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Writers and creators collaborating with and cross-promoting one another have been the key to discovery on the internet since its inception, notably in the blogosphere, where writers’ blogrolls helped unearth niche communities and build bonds of trust between writers.
The Substack network is deeply influenced by that ethos. Some of the most powerful ways to grow your Substack are the human-powered tools we’ve built that help creators suggest other creators to their audience via the subscribe flow, on their home pages and profiles, and in their emails.
None of these tools require the creators to be marketing-savvy, and none rely on clickbait or gimmicky packaging, but creators are using them to drive 40% of all free subscriptions and 20% of paid subscriptions across the Substack network.
Check out this summary of Substack’s creator collaboration tools, or keep reading to dive deeper:
Guest posts
Any writer, on or off Substack, can be added as the guest author of a post. Now, you can simply click the “+” sign under the post title and search for the name of any writer on Substack. If the writer isn’t on Substack yet, enter their email to send them a guest post invite.
The guest byline will display prominently at the top of the post, shining a spotlight on them so that readers can learn about their work and easily subscribe to their publication. Additionally, the post will be listed in their Substack profile.
Here are some guest collaborations we’ve spotted:
While on maternity leave, cook and author
invited friends to share their recipes on her publication, . shared her butternut squash salad recipe, and cooked up a tortilla scramble.Culture critic
invited emerging writer to publish an essay called My Fistulous Body as part of a rotating series onThe authors behind
by invited to write a post about her family bakery’s experience with controversy in a small Ohio college town.
Podcast guests
You can use the guest post tools in a podcast episode post to point listeners to your podcast guest’s profile or publication. If your guest loved the conversation, you can also encourage them to cross-post the episode to their own subscribers on Substack.

Learn more: How can I add a guest author to a post?
Collaborative live videos
Creators can invite anyone with the Substack app to join collaborative live videos, providing exposure to new audiences and enabling spontaneous, engaging broadcasts. Currently, streaming is available to bestsellers in the iOS and Android apps, with plans to roll it out to all users soon.
When you go live, your subscribers are immediately notified. After the livestream, the recording is automatically saved as a draft for your next post and you can also use the clipping tool to share highlights on Notes and other social channels.
Political journalists
and teamed up for a live breakdown of the presidential debate, while lifestyle creators and discussed the highs and lows of life in your 40s. If your collaborator isn’t on Substack yet, they just need to create an account.
Disclaimer: Streaming is now available to bestsellers on the iOS and Android apps, with plans to roll it out to all creators in the coming months. If you’re not a bestseller but want early access to streaming, you can request it here.
Learn more: Getting started with live video
Cross-posts
Cross-posting provides a seamless way to share another publication’s post with your audience. You can add your commentary to introduce the post and then share it directly with your audience via email.
Writer and editor
reposted the latest episode of The Active Voice, where she received a shoutout from .You might use cross-posts to share a post or podcast you were featured in or were the guest author of, to amplify a favorite post episode you think will resonates with your readers, or to celebrate the announcement of a writer you love who’s starting a Substack.
Learn more: How can I share another publication’s post with my subscribers?
Mentions
Mentions enable writers to easily promote other writers who are publishing interesting work. Simply search and tag writers and publications within the Substack network from the editor using the “@” key. The writer will be notified when they are mentioned.
Author
used a mention to tell the delightful story of how illustrator serendipitously created a new logo for after a conversation in Chat.You can even mention readers and honor their contributions to your work. Food writer
thanks reader for his gummy bear flavor suggestion, which inspired his latest post. Fellow readers can hover over the mention to discover other great publications.Learn more: Can I tag a writer or Substack publication in a post?
Notes
Notes is a natural home for collaboration—writers and readers can recommend posts, links, images, and quotes, leave comments, and more. Notes is a space where writers can publish short-form posts and share ideas with each other and their readers. Learn how writers collaborate in Notes:
Host a Letter exchange
The most strategic approach for growing your publication is to work with other writers, podcasters, and publishers who have some audience overlap; for example, someone who writes on the same topic but has a different angle from your work, and thus a slightly different audience. One way to pitch a guest post with another writer is to suggest a letter exchange about a topic that intrigues you both.
Once you’ve agreed to do a letter exchange with another writer, here are the next steps to iron out.
Pick a topic. What question do you wish to address in the conversation? Picking a question where you might not agree with another writer can lead to more interesting conversations.
Name the series. The job of the series name, or title, is simple: to make people want to read your exchange. Think of your title as the hook to stop people in their busyness. A good title is brief. After you write it once, try chopping it in half again before you hit publish. For example,
Parker Molloy and Freddie deBoer titled their exchange On Free Speech and Cancel Culture. Each exchange they hosted uses the title “On Free Speech and Cancel Culture” followed by the number of the letter.
