Co-founder & Head of Product
@SparkLoopHQ
, "the" growth platform for newsletters.
Working at the intersection of newsletters, product and sourdough bread.
Iโm excited to announce we just acquired
@SparkLoopHQ
which is going to allow creators to make a living in a totally new way.
Hereโs why this acquisition is a game changer for the creator economy:
@nntaleb
Interesting to notice how, historically, this has been true of every โempireโ.
The Roman Empire had slaves, the British empire has mass immigration from the colonies, etc
๐จ We're hiring at SparkLoop ๐จ
We are one of the fastest growing companies in the media space, shaping the future of newsletter growth and we are just getting started.
Now, we are hiring our first-ever UX/UI designer๐
Aaandโฆ we are hiring again :)
Iโm looking for a mid/senior level Rails engineer to join our awesome team building the best growth platform for newsletters in the world.
Interested? Details and link for application below ๐
Likes and retweets
Iโm looking for a part-time
#Rails
developer for some freelance work.
Ideally someone entrepreneurial, working on their own startup whoโd like to make some $ on the side.
Interested? DM or email me (my email is easy to figure out)
Retweets appreciated!
I'm constantly amazed by how many developers want to work at
@SparkLoopHQ
specifically because it's a "vanilla" Rails app (Rails/Turbo/Stimulus/Tailwind/Sidekiq)
It's live! ๐ซฃ
Huge props to the team: this project is the culmination of 6 weeks of work, dozens of conversations with customers, multiple iterations and lots and lots of sweat and tears.
And many thanks to all our users who have all sent lots of love so far โฅ๏ธ
โ Love building world-class products?
โ Expert in Rails, Hotwire/Stimulus, Tailwind, ViewComponent & Sidekiq?
โ Get chills when your work impacts thousands?
โ Excited about shaping the future of an entire industry?
Come work with me at
@SparkLoopHQ
, "the" growth platform
โ Love building world-class products?
โ Get chills when your work impacts thousands?
โ Expert in
#Rails
, Hotwire/Stimulus,
@tailwindcss
, ViewComponent &
@sidekiq
?
โ Excited about shaping the future of an entire industry?
Come work with me at
@SparkLoopHQ
!
We're shaping
๐จ New Feature Alert ๐จ
SparkLoop now shows referral acceptance rates and potential earnings *before* you join a partner program.
You can even sort publications by expected earnings ๐ซฃ
100%
In the first months of SparkLoop,
@louisnicholls_
and I personally onboarded the first 50-100 (can't remember the exact number) users.
The app barely had a sign up page.
I still think it's in the top 3 best decisions we made in 4 years running the business.
@ironman_jakarta
@nntaleb
The Japanese Empire extensively used forced labour and slavery in China, Korea, and other occupied territories during its imperial expansion.
@ShaneAParrish
The best part of changing perspective is that almost every problem, at the right level of abstraction, becomes insignificant in the grand scheme of things.
@SparkLoopHQ
With big publications paying out (like 1440), SparkLoop's potential is sky high.
Every newsletter creator should be using SparkLoop. Don't leave this easy money on the table!
@stephsmithio
They are not. Decades of marketing from big food companies have convinced us that a food itโs about its nutritional profile. Thereโs *a lot* more to food that itโs not represented by a nutritional label. Read โUltra-processed peopleโ for more.
apple sherlocked 1Password today, so i'd like to remind you that your Apple ID is only as secure as your carrier.
if you have 2FA on and get SIM swapped, attackers can lock you out of it PERMANENTLY.
last month it happened to me. make sure it doesn't happen to you: ๐งต
just made my first internet $
added sparkloop's upscribe to my newsletter a couple days ago and have already made up to $20
this feels like a cheat code
you get paid every time someone new subs to your newsletter
above anything else, its motivation to keep pushing out content
@theandreboso
@yongfook
when I applied for a mortgage a few years ago the bank said I was too "risky* even though I had just sold my previous business for nearly 7 figures (this was in the UK)
My ultimate "health" goal is to be fit enough to dance at one of my grandchildren's wedding.
(Assuming my children have kids in their early 30s and those kids marry at 30, I should be ~95 years old.)
Iโm looking for a part-time
#Rails
developer for some freelance work.
Ideally someone entrepreneurial, working on their own startup whoโd like to make some $ on the side.
Interested? DM or email me (my email is easy to figure out)
Retweets appreciated!
Off to Paris for the
@ConvertKit
retreat.
Canโt wait to finally meet face-to-face with some of the amazing people Iโve been working with for the last 5 months!
@thesamparr
@dmytroason
The amount of ultra processed ingredients in the US, even in foods you probably consider โhealthyโ would probably shock you.
Thereโs now a mountain of evidence that links ultra processed food to weight gain and general health problems.
A clear pattern we noticed at
@SparkLoopHQ
:
The quality of referrals you get from the network is directly proportional to the effort you put in to onboard these referrals with dedicated welcome sequences.
@asmartbear
Are you saying I should stop writing long form articles, run a podcast that I also upload on YouTube and run clips on TikTok?
Then what do I do with all that spare time? Build a product? Or marketing? Or, god forgive, talk to potential customers??
@mattwensing
hard disagree.
You're taking that illustration literally instead of metaphorically.
When building a product you should:
- figure out the job to be done you're solving for (moving from A to B!)
- figure out the absolute simplest way to achieve that
- keep reiterating
@r00k
Totally. Done both, multiple times.
All things being equal, having a co-founder is a net positive.
Also, the claim "67% of startups fail due to co-founder conflicts" is like saying "being single is better than being married because statistically 50% of marriages end in divorce"
@marckohlbrugge
Personally, I realised a long time ago the trick to not be pulled in by whatever *feels* urgent in the moment is to decide upfront whatโs important.
