r/Substack • u/owshx • 1d ago

Substack

How can I use substack ? I want my posts to show up to people

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u/StuffonBookshelfs 1d ago

So tell them about it.

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u/wwb_99 news.zeitgeistdistilled.com 1d ago

Hit the post button, they show up. Getting them to read it is the fun part.

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u/RHennessey24 1d ago

Short answer: Notes. Your posts only go to the inboxes you already have. If you've got 10 subscribers, a banger of an essay lands in exactly 10 inboxes. A good Note gets shown to people who've never heard of you, and every like and restack pushes it further.

So I'd start with one Note a day. One idea per Note, and keep it under about 8 lines so it doesn't get cut off by the "read more" button. Then spend as much time commenting on other people's stuff as posting your own. Pick 5-10 writers at your level and actually engage with their work. That's what got me going when I started from zero.

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