Newsletter Launch Kit

You have had a tab open for Beehiiv for three weeks. Maybe Substack. You have a notes doc with content ideas that has not been touched since you created it. You know you want to start a newsletter — you just cannot get past the decision paralysis of platform choice, the fear of writing into the void, and the complete absence of a plan for getting anyone to actually subscribe. Newsletter Launch Kit is a structured skill that collapses the "someday" phase into a concrete launch sequence. It covers platform selection (Beehiiv vs. Substack vs. ConvertKit, with decision criteria — not opinions), a first-issue content framework, a 30-day subscriber acquisition plan targeting your first 100, a 3-email welcome sequence structure, and a monetization timeline that does not start with "build an audience first" and end with nothing actionable. This skill does not tell you to "just start posting and see what happens." That advice produces newsletters that die at issue 4. Every component here is sequenced: platform before content, welcome sequence before growth, monetization framing before you have 1,000 subscribers — because the decisions you make at launch determine whether the newsletter is worth growing. What you get: NEWSLETTER_LAUNCH.md — platform decision matrix, first-issue framework, 30-day acquisition plan, welcome sequence templates, and monetization milestone map. No API keys or external tools required.