Updated: 31 October 2026

Welcome email sequence for new subscribers

This prompt writes a four-email welcome sequence for new subscribers to your newsletter.

text-newsletter-welcome-sequence — chatgpt — 62 words

Write a four-email welcome sequence for new subscribers to my newsletter about [TOPIC].

My voice: [VOICE]
The promise of the newsletter: [PROMISE]
What I want subscribers to do: [ACTION]

Email 1: welcome and set expectations. Email 2: my best piece of content. Email 3: my story. Email 4: a soft invitation to [ACTION]. Include subject lines and keep each under 150 words.

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Ask new subscribers one simple question in email one; replies improve your deliverability.

Get a better result

What you will get

Four short emails with subject lines: a welcome that sets expectations, a link to your best piece, your story, and a soft invitation to your chosen action, each under 150 words and in your voice.

Common mistake

Email 4 reads like a hard sales pitch.

Fix: Ask for one sentence on the offer and one link, framed as an option, and a line saying the newsletter stays the same either way.

Also watch for

The story in email 3 is made up. Paste three real facts about how you started. Without them it invents a neat origin story you would have to delete.
The welcome promises more than you send. State your real send schedule, like “every other Tuesday”, so email 1 does not promise weekly posts you cannot keep.

Try a variation: shorten to two emails

Ask for a two-email version for small lists: a welcome with your best link, then your story with the invitation at the end.

Still not right? Reply with this

Add one reply question to the end of email 1, such as “What made you sign up?”, and adjust email 2 to mention that I read every reply.