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Substack Course
Introducing Blogging Guide’s latest course designed to help Substack writers create, operate, and monetize their newsletter
Substack makes it simple for a writer to start an email newsletter that makes money from subscriptions.
The publishing platform has gained much of its media attention from high earning, “celebrity” writers.
However, there is a growing “Substack middle class” that is emerging as part of the broader rise of the passion economy. And you don’t need to be a celebrity to make money writing a Substack newsletter.
Substack offers writers, podcasters, and other creatives a chance to monetize their “true fans” by providing web and newsletter publishing tools that are purpose-built for paid subscriptions.
While newsletters have been around for years, there is a huge difference between running an email marketing campaign and operating a paid subscription newsletter.
I’ve personally learned this (through trial and error) by starting my own Substack newsletter over 18 months ago. And…