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The Gentle Art of Paywalling on Substack
Randomly placing annoying paywalls in your posts isn’t the way to gain loyal paid subscribers. To be effective, it has to be done intentionally and with…
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Sarah Fay
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Doing Substack Imperfectly
+ Your Substack Money Mindset Shift | I’m sending this post out like this because a lot of you feel like you have to be perfect and you can’t just say…
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Sarah Fay
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9 Reasons People Pay to Subscribe on Substack and How to Deliver
Earning an income on Substack is one of the most exciting, fulfilling things you can do. In this post, I take you through 1) the 9 reasons people pay…
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How to Make Money on Substack. Period.
Substack is supposed to be the land of plenty. → So why aren’t more people earning an income? Why does it feel so hard to get, keep, and grow paid…
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How Do You Keep Substack Subscribers Reading?
Why aren’t people subscribing? Many reasons, of course. But at least partly because you may not be considering your readers and making your posts…
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How to Write Headlines That Move Readers to Actually Read
HEADLINES ON SUBSTACK ARE EVERYTHING. I rarely use all-caps, but this is so important. I read so many great posts with terrible headlines…
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ICYMI: Boost Your Writing on Substack
Substack is the best training ground for a writer. Likewise, for those of you who aren’t interested in becoming “a writer” or rely on writing as part of…
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Sarah Fay
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Post Less Often, Please
"How often should I post on Substack?" It’s an age-old question that’s sent many a Substacker into spirals of doubt. Doubt as in Did they unsubscribe…
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Sarah Fay
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On Substack: Building Relationships vs. Creating Community
We want our subscribers to feel like they’re part of something, not just newsletter recipients. Why? Because people unsubscribe from newsletters, not…
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Sarah Fay
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How to Be Featured by Substack
And become a better writer in the process | I’ve been asked a lot about this lately. Many, many Substack writers want to be featured on and noticed by…
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Master Punctuation and You Master the World
Even if you don’t think of yourself as a writer, if you’re writing on Substack, you’re a Substack writer. And that means knowing punctuation. More on…
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