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About Casey Botticello

Hey everyone! My name is Casey Botticello, and I am the creator or Blogging Guide, an award winning Substack newsletter that explores the digital publishing landscape.

I created Substack Course as both a blog full of free resources and a course for Substack writers. In addition to publishing my own top selling newsletter on Substack, I was awarded the Substack writer grant and have worked as a paid consultant for Substack and several other leading digital publishing platforms.

If you have any questions about Substack or want to contact me please use my contact page.

If you’re new to Substack and trying to build your audience, the first 100 subscribers can be the hardest to get. But fear not! There are several effective strategies to help you reach that milestone. One of the most important things you can do is to promote your newsletter on social media. Twitter and Reddit …

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Substack is a popular platform that enables writers to publish newsletters and build a community around their work. One of the features that Substack provides is the ability to see stars next to subscribers’ emails on the dashboard. These stars indicate how actively the subscriber has used the newsletter in the last month, including email …

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