Anyone here actually growing on Substack? What made yours take off early?

theeyeinside said:

You are only building their business, not yours.

Substack should be a SMALL part of your business. The goal is to drive people to your main
money site AND CAPTURE THEIR EMAIL TO BUILD YOUR LIST.

Freebie websites are for amateurs and those too lazy to do real marketing. And you can
be canceled at any second.

Any article on substack must be posted on your main website

NO ONE wants to pay $5 a month to join your substack

Give them a "free toy" PLR from Firelaunchers or PLRDatabase.net, Get their email then market
to them. Don't forget the affiliate links and links to the book you wrote on Amazon. You do
have a book, right ? Even if you need someone on Fiverr to write it for you, do that and
you become an authority.

You need SEO. Are you going to buy one of those whizz-bang-oh SEO packages from vendors
on BHW and actually send them to a substack url ??????? Not a good idea.

Think of YOUR business, not substacks business

Read my previous posts for more ideas.

Sincerely,

The Eye

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theeyeinside said:

You are only building their business, not yours.

Substack should be a SMALL part of your business. The goal is to drive people to your main
money site AND CAPTURE THEIR EMAIL TO BUILD YOUR LIST.

Freebie websites are for amateurs and those too lazy to do real marketing. And you can
be canceled at any second.

Any article on substack must be posted on your main website

NO ONE wants to pay $5 a month to join your substack

Give them a "free toy" PLR from Firelaunchers or PLRDatabase.net, Get their email then market
to them. Don't forget the affiliate links and links to the book you wrote on Amazon. You do
have a book, right ? Even if you need someone on Fiverr to write it for you, do that and
you become an authority.

You need SEO. Are you going to buy one of those whizz-bang-oh SEO packages from vendors
on BHW and actually send them to a substack url ??????? Not a good idea.

Think of YOUR business, not substacks business

Read my previous posts for more ideas.

Sincerely,

The Eye

Click to expand...

Give them a "free toy" PLR from Firelaunchers or PLRDatabase.net, Get their email then market
to them.

Click to expand...

Don't forget the affiliate links and links to the book you wrote on Amazon.

Click to expand...

Atlantix said:

I’ve been consistent with posting on Substack across notes and full articles, but I still haven’t figured out the early growth loop. I have another Substack in a different niche that gets natural algorithm promotion because it found the right initial audience and has strong open rates. This new one isn’t getting that same internal push yet.

I’m not looking for generic tips like “post more” or “share on social.” I’m trying to hear from people who are actively growing on Substack right now and have figured out how to get traction before the algorithm kicks in.

If you’ve managed to grow your Substack from zero and you’re seeing steady subscriber increases, what exactly worked for you?

Curious to learn!

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