My results after 1 1/2 years on Substack (And why I'm leaving)
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- Опубликовано: 6 июл 2024
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TIME STAMPS
00:00 - Intro
00:46 - My Substack stats
09:20 - Substack pros and cons
13:43 - Why I left Substack
21:04 - Do I still recommend Substack?
ABOUT
Hi, I’m Louise: an artist, writer & creative solopreneur from Sweden. As a multi-passionate creative, I have spent my entire adult life avoiding traditional employment and instead making a living off of my art.
On this channel, I talk about everything I've learned along the way: About art making, creativity, mental health, and making a living as a creative. Dealing with perfectionism, fears, and overwhelm. Staying sane and productive among stress and distractions. And much more.
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MUSIC
All music is from Epidemic Sound. 
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Your voice and presentation style is very easy on the ear.
Guys, there are time stamps if you’re in a hurry to understand why she left. But one look at her name (the calm creative) should be a hint for you that her channel is not made for anxious people. So be present and hear her with intention, or just leave and find a creator that resonates with you ❤
Great video. I’ve been wanting to start a list for ages and was cautious of SubStack because of some of the reasons you’ve mentioned. But actually this video has made me realise that perhaps it’s the right place to ‘Just Start’ and then maybe move if and when I hit some problems. Thanks - I like your videos on running a creative business, but also I really like your art too.
It’s great to hear from you again, Louise! Thank you for your content, it’s a delight❤
Thanks, Louise! I can see what you mean, the two are very different models for staying in touch with people. Substack is more like a blog; Flodesk is more traditional in the email space. it just depends on what you like to do, how you like to share, what you want to build. it was very cool to see your journey and your review of substack. i definitely want to start my own soon! wishing you the best. your videos are awesome, too.
Thanks for all this insight on substack, Louise. You've obviously given this a lot of thought and I see that you decided to go back (no surprise, looks like you were missing it, you just needed a little break!) I've debated on whether to do this or patreon or both, ahhh! I think there's a lot of benefits to substack, but I think what held me back was the idea of having to write blog posts at least once a month and now I see I don't have to do that, hooray! Most weekss I feel like I'm barely able to squeeze out a youtube video so I was wary about adding one more thing to the "to do list". I'm glad I watched this to better understand the pros and cons from the writer's perspective because I only know what I know as a subscriber. Truth be told as a subscriber to a few substackers, I barely read their posts because it's easier to listen and/or have a video on in the background while I work. And now I'm excited to give this a go!
Ooh, that’s interesting…didn’t realise she went back again!
Incredible you have a waitlisr for you workshops. This is a goal!🎉
Thank you for sharing your experience! I have a baby email list, and plan to swap to growing on substack for many of the pros. Hearing you chat about the reasons to leave, does make me feel more certain that I will continue to use my squarespace newsletter as the place I will sell or announce as the whole point of starting one there is for ease of keeping everything in one ecosystem. I didn't expect that I would love writing my weekly newsletter as much as I go, and realized they could just as easily be a blog. Yes yes... I can make them a blog on my website... but for the first part it does sound nice to have substack help with increasing my visibility. Thank you again, this gave me more depth in knowledge!
You're so sweet. I didn't actually know what substack was until this and I immediately made one and am so excited 😆
As a multidiciplinary artist your perspective was very helpful for me to finally come to the decision to use substack as a starting point. I was in between using patreon and hosting on my website. The subscription aspect of patreon is overwhelming and i dont want the pressure of being a content creator. As far as my website i dont have the funds to hire someone to build out a format id like to use as a blog so here i am. HAHA. Thank you so much for this video Louise!
Thank you for that detailed insight. I recently started writing a regular newsletter so seeing someone else experience is awesome
Is not too often someone makes me look if I already subscribed. But you managed to do exactly that.
I don't know if it was because your explanaition or how sweet your voice sounded, but I really enjoyed hearing your thoughts about Substack.
And I look forward to keep checking your art also more often in the near future
This was fantastic. I was on the fence about it.
Thanks for this video. I have been on substack for a year now, and this video really helped me step back and clarify how I want to develop it.
Great post Louise 👏😊! I'm one of those "intimidated ones" so yes, I'd like to hear more about what/how you are writing about in your weekly letters. Another thing that puzzles me, is how streamlined one has to be for an e-mail audience? I mean if I work on different projects and in different mediums, should I split up my followers and write a separate newsletter for each of my creative areas (painting, illustration etc.)? That would mean a lot of admin work. Also, do you write paralel newsletters in English and Swedish? My followers are a mixed bunch but writing regular posts in 2-3 languages would be far too much trouble for the benefit of it. Best of luck with your course 🎉❤!
Great video, thank you 🙏
Hey Louise! Thanks for sharing your experience, that's very helpful. What did you do with the yearly subscribers on Substack after switching?
This video is very valuable, thank you Louise.
This was a good review from your experience. I already thought to put my own writings on my blog first and then substack to not worry about not having all my eggs in one basket
The reasons you gave for leaving are valid. Personal control is important.
Informative. Thanks!
This has been very helpful 😊 Do you plan reviewing the platform you're using currently?
thank you!
