SPAWN Office Hours #69
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I’ll start us off with a few questions/tasks for today’s SPAWN:
1). Do you share old posts?
2). Do you market your Substack to people not on Substack? If so, how?
3). Share a new creative tool that you have started using.
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It's time once again for... 'Late night SPAWN'! 🕺😎🕺
Well, winter is most definitely here. I’m in multiple layers and I’m still inside (my old Aussie house was built to dispel heat, not keep it in.).
1). Do you share old posts?
Sometimes, mostly the short stories, like the one I’ll be sharing today, although the reader will know more than at least one of the characters after reading it.
2). Do you market your Substack to people not on Substack? If so, how?
I used to on IG but got no follow through. I’ve had a YouTube channel for a while, and I’ve switched it to authortube which has probably confused the algorithm, but I have picked up a few subscribers there (like it’s doubled since I started the authortube posts, but are only talking from about 40 to 80). Per my Substack stats though, most of my new subscribers are coming from within the Substack app but I am not sure how accurate that is. If I follow a link and I open up the app and then subscribe, does it see it as an outside link or from within Substack? And how much wood would a woodchuck chuck?
3). Share a new creative tool that you have started using. I haven’t started using it yet, but a new to me tool is a cork board. Next week, I’m going to start brainstorming the last book in the series, and I will be vlogging it, so if you want unhinged, ya might want to check out my YouTube channel. Injustice posted the most recent YouTube video to my Substack yesterday.