New Feature on Substack (and Surprise Gift)

Is it too early for Christmas presents?

Hi everyone,

My day always gets a joy injection when I sit down to write to you all, so thank you for being here. There’s more than 4,000 of you now (amazing, considering how little effort I put into growing this publication).

Just dropping you a quick email with two things you might want to know:

• New feature: Yesterday I learned about a new feature on Substack Notes. It’s a superb way to tune your feed. More on that below.

• Surprise gift: I’ve got a surprise gift for the first 50 people who pre-order or buy my new book How to Make Money With Substack in the next 48 hours. If you’ve already pre-ordered it, don’t worry, I’ve got you covered. Details below.

New feature: Related Notes

The new feature on Substack Notes is called ‘Related Notes’ and it’s a tool that’s been introduced to help you find new people to follow.

(To be honest, I don’t know exactly how new it is, since I don’t spend a lot of time on Notes, but I have it on good authority that it’s pretty new.)

Related Notes shows you a list of notes on similar topics when you click on a note in your feed. You can then browse and find new creators and new publications on that topic.

If you’re looking for new publications to read and want to make your Notes feed more enjoyable, you’ll love Related Notes. It is so much better than trying to navigate the Substack directory, with its clunky categories and random recommendations.

To find Related Notes, follow these steps:

1. Go to Notes by clicking your profile picture at the top left of your computer screen, followed by ‘Home’. Or open the Substack app on your smartphone. The Notes feed is on the homepage of the app.

2. Find a note you like the look of and click it. Clicking the note shows replies.

3. Scroll past the replies to find the heading ‘Related Notes’. Under the heading, you will see a selection of notes from creators who move in the same circles as the writer of the first note.

4. If you want to get back to your main feed, find the back arrow (<) next to the word Notes at the top left of your computer screen, or the < at the top left of the app screen.

Use Related Notes to find new people to follow and new publications to subscribe to.

Surprise gift for early birds

I spent waaaayyyy too long yesterday designing a gift to send to early purchasers of my upcoming book How to Make Money With Substack* . But I’m pretty happy with it. Definitely going to order one for myself!

To get the gift, be one of the first 50 people to purchase the book in the next 48 hours. The book is available for pre-order until 5th Dec, and for instant download after 5th Dec.

If you’ve already pre-ordered the book, thank you, you’ll also be able to get a gift.

To get your gift, send your proof of purchase to me at cherrysoupmagic@gmail.com before 5pm London time on Friday 6th Dec (approx 60 hours from now).

That’s it for this week,

Cheers!

Karen

*The Kindle Edition is available globally. If Amazon tells you it’s not available in your country, go here for access: How to Make Money With Substack Availability