Dear Louise, thank you for your amazing content ! With flodesk I had a lot of emails going in spams, so I moved to convert kit but I wanted your opinion on that, people do open my emails more on convert kit but it's not as beautiful as flodesk and it's more expensive, thank you so much for your insight.
Hi, Louise. I have an existing email list with a few thousand people. I'm thinking of starting a Substack for longer-form writing and keeping that other list separate for shorter weekly emails, inviting them to opt-in to the longer posts on Substack if they want to. Do you think that makes sense? Or does having two separate lists overcomplicate things? The only big thing I can think of is if they unsubscribe from one and then wonder why they weren't unsubscribed from both. But then again, if you unfollow someone on LinkedIn, you don't automatically unfollow them on Instagram. What do you think about having separate email lists for shorter weekly emails and long-form, more storytelling kind of writing? Thank you!
Why not use both Substack and ESP like Convertkit to leverage automation only?
I just found you on RUclips 😂 glad I did.
ok I learned something about Substack , thanks
Which platform did you switch to?
Louise, great Video! I have one question tough: Could you export your email list when you decided to leave Substack? Thank you for your answer 🙂
Yes, you can. =) (Would never have used them otherwise.)
Quick question. Why is it so important to have different types of fonts? Wouldn’t the legibility of the font matter most to the reader than cursive or playful fonts? Are creators just trying to make the experience more curated?
What are you using now?
very nice
Another question - have you tried or considered using Kartra?
I’m just starting growing my art online. You’re pleasant to listen too. Hope to get to know ya better j.france Ratsch
Thanks.
Thank you for this! You've ruled out substack for me. ;)
Can you take your substack contact list to your other email list or blog?
thanks for sharing
How about the traffic from Google?
I appreciate these thoughtful comments. Where are you now? Or am I missing it somewhere? Your own website?
Flodesk. =)
as a consumer i find automation very unreal, substack is more to share stories as it comes not exactly a service of email, that’s not the point, the point is to share stories not to sell products
Hello, if I understand well, you don't lose "subscribers" from one newsletter to another ?
Some subscribers may decide to unsubscribe if you move.
i decided to use beehiiv instead of substack. The UI isn't quite as simple but it's 10x better for tracking audience metrics and scaling.
Do you think Beehiv has enough in terms of driving new readers to your newsletter/page?
Good video thanks. I've been on Substack for a year and a half too. I post once a week consistently, I think my content is fun, creative, and excellent. I have 78 subscribers. Not 178, 78.
Can you write blog posts and set it to publish at a later date?
Yes.
Beside automation, substack should work for me when i get off my butt and make a list, mostly because its free and i am cheap lol
Thank you! You said that initially you had a few people supported you voluntarily without any perks. I can't seem to find an option to make my mine free but in a way people can donate if tbey want. Looks like the only way to have both free and paid subscribers is to give the paid ones some extra things (comments, whatever). Theres also no way to give one-time donations, is there? I'm so confused.
Substack is developing options.
It’s called pledges and I think they come up automatically until you put a paywall in
A good video should be : why I return to substack ?
Thanks for sharing
only made it to 13 minutes, seems like a tricky advertisement for substack.
Interesting, because I went the other way, from Flodesk to Substack. I found myself getting tied into knots with segments and targeted emails, my little brain has enjoyed the simplicity of Substack. I’m not 100% sure it was the right thing to do, but I’ll sit with it a while.
That's exactly what happened to me too! Been back on Substack since February. 😅
I do still think automation can be done well, and in a less confusing way. But as for now, being on Substack is beautifully simple.
Hey @LouiseStigell - are you back on Substack now? What made you leave Flodesk again? I hope you share an update. ❤
Exactly!! I do not like Flodesk!!!
@@LouiseStigell. Yes Simple is Lovely. NO automation. Substack is good for people who love to write and love to share. I do not want to divide my audience.
Start at 14:00
Thank you!
Platforms are always risky. They can change the rules at will.
People considering joining Substack should first search online its controversies of allowing objectionable sites, such as white supremacists and conspiracy theorists, and of not curtailing harassment of transsexuals.
Oh my wow...thanks 4 letn us no
I can barely hear you on my iPhone. Increase volume or speak more loudly.
We can always turn our volume down.
I stopped watching 7 minutes in because it’s too difficult to hear you. Bye!
"Route" is pronounced as in "root"
It is not that great of a platform tbh. The founders are lazy idiots. And the chances of people making money there is....very thin. No substacker seem to talk about this. But this is reality.
Wow❤
Your video takes way to long to tell us why you left
she has put timestamps
I am sure all of your subscribers will be disappointed as well as those who recommended you.
so 23mins of blahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblahblah
Sounds like you gotta clean your ears 🤮
@@SpaceBandit666 Four of us agreed. Blah blah blah blah blah on and on and on. Get to the point already.
This woman is an absolute pleasure to listen to 😊. She can do audiobooks and voiceovers in English, even though she's Swedish, she's that good.
Why do people bother leaving these types of comments. There are millions of videos on RUclips. Just politely move to another 🤦♀️
ok I gave u my email. I'm looking forward to being more creative.