Newsletter Launch Kit for Authors

Summary: Choose a platform, set up your signup and reader magnet, and send your first newsletter this week. Then keep sending.

Your email list is the one marketing channel you own. This kit walks you from zero to your first send: a platform comparison checked October 2026, a plain-language legal checklist based on FTC guidance, signup placement, a reader magnet planner, three welcome email templates, a fill-in first newsletter, 12 evergreen topics, and a 12-month sending planner with quarterly tracking.

What's inside



• Platform comparison: Kit, MailerLite, Substack, Mailchimp, WordPress Newsletter plugin
• CAN-SPAM and GDPR checklist
• Reader magnet planner
• Three-email welcome sequence
• First newsletter template and subject line formulas
• 12 newsletter topics
• 12-month sending planner
• 12 pages, 119 fillable fields

Format: Instant download: a fillable PDF (type on screen or print and write by hand) plus an editable Word version. US Letter size.