This is wonderful information. I have only been here a few weeks but have been disappearing under an avalanche of wonderful newsletters. It is great to know I can turn off the emails and still read them on the app.
My birthday was a few days ago. As often happens, I received a bunch of Happy Bday wishes on Facebook, a platform I almost never use. I commented on each one with a copied and pasted response:
Thanks! I’m not on Facebook much these days but I do enjoy connecting. Every few weeks, I publish a short newsletter article. If you want to stay in touch more regularly (and you don’t already receive it) go to https://danehrenkrantz.substack.com . Lately, I’ve been doing a series exploring world wisdom on anger. I’ve looked at insights from philosophy, psychology, and religion. My latest article gave a brief recap of what I’ve learned so far in this series and then took a look at Jesus overturning tables in the Temple. If you sign up to receive my newsletter, and perhaps comment on the content if you feel motivated, it’s a better way for us to stay connected than Facebook. No pressure!!
Amazing Canva template Claire and perfect timing, I think I’ll use this later in the week 🤎
You’re comment on Substack being blocked on IG is interesting, I’ve shared my Substack post today how I’m moving away from IG and I’ve had the most views, likes, comments and saves to any post for weeks, plus I’ve shared the Substack link in Stories and again a huge uptake on views??
I do love your feedback on referring to your account as something other than Substack, from some of the comments there’s a lot of people that haven’t heard of it ☺️
Claire, I'm not on IG but still, I never knew this! I had no idea that it would block Substack content!
Also, I published this one a few weeks ago about a different (unique) way of promoting your Substack out in the wild. It struck a chord with lots of readers!
Ooooh, good question. Zero idea if IG scans our AUDIO, but I wouldn't be surprised if they did. I've seen people beep out certain words, I guess for fear of tripping up the BAD WORD detectors or whatever.
Oooo that's a great idea about using another name for it when sharing elsewhere! I have a monthly newsletter via Flodesk, and a blog on Wordpress, so use those words already. I'll have to come up with something that works for my substacks.
This might be a very big question and a can of worms - but would you say it's possible to grow on Substack without using other social media platforms? I'm wanting to move away from other social media platforms (apart from Facebook, which I believe still values community)...
YES! I’ve grown solely here Jess! I brought a mailing list of 350 and the rest 8k is from being here for two years! I’ll teach you everything I know? ✨✨
Thank you for the Canva template. It’s been more than six weeks since I’ve posted on IG, but if I ever do, an updated Canva post might be it. At least they’ll know where to find me should they come looking.
I did not know you could turn off auto play - thank you 🙏🏼
In terms of having a membership here - like putting out an online course and wanting people to sign up - how do we word that whilst saying it’s a newsletter? I still don’t feel like I’m being very clear how you pay for a newsletter and get access to the course 😅
I guess you just take newsletter out. Say if the course was on podia but you emailed them updates you wouldn't say - sign up for my course emails it would just be a given?
I think for you it's about the whole holistic experience so something like - 'if you're a mum and you'd like to make time for yourself, track the seasons in our mindful bookbinding class and support the CIC at the same time you can do that here' Have you tried using chat gpt to help you with copy and sales messages - it needs re-writing but it's very good at getting us through the blocks....
I had always heard (and it sure felt like) FB doesn’t promote links that take people away from their sites. So I usually post my Substack shareable image and then put a link in the comments. I’ve even found that saying “link in the comments below” means I’ll get almost nothing, so I leave it up to people to find it. The majority of my views come from email subscribers (about 85%) and I get 6-7% from FB when I share there. Maybe 1-2% from IG, but I am more active on FB and have more followers there. I often just say, “here’s my latest story/post about…” Thanks for all these tips, Claire!
This is wonderful information. I have only been here a few weeks but have been disappearing under an avalanche of wonderful newsletters. It is great to know I can turn off the emails and still read them on the app.
Yes it’s lovely - like a little ebook of your faves rather than admin to manage!