Decide on a cadence. We recommend one letter per week from each writer; for example, one writer shares on Mondays and the other responds on Thursdays for three weeks. Agree on who will write the opening letter and who will have the last word.
Write your letters. To help readers understand the letter concept and orient themselves within the conversation, each title should include the letter number. Posts should include a short introduction and an embed of the preceding post in the conversation.
What makes a good collaboration?
A meaningful collaboration has a few key components:
Collaboration is an extension of trust. You are making a personal recommendation, and that is powerful. The best collaborations are with other writers, podcasters, and publishers who you respect and want to be associated with.
Collaboration starts with relationship building. Start small by getting curious about other writers—follow their work, leave comments, reply directly to their Substack email without an ask but just to tell them what you liked about their writing or thinking. Elizabeth Held, who writes What To Read If, calls this “gentle outreach,” and she grew her list from 0 to over 2,000 in her first year by building relationships. Keep reading.
Collaborate with people who are similar in one audience, topic, or format but not all the same. How can you bring a new angle or perspective to a slightly different audience? @Brian Klass, author of The Garden of Forking Paths, suggests, “The best ideas, I’ve found, emerge when writers plant that knowledge somewhere a little different, an economist who brings game theory to sports, a poet who writes about politics, or a journalist who, every so often, looks inward and makes themselves the focus of their story. Take what you know and introduce it to something you don’t.” Keep reading.
Timing cross-promotion with something newsworthy can add extra fuel to your growth. When there is something newsworthy happening that overlaps with your expertise, it’s a great time to pitch writers and podcasters on a collaboration. That includes what’s newsworthy to you personally: if you are celebrating a milestone with your Substack, like a year of writing, launching paid subscriptions, or a new post series, that’s another opportunity to get in front of people.
Build excitement for upcoming collaborations. Whether it’s a guest post, podcast appearance, or live video, planning ahead can generate additional interest for your collaboration. Promote it on Substack and social media, giving your audience a heads-up and setting expectations. Afterward, share highlights on X, Instagram, and Notes to engage non-subscribers and encourage future participation.
Make collaborations part of your routine. Regular collaborations help deepen engagement and drive growth. Establish a consistent cadence to build anticipation and highlight the unique value you’re providing.
Who are you dreaming of collaborating with? Let us know in the comments, and perhaps you’ll even find your next collaborator there.
Okay, someone needs to start a match-making Substack for writers in search of a pen pal!
(Please tell me if someone already has.)
Looking through the comments, I see a lot of folks wanting to exchange letters with others on a certain theme or topic, but not sure how to get connected.
I second this suggestion! Great idea.
Hi Medha, what an absolute joy to come across your posts. As a multi-hyphenate, teacher-artist-writer I thoroughly enjoyed the visual elements along with your writing on your posts. My substack teacups and tiny victories talks of the whispers of well-being that ignite your mind, spark creativity, navigate life's bends, and find tiny triumphs in the everyday. I share stories, actionable mental health tips, and inspiration, one joyful post at a time. I would love to collaborate sometime. We seem to have a lot in common!
I'd love to collaborate with you. My posts are a conversation about life through the lens of cooking. Many of my readers are those who have enjoyed my books and articles on the coastal South. My stories help build community.
Sure! Let me know what you have in mind 🎀
I'd like to know more about your whispers of well-being.
I third this idea!
I would love this too. My focus is moving through life and learning lessons from it. Learn, Grow and Thrive! I would love to collaborate with others.
I would like to collaborate with you Chellie! I am new and don't have a big list but would like to help.
This is such a great idea!
Hi Matt, I realize this is replying to a post almost a year old, but I learned something today and wanted to put that knowledge here and also see if you've discovered this tool! If you go from your Dashboard > Stats > Subscriber Report then scroll down, on the bottom right corner is "Audience Overlap." Here is what mine looks like:
Ah, not letting me import or paste. I'll email to you. Anyone else on this thread interested, give it a try, or contact me and I can send a snip.
I'm interested for sure! I write about market aligned strategies in the food justice movement and disability advocacy through a neurodivergent lens, and I just found out Michael Moore is in my Audience Overlap list ;D I am SO reaching out!!!!
Fourthed
I am interested if anyone manages to get one!
Great idea. Count me in!
Yes, I'd like to match-make/collaborate with any stock investment writers!
that's an inventive idea, Matt
Tell them during the office hours?
Love that Substack is slowly reviving the best parts of the mid-late 2000s blog era. Back and forth exchanges were a key aspect of that network and always a joy to see direct exchange of idea.
Great work!
I'm currently working on a Substack Letters series with another Substacker and we are handwriting physical letters to accompany our newsletter posts. Hopefully we'll be able to share this early in 2023!
