From January 2021 to April 2026, I led the written newsletter side of Crypto Banter.
During that time, I helped grow two daily newsletters from zero to 80,000 subscribers, with more than 600,000 monthly views, 30%+ open rates, and around $15,000 per month in sponsorship revenue.
I was responsible for the writing, research, editing, creative direction, team workflow, newsletter structure, sponsor placements, visuals, growth ideas, and a lot of the systems behind the scenes.
It was fast, high-pressure, and very hands-on.
The job was simple on paper: get useful newsletters out every day.
In reality, that meant building a process that could handle research, writing, editing, visuals, sponsors, publishing, performance, and team coordination without falling apart every time the clock started shouting.
The newsletters had to be quick, accurate, readable, commercially useful, and consistent.
That was the challenge: keep the quality high while publishing at speed every single day.
I was the main person leading the written product.
That included:
Writing and producing daily newsletter editions
Researching news, trends and story angles
Editing and improving the final copy
Shaping the voice, structure and feel of the newsletters
Managing the overall look and reader experience
Creating and directing thumbnail/image ideas
Working with designers and other team members
Leading a small creative/editorial team of 7
Planning newsletter campaigns
Helping deliver sponsor placements
Watching the numbers and adjusting based on performance
Building AI-assisted workflows and automations
Keeping the whole thing moving under daily deadline pressure
In practice, I was involved in almost every part of the newsletter operation.
Subscribers grown from zero across two daily newsletters
Monthly newsletter views
Open rates
Approximate sponsorship revenue
Newsletter editions written and produced
Creative/editorial team led
A big part of the work was making the newsletter operation smoother.
I did not want the process to rely on panic every day, so I helped build better structures around it.
That included:
Repeatable newsletter formats
Clearer research flows
AI-assisted writing and research support
Automations for repetitive tasks
Better handoffs between writing, design and publishing
Faster ways to organise stories and assets
More reliable daily production systems
Cleaner workflows for the team
The point was not to automate creativity out of the process, but to remove the boring friction so the creative work could happen faster and better.
I also helped shape how the newsletters felt to read.
That meant working on:
Tone of voice
Story structure
Headlines and framing
Image and thumbnail direction
Reader flow
Sponsor integration
The overall personality of the product
The goal was always to make the newsletters useful and easy to read without making them feel bland.
They needed to inform people, hold attention, and still feel like something made by humans.