Since I use convert kit to manage my email list, I was thinking of trying out the paid option. I think you're on to something with short-term paid stuff. I hadn't considered it as a cheap alternative to a course though (that's a good idea). My thought was you could create a niche newsletter that's free, but has premium subscriber-only content from time to time. E.g. a political newsletter that has a parallel subscriber only election edition. Or a sports newsletter with a paid version during the playoffs. I have to be careful though. As someone who does this part time, I have to really evaluate which shiny new things (paid newsletters, newsbreak) are worth jumping on, and when I should just double down on one thing