I love the physical component of this! Niiice.
Love the handwritten note idea! So fun and nostalgic
Great idea!
Yes and that's a tremendously huge culture for calligraphy too
I, too, love this idea and agree Substack is bringing back the best parts of 2000s blogging creating connection between writers and also finding niche audiences for subjects. I would love to find a partner who is interested in co-hosting a letters exchange on TV and pop culture. I would welcome the back and forth and cultural exchange of ideas.
I'm interested as well!
Hey Beth - just hopped on this thread to say something similar. Looks like we talk about the same things, pop culture, etc. Maybe we could chat some time? -Patrick
I love how many of the new Substack features are an invitation to creativity! I'm immediately thinking of all the great epistolary conversations--Robert Lowell and Elizabeth Hardwick, Anais Nin and Henry Miller... I can imagine so many ways to use these tools in the service of interesting writing. I was already planning to use the mention and crossposting tools this upcoming Friday, when Juke will have a guest post from another Substack writer. But I hadn't thought of "letters" and now I'm curious to try that out. It's so great to see Substack continuing to encourage long-form thought and conversation. Thank you!!
Yes, love this idea!
Love this so much! Looking for contributors for letters and guest posts for my Substack – has to do with sexuality, BDSM, monogamy vs non-monogamy…
I love the spirit of collaboration on this platform (and absence of critics and trolls!) So refreshing. Looking forward to collaborating with other writers who overlap with topics around psychology, yoga, spirituality, trauma, life, aging and much more 😊
Hi there! I'd be interested in collaborating. Loving your articles. 😊
Great! I'm away travelling at the moment but will have a look at your page when I get a chance 😊
This is all really helpful and you can see how these changes are creating something special on Substack that you won't find on Ghost, Wordpress, Medium, etc.
Just yesterday: I had a fun exchange with some other writers in the comments section of an On Substack post. We subscribed to one another's publications and took some of the conversations offline into email. Shortly after that, one of those writers sent me a 900-word essay in response to a story request I'd posted and pinned a few weeks ago. Very cool!
This is such an exciting development. I find myself reading to the end of all Substack origin emails. I'm cant wait to see what new thing is being introduced. Now I will be looking to write letters with someone. I love the optimism!
I'm so glad to be a part of Substack! It's an incredibly positive abd great platform for freelance journalists and writers as I am, but I often wonder if Substack is going to growing for the Spanish-speaking world. (Spanish is the second most-spoken language in the world, after Mandarin)
I've been on Substack for just 1 month, and everything I've published son far has been in Spanish, yet, little by little I've been growing my follower base, even without domingo any promotions. I wonder if Letters has any other Spanish-language writer?
Not yet, that I know of, but if you hosted one with another Spanish-language writer you could be the first!
Why July 17?
Let's see if I can do.it these days
Hola!!! Escribo Mi diario viajero en español 😉
Querida Sandra, que bueno encontrar a otra persona que escriba en Español,!!!!! yo también lo hago, soy de Argentina. Escribo dos newsletter, este que es la previa a la edición de nuestra Revista Perinatal Argentina revistaperinatalnews.substack.com y otro propio patriciadiaz26.substack.com sobre Biblioterapia, un camino de encuentro entre lecturas.
Acuerdo contigo que Substack ayuda a la creatividad de una forma muy interesante, siempre hay algo nuevo para aplicar y esto es realmente motivador!!! También es mi anhelo que la comunidad de habla hispana crezca!!
Encantada de conocerte. Escribo desde Puerto Rico 🇵🇷 y apenas comienzo. Iré
ampliando esto poco a poco.
Por ahora público diariamente los titulares de noticias en audio bajo Sandra me dijo y algunos artículos . Planifico expandir en videos pronto... Quizás debemos iniciar algo para mover la conversación. ¿Te animas?
Por supuesto! Sandra, yo también me identifico como libre pensadora, sobre todo en mi Newsletter personal
Vamos a conectarnos para iniciar una de éstas conversaciones. ¿Te animas?
Cuando quieras!!! si te parece yo lo haría desde mi Newsletter de Biblioterapia
Hola! Yo no escribo mi boletín en español hasta ahora, porque el espacio en Substack posts es limitado para hacerlo bilingue, que es lo que yo prefiero. Yo escribo acerca de la cultura del activismo, es decir, la vida y experiencia diaria de luchar por la justicia social, y me enfoco mucho en ver cómo la ficción-- novelas, películas, etc.--presenta a personajes activistas, o sea, de manera auténtica o estereotipada. O si los ignora, lo cual es lo más común. Trato de darle un tono ligero con gráficas y dibujos.