Thank you Claire for sharing these tips and the Canva template! 🙏
My birthday was a few days ago. As often happens, I received a bunch of Happy Bday wishes on Facebook, a platform I almost never use. I commented on each one with a copied and pasted response:
Thanks! I’m not on Facebook much these days but I do enjoy connecting. Every few weeks, I publish a short newsletter article. If you want to stay in touch more regularly (and you don’t already receive it) go to https://danehrenkrantz.substack.com . Lately, I’ve been doing a series exploring world wisdom on anger. I’ve looked at insights from philosophy, psychology, and religion. My latest article gave a brief recap of what I’ve learned so far in this series and then took a look at Jesus overturning tables in the Temple. If you sign up to receive my newsletter, and perhaps comment on the content if you feel motivated, it’s a better way for us to stay connected than Facebook. No pressure!!
Result? A number of new subscribers.
Amazing Canva template Claire and perfect timing, I think I’ll use this later in the week 🤎
You’re comment on Substack being blocked on IG is interesting, I’ve shared my Substack post today how I’m moving away from IG and I’ve had the most views, likes, comments and saves to any post for weeks, plus I’ve shared the Substack link in Stories and again a huge uptake on views??
I do love your feedback on referring to your account as something other than Substack, from some of the comments there’s a lot of people that haven’t heard of it ☺️
Yesterday I had way over 100 more story views than usual and people were finding my pinned posts - it was odd! 😆
Claire, I'm not on IG but still, I never knew this! I had no idea that it would block Substack content!
Also, I published this one a few weeks ago about a different (unique) way of promoting your Substack out in the wild. It struck a chord with lots of readers!
https://open.substack.com/pub/unstackit/p/promote-your-substack-without-social-media?r=2qffbg&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Thanks love - I'll link it. x
Ooooh, good question. Zero idea if IG scans our AUDIO, but I wouldn't be surprised if they did. I've seen people beep out certain words, I guess for fear of tripping up the BAD WORD detectors or whatever.
Bad word detectors lol - oh my it’s like a mad puzzle isn’t it - thank goodness for Substack!
Oooo that's a great idea about using another name for it when sharing elsewhere! I have a monthly newsletter via Flodesk, and a blog on Wordpress, so use those words already. I'll have to come up with something that works for my substacks.
Really helpful.
Thanks Sharon. I'm glad. x
I can confirm that people at Blue Sky still thinks this place is bad... So better not use the word.
This might be a very big question and a can of worms - but would you say it's possible to grow on Substack without using other social media platforms? I'm wanting to move away from other social media platforms (apart from Facebook, which I believe still values community)...
YES! I’ve grown solely here Jess! I brought a mailing list of 350 and the rest 8k is from being here for two years! I’ll teach you everything I know? ✨✨
Oh absolutely! Spill the Substack growth tea!
https://sparkleon.substack.com/t/substack-growth-tips
Thank you for the Canva template. It’s been more than six weeks since I’ve posted on IG, but if I ever do, an updated Canva post might be it. At least they’ll know where to find me should they come looking.
Loooooveeeeeeee
Oh thanks for the tips Claire! I’d suspected that IG might hide substack related words, but wasn’t sure. Gonna change my CTAs on there!
This is so so helpful Claire, thank you, such great ideas for promoting Substack on IG - will definitely be trying your ideas out. X
I did not know you could turn off auto play - thank you 🙏🏼
In terms of having a membership here - like putting out an online course and wanting people to sign up - how do we word that whilst saying it’s a newsletter? I still don’t feel like I’m being very clear how you pay for a newsletter and get access to the course 😅
I guess you just take newsletter out. Say if the course was on podia but you emailed them updates you wouldn't say - sign up for my course emails it would just be a given?
I think for you it's about the whole holistic experience so something like - 'if you're a mum and you'd like to make time for yourself, track the seasons in our mindful bookbinding class and support the CIC at the same time you can do that here' Have you tried using chat gpt to help you with copy and sales messages - it needs re-writing but it's very good at getting us through the blocks....
I had always heard (and it sure felt like) FB doesn’t promote links that take people away from their sites. So I usually post my Substack shareable image and then put a link in the comments. I’ve even found that saying “link in the comments below” means I’ll get almost nothing, so I leave it up to people to find it. The majority of my views come from email subscribers (about 85%) and I get 6-7% from FB when I share there. Maybe 1-2% from IG, but I am more active on FB and have more followers there. I often just say, “here’s my latest story/post about…” Thanks for all these tips, Claire!