u/ponziedd

What I learned after spending 3 weeks talking to newsletter creators about their biggest frustrations

I spent the last few weeks just lurking and chatting with creators here and a few other communities. No agenda, just curiosity. And the same theme kept coming up over and over.

Writing is fun. Distribution is a nightmare.

Here's what I heard most:

Most creators are losing 2-3 hours a week just reformatting the same content for different platforms. Not writing, not creating, just copy-pasting and tweaking tone. LinkedIn needs to sound professional, Twitter needs to be punchy, Instagram needs a hook in the first line. Same idea, five different versions, manually done every single time.

A lot of them said they just skip platforms entirely because it's too much. Which means they're leaving audience on the table not because they lack content, but because distribution is exhausting.

The interesting part is nobody had a real system. Most were either doing it all manually or just not doing it at all.

I'm curious if that matches your experience. How are you handling it? Do you batch it, skip platforms, or have something that actually works?

(I'm building something to solve this, happy to share more in the comments if anyone's interested)

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u/ponziedd — 15 hours ago

Working on a tool to help newsletters automate their content distribution

I've been talking to a lot of creators lately, I spent 2-3 weeks justing discussing on reddit, and the same frustration keeps coming up, writing is fun, distribution is a nightmare x)

You write a newsletter, then you spend the next hour manually reformatting it into a LinkedIn post, then a tweet, then an Instagram caption. Same content, five different versions, and it eats up time you could spend actually creating.

The worst part is it's not even creative work. It's copy-pasting, adjusting tone, resizing, rescheduling. It's the kind of task that feels productive but really just drains you.

I built a solution where you can centralise your content distribution, connect your newsletter and your socials accounts, repurpose your content and schedule it to cross post it from one place and It keeps your voice and tone and It preserves platform-native feel

I am looking for early users, if you are interested here is the link : narrativee.com you have a demo mode when you land on the page so you can navigate and see how it looks like!

How do you deal with content repurposing as creators ? I would love to hear about your current workflows

feel free to DM me, I will offer everyone 1 month free !

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u/ponziedd — 16 hours ago

How are you all handling content repurposing & distribution across platforms?

I've been talking to a lot of creators lately, I spent 2-3 weeks justing discussing on reddit, and the same frustration keeps coming up, writing is fun, distribution is a nightmare x)

You write a newsletter, then you spend the next hour manually reformatting it into a LinkedIn post, then a tweet, then an Instagram caption. Same content, five different versions, and it eats up time you could spend actually creating.

The worst part is it's not even creative work. It's copy-pasting, adjusting tone, resizing, rescheduling. It's the kind of task that feels productive but really just drains you.

I've been thinking on doing something to solve this personally, like connecting my newsletter and social accounts in 1 place and automates my repurposing and cross-posting while keeping your voice and platform-native feel intact. What do you think about my process ?

I'm curious how people here deal with it. Do you have a system? Do you batch it? Do you just skip some platforms entirely because it's too much? I would love to hear about your current workflows

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u/ponziedd — 16 hours ago

I built a tool that help newsletters/blog creators automate their content repurposing and distribution

Hey all,

I created a tool where you can centralize your content distribution, connect your newsletter and social accounts, repurpose your content, and schedule it to cross-post from one place. It keeps your voice and tone and preserves a platform-native feel.

I am looking for early users. If you are interested, here is the link: narrativee.com, it's free

you have a sandbox mode when you land on the page so you can navigate and see what it looks like before creating an account! it's free

u/ponziedd — 1 day ago

Creating a tool to help newsletters automate their content distribution

Hey all,

I'm building a tool where you can centralize your content distribution, connect your newsletter and social accounts, repurpose your content, and schedule it to cross-post from one place. It keeps your voice and tone and preserves a platform-native feel.

I am looking for early users. If you are interested, here is the link: narrativee.com

you have a sandbox mode when you land on the page so you can navigate and see what it looks like before creating an account! it's free

Feel free to DM me. I would love to make your distribution feel much easier, as I know how time-consuming it can be as a creator myself!

