Those who get 5% are lucky, from my observations not even 0.1% both in Facebook and Twitter. Thank you for writing this educational, realistic, and inspiring piece. I also encourage new writers to start their mailing lists and nurture their audience with authentic newsletters. Unfortunately some do it aggressively with too many emails sounding like a salesperson. I like your approach.

I wrote a guiding story for beginners and add the friend link it here for interested readers.

https://medium.com/illumination/how-to-create-a-mailing-list-and-use-newsletters-to-grow-an-audience-44bca2d3502d?sk=v2%2F610155da-a71e-467d-a2a1-6ae75685b2e5