Saturday Morning Coffee ☕ #62

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Hey friend!

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👀 The (Almost) Daily Notes Writer

Kristina God

and I put this resource together during our recent Notes Bootcamp to help writers get unstuck and develop a consistent posting rhythm.

✅ Let yourself feel inspired by 365 engaging, converting, and list-growing Notes from other writers.

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🎧 This week on the pod:

209: How paid advertising can fit into your online growth strategy (featuring Landon Poburan)

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💡 Your questions, my answers:

I received a couple of questions from paid members in this week’s Q&A Chat thread - here’s my stab at answering them:

1. I wish I could work faster. Any hints?

Faster isn’t always better, but it can be helpful to get things done more efficiently.

Honestly, I think it’s simply a case of practice makes perfect. The more you write, and the more often you do it, the more like muscle memory it becomes. I write fiction so much faster now than I did when I started, just because I do it almost every day.

Focus on making it into a rhythm and find the best ways to block out external distractions.

2. [Paraphrased] Can you clarify who my audience is in Notes? If I post on Notes, who sees it?

The Notes you see from others on your general feed are just those the Substack algorithm has curated based on your activity.

For example, if you interact with Notes from another user, say, a few times, you’ll start seeing more content from that same user, and other content like theirs. So if you want to see more Notes about fitness, try using the category options at the top of your home page and browse content that suits your interest. When you interact with it, you should start to see more of it on your general feed.

You can’t really determine who sees your Notes - it’s just based on who’s following you, and maybe on what kind of content you’re sharing (ie. a very shareable Note will likely reach people beyond your audience).

Any thoughts on these questions/answers? Do you have any of your own?

Drop them in the comments! 👇

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📖 This week’s juicy reading material:

• The 3-Step System to Turn One Idea into 30 Days of Content (Without Feeling Repetitive) by

  Mindfulink

• Why 'I Can Help With Everything' is Killing Your Business (And What to Do Instead) by

  Claudia Faith

• The Simple Rules of a Profitable Writing Business (Most Writers Ignore Them) by

  Peter Voica

• You Might Be a Content Creator… and You Might Be Sitting on a Goldmine by

  Jeff Herring

• How a copywriting book changed the way I do messaging by

  Grace Baldwin

• When you’re leveling up, it will almost always feel like falling apart by

  Kasey Jones 🏔 (she/her)

• 7 Other Creative Ways to Monetize on Substack Beyond the Paywall by

  Philip Ilani

• Be Your Own Algorithm: The Future of Content Creation by

  Matt Tilmann

• If I Had Just $1 for Marketing, It'd Be Email. Here's Why (and 5 Steps to Nail It Today!) by

  Angelina Radulovic

• Why Letting Go Is The Ultimate Manifestation Power Move by

  Ron Reich

• 5 Marketing Ideas You Should Steal by

  Ash Ambirge

• Why Your Course Doesn't Need to Be Original to Be Successful by

  Rodney Daut 🔥🪵⛺️

📖 Contributions from our Paid Members:

• Is Household Saving Bad for the Economy? by

  Nikki Finlay

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• A New Book Launch Every Week

• The Truth About Those Big Milestone Moments in Writing

• 5 Ways New Writers Can Make Money (How I Made $4420 In My 1st Year)

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Have a brilliant weekend, gang! ⌛

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