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Stuart K Kimball's avatar

Thanks for these ideas

After 3 months on SubStack I can better understand the value in each of your points

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Ral Joseph's avatar

Thank you so much for this Jari. You cannot begin to imagine how helpful this is

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Ociel Gonzalez's avatar

In the beginning, nobody knows who you are and what you do.

It's very important to find your tribe early on in your journey.

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Nicole.'s avatar

This is a very instructive list and is helpful. I can see the benefits of putting these ideas into practice.

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Tajh Walker's avatar

Recommendations and engagement tips were great! Thanks.

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Andrew David Shiller, MD's avatar

These are great ideas, thank you. You've shown us how to step forth and ENGAGE with the community. Seems like that's the core thing.

I hope this is one of my 5 meaningful comments that you suggested I do every time I post a note ;-)

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Kiran S's avatar

Yes, I understand now that my Publication name may be misleading. I kept it Recenter and rediscover life for people who have suffered from trauma to make fresh beginnings. Nut perhaps not everyone can understand it in 3 seconds. Happy to partner with others and start a livestream on understanding Trauma and healing from it.

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Liza Blue's avatar

Regarding exchanging recommendations, would appreciate advice on how to target other newsletters. I'm guessing that a swap would be most attractive if both parties have the same amount of subscribers. If I am new and only have a couple hundred of subscribers, I doubt if there would be much interest in swapping recommendations with someone with thousands of subscribers.

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Sinem Günel's avatar

Hi Liza! :) You might find this helpful: https://writebuildscale.substack.com/p/the-ultimate-guide-to-growing-your

You're more likely to find partners that are at a similar stage as you, but it doesn't necessarily have to be that way. If you can clearly communicate why a collaboration would be valuable and what you can help them achieve or how you can provide value to their community, you might also be able to partner with creators that have larger audience sizes. In that case, the collaboration might be more difficult to set up and manage since you might need to provide a clear ROI for the "larger" creator, but if you have high expectations for the return on your investment, this might be worth considering.

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Arati Arvind's avatar

Thanks Jari, you have clarified each of these points, like engagement with the community and so on. Hope to implement them soon

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Jane Xu, PhD, MPH, MS's avatar

Thanks! Starting "one note a day" today.

Actually two today : ).

Here is one: https://substack.com/@drjanex/note/c-112503362

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Soumya Sreeram's avatar

Thanks for the great ideas. It's a solid start for someone new to Substack and growth initiatives.

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