Me parece que hay intersección entre lo que estamos haciendo, y tal vez se podría buscar un tema que nos interese a las tres, para hacer un intercambio de cartas. Para mí que sería bien interesante. De otro modo, si Uds. dos quieren hacer un intercambio primero, yo lo seguiría, y quedaría al pendiente para participar en hacer una segunda ronda.
I loved exchanging a guest post with Domenica Marchetti from @domenicacooks - that helped us grow our reach and meet new interesting people and reader!
Thank you for mentioning the Mason Currey logo story!
It was such a serendipitous occurrence made possible by the spontaneity of the chat feature (and the ability to share images in chat: thank you for that feature).
I was delighted when I saw it!
This is an exciting update from substack. I am inclined to start a letter exchange on a number of important topics. Thank you for the new functionality additions!
In days of yore, snail-mail was still HAND-DELIVERED twice a day, including Saturdays. Sunday was still respected as a Day of Rest.
I still possess and frequently use a fountain pen which I won in a Handwriting competition I entered in my final year at Primary School (1961). It is still possible to buy a bottle of ink, but I shudder at the price … o tempora, o mores!!
I wrote to pen pals (in more than one language) throughout my secondary years – with one of them I even played out a complete game of Chess by post!
Sitting on my work desk are four stuffed A4 scrapbooks with letters I have written over the years to a number of daily newspapers I and which were considered suitable for publication. One lengthy ‘chapter’ in these files are the Match reports I wrote for the local cricket team over a five year period when I was living in Denmark. Half the team were English ex-pats: you can take the man away from his cricket, but you can’t take cricket out of the man! I have to admit, however, that many of the most recent Letters were sent electronically.
Above one of the district libraries in Liverpool is a saying from Sir Francis Bacon:-
Reading maketh a Full Man
Conference a Ready man
And Writing an Exact man
This is indeed a sentiment with which I can fully concur!
Sincerely
Paul McDermott Liverpool
Sadly, my attempt[s] to enrich this letter with a modicum of Formatting [Bold, Italic, Underline] have proved unsuccessful!
However, if any member wishes to correspond by handwritten message and despite the Post Office's attempts to thwart such projects with ever-increasing postal charges, you are more than welcome to contact me by e-mail in the first instance, and we can agree to exchange post addresses
I would love to exchange letters with someone. I'm open for an invite. I like to write about stoicism or people in general.
I’m very excited for all the new updates and features on Substack. Really love the writer-to-writer connection and empowerment that all the new features facilitate.
I’d LOVE to incorporate more co-authoring, cross-posts, letter exchanges, and recommendations in my publication, rather than just continue to write from my soapbox so to speak...
Some topics I think might be exciting/refreshing/chatter-worthy to collaborate on:
-Letter/lecture series on mental health: experience, tools to help, etc
-Letter/lecture series/friendly debate on masculinity and the line of toxicity
-Co-author inspiring or simply timeless short stories
-Co-author a themed sort of virtual chapbook, or even single bout of poems
Any takers? :)
Nice idea. Keep it up.
I'd be more than happy to collaborate with you if you're keen, Keaton! ❤
Good day ma.
I hope you're doing well ma.
I would love to collaborate with you
Thanks for highlighting Notes From Three Pines! It was one of the most fun, rewarding things I did this year! Our contributors all got a boost in subscribers and we just really enjoyed doing it. Already planning similar projects in the future!
👀curious what's next!
You'll be one of the first to know once we're ready. I'll just say that I'm excited!
Honestly, it was dark 🌑 in the beginning - before the power of words :) but it could be collaborated into a shiny light since everyone awesome is ready!
These are super helpful tools for writers and I plan to be using a lot more of them. One feature suggestion. Would you consider making it possible for us to see which of our subscribers are writing publications ? And also which of are LinkedIn, Email contacts? This would give me a great starting point for collaborations and cross-promotion.
That's a great idea! It's not a perfect system but today, in the emails you get when someone new subscribers to your publication, you can visit their reader/writer profile if it's setup.
That's a great suggestion Katie! I absolutely LOVE getting those new subscriber notifications and seeing what other people read. It's also fun when I think I'm the one who brought them into the Substack network. Great suggestion on visiting their profile too. I'm going to start doing that!
Hi Substack! Any suggestions for the best way for two writers to launch a Substack together, who want it to be a collaboration? (And to be clear, they want the newsletter itself to be a collab vs. cross-posting between two authors.) Thank you in advance if anyone has suggestions!
Once starting your Substack, you can invite anyone as an admin and posts will feature your respective bylines. One owner/creator, multiple admins.
