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Substack won’t make you rich quickly nor expand your audience for you
It seems the next big thing to quickly start your content business without technical obstacles, magically build
In the last 10+ years, I’ve used most major email marketing platforms (Mailchimp, Active Campaign, ConvertKit, and
I also started a Substack newsletter… then moved to another tool
If you make it to the end (please do!), you’ll be finally better equipped to choose
The chat and recommendation features seem two promising steps in the direction of making substack the ultimate
There are some early reports on the effectiveness of the recommendation engine
Only time will reveal the true potential of these two features
They dream of an all-in-one solution taking care of everything, so they can just write
Google is becoming more and more competitive, especially in the most profitable niches
But writing content then ranks well is still a viable option to attract qualified traffic and monetize
If you are scared by its complexity, you may get good results from Squarespace and other site
But there’s an issue: the typical newsletter content doesn’t lend well to SEO
But many newsletter writers don’t want to write such long emails
Finally, many newsletter readers stay subscribed because they like the opinions and tone of voice of the
You are lucky if you see results in less than a year of at least weekly publishing
Platforms like Twitter, LinkedIn, and Medium have these traits in common:
But they are available only on the site, while most of your subscribers will consume your content
The new recommendation engine promises the same benefits as the recommendation algorithms we know
New subscribers to their newsletters see those recommendations soon after signing up
Or if it was recommended by a trusted author, not one I just subscribed to
I’ve used MailChimp, ConvertKit, Active Campaign, Mailerlite, Getresponse, Sendfox… Substack covers just one percent of their
If you are serious about your content business, you need an email list
So, again, if you are serious about your content business and you want to use Substack, you
The juiciest Substack success stories aren’t telling the whole truth
The same happened to writers who brought their social media audience to Substack
They already amassed tens, hundreds of thousands of followers by publishing consistently
If you just open a Substack account and start publishing your newsletter, don’t expect growth
You need to publish your newsletter AND build your following at the same time
Only after collecting thousands of them, probably more than 10000, word of mouth and Substack recommendations may start
Substack probably is the best plug-and-play solution to start writing and publishing your newsletter
If there’s enough interest, I can write a tutorial about that
But you don’t have to pay 10% of your earnings, as with Substack
I started from zero here on Medium (in a foreign language) just a few months ago
I know growth on a new platform starts and stays slow for months
But at night, with my eyes burning and my back aching, I sometimes click on crafty headlines
They hope to find THE secret path to blazing growth, stardom, and 4-hour workweeks
As you read above, you still have to do the hard work of attracting your audience
Then, you still have to figure out what to offer to your paid subscribers, the pricing, and
I promised to help you waste less time thinking about Substack
It provides all the necessary email marketing features for free
Create a landing page in Mailerlite and convert your readers into subscribers
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