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Have You Caught the Substack Bug?
The allure of owning your audience
Writing online can be daunting — especially if you’re doing it with a goal of earning some money.
While platforms like Medium have many benefits, you don’t really own your audience.
Unless Medium shows your article to people OR they elect to receive emails, even your followers may not see all your articles.
That’s why Yana Bostongirl suggests Substack as a way to diversify — and to break out of the chains of the algorithm.
She says:
If someone follows you on Substack, they get your posts directly via emails, and you get paid if monetized. There is no Algo or feed.
I write two Subtack newsletters. One on education policy and one on consumer finance.
I follow some great Substacks, too. I know a number of writers on Medium who’ve started Substack newsletters. You can definitely earn money from subscribers — and there are a number of ways to monetize.
Here’s my story of how I’m growing my Substack:
