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Nov 4Liked by Veronica Llorca-Smith

Veronica, this is excellent! I will keep this as a reference for how to do what I need to do:) I will restack it for the case that someone missed it. Thanks!

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Thank you Davor!

If you are interested, I have a Substack Accelerator Series in my publication dedicated to Substack growth.

Cheers!

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Nov 12Liked by Veronica Llorca-Smith

Thanks Veronica. I will now go to the previous post you shared with me and implement everything you mentioned there.

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Brilliant, Davor, let me know how you go.

All the best!

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Oct 3Liked by Veronica Llorca-Smith

Very helpful article! Thank you for sharing. Now main question: is there any way I can still get a croissant?

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Hahaha, zero chance 😂

That’s no in the subscription package.

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Oct 3Liked by Veronica Llorca-Smith

Dang it 🤣

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Oct 2Liked by Veronica Llorca-Smith

I appreciate the good suggestions, thank you. 2 questions. 1. I have not had success in scheduling a post. When I try to do that, I only see an active button that says "Send to everyone in a few seconds". 2. Do you recommend also sharing a post as a note when you publish it? Thanks in advance!

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Hi Cheryl,

Let me give you some pointeres:

1. Go to settings and tick the schedule box underneath publish and pick the date and time.

2. Yes! I always restack my Post and also restack 1 good liner to create buzz.

Cheers!

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Oct 3Liked by Veronica Llorca-Smith

Thank you, Veronica.

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Oct 1Liked by Veronica Llorca-Smith

I love it 😍 thank you! But I don’t know how can I add my posts to sections!

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You can add sections in Settings (Dashboard)

Once you have them, in your Post → Settings and you can choose Sections and Tags.

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Oct 2Liked by Veronica Llorca-Smith

Thanks!

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Oct 1Liked by Veronica Llorca-Smith

Very interesting Veronica, thank you 😊 Curious about what you said about LinkedIn, if you don't share external link. Do you only use the custom button feature to point to your substack? 🤔

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Hi Sylvain,

Re LinkedIn, I usually try to avoid sharing links in the main post and add it in the comments (sometimes I add it but the reach dies).

As per the button, I use both the standard “subscribe” and custom ones.

Honestly, 95% of my growth is organic from within Substack so I now focus on Notes and engaging here.

Are you bringing readers from LinkedIn?

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Oct 1Liked by Veronica Llorca-Smith

Unfortunately, no. My LinkedIn reach is nearly zero 🤷🏻‍♂️ I only get a dozen impressions (which makes me want to throw the towel on this network). Most of my substack engagement comes from recommendations, notes, and posts. Recommendations are really a powerful tool here. I'd only argue that I feel like some people accept the recommendation "by default" when subscribing to someone else. Are they then really reading my content, not sure :)

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LinkedIn is totally random: I used to have more reach when I had less followers - go figure.

Agree re Recommendations, it's great to boost the numbers but my open rate goes down every month so I guess many of them don't even realize they are subscribing :(

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Exactly. I know some people are getting sponsors, if that ever happens to me I'd think about removing inactive readers (yet another tool substack is offering for free ^^) to increase opening rate and engagement stats. Ps:i love eating AND baking croissants 🥐 ^^

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Sep 22·edited Sep 22Liked by Veronica Llorca-Smith

I like your mindset, 'You can steal my Substack strategy but you can't steal my croissants.' This reminded me of a baker who shows and shares his recipes, the strategy he used to grow from a garage baker to a full on bakery, giving jobs to many and helping the local wheat growers to sustain organically. Many ask him why he shares his recipes, is he not scared of loosing his business? He replies that they might have his secrets but people must be diligent like him to get where he is now and he is happy if someone uses his recipes and ideas to be successful.

I believe you are being generous by sharing your secrets of success. I may have your lemon seed but may not harvest anything if I don't plant in a right soil, fertilize, water and prune it in seasons of pruning. I am new in Substack. I have worked as a volunteer social worker for over 35 years and impacted many lives. I am hoping to do the same by my writing. I am writing a parenting book and planning a history based novel soon. Thank you for sharing your lemon seeds with the world. Blessings.

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Thank you Anima and I like to story of the baker.

I have learned that giving what you know is a win-win: you help others but it also helps you nurture a mindset of abundance.

When you share your recipe, you can bake a bigger pie ;)

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Yes, you are right.

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Love this guide on how to use Substack for growth. Very well explained with simplicity and clarity in mind.

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Man, I wish Substack had a list function so I could save this!

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Gasp! They do! 😃

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But it's the croissants I really want 🥹

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Thankyou for sharing your expertise!

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Aug 12Liked by Veronica Llorca-Smith

Very valuable information, thanks Veronica.

and yes, being French i love croissants!

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Ah tu es français, je m'en doutais bien.

J' ai habité en France et j' ai toujours étudié en français ;)

Merci beaucoup.

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Thank you very much for this information! I am new to Substack and wanted to challenge myself to create and write consistently. My mindset was just to start messy and post as I come up with ideas, and your post was very helpful in helping me come up with my own strategy as I start.

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This was started first as a note, I read from you.

There are some discussions about subscribers vs followers here.

To encourage people to want to subscribe to your newsletter, and not just "follow" it, or find it on search engines, I think this idea can work (maybe other people have spread it before, I don't know).

It is very simple, with 3 steps:

1- You write your post on Substack and send it to your subscribers (everyone can read it and comment).

2- Then you leave about 100 words (the minimum for Google to consider it), and replace everything else with a text or button that says something like this: "This article was visible to subscribers when it was sent".

3- You broadcast the article on Notes (followers won't be able to see the substantive content if they don't subscribe).

What do you think?

Advantages: see https://liderar.substack.com/p/idea-to-get-more-subscribers-from

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Thank you for the clear and tangible tips 🔥

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Came for the croissants, stayed for the valuable insights 🥐

Fun fact: I have a sweatshirt my sister made that says "un autre jour, un autre croissant" (another day, another croissant).

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https://www.canva.com/design/DAGJhLb_A_E/jdYgMsKa3pFZmuUSivPwIA/view?utm_content=DAGJhLb_A_E&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=editor

2 page author reading sample of my book ‘The Rise of WaterBear’

Ain't nobody wanting to listen to it.

Could be a real delight or an utter massacre. Eh, least I'm no longer in the desert.. I'm on the far side of the globe now where I can: Eat, Read & Drink.

If one's gonna die, do it happily

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