She had 13K subscribers and 40% open rates. The sales weren't there.


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→ Five new episodes on the podcast, including a live hot seat on newsletter monetization

→ Before and after: how I rebuilt the HobbyScool homepage with Claude Design

→ This Wednesday: Newsletter Setup Workshop live inside Newsletter Profit Club

→ Three free Claude skills waiting for you inside the Boardroom

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Newsletter Setup Workshop: Mini Magazine Method + Teach & Pitch

This is your foundation session for building a newsletter that's consistent and profitable. We're setting up the Mini Magazine format that makes publishing easier every week, and layering in the Teach & Pitch framework so every issue becomes a natural path to your paid offers. Whether you're brand new to Newsletter Profit Club, doing a refresh, or rebuilding from scratch — this is the session to start with.

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This Week's Deep Dive

Everything That Came Out — In Case You Missed Any of It

Five episodes, one blog post, and three free tools. Here's the full catch-up.

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Hot Seat · April 28

She Has 13K Subscribers and 40% Open Rates. So Why Aren't They Buying?

Allie from Allie Scraps had an engaged list and healthy numbers, but she'd accidentally trained her audience to expect freebies. I walk her through the full fix: the Teach & Pitch Method, offer types that work in a B2C niche, and the AI newsletter system that makes it all repeatable.

Listen to this episode →

April 25

The Dark Side of Entrepreneurship: Difficult Clients & Refunds

A Weird Hermits roundtable on all the stuff nobody posts about. Love-bombing clients, refund policy decisions, and the mindset shift that keeps it from living rent-free in your head.

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EP. 270 · April 17

How We Actually Use Claude to Run Our Businesses (With Real Workflows)

The Weird Hermits get into the actual automations they're running: self-updating sales pages, newsletter scheduled tasks, competitive intelligence reports, and morning briefings. Real workflows, no theory.

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EP. 269 · April 2026

Are You Actually Using Claude, or Just Scratching the Surface?

Part one of the Claude roundtable. Five digital entrepreneurs talk through how they actually discovered what Claude can do and why skills are the thing that makes the biggest difference.

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EP. 268 · April 14

Capturing Testimonials: The Hot Capture Method

Why your Senja and Tallyform links aren't converting and the one-line permission reply that captures testimonials the moment they happen, before the emotion fades.

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New on the Blog

April 29 · 9 min read

How I Redesigned a Website Using Claude Design (Before & After)

I walked Claude Design through the full HobbyScool homepage: strategy first, wireframes second, then built the final result in Squarespace. The before and after is worth seeing. But the real thing worth reading is the process. Most people open their website builder and start tweaking colors when the real question is what you want someone to do when they land on the page.

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Before You Go

Newsletter Profit Club

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Creator's MBA Boardroom — Free

Three free Claude skills are waiting for you inside: What Would Destini Do?, Creator's Morning Command Center, and 3 Claude Skills for Newsletter Creators. All work with a free Claude account.

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See you next Sunday,
Destini

P.S. The Wednesday workshop is a great entry point if you've been on the fence about Newsletter Profit Club. You'll leave with a clear format for your newsletter and a simple system for monetizing it through every issue you send. Details here.

Dr. Destini Copp

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