PAID STRATEGY PATHWAY

Strategizing Substack Gift Subscriptions

Substack Writers at Work Tuesdays!

Nov 18, 2025 • Sarah Fay, PhD

How to Find Time to Write

5 ways to make time your friend and produce the excellent work you know you can

Oct 14, 2025 • Sarah Fay, PhD

This Is Water: The Myth of the Substack Bestseller

Google how do I become a Substack bestseller and your search results will be crowded with YouTube videos and Substack posts and Medium posts with titles…

Sep 24, 2025 • Sarah Fay, PhD

Paywalling ≠ Paid Subscribers: What Actually Works on Substack in 2025

What no one will tell you about the new "rules" around paywalling

Sep 17, 2025 • Sarah Fay, PhD

How to Inspire Substack Subscribers to Upgrade Workshop

Watch now (73 mins) | Thanks to everyone who attended the workshop today!

Jun 21, 2025 • Sarah Fay, PhD

1:13:25

Don't Make These 2 Mistakes When Using Substack's Upgrade-to-Paid Button

Why you need to take a different approach in 2025

Jun 19, 2025 • Sarah Fay, PhD

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

This one is gold

May 29, 2025 • Sarah Fay, PhD, Caroline Donahue, and Stephanie Bennett Vogt

1:01:40

Converting Paid Subscribers: Premier Members Cohort Call

Watch now (59 mins) | We discussed how to be more strategic by engaging thoughtfully in the comment sections of a select number of Substacks whose…

Oct 15, 2024 • Sarah Fay, PhD

58:45

Convert Paid Substack Subscribers Without Having to Beg

If getting paid Substack subscribers was easy, we'd all have them. It takes having a strategy. Points we cover in this post: Be compelling. It’s not…

Sep 17, 2024 • Sarah Fay, PhD

13:55

The Gentle Art of Paywalling on Substack

Randomly placing annoying paywalls in your posts isn’t the way to gain loyal paid subscribers.

Sep 10, 2024 • Sarah Fay, PhD

Monetization Strategies: Premier Members Cohort Call

Watch now (79 mins) | We had a packed session today, covering everything from paywall strategies to community challenges.

Aug 20, 2024 • Sarah Fay, PhD

1:18:34

The Simplest Way to Inspire People to Pay for Your Substack

And how to give them a reason to subscribe to yours

Aug 20, 2024 • Sarah Fay, PhD

17:47

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