Building my newsletter in public #5

May 09, 2025

I am trying to make it the best newsletter for digital nomads.

And today, I went to YouTube and found a gem.

Alright, today I am applying one of the strategies of

Nicolas Cole is an internet-famous writer. And right now, he is also teaching how to start a paid newsletter.

And today I have taken the suggestion of creating a “Digital product”

But, I have no digital products as of now.

So, I have brainstormed today.

And there are so many good ideas I found.

But from that,

I’ve found these 5 as the most amazing ones.

Remote-ready country database
Nomad finance tracker (As my newsletter talks about digital nomad finance, it’s the best one)
Nomad city guides (Digital PDFs, Which I am already writing on substack, that I can ship as a PDF too, but It is time consuming to write detailed guides)
Ultimate nomad packing list

Of these 4, the last one is the easiest and can be done quickly.

So, I am making that one, also, I will use it as a referral bonus.

Let’s see how it works.

I will let you know when it will be ready.

Today is day 5 of growing my travel newsletter in public.

Yesterday’s update: Need to send emails, then I will be able to understand it all.

Current subscribers of alivewithad: 48

30-day open rate: 25.78% 😓

CTR: 5.17% 🫠

Current subscribers of Dark Chocolate: 60

30-day view: 167

30-day open rate: 15.20%

Thanks for reading. See you tomorrow.

Let’s do something crazy together.

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