The Substack Growth Podcast by Write • Build • Scale is for online creators who want to build a thriving newsletter on Substack.
Weekly episodes on subscriber growth, attracting paid subscribers, monetization strategies, and building a profitable digital business on top of Substack.
Hosted by Sinem Günel, Philip Hofmacher, and Jari Roomer.
Stop Building a Following: Build the 1 Audience No Algorithm Can Take From You
If you’re ready to turn your Substack into real income and not just a growing list, that’s the work we do inside the Substack Accelerator (https://www.substackcoaching.com/).
It’s direct coaching from the Write • Build • Scale team, built around one outcome: Becoming a Substack Bestseller and building a real business on top of your publication. (http://acc.)
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There are really only 3 ways anyone becomes an overnight success:
The first is nepotism, the door that opens because of who your family is.
The second is a lucky break, the moment someone powerful decides you’re next. Both are real, and neither is available on demand.
The third is distribution: The slow, email-by-email way you build an audience that’s actually yours. It’s the only one of the three you can choose, and it’s the one nobody can take away from you.
That’s the real difference between buying attention and building it. You can buy reach, and it’s fast, but it evaporates the moment you stop paying, and you never owned the people it reached.
When you build it, it takes far longer, but every subscriber is a person who chose you, on a list you can take anywhere. Building has leverage. Buying is a rental.
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25 Sept 2026
Stop Waiting to Get Paid on Substack: The 1 Sales Habit Most Creators Skip
If you’re ready to turn your Substack into real income and not just a growing list, that’s the work we do inside the Substack Accelerator (https://www.substackcoaching.com/).
It’s direct coaching from the Write • Build • Scale team, built around one outcome: Becoming a Substack Bestseller and building a real business on top of your publication. (http://acc.)
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You’re a business owner or a creator with something real to sell, and your Substack is growing but the income isn’t following, this episodes is for you.
Most people publish on Substack and quietly wait to get paid. They show up, they post, they pile more behind the paywall, and they hope the money follows the effort.
It rarely does, and the reason usually isn’t the writing.
Here’s what you’ll walk away with: A clear picture of why publishing and selling are two different jobs, and the specific habits that turn a growing list into actual income.
The short version: Stop treating Substack like a place to post, and start treating it like a place to sell.
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9 Jun 2026
I Analyzed 1,000+ Substacks: Here’s What Top Newsletters Do Differently
Between being on Substack almost every single day for the past two years and working with 100s of coaching clients and course students, I’ve had the chance to look closely at a lot of Substack publications.
More than a thousand by now.
And the patterns are clear…
The newsletters that grow, that build loyal audiences, that actually make money, they do certain things differently than the average Substack publication, in particular in three key areas.
Let’s dive straight in.
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💰 Want to Become a Substack Bestseller?
You’re invited to our brand-new masterclass, How to Become a Substack Bestseller in Less Than 12 Months (https://www.writebuildscale.com/masterclass).
During this live training, I’ll share the exact system behind attracting paid subscribers, becoming a Substack Bestseller, and using the platform to grow your business.
You’ll leave the Substack Bestseller Masterclass with a clear roadmap to turn your publication into real income.
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