How I finally figured out Substack growth

I grew my newsletter from 0 to 5k subscribers in 100 days.
Here's:
• What worked great
• What didn't work
• What worked ok
And how you can apply what I learned to your newsletter: https://t.co/st1vyT2y7k



A case study in growing email subscribers.
I recently published an article called "50 Ideas That Changed My Life." It didn't catch until yesterday, when it went viral in a few email newsletters.
The result: 50,000 page views, which led to 1,500+ email subscribers in ~24 hours.... See more
Enter Substack. Substack, by eschewing the marketing communications (MarCom) market entirely, and focusing on writers people actually wanted to read, reversed the perceptions of the technology. Instead of trying to scam people into giving you “permission” to send them emails, Substack said, why not charge them to subscribe.
Ribbon Farm • A Text Renaissance
May 2019. I wrote my first marketing article. A year later my email list hit 19,000.
No ads. No connections. No existing audience.
The site grew because I learnt how to push my content round the internet.
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The GTM motions of today's biggest consumer apps.
AKA, how they kickstarted growth, and their primary growth engine. https://t.co/spF0Mc80Gx