How Most Creators Misunderstand Substack

And what to do to fix it

My Medium friends can read this story over there as well.

It’s a great platform. I love it. But it’s also a trap.

We see the big writers bragging about thousands of paid subscribers and think, ok cool, I’ll just write a lot, post some notes, and the subs will come.

It’s not that easy. Unfortunately.

Getting paid subscribers is tough. Brutally tough. Not bec…