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Love to have found someone here who teaches writing. I’m just starting my substack writing short romantic drama stories but I’m afraid to make grammar mistakes so great people stop reading. Which of your boothcamps would be best for me to take?

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I remember Gary Vee saying what you said there, that just because you put something on social media it doesn't mean anyone needs to read it. - That can be tough as you've said to accept, but then you realise that if there's going to be one person happy that you showed up it should be you doing what makes you happy. Because at least then, someone enjoyed your work.

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A very inspiring article…. thank you :)

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Great post. Thank you for all of the advice. Much appreciated.

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Super helpful for a newbie, thank you!!

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Very inspiring, thank you 🙏🏼

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Wow… thank you for all this. Generous indeed! I also teach young people (middle and high school, singing) and I so agree that they (and my own now grown kids) have honed my empathy skills…a great point! Can’t wait to delve into the Creativity posts that you worked so hard on!

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Nice!!!

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My writing paths in 2025 will be nuanced towards finishing what I’ve started. You’ve given hard earned insight! Very generous! Thank you

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Hey Jeannine, this is so inspiring. Thanks a lot for sharing this! I know the article is old by now, but it's seemingly evergreen. You mentioned twice in this post that Heather Cox Richardson has been one of the most successful Substack writers here. However, I haven't seen any badge next to her name. Could you please explain this?

I know Sarah Fay has a great publication here, and you just confirmed that I should upgrade her newsletter. I am planning to do that and upgrade to your publication as well as someone reasonably new here, but she has proven to reach a lot of paid subscribers and annual income in just about six weeks... Her first bestseller badge, in fact.

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Thanks for sharing your advice on growing your audiences and paid subscribers! I especially liked the part of building community, giving value to your audience while also having a paywall and also having a 30-day challenge

I'm building my stock investment community - would you have any advice please?

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Like ♥️

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Thanks for all this insight, Jeannine! As I'm looking to grow my substack this upcoming year and commit to consistency, I really appreciated the validation of what I suspected needed to be done to help grow. Substack was feeling like a heavy weight that I wasn't sure I wanted to continue carrying (a newer form of social media that can take the fun out of writing for me), but reading how you grew helped remind me that if I stay focused on the craft of writing & consistent on when I do it, then it will help reel me back into the joy of writing more. A relief of stress from thinking it needed to be about anything other than writing and consistency! x

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Substack simply does not work.....it makes no logical sense in so many ways. The whole newsletter concept......that works great if you already have an extensive emailing list to send content to.....in which case, isn't Substack redundant? You already have the contacts, just simply send group emails to them with your content. If you are one....like myself, who joined Substack to hopefully access an audience outside of my usual social media.....it's practically useless. When you post 20ish posts without any views whatsoever.......that doesn't even seem logically possible. While I know my content is not for everyone, nobody is even looking at it to see if they like it.......I could have the best content known to man....not that I believe that's the case at all.....and nobody is looking at it. Sure I could find the contacts I already have who are on Substack....but again, that's redundant. Those people are already seeing my content elsewhere. Scratching my head here.....I have talked to customer service to see if maybe I am doing something wrong, but apparently I am posting correctly. At this point I would be tickled if someone viewed my content, and said it wasn't their cup of tea..... suggestions?

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Thanks for this, I have just one question, what description are you referring to "and updating my description every time I change what I’m doing"?? On the other hand, I write in Spanish and I am just wondering which will work and not on the Spanish community because Substack it's not as popular as it is in English yet

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Inspiring!

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