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How Apple's email privacy changes hurts creators
Hey there,
I planned to focus this newsletter on something else, but when Apple announced sweeping changes yesterday I had to write a post about it.
Read it here:
How Apple’s email privacy protection hurts creators
To be clear: I'm a big fan of more privacy options for consumers, but it needs to be paired with a way for content creators to maintain clean email lists. Right now inbox providers have strict requirements for quality and are removing the metrics available to comply with them.
I hope Apple will add an additional feedback loop to enable creators to maintain clean lists.
Read the article to fully understand the implications.
FROM ART OF NEWSLETTERS
Nat Eliason - Making money from your course before you launch
Nat Eliason is the founder of Growth Machine, a successful SEO and content marketing agency. Nat also teaches the popular Roam course, Effortless Output.
Nat also writes a weekly newsletter called Monday Medley. Each Monday Medley has ten articles, videos, discussions, pieces of research, or other interesting finds from around the Internet, spanning a broad range of topics.
In this episode Nat discusses the evolution of his newsletter. He shares his strategies on developing online courses. He also explains how to find product-market fit before launching a course or product.
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We have a few of open roles at ConvertKit right now, with a few more coming soon. The one I most need help with is our Senior Automations Engineer. We're looking for an experienced Ruby/Rails engineer to help our automations squad build some of the most important features in our product. If you know anyone who fits this bill, please send them our way!
Thanks for joining me this week,
Nathan Barry
I'm a designer who turned into a writer who turned into a startup CEO. My mission is to help creators earn a living. Subscribe for essays on building an audience and earning a living as a creator.
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