Super curious to hear what tactics worked for you at which stage.
When starting a newsletter, everything happens at a snail's pace and nothing seems to move the needle. Best practices, popular growth strategies, newsletter swaps, promotion, what worked for other creators, advice from courses or gurus. Nothing makes a difference.
Until you hit a critical mass.
Then a self-sustaining chain reaction kicks in and pretty much anything you throw at the wall sticks. Which is pretty much the survivor bias given in tutorials and case studies.