How to Write Newsletters That Get Opened, Read and Clicked How to Write Newsletters That Get Opened, Read and Clicked
When you know your newsletter’s value proposition, you can:
Get your subscribers excited about what you’ll offer them
Filter out topics that won’t serve your value prop
More easily write focused, meaningful newsletter content
Waste less time filling your editorial calendar with random topics
Send out reader-worthy content
It’s not just about documenting and sharing your value proposition
with your subscribers. Your newsletter also has to radiate your value
on every delivery. An example of a newsletter that does just that is
Brad Grossman’s Zeitguide ( 2014 )^3 , a cultural almanac for business,
tech and political leaders that want to forecast future trends based
on what’s happening now. When you sign up^3 , you can see the
history of Zeitguide newsletters, which immediately signals the
newsletter’s value proposition: