The Substack Success Podcast
The only expert guide to Substack. Grow your Substack to fuel your writing, career, and financial life with the leading Substack Strategist, Sarah Fay.
- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 23 minutes
- Episodes
- 68
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
Publicize Your Substack Dolly-Parton Style: A Conversation with Digital Marketer Miller Coffey
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I’m absurdly excited to bring you my interview with Miller Coffey. Miller is a digital marketer who helps established authors sta…
Pep talk: Quiet the Noise on Substack with the Amazing Claire Venus
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For you: A 15-minute pep talk for those who may feel like there’s a lot of noise on Substack.
The amazing Claire Venus and I guide…
How to Revise or Write Your About Page to Draw Subscribers
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The magic of your Substack About page.
I love it when people ask me if their Substack About page matters.
* Does anyone really look…
Substack on a Time Budget Growth Session
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Workshop replay | Just 30 minutes
If yo…
Make Your Substack Essential: A Workshop
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How to boost your growth on Substack?
M…
Branding for the Branding-Averse: An Interview with Sara Tasker and Keeley Rees
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Sara Tasker and Keeley Rees are the force behind The Substack Soiree. When Substack started pivoting slightly (very slightly) awa…
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Sections vs. Groups Explained (in 4.2 minutes) [updated 2025]
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Ah, sections. If you’re like me, you’ve…
Create Your Substack Content Calendar Growth Session
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PDF with the slides and prompts is below!
We’ve never been given an opportunity like this to earn an income, build a community of l…
How to Voice Your Opinion on Substack Writing Session
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How to Write an Opinion Piece on Substa…
6 Ways to Avoid the Substack Rut
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Hello, Substack Writers at Work!
Every once in a while we start to feel like we’re either in a holding pattern on Substack or it’s…
How to Collaborate on Substack (in ~1 minute)
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Here’s a breakdown of the three ways to collaborate with other Substack writers: guest post, cross-post, or interview (print, audi…
Using Substack's Emails to Keep and Convert Subscribers Workshop
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We ended up doing deep work here—the be…
Bonus! Soulful Social Media: An Interview with Kat River
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I don’t think I’ve ever met someone who said they really liked being on social media. The general sentiment among the people I kno…
The Art of Writing Viral Substack Posts that Spread Workshop
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What we cover:
* What “going viral” mean…
1-to-1: What I Learned Helping Hundreds of People Succeed on Substack in 2023
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I’ve worked one-to-one with over 250 people—helping them succeed on Substack. That means I’ve been behind a lot of dashboards and …
The Other Side of Publishing: An Interview with Russell Nohelty
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Listen now to my interview with Russell Nohelty. Hear about how to succeed as a self-published author on Substack and how to use …
Tell Enthralling Narrative Stories Subscribers Will Pay to Read Workshop
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Write Enthralling Narrative Essays Subs…
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Write Less, Please [updated 2025]
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Learning from Dracula: An interview with Matt Kirkland of Dracula Daily
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I’m so excited to have Matt Kirkland here today for you. Matt is the creator of Dracula Daily, the serialization of Bram Stoker’s…
Need to Know: An Interview with Author and Book Coach Courtney Maum
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Happy Tuesday!
Please read the intro as I forgot to record one!
This interview is a concise rundown of the realities of being an au…