All the places where you can promote your work on Substack:
Your profile
Publication description (welcome page)
Welcome mail
About page
Start here post
Home page
Navigation bar
Subscription page
Email headers and footers (hugely overlooked by most writers)
Upsell automated emails (sent automatically to your most active subs)
Retention emails (automatic renewal notification)
Win back emails (churned subs notification)
Inside every post - free or paid (most people overlook that)
All the places where you SHOULD NOT promote your work:
DMs
Notes
People’s chat
These are for genuine connection and meaningful conversations.
That’s how I convert 10% from all subscribers I get from Notes 🙃