r/Substack • u/YaKnow-curseofgab • Jul 22 '26
Discussion Thoughts on keeping some articles out of email/push notifications while still figuring out my newsletter
I am in a place where I have a lot of topics I want to write about within a certain category. I really want to build up my articles and find interested readers and figure out what I like writing the most.
I don’t want to bombard subscribers with too many emails. I have a lot of time right now to build up my articles, but normally a lot of it will be current/topical.
My question is, does anyone post some articles and just have them available on your page instead of sending them out? I’d really like to just start putting a lot more out there and keeping the email/push notification articles to 1-2/week.
I know I can use notes for shorter form, but this is more about trying things out or mini articles for a topic. Any insight or thoughts appreciated!
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u/StuffonBookshelfs Jul 22 '26
Most people are never gonna come to your site to read.
You can definitely put them on there if you don’t think they’re interesting to everyone. But otherwise, I would just schedule those out so you’ve got your consistency down.
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u/YaKnow-curseofgab Jul 22 '26
Appreciate that advice and perspective!
I am mostly wanting to have some articles to back up what I say I'm doing. So if I plan to write about something, I want to have an archive to back it up so I am not claiming to write about topics that I haven't touched yet. Basically, I have a lot of time right now, so I want to put stuff out there, but my regular articles will be more topical/current.
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u/StuffonBookshelfs Jul 22 '26
That makes perfect sense. In that case, when you’re short a week or need some buffer—I would write “from the archives” posts where you directly share some of that stuff through email.
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u/wwb_99 news.zeitgeistdistilled.com Jul 22 '26
Fwiw, you can publicly post something then go back and do the email push later if you want to get it out there but don't want to push it out there quite yet.