The Newsletter Guy | Our clients have 15.4M+ subscribers | I help grow your owned audience and convert subscribers into buyers | Founder @ GrowLetter 📧

I run GrowLetter. We help media/creator/education companies build owned audiences and drive revenue with newsletters. We operate a marketing agency, conference, cohort-based course, newsletter, and podcast.

Previously, I led growth at The Hustle and helped grow the newsletter to 2.5M+ subscribers. We were acquired by HubSpot. Then, I was the first employee at Milk Road. We grew to 250,000 subscribers and were acquired in 10 months. 

This led to the creation of GrowLetter, the first "newsletter growth agency." 

We've driven over 10M newsletter subscribers and over $100M in sales for clients like:

James Clear, Codie Sanchez, Sahil Bloom, Dan Martell, Jay Shetty, Chartr, Sherwood News, Money.com, WorkWeek, and many more.

Since starting, GrowLetter has become more than a "newsletter growth agency." 

We help clients build entire marketing funnels, comprehensive ad campaigns that drive ROAS, email marketing, innovate on strategy, and more.

We're the #1 marketing partner for media, creator, and education businesses who want to own their audiences and scale subscriber and customer acquisition.

A $50M/year founder with 6M+ email subscribers told me the fastest way to make more money from your email list. 

He calls it a "money button."

Any time you need more revenue. Set this up... and BOOM.

A flood of new sales is guaranteed.

It's scary how well this works because:

- It shows your best stuff to your best subscribers WHEN they are most engaged

- It takes about 10 minutes set up

- And it's automated

If you have at least 1000 email subscribers and an offer (or multiple offers) to sell, this will be your most effective email campaign ever.

Want it? Comment "button" and I'll DM you the full breakdown.

(Must be connected).

P.S. The founder was Matt Paulson, give him a follow!

🚨 EDIT: My DMs are full. Here's the link to get the email money button guide for free: https://lnkd.in/eMbW8-Yh

Matt McGarry 

The Newsletter Guy | I help founders & marketers build owned audiences and drive revenue with newsletters | Agency, event, newsletter, & podcast below 👇

I’ve done $5M+ in sales in 3 years. Here's the SYSTEM I've used to build a big business with a tiny audience:

Since starting my biz 3 years ago...

•  I did my first $50,000 month with 935 subscribers

•  Hit $100,000+ monthly recurring revenue with 7,257 subscribers

•  Launched a product that sold $100k+ in <30 days with 4,224 subscribers

•  Landed clients like Codie Sanchez, James Clear, Dan Martell, Jay Shetty, Steven Bartlett, and more

And became the “go-to person” in my niche. 

Now, if you think this is possible because I’m a guru with a massive following -- I'm NOT.

I was not an expert when I started.

I had ~400 followers. Mostly friends, colleagues, random people.

No start-up capital, no network, no college degree, or decades of experience.

Still, my audience isn't huge. 

I don’t post every day. 

I've never gone viral.

I've got 15k followers here. 10k on YouTube. That's it.

I’ve built a $3M+/year business, because I have a SYSTEM to:

•  Create content that attracts a targeted, valuable audience

•  Convert them into email newsletter subscribers (so I can communicate with them directly without algorithms)

•  Monetize them without selling courses, 1on1 coaching, time-consuming services, or ads (I make $76+ per subscriber from sources like LinkedIn)

I've helped hundreds of people use this system to build 6-7-figure businesses with as few as 1,000 email subscribers.

👉 Want it? Comment "1k" and I'll DM you the link (must be connected). 

Inside, you'll get:

✅ An invite to my free LIVE event where I'm breaking down the system step-by-step

✅ How to get first 1,000 email subscribers in 30 days (without an existing audience), by using the best list growth tactics for 2026

✅ Why you DON'T need a niche, expertise, writing, or video skills to build an audience (and what you do need instead)

✅ All the BEST ways to monetize your audience – even with 500-2000 subscribers / social followers 

✅ And much more

All neatly organized in one live event next Wednesday.

Plus, the RECORDING if you sign up.

👉 Want it? Comment "1k" and I'll DM you the link (must be connected). 

That said...

It’s NOT easy to do. You need to:

•  Post on 1 social platform 2-3 times per week (from your personal account)

•  Publish 1 newsletter a week (I’ve done this for the past 156 weeks)

• Follow the system consistently for 90 days to see results

But if you do it, you'll have the greatest advantage in business anyone can have:

An audience, a group of people who know, like, and trust you.

I'll give you ALL the shortcuts to build and monetize your audience, fast.

Comment "1k" to get it.

Matt McGarry

Big news! Sam Parr will be speaking at New Media Summit on:

- Building Hampton into a $10M+ ARR community business
- How to grow a podcast and YouTube channel
- Learnings from My First Million & MoneyWise
- Money, wealth, and personal finance
- And more

I'm super excited to have Sam back at the event this year joining 500+ attendees and speakers like:

Codie Sanchez, Ryan Deiss, Tim Huelskamp, Erika Burghardt, Chenell Basilio, and MANY more.

Also - there are <100 tickets left. 

