@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
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The Q&A/Social Hour happens Tomorrow at 1pm mtn - come join us - bring your questions or drop by for a few laughs @Alli Gatlin always has me in stitches. It's a great place to meet others and collaborations often come out of these get togethers. 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. September 4th is the next Substack Setup Intensive LIVE #🎯START HERE - These will save you hours (maybe even weeks or months) of floundering around over on Substack - it's one thing to put something up - it's a totally different animal to put it up intentionally. I've been having a short conversation with Derek Huges over there about Insta Famous and the problem with becoming Insta Famous on Substack (and this happens when a note goes viral) if you don't have your publication optimized for conversion you are just going to be collecting followers/subscribers who may never engage with you again.
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