As you all may know this is totally an SEO test community for driving traffic to see how well a few things might work - There is a guide in the classroom for getting started on Substack however if you'd really like to leverage Substack come join us over in the You World Order Community

So glad you’re here. 😁 This space exists to help you understand what Substack is, how to use it effectively, and how to get started without overwhelm. You’ll also see how Substack & Skool & podcasting (guesting or hosting) can work together as a simple system for: - visibility - authority - monetization This is a getting started space - not a coaching or monetization community. You can check out my substack here: https://hartlifecoach.substack.com And please, if you have a substack account already post the links here! Advanced strategy and hands-on support live elsewhere, and I’ll point you there when it makes sense. Before you dive in, I’d love to know where you are right now 👇 📊 Quick poll: Where are you in your Substack journey?

As this is a public space (rather than private) anything posted here is open for indexing - Feel free to share your links and a description about them. I will be moving the Directory over here too.

We feature guest speaker Carla Gardiner on this episode of the Monetize Your Mission Mastermind (that happens on Mondays at 2pm mtn - you're invited to join us for our next one over in the You World Order Community join here for free) Carla shares about posting on Substack from the Search Engine Optimization angle - Substack articles do rank in Google and get indexed by AI!

You’re posting on… Instagram, sharing on Facebook, Creating notes here & content trying to stay consistent… and still not getting clients Exhausting right? Most coaches I talk to are working hard. They’re showing up, creating content, and genuinely trying to help people. And yet, it still feels like nothing is landing. That gap between effort and results is what wears people down. What I Thought the Problem Was (and What It Actually Was) For a long time, I assumed I just needed to “show up more.” More posts. More platforms. More visibility. So I did what most coaches do, yep, I tried to be everywhere. And for a while, it felt productive. But underneath that effort was a constant low-level stress: Is this actually working? I was burning out It wasn’t until I stepped back that I saw the real issue. It wasn’t that I wasn’t visible enough. It was that my visibility had no structure. Why Posting More Usually Makes Things Worse When you post everywhere without a clear foundation, a few things start to happen: - Your message gets diluted because it has to work for everyone - Your content stays surface-level because you’re rushing - Your audience doesn’t know exactly who you help or how - You feel like you’re working all the time but not moving forward This isn’t a motivation issue. It’s a systems issue. And systems matter because visibility without structure doesn’t compound-it just consumes energy. You know like a bon fire burning out of control and then we all know what happens… Eventually it simply burns out. Struggling to get clients even though you’re posting everywhere? This explains why visibility without a foundation leads to burnout—and what works instead. The Patterns I See Over and Over Once I started paying attention-not just to my own experience, but to what other coaches were struggling with, the same themes kept coming up. 1. Trying to Talk to Too Many People at Once When your content isn’t anchored to one clear problem for one specific audience, people don’t recognize themselves in it. They might like it, but they don’t act on it.