Revenue Rulebreaker by Lex Roman (Page 2)

Home is where my business is: why I had to leave Los Angeles to save my business and my sanity

Dirtbag Lifestyle

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Home is where my business is

Why I had to leave Los Angeles to save my business and my sanity

Lex Roman Apr 9, 2026 4 min read

How's the business doing: Revenue Rulebreaker Q1 Report

Yearly and Quarterly Reports

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How's the business doing? Quarter in review (Q1 2026)

A look inside how Revenue Rulebreaker is running with revenue, expenses, wins and failures of the first quarter of 2026

Lex Roman Apr 5, 2026 17 min read

Open Mic

What are the top ways you grow your audience?

Share what's working for you when it comes to audience growth

Lex Roman Apr 3, 2026 1 min read

I thought paywalling was unethical. This is why I started paywalling.

Subscriptions and Memberships

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I thought paywalls were unethical. This is why I started paywalling.

Kaitlyn Arford didn't want to charge her readers, but as her publication grew, she realized the alternative was much worse.

Kaitlyn Arford Mar 29, 2026 7 min read

Email and Newsletters

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I built a fast-growing paid newsletter on Substack, accidentally deleted it, and had to rebuild from scratch.

Here’s what it taught me about platform risk, audience ownership, and why growth can go backwards before it goes forward

Lucy Werner Mar 26, 2026 10 min read

Podcast listeners pay for what? Secrets of successful podcast memberships

Podcasting

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Podcasting keeps changing, but what members want to pay for never changes

Eric Silver breaks down the timeless perks of a successful podcasting membership that taps into what motivates members to pay

Eric Silver Mar 22, 2026 7 min read

Should you market in this crisis? Small business owners and the politics and promotion

Marketing Strategy

Marketing in crisis: How small business owners handle the politics of promotion

10 entrepreneurs with ties to Minneapolis, Portland, Venezuela, Lebanon, and Jordan weigh in on how they market their small business through global and local events

Lex Roman Mar 19, 2026 9 min read

Inside My Business

Why this writer opened a brick-and-mortar bookstore in the age of Amazon

How a writer, a crowdfunding campaign, and a little astrology turned a daydream into a reality

L'Oreal Thompson Payton Mar 15, 2026 9 min read

Subscriptions and Memberships

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Paid subscriptions are down. What now?

Audience-funded writers like me have to diversity when subscriptions don't grow fast enough. Here's all the different ways I try to patch my revenue when subscriptions aren't enough.

Lex Roman Mar 12, 2026 9 min read

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