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Bianca Dămoc's avatar

I've never thought of embedding my notes into the posts, that's a great idea

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Tuğba Avci's avatar

I actually did it today! My artist notes to self have been popular! I put them all in one post now and will add it to the post every time I share one of the artist's notes so people can go back and read. I pinned it on my substack

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Stephen Davenport's avatar

That was a good one, I had never thought of that either :)

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Bill Hiatt's avatar

As always, good advice!

Now, I just need to figure out what to photograph or take videos of if don't

have a cute pet

live near great natural scenery and/or interesting ruins and/or historical landmarks

Well, at least I can do bullet points, though apparently not in the comments.

I will say this--I've never done much photography before. But I have done quite a bit since I joined Substack. Up to this point, my shots have worked better as illustrations in a post than in Notes.

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Stephen Davenport's avatar

Take a picture of anything, over time you figure what is good that you can add to your posts

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Susie Winfield's avatar

Thanks so much for the tip about embedding Notes in our newsletter, I had no idea. I thought it was just a copy and paste thing.

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Aaron Joseph Hall's avatar

Great post! Notes has been so helpful in many ways. I like the idea of embedding them into our posts.

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Lizzie Wingfield's avatar

A really helpful piece - thank you!

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David McIlroy's avatar

Thanks Lizzie!

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Snigdha Johri's avatar

Thanks for sharing these tips! I'm new here.. trying to figure out a lot of stuff and this is really helpful. Thank you!

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Diana Strinati Baur's avatar

This is a very helpful post! Thank you.

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Mallory Stock's avatar

Loved this article! I’ve been really enjoying notes recently and this gave me so many more ideas to experiment with!

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Michael Krantz's avatar

Thank you for this. My publication is still small, but I've already gained some subscribers since starting to use notes, so these tips seem very useful.

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Istiaq Mian's avatar

How exactly does one preview a future post? Don’t think I’ve seen a link or option on my Substack for that

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David McIlroy's avatar

When you’re scheduling your post, Substack gives you a selection of preview images to use.

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Istiaq Mian's avatar

Oh got it! I had never scheduled posts but will from now on, thx David.

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Jayne Evans's avatar

I schedule all my posts. It gives me a deadline to work towards - 1pm every Wednesday!

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Alanna Duffield's avatar

So many great ideas— thanks for sharing! 😊

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Colin Devonshire's avatar

Thanks for those tips.

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Rohit Kuttappan's avatar

Thanks for sharing these tips, David. Just realizing how much you can do with Notes to becoame and stay notable.

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Jane Thurston's avatar

Thanks for this David. Some great tips for me to try out.

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Ashile L's avatar

Thank you

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