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Two Notes Brought Me 63 Subscribers. Then I Stopped Using the Strategy Behind Them.
I removed the tactic behind my fastest Substack growth to see whether original content could replace it. I ended up publishing more, reaching fewer…
Aug 28
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Subshack Growth by Kacoulib
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19 Subscribers Came Through Notes. Not One Was Attributed to a Note.
Both numbers were correct. They measured two different layers of attribution.
Aug 26
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Subshack Growth by Kacoulib
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I Built a Tool to Detect Reciprocal Growth. Then It Flagged My Own Article.
The mistake forced me to separate organic, community-driven and reciprocal growth—without changing the raw numbers.
Aug 23
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Subshack Growth by Kacoulib
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My Subscriber Count Grew. My Open Rate Fell From 34% to 18%.
Across my first nine articles, later posts clustered between 18% and 23% while my subscriber count continued climbing. A bigger list did not…
Aug 20
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Subshack Growth by Kacoulib
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I Checked the Data Behind My Own Growth Advice. It Was Worse Than I Thought
I analysed 105 Notes. Two of them accounted for 56 of the 62 subscribers Substack attributed to individual Notes — 90%.
Aug 19
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Subshack Growth by Kacoulib
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How I Got 34 Replies on My First Substack Chat Thread
The exact setup I used—and why community may be the missing piece in growing without subscribe-for-subscribe.
Aug 13
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Subshack Growth by Kacoulib
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I Stopped Subscribe-for-Subscribe. Here’s the Growth System I’m Testing Instead
For seven days, I’m replacing reciprocal subscriptions with original Notes, meaningful replies, useful articles, a custom domain, and SEO. This is day…
Aug 12
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Subshack Growth by Kacoulib
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I Tested 3 Substack Growth Strategies for One Week. Here Are the Results.
I used subscribe-for-subscribe, Notes, and original articles. The data surprised me.
Aug 10
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Subshack Growth by Kacoulib
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I Hit 100 Substack Subscribers in My First Week. Then I Added 50 More Before the Week Was Even Over.
I started from zero. Reaching 100 felt like the milestone. What happened immediately after was even more interesting
Aug 7
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Subshack Growth by Kacoulib
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Why My Most Contrarian Substack Post Outperformed My Growth Reports
My most opinionated post got the most views, opens and discussion—but the practical post was the only one that directly generated a subscriber.
Aug 7
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Subshack Growth by Kacoulib
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How I Grew From 25 to 67 Substack Subscribers in Four Days
Reciprocal-support Notes helped create momentum, while original Notes gave people a reason to understand my work.
Aug 5
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Why Subscribe-for-Subscribe Is Not Really Win-Win
It can help you leave zero, but it can also fill your publication with people who never intended to read it.
Aug 3
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Subshack Growth by Kacoulib
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