Tools included:

WordPress, Pico, Stripe, Mailchimp, Newsletter Glue, Captivate

Experience:

Intermediate (low-code required)

For those who want to:

• Create a subscription-based newsletter and publication
• Offer paid member-only content
• Offer group subscriptions
• Segment your audience and tailor communications

Jacob Donnelly, GM of B2B at Morning Brew, recently left Substack and rebuilt his subscription-based publication with WordPress. His realized his publication, A Media Operator, was much more than just a newsletter.

He needed a tech stack that could support A Media Operator's growth, and give him the ability to;

• Publish and send a newsletter with one click, like Substack
• Manage subscriptions, group subscriptions, and segmented audiences
• Create evergreen SEO content
• Build a podcast-only page

Jacob eventually landed on the following tech stack:

• WordPress → Mailchimp → Pico → Stripe → Captivate

In these tutorials, we are going to show you how to achieve this same functionality.

Many thanks to Mark Bowley, a Makerpad Creator in Residence, for researching this tutorial.

https://www.makerpad.co/posts/set-up-a-website-on-wordpress
https://www.makerpad.co/posts/create-and-send-mailchimp-newsletters-from-wordpress
https://www.makerpad.co/posts/create-subscriptions-in-wordpress-with-pico
https://www.makerpad.co/posts/publish-podcasts-to-your-wordpress-site-with-captivate