Nicolas Cole recommends spending 30 minutes each morning commenting on 20 other creators' posts to grow a Substack newsletter. It's low-risk, requires no technical setup, and works because the Substack ecosystem notices you.
If you're like, what is my fastest path to generating traffic? What is my fastest path to starting to build my audience? What is my fastest path to getting attention from Substack's ecosystem over to my newsletter? Here's the secret, everyone. You block 30 minutes in the morning and you go comment on 20 people's posts. I just want to give everyone permission here. Your laptop will not explode if you do this incorrectly. This is not worth overthinking.
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