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I found you through Russell Nohelty, and I'm so glad I did! I've just subscribed, albeit as a free subscriber right now, but I hope to upgrade soon. This one newsletter was so helpful and full of sound advice that I'm going to implement your suggestions right now.

Thank you!

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Jun 1, 2023Liked by Simon Owens

Thank you! This was actually really insightful for a newbie like me. I'll definitely try to use some of these tips in my new posts!

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Thanks for sharing my header! I went through and updated all the headlines from my past newsletters because of this article, so thanks!

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I link to older content (even outside the newsletter) all the time, but deliberately creating different versions for e-mail and web is not something that had occurred to me.

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right, it's such a simple thing but I could see the impact.

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This is golden advice and personal insights.

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If I go to my web[age it is the same as my email newsletter page. Any edits I do update the email. How is one supposed to edit the web page separatly?

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You edit the web version after you’ve already sent the newsletter

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That's what I mean. If I edit the Substack web page, it updates the entire newsletter but I have a different website, not connected to Substack so I can take your advice for that/

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yaknow, as someone who considers themselves a damn good writer, this piece showed me that I have a lot in common with that talented local guitarist who can't even begin to read a sheet of music...really appreciate the detailed and approachable look at the technical side of building an audience, I feel like this will help a lot.

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This issue is packed with good stuff! Thank you for including my question in the video. Best wishes for safe travel and have a happy birthday ✈️

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This is great. As a Daily publication I’m not sure about introducing myself each time though?

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that part was tougher for me to process as well, ya don't wanna sound like a Wal-Mart greeter but I think we could work around that with a touch of personality.

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Thank you for sharing this. 1,2,5 is a must for me.

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This is the first post that I saved on Substack.

I will revisit it multiple times as I did not implement any of this in my weekly letter.

Each sentence is absolute gold. Wonderful.

Thank you for sharing this with us, Simon.

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Really useful, thanks!

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Also, about the upgrade to Paid button, this is very important but I have not been able to find such a button and when I use the subscribe button it converts to "subscribed" for subscribers.

This time I have tried adding an "other button" with text "upgrade to paid" . I haven't published yet, so I do not know if this works/

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