I’ve been away from Bluesky for a few months now! 😬 Life’s been busy and I’ve been working on some new stuff so here are some updates 👇

Been taking it a bit slower when it comes to marketing EasyStartupIdeas.com But thankfully, we just crossed 1500 email subs! Hoping to double (or more) by the end of the year. If anyone has any advice on paid ads, I think now may be the time I start running them 👀

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The inspiration you need to start your next business.

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Remember starter packs? 😅 But also - is there one for people building/running newsletter businesses??

Whenever one of my comments pops off on Reddit, I definitely DON’T: A) check google analytics to see how many people are on my site B) switch to the Beehiiv dashboard and continuously refresh to see how many of those people are converting C) repeat A & B

While Google says that traffic spikes don’t boost your site’s DR, I always see my site get closer to the first page of search results when this happens. 🤔

Getting newsletter subscribers organically through Google search hits different

EasyStartupIdeas.com continues to move in the right direction 😤

Can you point to the 2 days from this past month that I commented about my newsletter on a viral Reddit post? 🤔

Easy Startup Ideas is now live on Product Hunt!! 🎉 I’d really appreciate it if you guys could throw it a vote! Thank you! 🥹 🙏 www.producthunt.com/posts/easy-s...

Easy Startup Ideas - The inspiration you need to start your next business | Product Hunt

Easy Startup Ideas is a newsletter that provides aspiring founders with complete roadmaps to exciting business ideas & side hustles 3x per week.

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The newsletter just broke 1200 subscribers this morning. Let’s see what happens after tomorrows Product Hunt launch 🚀 I’ll be promoting it to the entire mailing list in tomorrow’s edition, so I’m hoping for some sort of a boost from that!

Well this is a first. May has been FULLY booked with Beehiiv Ad Network ads! 🤯 AKA every day I've sent (or plan to send) a #newsletter in May, has received a sponsorship offer. Now if I could only fill all the ad spots I have set aside for advertisers outside the Beehiiv network...

While it hurts to lose newsletter subscribers, it’s good to know that my cleaning automation is successfully re-engaging some! It’s also just nice to remove people that aren’t opening any emails and are dragging down my average Open Rate.

Kinda sad, but using the Profile Analysis tool in TrendSpotter.blue makes it obvious that Bluesky was way more active in late 2024/early 2025. WAY more engagement on posts from around then. Do you agree, or is it just the people that follow my account that have dropped off? 😅

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Hitchhiking on viral Reddit posts continues to be the best marketing tactic. In the last 24 hours I gained more than 85 newsletter subscribers by commenting on a viral Reddit post I found. This wasn’t luck, I knew it was going viral from the number of people viewing it. Use the Reddit mobile app!

Just caught another viral Reddit post. 😏 My comment directing folks to my newsletter has gotten me 20 new subscribers so far in the last few hours.

Finally 😮‍💨 Now onto 5000 😅

My views 1 month ago when I just started using Post Bridge (left). My views now after a month of Post Bridge (right). Thank you @jackfriks.bsky.social for helping me to learn and iterate quickly!

The bittersweet feeling of finally being about to pass the 1000 subscriber mark… … but having my Beehiiv subscription jump up 40% because of it. 🥴

Clicks for EasyStartupIdeas.com have been very meh, but impressions are really starting to ramp up. It’s OVER once I start getting proper organic traffic 😤

For those wondering how I grew a subreddit from 0 to 1400 members in just 3 weeks, check out the Medium article I just wrote about it here: medium.com/@chrris.ray/... #Reddit #RedditMarketing #GrowthHacking

How I grew a new subreddit to 1400 members in 3 weeks

Hustle, skill, and a little bit of luck

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3.5 weeks ago I made a subreddit (r/QuitCorporate) Since then: - it's gone from 0 to 1400+ members - it's in the top 19% of subreddits by size - every post get's tons of engagement (1K-4K views) This was surprisingly easier than I thought it would be.

Which looks better? Real Jersey Mike’s sub (left) or ChatGPT sub (right)? 😂

I’ve pushed my mailing list cleaning automation back 3 times already since I’ve been too scared too lose subs before hitting 1000 😅 This is the LAST time, I swear. Subscribers that don’t open a single email for 100 days are gone forever (unless they engage with the re-engagement email)! 🫡

TrendSpotter.blue is surfacing some great posts about the power outages in Spain and Portugal if you search any related keywords (“Spain,” “Portugal,” “blackout,” “outage,” etc.)

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I’ve truly had to FIGHT for each and every newsletter subscriber I’ve gotten so far. Sometimes they come in small waves from a particularly good Reddit post/comment, but it’s never more than 20 subs. Maybe this is simply the way in the beginning?

Hmm turns out reshoring all manufacturing doesn’t work at all 🤔