Episode notes
Today’s guest is Akhil Chauhan, who runs The Writer’s Job Newsletter (TWJN). But he didn’t create the newsletter — he acquired it.
Akhil has been running TWJN solo (besides occasional social media help) for two years. The guy he bought it from ran it for only one year. We spoke about:
- 💰️ The economics of a newsletter acquisition
- 🤐 Keeping his personality (mostly) out of the newsletter
- 🤝 Pulling off a seamless handoff after acquiring the newsletter
- 🧑💼 Being accountable to subscribers who rely on the newsletter for jobs
00:00 Acquiring a newsletter
08:05 Researching solo
14:10 The differences in journalism in the UK vs US
15:35 Growing a newsletter to 10k+ subscribers
23:18 Work/life balance as a creator
29:23 Prem ...