Terry, it takes a while to grow an oak tree from an acorn. From the outside it looks everyone else has tons of subscribers, and it took no time for their success.
But you have to know that we are all doing what we can, and we all have similar challenges with the growth of our newsletter. (I didn't let anybody know I had started a newslet…
Terry, it takes a while to grow an oak tree from an acorn. From the outside it looks everyone else has tons of subscribers, and it took no time for their success.
But you have to know that we are all doing what we can, and we all have similar challenges with the growth of our newsletter. (I didn't let anybody know I had started a newsletter for the first 5 months after starting last year - I started just building my small collection of articles without any feedback or even awareness from other people).
So stop with the failure talk. As long as you are participating in these forums, and taking small steps in the right direction, you will have what you wish. Just maybe not next week. Don't. Stop.
I love this. It's so easy to read the stories about people targeting "only" 5 new subscribers a week and feel defeated when 5 new subscribers would seem like a huge bump. Thanks for the redirection
I'm still getting over the psychic wound from some 'Stackers, here since, like, April, bemoaning "only" having 8,000 subscribers😭, and "only" 600 paid! I've been hacking along for 11 months, now, and have just barely hit 120 subs, with about 4 or 5 monthly subs! But, I love doing in, so I'll just have to endure these petulant others!
Well now you have one more free sub. It's a grind, but I'm at least finding writing is putting me in a good place for my own thinking. It helps me get out of my own way. Even without thousands of subs that should be a win (but I'll happily take some more engagement if people want to follow along).
Thanks, Paul, you're right. Must stop being negative. My wife reminded me that another newsletter of mine took ages to build up. That was brave of you I think, not telling anyone for 5 months!
I started posting my articles to LinkedIn and then saying that people could see the full article on my Substack. The only problem is that very few people have gone to those articles. I have more people visit the very short version on LinkedIn and then don't even visit the Substack. And I still have no people signing up. But I'll keep at it. I'm not going to give up.
Nice to hear others have written for months before telling anyone. I figured I needed to be consistent before sharing. I also needed to write for myself to not only built my confidence but to get over my shyness..
Terry, it takes a while to grow an oak tree from an acorn. From the outside it looks everyone else has tons of subscribers, and it took no time for their success.
But you have to know that we are all doing what we can, and we all have similar challenges with the growth of our newsletter. (I didn't let anybody know I had started a newsletter for the first 5 months after starting last year - I started just building my small collection of articles without any feedback or even awareness from other people).
So stop with the failure talk. As long as you are participating in these forums, and taking small steps in the right direction, you will have what you wish. Just maybe not next week. Don't. Stop.
I love this. It's so easy to read the stories about people targeting "only" 5 new subscribers a week and feel defeated when 5 new subscribers would seem like a huge bump. Thanks for the redirection
I'm still getting over the psychic wound from some 'Stackers, here since, like, April, bemoaning "only" having 8,000 subscribers😭, and "only" 600 paid! I've been hacking along for 11 months, now, and have just barely hit 120 subs, with about 4 or 5 monthly subs! But, I love doing in, so I'll just have to endure these petulant others!
Well now you have one more free sub. It's a grind, but I'm at least finding writing is putting me in a good place for my own thinking. It helps me get out of my own way. Even without thousands of subs that should be a win (but I'll happily take some more engagement if people want to follow along).
Thanks, Paul, you're right. Must stop being negative. My wife reminded me that another newsletter of mine took ages to build up. That was brave of you I think, not telling anyone for 5 months!
I started posting my articles to LinkedIn and then saying that people could see the full article on my Substack. The only problem is that very few people have gone to those articles. I have more people visit the very short version on LinkedIn and then don't even visit the Substack. And I still have no people signing up. But I'll keep at it. I'm not going to give up.
Nice to hear others have written for months before telling anyone. I figured I needed to be consistent before sharing. I also needed to write for myself to not only built my confidence but to get over my shyness..