One is somebody else’s. One is mine. Both are for founders who already have paying customers and no reliable way to find the next hundred.
Free. Two mails a week. One click unsubscribes you.
§ 02 · What lands and when
Tuesday
Marketing Breakdown
I take one company’s funnel apart. What it actually does, where it leaks, and what I’d change first. Named companies, real numbers.
Thursday
Luminate Newsletter
What I’m building, testing or getting wrong inside real client work that week. Including the parts that didn’t work, which is usually the more useful half.
One signup, both issues. Max 1 minute read each.
§ 03 · Who it's for
Built for you if:
You have a live product and customers already paying for it
You're still doing most of the selling yourself
Your team is small enough that you can actually change how you sell
You build in AI, or you're a startup or SaaS founder with the same gap
Not for you if:
You're pre-product
You already have an in-house marketing team running a deliberate strategy
What you want is someone to post on LinkedIn for you
§ 04 · Why listen to me
I run the system I write about
on my own pipeline.
Right now that’s a 26% reply rate on cold outreach and
a 100% show rate on the calls it books.
Every play in these issues is one I use. On Luminate first, on clients second.
§ 05 · Start reading
Both issues, starting now
Charissa
Writes both issues
First mail lands straight away. Not next Tuesday.
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§ 06 · What this isn't
No AI news roundups. There are enough of those.
No growth-hacking listicles.
No posting tips.
If a tactic hasn’t survived real client work, it doesn’t make it into the mail.
Most founders don’t need more reach.
They need a path from attention to booked call that actually works.