About this episode
Rachel Meade Smith is the founder of Words of Mouth, a weekly newsletter focused on finding meaningful work. In this episode, we discuss how she built and monetised a values-driven newsletter to 72,000 subscribers over 10 years without ever running a single ad.Preorder Search Work now: https://orbooks.com/catalog/search-work/__Rachel Meade SmithWords of MouthWebsiteLinkedInInstagram Book__Timestamps00:00 Introducing Rachel Meade Smith and Words of Mouth01:38 10 years of values based curation07:17 Growing to 70k subscribers organically13:03 72% open rate, 22% clickthrough rate14:07 Monestizing while maintaining strong ethics20:07 4 ways the newsletter is monetized37:29 Developing beyond purely aggregation43:21 The art of aggregation, curation, and editing46:13 The process and expense of writing a book
