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How TikTok creator Aaron Parnas found success on Substack
Substack CEO Chris Best interviews TikTok Liberation Prize winner Aaron Parnas about bringing his videos and his community to Substack
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Chris Best
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Aaron Parnas
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Grow: How Wendy MacNaughton builds community with her 30 Days of Drawing practice
The Grow interview series is designed to share the nuts and bolts of how writers have gone independent and grown their audience on Substack.
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‘It’s like getting a raise every single day’
Veteran columnist Bob Dunning on his move to Substack
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Hannah Ray
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Out of office
How writers and creators take paid time off
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Starting from scratch: advice on building a career and finding an audience on Substack
Substack’s homegrown talent on building from the ground up
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Anna Codrea-Rado
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Grow: How Amanda Yates Garcia’s writing on witchcraft turned into a full-time income
We invited writer and art witch Amanda Yates Garcia, who writes Mystery Cult, to share her insights on switching to Substack to focus on rituals; not…
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Grow: How Elise Loehnen moved her Instagram followers to Substack and got paid for her work
On moving from Instagram to build a steady income stream
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Grow: How Michael MacLeod quit his day job to focus on local news for the civic good
A new wave of local news building a sustainable model for independent journalism on Substack. Michael MacLeod of The Edinburgh Guardian shares insights…
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Grow: How Laura Kennedy made more money on Substack than anywhere else
On moving from Patreon and earning a steady income
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Grow: How Hetty Lui McKinnon’s community convinced her to go paid
Hetty shares insights on launching paid subscriptions with the To Vegetables, With Love community’s support from Pledges, and how she’s integrated her…
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Grow: How Katelyn Jetelina turned a side hustle into a safety net
Advice on growing a Substack from scratch to a subscriber base in the hundreds of thousands
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Grow: How academic Rob Henderson spun a side hustle into a primary income by sharing his ideas
Rob Henderson is a faculty fellow at University of Austin who says Substack is a primary source of income and a testing ground for ideas and his…
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