Anyone on Substack?


Substack is hot right now.

In case you missed it, they completed a $100 million funding round in July and have gained over 1 million new users since November 2024.

I often get asked by clients if they should use Substack as their main email platform (as opposed to Kit/ConvertKit/BeeHiiv, MailChimp, Mailerlite, etc).

It has some great features:

  • You can post long-form content and short-form content (called ‘notes’)
  • Subscribers to your Substack automatically get your content straight to their email inbox
  • Substack has a feed, so your content is visible to non-subscribers too.
  • It’s very easy to start a paid newsletter.
  • You can send direct messages to other users without having to connect/follow them first.
  • It’s continuing to grow, so you now have an additional channel to promote your content (and find clients).

However, there are some drawbacks too:

All of your published content is sent to your subscribers, so you can’t send personalised or segmented emails to specific users.

Additionally, Substack doesn't have the features and automation capabilities you need to run a serious digital business

  • Automated sequences
  • Click tracking
  • Custom landing pages

Which means that you can’t rely on it as a stand-alone email platform to generate leads like you would with Kit (ConvertKit)/BeeHiiv, MailChimp, Mailerlite, e.t.c.

My advice would be to explore Substack as a social media platform, in the same category as LinkedIn, X or Instagram.

Use it to increase your reach while also driving people to your email newsletter.

If you are using Substack already, feel free to follow me here:

https://mohammedkasujee.substack.com/

And send me a link to your profile so I can follow you back too!

Let me know if you have any Substack-related questions, and I’d be happy to answer them.

Mohammed


Whenever you are ready, here are 3 ways that I can help you:

  1. Newsletter Management - Build, manage and write your email newsletter.
  2. Funnel building - Design, write and launch your next lead magnet.
  3. LinkedIn Ghostwriting - Done for you service including content creation, image creation and scheduling.

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