Create Your Own Publication with Leah Sottile

The Writers’ Co-op

Most of the time, freelancers who work with clients do not own the rights to the creative work that's produced. Even retaining a modicum of your rights is frequently a prolonged legal battle that results in very little. But some freelancers who want ownership over their work are turning to another source of income: newsletters.

Creating a newsletter is like running your own mini publication. There are questions about when to publish, how frequently to publish, how much to charge your subscribers, and more.

In this episode Wudan talks to Leah Sottile.

Leah is an independent journalist based in Portland, Oregon. Leah covers extremism in the US and has built an audience and a monetizable newsletter without the benefit of a staff job. You can follow her on Twitter.

Leah and Wudan talk more about ownership over your work, building an audience and creating your own publication.

Resources:

• Newsletter: The Truth Does Not Change According to Our Ability to Stomach It
• Webinar: Build Your Audience & Monetize Your Newsletter
• Book: When the Moon Turns to Blood
• Podcasts: Burn Wild, Bundyville, Two Minutes Past Nine

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