nextbignewsletter • 14 HN points • 03 Mar 23 How to find out what Substacks your subscribers are paying for Figure out what appeals to your subscribers so that you can give them more of what they are willing to pay for
nextbignewsletter • 14 HN points • 28 Feb 23 Ask for engagement from your readers Substack cares about reader engagement (and ranks you by it) so you should too
nextbignewsletter • 9 HN points • 12 Mar 23 Put the first "Subscribe button" in your post here How maximize the chance of someone subscribing to your Substack publication with your first "Subscribe" button
nextbignewsletter • 9 HN points • 09 Mar 23 How to make part of a Substack article only for paid subscribers Make various parts of your article only available to paid subscribers
nextbignewsletter • 9 HN points • 06 Mar 23 Talk to your oldest active subscriber Chat with a subscriber face-to-face virtually to better understand how your Substack publication fits into your subscriber's life.
nextbignewsletter • 9 HN points • 13 Mar 23 Opt out message on your Substack's Welcome Page: Help out your first time visitors Is "No Thanks" the most helpful thing you can put in your Substack's Welcome Page?
nextbignewsletter • 9 HN points • 02 Mar 23 Consider removing subscribers who no longer open your emails Trimming / Pruning your list is worth considering
nextbignewsletter • 9 HN points • 01 Mar 23 Should You Automatically Paywall Your Substack Archives? Exploring the Pros and Cons of Paywalling your posts older than a certain period of time to make them no longer be available to free subscribers #Substack
nextbignewsletter • 9 HN points • 21 Mar 23 Help potential Substack Subscribers catch up Use "Pin Post" to help potential subscriber with a map of your writing.
nextbignewsletter • 4 HN points • 23 Mar 23 Make an offer and if it doesn't go well start again Make multiple offers to your Substack subscribers to try to get them to become paid Subscribers. And if it doesn't work, start again.
nextbignewsletter • 4 HN points • 25 Mar 23 Substack Introduction For Each Post Explore whether it's worth having a brief introduction at the start of each of your Substack posts to orient new (and old) readers
nextbignewsletter • 4 HN points • 15 Mar 23 Writing versus looking for subscribers Do you have posts waiting in the wings until you get more subscribers? Post them now!
nextbignewsletter • 4 HN points • 19 Mar 23 Sending a Substack post out and updating it after What happens if you send out a post to your Substack subscribers and then update it after
nextbignewsletter • 4 HN points • 05 Mar 23 Crafting Your Substack Subscription Offer Keep your offer simple and on message to clearly communicate with your readers
nextbignewsletter • 4 HN points • 07 Mar 23 Ask for the paid subscription If you're going to monetize, then monetize
nextbignewsletter • 4 HN points • 22 Mar 23 Offer a service to speed up the Substack Money Progression Offering a service makes it possible to speed up Substack Money Progression
nextbignewsletter • 4 HN points • 26 Mar 23 You can only sell one product on Substack A Substack subscription is one of many possible products you can sell your audience
nextbignewsletter • 1 HN points • 04 Mar 23 Grow Your Substack Subscriber List By Experimenting With These Three Levers What have you tried recently and what are you going to try next? HN comments
nextbignewsletter • 1 HN points • 08 Mar 23 Unsubscribes are your friend You worked hard on that post and now someone unsubscribed. Here's why that's a good thing. HN comments
nextbignewsletter • 1 HN points • 20 Mar 23 Should you have a Tip Jar on your Substack? Is it worth making it possible for your readers to leave a one-time tip if they enjoyed a particular article? HN comments
nextbignewsletter • 1 HN points • 11 Mar 23 What to do while you wait for paid subscribers to join your Substack Three things you can do to make your life easier while waiting for paid subscribers to join your Substack publication list HN comments
nextbignewsletter • 1 HN points • 10 Mar 23 Faster Newsletter Experiments How to develop your voice and subscribers faster than you are now HN comments
nextbignewsletter • 1 HN points • 18 Mar 23 How to find subscribers for your Substack To build a big subscriber base, you need to to find your potential audience first HN comments
nextbignewsletter • 0 HN points • 14 Mar 23 What are you trying to accomplish with your About page? Can you think of three words that communicate what your publication is about?
nextbignewsletter • 0 HN points • 24 Mar 23 Track your Substack Experiments Make a Substack Experiments document to track your progress and improvements you make in your Substack publication