Audience Bridge [Insights]
Audience Bridge Insights is a podcast for newsletter operators, marketers, and media founders who want to scale smarter. Each episode dives into real-world strategies, tools, and conversations with industry experts on email deliverability, list growth, monetization, and the evolving tech behind the inbox.
Episodes
9 episodes
Holiday Deliverability Survival Guide: Expert Insights from Matt Vernhout
In this episode of Audience Bridge Insights, Chris Miquel sits down with one of the most respected deliverability experts in the world — Matt Vernhout, Principal Consultant at Email Industries, founder of EmailKarma, ...
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Episode 9
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47:39
The 8 Hidden Infrastructure Issues Tanking Your Deliverability Right Now - with LB
In this episode, Chris Miquel sits down with LoriBeth “LB” Blair, a full-stack email solutions architect and one of the most respected deliverability experts in the industry.LB has helped top newsletter operators, e-commerce brands, and...
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Episode 8
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55:31
How Tyler Morin Built The Water Coolest — and Why Authentic Voice Still Wins in 2025
In this episode of Audience Bridge Insights, Chris Miquel sits down with Tyler Morin, founder of The Water Coolest and Leverage Letter, to unpack how he built, scaled, and reclaimed one of the most successful business newsletters in the ...
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Episode 7
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55:50
The One Fix That Saves Your Inbox (and Revenue) — with Bryan Jenkins
In this episode of Audience Bridge Insights, I sit down with Bryan Jenkins, Director of Sales at Email Oversight, to dig into the unsexy but critical side of email: data quality and validation.We cover why one bad ...
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Episode 6
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42:07
Monetizing the Inbox: Jesse Watkins on Newsletter Sponsorships & Growth
In this episode of Audience Bridge Insights, I sat down with Jesse Watkins, founder of Who Sponsors Stuff and co-creator of The Newsletter Conference, to unpack the real mechanics of newsletter monetization.We cover:✅ Why...
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Episode 5
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47:25
Email Deliverability Secrets with Kyle Renfrow (CEO of OptiPub)
Hitting the inbox is harder than ever. In this episode of the Audience Bridge Podcast, I sit down with Kyle Renfrow, CEO & CTO of ESP OptiPub, to talk about what really moves the needle for email deliverability in 2025.We cover:<...
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Episode 4
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56:37
Crushing Local Email at Scale – How 6AM City Sends Millions of Emails Daily (ft. Ryan Heafy)
How do you deliver 25+ local newsletters a day, scale to millions of subscribers, and maintain rock-solid inboxing while doing it?In this episode, I sit down with Ryan Heafy, Co-founder and COO of 6AM City, to unpack the systems, strate...
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Episode 3
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56:53
How Tyler O’Shea Fixed His Deliverability and 2X’d His Open Rates
In this episode, I sit down with Tyler O’Shea, founder of The Underdog Newsletter, to break down how he turned around his declining open rates, overcame inbox placement issues, and built a smarter, more profitable email strategy using the Base ...
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Episode 2
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27:55
How Matt Paulson Built an 8-Figure Media Empire with Email
What does it take to grow from a personal finance blog to 5.4 million+ email subscribers and a business generating 8 figures in revenue?In this premiere episode of Audience Bridge, we sit down with Matt Paulson, the founder of MarketBea...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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40:31