Learn more here: NMS2026 .com

UPDATE: Ryan Heafy, COO at 6AM City and Gavin Bechtold, Enterprise Partnerships at Ezoic are speaking at New Media Summit!

- Ryan co-founded one of the fastest-growing local media companies in the world with an audience of 3M+ across 30+ communities

- Gavin is a monetization expert serving hundreds of media operators and publishers at Ezoic

I'm blown away by the incredible people we'll have at the event in just 35 days. 

500+ attendees and speakers like Ryan, Gavin, Sam Parr, Codie A. Sanchez, Ryan Deiss, Tim Huelskamp, Erika Burghardt, Robin Re, Chenell Basilio, and MANY more. 

Ticket prices go up Saturday at midnight. 

Check it out: NMS2026 .com

New Media Summit

Over the next few days, we're announcing 7+ NEW speakers at New Media Summit! If you can guess 1 of them, I'll give you a FREE ticket.

• The first speaker is a founder everyone knows

They exited their media company for tens of millions. Built one of the largest business podcasts. 700k+ YouTube subscribers. Started one of the largest community businesses in the world. And more. 

• She leads audience growth at the largest B2B media company in the world

This brand has many publications, 18M+ newsletter readers, and has exited for over half a BILLION dollars. 

• This woman leads marketing and growth at the largest travel newsletter in the world. 

1.5M+ newsletter subscribers and a YouTube channel with 200k+ subscribers

• They co-founded one of the largest local media companies in the world with a big focus on email and AI.

Serves 30+ communities and reaches 3 million+ people. 

• World's top self-publishing and book marketing expert. 

Author of 7 bestselling books. His company has been on the INC 5000 list for the last 4 years in a row, ranking among the fastest-growing private companies in the US.

• He led growth early at The Information 

Starting an agency that worked with Puck, Airmail, The Telegraph, and more

• Plus, there are a few more speakers I'll reveal later. 

It's crazy we're adding this many amazing people to the lineup <50 days away from the event. 

Share your guesses below.

I'll give away 1 free ticket to the best comment

Secure your ticket at NewMediaSummit(dot)com (New Media Summit)

There are only 2 VIP tickets left and <140 spots total.

Announcement: We've added 4 more incredible speakers at New Media Summit and there are <100 tickets left!

• Robin Re - VP of Audience Development, Informa TechTarget (aka Industry Dive)

• Chandler Bolt - Founder & CEO, SelfPublishing .com

• Emily Sharpe - Marketing Director, Daily Drop

• Dan Krenitsyn - COO, beehiiv

Our speakers now have, collectively:

- 35.6M+ Email Subscribers
- 8.1M+ YouTube Subscribers
- 28M+ Social Followers

Plus, there are a few more speakers we haven't announced yet. 

We'll be updating the event website with new sessions soon:

NMS2026(dot)com

New Speakers!

All sponsorships at New Media Summit have SOLD OUT! Excited to share more about the event and our sponsors as we get closer. 

New Media Summit is 30 days away.

We've got 4 sponsorship spots left at New Media Summit! The event is happening on Feb 26-27. 

If you want to get in front of 500+ media founders, publishers, marketers, and creators -- DM me and I'll send our media kit. 

- 79% of attendees are founders/CEOs, 11% are director-level (OR ABOVE) decision makers, 5% are creators or solopreneurs.

- 37% of have at least 50,000 people on their email list. 31% have 100,000+ on their list. 8% have 1 million+ email subscribers.

- We've built out an awesome networking and expo environment, so you can easily meet qualified prospects.

This is crazy: New Media Summit is almost sold out! ONLY 20 tickets left. 

Our cap is 500 attendees.

Today we started the 7th WriteGrowSell.com live cohort! We've got an awesome group of 100 entrepreneurs I'm working with to launch, grow, and monetize their newsletters over a 30-day sprint.

This is fun! If you want to see the list of growth strategies working for me, check it out:

I help creators stuck at 0-1k subscribers grow with newsletters that convert readers into revenue | Lessons from the world’s fastest-growing creators || Growth In Reverse || Growth Currency Media

Your favorite newsletter podcast is BACK🔥🔥

And today's guest brought the HEAT:

Matt McGarry runs GrowLetter.

He's helped the biggest newsletters in the world grow to 1M subs and beyond (ex: The Hustle, Milk Road, 1440, The Gist, etc)

He's grown his own newsletter to over 50k subs—mostly organically. 

Needless to say, Matt's got a sh*t ton of experience in the newsletter space. That's why we invited him on the podcast. And he delivered.

In this episode, Matt shares:

• Why sponsorships suck for newsletter monetization
• How Matt earns $76 per LinkedIn subscriber 
• How one YouTube video drove 1,000+ email subscribers 
• When to start paid growth — and the exact criteria Matt uses before spending a dollar
• What newsletters should monetize with instead of ads/sponsors
• The biggest newsletter opportunity most creators are ignoring in 2026

The episode is LIVE on Youtube and in your podcast player.

youtube(dot)com/@growthinreverse

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👋 I’m Dylan 
🎙 Co-host of The Growth In Reverse Podcast 
📰 I also write the Growth Currency newsletter where 4k+ creators learn to grow & monetize newsletters 
📬 Subscribe free: growthcurrency(dot)net

Wednesday, I'm hosting a virtual event. 2,600+ people have registered so far!

