The Wildest Newsletter Growth Strategies From 3,000 Hours of Research (#001)

#001 - Welcome to the Growth In Reverse podcast — in this episode, Chenell & Dylan dig into some of the wildest ways to grow your newsletter after looking back on over 3,000 hours of research into creators.

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KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Codie Sanchez’s Playbook: How buying and growing newsletters helped her build a massive audience.
• Yossi Levi (Car Dealership Guy): Building a powerful brand—100% anonymously.
• Ali from First 1000: Breaking down intentional, daily growth strategies.
• Tom Alder’s Prelaunch Strategy: Using social media to validate your newsletter idea to the tune of 5k subscribers.
• Justin Welsh’s Content OS: A behind-the-scenes look at the system that powers Justin’s consistent content creation—and how it's earned him over 7 figures.
• Cross-Promotion Tactics: How creators like Alex Garcia used newsletter-video swaps to grow their lists by thousands.

LINKS MENTIONED

• Codie Sanchez Grew Her Newsletter to 250k+ Subscribers in Just 3 Years (deep dive)
• Yossi Levi Built The Car Dealership Guy to 550k+ Followers (deep dive)
• First1000.co Grew to 60k Subscribers in 32 Months (deep dive)
• How Justin Welsh turned his sawdust into $2 million (deep dive)
• "Car Dealership Guy" Yossi Levi's "Who the f*** is Car Dealership Guy" video
• Justin Welsh's Content System: https://youtu.be/0tjGORsL2QI?si=LRUt9hOqRAJHNdaW&t=1012 
• Justin's ContentOS course https://growthinreverse.com/contentos (aff link)
• Check out all these growth levers here: https://growthinreverse.com/wild

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