Substack

Your About page is often the first thing a visitor reads before subscribing. Give AI your topic, who it's for, how often you publish and a few of your best posts, and ask for a plain version you then rewrite in your voice.

Before turning on paid subscriptions, list what you publish now and ask AI to sort it into free and paid in a few different ways. Pick the one you can keep up every week, not the one that sounds biggest.

Substack lets you publish podcast episodes alongside posts. Ask AI to turn a written post into a script that sounds natural read aloud, then record it yourself.

A writer tracked 90 days of Notes and found they did almost nothing for two months before becoming the top subscriber source. Use AI to keep the daily habit alive: turn each week's post into a batch of short Notes you then edit and post one a day.

"The dead ramp is real and it's most of the work."reddit.com

Substack's feed now rewards replies that add a point of view. Paste the Note you want to answer and have AI help you find your actual angle, then write the reply yourself.

"A two-word comment is nearly invisible to the current algorithm."themonetizer.com

Restacks with real commentary help discovery; bare restacks get filtered. Draft the take with AI from your notes, then cut it down to your own words.

"Add 2–4 sentences of your own perspective."themonetizer.com

The 90-day Notes writer saw growth speed up as replies and restacks rose from 9% to 29% of their activity. Ask AI to build you a short daily list of conversations worth joining.

"Engage, don't just broadcast."reddit.com

Writers who crossed 100 subscribers say a human voice is what readers stick around for. Use AI for structure and research, and keep the sentences yours.

"People will see through the AI slop and feel a disconnect."reddit.com

A common answer to 'why is Substack growth so hard' is that writing and getting read are two different skills. Have AI plan where your actual readers hang out beyond Notes.

"publishing and distribution are separate skills."reddit.com

Several writers point out that Notes is mostly other writers. Repurpose posts for the platform your real audience already uses, such as Medium with a short call to action at the end.

"The substack notes audience is very small and it's mostly other writers."reddit.com

Growth guides suggest DMing new readers, and plenty of writers say that feels strange. Have AI give you a short, warm template you personalize each time.

"really feels awkward to message people out of the blue!"reddit.com

The same growth guide says 'no AI' for engaging with other writers. Save AI for prep work like Note drafts and post outlines, and do comments yourself.

"Engage with others' content (no AI)"reddit.com

WriteStack is built to grow a Substack and lets you queue Notes so they post on a schedule.

Buffer lists Substack among its channels, so a single post can go out alongside your other accounts.