Episode 1: Creating Success

An exclusive weekend series about the writer’s journey and struggles

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For readers looking for clues to start their writing journey on Substack, I am here to share my journey and reveal some important stats for your reference so you know what to expect and how you can do better than me.

Writing on Substack requires another kind of mindset that is different from Medium. The starting part is usually the hardest, and you need to have a strategy to help you kick start or else going it alone will take a long time with a low success rate.

Even today, with over 2K subscribers, things aren’t that motivating still. Gone are the days when my posts could average above 1K claps on Medium. Here on Substack, I would rejoice if it goes above ten likes.

As the information I am going to share is proprietary, I will only be sharing them exclusively with my paid subscribers, so if you are interested in following my reveal on the stats for my newsletter and the growth I have made, don’t hesitate to upgrade your subscription.

I will be putting out more of such exclusive content sharing on my growth and the strategy I use to build my Substack account. This will be presented once every other week.

The challenges I faced on Substack

The first challenge I faced on Substack was working out how often I should publish so that I won’t overwhelm my readers and have people treat my emails as spam or, worst, unsubscribe from my newsletter.

I am sure I am not alone, and perhaps writers, including yourself, would have the same concern. So in this newsletter, I will share with you how I tackled this question, plus the other struggles I faced with my writing and growing my Substack account.

So, how often should you write and publish on Substack? The question is straightforward, but the answer isn’t…