- you can either import or start a new one from scratch
- people can check out your newsletter before subscribing
- (3:00) only 26 paid subscribers who gets one piece of exclusive content per month
- faster channel to grow is Substack
- one newsletter per week for her
- open rate 59%
- avg newsletter 20-30%
- (5:25) traffic mainly comes from Medium
- also come from YT, X, FB, Discord
- networking is important
- she is not charging for subscription
- she is selling eBook, etc. thru the newsletter to make money
- werwerwe
Star with Medium, build a following, email them to pitch them to sign up for your paid newsletter to support you and get exclusive content on Substack
- (3:40) start with Medium to build a fan base first
- the woman got 30,000 followers on Medium in 1 year
- “Help You Create Freedom”
- no one will pay to subscribe to your paid newsletter on Substack when they don’t know who you are
- Medium shares your articles
- Substack does not have an algorithm and does not promote your newsletter
- connect to X
- easier set up
- your followers will be notified when you have a new newsletter released
- (1:15) set up profile & bio
- Create publication name & write a one-line description of what your publication is about
- better short and easy to remember
- one-liner: tell people why they need to subscribe
- URL
- you can change it after you finish setting up everything
- e.g. bettinalee.substack.com
- use something people might use to search for you
- you can upload your email list if you have one
- 30% subscriptions come from Substack, not brought from other platforms
- (4:40) share your interest
- find similar writers for collaboration
- e.g. culture, travel
- find similar writers for collaboration
- Substack
- forever free
- take 10% off your newsletter subscription
- Beehive
- another newsletter platform
- PLR downloads
- download eBook and stuff for free to give away for newsletter signups
- lots of websites for that
- according to Google it’s legal
- OpusClip
- turn long-form videos into 10 short ones
- not available for HK
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