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Chris Hurst's avatar

Interesting

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Hot History's avatar

Nice advice. Thanks for sharing!

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Harshini's avatar

Hello, i just joined substack. Your tips are super helpful btw.

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Chris Hurst's avatar

You said it

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Tha's avatar

Day 23 of 30 Days Challenge

Congratulate people who made this week special.

Here I thank people who made this week magical.

@Mary Roblyn

@Kristina God@Tinashe D. Ndhlovu

@Vex King

@Louis A. DeVlugt, Sr.

@Teri Adams

@Alexander Semenyuk

@Nasha U. Khan

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Tha's avatar

Hope to complete this milestone soon. Wish you more success @Kristina God

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Roc Guiducci's avatar

I knew it felt right to be here on Substack. As someone new to writing online, I couldn't shake this 'weird' feeling on all the other platforms. Then it hit me... there's no community, there's no way to connect with other writers, and there's no way to attract an audience (I started out on Ghost - still love the platform itself, but I can't recommend it for a beginner writer now!).

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Kristina God's avatar

Hey Roc! So great to have you. Thanks for becoming a premium subscriber. Would love to learn more about your experience with Ghost. At the moment some writers are looking for greener pasture on Ghost for instance but for a beginner with no following Beehiv and Substack are much better because there's some kind of network. Same with ConvertKit Creator Network. I will soon share a video ghost vs Substack. So if there's anything you'd like to share, just send me an ✉️ can't wait to meet you inside our community.

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Roc Guiducci's avatar

Glad to be here alongside you Kristina 😊. This is gonna be a fun journey.

I shot you some thoughts on my experience with Ghost via email. Hope it helps!

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Daniel Catena's avatar

Definitely plenty of great reasons to be on Substack. Thanks for another inspiring read.

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Chris Hurst's avatar

Sure are

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Kristina God's avatar

Hi Daniel, think so too 🎉 it's really fun and I love to read all those letters here. So many different voices and so interesting personalities. Thanks for your wonderful feedback ❤️

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Denis Gorbunov's avatar

Fantastic numbers, Kristina.

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Chris Hurst's avatar

You're right

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Kristina God's avatar

Hey Denis, you're also connected to some writers from Germany, am I right? Thanks so much for your reply. Means a lot. Talk soon, Kristina

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Denis Gorbunov's avatar

I think there's one, Katja Größe, who writes about personal finance in German. I'd love to leave her comments but her content is paywalled. So I'm connected but not connected.

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Neera Mahajan's avatar

Hi Kristina, I have been writing on Substack for three years now, never worried about growth until now. I am wondering how can you help me increase my subscriber numbers.

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🅟🅐🅤🅛 🅜🅐🅒🅚🅞's avatar

Awesome growth Kristina! Congrats.

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Jonah Town's avatar

Totally agree with you! Substack is an awesome platform to kickstart your newsletter journey. Your success story is inspiring, and I love how it combines various functionalities in one place. Keep rocking it! 🚀📰 https://jonahtown.substack.com/

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Kenny Alami's avatar

I attended a class by Elle Griffin last year and I was quite excited about Substack. Result: I more than doubled my subscriber list in January 🎉

On top of that, it's way more fun for me to interact with people here than social media. I enjoy reading long form way more than small pieces of content.

Also, congrats on 3600 subscribers!!

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Kristina God's avatar

wow, I love her featured images. I love her aesthetic and the way she formats her posts.

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Kenny Alami's avatar

I really like the distinctive style she's developed!

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Kristina God's avatar

Should I know Elle Griffin? Will check her out, Kenny :D

What was the secret for your subscriber growth? The biggest takeaway from her course?

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Kenny Alami's avatar

Interact with people on the platform and cultivate relationships! Also, collaborate.

Honestly, I've been having a lot of fun doing this. I'm still learning so it's time-consuming, but I enjoy it :)

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Kristi Keller 🇨🇦's avatar

I have two wins to celebrate, both came straight from my January stats update.

1. January brought me 141 new subscribers!!! I attribute one viral Notes post for about 50 of those.

2. Kristina, YOUR newsletter brought in the most subs from recommendations last month. Thank you! ❤️

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Kristina God's avatar

So great to hear, Kristi! 141 new subs is amazing. Glad I could help. You need to give my recommends some more time :D

Next week, I'll share how we'll level this "sexy sheet" up :D I found someone in the Substack universe who can help. Yeah.

I'm in the middle of recording some videos for our school but my baby is sick... but that*s just how mompreneur life is. Crazy.

Talk soon and take care,

Kristina

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WENDY TOMLINSON's avatar

Whoop whoop, I feel like a superstar. Thanks for the mention. I love substack so much. And I love the awesome community.

It's great being able to support each other with the restack feature.

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Kristina God's avatar

You ARE a superstar, aren't you :D Positive writing karma pays off :D

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WENDY TOMLINSON's avatar

Yes it does. xx

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Patricia Thornton's avatar

$1,75 per week? I read that as $1,750 per week. Or is it $1.75 per week?

