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Spotlight Session

Why your Substack is draining you (it's not a time problem)
A spotlight with Larry Burton on his 20-year Pondera Process practice, what traditional self-help is missing, and the mindset shift that transformed howā€¦
Ā ā€¢Ā Yana G.Y.Ā andĀ Larry Burton
46:38
The Substack rule most creators skip: you have to live it to give it
A spotlight with Judith on writing from lived experience, rebranding when you outgrow your positioning, and her invented word for full-circle aging.
Ā ā€¢Ā Yana G.Y.Ā andĀ Judith Frizlen
41:22
What your Substack readers actually want (it's not what you think)
A spotlight with Timi from Tastes From The Past on the question that revealed what her readers were really subscribing for.
Ā ā€¢Ā Yana G.Y.Ā andĀ Taste from the Past
49:59
How to make money online without creating a product
A spotlight with Chad Boswell on licensing other people's IP, the bonus strategy that pulled $3,000, and the case for piggybanking.
Ā ā€¢Ā Yana G.Y.Ā andĀ Chad Boswell
52:01
The Substack collab strategy that hit my 6-month goal in 3
A spotlight with Vinayak Ramesh on collaboration as a growth engine, surviving platform collapses, and building sustainably on the side of a 9-5.
Ā ā€¢Ā Yana G.Y.Ā andĀ Vinayak Ramesh
55:26
Virality & What disappearing from Substack actually costs you
A spotlight with economics professor Nikki Finlay on coming back from a Substack break, slow consistency, virility, growth, and her upcoming book.
Ā ā€¢Ā Yana G.Y.Ā andĀ Nikki Finlay
56:43
How positioning can make or break your Substack game
A live with Kathleen on why her Substack momentum stalled, and the one diagnosis that changed her strategy.
Ā ā€¢Ā Yana G.Y.Ā andĀ Kathleen Thorne RN, LMT
1:00:02
She has 19 Substack subscribers and she already got a high-ticket client - here's how
How Jennifer closed her first high-ticket client because of Substack - her exact strategy and a talk about storytelling, depth, and why you don't need aā€¦
Ā ā€¢Ā Yana G.Y.Ā andĀ Jennifer Dragonette
50:12
She Lost Everything in Hurricane Helene. Then Built this Framework
How Sola Howard turned losing everything into a system for stepping into your full potential
Ā ā€¢Ā Yana G.Y.Ā andĀ Sola Howard
31:49
She Got Into Nordstrom With Less Than 5,000 Followers
In Today's Spotlight: What Slow Fashion and Substack have in common?
Ā ā€¢Ā Yana G.Y.Ā andĀ LISELLE KISS American Designer
38:05
How to Monetize Fiction on Substack
In Today's Spotlight: How Marylee monetized fiction on Substack. Here new book launch. A new experiment and exciting times ahead for fiction writers onā€¦
Ā ā€¢Ā Yana G.Y.Ā andĀ Marylee Pangman, Author
49:58
She Forgot She Wrote It. Then She Woke Up to See it Went Viral
How Tara Jabbari went viral talking about slow travel while managing two Substacks from Thailand (and much more)
Ā ā€¢Ā Yana G.Y.Ā andĀ Tara
50:12
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