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Substack Course

Authentic Speaking

Authentic Market Discovery

Create Aligned Offers

Authentic Content Flow

✨ Authentic Outreach (AO)

🌱 Joyful Pro

AI Tools for Solopreneurs

Conscious Money Flow

Create Your Framework

🙋 Effortless Yes

🌈 Energy Signature

Facebook Ads & Marketing

️ Interview Mastery

‍ Launch Your Group Program

🪙 Simple Authentic Moneymaking

Simple Podcast Creation

Simple Course Creation & Launch

"What do you do?"

🎬 YouTube Mastery

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Substack for Soulpreneurs

Welcome! Take the onboarding steps...

Substack for Soulpreneurs -- Turn your passion into a sustainable income

Course Platform Orientation

Substack for Soulpreneurs -- Turn your passion into a sustainable income

Bonus Q&A Webinars -- Live Support Calls

Substack for Soulpreneurs -- Turn your passion into a sustainable income

General Questions (if you don't know where else to ask)

Substack for Soulpreneurs -- Turn your passion into a sustainable income

🎁 2 Months Access to Work Retreats

Substack for Soulpreneurs -- Turn your passion into a sustainable income

✨ Time-Limited Bonus Content

Substack for Soulpreneurs -- Turn your passion into a sustainable income

🤗 Would you like to get together with others in this course to work on the material?

Substack for Soulpreneurs -- Turn your passion into a sustainable income

✨ Introduce your substack to us!

Substack inspires Wesley to create authentic content

Inspiration with Substack

With all that Substack offers, why would one still need a separate website? 🤔

With all that Substack offers, why would one still need a separate website? 🤔

Module 1 -- Substack's Main Features

welcome to Substack course

Welcome to the Substack course! + Our community values

substack - different levels

Whether you're a beginner or advanced Substacker, you have peers here...

what's substack for?

What's the goal for a Substack creator?

💛 Optimizing your Profile

Substack for Soulpreneurs -- Turn your passion into a sustainable income

Make sure you create a "real" publication not a "merged with profile" type...

Substack home page

Your Publication: Home Page Branding & Layout

Substack works better with Google Chrome

Substack works better with Google Chrome

Substack for Soulpreneurs -- Turn your passion into a sustainable income

Editing Your "About" Page

substack mutual support - home or about pages

💛 Mutual Support -- Home & About Pages

substack welcome email customize

Welcome Emails

Substack Notes

All about NOTES ✍🏽

Substack for Soulpreneurs -- Turn your passion into a sustainable income

💛 Mutual Support -- NOTES

Substack Chats

All about CHAT 💬

Substack for Soulpreneurs -- Turn your passion into a sustainable income

💛 Mutual Support -- CHAT

Substack Posts

All about POSTS 📜

Substack for Soulpreneurs -- Turn your passion into a sustainable income

💛 Mutual Support -- POSTS

Growing our substack - basics

💛 The basics of growing your Substack

What to post via Substack's Notes, Chats, or Posts?

What to post via Substack's Notes, Chats, or Posts?

Substack for Soulpreneurs -- Turn your passion into a sustainable income

💛 Module 1 Homework

You haven't gotten started on substack because you might make a mistake?

You haven't gotten started on substack because you might make a mistake?

Module 2 -- Supplemental Q&A

substack chatbot

⭐️ Try the Substack support Ai chatbot -- ask it any substack questions and see if you can get a quick answer!

(Rant) Is it overwhelming to have to manage yet another platform (Substack)?

(Rant) Is it overwhelming to have to manage yet another platform (Substack)?

Where to send people -- your Substack or your "main" website?

Where to send people -- your Substack or your "main" website?

Substack names: profile vs publication

What should our first Substack post be?

What should your first Substack post be?

Ways to format your Long-form posts (font sizes?)

Ways to format your Long-form posts (font sizes?)

Put the same content on Substack as you put elsewhere?

Put the same content on Substack as you put elsewhere?

The importance using NOTES in substack (algorithmic reach)

The importance using NOTES in substack -- algorithmic reach

How to search for Substack content of interest?

How to search for content you might like on Substack?

Substack for Soulpreneurs -- Turn your passion into a sustainable income

Homepage Links vs. Navigation Bar Links

How Shaun Galanos organizes his homepage

How Shaun Galanos organizes his homepage

Substack for Soulpreneurs -- Turn your passion into a sustainable income

Follow vs Subscribe

Deciding whether to start more than 1 publication -- Tomar Levine

Should you have more than 1 Publication?

sub-publications? "Sections" within a publication

Sub-publications? "Sections" within a publication...

substack custom tags

Custom tags

Substack for Soulpreneurs -- Turn your passion into a sustainable income

Publication: Email settings: Header or Footer

Substack for Soulpreneurs -- Turn your passion into a sustainable income

Publication: Email settings: Email opt-out page

Can you pin/highlight an older post on the homepage?

Can you pin/highlight an older post on the homepage?

Long-form Post vs Newsletter -- what's the difference?

Long-form Post vs Newsletter -- what's the difference?

You (accidentally) created a personal publication that seems duplicative with your profile... Amanda's example

Minimum # of subscribers before you should start a subscriber chat?

Minimum # of subscribers before you should start a subscriber chat?

Must you define tags already? No, you can decide later (and tag articles later)

Must you define tags already? No, you can decide later (and tag articles later)

Differences between Substack vs Patreon?

Differences between Substack vs Patreon?

