Why You Should Start Writing on Substack Right Now (Even If You Have a Newsletter)
It's a new feature that's just about to explode…
Imagine a place where you can post something that goes viral and brings you thousands of email subscribers. How do you feel?
I’m thrilled!
But…
Is this real?
No!
Wait, wait, wait…not that fast!
It’s happening!
It’s gonna be a reality sooner than you think.
Not a joke!
Substack doesn’t have the common problems of most social media platforms:
Followers that don’t mean engagement or monetization
Virality that depends on algorithms
Algorithms that only serve the interests of advertisers
Monetization rules that are vague
As a creator, you have no control over anything.
Substack is different.
It’s a place where you can create real communities: you build real assets: emails on your list.
You can talk to your subscribers directly.
You have all the features of social media:
chat
direct messaging
discovery section where you can explore what to read
and the newest feature: Notes where you can post shorts like X
And you have all the content types you can imagine:
emails
videos
images
podcasts
short form notes
long-form — you can post your emails without sending them to your list
You have everything!
But you still have one big problem: how to gain subscribers.
Substack recognized this. Last year they announced the implementation of an algorithm.
But not like any other social media algorithm.
A new one. One that serves to connect the reader and the creator.
No advertisers.
No fake followers.
Just you and your audience.
How does this work?
In Substack Notes.
It’s a powerful feature. It’s like X (Twitter) but better. You can post short texts, images, and videos there — anything that doesn’t fit in a newsletter.
If you’re active daily, people start subscribing to your newsletter.
I tested it.
It works.
I started gaining ±10 new subscribers daily, and I’m just starting.
This has huge potential!
And it’s about to explode!
I’m not sure if the algorithm is already implemented, but I do hear some writers sharing they had a note gone viral.
So let me ask you again:
Imagine a place where you can post something that goes viral and brings you thousands of email subscribers. How do you feel?
That’s the one reason why you should start writing on Substack right about now!