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Kristina God's avatar

Hey Patricia! So nice reading from you.

$1.75 per week :) No worries. It's USD. $7 USD per month.

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Philipp Maerzhaeuser's avatar

Kristina,

congratulations on making the next step towards monetization.

Are you from Germany, too?

Have a nice weekend.

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Kristina God's avatar

You can hear my German accent when watching my videos. I'm glad people like this accent thanks to actors such as Arnold Schwarzenegger :D

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Kristina God's avatar

Yup. From the North Sea. And you? Always happy to meet other Germans here ^^

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Philipp Maerzhaeuser's avatar

Nice to meet you.

Viele Grüße aus Frankfurt am Main🙌

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Philipp Maerzhaeuser's avatar

Ja witzig 😀 Ich wohne „erst“ seit 2017 in Frankfurt, komme ursprünglich aus Münster.

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Kristina God's avatar

Ich hab in Köln Journalism und Media comms studiert und dort gearbeitet. Hatte einige Freunde/ Kollegen aus Münster. Die Welt ist ein Dorf

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Philipp Maerzhaeuser's avatar

Melde dich mal, wenn es mal wieder einen Taunus Besuch gibt 😀

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Kristina God's avatar

In Berlin ist ja ein Substack meet Up dieses Jahr. Ja gerne aber ich muss auch ganz ehrlich sein. Wir sind dann so zu mit "Terminen". Freunde Familie und Co. Ich würde aber gerne mit dir demnächst Mal online quatschen.

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Philipp Maerzhaeuser's avatar

Von dem Termin in Berlin wusste ich nichts, spannend.

Ja, fände ich toll mich in einem Call mal mit dir auszutauschen!

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Philipp Maerzhaeuser's avatar

Witzig.

Ich habe in Münster Englisch und Sport auf Lehramt studiert, im Anschluss Public Health in Bielefeld.

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Kristina God's avatar

In Bielefeld!!.an der FHM?

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Kristina God's avatar

Vielleicht kennen wir uns ja ^^ irgendwoher. Wir sind jetzt an der See. :D Fahren aber immer wieder runter wegen Familie, Arbeit, Freunden

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Kristina God's avatar

Wie witzig, Phil!! Ich komme aus dem Taunus :D

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Philipp Maerzhaeuser's avatar

Haha. Das ist tatsächlich sehr lustig.

Ich bin letztens auf deine Tipps in Bezug auf Wachstum auf Substack gestoßen, auf YouTube.

Vielleicht gibt es mal für Gelegenheit auch etwas länger auszutauschen.

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Kristina God's avatar

Echt? Ich glaub ich werde jetzt häufiger in Deutschland gezeigt. Eigentlich möchte ich das gar nicht ^^ ich hab auch schon einige Anfragen bekomme. Genieße ehrlich gesagt den internationalen Austausch. Wie gefällt's dir bei Substack? DU schreibst ja auch auf Englisch :)

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Philipp Maerzhaeuser's avatar

Es gefällt mir aber gut auf Substack.

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Kristina God's avatar

Ist auch Klasse well es eine eigene social Media platform hat und word of mouth tools

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Philipp Maerzhaeuser's avatar

Ja definitiv. Danke schon mal für deine Antworten. Werde deine Texte durchlesen, da steckt alles drin für growth🫵

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Philipp Maerzhaeuser's avatar

Haha. Der Algo meint es bestimmt gut😉

Mit beinahe 60 Subscribern bin ich in einer anderen Liga als du unterwegs😀

Ich habe aber auch noch viel unversucht gelesen, wie Notes, Mentions, Cross Posts und Co.

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Kristina God's avatar

Das kann sich ganz schnell ändern Ich bin auch auf Medium und mit dessen Boost sausen Leute nur so in den Himmel

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Philipp Maerzhaeuser's avatar

Auf X hat sich jemand meine Substack meine Texte durchgelesen und hat gemutmaßt, dass sie auf Medium funktionieren könnten.

Bin seit zwei Monaten mit einem Coach unterwegs, um mein Online Health Coaching/Personal Training auf die Straße zu bringen.

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Kristina God's avatar

Was ist das für ein Coach und was bietest du an?

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Philipp Maerzhaeuser's avatar

Im Wesentlichen ein Business Coach. Hilft bei Audience Building, lead generation, sales…

Mein Health Coaching/Personal Training richtet sich an 35+ Jahre alte Unternehmer bzw. busy people, die ihre Energie zurückgewinnen, Muskeln aufbauen, Körperfett reduzieren wollen und dadurch auch besser im Job performen.

Ich baue mit den Kunden ein nachhaltiges System zu gesunden Gewohnheiten auf.

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Kristina God's avatar

Da ist definitiv viel Potenzial. Auch jetzt mit den international payments and local language etc.

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