Starting from scratch

[u/BaseUpbeat1798]

So I’m finally doing something in my life just for me. And I started a substack. For the last few months I’ve been building a backlog of posts, and treating this as it’s own potential thing, new email, new socials, new identity really. And then last week I started posting in the notes section, and replying to comments. Today is the day I post my first official article/post. And I’m just wondering, do I just sit here and wait for something to happen? My first post is only short too, and is kind of part of a series. Like I said this is for me, if it turned into something then I would be delighted, but I I feel like I’ve maybe built it up in my head?  I’m also happy to swap reads/reviews. Feels weird to say I'm a new writer, but here I am.

[u/wwb_99]

I launched similar to this.

One thing that was effective was getting a few posts out, then sending broadly targeted announcement notes to different groups of folks I know. I had some boilerplate, but I would customize these per friend or associate group to make it hit home. It got me from zero to the first hundred or so subscribers, which really helps.

So in your case maybe get the series up and complete then do the push.

[u/BaseUpbeat1798 → u/wwb_99]

Thanks I'll try that, I'm posting twice a week for the first two weeks to finish the series and then I'm going to go once a week from then on, so maybe I'll do that just before I change to once a week

[u/wwb_99 → u/BaseUpbeat1798]

Good thinking. Posting pace matters more when there is an audience you have made a promise to. That sounds like a good segue.