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How Keith Keller Grew His Substack Community Without Going Viral
A clearer profile, personal outreach, and what I learned from his approach to building community.
Oct 12
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Subshack Growth by Kacoulib
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Keith Keller
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54 Days Without Subscribe-for-Subscribe: A Data Autopsy (Road to Day 90)
My open rate never came back. The readers who matter never left. Here's the drop, the 4-part system, and the numbers at day 54.
Oct 5
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Subshack Growth by Kacoulib
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Treating Substack like TikTok in 2021 is why your subscriber numbers stalled
Why chasing viral Notes and posting 5x a day gives you vanity likes instead of email subscribers and the shift to high-converting depth.
Oct 1
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Subshack Growth by Kacoulib
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September 2026
9 out of 10 Substack creators are running a restaurant with no menu on the door
Why vague bio descriptions kill reader trust before they ever read a single post and the 3-part conversion fix.
Sep 28
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Subshack Growth by Kacoulib
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9 of 10 profile visitors leave. Your bio is why.
Why 9 out of 10 profile visitors leave without subscribing and the 10-second structural fix.
Sep 24
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Subshack Growth by Kacoulib
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124 km on Foot, 21 Hours of Running: What Our Journey from Cergy to Rouen Taught Us About Autism and Endurance
Three of us, one bicycle, and twenty-one hours between Cergy and Rouen for children whose marathon has no finish line.
Sep 21
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Subshack Growth by Kacoulib
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The Only 4 “Tricks” to Success on Substack
Substack is so exciting right now...
Published on Substack Writers at Work with Sarah Fay
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Sep 15
My Open Rate Collapsed From 34% to 14%. Here Is the Exact Protocol I’m Using to Clean My Substack List.
A bigger subscriber count means nothing if open rates keep sliding. Here is what the data showed when I audited my own cohorts and how to prune…
Sep 15
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Subshack Growth by Kacoulib
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Should I remove you from the Subshack Growth list?
Hello, On August 12, I stopped doing subscribe-for-subscribe to focus only on high-value content.
Sep 15
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Subshack Growth by Kacoulib
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Start Here: Know What Actually Grows Your Substack (And What to Do Next)
Welcome to Subshack Growth. No subscribe-for-subscribe. No fake hacks. No “10k in 30 days” promises. Here is how to navigate this publication and get…
Sep 14
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Subshack Growth by Kacoulib
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Substack’s AI Detector Is Creating a Problem Nobody Expected
Writers may start optimizing their writing to look human instead of making it worth reading.
Sep 10
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Subshack Growth by Kacoulib
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I Checked My Last 40 Substack Subscriptions. Only 7 Were Confirmed as Mutual.
Scan 40 subscriptions for free, no account required. Unlock the complete report with the Subshack extension.
Sep 1
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Subshack Growth by Kacoulib
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