Taylor Cromwell

Q&A with Michael Kauffman, Founder of Catskill Crew A behind-the-scenes look at how Kauffman built Catskill Crew into a $50K+/month newsletter by leaning into community, creativity, and experimentation.

If you want to run a newsletter business, you should be taking notes from Michael Kauffman👇

I interviewed him on creative monetization, community-building, building on @beehiiv.com, how to think beyond CPMs, and what's next for his business Catskill Crew creatordiaries.beehiiv.com/p/q-a-with-m...

The Creator Diaries 📓 Your weekly dose of inspiration, tools, and strategies from creators building businesses on their own terms.

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Q&A with Lex Roman: How to Make Paid Newsletters Work in 2025 The subscription strategy every creator should know.

I really want writers to stop apologizing when they ask for paid subscribers. If you find yourself writing “no worries if not” after your plug, DELETE IT.

Taylor Cromwell and I talked about the paid newsletter business and why I charge $9. Check it out!

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Q&A with Lex Roman: How to Make Paid Newsletters Work in 2025 The subscription strategy every creator should know.

“You don’t want to upgrade to paid. You want to upgrade for perks.”

@lexroman.com and I talked about fixing the way we frame paid subs — and how to do it better:

→ Why annual > monthly subs
→ Paywall strategy
→ Upsell & retention tips

Read the full Q&A ↓ creatordiaries.beehiiv.com/p/q-a-with-l...

Don’t Just Build a Brand. Build Narrative Capital. Learn how to turn your story into leverage, trust, and inbound opportunity.

Narrative Capital is the driving force behind the creator economy. It's how you can turn content → brand → business → endless opportunities.

I wrote more about what it is, why it matters and how you can build it in your business in my last essay 👉 creatordiaries.beehiiv.com/p/don-t-just...

This week’s Creator Diaries =
✅ Office hours launch (and lessons)
✅ How content compounding is finally working
✅ The VEEP framework for better content

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What do AI, newsletters, and the British countryside have in common? Me, apparently.

Here's what I'm learning about building a multi-hyphenate career — and only chasing things that excite me 👇

I wrote the letter I needed to read when I was 20 💌

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'You have to choose your life' A message mostly for myself — but I hope for you too

A life spent in indecision — Do I choose this partner? Should I live in this city? Should I try this work? — is not a life lived at all.

The doing matters more than the imagining.

Hyper-Niche, High Value: How Matt Brown Built a $200K Newsletter With 2,000 True Fans From pricing to licensing, discover how Matt Brown created value that 2,000 loyal fans couldn’t resist paying for

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Hyper-Niche, High Value: How Matt Brown Built a $200K Newsletter With 2,000 True Fans From pricing to licensing, discover how Matt Brown created value that 2,000 loyal fans couldn’t resist paying for

What if your newsletter could replace (or surpass) your salary?

Matt Brown made the leap from sports journalist to newsletter operator/business owner — and found some wildly successful monetization strategies.

His story is live in my latest @beehiiv.com case study. 👇

What the TikTok Ban Means for Creators The TikTok ban should force creators to rethink their strategies, diversify their platforms, and take control of their audiences.

The TikTok ban is a wake-up call:

If you don’t own your audience, you’re building on borrowed time.
👉 Build an email list.
👉 Diversify your traffic.

Stop relying on platforms you don’t control. 🚨 creatordiaries.beehiiv.com/p/what-the-t...