How to stay top of mind without giving subscribers a reason to unsubscribe.

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The Core Rule

If you oversend you get unsubscribes. The more you send the more reasons you give them to leave. But if you go silent subscribers forget about you and feel no connection to the brand.

The balance: send 3-5 campaigns per month to your subscriber list. No more.

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Always Exclude Subscribers from Sales Campaigns

Active subscribers should never receive your general promotional campaigns. They are already paying you monthly, sending them a sale email makes them feel like they are overpaying or missing out on a better deal. That creates resentment and accelerates cancellations.

Exclude your active subscriber segment from every sale, discount, and promotional campaign you run to your general list.

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What to Send Subscribers

Keep it minimal, valuable, and exclusive. Every campaign should make them feel like being a subscriber comes with benefits nobody else gets.

• Giveaways: exclusive to subscribers only
• Founder notes: personal updates from the founder, what is happening behind the scenes
• Special educational content: deeper dives than what non-subscribers receive
• Custom discounts on upsells: exclusive offers to add products to their existing order
• Team spotlights: introduce the people behind the brand
• Brand updates: new products coming, milestones reached, community news

Examples of subscriber campaigns: Click Here

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What Never to Send Subscribers

• General promotional campaigns available to everyone
• Sale announcements
• Discount codes that non-subscribers can also access
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The Upsell Opportunity

Campaigns to subscribers are your best upsell opportunity. They already trust you, they are already buying from you, and they have an upcoming order you can add to.

Give them exclusive discounts on complementary products that can be added to their next order. Frame it as a subscriber-only perk, not a general promotion. This increases AOV on existing orders without acquiring a new customer.

• Subscriber exclusive upsell campaign from a top subscription brand

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What to Avoid

• Sending more than 5 campaigns per month to subscribers
• Including subscribers in general sales campaigns
• Sending promotional content that makes subscribers feel like they are not getting the best deal
• Going completely silent between billing reminders and order confirmations </aside>

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