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This week, I’m showing how Dave Infante uses creative weekly threads to boost engagement in his Fingers newsletter. Total reading time: 3 minutes.

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Dave Infante is a James Beard award-winning journalist who writes a smart, entertaining newsletter about drinking in America. One of my favorite parts is his Fingers Friday Thread. Here are a few examples of it…👇️ 

Hope you enjoyed this week’s examples. I’ll be back next week with a new set.

☮️ -Brad

P.S. Want to hear more insights on Dave’s threads strategy? Reply to this email with “bottoms up” and I’ll share the short Q&A I did with him.

P.P.S. Want another great threads example? Check out Jon Wertheim’s OG tennis mailbag, where he’s been answering readers’ questions for over a decade. It’s not a newsletter, but it totally could be.

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