#substack.com

[never-was-has-been]

She's not wrong and history clearly shows this...if you're willing to do a bit of reading & critical thinking...Give it try..🤔 🤨

[mehmetyildizmelbourne-blog]

Yoga Instructor Ana J Interviewed Dr Mehmet Yildiz, author of Substack Mastery Book

A new writer, Ana, interviewed me on Medium today to provide valuable insights to the writing and reading community.

Here is the friend link to the interview that you may enjoy:

How to Win on Substack: Dr. Mehmet Yildiz on Nailing Content Strategy, Building Audience, and Monetizing With Mastery

Exclusive Interview of Dr Mehmet, Head of Illumination Publications, Seasoned Writer, Content Strategist, and Kindest Person

Ana has also just joined my website as a guest blogger and will be sharing her health and wellness stories as a holistic health advocate specializing in Yoga as as an instructor.

I invite all writers to be guest bloggers on our community blogs to share summaries of their stories and newsletters to create more visibility for them and grow their audience beyond Medium and Substack as supplementary tools.

Here’s Why I Opened My Website to Freelance Writers as Guest Bloggers from Multiple Platforms

I explain why and how writers can benefit from this free blogging opportunity, empowered by a non-commercial writing and reading community, for better audience building.

[never-was-has-been]

@wilwheaton I have an idea who paid for Justice-I-Like-Beer's debts. But I'll just offer this 5 part series from Greg Olear on substack: WhoOwnsKavanaugh Part 1 Each part has a link to the next part at the bottom of its page.

[never-was-has-been]

Greg Olear asked that question and here's his research in a 5 part series. Subsequent parts 2, 3, 4 and 5 all begin at the bottom of each part. Here's part 1: Who Owns Kavanaugh? This is a very detailed 5 part series reveal of the circumstances of pseudo-Supreme Court Justice... "I Like Beer". And the question above is still OPEN.

[adribosch-fan]

🛑⚒️ | El destino del comunismo

Al recordar el centenario de la revolución comunista en Rusia, esperamos que la humanidad aprenda de este trágico error ESTEFANY ESCOBAR RORY BRANKER Photo by Daniil Onischenko on Unsplash En el oscuro escenario de la historia, el comunismo se convirtió en una enfermedad que pretendía ser la cura. Ahora en la actualidad puede que este resurgiendo y ganando fuerza una vez más. A pesar de los…

[fatliberation]

I'm too exhausted and sad to write my own post about this right now, but. ever since tumblr decided to crack down on the feedism community specifically (making feedism kink content reportable under "eating disorder content"), I've been seeing it wreak havoc on the feedist creators in my community. I urge you to care about this. everyone is in distress. folks are getting shadowbanned left and right. patreon banned feedist content under the guise of promoting eating disorders last year, and more platforms are following suit. we hardly had any spaces to begin with, and there aren't any spaces left. I've noticed an uptick in harassment. more people have sent messages targeting me because I've been open about being a feedist. it's a mess. but I'm not going to stop. nothing will silence me from defending my community. if this somehow culminates in my blog being terminated, you can find me at substack.com/@fatliberation. I've decided to merge my kink blog with my fat liberation blog there because I'm done splitting my identity in two. I will no longer pander to folks who don't accept that part of me. it's what made me a fat liberationist in the first place. tumblr is coming for feedists now, but who's to stop people from reporting every fat person who posts about their body or food? where do they draw the line between us and you? pay attention. we're fighting the same fight.

[world-unkind]

o que dói agora

não é só o que foi.

é o que podia ter sido.

se a gente tivesse mais inteiro.

ou menos assustado.

eu te amei na hora errada.

— Vitória Londero (https://substack.com/@viblondero)

[mehmetyildizmelbourne-blog]

Look What Aiden Found Today — Episode #239

Curated Collection and Daily Updates Favorite stories I read plus community-nominated pieces tailored for avid readers of ILLUMINATION Publications on Medium Thank you for subscribing Technology, Gaming, Movies, and Social Media Dear Readers and Fellow Writer, I hope this story finds you well. I couldn’t post these collections for a while due to a very hectic schedule. Mike and I as founding…

[queeranarchism]

