Grow your newsletter
for just $0.75/email

We've cracked the code for growing any newsletter.

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✓ Fast
✓ Safe
✓ Compliant

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Exact audience match

We help you source contacts that match your ideal newsletter recipient.

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High engagement

With our audience management systems, we ensure your growth is matched with high engagement.

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Fully compliant

We follow all applicable requirements enforced by law, by ISPs, and by ESPs.

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Trusted by Newsletters Big & Small

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How It Works

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1. Audience identification & data sourcing

We help you define your ideal customer profile and then we reach out to various data vendors to purchase contacts within your exact scope.

2. Data processing

We use a stack of data processing tools to identify the highest quality contacts within a set of purchased data.

3. Activation

We take the best data within a sourced data set and add those to your list in small quantities each day. This helps us control for negative behaviors (e.g., spam complaints) and quickly identify which contacts are going to keep engaging with your content.

4. Audience management

We help you manage your newsletter segments to ensure your engagement stays healthy and identify who is most likely to respond to your offers.

Industry-leading engagement

43%
Average Open Rate
7.3%
Average Click-to-Open Rate
0.004%
Average Spam Complaint Rate

What Our Clients Are Saying

Case Studies

The New York Sun

✅ Email list growth from 288k active contacts to 3.7 million active contacts
✅ 10X growth
in monthly net-new ARR in 12 months

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The Dallas Express

✅ Email list growth from 225k active contacts to 500k active contacts in 12 months
Email inboxing improved from 70% to 98%+

David to Goliath

✅ From 5,444 subscribers to 25,620 subscribers in 4 months.
✅ Strong deliverability.
✅ High engagement.
✅ Exact audience match.

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8 Figure Agency

✅ From 3,158 subscribers to 16,624 subscribers in 3 months.
✅ Strong deliverability.
✅ High engagement.
✅ Exact audience match.

JOTO PR

✅ From 873 subscribers to 13,533 subscribers in 4 months.
✅ Strong deliverability.
✅ High engagement.
✅ Exact audience match.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Do you make the newsletter content too?

Yes! For an additional fee we can also create the newsletter content in addition to bringing our growth strategies.

How do you source data?

We work with a variety of data vendors to find the one that has the best match to your newsletter recipient specification. These vendors have a wide range of data attributes that can support B2B, B2C, and nonprofit newsletters.

Will my engagement still be high with this strategy?

Yes! We'll add high quality contacts to your list and we help you manage the list segments to ensure you have high engagement and good deliverability. While this means that you'll rarely be able to use all of your contacts, it does mean you can grow quickly, inexpensively, and reach the contacts who are responding the most to your content.

Is this system compliant with privacy and marketing laws?

Yes. All of our practices are compliant with CAN-SPAM and FTC regulations. If you're contacting individuals in one of the growing number of states with new privacy laws, we'll also provide relevant compliance assistance. For most smaller businesses and smaller newsletters, only the basic regulator requirement will apply.

Do you grow newsletters with non-U.S. audiences?

No. We only offer this service in the United States currently.

Does your process work with the new bulk-sending requirements from Google and Yahoo?

Yes. We leverage enterprise-level deliverability tools to make sure you stay on good terms with major email providers like Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, and others.

How much do you charge per month?

Fees vary based on how quickly you want to grow. Our smallest package starts at just $1,500 per month.

Does your team offer broader email marketing services?

Yes. While Fwd: is exclusively dedicated to growing your newsletter, our sister agency, NOBLE, provides a wide range of email marketing services.

How did you develop this growth system?

We worked with a variety of major publishers over the last 2 years learning the ins and outs of growing email lists with purchased data. We've got our process down to a reliable system that can benefit nearly any organization looking to grow their newsletter.