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The Substack Success PodcastMastering Substack Video WorkshopThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.substackwritersatwork.comBe inspired by creators using Substack video in innovative ways. Find at least one way you might use video in your Substack. Get the most inexpensive, time-efficient way to produce video.As you watch the replay, I want you to imagine how video might be a way to connect more deeply with your subscribers and yourself. If you’re already doing it, maybe go deeper.Substack Writers, Sophia Efthimiatou, and Katie O'Connell. It was so fun to put...2024-07-0710 min
The Active VoiceThe Active Voice: E. Jean Carroll, Mary Trump and Jen Taub are bringing serialization into the mainstreamToday’s episode is guest-hosted by Sarah Fay, creative writing professor at Northwestern University, former interviewer at The Paris Review, devoted serializer, and lover of all things Substack. Her Substack Writers at Work helps creative writers use Substack to bolster their careers, including how to serialize their writing. She’s currently serializing her new memoir Cured on Substack through 2023.—Sophia Efthimiatou, Head of Writer Relations**You may recognize the names of today’s guests: Mary Trump, E. Jean Carroll, and Jennifer Taub. Their new venture is a groundbreaking Substack: Backstory Serial. The content may surp...2023-07-2741 min
The Substack Success PodcastBonus! All Your Substack Questions Answered: Live Q&A with Substack's Sophia Efthimiatou!To upgrade to listen on Apple, go to www.writersatwork.net/subscribe. On the go? Listen to this on the Substack Writers at Work podcast here!This is the best fifty-two minutes you can spend. This Q&A with the amazing Sophia Efthimiatou, Substack’s Head of Writer Relations, will fill you with inspiration, optimism, and a true appreciation for Substack and how much it’s doing for us.Sometimes it can feel like we’re just writing on a platform, but Substack is made up of real people, many of whom are writer...2023-07-0952 min
The Active VoiceThe Active Voice: Ted Gioia and Mike Solana are fighting from the fringesAt first glance, Mike Solana and Ted Gioia might not seem to have much in common. Mike, the publisher of the newsletter Pirate Wires, is very much a child of the internet, a strong proponent of the tech industry and scientific progress, with a career in venture capital (working in marketing) after a brief stint in book publishing. Ted, who writes The Honest Broker and has been a guest on The Active Voice before, is one of America’s greatest music critics, founder of the Jazz Studies program at Stanford University, and the author of 12 books. What they share is...2023-05-1149 min