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Writes the automated welcome email that new subscribers receive immediately after signing up, establishing the newsletter's voice, making the editorial promise concrete, and setting expectations that reduce early unsubscribes.
Required: Newsletter name and a 2–3 sentence description of what it covers and for whom; the publishing cadence (daily, weekly, etc.); the newsletter's tone and voice in your own words Optional: What prompted you to start the newsletter (if personal origin helps the voice); what you want subscribers to do immediately after reading (reply, whitelist, follow on social, etc.); any paid tier details if applicable; one concrete example of the type of story or insight a subscriber can expect
Single email, 200–350 words. Signed by name or newsletter brand voice, not a generic "The Team." Short paragraphs — maximum three sentences each — for mobile readability. No bullet lists unless the newsletter style explicitly uses them. Subject line included at the top of the output as: Subject: [line]
Newsletter: The Long View Description: Weekly essay newsletter covering economic history — what past financial crises, inflations, and market panics can teach us about the present. For people who want depth over speed and are tired of hot takes. Cadence: Weekly, Sunday mornings Voice: Calm, authoritative, slightly contrarian. The writer is a former economic historian who left academia. Readers are professionals — finance, policy, journalism — who want intellectual rigour without the jargon. Call to action: Reply with what you want to understand better No paid tier currently.
Subject: You subscribed to something slower
Thank you for signing up — and for choosing slow.
The Long View arrives every Sunday morning with one essay on economic history and what it illuminates about the present moment. Not a summary of last week's news. Not a thread turned into a paragraph. A proper piece of thinking, usually 1,200–1,800 words, built on primary sources and the kind of research that doesn't fit into a 48-hour news cycle.
This week's essay goes out Sunday. In the meantime, the archive is here if you want to see what you've signed up for — I'd suggest starting with the piece on the 1970s inflation cycle, which keeps turning out to be more relevant than I'd like.
One thing that helps more than you'd expect: hit reply and tell me what you're trying to understand. Not what you want me to cover — I'm not taking assignments — but what question you're carrying around right now. I read every reply. It shapes what I write, even when I don't say so.
See you Sunday.
— Marcus
P.S. If you use Gmail, drag this email into your Primary tab. It keeps the next ones from going to Promotions, which is where good things go to be ignored.
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