Cat & Nat’s Secret to a Cohesive Content Strategy with beehiiv

Situation:

Catherine Belknap and Natalie Telfer — better known as Cat & Nat — had built a loyal parenting audience through:

• A growing podcast
• A highly engaged social community
• Membership and live experiences

But there was a problem: everything they published on social was fleeting.

• Posts got buried in feeds
• Stories disappeared in 24 hours
• Algorithm changes made distribution unpredictable

They needed a channel they could control, where their best content could live, compound, and reliably reach busy parents.

So they launched a newsletter — not as an afterthought, but as the central hub of their brand.

Challenge:

Cat & Nat weren’t looking for “one more place to post.”

They needed:

1. An owned, durable channel
   A place where content wouldn’t vanish with every algorithm tweak.
2. A way to tie all content together
   Podcast episodes, membership previews, live shows, and parenting news — all in one cohesive stream.
3. A format that works for exhausted parents
   Their audience doesn’t have time for endless scrolling; they needed fast, useful, trusted content that respects limited attention.

And they wanted an email platform that functioned as a system — not just a send button.

Solution:

1. Newsletter as the connective tissue

Cat & Nat turned their beehiiv-powered newsletter into the command center of their content strategy:

• Podcast episodes → summarized and linked in the inbox
• Membership content → teased and previewed to drive signups
• Live shows & campaigns → promoted in one centralized place
• Polls & questions → used to gather feedback and shape future content

Everything they created could now be routed through one dependable channel — email.

“We can drive traffic to everything with one click.”

2. Choosing beehiiv to build a system, not just send emails

They picked beehiiv because it was:

• Fast to launch and easy to operate
• Built for operators, not just writers
• Designed to scale with the business, not act as a side tool

For their audience of busy parents, the newsletter became:

• The most reliable place to get parenting stories and updates
• A trusted weekly touchpoint that doesn’t depend on social feeds
• A channel they fully own and control

3. A format designed for real parents, not algorithms

What makes their newsletter work:

• Real parenting stories shared honestly each week
• Zero fluff — no bloated intros, no performative content
• Strong, authentic voice that sounds exactly like Cat & Nat
• Immediate utility for overstimulated, time-poor readers

It’s not “content” in the social-media sense — it’s a conversation with their people.

Results:

By centering their strategy around the newsletter and using beehiiv as the backbone, Cat & Nat have:

• Increased membership signups via consistent newsletter-driven traffic
• Unlocked new revenue with beehiiv’s Ad Network — without extra production effort
• Collected more feedback and insights through polls and replies
• Lowered the cost of content delivery compared to video and social-only campaigns

What started as a hedge against platform volatility is now the engine of their business — driving:

• Audience trust
• Content amplification
• Revenue growth

Their newsletter isn’t a side project. It’s the core of their brand strategy and the most dependable way they connect with thousands of parents every week.

With beehiiv, they’ve built something they truly own — and it compounds.

Want to do the same?
Start your own beehiiv newsletter, keep it tight, write like a human, and make it the hub of everything you build.