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The Truth About Paywall Evasion: AI, Google, and Password Sharing

Yes, people can bypass your paywall. No, it doesn’t matter. The priority is growing your email list—your owned audience that converts regardless of who sneaks through.
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Audience Growth

The Newsletter Setup That Grows Email Lists 20% Faster

Three steps to turn your newsletter into a paid subscription engine: free registration, separate free and paid newsletters with distinct purposes, and fearless send frequency.

Subscription Growth

Why your 5-Article Content Meter Is Invisible

Learn why high meter counts make your paywall invisible and how the “one-and-one” framework accelerates email and revenue growth.

Teardowns

Stop Losing Subscribers: A Flyer Magazine Teardown

A Subscription Optimizer teardown reveals five retention fixes for niche publishers: recurring billing, dynamic menus, newsletter segmentation, and smarter paywall messaging.

Case Studies

Mexico News Daily: Growing 100% Reader Revenue

Mexico News Daily runs on 100% reader revenue with zero ads. Here’s how Travis Bembenek built a subscription funnel that grows by giving readers a better experience.

Subscription Growth

The Upgrade Path: Nurture to Higher Price Tiers

One publisher added $1,000 monthly revenue with a single email asking subscribers to upgrade. Learn the nurturing path that turns free readers into loyal annual supporters.

Case Studies

20% Free-to-Paid Conversion with a Registration Funnel

Free registration generated 16x more signups than a standard newsletter form—same site, same month. This episode breaks down the tight funnel strategy behind a 20% free-to-paid conversion rate.

Teardowns

Website Teardown: Boca Raton Tribune

Four subscription plans, ad blocker popups, and buried navigation—the Boca Raton Tribune has the content but too much friction between reader and subscriber. Here’s how to clear the path.

Case Studies

Small Boats Drives Subscriptions with Email & Pinterest

One email a month became two emails a week. The result: 51% open rates, 21 Pinterest-driven subscriptions monthly, and 80-90% renewal rates. Email isn’t promotion—it’s the product.

Teardowns

Website Teardown: Nonchalant Magazine

Their premium interviews are free on YouTube. Their subscribe page doesn’t answer “What’s in it for me?”

Case Studies

Modern Drummer: From Print Legacy to Digital Powerhouse

Hard paywall: zero digital subscriptions. Metered paywall: 900 subscriptions in two weeks. Modern Drummer proved that letting readers experience your content sells better than any ad.

Case Studies

How to get 94% Faster Load Times for Logged-In Subscribers

502 errors during traffic spikes. Subscribers seeing the wrong content. Cache hit ratios in freefall. Then First Things switched hosts and cut logged-in load times by 94%.

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