On Twitter, the new " Publisher Liaison" rarely retweets any Substack content. When there is a new feature, it's always something that involves the interior/existing writers. I don't see them expanding the reach or making the brand hip. They said that consistent content production would convert free subscribers. I don't see it after 30 months of daily writing.
On Twitter, the new " Publisher Liaison" rarely retweets any Substack content. When there is a new feature, it's always something that involves the interior/existing writers. I don't see them expanding the reach or making the brand hip. They said that consistent content production would convert free subscribers. I don't see it after 30 months of daily writing.
Your little Substack tick indicates you've had some success on that front, though, at least! I'm currently finding I'm coming in waaaaay below the suggested 5-10% conversion rate.
I'm happy I've had some success, but I am below 365 paid subscribers, which means some days I pay Stripe for the privilege of having an account. I really believed the quality and frequency of my writing would bring me at least 1000 subscribers by the 2 1/2 year mark. At some point either Substack has to want to retain me by supplementing my income, or they have to do something to make the platform more popular. I would make more money as assistant manager at a Dairy Queen
My approach currently is very much with this being supplemental, on top of my day job. Anything beyond that seems wildly beyond reach. I mean, even turning this into a useful supplemental income is turning out to be trickier than expected. :)
This is why I don't have financial reward as one of my main motivators for doing the actual writing - although I have now made it a part of my wider business-like thinking about my writing practice. Trying to firewall those two things off from each other, while still getting them to talk.
I wrote before Substack, and I'll write after Substack. But I would like some reward for the hard work I've put in. I never expected to get rich. But after 30 months, an annual subscription for every day of the calendar year would be lovely.
On Twitter, the new " Publisher Liaison" rarely retweets any Substack content. When there is a new feature, it's always something that involves the interior/existing writers. I don't see them expanding the reach or making the brand hip. They said that consistent content production would convert free subscribers. I don't see it after 30 months of daily writing.
Your little Substack tick indicates you've had some success on that front, though, at least! I'm currently finding I'm coming in waaaaay below the suggested 5-10% conversion rate.
I'm happy I've had some success, but I am below 365 paid subscribers, which means some days I pay Stripe for the privilege of having an account. I really believed the quality and frequency of my writing would bring me at least 1000 subscribers by the 2 1/2 year mark. At some point either Substack has to want to retain me by supplementing my income, or they have to do something to make the platform more popular. I would make more money as assistant manager at a Dairy Queen
My approach currently is very much with this being supplemental, on top of my day job. Anything beyond that seems wildly beyond reach. I mean, even turning this into a useful supplemental income is turning out to be trickier than expected. :)
This is why I don't have financial reward as one of my main motivators for doing the actual writing - although I have now made it a part of my wider business-like thinking about my writing practice. Trying to firewall those two things off from each other, while still getting them to talk.
I wrote before Substack, and I'll write after Substack. But I would like some reward for the hard work I've put in. I never expected to get rich. But after 30 months, an annual subscription for every day of the calendar year would be lovely.