Most queer people are cisgender, and more still do not seek to transition, but the nature of all our transgressions is intimately entwined with gender anyway. We’re all doing it ‘wrong,’ by the wider society’s definition, even the most masculine of cis gay men or the most feminine of cis lesbian women. Unsurprising, then, are the queer community’s various attempts to embrace gender variance and to lay bare the plasticity of sex. There is nothing per se about detransition that does not fit this mould. If gender is to be fucked with, why not take it for a swing? ... But that’s usually a hypothetical thought exercise that ends exactly there. ... the lives of the detransitioned do not interact with queer ideas of sex/gender, or indeed queer ideas about anything. The only time the detransitioned are really remarked on is only to state our statistical insignificance

Who Gets To Talk Detransition? Throughout the movement for trans liberation, the Right has had total control over the narrative of detransition. It's time to change that. https://substack.com/home/post/p-150608524

[malusokay]

monthly mail -> substack

dolls I've made a substack.

more frequently, more personal, and more real than ever.

if you want messy poetry, spiralling diary entries, and shower thoughts turned into essays...

https://substack.com/@malusokay

[artdotpage]

Problems facing modern artists & creators

I've talked with hundreds of artists and creators about the difficulties they face trying to earn a living from their craft.

This post covers two of the big ones (social media algorithms & bargain basement marketplaces), and what tools are available to grow your business despite these issues.

Social Media Algorithms and Audience Ownership

Social media platforms are a godsend for getting your work in front of potential clients and building a loyal fan base.

However as you will all have experienced, it can take a mastermind to figure out what kind of content the algorithm wants you to post, and if you don't do that you'd be as well throwing your content into the void as even your own followers might not see your post, never mind new viewers.

It also means you don't truly own your audience, if you post something slightly controversial your account could be deleted without warning, or perhaps a billionaire buys the site and everyone flocks to a new platform where you have to start growing your following all over again.

Solution: Build a mailing list

This is perhaps the single best marketing tool available to any business, and is sorely overlooked by artists and creators.

It's cost effective and because you own your mailing list it doesn't matter what's happening on social sites, you can always keep in touch with them.

The tricky part is converting people into mailing list subscribers. However I've seen plenty of creators successfully build one by offering incentives including free digital downloads, early access to content, discounts on your store etc.

Those who sign up to your mailing list would be considered high quality followers, someone who is much more likely to convert to a paid client and buy from you again in the future compared to the average follower on social media.

Tools

https://art.page/

https://substack.com/

https://convertkit.com/

Losing clients to undercutting competitors on the same platform/marketplace

If you run your business on a marketplace or platform, your clients are one click away from finding plenty of other choices who are willing to undercut everyone else to land a sale.

These sites have no incentive to make sure that traffic you drive to your profile actually purchase from you. Whether a sale is made through your listing or another seller, they collect their fee either way.

They also use uniform designs which reduce you to a generic product listing. Whilst this can simplify the customer experience, it means you have no control over the sales funnel and ability to differentiate yourself, making it harder to convert potential clients into paying customers.

Solution: Direct clients to your own site

Use your own personal website to make sales from, there are plenty of options with no monthly charge and lower fees than marketplaces. This lets you make dedicated marketing pages showcasing your best work to make a client excited about doing business with you, instead of just being a generic product listing.

Take advantage of marketplaces purely for their customer base. Don't rely on them as your sole business platform. This way, any fees you pay are worthwhile to generate sales you wouldn't have had otherwise. 

Tools

https://art.page/

https://www.bigcartel.com/

https://squareup.com/

Interested in more?

There's plenty more I have to share on this topic, including:

How to properly use Print on Demand without getting ripped off

Streamline managing your business so you spend more time creating and growing your business.

How to better utilize your brand to connect with clients and increase sales

So let me know if you’re interested and I’ll get writing!

Transparency

I'm building https://art.page to solve these exact issues, with the goal to create the best all in one site builder for artists and creators that makes running your business easy.

[undergroundusa]

Pissed-off Chicagoans slam progressive Democrat Mayor Brandon Johnson to his face…Listen to what they have to say. It's a clear rebuke of the far-Left Democrat policies that have scourged our urban areas for the 8 years of Obama and the four years of Biden-Harris.

https://substack.com/@franksalvato/note/c-77501642

[adribosch-fan]

✈️🍃| La caída del New York Times

El Times debe recuperar su esencia periodística y volver a ser un referente en la industria de las noticias DESTACADAS ESTEFANY ESCOBAR RORY BRANKER Photo by David Kovalenko on Unsplash ¿Has notado cómo el Times está perdiendo su toque? Al parecer se están poniendo “más en onda” con la censura y la parcialidad que con la diversidad y la objetividad. Los medios de comunicación no deberían estar…

[danbensen]

From https://substack.com/@haintshollersheresy/note/c-82719890?