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tylerdenk.bsky.social @tylerdenk.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
👀 @oliverdarcy.bsky.social is on an absolute tear right now... • went independent and launched Status 6 months ago • has thousands of paying subscribers • got a killer WSJ feature and he just launched a beautiful new website and newsletter with @beehiiv.com's new toys...
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tylerdenk.bsky.social @tylerdenk.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
putting some final touches on the all new @beehiiv.com website builder 🏗️ ✅ newsletters ✅ websites ✅ growth tools ✅ monetization there's never been a better time to create content
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tylerdenk.bsky.social @tylerdenk.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
the future of media 🤝 the @beehiiv.com Media Collective the roster is stacked with only a few spots remaining... 🩺 health insurance 💼 legal coverage 👑 VIP support 📈 growth budget 📸 Getty Images 📊 strategy sessions 🎟️ concierge onboarding 💻 additional software
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tylerdenk.bsky.social @tylerdenk.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
it turns out I’ve significantly underestimated what's possible with the new website builder on @beehiiv.com 💾 new BDE website dropping soon 🎨 new beehiiv website builder dropping soon
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tylerdenk.bsky.social @tylerdenk.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
I've raised nearly $50M for @beehiiv.com in today's newsletter I shared the story behind each round and the key takeaways I wish I knew back then 👇
mail.bigdeskenergy.com
How I Raised $50M
Each round has a totally different story to tell.
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tylerdenk.bsky.social @tylerdenk.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
took the week off from sending the newsletter last week and am back with an absolute heater tomorrow 🔥 subscribe so you don't miss the goods
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Big Desk Energy
startup insights, stories, and vibes sent to your inbox every Tuesday
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tylerdenk.bsky.social @tylerdenk.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
2025 revenue goal for @beehiiv.com is $30M 🎯 will circle back on this in 12 months
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tylerdenk.bsky.social @tylerdenk.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
new year, new job? @beehiiv.com is hiring for engineering, data, and customer success 🌎 fully remote 💰 competitive salary 📈 401(k) match 🩺 insurance 🧘🏿‍♀️ monthly wellness day 📚 unlimited book budget 🏃🏽‍♀️ tons of autonomy
careers.beehiiv.com
Careers at beehiiv
We're empowering creators to create, monetize, and grow by building the most powerful and robust newsletter platform, built by newsletter people. And we're only just getting started 🚀beehiiv is commit...
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tylerdenk.bsky.social @tylerdenk.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
rich rich (thanks @beehiiv.com) btw - Boosts got a massive upgrade with transparent first party data, automated workflows, and tons of other powerful features each month I passively earn $1,000+ and grow by 3,000+ subscribers
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tylerdenk.bsky.social @tylerdenk.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
want a new job for Christmas? @beehiiv.com is hiring for engineering, data, and customer success 🌎 fully remote 💰 competitive salary 📈 401(k) match 🩺 insurance 🧘🏿‍♀️ monthly wellness day 📚 unlimited book budget 🏃🏽‍♀️ tons of autonomy
careers.beehiiv.com
Careers at beehiiv
We're empowering creators to create, monetize, and grow by building the most powerful and robust newsletter platform, built by newsletter people. And we're only just getting started 🚀beehiiv is commit...
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tylerdenk.bsky.social @tylerdenk.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
I began 2024 sending my first ever newsletter to just a few hundred people ending 2024 by sending my 52nd consecutive newsletter to nearly 75K people Big Desk Energy has been one of my greatest investments my advice to anyone contemplating literally anything: just get started
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tylerdenk.bsky.social @tylerdenk.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
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Dave Infante @dinfontay.com · 19/12/2024
For the curious (other publishers, readers, whomstever) I wrote up some quick bullet points about Fingers' Substack -> @beehiiv.com move. New subscribers can score that 25%-off annual discount here: www.fingers.email/upgrade?offe...
🧹 More on the boozeletter’s move
On Tuesday, I migrated Fingers from Substack to Beehiiv, with an engineer from the latter platform kindly holding my hand throughout the ~90min process. The move included most of Fingers’ four-year publishing archive and most of its ~7,000 subscribers.

As a blanket statement, if you have any problems—with your subscription, receiving the newsletter, logging into the website, figuring out why something is laid out weirdly when it never used to be, etc.—don’t hesitate to email me: dave@dinfontay.com.

Some notes on the move:

What this means for you: Hopefully nothing! Because Substack is a layer that sits atop of my payment-processing software (Stripe), all paid subscriptions should have transferred over as-is. Free and paid subscribers can log into Fingers on the web by clicking the link in the upper-righthand corner and enter the email at which you receive the boozeletter. More info on that process here.