However, when someone browses to your Substack welcome screen or sees an embedded link to it, they'll only see the owner's name listed. Which is kind of wonky if you are doing it as an equal partnership. One idea to get around this limitation is to use a third email to create a separate account and make that the publication owner. The profile name can be "Kelsey Lucas and Collaborator" so that you are jointly listed.
(I realize that this comment may be totally irrelevant and not at all what you are asking, but here it is anyway.)
Also, the Doomberg episode of The Active Voice podcast has some great tips for launching, including for writers who will be working as a team.
Thanks so much, Matt! Appreciate all this and will check it out.
Hiya, if anyone wants to do, say, a letter exchange on anything cultural - books, music, film, walking, running, etc - as in why this stuff is so good for the soul then pleas let me know. It wouldn't have to been too many letters - say, 3 each, so see how we get along. cheers and keep on substacking XXX
The power is in the network of writers you have on your platform. Your recommendations feature is by far the current USP compared to other platforms, initiatives that enable cross-collaboration are great! Just need to figure out how to network specifically within your niche!
Thank you for these detailed and structured guides to collaborate and create! Thanks for this safe space!
Good day.
I hope you're doing good.
I wanted to ask if we could write something together
Interesting
I am new to substack and don’t see where to write a post on my page and submit it?
This is a very cool development! Keen to give it a go with fellow music fiends! Who's up for it!?!
Love the idea of letter exchanges and posting them on our pages. How do we find the right conversation partner?
You can start by thinking about writers you already read and think you might be able to have an interesting conversation with.
If you want to discover potential conversation partners beyond your existing network, checkout the Browse tab on Substack: https://substack.com/browse
Hi Monica, I would be happy to do an exchange with you. I have been in Canada for 36 years and still have an accent. Some people find it charming others are mean about it. BTW my suggestion is to explore people's substack and see if you find a common tread with them. If you do, invite them to collaborate. All the best!
I'm always up for collaborations, but then I am a pretty narrow niche. I write letters to companies and people to see what kind of reply I can get. My letters are highly biographical and a sort of journal. About all I can think of to do is to guest post for someone. Ironically, my Substack is actual letters sent through the mail with actual postage, so you would think a "letters" feature would map great to mu Substack, but I'm not exactly sure how.
Oh, this is a nice collection. I did not know about letter, but there are actually many other ways to cross promote (eg cross posting, guest posting).
Would anyone be interested in trying some?
Maybe starting with letters, but not necessarily.
I have written articles that range from Developing Assertiveness, to Dealing with Rude People, to Being a Workaholic, to How to Do More (and Achieve Less), to Learning Means Becoming Worse.
The common denominator is looking for principles to orient decision making and personal growth.
And the focus is on Mindset.
You can have a look here: https://livmkk.substack.com/
Great ideas. If anybody wants to collaborate on investing or soccer I’m your guy
Good, but I find it extremely hard to discover new substackers who write in the language I write. Is there any tool that could help me?
This is a great idea - public debates between bright creators about important issues. I'm looking forward to a lively debate on "Spiritual Issues" - with a yet unknown fellow creator!
Curious what you mean by spiritual issues?
Love Substack!
These are great ideas! Thanks
I’ve started what I’ve called #FranceStack, where I list the best of best writing coming out of France and about France on Substack. I encourage shoutouts and collaboration. It’s a repository but better still it’s like a club. I need to work on it more. If you’d like to me included pls let me know. You’d be welcome to join this friendly generous group.
A bientôt
Judy
PS you’ll find #FranceStack on my navigation bar of ‘Le Bulletin’
Judymacmahon@substack.com
Would anyone care to guest post my most recent "Reconstructing Another Face" it's a short video and it can be found at: https://drreidsheftall.substack.com/p/reconstructing-another-face The content on my "First Principles with Dr. Sheftall" Substack is varied. Everything about Covid, the vaccines, some artwork, mathematics/physics posts, proof that there was fraud in the 2020 Presidential election: https://drreidsheftall.substack.com/p/yes-the-2020-presidential-election , incorrect medico-legal court decisions, climate change such as this one on climate change: https://drreidsheftall.substack.com/p/a-short-climate-change-primer
a series on how to count cards in the casino game of blackjack starting tomorrow, etc. I'm having trouble getting paid subscribers. Thank you!.
If you have a story to tell about leaving academe or working through another major life transition, I'd love to share your story on The Recovering Academic!
I'd be glad to offer a guest essay for anyone looking for writing about fatherhood, career and identity, or the writing life.
I'm open to collaborate with any writer on culture pieces. A brief walk through my archive will give vivid description of my skillset.