Every Monday morning I decide what are my top 3 priorities. These are the things that, if completed, would make the week look like
โ Love building world-class products?
โ Expert in Rails, Hotwire/Stimulus, Tailwind, ViewComponent & Sidekiq?
โ Get chills when your work impacts thousands?
โ Excited about shaping the future of an entire industry?
Come work with me at
@SparkLoopHQ
, "the" growth platform
I love egg mayo sandwiches but my kids find them โboringโ (they donโt like the color)
So I changed the recipe slightly to include baby spinach and chopped capers (with salt, pepper and copious amount of lemon) and now they canโt have enough of it.
Saying we are in a โnewsletter bubbleโ because there are more newsletters than ever is like saying we are in a โvideo bubbleโ because there are more YouTube channel than ever.
Choice is good!
Competition is good!
It drives quality up.
Find the best newsletters for your
When people switch to SparkLoop from other tools, they are blown away by the fact they get to choose *exactly* what counts as engaged subscriber in granular detail
Something that some folks don't understand about
@SparkLoop
Partner Programs:
With our engagement screening, you're *never* going to pay for low open rate/click rate subscribers.
If someone doesn't engage like you want them to, you don't keep them and you don't pay for them.
How to filter out bots from your newsletter/email list:
STOP FAKE OPENS:
#1
- Ignore any pixels with the user agent "Mozilla/5.0" and nothing else. These are Apple MPP automated pixel fires (and not real pixels).
#2
- Also ignore any pixels with the user agent "Mozilla/5.0
Dan is right: co-reg does suck and usually yield low-quality, low-intent subscribers.
That's why new acquisition channels like
@SparkLoopHQ
are so different and special: you only keep and pay for subscribers meeting your specific criteria, be it demographics or engagement.
@YongSooChung
That doesnโt matter. Itโs really important how they found you and how they were nurtured prior to signing up. Running FB ads/sparkloop etc usually brings really low quality subs.
I have no love for TypeScript but the fact that Rails has survived 20 years despite the childish whims of his dictator, is a testament to how strong the community is.
I can't wait to see the day we say:
"So farewell, DHH..."
"So farewell, TypeScript. May you bring much rigor and satisfaction to your tribe while letting the rest of us enjoy JavaScript in the glorious spirit it was originally designed: Free of strong typing."
A common error among SparkLoop newsletter operators is trying to curate "perfect" recommendations.
๐ซ Don't. That's largely a waste of time (and money!)
Your readers are multifaceted; someone interested in your marketing content might also enjoy tennis, personal finance, or
@asmartbear
I have never really understood why some people are obsessed with NPS. It's a hugely biased (for the reason you mentioned) metric and, at best, is a snapshot in time that has a shorter shelf-life than spinach
Finally migrating the Roast My Landing Page newsletter from
@enchargeio
to
@ConvertKit
Encharge has so many native integrations, and an AWESOME visual funnel builder.
But I want access to
@ConvertKit
's snippets, and growth tools: the creator network and
@SparkLoopHQ
Very naive take.
Whether or not a cafรฉ allows people to work there depends on the size of the cafรฉ, not the continent they are in.
The economics of small cafes require a high turnover of customers, with each staying for no more than 15-20 minutes, to be profitable.
This is
The difference between European and American cafes is so stark
In Europe many don't allow laptops anymore
In America they usually do and people are working on something cool!
@iamkylebalmer
To anyone still using boosts, let me help you give SparkLoop a tryโฆ
If you arenโt earning >50% more revenue after 60 days, Iโll pay the difference out of my own pocket.
Joining a new marketplace at the start is a smart move.
Few players, means you get noticed more easily.
ConvertKit's constant flow of new users means you'll never run out of potential customers.
If I was looking for a simple side gig, I would jump on this right now ๐
JUST ANNOUNCED!
Introducing the ConvertKit Marketplace!
The ConvertKit Marketplace is filled with email templates designed by creators for creators using our newly updated email editor.
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Read more ๐
Those who are still stuck with zero-sum mentality will, like dinosaurs, go extinct.
Those who embrace collaboration and mutual endorsement will grow and earn order of magnitudes faster than the others.
It was true for YouTube, podcasts, Twitter and pretty much any platform for
If there's one thing I've learned from building SparkLoop...
Newsletter operators are vastly more successful when they view other newsletters and creators as collaborators. Not competition.
Just did some very quick back-of-the-napkin maths to show a friend how much they could earn with
@SparkLoopHQ
Friend: โSo youโre saying I could earn (many *thousands* of $) per month??โ
Me: No, thatโs how much youโd earn per DAY.
I think I made his day :)
7
we postponed our wedding because of Covid, then eventually decided to just do it and got married in wonderful Cornwall in front of our parents, our 9 months old baby and our dogs.
It was wonderful
If after 6 months a subscriber decides to unsubscribe from your newsletter is because they have stopped getting value from it.
The fact that they received other emails in the meantime has nothing to do with it.
If you think the reason youโre readers are going to stay subscribed
You pay $2 for a new newsletter subscriber
You earn $2 back from Sparkloop or Beehiiv Boosts
You got that subscriber for "free"
But, to earn those $2 back, your subscriber had to join 2 other newsletters.
After 6 months, they get tired of all 3 (yours included) and unsubscribe.
Poor UX example:
When I click on "Due on" in a todo, I expect to add a due date.
However,
@basecamp
defaults to "No due date" for some reason.
It would be helpful if the default option aligned with the user's intention.
Just a friendly suggestion for a smoother experience!