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Orel @Orelzman

I am building a SaaS for busy Substack Creators to 100k/year (writestack.io). Follow me to watch my journey and learn as I do.

Joined July 2012
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Most of the growth you want on Substack requires you to make the first move. Waiting to be discovered is a strategy that almost never works.
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Calling it perfectionism sounds better than calling it fear. Both are accurate.
Substack's scheduler is fine for one note. WriteStack is for the creator who thinks in batches. writestack.io

WriteStack | Schedule & Automate Substack Notes

Schedule a month of Substack Notes in minutes. Learn what converts with deep analytics and use a personalized AI to come up with Notes. Try Free.

writestack.io
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Everyone says you need a structured morning routine to succeed as a creator. I wake up and open my laptop. That's the routine. It's enough.
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Jun 13
Everyone is scared. The ones you admire just decided to do it scared.
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Jun 13
One note. Scheduled once. Posted to Substack, X, and LinkedIn (and any other platform) at the same time. writestack.io

WriteStack | Schedule & Automate Substack Notes

Schedule a month of Substack Notes in minutes. Learn what converts with deep analytics and use a personalized AI to come up with Notes. Try Free.

writestack.io
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@Orelzman
Jun 12
I launched WriteStack without knowing what I was doing. I still don't have it all figured out. The product works anyway.
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Jun 12
Going viral once and disappearing happens more often than people admit. Consistency outlasts virality on every platform that has ever existed. This one is no different.
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Jun 12
You won't regret the notes you posted. You'll regret the ones you deleted.
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Jun 12
If you post Notes whenever feels convenient, you're leaving real engagement on the table every week. thewritingedge.substack.com/…
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Jun 11
Saturday 8 PM averages 90.3 likes per note. I found that inside 12,463,022 notes of data. Most creators post at 10 AM on Tuesday. The full breakdown of what the data says about timing is in the article. thewritingedge.substack.com/…
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Jun 11
The product I'm running now looks nothing like what I started building. The founders who figure it out aren't the ones who stuck perfectly to their original plan.
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@Orelzman
Jun 11
I read through thousands of viral Notes that got zero subscribers. I expected to find bad writing. I found something completely different. The same five patterns kept showing up. I named all five in the article. 👇 thewritingedge.substack.com/…
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@Orelzman
Jun 10
WriteStack is everything Substack didn't build for Notes, but every serious creator needs. writestack.io

WriteStack | Schedule & Automate Substack Notes

Schedule a month of Substack Notes in minutes. Learn what converts with deep analytics and use a personalized AI to come up with Notes. Try Free.

writestack.io
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@Orelzman
Jun 10
Chasing 10,000 subscribers while ignoring the 100 you already have is the fastest way to stay at 100 subscribers.
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Jun 10
One of my favorite life tips: :::blockquote*Don't take advice from someone you wouldn't want to be like.*::: You would never take money advice from a homeless, would you?
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Jun 10
The goal that feels comfortable is probably the one that keeps you where you are.
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Jun 9
It takes 20 minutes to schedule 30 notes on Substack. It takes 4 seconds on WriteStack. — writestack.io

WriteStack | Schedule & Automate Substack Notes

Schedule a month of Substack Notes in minutes. Learn what converts with deep analytics and use a personalized AI to come up with Notes. Try Free.

writestack.io
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@Orelzman
Jun 9
How to write a Note that gets attention. Step 1: Open with the result you're giving, not the topic you're covering. Step 2: Write one idea per Note. One. Step 3: Use plain words. If a 10-year-old wouldn't get it, rewrite it. Step 4: End with a line that makes the reader feel ready. Bookmark this.
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Jun 9
You don't need a certain subscriber count to start charging for your writing.
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