u/Cultural-Tea9745

Hi everyone, newer to Substack and honestly trying to learn the platform the right way instead of falling into the “grow to 10K subscribers overnight” crash-course rabbit hole 😭

For those of you who’ve actually built engaged communities here organically, what helped the most in the beginning?

Was it Notes consistency, networking with other writers, article quality, finding a niche, restacks, etc.?

I just launched my page, Modern Love Notes, which focuses navigating relationships, but from a get-yourself-together perspective not empty validation, so I’m trying to figure out what actually works on Substack long term versus what just creates vanity metrics.

Would genuinely appreciate any advice from some of the more seasoned writers here 🤍

https://open.substack.com/pub/modernlovenotes