How I got 1,000 Substack subscribers in 80 days

When I started my newsletter, I had no idea that within 80 days, I would gain 1,000 subscribers. Initially, I planned to reach that number by the end of the year.
However, I quickly discovered Substack’s potential, and the numbers skyrocketed.

You want to grow your newsletter?
You want to build an audience, and maybe monetize it?

Whatever the reason, I’m not selling the dream here.
I’m never going to guarantee you’ll get 1,000 subscribers in 80 days.

Here, I am just sharing the things I did to achieve this milestone.

You can decide whether this path can be applied to you or not.
Maybe you could use some of the strategies I applied, or maybe knowing the steps I took can give you faith in your capability to do it as well.

If you expect to get 1,000 subscribers in the next 80 days, lower your expectations - you will waste your money.

If you want to know the steps I took so you can adapt them to your experience, you are more than welcome. This might be the best money you spend today.

TABLE OF CONTENT:

• Purpose of this document and why I wrote this
• Setting Realistic Expectations
• Important disclaimer
• Don’t believe anyone that talks about X subscribers in Y days
• STEP 1: Be clear about what you are writing
• STEP 2: Building your core following
• STEP 3: Use Notes, a lot
• STEP 4: Get to 100 subscribers quickly
  • How did I get 100 subscribers?
• STEP 5: Leverage Recommendations (but not too many)
  • Recommendations’ Magic Number
  • How did I pick the right newsletters to recommend?
• Conclusion