I’ve kept personal notes to a minimum here but come this morning with a bit of a pleading. In about five weeks, I will have been writing on Substack for three years. It has been wonderful finding regular readers and getting their feedback, but I was hopeful of a broader reach, which is what every writer wants. Growth, however, has been flat for the past three months, though I am very grateful for the quite engaged readership I presently enjoy.
Based on what I'm seeing on Notes, others are flatlining as well. It seems the "follower" option vs the "subscriber" option has been thwarting some of that. I seem to get followers that never become subscribers. I'm just a tiny fish in a big internet pond so I don't expect to grow as fast as someone with your breadth of knowledge and writing but it is still frustrating because I also came to Substack for the broader reach.
Based on what I'm seeing on Notes, others are flatlining as well. It seems the "follower" option vs the "subscriber" option has been thwarting some of that. I seem to get followers that never become subscribers. I'm just a tiny fish in a big internet pond so I don't expect to grow as fast as someone with your breadth of knowledge and writing but it is still frustrating because I also came to Substack for the broader reach.