What would be great is if we could also do special promotions where "if you sign up for a paid subscription to this person's newsletter, you'll get x% off a paid subscription to mine"
Thank you Substack Team for this wonderful insight! And fellow writers, I´m eager to connect with more of you! So thrilled to share words, stories and much more with the community =)
Hi Alex! I love the topics you write on. My substack teacups and tiny victories talks of the whispers of well-being that ignite your mind, spark creativity, navigate life's bends, and find tiny triumphs in the everyday. I share stories, actionable mental health tips, and inspiration, one joyful post at a time. I would love to collaborate sometime. We seem to have a lot in common!
Would be awesome to do so! Send me a message on IG @im_alex_leon. We can get the inspiration we need! Thank you for joining the Driven Minds, it means the world to me! =)
Be great to find and discuss historical letters of the past as well. Back when it took weeks, months or years to finish a round of communication.
Great suggestions here. If any writers on film have any interest in an exchange feel free to contact me. Check out my first two posts to see if there might be any potential.
To nomads, expats, immigrants, refugees, third-culture kids or anyone else that feels inescapably foreign, I'd love to collaborate in any of the ways mentioned in this article. I write short stories, essays, and host a podcast: https://bornwithoutborders.substack.com/
all great features, cross-posts, guest posts, letter exchanges, @mentions and now notes. have to find–no, make the time!
Tremendous insight
This is genuine work toward the goal of cooperation (https://happywheelsgame.io). I'm sure I'll come to value it quickly, so thanks, Substack!
So many great growth ideas here. Glad to see all the great support Substack offers to help its writers focus on their writing instead of mindless marketing. This platform's organic sharing features are effortless and make so much sense to implement.
I would love to invite some interesting writers to my posts, but I don’t see + sign under the title
Bonjour à tous c'est une bonne application
While I’m always open to the idea of collaborating with other writers, my writing is somewhat specific and I don’t see a lot of people doing something similar enough to work. In addition I’m both jobless and not making enough on Substack to devote enough time to working with someone.
I’ve done a couple collaborations and they were nice but I also had some not great experiences with it too. One writer edited what I did to make a completely different point than I was making in the piece I wrote.
I am interested in collaboration around open source symbolic artificial intelligence tools (inference engine like) such as the RefPerSys project on http://refpersys.org/ - then contact me (Basile Starynkevitch) by email : at office (CEA LIST, see https://list.cea.fr/ ....) to basile.starynkevitch@cea.fr or at home (near Paris in France) to basile@starynkevitch.net
Khaldalbtaty48@gmail.com
Looking forward to trying out collaborations too.
Are old comments worth keeping here?
Yes. Do you have any?
I brought our projectkin.substack.com community specifically because of the recommendation engine, though it's taken me 60 days since launch to understand and appreciate these subtle details.
@mentions, for example are present in all social media channels and incredibly important (yet missing from comments...<cough-cough>)
What I found very helpful in this article and have already started to leverage are the guest-post feature (as distinct from cross-posting.) In fact, based on recent feedback, I plan to double-down and build out a special "Members' Corner" of my Substack just for guest posts, complimenting that with an event to talk about how and why it works for Family History. See my Family History Section of my stack: projectkin.substack.com/s/substack-family-history I think there's great potential for a Family History "topic" to self-select... <hint-hint>.
By the way, I get the difference between cross-posting and guest posts, but found that the Tag/section constraints on cross-posting make it unworkable for me. Here's why: I use sections heavily on my site. The post I want to cross-post isn't configured for those same sections (why would it be) so I can't slot it into my site. (Am I missing something?)
Keep thinking about collaborations, Substack, thank you!
Thanks for the recent support to this comment... a quick update. That was six months ago. I launched the Members’ Corner in February and it's been a hit.
One unexpected benefit is that it sets a tone for engagement between my members. Each member who posts a story as a "guest" goes out of their way to support the posts of others with thoughtful, supportive comments.
It's also helped "Substack-curious" people get into the platform by giving them a way to "publish" articles that doesn't require them to build their own stacks. They send me Word or Gdoc files and images, I edit and publish under their name as my guest.
More at Projectkin.org/members-corner and my terms at Projectkin.org/join-mc
Connie Morgan at the Journal of Free Black Thought, FAIR staff and writers, Heather Cox Richardson, Glenn Loury, Peter Boghossian
This is a fantastic article. All very actionable steps.
Great post! I am interested in swapping a guest post with someone. Currently working on a piece on the degradation of romantic interaction. Generally write about cultural topics so looking for something congenial. Hit me up! :)
Collaboration and cross promotion is key. It is by far the best growth tool in my box.
Hey lovely community,
Is there by any chance someone who writes about electronic dance music, specifically about underground scene and culture?
