How to Increase Newsletter Engagement & Keep Readers
Learn how to increase newsletter engagement with practical tips for creating valuable content, improving open rates, and building lasting reader relationships.
Learn how to increase newsletter engagement with practical tips for creating valuable content, improving open rates, and building lasting reader relationships.
Get clear on newsletter performance metrics. Learn which metrics matter, how to track them, and practical tips to improve your email results.
Learn how to create effective newsletter sponsorship packages, set pricing, and attract the right sponsors to grow your newsletter revenue with confidence.
Master email deliverability monitoring with practical tips for publishers. Learn how to track, maintain, and improve your newsletter’s inbox placement.
Learn how to improve email open rates with 15 proven tactics for better subject lines, timing, segmentation, and list management. Get practical tips now.
Get clear insights on newsletter open rate benchmarks, what impacts your results, and practical tips to improve your email engagement and performance.
In 2025, we shipped 100+ features and product capabilities, touching every part of the newsletter workflow, from how teams build and curate content, to how they manage audiences, monetize at scale, and send reliably across their tech stacks. Our customers are running complex programs across multiple...
If you’ve studied email marketing—or even opened an email—you know that the length of emails can vary tremendously. However, the majority of the emails you get are likely on the shorter side. Why is that, and is that optimal? First, let’s start with what many email companies have found in their stud...
Explore seven practical and easy-to-implement advertising formats for newsletters in this breakdown. From newsletter sponsorship to native advertising, learn about different ways to align with a publisher's brand and reach an engaged audience. Summary: Learn the seven most common formats to sell adv...
One of our customers had some questions for us about how to start selling newsletter ads in their up-and-coming email newsletter. Their newsletter delivers all of the need-to-know news from in and around their city straight to readers’ inboxes every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday morning. But, while ...
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You can have the most valuable insights or the most exciting announcements, but if they're buried in a wall of text, they won't get the attention they deserve. The content of your newsletter is the foundation, but its design, delivery, and strategy are what make it truly effective. The reader's expe...
Every time you send a newsletter, your audience tells you a story. They tell it through their actions—or their inaction. A flurry of opens tells you the subject line was a hit. A wave of clicks reveals which piece of content truly resonated. Even an unsubscribe tells a part of the story, offering ho...
If your current process for selling ads involves a messy chain of back-and-forth emails, you’re likely leaving money on the table. An unstructured approach not only looks unprofessional but also makes it difficult to communicate your value, often leading to underpriced deals and wasted time. The sol...
You spend hours crafting the perfect subject line, writing compelling content, and designing a beautiful layout for your newsletter. But after you hit send, a crucial question remains: did anyone actually see it? If your emails land in the spam folder, all that hard work becomes invisible. This is t...
If you think the secret to a great open rate is just a clever subject line, you're only seeing a small part of the picture. While a great headline is crucial, what happens long before you write it—things like your sender reputation, list hygiene, and domain authentication—has a massive impact on whe...
The open rate is one of the most misunderstood metrics in email marketing. Many teams chase a high percentage, believing it’s the ultimate sign of a successful campaign. The truth is, a high open rate doesn’t guarantee engagement, and industry averages can be misleading. This article cuts through th...
We all obsess over newsletter metrics: open rates, click-throughs, and conversions. But we often overlook the single biggest factor that can kill engagement before a subscriber even reads the first sentence: the layout. If your email forces readers to pinch, zoom, and scroll sideways on their phones...