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Wow you got a fuckton (that's a crapload in metric) of recommendations--well done Kristina, that's incredible! I started on Substack about 5 weeks ago and made it to 500 subscribers today. I attribute much of that to the 21 recommendations I've received. You're spot-on that they're a powerhouse. I've been thinking about my recommendation of others strategy and this encouraged me to get moving on that. Thanks K-dawg :)

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I missed this one, looking forward to the recording. Recommendations are definitely a great way to grow!

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Recommendations are such a powerful way to grow on Substack.

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Hi Francis, they are. I'll share the replay this weekend. If you have any questions or need help, let me know then. Today we'll cover Evelyn Skye and how to go from a thirty something nobody to a published somebody

https://youtu.be/KXC2HXCy9lY?si=xfidT0P0Dnt1SAkD

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Okay sure.

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Recommendations is so powerful. I also got a lot of subscription and followers from recommendations. Let's not forget being a writer is more about giving than taking.

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Thanks for this inspiring and educational post. I like your approach to Substack.

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Hi Aiden, similar to Medium I love also analysis Substack. I guess because I have a marketing brain

Talked with Mehmet and we'll see what we can do to connect Medium and Substack more.

I'll also (sorry!!) finally send you a post for the Medium pub

How are you doing on Substack?

Do you still have these video introductions for writers you used to have on the YT channel from Illu?

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I missed the live but will be watching the recording for sure!!

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Hey Jamie, 💓 I'll share both recordings over the weekend.

Batch created for my YouTube today and now saw that my interview with Evelyn isn't performing well because of thumbnail and title I think...but I don't have the time to spend hours on this... So hopefully it will pick up some more traction. 😢

I think on Substack it will later perform well since it's a writerly place but on YT then I'm often a bit sad because I want you and all the others be seen. Yours is doing really good with 2k views.

Here's Evelyn's https://youtu.be/KXC2HXCy9lY?si=xfidT0P0Dnt1SAkD

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Thanks for this recommendation. I just followed the trail and discovered I cannot recommend anything. There is some problem their tech team has to investigate. Something about a duplicate account that nobody knows about. It may happen because of the way Substack asks you to create an identity to log in, whether or not you are posting. Then when you name your publication set everything up for that, their system may think that is a duplicate using the same email. And then everything wraps around the axle and the robots and autoresponders go nuts repeating the same instructions, which do not work.

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I came here after being impressed by one of your articles on Medium. I even left a comment on your article, do you remember?

I'm currently in the discovery phase of Substack. I hope I can make good earnings like you, both here and on Medium.

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Oh nice 👍 hello!

Which article was it? Do you remember it?

I'd love you to join my online writer club. Let me know in case you need a discount. Inside you can learn how to kickstart your newsletter, get to know all people I interview and attend my workshops.

Hope this helps!

Welcome to Substack 👋👋🤗

Here's today video

https://youtu.be/KXC2HXCy9lY?si=xfidT0P0Dnt1SAkD

It's about book publishing. Are you also interested in this?

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Hi Kristina,

I'd love to do your workshop today but it's short notice and I have a conflict. Will yu be doing it again? Or will there be a tape?

Jeanne Anne Craig

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Hi Jeanne, I'm sorry. I'm a part time creator and sometimes just life gets in the way or I simply have to 💤

I will make the process easier and add everything to the Members Area so that you can find the links and everything there.

It really was short notice as I wanted to deliver on the promise and finally create a video but then thought a workshop would be mich better. ❤️ Hopefully you can understand me. There will be another session for sure 😃

I'll share the replay on the weekend. Today I'll share my interview with Evelyn Skye

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