Have questions about publishing, growing, or going paid on Substack?

The Substack team, and your fellow writers, are here to help! 

We’re gathering the writer community and members of the Substack team together in this discussion thread to answer writer questions for an hour.

Drop your questions in the thread by leaving a comment, and we’ll do our best to share knowledge and tips. Our team will be answering questions and sharing insights with you in the thread today from 10 a.m.–11 a.m. PST / 1 p.m.–2 p.m. EST. We encourage writers to stick around after the hour and continue the conversation together. 

Some updates and reminders from the Substack team:

• A new podcast tab allows readers to better find new episodes from writers they love. If your publication has a podcast, head to Settings and Podcast Settings to see a new checkbox to add the podcast tab to your publication site. Writers creating a new podcast will see a box checked during the podcast creation, and can uncheck it there also.

• Tips for connecting with readers: A new guide on how to find and engage your readers shares ideas and inspiration from Substack writers on how to cultivate a thriving reader community. What tactics did we miss?

• Product news roundup: We shared a rundown of the latest product updates including changes to how ARR is calculated and new dashboard stats. Take a full read and post any questions you might have in today’s thread.

Got questions or feedback about what’s new? You’re in the right place! Leave a comment in this thread.

A special shoutout thread: Next week we are taking a break from Office Hours as usual for our monthly shoutout thread. And, it's a special one! We will be hosting our first live shoutout thread on Zoom to celebrate the end of the category tour. There will be a showcase of publications across the Substack community. Save it to your calendar so you don’t miss it.