The Email List Growth Guide

How to get your first 1,000 subscribers through collaborations.

A practical, do-it-at-your-own-pace guide - plus an AI tool that tells you exactly which collaboration type to start with.

Getting to 1,000 email subscribers feels like a big number when you're staring at 47.

Or 200. Or even 600.

But here's the thing: the people who get there fastest aren't doing anything complicated. They're not running ads, going viral, or posting three times a day and hoping for the best.

They're borrowing other people's audiences.

Collaborations → freebie swaps, bundles, summits, sponsored newsletter features — put you in front of people who are already engaged, already interested, and already trust the person who introduced them to you.

It's the fastest free strategy for growing your list. And this guide walks you through exactly how to do it.

What it is:

The Email List Growth Guide is a self-paced PDF you can work through whenever you're ready.

No portal. No videos. No expiry date.

Just a clear, practical guide broken into five focused sections — each one building on the last — so by the end you've found real collaboration opportunities, written your pitch, and actually reached out.

→ The four collaboration types explained: freebie swaps, bundles, summits, and sponsored features. You pick the one (or two) that fits where you are right now.

→ Finding your opportunities. A full, hand-curated resource list of Facebook groups, directories, and newsletter sponsorship slots — so you're never starting from scratch.

→ Preparing your pitch. Your bio blurb, your collab one-liner, your offer details — all written and ready before you hit send.

→ Sending your pitches and applications. Done-for-you template included. This is the day you actually do it.

→ Following up, tracking your results, and building a simple rhythm so your list keeps growing long after you've finished the guide.

THE BONUS — THE AI TOOL

Not sure which collaboration type is right for you? That's where the AI tool comes in.

Answer four quick questions about your list size, your goals, your time, and your comfort with pitching — and the tool tells you exactly which collaboration type to start with and why.

It's the thing most people get stuck on — "where do I even begin?" — and it's solved before you've read page one.

I doubled my own email list from 250 to 500 in a year using this exact strategy.

No ads. No viral posts. Just consistent, targeted collaborations — getting in front of audiences that already existed, with people who already trusted the person introducing me.

I'm now on my way to 1,000 (currently at 880 and growing).

I built this guide because I kept doing it anyway — and realised the strategy was solid enough to teach.

WHAT YOU GET

→ The Email List Growth Guide (PDF) & Loom video
→ A full resource list of collab opportunities — Facebook groups, directories, newsletter sponsorships
→ Done-for-you pitch template
→ The AI Collaboration Opportunity Finder — tells you exactly where to start
→ A collaboration tracker to keep your momentum going

All for £19. One payment. No expiry.

“Katie’s List Growth Sprint was a great wee insight into how and where to grow my email list. Info and tasks shared daily by email meant that I could work at my own pace but the option of joining a what’s app group with other sprinters provided a helpful sounding board and access to Qs & As from Katie. I enjoyed and would recommend taking part!”

Cheryl, Sub Box Owner