# newsletter-monetization-planner

Models how a newsletter or creator list earns: paid tiers, sponsorship inventory, referral loops. Useful before you sell ad space.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 1000 installs · ★ 3013
- Author: aaron-he-zhu
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/aaron-he-zhu/aaron-marketing-skills/tree/HEAD/email/nurture/newsletter-monetization-planner/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-25
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/newsletter-monetization-planner

## What it does

The skill builds a revenue model across three lines: paid-subscription tiers, ad and sponsorship inventory with a rate card, and referral or recommendation loops. You get a tier table, a CPM-or-flat sponsorship rate, a list-growth to revenue projection, and a disclosure and honest-offer checklist. Every projected figure is tagged Measured, User-provided or Estimated.

It runs on numbers you supply: list size and active subscribers, open, click and CTOR from a `~~email platform` export, current send cadence, existing revenue lines. There are no built-in benchmark tables, so any figure resting on an industry assumption is labeled Estimated with the assumption spelled out. No keyed integration is needed — you enter the data by hand.

This is a planner, not an auditor. It does not compute the final EQS, run D1, or do the return math — that belongs to `email-quality-auditor` and `roi-calculator`. If you want the whole program scored rather than its monetization economics, look elsewhere. Output is saved to `memory/email/newsletter-monetization-planner/YYYY-MM-DD-<topic>.md`.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aaron-he-zhu/aaron-marketing-skills --skill newsletter-monetization-planner -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/newsletter-monetization-planner/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/newsletter-monetization-planner/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aaron-he-zhu/aaron-marketing-skills --skill newsletter-monetization-planner -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/newsletter-monetization-planner/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aaron-he-zhu/aaron-marketing-skills --skill newsletter-monetization-planner -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/newsletter-monetization-planner/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install aaron-he-zhu/aaron-marketing-skills newsletter-monetization-planner
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/newsletter-monetization-planner/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aaron-he-zhu/aaron-marketing-skills --skill newsletter-monetization-planner -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/aaron-he-zhu/aaron-marketing-skills --path email/nurture/newsletter-monetization-planner
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/newsletter-monetization-planner/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aaron-he-zhu/aaron-marketing-skills --skill newsletter-monetization-planner -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/aaron-he-zhu/aaron-marketing-skills/tree/HEAD/email/nurture/newsletter-monetization-planner/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- work out paid-tier revenue from a known conversion rate
- build a sponsorship rate card on CPM or a flat fee
- estimate what list growth delivers through a referral loop
- compare a paid-sub-only plan against a hybrid with sponsorship
- check that every sponsorship placement is labeled as an ad

## Example prompts
- Model monetization for my 20,000-subscriber newsletter — paid tiers and sponsorships
- Build a sponsorship rate card and a paid-sub revenue model for a 45K list at 42% open / 3.1% click
- Compare a paid-sub-only vs a hybrid (subs + sponsorship) plan

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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name: newsletter-monetization-planner
slug: aaron-newsletter-monetization-planner
displayName: "Newsletter Monetization Planner · 邮件newsletter变现"
summary: "邮件newsletter变现/赞助刊例/付费订阅测算"
description: 'Use when the user asks to "monetize my newsletter", "build a sponsorship rate card", or "model paid-subscription revenue"; produces a revenue model (paid tiers, ad/sponsorship inventory + CPM/flat rate card, referral/boost loops), a list-growth ↔ revenue projection, and honest-offer / disclosure checks for the SEND-D lever. Not for scoring the whole program or running D1 — use email-quality-auditor; not for the return math — use roi-calculator; not for the post-click page — use landing-optimizer. 邮件newsletter变现/赞助刊例/付费订阅测算'
version: "20.1.0"
license: Apache-2.0
compatibility: "Claude Code and compatible agent-skill hosts"
homepage: "https://github.com/aaron-he-zhu/aaron-marketing-skills"
when_to_use: "Use when planning how an owned newsletter or creator list makes money: pricing paid-subscription tiers and conversion assumptions, sizing ad/sponsorship inventory and setting a CPM/flat rate card, designing referral / recommendation growth loops and boosts, and projecting how list growth maps to revenue. Also when the user wants the sponsorship = ad disclosure and honest-offer checks before selling inventory."
argument-hint: "<newsletter/list size> [goal: paid-subs|sponsorship|both] [open/click rates]"
metadata: {"author": "aaron-he-zhu", "version": "20.1.0", "discipline": "email", "phase": "nurture", "geo-relevance": "low", "hermes": {"tags": ["marketing", "email", "nurture"], "category": "email"}, "openclaw": {"emoji": "✉️", "homepage": "https://github.com/aaron-he-zhu/aaron-marketing-skills"}}
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# Newsletter Monetization Planner
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