How to Successfully Kill Your Print Edition (And Live to Tell About It)
A 30-year-old home brewing magazine went 100% digital and survived. Here's the year-long plan that kept advertisers, retained readers, and turned email into the product.
How Small Boats Monthly Grew Its Audience 20% in 30 Days (and Converted 30% to Paid)
Small Boats Monthly grew audience 20% in 30 days and converted nearly 30% of free registrations to paid by ditching PDFs for web-native issues and a registration wall.
The Registration Pop-Up Test That Crashed Sign-Ups 75%
A publisher swapped one phrase on their registration pop-up. Daily sign-ups crashed from 40 to 10 in hours. The full breakdown, the benchmarks, and a framework you can copy.
KB Independent’s Hybrid Revenue Playbook
How a Florida nonprofit news outlet moved past donations to a hybrid model with free registrations, paid memberships, and group subscriptions that's outperforming donation-only by far.
How a Fishing Publisher Built an AI-Proof Audience in One Quarter
The Fisherman tripled free registrations and boosted paid subscriptions by tightening their registration wall — a direct response to AI overviews draining their niche content.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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