How to become a Substack Bestseller your way with Caroline Donahue and Stephanie Bennett Vogt

Busy?

Listen on the Substack Writers at Work podcast →→→→

Thank you

illyanna Maisonet

,

Petya K. Grady

,

Molly McPherson

,

Alyssa Polizzi

,

Amy Gabrielle

,

Simon Haisell

, and many others for tuning into my live video with

Caroline Donahue

and

Stephanie Bennett Vogt

!

Main takeaway: We have to ask people to pay. Yup. No way around it.

Some of us just expect people to pay. And writers and creators/creatives tend to dislike asking, but there’s no way around it.

I’ll be talking about how to ask people to pay without feeling icky and salesay 6/10 and in our paid-subscriber workshop on 6/13.

---

Highlights from our live!

---

Substacks mentioned and to subscribe to:

• Stephanie Bennett Vogt
  :
  The Journey Home

• Caroline Donahue
  :
  Book (& Craft) Alchemy

• Simon Haisell
  :
  Footnotes and Tangents

• haley larsen, phd
  :
  Closely Reading

• Meghan Daum
  :
  The Unspeakeasy with Meghan Daum

---

3 Components of a Substack Bestseller:

1. Know what your Substack is (your Substack DNA)

2. Know what you offer

3. Articulate that offer to people

---

Become a paid subscriber to discover how to convert paid subscribers. The annual is $8/month—the cost of one (1!) Frappuccino for the only expert guidance you need and the support of a community of amazing Substack writers and creators to help you grow.

What People Pay For: