I’ve been sitting on the idea of starting a Substack all week. I’m nervous to do so without having a detailed plan upfront. Also, I don’t have a “niche.” But I have curiosity, a love for words, and the desire to do something with it. What would you suggest? Waiting till I’ve figured out more of my who-what-when-where-why? Just giving it a try? 😌
Thank you for these extremely concise instructions! Impressed. In your experience, does Substack garner more interest/traffic than your blog(s)? I have had my quirky (so I like to think!) blog since 2014 at www.speranzanow.com but the stats remain underwhelming. I like the clean look of your Substack and its posts very much, but I wonder if it would be redundant for me at least to do this? I think you have done both - so your input would be valued. Thank you for this!
Thanks for putting this together! Definitely felt a little overwhelmed in the beginning putting a blog post together. One thing that helped me was starting to put together a mental checklist every time I posted. Might actually put it into an actual SOP going forward.
Thank you for walking through the first hurdle — getting started!
Love this, I'd also love to add to the convo here if it further helps everyone - once started, to try now to GROW, earn some money, make things your own, and do the good work. Here's my take, after a year here, with some insights/best practices/observations that I wanted to offer up for anyone interested: https://sleepyhollowink.substack.com/p/hack-your-substack-10-tips
Thank you. This is very helpful. I've done 2 posts thus far. I'd love to know more about how to use photos with your posts and things like that.
Thank you for this! Phew.
I’ve been sitting on the idea of starting a Substack all week. I’m nervous to do so without having a detailed plan upfront. Also, I don’t have a “niche.” But I have curiosity, a love for words, and the desire to do something with it. What would you suggest? Waiting till I’ve figured out more of my who-what-when-where-why? Just giving it a try? 😌
Thank you for these extremely concise instructions! Impressed. In your experience, does Substack garner more interest/traffic than your blog(s)? I have had my quirky (so I like to think!) blog since 2014 at www.speranzanow.com but the stats remain underwhelming. I like the clean look of your Substack and its posts very much, but I wonder if it would be redundant for me at least to do this? I think you have done both - so your input would be valued. Thank you for this!
I never write directly in Substack, should I?
Very useful.
Thanks for putting this together! Definitely felt a little overwhelmed in the beginning putting a blog post together. One thing that helped me was starting to put together a mental checklist every time I posted. Might actually put it into an actual SOP going forward.
Thank you for walking through the first hurdle — getting started!
Love this, I'd also love to add to the convo here if it further helps everyone - once started, to try now to GROW, earn some money, make things your own, and do the good work. Here's my take, after a year here, with some insights/best practices/observations that I wanted to offer up for anyone interested: https://sleepyhollowink.substack.com/p/hack-your-substack-10-tips
Hope it helps!