Would be great to find some likeminded folks here! ✌️
Hello, substackers! Sou Andreia Moore, brazilian writer. Estou buscando convidados para bate papos para um novo projeto dentro da minha newsletter. Eu escrevo preferencialmente para mulheres, mas os rapazes são bem-vindos. Escrevo sobre autodesenvolvimento, processos criativos, escrita independente, comportamento e tendências. Quem se identificar e quiser participar, é só responder a este comentário ;)
The Intelligencer is always open to collaborations of all kinds.
Collaboration and exchanging knowledge and ideas are of great value to the audience. With Substack, we can build the next-generation blog if we come together as a community, which I tell people is a new form of blog called Collablog!
Hi everyone! Would love to meet some new faces and collaborate on this platform! I am self-development author and has a podcast called Transformative Purpose.
Thank you all
Like others, I see the potential for a revival of the interchanges we had in the early days of blogging. As part of this, I would like to set up a newsletter which I could send to other substackers. But Substack doesn't appear to like its own email addresses. When I attempt to add xxx@substack.com to a subscriber list, it's invariably rejected. Can anyone help me on this
well done!
Awesome! I write on all things startups at sameerbabbar.substack.com and keen to explore everything under the sun so please let me know.....
I'm new to Substack and want to do well here. Any tips or suggestions are welcomed
Hey guys, I am open to collaborate. Calling on any fundamental stock investors. I am a value investor myself. Happy to work on a post together!
Hola! Soy Pauli y estoy comenzando a desarrollar un newsletter en donde compartiré mis procesos creativos, reflexiones de la vida adulta como freelance y algunos descubrimientos inspiradores, si eres diseñador, músico, ilustrador, fotógrafo o simplemente creativo y quieres que comparta tu perfil y trabajo positivamente con personas que valoran la autenticidad y la creatividad, escríbeme a creatividad.desordenada@gmail.com (:
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Hi! I´m Pauli and I´m starting to develop a newsletter where I will share my creative processes, reflections of adult life as a freelance and some inspiring discoveries, if you are a designer, musician, illustrator, photographer or simply creative and you want me to share your profile and work positively with people who value authenticity and creativity, write to me at creatividad.desordenada@gmail.com (:
I am into tech. How to find other writers in my niche?
a person who dreams
suggerimenti molto interessanti
Looks promising. I might take a while to get my head around all the options.
Isn't all this called 'Taking in one another's washing'?
OK, let's play with this possibility. Me, I'm old. And in the doing, I've learned a bit here & there. How old? Pre-Boomer is (not Was,) the Silent Generation. We residents thereof are barely older than those of the Greatest Generation. Which really was the Greatest. Me, I am 'set off' by informed writers with Ideas. Which triggers my flow of concepts and connections and possibilities . It's called 'esemplastic' thinking, by the way. With that concept firmly in hand, I write like a man possessed, - - expanding on all the 'side roads' that open up for me.
So why do I need someone to connect with? Because I'm an incompetent editor of my own writings! I need an organized mind to suggest/tackle my stuff. In turn, perhaps my never-ending flow of ideas and ways to look at things might be of help to such a friend. Try me and see - -
I’d love to connect with other writers getting started, hit me up if you’re new too
I would love to connect with other project management and business writers!
I have no idea how to find people to write letters with?? Happy to leave my blurb here and see. I write The Campfire, exploring the art and science of connection (like the feeling of sitting around a campfire..) I like to weave stories and scientific concepts together about slow/mindful living, psychology and human connection.
If anyone would like to have an initial chat about letters, please reach out :)
This is so cool
I'm currently part of a collaboration short story project on Notes called "Kayla and Riley in the Cave of No Return". Our hope is that people will get inspired and spin off tales from our story, or at least enjoy following along. So far it's been a fun project, but the data has yet to come in on whether it's effective or not at gaining an audience (we're only on our third post, fourth comes out today). https://substack.com/@meganmccarthy/note/c-18004662?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=1unjp0
I'm also looking for intersectional feminist and disabled writers to guest post or cross-post with. I'm still trying to find my community here on Substack. I know they're out there, and I'm determined to find them!
Hey @substack , have you considered the ability to add reader's perspectives into an article (not as comments, but inline), like what LinkedIn recently launched? Here is an example of an article that includes reader generated content https://www.linkedin.com/advice/0/how-do-you-design-test-your-value-proposition
Have been looking for something like this on substack for a while now.
For the life of me, I can't figure out where to enter my content into substack. https://geometrydash-free.com
Some great features here. I'm looking forward to trying some of them out
I love this! My substack is a zine that publishes work by budding writers and with the guest post and cross post features, I'm now going to be able to formalize collaborations with other substack writers
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Hola Juliana!! Si creo que hay cuestiones que se cruzan en nuestros intereses . Yo también intento concientizar y visibilizar en este newsletter de Revista Perinatal Argentina temáticas acerca de la maternidad, lejos del romanticismo de décadas pasadas ( las invito a ver las revistas son de acceso abierto y se pueden descargar www.eppica.ar/revista)
Desde mi newsletter de Biblioterapia, un camino de encuentro entre lecturas intento por medio de relatos cuentos, textos cuestionarnos nuestro vivir, siempre apuntando a alcanzar bienestar
De modo que un tema social sería ideal para confluir en perspectivas y modos de abarcarlo.
