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I hit the first year anniversary a couple of months ago and I did exactly that, look back at one year of writing and analysis. It prompted me to reflect on all the companies and news I'd observed (I write on purpose-driven companies). It was quite an introspective exercise but very useful to take a step back and formalise things. In case you're interested (it's in French): https://machineasens.substack.com/p/49-1-an-de-newsletter-et-15-conseils

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Merci!!!

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At the end of August I completed one year of TREE. The first five months were on Mailchimp. Then I moved to theforest.substack.com Over the course of the year, I posted 235 times, including 40 posts from 8 guest authors. I doubled my subscribers from September 2020 to August 2021. Here’s my thank you post; https://theforest.substack.com/p/-tree-235-thank-you

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Awesome Jeff, thank you for sharing!

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This is very inspiring and good advice! I would love to read more of these milestone round-ups in the future.

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You should do a profile on jimmydoom.substack.com - he has released over 420 stories over the last year+!

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Thank you for featuring me in this resource!

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Thank you for writing up such a thoughtful reflection!

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G’day Substack,

I’m a retired professional Rugby player who writing about Rugby and my struggles in retirement, and recently did my one-year milestone post. I started writing to improve my communication, and used my milestone post to announce “The Leap”- a 6 part series where I share how I’m about changing careers. Here’s the link that post and would love for it to be considered in a future roundup. Cheers.

https://benalexander.substack.com/p/what-next-for-bens-blog

PS: My emails to milestone@substackinc.com are bouncing. Not sure if anyone else is experience this?

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Thank you for sharing, Ben! And thanks for flagging the email issue, we're looking into it.

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The email should be working now, if you'd like to try again!

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Some of my Substack related takeaways from my first year or two:

https://bloggingguide.com/substack-newsletter-review-and-tips/

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Thank you Casey!

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I just marked one year and as I thought long and hard about things, I decided to pause paid subscriptions and make everything free for the foreseeable future. It's the right decision for me for now.

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How is that going?

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A little too soon to tell in terms of numbers, but I feel less stressed without having something I *must* deliver because someone is paying for it. It would be different if my Substack was my full-time job, but since it's not, I have to be realistic about my bandwidth and mental health.

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This is interesting. Thank you for sharing. Seems most people want to hurry up and go paid. I am on the opposite side of the spectrum. For now, building an audience. I am curious, how many subscribers did you have before you went paid, and then how many chose to pay? I am also curious how many new subscribers you were getting when free vs. paid when you were charging. Thank you for your time answering this.

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Hi, Valentina! Well, I did make that mistake of initially hurrying up and going paid after only a couple of weeks and a few dozen subscribers. My numbers are still quite paltry. I have about 200 subscribers and about 25 of them were paying when I paused paid subscriptions.

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Thanks for sharing!

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I’m coming up on the six month mark soon, but I’m excited by these stories! Please continue sharing them with us.

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I don't know how long I've been here. I don't know if anyone reads my stuff. I have no interest in getting paid. I do like this platform, however. I check out the things I've stuck up here periodically and leave a comment on occasion. Thanks!

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With my Covid Newsletter I was wandering if Ii could invite them to make a donation to a fondation of my choice. But I do not know how...

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These stories are inspirational and motivational. It hasn't been a year for me, however, since I transferred my content to Substack, I have been writing consistently at least once per week. I publish once/week, I read more too. I am learning a ton too. Attending Substack Grow was a huge help! I write "Life Intelligence - Live More. Love More. Do More. Matter." Because, well, we all need more Life Intelligence :) www.vpetrova.com

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