Email Marketing with Beehiiv: Build Your Newsletter Website

Name: Email Marketing with Beehiiv: Build Your Newsletter Website
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Learn the step-by-step process of building a successful newsletter website using Beehiiv’s Email Marketing Features.

Created byDavid Utke

Last updated 7/2025

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What you'll learn

Learn how to build your newsletter site from scratch using Beehiiv.
Discover proven email marketing strategies to grow your subscriber base.
Explore monetization options — sponsorships, paid subscriptions, and more.
Design and customize your newsletter website (logo, colors, layout)
Improve email deliverability and avoid spam folders
Segment and tag subscribers for targeted campaigns
How to write and schedule your first email
Setup a custom domain to your Beehiiv newsletter website

Course content

5 sections • 31 lectures • 2h 3m total length

Introduction1:55
Learn to build a powerful email newsletter website with Beehive, from setting up a custom domain and designing pages to segmentation, automations, a lead magnet, and monetization.
What we are making0:55
Learn to build a Beehive powered newsletter website, customize sections and a subscribe page, publish blog posts, and deploy automations and email captures like pop-ups and gatekeeping content.
Benefits of Beehiiv for email newsletter websites2:25

Get a domain name to use for your website7:19
Learn how to set up a custom domain for your Beehive newsletter, using EntryDNS to verify ownership, configure a subdomain, and manage DNS records for website and email domains.
Why use a domain name registrar?1:55
Beehiiv account setup4:36
Configure your beehive account, create your newsletter publication, and access tools like analytics, A/B testing, beehive AI, and the ad network with a 30-day scale trial.
Set a custom domain7:19
Set up a custom domain in Beehive with EntryDNS, verify ownership, and configure a subdomain for your newsletter and emails, including DNS records and propagation timelines.
Entri and subdomains explained1:21
Setting up DMARC2:43
Set up a DMARC record to improve email deliverability and protect your domain from phishing and spoofing, using the wizard to create a text record in Namecheap.
Why is DMARC so important?0:38
Finalize publication settings11:16
Configure the Beehive publication with a name, description, logo, and SEO title, then customize emails with from name, reply-to, welcome and double opt-in settings.

Setting up a "thank you" page5:01
Set up a customized thank you page and an opt-in redirect to guide new subscribers from the confirmation email to a targeted page with offers or resources.
Writing blog posts & emailing your list15:38
How to send a test email2:05
Learn to use the test email function in beehiiv to preview and adjust your newsletter, then send a test email to yourself and check promotions and primary tabs.
Subscriber tags1:43
Create and manage subscriber tags in Beehiiv to segment your audience, using tags like affiliates or paid subscribers and supporting imports and custom fields for targeted emails.
Segmenting your list4:08
Learn to use audience segments in beehive to target subscribers by engagement and open rate, and automate tailored email series for dynamic, low or high response groups.
Creating email automations5:38
Set up email automations in Beehive to run a year-long autoresponder and re-engagement flows based on dynamic segmentation, triggers, and inactivity rules.
On-boarding new subscribers with an email series4:15
Create an onboarding welcome email series in Beehive by triggering on signups, sending a welcome email, and delaying subsequent emails to nurture subscribers.
Sending out surveys and polls8:41
Create subscribe forms1:59
Create customizable and embeddable subscriber forms from the audience tab to collect signups on WordPress or other sites, with customizable header, description, inputs, and typography, plus embed codes.

Homepage layout12:02
Explore how to customize your homepage layout with Beehiiv's website builder, adjusting the hero section, post archive, and navigation, and configuring signup, upgrade options, and SEO elements.
Signup page2:20
Configure a signup page layout with a hero and overline, adjust the subscribe widget and redirect link, and optionally enable testimonials, featured posts, or FAQs for a squeeze page.
Menu layout0:40
Final touches3:30
Configure beehive features like referral rewards, recommendations, magic links, and boosts, monetize with paid subscriptions, and analyze subscriber and post reports.
Monetization options with Beehiiv7:07
Discover monetization options for your Beehive newsletter site, including the built-in ad network, paid subscriptions, sponsorships, partner programs, affiliate marketing, boosts, and automation-driven sales funnels.

Requirements

No prior email marketing experience needed — this course is beginner-friendly.
Basic computer skills (using a browser, copy-pasting text, uploading files).
A computer with internet access.
(Optional) A custom domain if you want to brand your newsletter website.
A Beehiiv account (they have a free plan)

Description

Unlock the full potential of email marketing by learning to build a professional, high-performing newsletter website using Beehiiv, the ultimate platform for creators and marketers.

This comprehensive course is designed for beginners and seasoned professionals alike, guiding you step-by-step through the process of creating a visually stunning and functional newsletter website from the ground up. You’ll dive deep into Beehiiv’s powerful tools, mastering everything from designing captivating email templates to setting up seamless subscriber management systems.

Whether you’re a complete beginner or an experienced content creator, this course will walk you through every step of the process, from setting up your Beehiiv account to designing a beautiful newsletter website, writing high-converting email content, and using Beehiiv's built-in features like segmentation, automation, and monetization.

Unlike generic email marketing tutorials, this course is 100% focused on Beehiiv; a platform designed by former Morning Brew team members specifically for newsletters.

You’ll learn how to:

Set up your Beehiiv account and customize your website
Create lead capture forms and grow your email list
Use segmentation and targeting to send personalized emails
Write compelling newsletters that keep readers engaged
Use Beehiiv’s built-in analytics to optimize performance
Monetize your newsletter with ads, paid subscriptions, or sponsorships
Integrate with other tools and automate your workflow

You'll also gain practical tips on newsletter design, copywriting, and branding so you can stand out in the crowded inbox of your audience.

By the end of this course, you’ll have a professional-looking newsletter website up and running, and the confidence to grow it into a thriving media asset or business. Whether you’re blogging, educating, selling products, or building a personal brand this course gives you the tools and strategy to do it with Beehiiv.

No coding or design skills required. Just a desire to build something impactful.

Who this course is for:

Great for beginners who want to create and grow an email newsletter using Beehiiv.
Entrepreneurs, creators, and marketers who want to build an audience and monetize through email marketing.
Anyone looking for a simple, no-code way to launch a newsletter website will benefit from this course.

Email Marketing with Beehiiv: Build Your Newsletter Website

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Course content

Introduction3 lectures • 5min

Setting up our Beehiiv newsletter website8 lectures • 37min

Beehiiv workflows9 lectures • 49min

Beehiiv site design5 lectures • 26min

Email funnel playbooks6 lectures • 7min

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