What this means for me: Hopefully something! I’m looking forward to growing Fingers on the Beehiiv platform, which has more customization options and some other tools Substack was lacking. From an operational standpoint, Beehiiv is a good deal cheaper than Substack, too, so I’ll be able to capture more margin: the former will set me back around $1,000 annually, compared to around $4,000 for the latter. That’s significant savings for a small, independent, one-man-band like your fearless Fingers editor.Why I migrated “most,” not all, of Fingers’ archives: Like any transfer between content management systems, there was some breakage between Substack and Beehiiv. Most of this was cosmetic stuff, image galleries and so forth. The biggest genuine loss is the comments sections, which are locked into Substack’s platform. It was a tough call to leave those behind, but I believe it’s the right one for Fingers’ future. That said, thank you to everybody who made the comments sections so vibrant on the old platform; hope you’ll do likewise here!

Why I migrated “most,” not all, of Fingers’ subscribers: We ported over all of the roughly 600 paid subscribers to the new platform, for the obvious reason that they fund my work and I would very much like to keep working. Pretty simple. Less simple was figuring out which of the ~6,500 free sign-ups were actually real, and which were defunct addresses, spambots, etc. Ultimately, we identified more than 2,000 addresses that had a) never paid Fingers a cent; b) landed on Fingers’ list via Substack’s recommendation engine; and c) hadn’t opened an email in the last six months. This more or less confirmed the suspicions I wrote about back in June about the quality of sign-ups Substack was sending my way. No wonder my open rates had been tanking.Fingers isn’t a newsletter about newsletters (god forbid), so I’ll leave the operational review at that. Other publishers, feel free to reach out if you’re contemplating a similar move and want more details.

On a more personal note, it’s very scary to move platforms when your livelihood depends on it. Thanks to all the paying Friends of Fingers and Fingers Founding Members who have supported this project, especially this year. For the rest of you, consider upgrading to support my reporting in 2025, here’s a discount:

25% off the first year
Make sure you toggle to “annual” to take advantage of the deal. Hope to see you on the other side of the paywall.
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tylerdenk.bsky.social @tylerdenk.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
today substack admitted to opening a backdoor and building extra capabilities for JUST their top user (and eventually only the top 1%) @beehiiv.com is building powerful capabilities to empower ALL users equally new website building coming soon 🤫
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beehiiv @beehiiv.com · 16/12/2024
NEW: post library on beehiiv manage your entire content archive, faster: 👀 key metrics at a glance 📁 advanced organization filters ⚡️ bulk actions to streamline your workflow 🔎 upgraded search to find exactly what you need
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tylerdenk.bsky.social @tylerdenk.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
happy to announce @beehiiv.com is the first email platform to offer fully native integration with bluesky 🐝🤝🦋
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beehiiv @beehiiv.com · 13/12/2024
skip the socks, give the gift of quality content this year 🎁 with gift subscriptions, your readers (or actually anyone) can purchase a subscription to your paid newsletter and send it to all their favorite people!
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RANGE Media @rangemedia.co · 11/12/2024
Extree extree, read all about it! RANGE launches Newsy Couture, a clothing *experience* for the muckraking *lifestyle* Read on, or just dive in and shop — www.rangemedia.co/shop — you ink-stained wretches! 1/4
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Clive Thompson @clivethompson.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
"If you’re not a breadwinner on Substack, you’re the yeast .. responsible for driving app downloads, granting access to their social graph, and funneling their readers towards the platform’s top earners." @tylerdenk.bsky.social (channeling @anildash.com too) mail.bigdeskenergy.com/p/death-by-t...
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Death by a thousand substacks
If you’re not a breadwinner, you’re the yeast.
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beehiiv @beehiiv.com · 11/12/2024
your 2024 beehiiv rewind is here! see your aggregated stats, top content, growth, and more✨
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Keenen Charles @keenen.xyz · 11/12/2024
Echoes a lot of my thoughts on the direction Substack has been going in. Newsletters are great because you own your audience and you're not tied to any platform. I'm weary of any one trying to change that.
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tylerdenk.bsky.social @tylerdenk.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
substack continues to pivot its strategy at the expense of its publishers it's dark patterns for darker incentives all the way down
mail.bigdeskenergy.com
Death by a thousand substacks
If you’re not a breadwinner, you’re the yeast.
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tylerdenk.bsky.social @tylerdenk.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
we are now hiring @beehiiv.com for engineering, data, customer success, and customer support 🌎 fully remote 💰 competitive salary 📈 401(k) match 🩺 insurance 🧘🏿‍♀️ monthly wellness day 📚 unlimited book budget 🏃🏽‍♀️ tons of autonomy careers.beehiiv.com
careers.beehiiv.com
Careers at beehiiv
We're empowering creators to create, monetize, and grow by building the most powerful and robust newsletter platform, built by newsletter people. And we're only just getting started 🚀beehiiv is commit...
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Dave Infante @dinfontay.com · 05/12/2024
📢 Some exciting news: after a very busy year of kicking the can down the road, I'm pleased to announce Fingers' award-winning independent journalism about drinking in America will soon be migrating to @beehiiv.com.
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tylerdenk.bsky.social @tylerdenk.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
who are the best people to follow here 🦋
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