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The Side Hustle Show

681: 15 List Building Tactics that Actually Work

The Side Hustle Show

Nick Loper

Business, Education, Entrepreneurship, How To

4.71.6K Ratings

🗓️ 10 July 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

It's time for some list building tactics that actually work! With all the upheaval in the search results and the fickle nature of social media, you know you need to build your email list, but how do you actually do it? Today we're sharing 15 simple tactics that really work. Our guest has been studying the biggest newsletters and creators to see what's working now. Chenell Basilio from Growth in Reverse and Growth in Reverse Podcast joins us to share strategies that get real results. Listen to Episode 681 of the Side Hustle Show to learn: 15 specific list building tactics with real subscriber numbers How to turn one subscriber into two with minimal effort Creative ways to collaborate and cross-promote Tools and automations that make growth hands-off Full Show Notes: 15 List Building Tactics that Actually Work New to the Show? Get your personalized money-making playlist ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠! Sponsors: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Mint Mobile⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ — Cut your wireless bill to $15 a month! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Indeed⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ – Start hiring NOW with a $75 sponsored job credit to upgrade your job post! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠OpenPhone⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ — Get 20% off of your first 6 months! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Shopify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ — Sign up for a $1 per month trial!

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0:00.0

It's time for some list-building tactics that actually work. With all the upheaval in the search

0:05.5

results and the fickle nature of social media, you know you need to build your email list,

0:10.1

but how do you actually do it? Today we're taking the guesswork out of it and breaking down

0:13.4

some tried and true tactics with a longtime side hustle show listener who's been studying

0:18.0

the biggest newsletters and creators in the world to figure out

0:21.4

what's working today from growth in reverse.com and the growth in reverse podcast, Chanel

0:27.7

Basilio. Welcome to The Side Hustle Show. Thanks for having me, Nick. I'm excited to be here.

0:32.0

Well, me as well. We've got lots of tactics to get into, and the first one is a really cool one

0:36.1

that you shared. It was called the

0:38.2

one click unlock. Tell us about this. Sure. So this comes from Justin Moore, who runs a newsletter

0:44.9

called Creator Wizard. He's got an interesting name. His whole ethos is helping creators and

0:50.0

influencers get more sponsorships. So he helps them make more money through their brand deals and that

0:54.6

kind of thing. His whole newsletter, the entire thing, everything he sends each week is about

0:59.1

sponsorship opportunities. So he's essentially giving you free money, if you will. So he'll give

1:03.9

you the brand name. We could plug just his like little sponsor audit tool, like is really cool.

1:09.1

We can we can plug that. We can link that up in the show notes too.

1:11.5

That's really good.

1:12.3

Yeah, he's got a great business.

1:13.5

But he essentially gives you away free sponsorship opportunities.

1:16.4

But this one click unlock is essentially his referral program.

1:19.8

But it's a little bit deeper than that because in each email, you'll see this like box and it's grayed out and it has like a lock on it. And it says refer one

1:28.9

person to get the secret sponsorship research. And so if you refer one person every week in that

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