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Welcome! Take the onboarding steps...
13:30
Course Platform Orientation
Bonus Q&A Webinars -- Live Support Calls
General Questions (if you don't know where else to ask)
🎁 2 Months Access to Work Retreats
✨ Time-Limited Bonus Content
🤗 Would you like to get together with others in this course to work on the material?
✨ Introduce your substack to us!
11:15
Inspiration with Substack
2:15
With all that Substack offers, why would one still need a separate website? 🤔
Module 1 -- Substack's Main Features
47:49
2:31
Welcome to the Substack course! + Our community values
1:16
Whether you're a beginner or advanced Substacker, you have peers here...
5:34
What's the goal for a Substack creator?
2:53
💛 Optimizing your Profile
Make sure you create a "real" publication not a "merged with profile" type...
3:38
Your Publication: Home Page Branding & Layout
0:23
Substack works better with Google Chrome
Editing Your "About" Page
1:16
💛 Mutual Support -- Home & About Pages
3:20
Welcome Emails
4:46
All about NOTES ✍🏽
💛 Mutual Support -- NOTES
8:29
All about CHAT 💬
💛 Mutual Support -- CHAT
5:31
All about POSTS 📜
💛 Mutual Support -- POSTS
3:27
💛 The basics of growing your Substack
2:50
What to post via Substack's Notes, Chats, or Posts?
💛 Module 1 Homework
1:55
You haven't gotten started on substack because you might make a mistake?
Module 2 -- Supplemental Q&A
1:55:03
1:43
⭐️ Try the Substack support Ai chatbot -- ask it any substack questions and see if you can get a quick answer!
13:17
(Rant) Is it overwhelming to have to manage yet another platform (Substack)?
1:39
Where to send people -- your Substack or your "main" website?
2:16
Substack names: profile vs publication
4:34
What should your first Substack post be?
6:38
Ways to format your Long-form posts (font sizes?)
3:04
Put the same content on Substack as you put elsewhere?
6:42
The importance using NOTES in substack -- algorithmic reach
5:10
How to search for content you might like on Substack?
Homepage Links vs. Navigation Bar Links
6:01
How Shaun Galanos organizes his homepage
Follow vs Subscribe
3:29
Should you have more than 1 Publication?
3:07
Sub-publications? "Sections" within a publication...
2:10
Custom tags
Publication: Email settings: Header or Footer
Publication: Email settings: Email opt-out page
0:55
Can you pin/highlight an older post on the homepage?
1:18
Long-form Post vs Newsletter -- what's the difference?
13:59
You (accidentally) created a personal publication that seems duplicative with your profile... Amanda's example
2:15
Minimum # of subscribers before you should start a subscriber chat?
1:27
Must you define tags already? No, you can decide later (and tag articles later)
4:26
Differences between Substack vs Patreon?
5:25
Must you put your mailing address at bottom of your newsletters?
3:05
(Optional) associating your FB pixel to your Substack publication
13:21
If your publication name doesn't cover all that you want to write about... (Stephanie's example)
4:12
Can you host courses on Substack?
4:50
Use custom domain name for your Substack?
Module 3 -- Shaun's Substack Strategies
56:39
4:52
Introduction to Shaun's module on Substack
7:18
Getting started writing on Substack
10:30
Types of content that Shaun creates on Substack
17:48
Substack paywall strategies
16:11
Bringing more traffic to your Substack publication
Module 4 -- Q&A with Shaun & George
50:31
2:56
Concerned about Google duplicate content penalty? Don't be.
2:29
Include your name in your publication title or just your profile?
4:15
If any concerns about importing subscribers to Substack...
1:25
Do you need multiple Substack publications?
2:53
How much time per week spent on Substack content creation?
3:19
How long did it take Shaun to grow his substack?
2:57
Substack via phone or desktop? + free podcast hosting
15:42
🎙️ How to create your Podcast on Substack
4:20
When is too soon to add a Paid plan for your subscribers?
10:15
Conversation with Fi re: what to paywall?
Module 5 -- Kristina's Substack Strategies
40:42
4:39
Do you need a cadence for posting on Substack? How often should you post?
5:25
Connecting your work on Substack to other platforms (and vice versa)
10:42
Everything Free vs. Freemium vs. 100% Paywall
6:13
Where should Substack fit into one's business model?
12:29
Understanding Substack's badges -- orange/white, orange (solid), purple
1:14
Thanks Kristina!
Module 6 -- Supplemental + Q&A with Kristina & George
1:20:49
12:16
Lessons from Kristina's substack growth journey, part 1
11:15
Lessons from Kristina's substack growth journey, part 2
7:17
Kristina's tips for time management on Substack
4:56
Finding our nichemates' Substack blogs to learn from their success
7:03
Founding Memberships? Possible additional tier for paid subsscriptions
5:20
"Can I just make all my content free, and simply ask people for paid support?"
14:42
Hosting a live chat on Substack
5:06
How did Ruth make the image-based note with a line of text?
1:13
Should you post your Substack stuff to Medium too?
3:53
Should you invite your Substack subscribers to your Circle community?
4:49
"Your note made you $112"...
2:59
How much does your Publication Name matter?
Module 7 -- Your Content Plan for Substack
52:16
14:23
Repurposing your content to (and from) Substack
7:30
How Shaun sets up his "How To" page
1:20
✍🏽 Your Substack Content Rhythm
4:29
Netcaring on Substack -- making friends & authentically getting more visibility!
6:53
Selling your things on Substack
5:42
Referral Program (to get you more paid subscribers)
3:02
Notifications on Substack
8:57
Substack "Stats" -- what to do with them
Reader Survey
Other settings?
Module 8 -- More Q&A
42:01
13:05
What does the Substack algorithm prioritize? Therefore what should you create more of?
5:05
Find out who your subscribers are following...
3:52
Is there an ideal length of a Substack post?
1:27
use Notes to test content before making Posts?
3:29
Can you backdate your Substack posts?
1:33
Should you always send email newsletter for your Substack posts?
1:38
Difference between Video post vs. Text post with video embedded?
1:42
Biggest challenges with Substack?
5:05
Is it OK to take your payment for your Substack paid subscription with outside source eg paypal?
Reminder of the ongoing value of this course!
5:05
Hosting challenges via Substack
Substack for Soulpreneurs
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Module 4 -- Q&A with Shaun & George
Concerned about Google duplicate content penalty? Don't be.
Updated Dec 3, 2024
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