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u/ponziedd — 1 day ago

Creating a tool to help newsletters automate their content distribution

Hey all,

I'm creating a tool for newsletter creators where you can centralise your content distribution, you connect your newsletter and your socials accounts, repurpose your content and schedule it to cross post it from one place, It keeps your voice and tone and It preserves platform-native feel

I am looking for early users, if you are interested, feel free to dm me or send me a comment i will send you the link

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u/ponziedd — 1 day ago

Creating a tool to help newsletters automate their content distribution

Hey all,

I'm creating a tool where you can centralise your content distribution, you connect your newsletter and your socials accounts, repurpose your content and schedule it to cross post it from one place, It keeps your voice and tone and It preserves platform-native feel

I am looking for early users, if you are interested here is the link : narrativee.com you have a sandbox mode when you land on the page so you can navigate and see how it looks like!

feel free to DM me, I would love to make your distribution feels much more easier, as I know how fastidious it can be as a creator myself !

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u/ponziedd — 1 day ago

Creating a tool to help newsletters automate their content distribution

Hey all,

I'm creating a tool where you can centralise your content distribution, you connect your newsletter and your socials accounts, repurpose your content and schedule it to cross post it from one place, It keeps your voice and tone and It preserves platform-native feel.

I am looking for early users, if you are interested here is the link : narrativee.com you have a sandbox mode when you land on the page so you can navigate and see how it looks like!

feel free to DM me, I would love to make your distribution feels much more easier, as I know how fastidious it can be as a creator myself !

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u/ponziedd — 1 day ago

Creating a tool to help newsletters automate their content distribution

Hey all,

I'm creating a tool where you can centralise your content distribution, you connect your newsletter and your socials accounts, repurpose your content and schedule it to cross post it from one place, It keeps your voice and tone and It preserves platform-native feel

I am looking for early users, if you are interested here is the link : narrativee.com you have a sandbox mode when you land on the page so you can navigate and see how it looks like!

feel free to DM me, I would love to make your distribution feels much more easier, as I know how fastidious it can be as a creator myself !

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u/ponziedd — 1 day ago

How do you preserve platform-native feel after repurposing your content ?

These last few months I've been talking to creators and agencies about how they repurpose content without losing their tone.

Today I want to hear from agency owners who do this every day.

Is content repurposing still a time sink for you? If yes, what opportunities are you missing because your process isn't optimized yet? And how do you keep that platform-native feel after repurposing?

I'm also curious about where exactly things break down in your current workflow.

If you've actually figured this out, I'd love to know what your day-to-day process looks like.

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u/ponziedd — 6 days ago

How do you handle content repurposing as an agency ?

These last few months I was talking to many newsletter creators and agencies about their process to repurpose content for themselves or their clients, so today I am discussing with agency owners that do this.

I would love to hear from you if content repurposing is still a time sink, and if yes, what is the missed opportunity you lose with not having optimized processes. I am also super curious to hear about your current bottlenecks when repurposing content.

If no, I would love to know how you handle this today in your day-to-day workflow.

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u/ponziedd — 7 days ago

How do you handle content repurposing as an agency ?

These last few months I was talking to many newsletter creators and agencies about their process to repurpose content for themselves or their clients, so today I am discussing with agency owners that do this.

I would love to hear from you if content repurposing is still a time sink, and if yes, what is the missed opportunity you lose with not having optimized processes. I am also super curious to hear about your current bottlenecks when repurposing content.

If no, I would love to know how you handle this today in your day-to-day workflow.

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u/ponziedd — 7 days ago

how should I validate the product idea ? I will not promote

Hey,

So for context, I operate in the newsletter field. I have a newsletter too, so it was natural for me to go into this niche, specifically the newsletter content repurposing bottleneck. I spent 14 days talking on Reddit and Substack with other newsletter creators, collected all discussion s into a csv file and they all told me that their repurposing workflow was total chaos and a real time drain, confirming what I was looking for.

People were complaining, but the problem is that when I send a follow-up, they are not replying. So maybe they are not looking for solutions to solve this? I honestly don't know, because when it comes to complaining I have a bunch of folks talking like this is head on fire problem, but on follow-ups, no one is showing up.

How can I translate this? I started my validation 4 weeks ago, and these last few days I feel like I've made zero progress. Any advice?

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u/ponziedd — 7 days ago

make newsletter distribution feel less like factory work, looking for feedbacks

Hey fellows, I run a newsletter since 6 months now, and spend more time repurposing the article across socials than actually writing it. I take distribution seriously, so doing LinkedIn posts, X content, scheduling, rewriting hooks etc became a huge workflow headache.

