{"podcast":{"title":"The Newsletter Podcast with Fexingo: Substack, Beehiiv, and Email Newsletter Business","slug":"the-newsletter-podcast-with-fexingo-substack-beehiiv-and-email-newsletter-business-7871729","podcast_index_feed_id":7871729,"rss_url":"https://feeds.fexingo.com/business/the-newsletter-podcast.xml","website_url":"https://www.fexingo.com/","image_url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/the-newsletter-podcast/cover.png","author":"Fexingo","episode_count":120,"summary":"Every week, Lucas and Luna scrutinize the business of email newsletters — the platforms, the economics, the craft. From Substack's creator equity model to Beehiiv's ad-network play, they map the shifting landscape where independent writers and media companies collide. They examine real newsletters — Morning Brew, The Hustle, Lenny's Letter — to understand what drives growth, retention, and monetization. Lucas, a former journalist, pushes for the editorial side: How do you build a voice that compels opens? Luna, grounded in audience data, counters with open rates, churn curves, and unit economics. Together, they debate the tension between sponsored content and reader-funded models, the role of SEO and social distribution, and the fragility of a business built on a single inbox. This is not a how-to guide; it's a forensic look at a medium reshaping media. If you run a newsletter, think about starting one, or simply subscribe to a dozen, their conversations will change how you see that daily email. What happens when a writer's list becomes their primary asset — and what happens when it doesn't? #EmailNewsletter #Substack #Beehiiv #NewsletterBusiness #CreatorEconomy #MorningBrew #Medi…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-19T06:17:59.331548+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-newsletter-podcast-with-fexingo-substack-beehiiv-and-email-newsletter-business-7871729"},"episode":{"title":"How Newsletters Use Drip Sequences to Onboard Subscribers","slug":"how-newsletters-use-drip-sequences-to-onboard-subscribers","published_at":"2026-06-28T18:47:12+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-newsletter-podcast-with-fexingo-substack-beehiiv-and-email-newsletter-business-7871729/how-newsletters-use-drip-sequences-to-onboard-subscribers","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-newsletter-podcast-with-fexingo-substack-beehiiv-and-email-newsletter-business-7871729","url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/the-newsletter-podcast/episode-0080.mp3","audio_url":"https://audio.fexingo.com/business/the-newsletter-podcast/episode-0080.mp3","summary":"Lucas and Luna drill into the specific mechanics of email newsletter drip sequences — not just 'send a welcome email,' but real behavioral cadences that turn a new subscriber into a loyal reader. They unpack the 7-email framework used by Morning Brew's early growth team, the psychology of 'expectation setting' versus 'value delivery', and why the best newsletters send an email within 60 seconds of signup. They also walk through a real example from a $2-million-annual Substack about financial modeling, showing exactly how each email in the sequence builds on the last. If you run a newsletter or are thinking of starting one, this episode gives you a template you can use tonight. #EmailMarketing #NewsletterGrowth #DripSequences #Substack #Beehiiv #MorningBrew #Onboarding #Automation #SubscriberRetention #ConversionRate #MarketingStrategy #ContentMarketing #GrowthHacking #SmallBusiness #CreatorEconomy #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #Marketing Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo","meta_description":"Lucas and Luna drill into the specific mechanics of email newsletter drip sequences — not just 'send a welcome email,' but real behavioral cadences that t…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":700,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-newsletter-podcast-with-fexingo-substack-beehiiv-and-email-newsletter-business-7871729/episodes/how-newsletters-use-drip-sequences-to-onboard-subscribers/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-newsletter-podcast-with-fexingo-substack-beehiiv-and-email-newsletter-business-7871729/how-newsletters-use-drip-sequences-to-onboard-subscribers.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}