Hello dear ones,
I’m really, really enjoying my time building community over here on substack. I like that I can interact with y’all more intimately than I can over on Instagram, and being able to share ideas, respond to each other’s thoughts — whether through comments, chats, or notes — just feels, I don’t know, really nice?
I recently decided to start using the substack Chat function to ask questions and get to know y’all, and decided to put that feature behind the paywall, honestly because it would be A LOT for me to potentially be responding to 7000+ of you. As it should probably be clear by now, I have weird feels about paywalls, and you shouldn’t forget that you can always contact me for a free paid subscription.
At the same time, I continue to reach towards my dream of being a paid writer. I know that it’s possible because I see other writers on substack doing this. For transparency, I currently have 7500 total subs, and of those, 265 are paid. If I could increase that number to 500 paid, I’d be so much closer to achieving my dream.
All of this to say, in the spirit of channeling easeful growth, I’ve been wondering how to increase conversion from free to paid subscriptions, without over-extending myself by offering too many perks. Which is now, why I’m here, with this poll. These are some ideas I have about how I could expand my offerings here, and I’d love to hear your feedback because in reality I only have capacity to choose 1.
Please feel free to share any other ideas you have in the comments! Appreciate you being part of this growing community. Thank you for supporting me and my writing.
With gratitude,
Margeaux
I think the world needs to further normalize jobs like this. You arent asking for a big subscription fee and your words/shared experiences have been so wise and helpful.
A less expensive monthly paid tier ($1-$3/month). The same benefits as the free version would work just fine.