Want to grow your email list without adding more social media? SAME! If your list growth has stalled and you're one click away from signing up for another platform, you're so not alone. In this episode of The Creative Bodega Podcast, I share the 5 things I'm changing to make the content I already create work a lot harder, including the opt-in that brought me 53 new subscribers in 8 days.

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Things I cover inside this episode:

  • Why my new subscribers dropped from 329 last August to just 97 this August.
  • The week I almost signed up for every platform with a login screen
  • The show-notes opt-in that brought in 53 subscribers in just 8 days
  • Why I'm leaving Podia after six years, and what GEO means for AI search
  • How podcast guest swaps inside The Coven get us all in front of new audiences
  • The one-line question that got me 25 newsletter replies in a single week
  • A quick audit to find the list growth hiding in what you already make

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Quick correction: in this episode, I compare my list growth to summer 2023, but those numbers weren't accurate. The real year-over-year comparison is 329 new subscribers in August 2025 vs. 97 in August 2026, about a 70% drop.

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