I logged on this morning, not really sure what I was going to write about in today’s email. It’s not that I haven’t been doing anything this week, just that there is nothing that particularly stands out.
And then, as if the newsletter gods were shining down on me, I noticed an email from Beehiiv, letting me know I’d had my first Boost invite.
What does this mean? It means another publication has offered to pay me a commission if I help them get new subscribers by promoting their newsletter.
I signed up for the paid version of Beehiiv last week, and the Boost feature is one of the features I now have access to.
The other thing that I have access to since upgrading is the Beehiiv Slack community. I didn’t know about this (or maybe I did but hadn’t given it much thought). But as soon as my payment went through, I got the invite. It’s full of threads with advice, questions, guides and general newsletter chat.
I haven’t interacted much, but I have posted in the intro thread where you are encouraged to introduce your newsletter.
I actually think the community is a great idea - it feels like you get something for your money straight away. It’s nice to have a place where you can ask a quick question and interact with other Beehiiv users (as well as Beehiiv employees).
But back to Boosts.
What are Beehiiv Boosts?
Boosts are one of the ways you can make money with Beehiiv by “boosting” other newsletters. Newsletters available to boost offer a small commission fee for genuine subscribers. They are listed on the boosts page (and you can filter by category, language, size and so on).
You can apply to the newsletter to become a booster (not sure if booster is what they refer to it as - I might have just made that up😂).
Or, as it turns out, some newsletters will invite you (which is what happened to me this morning).
If you decide to boost a newsletter, you can share the link on your socials and in your emails, and you can also add recommendations to your sign-up flow.
When you turn the recommendations page on, people who subscribe to your newsletter will get a pop-up after they subscribe, asking if they’d like to subscribe to your recommended newsletters.
I imagine some people apply to Boost any newsletters that pay, hoping to make as much money as possible. I want to be more selective and only recommend newsletters that I think will be relevant (and good quality).
Anyway, that’s pretty much what I know about boosts so far. I’m going to have a browse through some of the newsletters and apply to any I think will be a good fit. Then we’ll see whether I make any pennies from it.
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