Now Frolic

A weekly digital magazine covering nightlife, outdoor sports, travel, and civic life in modern cities.

Industry

Digital Media

Strategies & Services

Beehiiv Newsletter

Year

2025

Now Frolic

A weekly digital magazine covering nightlife, outdoor sports, travel, and civic life in modern cities.

Industry

Digital Media

Strategies & Services

Beehiiv Newsletter

Year

2025

The Challenge

Practical Effects set out to launch and scale a differentiated lifestyle newsletter capable of attracting an engaged, advertiser-ready audience from day one.

Practical Effects set out to launch and scale a differentiated lifestyle newsletter capable of attracting an engaged, advertiser-ready audience from day one.

The publication needed to prove consistent growth, strong engagement, and commercial viability within its first year. We launched with four freelance columnists writing true-to-heart stories crafted to cut against the generic.

Our Strategy

We built and operated Now Frolic on Beehiiv, managing editorial strategy, publishing cadence, audience growth, and ad operations as a fully owned media product.

We built and operated Now Frolic on Beehiiv, managing editorial strategy, publishing cadence, audience growth, and ad operations as a fully owned media product.

The newsletter attracted repeat advertisers including Nike, AG1, Attio, Trust & Will, and other DTC and B2B brands seeking high-attention placements in a culturally engaged audience. In its first year, Now Frolic grew to more than 1,300 subscribers at a rate of just over 7% per month.

The Results

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