How Sam Parr built an eight-figure newsletter (and his audience is obsessed with it)

Sam Parr, The Hustle, Content, Marketing, Subscription (Membership) Model

Joining me is Sam Parr. I’ve watched him build The Hustle over the years, which started out as an email newsletter with a few thousand subscribers.

And it just became massively successful because he targeted an audience of entrepreneurs.

But at some point last year, he said, “We need to add a new element to our business.” And he came out with a subscription service called Trends, which picks up on trends that lead to new products that could lead to new businesses.

I want to find out how he built up his business, how much revenue it’s generating, and how the whole thing started with a basic email newsletter.

Sam Parr

The Hustle

Sam Parr is the founder of The Hustle and Trends.co, which picks up on trends that lead to new products that lead to new businesses.

Andrew: Hey there, freedom fighters. My name is Andrew Warner. I’m the founder of Mixergy, where I interview entrepreneurs about how they built their businesses. Joining me is Sam Parr. I’ve watched him build the hustle over the years, and it started out as this email newsletter with a few thousand subscribers doing well.

And then it just became massively successful. Because he’s targeting an audience of entrepreneurs. In fact, just about everyone who is listening to this podcast is, is his target audience. And he keeps things really interesting in, I think that does it justice to say, keep it interesting right, Sam, it’s a great email.

Newsletter makes money from advertising. And at some point last year, he said, you know what? This thing is working, but we need to add a new element to our business. And he came out with this subscription service called trends that a lot of people in my audience had been telling me about. And what trends...

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