All Episodes
Paywall Podcast - Subscription strategies for news and magazine publishers — 93 episodes
Trust, Cadence, and Content: Rethinking the Publisher Drip Sequence
The False Economy of Cutting Email Costs
Why Your Newsletter is the Product
Lessons from a 50-Year Whistleblowing Legacy
Buffett’s $351M Publishing Bet
Escaping the Discount Trap: Why Your Promo is Killing Your Email List
Why SEO is No Longer Enough:The Rise of AI Overviews
How Mexico News Daily Built a 100% Reader-Revenue Powerhouse
7 Revenue Killers That Sank a 240-Year-Old Newspaper (And How to Fix Them)
How to Turn Subscription Features into Benefits
How to Automate Your Newsletter
Are Paid Subscriptions Worth The Customer Service Hassle?
Build Confidence with Your Subscription System Using Simple Levers
The Upgrade Path: How to Nurture Subscribers to Higher Price Tiers
Will a Paywall Hurt Your Traffic from SEO, Social, and AI?
The Newsletter Flywheel: How to Build Your Email List and Convert More Readers
The Digital Tide: Mastering Magazine Publishing's Digital Shift
Case Study: List Builder vs Conversion Champ
Scaling Local: A Publisher’s 104% Subscription Playbook
Cloudflare’s Pay-Per-Crawl: Sustainable Income or Just Spare Change?
The Truth About Paywall Evasion, AI, Google, and Passwords
Copy Clarity 101: Turning Scanners into Subscribers
Revenue Roadblocks: How the Little Things on Your Website Cost You Big
From Donations to Subscriptions: How KB Independent Built a Sustainable Local News Model
How Often Should You Send Your Newsletter?
Your First 100 Paid Subscribers (And What to Expect)
AI-Powered LocalCalendar: How SalemReporter.com Became the Go-To Events Destination
10 reasons why your subscription revenue is underperforming (and how to fix them)
Your Event Calendar challenge and our take on the solution
How content restrictions drive subscriptions
Subscription Sticker Shock: Should You Raise Your Prices?
Black Friday Without the Profit Burn
How Mexico News Daily Streamlines Newsletters with Flowletter for a Seamless Reader Experience
Promote Subscription Benefits Over Features in Seconds using AI
How to Boost Traffic, Build Your Email List, and Increase Subscriptions with the Right Paywall Strategy
The Subscription Page Formula: Best Practices Blueprint
Achieving a 20% Conversion Rate: The Local Publisher’s Winning Formula
From YouTube Advertising to Boosting Paid Subscribers on Your Website: Strategies for Sustainable Growth
Maximizing Revenue and Reach: How KBIndependent Achieves Subscription Growth, Donations, and Free Content Distribution
Impact of accessibility laws on publishers websites and how to stay compliant
Elevating Your Paywall Strategy: Essential Moves for 2024 and Beyond
Growing Paid Subscriptions with Facebook Ads: A Small Boats Magazine Case Study (part 3 of 3)
How to setup a successful holiday subscription promotion + results (Part 2 of 3)
10 Subscription Promotions That Work for Publishers (Part 1 of 3)
Special Episode: Publisher Mastermind | How To Setup Your Newsletters To Grow Paid Subscriptions
Unlocking Success: Salem Reporter’s 5-Month Journey to Audience and Revenue Growth
Special Episode: Publisher Mastermind | How To Convert Your Casual Readers Into Paid Subscribers
Add more value to your publication with subscriber only commenting
Special Episode: Pete stops by the Powered By Coffee podcast to talk paywall monetization strategy
3 ways AI will shake up your reader revenue
Special Episode: WordPress Publisher Sessions
How magazine publishers should approach reader revenue
Special Episode: Subscription Strategies with Pete Ericson
How to convert more readers with targeted messaging
How to motivate your free registered reader to become a full paying subscriber with a drip email campaign
38 | Can a pay per article option actually boost subscriptions?
39 | What percentage of your audience should be paid subscribers?
37 | Is Your Free Registration Hurting Your Paid Subscriptions?
35 | It’s your subscriber. It’s time to control your data.
34 | Special Episode: WordPress Publisher Sessions
33 | Subscriber Behavior: What insights do you need?
32 | Predictions for 2023
31 | How to easily produce a premium newsletter to your paid subscribers
30 | It’s time for your website to stop annoying your readers
29 | How your paywall helps you build relationships with your readers
28 | Will your paywall kill your website traffic? (and ad revenue)
27 | How would WE build a local news publication?
26 | Should you take donations or sell subscriptions/memberships?
25 | How to succeed digitally with local news: An interview with Tyler Channel
24 | Should you offer a subscription level that hides ads?
Ep 23 | How many articles should you give away for free on your publication's website?
Episode 22 | How to Monetize Your Free Registration Level
Episode 21 | Fix these 10 things on your paywall now
Episode 20 | Subscription Accelerator™ Part 4: 15 New & Easy Publishing Tactics To Boost Your Subscription Revenue
Episode 19 | Subscription Accelerator™ Part 3: Converting Casual Readers to Paid Subscribers
Episode 18 | Subscription Accelerator™ Part 2: The Email Newsletter
Episode 17 | Subscription Accelerator™ Part 1: The Free Subscription Level
Episode 16 | 7 ways to successfully sell corporate, group, and bulk subscriptions
Episode 15 | Easy ways to level up your website to build paid subscriptions - Part 3
Episode 14 | Easy ways to level up your website to build paid subscriptions - Part 2
Episode 13 | Easy ways to level up your website to build paid subscriptions - Part 1
Episode 12 | Interview with Greg Grisolano of Land Line Media
Episode 11 | Paid subscriptions and virtual conferences with Hal Niedzviecki of Broken Pencil Magazine
Episode 10 | Interview with Wally Wallace of 50Fish on Social Media Marketing
Episode 9 | Exciting Things We've Been Working On
Episode 8 | Local News Publishers: Subscriptions vs. Memberships vs. Donations
Episode 7 | Interview with Todd Moen of Catch Magazine
Episode 6 | Interview with Greg Wolfe on magazine renewals and gift subscription strategies
Episode 5 | How to generate more paid subscriptions with promotions
Episode 4 | Interview with Street Photography Magazine
Episode 3 | 6 Examples of Successful Publication & Product Launches
Episode 2 | How to set up your paywall to convert more paying subscribers
Episode 1 | Why have a paywall?