The Arabian Read

Subscribers

Pre‑Launch

Pages Live

All 200 OK

Briefs Archived

SEO Building

Channels Active

3 More Planned

Website

Live Homepage — 3 tiers, UTM tracking, sample brief modal

Live Subscribe — dedicated page, same pricing, email capture

Live Growth Radar — free preview page, premium upsell

Live Sample Brief — premium magazine layout, KPI cards, signals grid

Live Brief Archive — 11 briefs at /briefs/, SEO permanent pages

Pricing

Regular

$5/mo

Daily intelligence brief

Growth Radar

$15/mo

Deep intelligence + signals

Premium

$25/mo

Everything included

14-day free trial · No credit card required · Cancel anytime

Infrastructure

Live Email Capture — SQLite backend, /api/trial, Resend welcome emails

Live Attribution — UTM capture on all forms, /api/attribution dashboard

Live Resend — brief@arabianread.com domain verified, email sender ready

Live VPS — 2.24.90.101, Docker, Traefik SSL, nginx, Python 8085

Live DNS — Namecheap, ImprovMX inbound, DNSSEC enabled

Recent Fixes

✓ Pricing reverted to 3 tiers ($5/$15/$25)
✓ Sample brief upgraded to premium magazine layout
✓ Modal switched to iframe — zero style conflicts
✓ Site restored from backup after JS breakage
✓ All 7 pages verified 200 OK

Distribution Channels — 14-Day Sprint

LinkedIn OrganicDaily post, manual

Newsletter Swaps10/18 emailed

Web Archive SEO11 briefs live, auto-publish

Newsletter Directories8 identified, 0 submitted

Target: 1,000+ subscribers via free channels · Paid ads deferred until CAC/LTV proven

Priority Next Actions

Submit to 8 directories — The Sample, InboxReads, LetterWell, Refind, FindNewsletters, NewsletterStack, Hunt for Good, SparkLoop. Mohannad to do (~45 min)

Daily LinkedIn posts — content from daily brief, Gulf intel snippets, build organic following

Follow up 8 swap targets — Substack DMs, Twitter, manual contact for remaining newsletters

Build Growth Radar sample — premium tier needs its own preview to convert $15/$25 subs

Referral program — build after first few hundred subscribers, SparkLoop integration

Content Pipeline

Active Daily Brief — AI-generated every morning, 7 AM Gulf Time

Live Web Archive — each brief permanently saved at /briefs/YYYY-MM-DD.html

Live Sample Brief — shows May 30 edition, premium magazine format

Ready LinkedIn Publishing — 2 apps configured (member + company page)

Planned Growth Radar Deep Dives — premium-only weekly analysis reports

Content Mix (Target)

40% Gulf Intelligence
30% Perspective / Analysis
20% Lessons & Frameworks
10% Personal / Founder Voice

Channel Tiers — Scalability Roadmap

🔵 Core Engine (Now)

• LinkedIn organic — daily posts
• Newsletter swaps — 18 targets
• SEO / Web archive — 11 briefs
• Directories — 8 pending
• Referral — after 100+ subs

Scales to 100K+ · Zero cost

🟡 Accelerators (Post‑Proof)

• Audience aggregators
• Publisher partnerships
• Paid acquisition
• Cross-promotion networks
• Affiliate programs

After CAC/LTV proven

⚪ Experimental

• X/Twitter
• Reddit communities
• Apollo / cold outreach
• YouTube / video
• Podcast appearances

Test after core engine delivers

Strategic Principles

Distribution over relationships
Not founder-led. Not Dream 100. Scalable media engine.

Content is fuel
Daily brief powers all distribution channels. Quality = growth.

Attribution mandatory
Every sub tagged with UTM source. Optimize by SGE (subs/hour).

Never optimize for easy-to-measure
Prioritize attention and distribution. Metrics follow strategy.