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🚀 Creator & Substack Must Haves
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items These are the essential tools and setups I used to grow my publication from 0 to 3K+ subscribers and a Bestseller Badge in 6 months 🤗 They help you grow faster and work smarter. They cover the full stack: drafting and scheduling notes, audience insights, reader surveys, and email deliverability so your posts actually ...
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🧡 Substack Bestseller Virality & Growth
🧡 Substack Bestseller Virality & Growth
Tools I used to take my Substack from zero to thousands. Learn how to start on Substack, how to grow on Substack and what actually works.
I went full data nerd and built a Python script to measure the impact of every interaction I’ve had on Substack (DMs excluded).
I Analyzed Every Interaction From My First 6 Months on Substack - Here’s What Drove My Rapid Growth
I recommend SparkLoop because it let's you turn your Substack into a growth machine. Earn passive income by recommending other newsletters and get paid for every new subscriber, all with simple, shareable links.
SparkLoop - Newsletter Recommendations Engine
Great Chrome Extension. Built by a fellow Substacker.
Substack Scheduled Notes - Chrome Extension
Fantastic tool for notes scheduling and insights on your publication. Built by a fellow Substacker.
WriteStack | Grow & Monetize your Substack Audience 5x faster.
CustomGPT built by a fellow Substacker. It will help you adjust text for high quality, viral writing
CustomGPT for Substack Writers
Your domains and IPs are prepared for email outreach campaigns, guaranteeing the highest email deliverability by utilizing state-of-the-art, AI-driven automation processes
Warmy is a warm up tool that helps you to increase deliverability of your Substack newsletter
For Substack creators looking to grow their community outside of the Subcriber chat
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I love Tally and how flexible it is. Super easy to use.
Tally - Free Form Builder To Use With Substack
Make is by far the best automation platform for non-technical people. You build automations with simple drag&drop diagrams, it's super easy.
Make AI Agents: The Future of Agentic Automation
Their voiceovers sound like you. You can clone your voice to scale your content: podcasts, product demos without the mic time.
ElevenLabs
Super easy to use, you can turn you Notion site into simple apps easily
NotionApps - Create custom apps from Notion in minutes
A CRM tool for managing subscribers. I haven't tried LeadDelta, but some of my friends swear by it
LeadDelta
If you’re on Substack, staying on top of your projects isn’t optional; it’s the secret sauce to consistent growth. Here's a list of tools I've used. Top notch, especially the full version.
Notion Project Manager
Sharing this free sign up link - you'll get 500 free credits, no strings attached. Manus has amazing agentic capabilities, you should definetly test it. I use it to analyze blog posts.
Manus AI - 🎁 Gift Card: 500 Free Credits
Perfect payment tool for creators of all kinds, because it's built for borderless, international payments at low cost (in local currency!)
Wise
If you're new to Substack, these artists can help you design original handmade banners for your publication.
Original Handmade Substack Banners