Writing Challenge: July 2025
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The June Writing Challenge is OVER!
Congrats to all participants who completed the Challenge!!!
We made it!!!
Now let’s announce the winners!
WINNERS AWARDS
Again, I want to personally congratulate all of the members who take their growth seriously and stayed active this month posting consistently, paving their path to success, even though growth slowed down lately.
, , , , , ,Congrats to all of you! You’re truly amazing!
Now, I know there are many others who’re also active daily on Notes but don’t check into the Accountability tracker, and that’s ok. Just know that I need to see you there, so that I can select you for a Spotlight Session (even if you already had one before ;))
Ok, so the winner is….
Winner from last month Writing Challenge:
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Larry is one of the consistently active members in the Unplugged community, so now I’m happy to finally welcome him to the next spotlight session!
Congrats, Larry!! Looking forward to our spotlight session!
Award:
→ A spotlight session to talk about your Substack. To give you and your Substack more exposure, I will share this session:
all subscribers
my BiTES atomic newsletter
my other social media accounts
→ Watch all previous spotlight sessions here.
Why a Writing Challenge?
I just recently got my first viral post. It brought me more than 60 subscribers yesterday. It also got me some sales of my digital products and some paying subscribers too. I’m gonna write a dedicated article about this post when I get enough data to share.
Right now it’s clear: posts do get you new subscribers. And sales.
But it might be challenging to stay consistent. That’s why this challenge exists.
Now you have everything you need to grow your Substack:
the monthly Notes30 Challenge where you grow your subscribers,
the weekly Write2Sell column where you learn how to convert them to paid and keep them paying,
the ALL NEW Substack Quest designed to bring you to your first (or next) bestseller badge faster and…
the monthly Writing Challenge where you apply the knowledge from the Write2Sell column and the Quest in practice and actually work to grow your paid subscribers
The Substack Monthly Writing Challenge
What is it?
It’s a challenge for writing.
But not just writing.
It’s built to help you convert more subscribers, applying everything from the Write2Sell column and the Quest in practice. Because learning how to do things is nothing if you don’t take action.
So, in this challenge, we’ll take action.
The Challenge:
PARTICIPANTS:
This challenge is for paid members only!
Paid and V.I.P. members can:
Join the challenge
Share their Note in the weekly thread
Add themselves to the Accountability tracker
June theme continues to be PRODUCT:
This Challenge will now fully align with the Quest. It is now complete and I’m uploading the recordings in the next days (takes me some technical time).
So this month I want you to think about what you sell and build your content around it - your posts should talk about your offers. Regardless if you have a free newsletter or a paid one - write about what you sell. And if you don’t have anything to sell yet, I’ve got that covered too:
Become my affiliate and earn 30% from each sale. Apply here (I approve everyone).
This is how you monetize your newsletter. Find out the exact strategy in the Substack Quest.
What do you need to do?
Watch the Positioning and the Product materials from the Quest.
Critically analyze your posts and adapt whatever you feel needs it.
Write at least one post weekly and send it as an email to your subscribers. The more the better.
Stay active in the weekly boost posts:
Share a quote from it on Notes (select some shareable sentence & restack quote)
Share a link to it on the Weekly Writing Challenge Sharing Thread: I will post one every Sunday - it will arrive in your inbox.
And remember to read, like, comment and restack some of the other posts you like. This is how we help each other grow.
Track your consistency: add yourself to the Accountability Tracker. I have a Prize for the most active!
The GOAL?
Simple: CA$H!!
You nail your product => you nail your monetization
Valid for all types of Substacks:
free newsletter
paid newsletter
fiction or non-fiction
I’ve got you covered in the Quest.
WINNERS AWARDS:
The most active will be entitled to join me in a spotlight session to talk about their Substack. To give you and your Substack more exposure, I will share this session:
all subscribers
my BiTES atomic newsletter
my other social media accounts
I know a lot of creators are inviting other popular creators who are already successful but I think people also want to know about the people who are just starting. Not just another success story. Real people with real struggles, real challenges, and real growth insights.
Rules:
I’ll do these sessions monthly after the Challenge finishes.
I’ll invite one of the most active participants in the Challenge based on the Accountability Tracker. Rules:
1. must be in the Accountability tracker
2. must have completed the challenge (at least one post every week)
3. you can win the same challenge more than once but in different months
4. you can’t win both Writing and Notes challenges in the same month. If you do, I’ll invite the next most active person for a session
We’ll do the session only if you’re willing to. If not, I’ll invite the next most active member until I get a “yes”. Priority of inviting:
1. most active among the VIP members
2. most active among the annual paid members
3. most active among the monthly paid members
Announcement of the winners: start of next Challenge
When do we do the session: during next month upon your availability
How do we do the session: over Zoom. I ask you questions (we initially agree on the list), you talk :). You can prepare slides if you want to (not a must).
The Challenge includes (download links at the end of this post):
Link to the Accountability Tracker. If you haven’t already, add yourself now!
[NEW] Training materials from the Substack Quest: every month we will evolve and improve.
My 19 Writing Rules for Highly Engaging Writing, that helped me get lots of stories go viral.
13 Ideas on How to Use Emotions with Examples of Uncommon, Emotional and Power Words to use in your writing - because emotions are a huge part of great writing.
A mini workshop on how to Generate Stunning Midjourney Images without Prompting (Midjourney made easy for writers).
My custom personalized GPT CREATIVETECH Writer PRO trained on my viral stories to write high-quality long form articles.
My custom GPT TITLE Generator 2.0 trained on 1000+ viral titles on Medium to generate titles that drive clicks.
Dedicated Weekly Writing Challenge Sharing Thread Post. I’ll ask you to share links to your posts, so that it can get even more traction.
All this will arrive in two short presentations (find the link below). Use this knowledge. Adapt the templates and guidelines to your niche and style.
Ready?
Let’s do this!
Here’s your Challenge pack of resources:
This challenge is for paid subscribers. If you’re a free subscriber, upgrade your plan:
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