August Iowa Writers' Collaborative
Really great meeting this morning. I can see how helpful it is to bring you all together to support and learn from each other.
As I said, we’re going to spend August and September on your paid strategy and October on Notes.
Here’s the link to the replay.
Resources:
Here’s how to set up a one-time payment on Stripe.
Here’s an overview of Sections.
Here’s my video on Sections vs. Groups.
Here are some key highlights from the call with timestamps:
0:00-4:04 - Introductions and updates from participants on their Substack progress
4:04-9:49 - Discussion of converting free subscribers to paid, including strategies like:
- Commenting on other popular Substacks
- Getting recommendations from well-known writers
- Using the "network effect" of Substack
9:49-15:52 - Conversation about paywalls, including:
- Pros and cons of paywalling content
- Different approaches to paywalling (e.g. full posts vs previews)
- Importance of paywall…