10k Substack Experiment: March Results
111 subscribers, 9 paid + #35 on the 'Rising' leaderboard!
My current manifestation experiment is manifesting 10,000 subscribers on Substack + 100 paid members.
Every month, I’m sharing a full Lab Report on what manifesting those 10,000 subscribers looks like: the results, the movement and the receipts. I’ll be breaking down what clicked, what didn't, and my thoughts on it all.
March Results:
Officially crossed the 100 subsribers mark! - currently at 111!
9 paid subscribers!!! - almost a 10% conversion rate!
Reached #35 on the ‘Rising in Health & Wellness’ leaderboard!
Received my first paid sub through a Note - this is such a cool feature!
Got 2 x new recommendations!
Two new interviewees for an upcoming series I want to create!
55 new subscribers through Notes! - 39 were from my first Note
My fave Substack writer subscribed to me!!
I’m writing a post soon for my paid members on exactly what I’m doing behind-the-scenes — the mental diet and mindset practice, internal shifts, moving through the resistance, how I think, choose and act — don’t forget you can become one for just $9!
Ready for the receipts??
🎉 111 total subscribers + 9 paid subscribers
🏆 #35 on the ‘Rising’ leaderboard for Health & Wellness
I also hit #90 and #92 prior to hitting #35:
🤝 Two new recommendations!
🤑 One of my Notes made me $108!
📝 My first Note brought me 35 new subscribers!
Not bad for one months worth of manifesting, HUH!?
Now, I will say that it’s easy to look at a leaderboard or a subscriber count and think it’s just “luck” or “the algorithm,” but the real magic is what’s happening in my internal world before the 3D ever catches up.
Every single one of these wins started as a shift in my identity. It started with me choosing to move, think and act as the woman who already has those 10,000 subscribers - even though I don’t even freaking have them yet!
If you want to stop watching from the sidelines and start mastering these internal shifts for yourself, so you too can manifest the shortcuts and rapid results, I’d love to have you in our paid community to show you what I do.
Now that that’s all out of the way, let’s chat about what I learned this month.
🔎 What Clicked, What Didn’t & My Personal Notes:
All new paid subscribers are from my already established email list. I've been promoting my Substack to them over the last month, and I’ve learned that 99% of my audience doesn’t know what Substack is. Considering that, I’m really happy with the results I have in both the free and paid subs who have come over. I already know I’m gonna convert a lot of them to starting their own Substack soon enough. Muahaha! 😈
Substack is still relatively unknown. Like I said, 99% of my audience doesn’t know what it is. That means there’s SO MUCH potential for growth on this platform it’s unbelievable. The thing that made me start my own was I realized there’s nowhere to go but upwards. The way this platform is built is to ensure you grow. Substack doesn’t make money if you don’t, they NEED you to be found. They don’t have ads. That means success is a mathematical certainty (+ sprinkled with manifestation juju it’s a done deal).
Notes are key for rapid in-house growth. My first Note brought me 39 brand new subscribers. And one of my Notes made me $108. Notes are definitely the best way to grow organically in-house when you’re new. I’m definitely going to be investing my time into mastering them over April.
Pinterest is a way to drive external traffic. I’ve seen a few writers mention they have used Pinterest to drive external traffic to their publications. I haven’t done too much with that info yet, posting here and there, but I will look into that further in the future. I was the Pinterest queen for years after all. 😉
Building genuine connection on here is a real thing. What I’m loving most about this space is how quickly I’ve built genuine connections. Not just with my existing audience, but with new people I’ve discovered here on Substack. That’s what I wanted most of all, to know who the people in my audience are. Being able to chat to them on Notes or in my posts is the best feeling ever and worth moving to Substack alone! I also got my first recommendation this way.
Supporting your favorite writers opens doors. Although that’s not at all why I became a paid member to my favourite writers publication, I’ve already had multiple opportunities come to me as a result of it. I’m really excited to see how these unfold!
I’m going to change my category to Culture. Although ranking in the Health & Wellness category is AMAZING. I realized my Substack doesn’t quite fit in with the other publications in that category. It relates a lot more to the ones listed on the ‘Culture’ leaderboard.
My creativity has come back. I was in a creative rut for quite a while. But writing again in the way I want to and allowing myself to be creative with it has brought back a fire and passion I haven’t felt for my work in a long time. It kind of reminds me of the first year I started my business and how on fire for it I was.
There’s still a lot of AI on here: My first Note was about how I wanted to get away from all the AI slop on social media. But it’s here too. I believe in using AI to help you write, but not override your entire personality. What weirds me out is the people who leave comments written through AI. Like.. we know you’re using it! Stop it! You sound weird! And it makes me not want to reply to you.. you robot! 😅
I don’t think anything “didn’t” work. I may have gone fully delulu but I don’t see anything that didn’t work. It’s all unfolding perfectly. And I know I’m being led to the right moves for me to reach my desired goal.
💬 Share Below:
I’d love to hear from you in the comments: Which of these results surprised you the most? And do you have a Substack or did you come over here from my list and have no idea what this is?
Elise xo
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Love seeing the full breakdown like this — the transparency is so helpful for anyone starting out!! And yes, Notes really are the growth lever most people underestimate. Keep going, excited to watch you hit 10K :)