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Noah Warren's avatar

I'd like to petition for another doubling of your subscriber count! I like how you bring the PM perspective to writing from 0. I also spent my first couple days surfing around without posting anything until I realized that Substack is a really forgiving platform when it comes to iterating on content.

Side note: Your art seems to allow you to create a consistent, custom style for your page. I'm gonna get back into drawing and try that for myself. It's awesome.

Karo (Product with Attitude)'s avatar

Oh wow, thank you so much for all these kind words🤗 It means a lot! Let me know when you have some drawings ready to share! 🤗

Andreas D.'s avatar

Thanks! I'll just have to be patient and keep going.

Frederick Aikins's avatar

Nice piece. Learned alot

Stephanie Holland's avatar

Love your advice to the junior PM - because having a strong POV & sharing it is exactly how to gain greater depth of experience faster.

Karo (Product with Attitude)'s avatar

Thank you for saying that Stephanie!

Evelyn So (Thinker & Co.)'s avatar

You neglect to mention that you are also really active in engaging with people here. My subscriber number is still hovering below 100 despite having been on here for months and have been posting once a week! Learning from you!

Karo (Product with Attitude)'s avatar

That's such a good point Evelyn! I didn't think to add this, but it's absolutely true.

Stella Gaki's avatar

This is my first week on Substack. Publishing that first post was terrifying, and consistency isn't easy, but I'm falling in love with the platform. Real people reading, writing, and supporting each other makes it worth it. Thank you for sharing your journey with us and keep up the great posts 👏

Karo (Product with Attitude)'s avatar

Thank you Stella! 🤗 Let's support each other!

Alex Pawlowski's avatar

Love this, keep up the grest work !

Andreas D.'s avatar

Karo, you are a mind-reader. Just when I thought: "How did she double her sub count again?", you came with the tips.

One question, though: Do you also advertise your articles through LinkedIn? Do you have any number on how many people subscribed from there? I am curious if I should try and build a larger followership on LinkedIn, too, as my subscriber growth is pretty slow.

Karo (Product with Attitude)'s avatar

Thank you Andreas! No, I almost don't use LinkedIn, so I haven't shared my publication there. Maybe one day I will, but not yet.

Andreas D.'s avatar

That makes your achievement all the more impressive. Kudos!

Karo (Product with Attitude)'s avatar

Thank you - it's more luck than anything else 🤗 Keeping fingers and toes crossed for you!

Alyssa Reynoso-Morris's avatar

This was very insightful. My first two months I saw no growth. I was treating Substack like a newsletter. I wasn't familiar with the platform. I wasn't using Notes. I wasn't aware of any of the strategies. About three months ago I've been locked in and am excited about the growth I've seen.

M. Campassi's avatar

As someone who just started my journey here on Substack, this was very insightful. Thank you so much for sharing and wish you best of luck building your audience!

Karo (Product with Attitude)'s avatar

Thank you so much! And likewise!

Elman Tabakovic's avatar

"For the first week or so, I didn’t even dare to post anything. Just lurked and learned."

exactly my path :)