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This is my first visit to this location.
This is such a lovely idea and it will strengthen the communication between us here. A while back I did handwrite a letter to you, the reader, on my Substack — if you’d like to receive a handwritten letter! https://open.substack.com/pub/acabinetofcuriosities/p/dear-reader?utm_source=direct&r=bu9kr&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Hey! I'm a just a newbie writer, running my https://www.365powersupply.com/ blog, can I Collab with the experts here to learn more from their experiences?
Has anyone suggestions as to what kind of workflow they have when collaborating on articles? I've just become guest writer on a publication, and I've been looking for ways to add suggestions/comments without affecting the main text, but I can't seem to find any. If someone has suggestions as to work arounds and other means to achieve something similar directly on substack, it would be much appreciated !
Good idea!
I'm interested in the Audience Overlap data as well. Any way to click through to the entire list. I only see a way to see the first six.
Thanks!
Thomas
I like how we’re collaborating.
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Should I create another Substack in English only? The original is in Spanish. What do you guys think?
looking to collaborate with other writers focusing on illustration, parenting and/or mindfulness. say hi if this sounds like you ✍🏼💛
I have the app .. but where do I begin?
Great idea. All for it.
I'd be delighted to swap recommendations with Substack writers. If you truly appreciate my content and think we share the same values, please reach out to me and we can talk about swapping recommendations. You don't have to write about education. In fact, other topics are warmly welcome. I want to recommend writers whose content I like and resonate with. You can reach me here.
https://www.modulo.app/contact
Love this feature so much! It also really makes the posts look great. We recently used it for an podcast interview with the founder of a math app and for a guest post written by a friend and collaborator who specializes in learning differences cognitive diversity.
Modulo's Interview with Richard Rusczyk (Co-founder of Beast Academy and AoPS)
https://joinmodulo.substack.com/p/modulos-interview-with-richard-rusczyk
Cognitive Diversity and Homeschooling by Jade Ann Rivera
https://joinmodulo.substack.com/p/cognitive-diversity-and-homeschooling
I have found this post about finding a collaborator very interesting. I would so love to do a letter exchange. I have found a couple of writers/artists/photographers that I have found a good vibe with. I would love to start exchanging letters with people of that nature and also have an interest in Vintage Items and redecorating on a budget and repurposing furniture and DIY. I am always looking for help to give me ideas for my home. I am also an aspiring author who is working on an alternative reality story based off stories I have written over the years and need completion. I hope you will join me on my journey of discovery and we can collobarate together something new. Have a blessed day!! Love and LIght Always xxx Mama B
Happy to collaborate & cross-promote with anyone who writes about newsletter growth, LinkedIn, digital products, remote careers, digital nomadism, or anything related to "escaping the cubicle." 👋
I find this concept interesting because it brings diversity and relationship establishment.It also enables a writers community to be developed by a genre of individuals with a common outlook,
This is a fantastic idea! Substack writers collaborating can create powerful synergies and help each other grow. Let's unite our talents, share our unique perspectives, and build an inspiring community together! 🚀✨
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I write all things startups at sameerbabbar.substack.com and would like to explore all things with authors who write on the topc
PS: recently published a book currently on amazon https://amzn.to/3Ybg8SD
PS2: all ideas welcome
Wow, your guys are quit busy! I
I feel the passion
Write guest posts for each other’s newsletters. This provides fresh content for your subscribers and introduces you to a new audience. https://dinosaur-game.io
Hey substackers! Anyone in the women's health space who wants to collab? I offer recipes and hormone health insights, often focused on the perinatal journey. If you're in this space, reach out and lmk! :)
I am keen to leverage this platform for knowledge sharing. I need some help figuring out how and where to start. Are there any tips on what are the best options to kick this off?
I am new to substack but the way I am seeing the community here, it's swells my heart with so much warmth.
Great advice. As the author of Oliver's Travels, I'm going to look forward to ways to incorporate these tips. Thank you.
Article très intéressant.
J'ai vraiment apprécié toutes les astuces qui y sont présentées.
C'est faisable et actionnable.
Un paysan dans l'âme 💚
I would like to Collab with Kristina God. She is amazing!
so?
Is there any way you can get me the name and amount of those I refunded on my substack page2 so I can refund my readers on Sustack 1.