notes published: 35 (previously 35) Growth comments: 200 Classroom work: worked on making the community more valuable, to give more coaching opportunities. Let me kow if you would loved to go faster with coaching, I have an offer for you in the comments. Continue the good work everyone!
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Subscribers: 96 (previously 88) Open rate: 33% (previously 32%) Notes published: 42 over 2 weeks (previously 20) Comments: 38 (previously 44)
We just hit 100 members. 🎉
When I created this community, I honestly had no idea if anyone would join. I remember looking at the member count every day. 2 members... 5 members... 17 members... wondering if I was building something people actually needed or if I was just talking to myself. Today, we crossed 100 members. I know 100 isn't a crazy number compared to some communities with thousands of people, but for me, it's a reminder that every big community starts with the first person who decides to believe in it. More importantly, it's not just 100 members. It's 100 people trying to build something for themselves. People publishing newsletters, getting their first subscribers, landing clients, asking questions, sharing wins, and helping each other. That's what makes this community worth showing up for. So thank you. Whether you've been here since the beginning or joined yesterday, I'm genuinely grateful you're here. That said, we're just getting started. I want this to become the best place on the internet to learn how to grow a newsletter, and that only happens if we keep improving together. So I'd love your honest feedback: - What's been the most valuable part of the community? - What should I improve? - What would you like to see more of? Every suggestion gets read. Also, over the next little while, I'm opening a few newsletter audit calls where I'll personally look at your newsletter, growth strategy, and give you personalized feedback on what I'd focus on next. If you're interested, just comment: Audit I'll send you all the details in DM so check your message :). Here's to the first 100. Now let's build something even bigger together. 🚀
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Great news William! So happy for you! This is a great community and I've learned quite a bit, and it's helping me in a very practical way!
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@William Leroux Hmm, another publication I follow sent out his weekly email today promoting an ebook where he discusses how and when to include your own digital products in your newsletter without it feeling "salesy" and I'm really considering purchasing it. I don't recall at the moment, but is that topic covered in any of your Classroom content? Maybe that's something you can add to your content as well. I know that's something I'm very interested in; because right now, I have several digital products and just not sure how to promote them without sounding like a sales pitch.
Hey, I hit 90 subscribers!
It's not a lot, but it's come a long way from the 68 I had when I started on the Newsletter Growth Lab!
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Thanks William....but as soon as I posted this, I end up losing two😔 But I think perhaps those 2 people actually left Substack because I can't find them anymore. In any event, I'm going to keep going because I do see how commenting is working!
Live Growth Board Week #14
Welcome back to a Live Growth Board! Super excited to see your progress! (2 months milestone!) Where you get the chance to see your progress each week, ask question and be accountable. Which is the best way to grow on Susbtack and in this community too. Each Monday, we share our work, stats and progress in the classroom! It’s also a great way for me, and the community, to support and cheer each other on. Just share your update like I did below 👇 For me: Subscriber count: 1911 (previously 1856) Open rate: 23% (previously 22%) Notes published: 35 (previously 35) Growth comments: 300 Classroom work: Didn’t do much this week but we had our first workshop! Thanks for being there guys! How many months have you been here, let’s celebrate! 🙌
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Subscribers: 88 (+4) Open rate: 32% (+ 10%) Notes published: 20 (-1) Comments: 44 (+17) DMs: I sent 13 "Welcome DMs" to new subscribers. Just getting my feet wet in directly reaching out to folks😉 Answer: I started on Substack in mid-September.
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Meagan Carner
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I guide new believers who feel overwhelmed or confused by the Bible. Simple, clear teaching to help you build confident, rooted faith that lasts.

Active 26m ago
Joined Apr 16, 2026
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