Rief: Media products grow best when promoted within the same medium
Austin Rief · Co-founders Austin Rief and Alex Lieberman on Building Morning Brew · Jan 3, 2023 · at 31:21
Morning Brew co-founder Austin Rief discusses cross-promotional audience acquisition strategies.
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“There are people who are just newsletter people, just like when you want to promote a podcast, you do it on other podcasts. Like mediums promote like mediums.”
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