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Miss Exterminator's avatar

yup sounds about right lol

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Yana G.Y.'s avatar

Thanks

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Anita Gosiewska's avatar

Thank you for sharing this. This is very helpful. Reminders and new, interesting insights.

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Yana G.Y.'s avatar

Thank you so much, Anita!

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Ensia Husain's avatar

How did you do the analysis via chatgpt? I tried to do the same but I got an error saying the link cant be accessed.

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Yana G.Y.'s avatar

Oh, I export my Notes and then import the csv file. I use Finn's Chrome extension for the export (but it does tons of other useful analysis, here's the link: https://finntropy.gumroad.com/l/creativetech_substack_pro_studio?layout=profile

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Vik’s Opinion's avatar

Hi, do you help in reaching out to more and bigger audience for the highly focused newsletter on a niche? Let me know. Thank you.

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Yana G.Y.'s avatar

yes I help people grow their audiences

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Kézha Hatier-Riess's avatar

Thanks for this encouragement and for helping to weed through the overwhelm!

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Yana G.Y.'s avatar

Thank you so much

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Ojoniyi Austin David's avatar

Thanks a lot for sharing this note with us. This taught me to write by beginning with a hook.

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Yana G.Y.'s avatar

Thank you so much! Yes hooks are powerful way to attract more readers

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MomPray's avatar

Thanks I will try this points…

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Yana G.Y.'s avatar

I will, give me a link :)

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MomPray's avatar

Yes, I will! 🙌

I’d truly love it if you could take a look at my post and share what I can do better. As a stay-at-home mom, writing here is more than just a hobby—it’s the “homework” I’ve given myself to grow, learn, and connect.

Every bit of feedback helps me improve and makes this journey even more meaningful. 💛

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Yana G.Y.'s avatar

Awesome, let me know how it worked

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Marianna Nakos's avatar

Smart move!

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Yana G.Y.'s avatar

Thank you

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Your Plastics BFF's avatar

Thank you @Yana G.Y. : this is a really insightful article for a Substack newbie like yours truly.

My Substack is more informational rather than personal— I’m a physician here to talk about all things plastic surgery: anti-aging, the latest treatments, and the science behind it all.

How do I engage with readers on a personal level?

Thank you in advance!!

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Yana G.Y.'s avatar

Oh that’s easy - comment their content, like, restack, follow them, subscribe to them if you like their stuff, you can even send direct messages. This brings new readers to your content. Just stay active in the community and more people will find you

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Your Plastics BFF's avatar

Thank you! I will!

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Sam Jephcote, BA(Hons), FRSA's avatar

I think there’s too much emphasis on stats and performing well - which I believe stunts creative expression. Writers should write and leave analysis to the critics and statisticians.

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Yana G.Y.'s avatar

not my style of work :) I focus on results and for that I need data :)

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Project Straylight's avatar

Quit trying to make Substack your new LinkedIn. 🤮

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Yana G.Y.'s avatar

I don't have an old LinkedIn to start with :D

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Easy.AI's avatar

AI can definitely be useful!

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Yana G.Y.'s avatar

For sure. I use it a lot.

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The Compass Paradox's avatar

I’m usually not one for posts that kinda substack-coach.

Nothing personal, just a preference. But I really liked this one because analysing personal data with ChatGPT is something I find quite interesting.

You mentioned Finn tropy and chrome extension. Could you please elaborate how you exported everything on there. And how did u manage to export the medium content as well ?

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Yana G.Y.'s avatar

Thank you! Yes, I use Finn's Chrome extensions, which let you export your own data - posts and Notes, with performance metrics. It's very easy - you install the extension, enter your username and export. You can find them here: https://finntropy.gumroad.com/

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The Compass Paradox's avatar

Okay, also there’s this thing called agent AI now on ChatGPT. It can go on any website on google and you can see it reading live and it can even fill in forms. So like what if you attach your substack link to this agent AI and ask it to assess.

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Yana G.Y.'s avatar

I tried, but it doesn’t have access to Substack for some reason. Maybe it was a temporary bug. Ideally, it should work, but it will take it too much time to crawl all your data (posts / notes) and assess the engagement. It’s much easier with export and simple upload.

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Adrian Vladimirov's avatar

This is a good guide in Notes, thank you!

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Yana G.Y.'s avatar

Thank you so much!!

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BeBetter's avatar

Thank you for this share. Very helpful!

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Yana G.Y.'s avatar

Thank you so much!

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Khyati Yadav's avatar

damn this is just extraordinary

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Yana G.Y.'s avatar

Thank you so much, Khyati! It was very helpful for me too

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