Email Episodes
292
Feb. 3, 2026
#292: Chenell Basilio — The state of email in 2026, growing your list without social media, and new predictions.
Chenell Basilio is the creator of Growth In Reverse
Guest: Chenell Basilio
200
July 2, 2024
#200: Nathan Barry – The risks of ConvertKit’s rebrand (and how I can become a billion dollar creator)
Nathan Barry is the founder and CEO of ConvertKit (soon to be Kit).
Guest: Nathan Barry
151
June 9, 2023
#151: Nathan Barry of ConvertKit — Acquiring SparkLoop and turning email into multiplayer mode with the Creator Network
Nathan Barry returns to talk about the Creator Network (and their most recent acquisition)
Guest: Nathan Barry
147
May 2, 2023
#147: Chenell Basilio – How the best newsletter operators grow to 50K+ subscribers
Chenell Basilio is the creator of Growth In Reverse where she studies how creators like Justin Welsh, Packy McCormick, Lenny Rachitsky, and Codie Sanchez grew their newsletter.
Guest: Chenell Basilio
145
April 18, 2023
#145: Matt McGarry – The man behind email acquisition for The Hustle, Codie Sanchez, Sahil Bloom, and The Milk Road
Breaking down how the best of the best grow their newsletters with paid acquisition.
Guest: Matt McGarry
128
Dec. 6, 2022
#128: Neville Medhora – Making millions with remarkable copywriting
Neville Medhora is the creator of Copywriting Course and SwipeFile.com
Guest: Neville Medhora
117
Sept. 13, 2022
#117: Josh Spector – Driving action with a daily newsletter and providing Transformation for your audience
Josh Spector is a marketing and business consultant who writes For The Interested, a newsletter for creative entrepreneurs with more than 20,000 subscribers.
Guest: Josh Spector
110
July 26, 2022
#110: Polina Marinova Pompliano – How "The Internet's Biographer" writes great profiles
Polina Pompliano is the author of The Profile, which studies the most successful and interesting people and companies in business, entertainment, tech, sports, and more.
Guest: Polina Pompliano
109
July 19, 2022
#109: Justin Welsh – How a LinkedIn legend expanded into Twitter and Email
Justin Welsh has 150,000 followers on Twitter, 250,000 followers on LinkedIn, more than 35,000 subscribers to his email newsletter, and has earned more than $2M as a solo creator.
Guest: Justin Welsh
107
July 5, 2022
#107: Chanti Zak – How (and why) you should be using quizzes
Chanti Zak has developed quizzes for Jenna Kutcher, Carrie Green, Rick Mulready, John Lee Dumas, Amy Porterfield, and many more.
Guest: Chanti Zak
105
May 31, 2022
#105: Daphne Gomez – Leaning into rapid growth and finding rapid growth on Instagram
Daphne Gomez is the creator of Teacher Career Coach. She is a former teacher turned instructional designer, podcaster, and career coach.
Guest: Daphne Gomez
103
May 17, 2022
#103: Sam Parr – from The Hustle to one of the top podcasts on the planet with My First Million
Sam Parr is the co-host of My First Million and the founder of The Hustle. My First Million is one of the top business podcasts on the planet, generating more than 1 million downloads per month.
Guest: Sam Parr
102
May 10, 2022
#102: Tiago Forte – How Building a Second Brain went from public rant to thriving cohort-based course
Tiago Forte is the creator of Building a Second Brain. Tiago has spent more than 10 years researching and personally experimenting with a new way of organizing our digital lives and improving our productivity as creative professionals.
Guest: Tiago Forte
94
March 8, 2022
#94: Ann Handley – How to make your voice a differentiator in your work
Ann Handley is a writer, digital marketing pioneer, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author
Guest: Ann Handley
93
March 1, 2022
#93: Codie Sanchez – Growing a newsletter by dominating social media (in just over 2 years)!
Codie Sanchez is the Founder of Contrarian Thinking and Cofounder of Unconventional Acquisitions. She helps people think critically and cashflow unconventionally while allocating to what she calls "sweaty & boring" small businesses.
Guest: Codie Sanchez
87
Jan. 11, 2022
#87: Dan Runcie – From business school to music industry insider by covering the business of hip hop
Dan Runcie is the founder of Trapital, a media company covering the business of hip hop.
Guest: Dan Runcie
79
Nov. 9, 2021
#79: Dru Riley – 45,000+ email subscribers in less than 2 years
Dru Riley is the creator of Trends.vc, which has more than 45,000 subscribers and 1,000 Pro members.
Guest: Dru Riley
73
Sept. 21, 2021
#73: Taylor Schulte – Creating a winning content marketing strategy for a professional services business
Taylor Schulte is the founder of Define Financial, which manages over $120 million in assets and specializes in retirement & tax planning for people over age 50.
Guest: Taylor Schulte
60
June 8, 2021
#60: Brennan Dunn – Combining personalization and automation for next-level email marketing
Brennan Dunn is the creator of Double Your Freelancing, RightMessage, and Mastering ConvertKit.
Guest: Brennan Dunn
36
Dec. 8, 2020
#36: Matt Ragland – Becoming a full time YouTube creator after 10 years of side hustling
Matt Ragland is an independent creator. His YouTube channel showcases videos on the Bullet Journal process, productivity, and time management.
Guest: Matt Ragland
29
Oct. 13, 2020
#29: Khe Hy – Leaving Wall Street success to find fulfillment and start an email newsletter
Khe Hy is the creator of RadReads, a weekly newsletter covering how to live an intentional life.
Guest: Khe Hy
7
May 5, 2020
#7: Val Geisler – Email, imposter syndrome, and trading the corporate ladder for a spiral staircase
Val Geisler is the founder and CEO (that's Chief Email Officer) of Fix My Churn.
Guest: Val Geisler
4
April 14, 2020
#4: Ash Ambirge – Humble beginnings, the Middle Finger moment, setbacks, and the unexpected impact Rihanna had on her life
Ash Ambirge is an internet entrepreneur, creative writer, speaker, and advocate for women being brave and doing disobedient things with their careers and their lives.
Guest: Ash Ambirge