I’m a big email fanboy.
You’ve probably realized that already by now. But man I just love writing and sending these emails.
It’s enjoyable to think about and create your story. It’s enjoyable to play this little game of “How can I relate this ridiculous thing to something of value for my audience?”
It’s also fulfilling to see the enthusiastic responses flooding in after you made an engaging and entertaining email. It’s great knowing that you’re able to put a smile on people’s faces by sharing your story via a medium almost everyone nowadays has access to.
Because of that I always convince people to create their own newsletter and experience the same joy that I get to experience.
With that comes the educational part of convincing people why having an email list is so crucial as a creator. But it also includes the technical part of educating people on how to create a newsletter and what the best practices are for growing one.
It’s at this point that I’m often surprised when I hear how many people aren’t aware of Beehiiv yet.
Either they don’t know about the platform and use another one like Substack (eww) or ConvertKit (still slightly eww). Or worse. They don’t have their own newsletter, don’t realize the amazing potential of owning an email list, or worst of all. They aren’t even aware of the possibility of starting their own.
Because of those reasons I deem it my mission to repeat this once again. Very clearly this time. How amazing having an email list is and why you should at least consider trying out Beehiiv.
Beehiiv is slick and it has a bunch of tools that other email providers don't have. Like a nice-looking website, straight out of the box, that doubles as your email archive. This one alone makes it better than ConvertKit already. The ability to archive your past mails.
Nothing is ever lost.
No article, paragraph, sentence, or word is wasted. You can write something once and it’ll remain useful for years to come. You can keep directing traffic to your articles. That’s what the giants such as Justin Welsh and Dan Koe do. That’s where they get the most of their traffic from.
Beehiiv also has an amazing referral program. Recommendations from and to other newsletters. And an ad network if you want to monetize your newsletter that way.
Just as important:
More than any other email platform I've directly used or indirectly heard about, Beehiiv is stable and reliable. It doesn't crash. It doesn't lock up. It doesn't fail to send out emails you meant to send and it doesn't sneakily send out emails you didn't mean to send.
But really, try it out for yourself and see. Maybe it's not for you. Or maybe you will love it.
There's no risk either way. Because Beehiiv is free to start using and to continue using indefinitely — for sending emails and for the website.
You only have to pay something if you wanna upgrade to some of the fancier growth and monetization tools — which I've done because it's well worth the money for me, and because I've decided to stick with Beehiiv for the long term.
So like I said, I encourage you to give it a try. But I know that encouragement, good arguments, and lists of shiny features are often not enough to get people to move.
So I'll give you a bit of encouragement.
And if you try out Beehiiv using my affiliate link, I will hop on a call with you to help you figure out 1) what to write about 2) how to best promote your newsletter 3) and how to monetize it.
If you're interested, here's what to do:
1. Head to Beehiiv using this link: https://www.beehiiv.com/?via=alexvandromme
2. Sign up for a free account. You don't have to sign up for anything paid. I am counting on Beehiiv's quality and service to convince you to do that.
3. Once you've signed up, reply to this email with proof of the confirmation email you get from Beehiiv and I’ll get back to you. There’s a 48-hour deadline on this offer to help you with your procrastination. You’re welcome.