I'll be breaking down...

• Why 1,000 email newsletter subscribers will change your life forever

• Exactly HOW to build an audience from scratch and get your first 1,000 email subscribers (without posting daily)

• How to build a big business with a tiny audience of 500-1500 people (and ALL the best ways to monetize in 2026. Many you've never heard of)

• Why you do NOT need a niche, product, team, ad budget, fancy tech, or content experience to be successful 

If you want to join me on Wednesday...

Plus, get the RECORDING if you sign up.

👉 Comment "1k" and I'll DM you the invite link (must be connected).

P.S. The frameworks I'll be sharing helped me reach $5M+ in lifetime sales (starting from 300 followers 3 years ago). 

I put everything I know about building targeted, high-value audiences and monetizing them into this event.

There's ONE reason why your email list is not growing organically!  It takes just one hour to fix using content you already have. 

I guarantee that if you do this right, you'll double your list growth from organic sources like LinkedIn. 

I just sent a full guide on this to 50,000+ founders who read my newsletter.

Get it here:

Open article: Newsletter 1/16 by newsletteroperator.com

It takes just 1 hour to grow your newsletter using content you already have

If you want to launch, grow, and monetize your newsletter in 2026, there's ONE proven system that's worked for 1,000+ people.

This coming Tue, the 7th Write, Grow, Sell LIVE cohort kicks off. 

Over the past two years, I've helped nearly 1,500 people build profitable newsletters from scratch through this program.

There's nothing on the market like it. 

400+ success stories, 91 NPS, hundreds of WINS shared in our community.

It's not a course. It's not videos behind a paywall. 

It's more like a boot camp and event. 

- 100+ founders will join

- I teach the system over 8 live sessions (with recordings)

- There's 6+ hours of live Q&A and group coaching

- You complete "growth work" assignments to launch, grow, and monetize their newsletter during the 30-day cohort. 

- Our community of 1000+ alumni supports every new founder joining the program - and I help people in the community daily. 

Instead of passive learning, founders walk away from Write, Grow, Sell with:

- Their first dollar online in 30 days ( or much more if they already have a product or service)
- A live newsletter and multiple issues published
- 100-1000+ (or more) new email subscribers
- Massive increases in their open rate & CTR
-  And MUCH more

Enrollment ends Mon, Jan 19, at midnight.

Join at: WriteGrowSell(dot)com

I wish I knew THIS when I had zero subscribers and followers:

Most people fail to build and monetize an audience because of common myths and misconceptions they were told (or made up themselves).

The truth is, most folks HAVE the skills, expertise, and work ethic to be successful.

But people fail (or worse, never start) because of self-doubt.

Your self-doubt is justified by these myths.

Here are the 10 most common myths and why they're all lies:

Open article: 10 lies stopping you from building and monetizing an audience by newsletteroperator.com

Here’s what I wish I knew when I had zero subscribers and followers

10 lies stopping you from building and monetizing an audience

If you want to sell more sponsorships, check this out!

Justin Moore 🧲 did a session at our mastermind event last fall on how to not sound like an idiot during brand deal negotiations. 

This is the part of the sponsorship process that most people screw up.

Check out Justin's video on how to fix it:
https://lnkd.in/ezh9u4iK

Open video: How Not to Sound Like an Idiot during Negotiations on youtu.be

How Not to Sound Like an Idiot during Negotiations

Anyone in the media or creator space using SMS not exclusively for marketing?

Meaning, sending something valuable or editorial via text. 

Not more CTAs, webinar reminders, sales follow ups, etc.

VIP tickets at New Media Summit have sold out! We're on track to sell all available tickets by the end of the month. And we STILL have 7 awesome speakers to announce soon.

What media monetization methods are you going to start or focus on in 2026? 

If it's something else like: Coaching, affiliate, events, mastermind, donations, etc - comment below!

Today's a great time to grab your ticket! $4,000+ in bonuses expire tonight.

Writer + creator economy expert | Creator Diaries → exploring the stories that power the new era of entrepreneurship 🤳

just got my ticket for New Media Summit in Austin - so excited for this 🤠

one of the central themes I've been exploring both in my own newsletter work and what I've been studying in the creator economy is the way new media businesses are being built ⬇️

-> creator brands like Steven Bartlett/DOAC and Maggie Sellers Reum are operating like full scale media cos
-> writers/newsletter founders are operating more like creator entrepreneurs
-> brands like beehiiv are positioning themselves as the prime tool for the "content economy"

looking forward to learning from some of the best in the business and exploring what the future of creator-led media looks like 

here's the link to get your ticket if you want to join: https://lnkd.in/enqxRdiN (discounted until EOD today!)

P.S. would LOVE to meet up with any friends/people building in the creator economy while i'm in town 👋🏻 let me know if you want to grab a coffee (or some breakfast tacos ofc)

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