My Substack Summer
What I read & What I discovered about Substack in Summer 2024
Highlights
☕ I read the most in the evening
💌 I subscribed to 9 new Substacks
📽️ I watched 11 minutes of video
❤️ I liked 136 posts
💬 I left 132 comments on posts
📜 I scrolled 130 meters in Notes
🕵️ I discovered 16 new posts via Notes
Top Substacks
How to Write for a Living by David McIlroy
Writers should get paid for doing what they love. Let's talk about how to make that happen.
Top post this summer: My First 12 Months on Substack
Minimalist Books Weekly by Jamie Northrup
Discover awesome new minimalist books to read and get help writing and promoting your own minimalist books every Tuesday!
Top post this summer: MBW #012 - Atomic Content Revolution
Cruthú Nua by Órla Kenny
My personal Substack
Top post this summer: Be Soft, Be Gentle, Be Kind
Share your own Summer Recap
You can see your own summer recap in the Substack app. I’d love to see what you’ve been reading.
What I Discovered About Substack Over The Summer
I have been writing online consistently since 2017. And while I have had a self-hosted blog and written on platforms like Medium and Vocal.whatever. I have found that Substack might be the place that takes the cake. Here’s why:
You can still be in control of your email list, but they will help you grow it too.
I was never a fan of Medium’s email list option. Those things get sent to the trash quickly, or worse, the spam folder, so it never seemed worth trying to grow email subscribers on Medium.
Having a self-hosted blog was fun until it became annoying to see how much work it is to keep it up and running. I keep thinking I will return to it someday, but I won’t, and I should give up that idea.
However, Substack is a blog, and your email service is provided in one spot. And with Notes, it’s a whole new level of social media. I love this space for growing an email list and connecting with readers.
Everything comes here anymore, and this is the home base of my author platform. Which is the second valuable lesson from the summer:
Substack can become your author's home base.
If you are starting, this is the place to be. And this is how I would encourage you to get started:
Write one daily Substack Note.
Engage with ten (10) other Substack Notes Daily.
Write one regular post a week and send it to your growing email list.
Share that post on your other social media platforms.
Build relationships with other Substackers and watch your platform grow.
If you want to write a book, too, I have an opportunity for you. You can also learn how to use your new author home base!
What’s that opportunity?
Let’s work together to help you write and publish your Amazon Bestseller in 90-Days!
Have you wanted to write and publish a book? Yet, you haven’t done it. Book a call with me, and I will help you write and publish a bestselling book on Amazon!
My name is J.R. Heimbigner, and I am a #1 Bestselling Author on Amazon with 15 self-published books. I want to help you write and publish your book in 90 days.
So honored to have made the list :))
I’ve been doing a note a day this month. Building content for next book. I’m trying to engage but have to be more concentrated in that. I have been posting a newsletter once a week. I must remember to copy and send to Medium.
Thanks for great tips.