How The Quietus nailed memberships: focus on your shared passion Online music and culture magazine The Quietus has amassed almost 1000 paying members on Steady, thanks to its tailored approach to membership benefits Online music and culture magazine The Quietus has amassed almost 1000 paying members on Steady, thanks to its tailored approach to membership benefits
Attract more members: Build momentum for your project in just 3 steps Spring is the perfect time to secure more support for your project. Use the time before the summer slump to launch a small campaign – it doesn't need to be a huge effort. Spring is the perfect time to secure more support for your project. Use the time before the summer slump to launch a small campaign – it doesn't need to be a huge effort.
6 reasons to start your own newsletter Go all-in on the topics you care about, escape social media algorithms and earn money for your writing Go all-in on the topics you care about, escape social media algorithms and earn money for your writing
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Why newsletters are the next big thing for independent media Newsletters enable media makers to quickly set up their own publication, grow a community and start earning money from their work Newsletters enable media makers to quickly set up their own publication, grow a community and start earning money from their work
How 5 publishers are fighting representation gaps in mainstream media Publishers like GAY TIMES and gal-dem are working to address the lack of diversity in their industry. How memberships enable their communities to support this mission Publishers like GAY TIMES and gal-dem are working to address the lack of diversity in their industry. How memberships enable their communities to support this mission
How gal-dem’s readers supported the magazine through the COVID crisis With ardent community support and a decisive point of view, independent magazine gal-dem is ideally positioned to make the most of what memberships have to offer With ardent community support and a decisive point of view, independent magazine gal-dem is ideally positioned to make the most of what memberships have to offer
GAY TIMES CEO Tag Warner on combining print & online memberships The magazine’s membership programme aims to draw its global audience closer, while developing a new revenue stream dedicated to funding more original content The magazine’s membership programme aims to draw its global audience closer, while developing a new revenue stream dedicated to funding more original content
“We shouldn’t be scared of asking people to invest in creative work" After attracting some big-name ad partners, gal-dem has turned to its readers for more sustainable financial support After attracting some big-name ad partners, gal-dem has turned to its readers for more sustainable financial support
Listeners of this free podcast opted to pay anyway – here's why Louie Media's membership programme offers bonus content to paying members. But it's the superb quality of its free podcasts that gets paying members across the line. Louie Media's membership programme offers bonus content to paying members. But it's the superb quality of its free podcasts that gets paying members across the line.