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Ryan Hoover@rrhoover · Founder, Product Hunt
I remember you teasing this on TWiST a ~month ago, @jason. Vertical-specific emails like this are super valuable. I know some lists that make significant revenue per subscriber because it's so targeted vs. a large, broad newsletter. Smart move. So, what's your next topic!? 😊
Austin Smith@awwstn · GM @ inside.com
@rrhoover I'm sure @jason will jump in here and have more to say, but yes, you nailed it. We think email is an interesting place to build a media business (big post about the *why* of this coming soon), and building out a network of different verticals makes sense for a number of reasons: 1) organic growth happens faster in tight-knit communities than genera… See more
jason@jason · ceo, writer, event host & angel
@rrhoover We tried Apps for this, and obviously LAUNCH Ticker is doing exceptional after five years ($100k in subs, $5k per week for the ads... Which we just started). There isn't a huge business here in owning one newsletter..... But if we build a collection of them it would have a compounding effect like owning Engadget, Autoblog, Joystiq, TUAW and 80 othe… See more
Ryan Hoover@rrhoover · Founder, Product Hunt
@jason hrmmm, the ideal topics might be something nascent (where are there's less competition), growing (so there's an opportunity to ride the wave), tangential to your existing properties (one that's easy to cross-promote to your audience), and has an enthusiastic community (where people are passionate to subscribe and share). In your case that might be Vi… See more
jason@jason · ceo, writer, event host & angel
@rrhoover interesting... Yes, we've discussed Inside VR & AR, as well as Inside AI & Machine Learning. We also have to find exceptional curators to do this, so if anyone out there has ideas and 10-20 hours week, please ping austin@inside.com
Daniel Scherrer@danielscherrer · BizDev and Comms
@jason @rrhoover @inside How about some stuff way more specific or roductrelated like -#AmazonEcho #GoogleHome and #WhateverAppleiscomingup. As well as the cloudstuff #AWS, #Google #Microsoft #Rackspace. And maybe even Messaging from #Allo to #Whatsapp to #imessage to #wechat or maybe even business sidish #Slack and #Trello. thanks and keep up the great wor… See more