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Ep 93 Building Community on Substack with Grant Herbel
Writing online can feel like shouting into the void or slipping into self-promotion. In this conversation with Grant Herbel of The Writer’s Calling on Substack, we explore a different way: seeing writing as worship, serving readers rather than chasing numbers, and using Substack’s features to build a real, engaged community.
If you’ve wondered whether Substack is worth your time, how to grow there without “platform panic,” or how to think Christianly about promotion and audience-building, this episode will steady and encourage you.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
Why your “failed” blogs and abandoned projects aren’t wasted in God’s hands
How a secure identity in Christ can free you to write boldly without making writing your identity
What makes Substack unique for writers who want depth, not just clicks.
How Substack Notes can become a top-of-funnel way to meet new readers
Practical ways to host a community using comments and Chat
Healthy ways to think about paid subscriptions and monetizing your writing
🔗 Find Grant on Substack:
thewriterscalling.substack.com
If this conversation encouraged you, like, subscribe, and share it with a writer friend who’s trying to navigate calling, community, and platform with a clear conscience before the Lord.
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Writing online can feel like shouting into the void or slipping into self-promotion. In this conversation with Grant Herbel of The Writer’s Calling on Substack, we explore a different way: seeing writing as worship, serving readers rather than chasing numbers, and using Substack’s features to build a real, engaged community.
If you’ve wondered whether Substack is worth your time, how to grow there without “platform panic,” or how to think Christianly about promotion and audience-building, this episode will steady and encourage you.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
Why your “failed” blogs and abandoned projects aren’t wasted in God’s hands
How a secure identity in Christ can free you to write boldly without making writing your identity
What makes Substack unique for writers who want depth, not just clicks.
How Substack Notes can become a top-of-funnel way to meet new readers
Practical ways to host a community using comments and Chat
Healthy ways to think about paid subscriptions and monetizing your writing
🔗 Find Grant on Substack:
thewriterscalling.substack.com
If this conversation encouraged you, like, subscribe, and share it with a writer friend who’s trying to navigate calling, community, and platform with a clear conscience before the Lord.
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