Must you put your mailing address at bottom of your newsletters?

Must you put your mailing address at bottom of your newsletters?

associating your FB pixel to your Substack publication

(Optional) associating your FB pixel to your Substack publication

If your publication name doesn't cover all that you want to write about..

If your publication name doesn't cover all that you want to write about... (Stephanie's example)

Can you host courses on Substack?

Can you host courses on Substack?

Use custom domain name for your Substack?

Use custom domain name for your Substack?

Module 3 -- Shaun's Substack Strategies

Introduction to Shaun's module on Substack

Introduction to Shaun's module on Substack

getting started writing on substack

Getting started writing on Substack

types of content that Shaun creates on Substack

Types of content that Shaun creates on Substack

Substack paywall strategies

Substack paywall strategies

substack traffic strategies

Bringing more traffic to your Substack publication

Module 4 -- Q&A with Shaun & George

Concerned about Google duplicate content penalty? Don't be

Concerned about Google duplicate content penalty? Don't be.

Include your name in your publication title or just your profile?

If any concerns about importing subscribers to Substack..

If any concerns about importing subscribers to Substack...

Do you need multiple Substack publications?

Do you need multiple Substack publications?

How much time per week spent on Substack content creation?

How much time per week spent on Substack content creation?

How long did it take Shaun to grow his substack?

How long did it take Shaun to grow his substack?

creating on Substack on phone or desktop?

Substack via phone or desktop? + free podcast hosting

How to create your Podcast on Substack

🎙️ How to create your Podcast on Substack

When is too soon to add a Paid plan for your subscribers?

When is too soon to add a Paid plan for your subscribers?

Conversation with Fi re: what to paywall?

Conversation with Fi re: what to paywall?

Module 5 -- Kristina's Substack Strategies

Do you need a cadence for posting on Substack? How often should you post?

Do you need a cadence for posting on Substack? How often should you post?

Connecting your work on Substack to other platforms (and vice versa)

Connecting your work on Substack to other platforms (and vice versa)

Everything Free vs. Freemium vs

Everything Free vs. Freemium vs. 100% Paywall

Where should Substack fit into one's business model?

Where should Substack fit into one's business model?

Understanding Substack's badges -- orange/white, orange (solid), purple

Understanding Substack's badges -- orange/white, orange (solid), purple

Thanks Kristina!

Thanks Kristina!

Module 6 -- Supplemental + Q&A with Kristina & George

Lessons from Kristina's substack growth journey, part 1

Lessons from Kristina's substack growth journey, part 1

Lessons from Kristina's substack growth journey, part 2

Lessons from Kristina's substack growth journey, part 2

Kristina's tips for time management on Substack

Kristina's tips for time management on Substack

Finding our nichemates' Substack blogs to learn from their success

Finding our nichemates' Substack blogs to learn from their success

Founding Memberships?

Founding Memberships? Possible additional tier for paid subsscriptions

Why not just make all Substack content free (GK response)

"Can I just make all my content free, and simply ask people for paid support?"

Hosting a live chat on Substack

Hosting a live chat on Substack

How did Ruth make the image-based note with a line of text?

How did Ruth make the image-based note with a line of text?

Should you post your Substack stuff to Medium too?

Should you post your Substack stuff to Medium too?

Should you invite your Substack subscribers to your Circle community?

Should you invite your Substack subscribers to your Circle community?

"Your note made you $112"..

"Your note made you $112"...

How much does your Publication Name matter?

How much does your Publication Name matter?

Module 7 -- Your Content Plan for Substack

Repurposing Content onto Substack

Repurposing your content to (and from) Substack

Shaun setting up "how to" section on Substack

How Shaun sets up his "How To" page

What's your content rhythm on Substack?

✍🏽 Your Substack Content Rhythm

Netcaring on Substack

Netcaring on Substack -- making friends & authentically getting more visibility!

Selling services/programs on Substack

Selling your things on Substack

Referral Program on Substack

Referral Program (to get you more paid subscribers)

Notifications on Substack

Notifications on Substack

Substack Stats

Substack "Stats" -- what to do with them

Substack for Soulpreneurs -- Turn your passion into a sustainable income

Reader Survey

Substack for Soulpreneurs -- Turn your passion into a sustainable income

Other settings?

Module 8 -- More Q&A

What does the Substack algorithm prioritize? Therefore what should you create more of?

What does the Substack algorithm prioritize? Therefore what should you create more of?

Find out who your subscribers are following..

Find out who your subscribers are following...

Is there an ideal length of a Substack post?

Is there an ideal length of a Substack post?

use Notes to test content before making Posts?

use Notes to test content before making Posts?

Can you backdate your Substack posts?

Can you backdate your Substack posts?

Should you always send email newsletter for your Substack posts?

Should you always send email newsletter for your Substack posts?

Difference between Video post vs

Difference between Video post vs. Text post with video embedded?

Biggest challenges with Substack?

Biggest challenges with Substack?

Is it OK to take your payment for your Substack paid subscription with outside source eg paypal?

Is it OK to take your payment for your Substack paid subscription with outside source eg paypal?

Substack for Soulpreneurs -- Turn your passion into a sustainable income

Reminder of the ongoing value of this course!

Hosting challenges via Substack

Hosting challenges via Substack

George's paid substack

George's paid substack

Completed Mark as complete

Substack for Soulpreneurs › Module 5 -- Kristina's Substack Strategies

Thanks Kristina!

Updated Dec 10, 2024

Kristina God on Substack

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