week 22: big upgrade

Dear board, first of all - thanks for making the time 👋

This week, I am pleased to announce yet another significant upgrade for Jared.

A brand new feed.

But not only a feed for users who are signed in, but also a brand new experience when you're visiting Jared for the first time.

A collection of articles will be available for everyone.

Yet another big step for us.

The new feed is much greater for exploring what’s happening in the world, without the noise, but this will also make Jared much more transparent and welcoming for new users who visit the website.

The new feed will be shipped tomorrow - stay tuned.

📊 Our numbers this week

A small decline in users is due to our focus on product development and the fact that we still don’t run any ads.

I think the organic traffic and user growth will start to pick up now that the feed is out and our articles are starting to generate some SEO traffic.

We are still optimizing the Jared Briefs, which is the reason that we are not featuring them in the morning email by now.

Hopefully, this (when they are ready) will improve the click rate and lead more users to explore the web feed.

But steady numbers all around.

I’ll share the ups and downs, our numbers, and our plans with you every week this year.

As mentioned, I’m always open to feedback, suggestions or just connecting.

PS. Go sign up for Jared at jared.news - and if you know anyone who could benefit from this service, please forward this email to them.

Thanks for being part of this journey.

Martin Bjørn
Co-Founder & CEO, Jared