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Scott, congratulations on your company's sale to Salesforce, that's quite a feat.

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Thank you! It was a 7 year Odyssey! Very grateful for the entire experience and excited to be sharing lots of lessons learned here that hopefully others find helpful : )

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Yes, indeed, it is.

Tip of the hat to Scott for the sale. Thanks again for sharing your experiments.

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Thank you! It is my pleasure. I love helping others spread their work : )

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Yes off course

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You can subscribe in the CTAs in this rticle

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Thank you for these valuable insights, very impressive!

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Thanks for alot information

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Of course!

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This is gold Scott, thank you! Will be implementing them soon and tell you how it goes ;) Cheers!

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Please do Oscar! I'm eager to here how this works for others

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Some great, tactical advice here! The Recommendation feature has been a game-changer for a lot of us. Having it user-driven instead of via algorithm was brilliant. Hard to find that sort of built-in social proof elsewhere.

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100% agree. I think its one of the more compelling features of writing on substack!

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Excellent tips! Thank you very much!

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You got it!

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thank you for figuring out the stuff i have failed to check for four years 🤣

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You got it man. I love marketing lol : )

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Very helpful. Thank you.

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my pleasure

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Hey, Scott. Congrats on being the first Substack publication I've read since just now signing up! I'll definitely keep a keen eye on your advice here in this post and look forward to seeing more of your advice for Substack in the future.

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Thanks Eric! Pumped to be on this Substack journey together!

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Scott, how is it possible you now write two of my top fave substacks? So glad you're sharing this valuable info...THANK YOU!!

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Ha, thanks man. I love marketing and its creativity. I'm glad you like this one. Looking forward to sharing more

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Thank you for this information and WOW selling to Salesforce is fan-freakin-tastic! Congratulations.

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Thank you, Scott! This information is so useful. I often click on profiles in subscriber notification emails to see who is reading and if they have their own Substack I can follow, but I haven't systemized this in any way. It makes sense to be more conscious about it in the future before deleting those notifications.

The bit about publication thumbnails and images is also really useful. As a writer I often forget the visual component, even though I know rationally that most of us respond strongly to images.

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Thanks for the insights!

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Hi Scott,

This is a generous collection of tips. Thank you for putting in the time to pull them together and posting them.

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Thanks for sharing these tips

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Very informative Scott. I have been slowly working on my publication growth by doing similar things like you wrote about. Thank you for reaching out to me.

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You got it!

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