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Haha, I know right. I don't think they actually would have been open to selling at that price... I think they were just testing the waters and probably would have tried to pivot th…

I've been aggregating the latest micro-SaaS acquisition opportunities and I'm eager for feedback. These opps are from Saturday's issue. Apologies for the crap formatting. It's clea…

Thought about covering this in my archaeo/historical newsletter but didn't end up doing it. Maybe it'll be of interest to some of you though — such a cool opportunity! Self-promo: …

Haha, sounds about right

Wrote about this originally in my newsletter but didn't think a link post was appropriate so I posted the text. ancientbeat.substack.com if you're interested.

Found this one interesting. A rare papyrus was discovered in Masada, Israel. It’s the paycheck of a Roman legionary soldier dated to 72 CE, during the period of the Great Revolt of…

Thanks!

Interesting, thanks for weighing in! I think doing technical SEO on a site from the beginning makes a lot of sense. But what about writing articles to capture keywords? I'm not tal…

With big companies pumping a ton of money into snatching up keywords, can a small player really hope to make any gains? And is playing the long-game of SEO really worthwhile for an…

Here's the link: https://ancientbeat.substack.com/

I have an archaeological/anthropological newsletter that has nearly 1200 subs with a ~50% open rate, and I just monetized it over the weekend. I got a couple of upgrades to the pai…

Whoa, just saw this. Thanks so much! I can't believe how much time and thought you put into this — it's really really kind of you. You're awesome. I'll check these sites out :)

Thanks, Doug, really appreciate that feedback! Yeah, I'd prefer to add value for the paid tier, I just don't know where I would find the time. This is really helpful, though, thank…

Fair question. There are some other newsletters that have links... I don't know of any who summarize the content into bite-sized but reasonably comprehensive snippets. Those summar…

Yeah, I agree, that makes the most sense — paid tier has paid subscriptions, free tier has sponsorships. Thanks for the feedback!

Nice - that's really helpful, thanks! I'll definitely check it out.