Case studies / Islands
From near-zero to 2,400 subscribers with content alone
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2,400+
subscribers in under 3 months
25%+
average open rate across newsletters
$0
spent on paid amplification, all organic
An engaged subscriber base is one of the hardest growth problems in content. Most brands buy their way there with ads or stall after the first few hundred signups. Islands' ventures started from near-zero, with no media budget and no audience to lean on.
We ran our own engine on our own brands: research, writing, and editor agents producing newsletter content in brand voice, published consistently on Substack. No paid acquisition or influencer spend, only organic content compounding.
"We proved the workflow on our own brands first, boosting subscribers in days."
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Ali El-Shayeb
Founder & CEO @ Islands
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About Islands
Islands is a product and venture studio building world class software and agentic systems. We have accelerated 100+ companies since 2021 working alongside daring founders solving tomorrow's biggest problems.
Tags
Blogs, Newsletters
Platforms
Webflow
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