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I Audited a Substack With 5,000+ Subscribers. Here's What I Found...

See why Francesca's publication is growing fast, and how she's building out her paid tier.

Inside our Substack Accelerator, every member gets a personalized, one-on-one audit of their publication.

It’s a personalized deep dive on what’s working well, what could be improved, and exactly what to focus on to grow faster and attract more paid subscribers.

Today’s audit is from our Substack Accelerator member, Francesca Emilia.

Francesca runs the Substack publication Feel Something, where she writes about recovering from trauma and regulating your nervous system, drawing on her background as a clinical social work student and trauma-informed yoga teacher.

Francesca’s publication is growing fast, and she’s currently building out her paid tier, which is exactly where most of this audit is focused on.

In this 45-minute audit, you’ll learn:

  • The bio tweak that shifts your positioning from listing what you publish to naming the transformation readers can expect

  • Why Francesca’s Notes are already working, and the one change that would multiply their impact

  • How to repurpose your best-performing Notes instead of starting from scratch every day

  • Why your homepage hero section should never feature your latest post, and what to put there instead

  • The About page opportunity most creators leave completely untouched

  • How to structure and launch a paid tier that people genuinely want to pay for

  • The partial paywall strategy that brings in paid subscribers without relying on promotions

  • Why you should treat your paid tier launch like a party, not an announcement

Watch the full audit right now to learn practical lessons that will help you build, optimize, and grow your own Substack publication.


🤝 Want Your Own Substack Audit?

If you’re serious about using Substack to grow your audience, brand, and income just like Francesca, we can help you get there in a fraction of the time.

We offer high-touch coaching where we support you directly to:

  • Build your foundation — positioning, paid tier structure, and content strategy that actually converts

  • Grow your audience — proven systems for Notes, recommendations, and collaborations that bring in 100+ new subscribers per month

  • Monetize strategically — from your first paid subscribers to building a digital product stack that generates real revenue

It’s hands-on guidance from people who’ve built exactly what you’re trying to build.

→ Apply for Substack Coaching here

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