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The only expert guide to Substack. Period.

Join a community of 30,000+ Substack Writers

✨ Top-3 Substack, globally ✨ Bestselling, Featured Substack

I’m so glad you’re here.

• Substack Writers at Work (SW@W) is the only place where Substack writers and creators create real, meaningful growth.

• It’s your expert guide to building an engaged audience, producing your best work, and earning the income you deserve.

It’s where you stop spinning in overwhelm and confusion and get proven strategies based on the advice Substack gave me and what has worked for hundreds of my private clients and tens of thousands of Substack Writers at Work.

Don’t miss this opportunity.

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✦ What you’ll do as a paid subscriber:

• Get expert guidance from me, the leading Substack Strategist, including:

  • Weekly posts that distill proven strategies into actionable steps you can implement immediately

  • Exclusive Lives with top Substack creators who share their journey and behind-the-scenes growth tactics

  • Substack Mastery Workshops on-demand library to develop your unique Substack strategy

• Access the amazing SW@W Community:

  • Substack Notes Boosts to get engagement on your Notes—the single largest driver of growth

  • 24/7 Support Chat to get your questions answered by humans (!)

• Receive your own Growth Roadmap:

  • My action guide: Avoid the Top 5 Mistakes People Make on Substack

  • The 6 Essential Substack Quick-Guides for those new or newish to Substack

  • The Core Intermediate/Advanced Substack Workshops for writers and creators ready to expand their reach and revenue

  • Your Substack Strategy Handbook

• Start attracting subscribers immediately:

  • Join the Notes Boost Challenge! January 19 - March 31 every day via email at 9 AM CT. Here are more details on how the Notes Boost Challenge works, including a step-by-step video.

✦ Substack Mastermind members get:

All paid subscriber benefits, plus:

• Access to our Monthly Mastermind Cohort Calls for exclusive guidance and the chance to strategize and connect with other committed writers, creators, and visionaries.

✦ Free subscribers are cherished and get occasional posts.

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Who is Substack Writers at Work for?

Any Substack writer, creator, professional, or visionary who is ready to:

• Stop wasting time and energy spinning in confusion, overwhelm, and frustration

• Build a platform that reflects your unique talents and expertise

• Connect with an engaged audience who values your work

• Transform your Substack into a sustainable business

• Value expert guidance over cheap hacks and “tricks”

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What qualifies me to guide you on Substack?

(You should ask this of everyone you take advice from!)

The Growth Framework I give you is based on proven strategies I developed working with hundreds of Substack creators. I’m

• the creator of two bestselling, featured Substacks

• the founder of Substack Writers at Work, a Top 3 bestselling Substack, globally

• a mentor to thousands of Substack writers

• an award-winning, bestselling author at HarperCollins (Pathological: The True Story of Six Misdiagnoses)

• a freelance writer at The New York Times, The Atlantic, et al.

• a literary scholar with an MFA, MA, PhD

• on the faculty at Northwestern University

• one-time advisory editor at The Paris Review

• so fortunate to have 30,000+ active subscribers

• the go-to Substack expert

Let’s do this.

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P.S. We have two resident cats: Mr. Sweets and Baby Theo.

Baby Theo (white Ragdoll) and Sweets (Birman tabby) are so glad you're here too.

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I subsidize a 3-month paid membership for anyone on a fixed income. If this is you, email me: mssarahfay1516@gmail.com.