Your Friday Email - Stay Creative on Substack
Substack Video!!
“Video killed the radio star”
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Morning everyone! How are you? 🔆
Welcome to Your Friday email - and my invitation to Stay Creative on Substack.
I’m being brave and sharing some video today. I posted this over on YouTube last week… I then shared the audio here so you might have already heard it?
It’s all about Substack Notes!
On the tech side, this video took about twenty minutes to calibrate and upload and I uploaded it as a downloaded zoom video file.
The Video Button!
Blink and you’d miss it but you should all have the video button now up in your toolbar now… I’m not really sure what the difference is between this and posting video as a main post from your posts tab. It seems to be that video you post just as video doesn’t allow you to type above it?
For me that’s the only thing I can see?
Where are you sharing your Substack?
I think the stats here showing where people find our Substacks are fascinating. It’s started to feel vulnerable to me to share stats but I’ll continue because I want to be of service to you in your journey. What I can see is those who view my publication on Substack Desktop convert to subscribers at a higher rate than anywhere else…
For me, nearly all my growth comes from within the Substack network. I’m grateful for the other places but it doesn’t feel like I need to put much energy there to grow and deepen my connection because it’s all happening here.
I know that’s not true for everyone. Where are you sharing your Substack and how does it feel to do that?
Part of this realisation has made me step BACK from social media - I wrote about my strategy this week incase you missed it it’s here and the comments are SO insightful;
Other links/ spaces you might like as you grow your Substack
My ‘Raise your Profile’ on Substack GROUP on Linked In
My Slow Lived Growth section right here on Substack
Mailing List Magic Masterclass - ways to grow on Substack - it’s discounted for you through this link.
How’s your week on Substack been? Might you post/ use video here as part of your creative journey? I’d love to hear from you in the comments.
Claire x
These are helpful tips and insights! My week on Substack was interesting. I published a very vulnerable piece on Monday and, that night, had a dream that I was in a big familiar house with many old friendly acquaintances, just to notice that I had no clothes on. As soon as I woke up, I knew my dream was about my writing. In my dream, eventually I found a cardigan to put on. I am not yet sure where my cardigan is for my writing. It will be what helps me show up with just the right mix of reservation, authenticity and vulnerability for me.
I'm really interested that most of your growth comes from within substack - I will check where mine is originating from but I think it's probably FB and LinkedIn as that's where I'm sharing it. I love the stats, thank you for sharing yours. It's been really interesting for me to see my 'open' rates which are around 60% which is encouraging. I just don't really know how to build within substack! If I write something that people respond really well to, like my post yesterday - how do I get that out to other substack users? I'm going to rewatch your masterclasses!! x