| | | | | Hey, it's Matt. | Last week, we hosted New Media Summit with 550+ amazing founders and creators. I'm excited to share my learnings with you in this newsletter today and much more in the coming weeks. | In today's issue: | How to dominate the new LinkedIn algorithm Takeaways from New Media Summit HubSpot acquires Starter Story And more…
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| | | | | | BEST LINKS | My favorite finds | 📈 Growth | | 💰 Revenue | | 👀 ICYMI | | 🗞️ Industry News | HubSpot acquires Starter Story (AdWeek) Axel Springer buys B2B real estate media company, Bisnow (AMO)
| 📧 New Media Summit Re-caps | Courses are in big trouble (Mike Schmitz) 9 lessons learned at New Media Summit (Bric Bain) Email lessons non-profits should steal to raise more in 2026 (Christina Edwards) Notes from New Media Summit and building a media company in the AI era (Kieran Lenahan) 7 takeaways if you're building your personal brand or posting content online (Matthew Brown)
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| | DEEP DIVE | We hosted an event with 550+ people. Here's what happened |
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| | Last week, the GrowLetter team and I hosted New Media Summit 2026. | It was a blast. | 550+ founders, creators, journalists and marketers gathered in Austin, Texas for 2 days of sessions, networking, dinners, meetups, and more. | 137+ people shared a video testimonial about the event Dozens shared recaps of what they learned 300+ people posted about it on social
| I got to learn from founders like… | Codie Sanchez, on the business model of Contrarian Thinking. Plus, how she built a $100M+ business and audience of 10M+ in just 5 years. | Saagar Enjeti, on how he built the #1 news show on YouTube with 1 BILLION+ views. | Isaac Saul, on how he bootstrapped a non-partisan news business to 4M+ ARR and converts 17% of his free readers into paying members. | Erika Burghardt, broke down exactly how 1440 Media uses the Meta ads to add 300,000+ new email subscribers per month. | Sam Gaudet, shared how he helped Dan Martell grow from an audience of 100k to over 10 MILLION. | Matt Paulson, broke down the advanced list growth and monetization strategies MarketBeat used to scale to 6M+ email subscribers and $50M in annual revenue. | Ryan Deiss, explain why he retired from selling courses, the headwinds destroying course and information product businesses, and how he's adapting by providing AI-enabled services and "AI employees". | | And that's just scratching the surface… | I can't wait to share my favorite insights with you in this newsletter soon! | As I'm writing this, my team is editing, uploading, and transcribing the recordings from each session. | Soon they'll be ready to share with VIP ticket holders and those who pre-ordered. | BUT… | As soon as the recordings are live, the discounted pre-order price disappears. | That means prices go up in just a few days. | Until then… | You can pre-order the recordings and slides from every session, plus get $1997 in free bonuses, for just of $1997 $399 now. | I can't believe we are selling the recordings this cheap. Honestly, it's a mistake to price them this low. Next year they'll be much more expensive. | (Especially after I heard this feedback from Swen Lorenz about New Media Summit): | "For anyone who is curious to learn more, I cannot recommend enough to spend $399 on buying access to the videos and decks of the conference. I am saying that without getting a cut from any sales. I simply think Matt has created THE best platform for helping content creator businesses grow. Honestly, these recordings should cost $2,990 or even $29,990 rather than $399." | | | | Swen Lorenz |
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| See all 137+ testimonials that flooded in after the event on our wall of love HERE. | If you want to see what you missed out on, pre-order now before prices go up: | | Your pre-order includes: | Session Recordings — Every session from both days of New Media Summit. Codie Sanchez, Ryan Deiss, 1440 Media, Isaac Saul, Matt Paulson, Anik Singal, Alexis Grant, Sam Gaudet, and more. 20+ sessions total. All Presentation Slides — Every slide deck from every speaker, ready to view, download, and reference. Full Transcripts — Searchable transcripts of every session so you can find the exact insight you need without rewatching.
| Plus, exclusive pre-order bonuses: | Newsletter Marketing Summit 2025 recordings ($499 value) - 6+ hours of sessions from last year's event with Alex Lieberman, James Altucher, Jay Clouse, and MANY more speakers (all speaker slides included) Audience Camp 2025 recordings ($999 value) - Recordings and slides from our $3000 mastermind event with Daniel Bustamante, Justin Moore, Katelyn Bourgoin, and more audience growth and monetization experts NMS Bonus Pack ($499 value) - Resources and templates to help you implement what you learned from the event, including… Database of top 50 Meta Ads for newsletter growth Sponsor database of 500+ top newsletter advertisers Database of top 25 highest converting newsletter sign-up funnels GrowLetter's marketing email swipe file (the best-performing emails we've used to sell our educational products and events)
| All bonuses are instantly available after pre-order. | But the price goes up Saturday at midnight | | | | | | | THAT'S A WRAP | Before you go: Here's how I can help… | 1) New Media Summit recordings — Pre-order recordings before prices go up. | 2) Write, Grow, Sell — Everything you need to build a profitable newsletter from scratch. | Until next time, | — Matt | P.S. This week, my regular newsletter will be published on Saturday, and it should stay that way going forward. Now that I'm back home after the event, I'm getting back into my regular content publishing phase on YouTube and via newsletter. | How did you like today's newsletter? | |
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