Substack

How to find your Substack niche: the same-reader test, the AI interview prompt I use with coaching students, how to prove your niche has...

I started my Substack at 54 and hit bestseller. Here are the 8 things I wish I knew before starting a newsletter: picking a...

Substack is a free website and email newsletter in one. You write, Substack publishes and emails it, and readers can follow free or pay...

Substack vs Medium in 2026: on Substack your readers pay you and you keep about 83%. On Medium, you pay $5 a month to...

Yes, Substack is free to start and free to publish. You only pay when readers pay you: 10% to Substack plus Stripe fees. Here's...

Think reaching Substack bestseller status takes years or flashy launches? Here is the exact funnel, 3-a-day Notes cadence, and story-driven paywall strategy that took...

What Substack actually is, how notes get you found by readers who've never heard of you, and how a newsletter turns into real income...

Substack is not a blogging platform, it's people talking to people. Here is exactly how the feed, the notes, the paywall, and the bestseller...

Pick a topic you could talk about every day, post like a human instead of a business, and use these steps to test whether...

Free readers cannot see where the cutoff lands before they start reading. Put a partial paywall on every post, prove you know the thing,...

Substack distribution doesn't start from zero. Discover why migrating an existing list matters on day one, how the "Rule of 3" builds trust, and...

Cadence, hooks, where the link should go, and how to schedule a week in one sitting. Including which popular Notes rules are actually documented...

Someone asked if I batch-schedule my Substack Notes weeks out with tools like WriteStack or Narrareach. Here's why I don't — and the daily...

I don't make a hundred separate pieces of content — I make one real thing and let it feed everything. Here's exactly how a...

The most profitable thing I ever wrote on Substack wasn't a money tip — it was a story about getting divorced. Here's a teardown...

Is Substack actually worth it? Here's the honest cost-benefit — the real time cost, what four months produced, why it fits an income-in-thirds approach,...

The Substack bestseller badge takes 100 paid subscribers — reachable, but not in a straight line. Here's what the climb actually looked like, why...

People pay to read other people's blog posts on Substack — it stopped me cold at first. Here's how I set up my paywall:...

Most people pour all their energy into Substack articles — the one thing the platform barely shows anyone. Here's why notes are the real...

About $1,400 a month from Substack, starting from zero paid subscribers four months earlier. Here's the honest month-by-month version — including the stretch where...

I ignored Substack Notes for three months. Then I used it consistently for 30 days and my subscriber growth surpassed the previous three months...

My Substack banner was wrong for months before I fixed it. Here is the exact setup I use now for banner, profile picture, cover...

How to make money on Substack, with my real dashboard numbers: 174 paid subscribers, about $23K a year, a 2.3% paid rate, where my...

Most Substack creators are stuck writing more and publishing more with nothing to show for it. Here is the five-step growth system that turns...

My early Substack articles were honest and well-structured and got almost no engagement. Here is the framework I rebuilt from scratch and why the...

I turned on paid subscriptions before I felt ready and got my first paid subscriber within 48 hours. Here is the full playbook for...

Substack is a publishing platform that lets you send newsletters, earn paid subscriptions, and own your audience — here's what it is and how...