I really appreciate this approach and tone. All the Notes I see now are about income and "increasing" [fill in the blank] and it's really reminding me of the old days of blogging when all the comments were always from other bloggers hoping for visits to their blog. And it all got so insular that we forgot we were supposed to be writing for readers and not only for visits back from other writers. I mean, writers are people! :) Love connecting with other writers. But I think we need to be careful about letting Substack turn us into Substack-only focused writers. There's a big world out there. It gets insular around here very quickly.
I am a new "writer" "publisher" whatever title, in Substack. I subscribed to different publications and i do spend some time to read what i receive. This is the second (amo g many) that i read untill the last dot. Nice writing, honest, direct style and encouraging in a very appreciated way (at list for me). Tired of so many specialists promising "growth", money, subscribers bla bla. When i decided to start i just felt i had something to share, (my experience in the "in diet life") didn't thought of the rest. (Promotiom, followers, settings, photos, subscribers etc.) Give and don't ask back. if is good you will receive even more than you could think.
I love your honesty. It's great to have such posts like this which encourage new writers here to not fall into the shiny object trap 😊. We don't need more pressure from outside. I am already learning to cancel the noise and follow my plan for offering my readers and subscribers valuable content.
Love this post - especially the first insight that almost everything is out of our control when we're trying to grow on Substack. All we can really do is show up consistently with high-quality stuff. Great metaphor for all of life!
Thank you for this! I have always hoped it would go as you say but after having written weekly posts to my blog subscribers for almost 10 years and seeing no rise in subscriptions I have my doubts...On the other hand, a blog written in Finnish is different from Substack in many ways. I want to believe that content is the Queen and will eventually lead to a positive outcome, whatever that is for each of us.
What you said about how difficult it is to predict how posts will do cracked me up because I have exactly the same experience! I have written a brilliant post and worked hard to write it, only to learn nobody cares. And then I write another one, in a hurry, very quickly and without much thought or point (in my mind) and people love it! Go figure that one out...
Thank you for an insightful article. It calmed me down and assured me that the path I am walking is the right one ❤️
thank you for this. I have been avoiding Substack due to the overwhelm, but I feel lighter knowing I can just focus on my people and give them what they want.
Lesson #1 - gold. And just what I needed to hear. I can drive myself crazy trying to do it all, and in the long run it doesn't matter. The writing is the thing. Focus on that.
This is fantastic and I really needed it! Thank you 🙏
I really appreciate this approach and tone. All the Notes I see now are about income and "increasing" [fill in the blank] and it's really reminding me of the old days of blogging when all the comments were always from other bloggers hoping for visits to their blog. And it all got so insular that we forgot we were supposed to be writing for readers and not only for visits back from other writers. I mean, writers are people! :) Love connecting with other writers. But I think we need to be careful about letting Substack turn us into Substack-only focused writers. There's a big world out there. It gets insular around here very quickly.
Talking me off the ledge...thanks!
I am a new "writer" "publisher" whatever title, in Substack. I subscribed to different publications and i do spend some time to read what i receive. This is the second (amo g many) that i read untill the last dot. Nice writing, honest, direct style and encouraging in a very appreciated way (at list for me). Tired of so many specialists promising "growth", money, subscribers bla bla. When i decided to start i just felt i had something to share, (my experience in the "in diet life") didn't thought of the rest. (Promotiom, followers, settings, photos, subscribers etc.) Give and don't ask back. if is good you will receive even more than you could think.
I love your honesty. It's great to have such posts like this which encourage new writers here to not fall into the shiny object trap 😊. We don't need more pressure from outside. I am already learning to cancel the noise and follow my plan for offering my readers and subscribers valuable content.
Love this post - especially the first insight that almost everything is out of our control when we're trying to grow on Substack. All we can really do is show up consistently with high-quality stuff. Great metaphor for all of life!
Thank you for this! I have always hoped it would go as you say but after having written weekly posts to my blog subscribers for almost 10 years and seeing no rise in subscriptions I have my doubts...On the other hand, a blog written in Finnish is different from Substack in many ways. I want to believe that content is the Queen and will eventually lead to a positive outcome, whatever that is for each of us.
What you said about how difficult it is to predict how posts will do cracked me up because I have exactly the same experience! I have written a brilliant post and worked hard to write it, only to learn nobody cares. And then I write another one, in a hurry, very quickly and without much thought or point (in my mind) and people love it! Go figure that one out...
Thank you for an insightful article. It calmed me down and assured me that the path I am walking is the right one ❤️
thank you for this. I have been avoiding Substack due to the overwhelm, but I feel lighter knowing I can just focus on my people and give them what they want.
Once again solid straightforward advice, Karen! Thank you!
Always helpful, always kind! Thank you again :)
Thanks for saving me loads of time energy and more time with analytics of wasting more time!
Great recipes = insight = another day online furthering progress of ideas that matter!
Lesson #1 - gold. And just what I needed to hear. I can drive myself crazy trying to do it all, and in the long run it doesn't matter. The writing is the thing. Focus on that.