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Jan 27Liked by Veronica Llorca-Smith

I don't like Croissants 😞, but I like your article... such a great and clear overview... reading it makes me feeling as if I can do it and now I know I can do it... you simplified the steps that growing and being successful on Substack isn't that hard 😀... thank you 🙏 I will use the upgrade 😉

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Thank you Katja!

That means the world to me. I always try to create simple frameworks that are both practical and effective and I hope it will help you in your journey.

I will make sure you get all your perks as a paid subscriber such as free ebooks and your LinkedIn profile review ;)

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I've never encountered someone who doesn't like croissants. Nice to meet you!

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Hey Veronica, thanks for the shout-out. Restacked it. I'll start recommending you as we have an audience overlap and I like the way you market your writing and book. Would also love to interview you some day in the near future. Are you down for this? ❤️ Kristina

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Thank you Kristina!

Let's join forces and show that 2 mumpreneurs together can make some noise and put together a good show ;)

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🎉 woohoo! Let's do this. We should open a mom club here. Mompreneur club. Part timr writing club, sth like this

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Really useful tips you are handing out here with the pastries, Veronica! I'd like to create some sections like you, but I think I'd have to chop up my newsletters to separate the topics....

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Thank you, Lisa!

Some people have 2 newsletters, that's fine too. It would be ideal if you could somehow connect your 2 topics into the same one to centralize the efforts. I know one is culture/ change, what about the other?

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I write about change, culture, sustainability and creativity. But the creativity mainly underpins the others rather than standing alone. And the change theme links them all really. At the moment, I am putting them all into one newsletter, The Metamorphosis Map.

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I think those 3 pillars work quite nicely together and your creativity is often related to the other 2 (like your drawing of the cathedral). Love the name!

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Thanks for the encouraging feedback, Veronica. I just keep going and experimenting!

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Fabuloous insight! Very clear. I appreciate hearing what you are doing to make your writing work for you! Thanks!

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Thank you, Cindy, I hope it will help you with your own strategy. Let me know how it goes!

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Jan 27Liked by Veronica Llorca-Smith

Thanks for the insights Veronica! Very useful for someone like me who just started.

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You are very welcome, Chris!

As I suggested, try to 1 pick thing to focus on every week and make it a little better, step by step.

Good luck!

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Excellent tips as always. I love the Substack community.

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Me too, it's like a big family where people supporting people and cheering for each other.

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Jan 27Liked by Veronica Llorca-Smith

Thank you very much for this article, Veronica! I'm trying to build my audience and there is a lot for me to learn and implement here!

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Thank you Doga, I'm so happy to hear that!

As I said, pick 1 thing. If you are just starting, maybe look at the layout first and how you want to organize your Substack.

good luck!

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Jan 31Liked by Veronica Llorca-Smith

Nicely done! (And I could happily eat my weight in croissants.) 🥐

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Thank you! The croissants were a hit! They might become my icon, maybe The Croissant Mindset instead of The Lemon Tree Mindset, hahaha!

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Jan 27Liked by Veronica Llorca-Smith

Yeah, when it comes to promoting my Substack on FB and Twitter/X, I've also started to post the link in the comments section, whereas the main message itself contains a short excerpt from my articles.

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That's a much better strategy. Have you seen any difference?

Social media platforms heavily penalize links to other sites - I learned the hard way!

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I am curious about this also. I’ve heard of comments not being shown because of the link. I’ve been asking people to DM me if they can’t figure out where to find it on Instagram...

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Yes, Leanne, it's heavily deprioritized because other platforms don't want to lose traffic. Do a test and add the link in the comments - it makes a huge difference!

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Jan 27Liked by Veronica Llorca-Smith

I've just started doing it......so the progress is slow. But I'll keep posting daily.

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Keep it up, the little steps that no one seems to notice, those are the ones that take us to the finish line!

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Jan 27Liked by Veronica Llorca-Smith

Thank you for the mention and excellent tips, Veronica! x

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Thanks Rene, it's been great to grow together here and support each other!

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Agreed 💯!

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Jan 27Liked by Veronica Llorca-Smith

Thank for the mention. Love these details, super helpful!

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Thank you!

I meant to ask you, what do you think about Threads? I don't know how to utilize them yet...I'm happy with Notes but I'm sure Threads has its benefits too. Thoughts?

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Jan 27Liked by Veronica Llorca-Smith

So far I’ve just used them when I posted very long articles (whole novellas), Substack doesn’t send those as email because of length, so I used Threads to let everyone know, since you can send a Thread message as an email with a link

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Thank you, Alex.

I usually upload my ebooks as EPUBs in my newsletter, that's why I haven't really seen the purpose of Threads yet. I'm happy to explore it but I want to make sure it adds value...Maybe more like a conversational post where people interact.

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Jan 27Liked by Veronica Llorca-Smith

🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

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Cheers, Leslie! Let me know if you make some changes based on this and how it goes.

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Jan 27Liked by Veronica Llorca-Smith

Thanks for the mention Veronica! 😊

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Of course, it's great to see your growth here and find ways to support each other.

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Jan 27Liked by Veronica Llorca-Smith

I see there's an imbalance between our cross-subscribers... :)

56 to 38. Looks like I have some work to do on that front.! Appreciate the shoutouts. 🙌

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Hahaha, I like it. Beat me and then I will have to step up my game and find you more subscribers. Win-win!

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Mar 8Liked by Veronica Llorca-Smith

This is so helpful for a newbie like me. As always, that you for supporting me and my crazy adventures and for making it so easy for me to navigate Substack!

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Thank you Neela!

I was just reading your article about letting the girls dance in the rain and LOVED it! It's so nice to support each other across all these crazy and exciting places, lol!

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I now meet you on 3 platforms and that is kinda cool.

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Mar 8Liked by Veronica Llorca-Smith

I'm new to substack and just hit 100 subs, so a baby. But ive generated over 80 subs for people I recommend(8) and haven't generated a single sub from those who recommend me (7). What's going on here? How do I use recs to generate subs?

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Hi Stephen,

First, congrast on your first 100, that's awesome!

To give you some context, I currently have around 20% of my subscribers (1,200) come from Recommendations but it took me quite a few months to get there.

The best way is to build connections with other Substack creators that you enjoy so that you can support each other through comments, tags, etc.

I think you will start to see some traction once you start to grow as well.

One thing you could do (I talk about it in detail in tomorrow's newsletter) is to review the short subscription of your publication.

Make sure you have a great elevator catch so that people want to click on it.

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