Newsletter best practices: 12 ways to hook your readers


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The future belongs to creators (like you!),

Caitlin
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New speakers announced: Craft + Commerce 2025

Join creators who've scaled beyond solo this June 11-14 in Boise. Learn from industry-leading creators like Nisha Vora, Liz Wilcox, Lestraundra Alfred, and more at Craft + Commerce, our annual creator-focused conference.

You’ll learn about how to build teams, scale systems, and transform your creator business. Our schedule of keynotes, intimate workshops, and creator meetups is designed to help you make progress towards your goals. Save $150 on your ticket before April 3.


How this creator scaled her book club

Hayley Solano was born to read. But she had no idea her passion would take her across the world, building a community of book readers and leading a popular paid book club.

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Grow your email list with Recommendations

Growing an engaged email list is critical for scaling your business. One simple and effective way you can grow your list is by recommending your peers from the Creator Network.


When you recommend other creators, they're encouraged to recommend you back—creating an organic referral loop for faster growth. Creators who recommend each other grow twice as fast.

Here are easy ways to find creators to recommend:

  1. Creators most like you: We show you creators whose content is most similar to yours, so you can ensure a relevant fit for your subscribers.
  2. Recommend trending creators: A blue ring around a creator's profile photo means they’re gaining followers faster than most—a great signal their newsletter could be right for your audience.
  3. Recommend creators recommending you: View which creators are recommending you, and if it’s a good match, recommend them back with a single click.
  4. Smart Recommendations: Creators on our paid plans benefit from automatic recommendations in the background, so your list grows without any extra effort.

Expand your Kit powers with new time-saving apps

The Kit App Store just got even better with three new apps designed to save you time and extend what’s possible. From course creation to custom fonts, these integrations help you work smarter—not harder—all within Kit.

  • Create free courses effortlessly with TeachKit as a freebie to grow your email list without the technical hassle.
  • Food bloggers, meet Crumbs! An alternative way to easily build your RSS emails by dropping your blog link and automatically transform your recipes into customizable newsletters.
  • Maintain your visual identity by using your brand’s Custom Fonts in every email.

Go to our Kit App Store to explore more options and install these new apps to save time.


Newsletter best practices: 12 ways to hook your readers

We want you to create and sustain a great newsletter audience. Learn everything you need to create quality newsletters your subscribers will be delighted to read.

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Kit Studios Chicago is coming: Be the first to create

You want your content to look and sound as professional as your ideas, but setting up a high-quality studio at home is expensive and time-consuming. Tech headaches, lousy lighting, and subpar audio shouldn’t stand between you and your audience.

That’s why we’re bringing Kit Studios to Chicago and building a free, fully-equipped production space for Kit Creator and Creator Pro customers.


Aplins in the Alps

Travel Switzerland with confidence! Jana and Brett share YouTube videos and Swiss Travel Guides to help you minimize your planning time, maximize your experiences, and stretch your budget.

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Part Time Dragons

The award-winning videos & comics of Part Time Dragons show the daily lives of fantasy creatures in a modern setting! It’s occasionally spooky, but mostly it's funny, wholesome and heartwarming!

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Switch to UX

John helps aspiring and mid-level UX designers succeed in their UX design career by sharing insights and actionable tips.

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How to choose a side hustle idea as a part-time creator

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