New To Substack?
Start with the four essentials most people miss.
Before you publish your first post — or even if you already have — there are four foundational Substack settings that quietly shape how discoverable, professional, and subscriber-friendly your publication is.
This free PDF walks you through them, step by step.
Substack Essentials is for you if:
- You’re brand new to Substack and want to set things up correctly
- You’ve already published, but something feels… off
- You’re not “bad at tech,” but Substack has a lot of moving parts
- You want clarity before you focus on growth or content strategy
No hype or hacks. Just the fundamentals that actually matter.
What’s Inside the Free Guide
In Substack Essentials: The Four Things You Need Before You Publish, you’ll learn:
- How your profile and publication work together (and why confusing them causes problems)
- What to fix in your publication name and short description so people can find you
- What your About page is really for (and what most people get wrong)
- Why welcome emails matter more than your first post
These are the same setup issues I see missed by new writers and established publications alike .
If you’re thinking, “I wish I’d known this sooner” — you’re not alone.
Not having these pieces in place doesn’t mean you failed. It just means no one ever explained how Substack actually works.
This guide gives you that missing context.
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