🎊✨✒️NOTES BOOST 7/14/2026

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My kids will be arriving this afternoon, so I'm running around like my hair's on fire getting everything ready. 😂

I'll still pop in for the Notes Boost tomorrow and Thursday, but for the next few days I'll mostly be focused on family time. These are the moments we build our businesses to have. 💜

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I do want to highlight something I'm seeing a lot over on Substack that has a really easy fix, and that's your Wordmark.

The wordmark is the picture in the middle of your publication header. If you haven't uploaded one, Substack simply displays the name of your publication there. And in a lot of cases this is better than trying to add a graphic that gets squished up and looks weird or one that is just sitting on the header instead of being a part of the experience.

It took me a minute to figure this out too, which is why I'm talking about it.

What I'm seeing is that many people are uploading a logo, a graphic that is the wrong size, or a website banner instead of designing something specifically for that space.

Think newspaper masthead, not website header.

When someone lands on your publication, your wordmark should immediately tell them who you are and what publication they've arrived at. It doesn't need a bunch of tiny graphics or lots of extra words. In fact, the simpler it is, the more professional it usually looks.

One quick tip that makes a huge difference:

Create your wordmark at 1344 × 256 pixels.

That wide, shallow format is what Substack is designed to display, and it will almost always look better than trying to squeeze another image into the space. And upload it as a png with no background that way the color of your background on the header comes through making the whole thing look like one continuous piece rather than a picture glued on the space.

It's one of those little details that quietly tells a visitor, "This publication is cared for."

I'd love to see yours! Drop a screenshot of your publication header below if you'd like some friendly feedback from the community.

We have a lot of talented eyes here, and sometimes a small tweak makes all the difference.

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💜 One more thing...

I'd love to hear what you've noticed since you started participating in our Daily Notes Boost.

Has your publication been getting more views?

More subscribers?

More meaningful conversations?

Have you met people you probably never would have found otherwise?

Share your experience below because I think it's helpful for people who are just getting started.

There are lots of Notes Boost opportunities on Substack, and that's a wonderful thing. They were one of the first ways I started meeting people there.

However, over time I noticed something interesting.

Many of them become follow-for-follow spaces. You comment because someone commented on yours. You subscribe because they subscribed to you. Before long, your subscriber list is filled with people who may never actually read what you write because they're simply hoping you'll do the same for them.

There's nothing wrong with that approach if your goal is to grow a number.

My goal has always been different.

I want to build relationships with people who are genuinely interested in making the world a better place. Coaches, creators, teachers, healers, entrepreneurs... people who are curious, generous, and committed to serving others.

That's why I think this Notes Boost feels different.

Instead of dropping a quick "Great post!" and moving on, we take time to leave little pieces of ourselves in the comments. We ask questions. We share experiences. We continue the conversation. Those conversations don't just help the algorithm understand who should see our work; they help us discover people we actually want to know.

I've participated in plenty of other Notes Boost threads, and I'm grateful for every one of them because they taught me how powerful Notes can be.

At the same time, I often found myself networking in spaces that weren't really my spaces. They were filled with wonderful people, but not necessarily the people I was hoping to build long-term relationships with.

Here, we're intentionally creating a place where our audiences naturally overlap.

That means the relationships we build have a much better chance of continuing long after today's thread disappears down the feed.

I think that's the real magic of Substack.

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Okay off to get the rest of my life in order so I can enjoy my time with the kids... drop your links to your notes & content and we'll like, restack & comment where appropriate.

All about building intentionally... 🎊🤝

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🎊✨✒️NOTES BOOST 7/14/2026