Welcome!
I’m so, so happy to have you in the Premier.
As we move into 2026, I want to be sure you get the most from your membership.
The schedule:
Monthly Substack Premier Strategy Call (attend one/month)
Second Thursday (2-3:30 PM CT), Friday (9-10:30 AM CT), or Saturday (10-11:30 AM CT) of each month.
Replay + highlight reel sent within 36 hours of the Saturday call.
Thursday Office Hours with me—get personalized answers to your Substack questions or follow up on anything covered in the monthly call:
Thursdays at 1 PM on Zoom
Open comments thread from 11 AM - 12 PM CT. You’ll receive an email on Thursday morning to submit your questions.
(Exceptions: holidays, in cases of illness or emergency, and on monthly call days.)
Monthly Substack Essentials Workshops (nuts-and-bolts, whereas the Premier is custom strategies)
Every first Saturday of the month, 11 AM - 12 PM CT.
Replay + highlight reel sent within 36 hours.
Notifications:
The registration links are sent on the first of the month.
If you register on Luma, you will receive a reminder for all calls and workshops the day before and an hour before.
Make sure you get all our emails:
Add sarah@substackwritersatwork.com to your email contacts.
Opt in to the Substack Premier Level section on Substack Writers at Work. Manage your subscription here.
A notification inviting you to our Office Hours Zoom and comments thread, where you can ask me anything if you can’t attend live, goes out every Thursday.
How to get the most from your membership:
The Premier will save you from wasting years flailing around, trying to figure out what works, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t take work to get the most from it.
Here’s the minimum I recommend:
Come to the monthly calls or watch the replay or 15-minute highlight reel.
Attend live as much as you can. We now have Substack pods on the calls, where you’ll get immediate feedback from fellow members on the strategies you implement on each call. (Pods are my directed breakout rooms.)
Take advantage of Office Hours every week. You can ask me anything—live on Zoom or in the comments thread every week.
It’s like having me as your personal Substack Strategist in a group setting to grow your subscribers, paid subscribers, platform, and opportunities.
Come to or watch the replay or 15-minute highlight reel of the monthly Substack Essentials Workshops (part of what you get in the paid subscription).
If you do these three things for the next three months and still feel like the Premier isn’t helping, email me immediately: sarah@substackwritersatwork.com. We’ll make sure you achieve your Substack goals.
» The Premier is one of my favorite things in the world to do. I love it. I’m here for you. Let’s do this.
What to do next:
If you haven’t yet, fill out your Substack Premier Member Profile, so we can track your progress. This gives us a baseline and helps me get to know you better.
Bookmark our Substack Premier Members homepage—this is where you’ll find all replays and Office Hours threads.
Please (please) read the FAQs below.
FAQs
Even though you’ve already joined, sometimes there are lingering questions…
I’m in the Premier, but it’s changed. What is it?
The Premier is our accelerated, high-touch program. It’s also a membership—where you meet and get feedback from other Substack writers.
In the Premier, you get direct access to me via individual coaching, weekly Office Hours, and our Monthly Premier Strategy Calls.
It’s the only access outside of my high-ticket 1:1.
How does the Premier help me?
The Premier is where the real strategic Substack DNA growth work happens.
It will save you years of trying strategies and not seeing any growth.
Knowing and strategizing based on your Substack DNA is the only thing I know will make you stand out and grow as Substack becomes more crowded.
Wait, remind me about my Substack DNA.
Your Substack DNA is the core of what makes your Substack you and the architecture you need to create based on that.
It’s the operational blueprint that determines how your Substack functions, based on your goals, expertise, talents, skills, obsessions, and interests, translated into the right type and mode for the platform.
We access it via the framework I’ve built based on years of pattern recognition across 1000+ private clients and case studies and tens of thousands of Substack Writers at Work.
What can I expect in 2026?
You get:
Direct access to me in weekly Office Hours—ask me anything about your Substack live or in our weekly Office Hours thread
DM access to me (Note: I can be a little slow to respond on DMs)
Monthly Premier Strategy Calls, where you strategize your Substack DNA, get feedback in Substack pods, and can get individual coaching
Plus everything in the paid subscription:
Weekly strategic guidance that ties directly to your Substack DNA
My famous Substack Essentials Workshops, where I help you avoid the most common Substack mistakes and save you from wasting so much time and energy
Your Substack DNA Pathway for 2026—where growth begins
Access to our exclusive chat for support and guidance from your fellow Substack writers at work
The Substack DNA Strategy Handbook, A-Z
What’s the difference between the paid subscription and Premier Membership?
Paid = Bits and pieces and the Substack essentials: Weekly guidance based on real client results and my proven Substack DNA Growth Framework™ and first-Saturday-of-the-month workshops
Premier = Implementation of your Substack DNA: Everything in the paid + the only direct access to me outside my high-ticket 1:1s for personalized answers to all your questions and customized feedback in Monthly Premier Substack DNA Strategy Calls + Weekly Thursday Substack Office Hours (on Zoom or in the chat for those who can’t attend)
How can I be sure the Premier works for me?
If you’re coming to the monthly calls and taking advantage of Office Hours every month and still feel like the Premier isn’t helping, email me: sarah@substackwritersatwork.com. We’ll figure it out together.
Has it worked for others?
Yes. You can read more wisdom from these three Premier members here.
