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Give it away! Give it away! Give it away now! Why e-mail newsletters are cool, but not if they’re paid.

This is going to be BIG.

My weekly NYC events newsletter has nearly 2,000 subscribers, has almost 50% open rates, and even nailed a 20% clickthrough a couple of weeks ago (usually get 12-15%). It grows tiresome—just as tiresome as the game of trying to make the most money in a success-rich city like New York. That sucks. Just don’t play it.

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Why does Gmail hate newsletters? cc @gmail @danprimack @mailchimp

This is going to be BIG.

Near 40% opens, almost 15% clickthroughs, and almost 4,000 subscribers. What's even more bizarre is that this is a list that goes out to 4,000 people in the New York Tech community and no one seems to care. For 78 straight weeks, my " This Week in the NYC Innovation Community Newsletter " enjoyed industry leading metrics.