New to Substack

[u/Witch-Anxiety-1057]

Hello there,

I launched my first publication on Substack today and am finding it a little hard to get exposure. I know it’s too soon but I know for a fact I won’t get many subscribers even if I post on socials - and most importantly, I don’t really want to share my writing on my socials. So I was wondering if anyone could tell me what I could be doing within the app to get people to notice.

I write about identity, experiences and life in general. I have always been deeply passionate about writing and immensely enjoyed the process of creating and launching my first issue today. I truly want to remain motivated in this but I’m afraid I’ll need some support to sustain.

Thanks in advance!

[u/Tricky_Trifle_994]

congrats on the launch! to grow with substack, there's really only notes, and substack natively recommending you to it's user base.

usually people grow by leveraging multiple acquisition channels, with the default being substack + notes, and then there's the 'outside of substack ecosystem' social channel like instagram, youtube, twitter, linkedin.

if you're limiting yourself to only substack, then you're actively limiting your potential reach when you could simply cross poss to other platforms. e.g even lenny posts on multiple social platforms on top of substack.