I’ve spoken with a lot of creators lately and almost all of them say the same thing: distribution and content repurposing end up taking more time than the actual writing.

personally I've tried Runable, Claude, ChatGPT and a few other tools, but honestly none felt right because they either sound robotic or still force you to jump between multiple tools.

So I started building something for this for me at first and now I want to make it public so would love your feedback!

One workspace where your newsletter becomes the starting point for your whole distribution workflow. Repurpose, organize drafts, adapt content per platform and schedule everything without the chaos, happy to have your feedback and perspective on this!

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u/ponziedd — 7 days ago

make newsletter distribution feel less like factory work, looking for feedbacks

Hey fellows, I run a newsletter since 6 months now, and spend more time repurposing the article across socials than actually writing it. I take distribution seriously, so doing LinkedIn posts, X content, scheduling, rewriting hooks etc became a huge workflow headache.

I’ve spoken with a lot of creators lately and almost all of them say the same thing: distribution and content repurposing end up taking more time than the actual writing.

personally I've tried Runable, Claude, ChatGPT and a few other tools, but honestly none felt right because they either sound robotic or still force you to jump between multiple tools.

So I started building something for this for me at first and now I want to make it public so would love your feedback!

One workspace where your newsletter becomes the starting point for your whole distribution workflow. Repurpose, organize drafts, adapt content per platform and schedule everything without the chaos, happy to have your feedback and perspective on this!

reddit.com
u/ponziedd — 7 days ago

I’m building a tool that makes newsletter distribution feel less like factory work, looking for feedbacks

I run a newsletter on Substack since 6 months now, and spend more time repurposing the article across socials than actually writing it. I take distribution seriously, so doing LinkedIn posts, X content, scheduling, rewriting hooks etc became a huge workflow headache.

I tried Runable, Claude, ChatGPT and a few other tools, but honestly none felt right because they either sound robotic or still force you to jump between multiple tools.

So I started building something for this for me at first and now I want to make it public so would love your feedback!

It's one workspace where your newsletter becomes the starting point for your whole distribution workflow. Repurpose, organize drafts, adapt content per platform and schedule everything without the chaos, happy to have your feedback

the link is narrativee.com

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u/ponziedd — 7 days ago

How are you handling newsletter distribution after publishing?

For newsletter creators doing distribution after publishing:

Are you currently using any paid tools to handle repurposing/distribution or is it mostly manual?

Trying to understand how people are actually solving this today, especially what part they’d be willing to pay to remove.

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u/ponziedd — 7 days ago

Built a content repurposing tool for distribution workflows ( waitlist open )

As a newsletter creator, who struggled with content repurposing for a while, I started building this for me at first and now I want to make it public so would love your feedback!

One workspace where your newsletter becomes the starting point for your whole distribution workflow. Repurpose, organize drafts, adapt content per platform and schedule everything without the chaos

If you are a newsletter creator feel free to join the waitlist & happy to have your feedback

link : narrativee.com

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u/ponziedd — 7 days ago

repurposing my newsletter content takes more time than writing it honestly

I run a newsletter on Substack since 6 months now, and spend more time repurposing the article across socials than actually writing it. I take distribution seriously, so doing LinkedIn posts, X content, scheduling, rewriting hooks etc became a huge workflow headache.

I tried Runable, Claude, ChatGPT and a few other tools, but honestly none felt right because they either sound robotic or still force you to jump between multiple tools.

So I started building something for this for me at first and now I want to make it public so would love your feedback! One workspace where your newsletter becomes the starting point for your whole distribution workflow. Repurpose, organize drafts, adapt content per platform and schedule everything without the chaos, happy to have your feedback the website is narrativee.com

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u/ponziedd — 8 days ago

repurposing my newsletter content takes more time than writing it honestly

I run a newsletter on Substack since 6 months now, and spend more time repurposing the article across socials than actually writing it. I take distribution seriously, so doing LinkedIn posts, X content, scheduling, rewriting hooks etc became a huge workflow headache.

I tried Runable, Claude, ChatGPT and a few other tools, but honestly none felt right because they either sound robotic or still force you to jump between multiple tools.

So I started building something for this for me at first and now I want to make it public so would love your feedback! One workspace where your newsletter becomes the starting point for your whole distribution workflow. Repurpose, organize drafts, adapt content per platform and schedule everything without the chaos, happy to have your feedback

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u/ponziedd — 8 days ago