Hi @Jill Hart , what are the steps for adding Perks? I can not recall the steps. Thank you!

@Alice Hlidkova messaged me this morning asking some questions about framework for creating posts - I found it synchronous as I was JUST looking at emails from best sellers over on Substack and considering HOW they put their posts together. Don't you love when the Universe sends you messages like that? Confirmation to keep looking in that direction... And one thing is already becoming very clear: A post that converts isn’t just a well-written post. It’s a piece of the client journey. Before you worry about hooks, headlines, CTAs, or whether your post is “good enough,” ask: Where is this reader right now - and where do I want to help them go next? The strongest posts I’m looking at aren’t simply dumping information. They create movement. They help the reader recognize themselves in a problem or desire. They create a shift in how the reader sees that problem. They give the reader a reason to trust the person writing. And then they offer a logical next step. That next step might be subscribing. It might be commenting. It might be downloading something. It might be becoming a paid subscriber. It might be working with you. But the invitation makes sense because the POST has already helped move the reader toward it. That’s the piece I think we miss when we start with: “What should I write about today?” A better question might be: “What does my reader need to see, understand, believe, or do next?” Then write the post that helps them get there. I’m going to keep digging into these best-seller emails and pulling apart what they’re doing because I think there’s a really useful framework emerging here. I'll bring more as I get it and it will probably be a mastermind or even a standalone workshop - I'm leaning toward the workshop Going through the 9 Day Challenge will help you build a firm foundation - Start here #Welcome to the 9-Day Substack Momentum Challenge!

What a wonderful weekend around here. Can you believe summer is almost officially over on this side of the world? And then will begin my very favorite season - FALL I like to think of fall as the season where everything falls into place. On that note - a couple things ARE falling into place around here. The first up is that I created a 9-Day Momentum Challenge IN THE CLASSROOM - #Welcome to the 9-Day Substack Momentum Challenge! 9 days to go from idea to implementation! Using what I put together in the Momentum Challenge lead to... the second thing I've got cooking is an experiment over on Substack itself - I should have the rest of it setup later this morning and will start sharing notes from there. This account is an experiment about selling real/physical as well as digital products on Substack using the perks page and will be organized as a discount club. The name is Hobo Homesteading and will be about, yeah, homesteading. 🎉🎷🎸🪨🥎🪨🎸🎷🎉 Happening Around Here This Week... Wednesday is the weekly Q&A/Social Hour at 1pm mtn - come join us for 5 minutes or the whole hour - we are very casual and there is usually a whole lotta laughing going on. Thursday is the Monetize Your Mission Mastermind and Lidia Axe from the Community Builders HQ is coming to share with us strategies for finding your first 100 members for your Skool community. We start at 2pm mtn and this is open to anyone not just those in this community - If you know friends who are thinking about starting a Skool community bring them along - the more the merrier. Feel free to share this link https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82173053137?pwd=LvWmj0jftv7dmZv7xB0lKcaarU1YHs.1&jst=2 it is not gated in any way just show up at the appointment time and join in.

So much happening with the community these days!! Love seeing everyone going live on Substack and even the most fun - popping on a life and finding other community members hanging out there too! You all are talking about fascinating things (okay, I might be prejudiced but I just love hearing what you all have to say) When you join lives somethings to consider ... Tap the heart button - though I cannot find evidence this works the same as on TikTok (signaling the algorithm) intuitively it seems like it does And commenting - typing in the comments section encourages other to join the chat and helps the hosts feel like the audience is engaged with them. (maybe you don't have to be as chatty as I am most of the time but hopping in and at least saying hello and letting them know you're there and engaged is supportive. Again, this may or may not bring more people to the live but I suspect that it helps over all. ) When you go live, especially with other content creator on Substack - Substack pushes your live to both audience in the app, in the notifications and in the email boxes of subscribers. Afterwards the shorts can live in the notes section and extend the reach even further as lives create long form content you can added to in the form of a written post on your publication. @Tracy Nicholas ' skool community Awaken Your Magic has doubled in size from going live weekly on Thursdays (at noon mtn) @Kerrie Wearing goes live on Sundays with the spiritual forecast coming up @Karen Langston goes live on Wednesday mornings (10am mtn) with her label to table messages she share with Dani

Did you have all the fun this weekend? Yep, me too! It was productive AND relaxing which is kind of weird, but I like it. This week begins a 21-day Podcast Roadmap Challenge (of sorts) put on by a mentor of mine and the person who introduced me to Skool, Jamie Atkinson. I'll be a team leader for one of the groups - lots of cool prizes have been offered - not sure what those are just yet - but I'm pretty excited for it. At any rate Jamie posted the community members on Telegram for the team leaders last night and I almost fell off the bed when I saw @Vinayak Ramesh will be part of my team!! Let's do this thing!! I'll keep you all posted and I'm sure Vinayak could use your help when we get to the part where he will be setting up his launch. Are you all game? 🌿🥳🎙️🎀🎙️🥳🌿 Wednesday is the Social Hour Q&A 1pm mtn for everyone - Calendar · Learn Substack🔥 Thursday @Bo McCoyhas promised to come share how to create an agent for helping with Substack commenting on the Mastermind at 2pm mtn and this is open for everyone also - Calendar · Learn Substack🔥 🌿🥳🎙️🎀🎙️🥳🌿 The classroom got lots of upgrades over the weekend - All of the Foundation is laid and the Publish Section is in there I've got 3 more sections that I'll be adding over time New here? Check out #💛Welcome to Learn Substack! and check out the images here for the get started roadmap... 🌿🥳🎙️🎀🎙️🥳🌿 Post your links to notes, chats & articles over on Substack and we'll "boost" them by commenting, liking and restacking where appropriate. 🌿🥳🎙️🎀🎙️🥳🌿