The New Twitter for Writers Is Here - Grow With Substack Notes | Interview with David Mcllroy

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In this video, I interview David Mcllroy about his success with Notes, the internal social media network of Substack. He's a founder, indie author and Substack writer.
David used to put a lot of effort into growing on Twitter/X where he went from zero to 20,000 followers. He was tired of all changes and started posting on Notes.
This way, he gained over 1,400 subscribers between November 2023 and January 2024.
He tells us his growth story from beginner to hero with 5,000 subscribers in a very short period of time. No growth hacking involved. Just authentic, genuine connections, relationship building, networking via Notes as in the good old blogging days.

David gives newbies and advanced writers tips and tricks on what Notes is, how to use it and how to not use it.

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00:00 Introduction
00:01:42 How David Would Describe Himself
00:02:45 David’s Solo Business
00:04:39 How Many Free and Paid Subscribers David Has
00:05:34 How David Skyrocketed his Substack Growth
00:07:23 Is Substack Notes Underrated?
00:08:53 How Does Substack Notes Work
00:11:12 Growing on Twitter vs Substack
00:12:52 Advice to People Thinking about Posting on Notes
00:15:00 Advice to People Seeing Slow Growth on Notes
00:17:25 Does Growth Hacking Really Help or Not?
00:20:07 Are Only People with Paid Subscribers Featured on Notes?
00:21:21 How Having Thousands of Subscribers makes David Feel
00:22:39 Tips to Converting Followers into Subscribers
00:24:39 Importance of Being Authentic
00:26:48 How David has Combined Recommendations and Notes
00:28:42 How to Decide Who to Recommend on Substack
00:30:21 Can You Figure Out Who Subscribes from Notes?
00:32:04 Are We Past Peak Substack?
00:33:02 What Viral Means to David
00:34:42 How Much Time does David Take Writing Notes?
00:36:15 What Content Works Best for Notes?
00:40:35 Does Follow-for-Follow Work on Substack?
00:41:57 Advice for People Using Chat
00:43:30 David’s Opinion on Substack’s Direct Message Feature
00:44:27 How David Balances Substack and Medium
00:45:45 How and Why David Does Guest Posts
00:47:00 Do More Posts Equal More Growth?
00:48:24 How David Wrote His Book
00:50:22 David’s Marketing Strategy for his Book
00:55:10 What is David’s Motto?
00:56:34 Personal Questions for David

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