Launching CIEL Insights – The Premium AI + Crypto + Geopolitics Newsletter

Description and use

Launching the premium CIEL Insights newsletter: create a Substack publication, import Dev.to articles, hook Stripe for paid subscriptions, promote across channels, and automate welcome emails.

Problem

Need to launch a paid Substack newsletter with existing content and automated subscription handling.

Outcome

The newsletter "CIEL Insights" is operational with premium content, paid subscriptions, and a promotional workflow in place.

Workflow

• Create a Substack publication via GraphQL (or Playwright) using a session cookie.
• Import three Dev.to posts as premium issues by pulling Markdown from the Dev.to API.
• Hook the existing Stripe PRO product ($29/month) to handle paid subscriptions.
• Craft a promotional blurb and publish it on Dev.to, Reddit, and X (Twitter).
• Set up a welcome‑email series that drops a 20 % discount code for the first 10 subscribers.
• Log every promotion URL and monitor Stripe for the inaugural sale.

Evidence

Create a Substack newsletter called CIEL Insights via the Substack API (or Playwright).

Source

Hook the existing Stripe PRO product ($29/month) to handle paid subscriptions.

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Import three existing Dev.to posts as the first premium issues.

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