If you are writing on Substack but not actively using LinkedIn, you may be leaving a powerful subscriber growth channel untapped.

That is the heart of this conversation with Sam Rathling.

Sam is known for helping business owners use LinkedIn in a way that builds visibility, credibility, and real relationships. In this interview, she shares practical ways to stop treating LinkedIn like a static profile and start using it as a living ecosystem that can support your content, authority, and audience growth. For Substack writers, that matters a lot.

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Why LinkedIn Matters for Substack Growth

Many people think of LinkedIn as a place for resumes, job updates, or corporate networking.

Sam offers a different view.

She describes LinkedIn as a professional networking platform where visibility and trust create opportunity. That opportunity might look like clients, collaborations, podcast invitations, referrals, speaking opportunities, or new readers entering your world. For Substack creators, that means LinkedIn can become a steady source of the right people discovering your ideas and choosing to subscribe for more.

This is especially important if your Substack is built around thought leadership, coaching, healing, transformation, or conscious entrepreneurship. The people who resonate with your writing are often already on LinkedIn. The missing piece is making it easy for them to find you and follow your work more deeply.

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LinkedIn and Substack Can Create a Flywheel

One of the most useful parts of this conversation is when Sam talks about how LinkedIn and Substack can work together rather than compete.

She explains that you can create a flywheel between the two platforms. You can repurpose ideas from Substack onto LinkedIn, use LinkedIn to bring people back to your Substack, and let each platform strengthen the other.

That means your Substack does not have to do all the heavy lifting alone.

LinkedIn can help with discovery.Substack can help with depth.LinkedIn can help people notice you.Substack can help them stay with you.

That is a much healthier way to think about audience growth than relying on one platform in isolation.

Your LinkedIn Profile Can Help Convert Readers into Subscribers

Sam spends a meaningful part of the interview explaining how to make your LinkedIn profile more effective. From a Substack perspective, this is one of the biggest takeaways.

She points to several profile areas that can help move people into your ecosystem:

Your header image

Sam gives examples of people using their LinkedIn banner image to direct attention to a newsletter or Substack. This is simple, but strategic. If someone visits your profile and immediately sees what you write about and where to subscribe, you are creating a clearer path from profile visit to subscriber.

Your featured section

This may be the most important Substack takeaway in the whole interview.

Sam calls the featured section your conversion mechanism. In other words, this is where you intentionally guide someone from LinkedIn into the next step of relationship. She specifically says this is a great place to feature your Substack, your articles, your podcast, or any content hub you want to grow.

If you are serious about growing subscribers, this section matters.

It gives curious people an easy next click.

Your About section

Sam also emphasizes the importance of the first lines of your About section. Those opening lines should quickly establish trust and make people want to learn more. Then, further down, you can mention your Substack, your community, and the next step you want readers to take.

This is a reminder that subscriber growth does not only come from posting more often. It also comes from making your profile work better when people land on it.

Visibility Is What Brings New Readers In

Sam’s core equation in the interview is:

Visibility + Credibility = Opportunity

That applies beautifully to Substack growth.

If your writing is excellent but your visibility is low, fewer people will ever discover it. If people see you but your profile and content do not build trust, they may not feel ready to subscribe.

LinkedIn helps solve both problems.

It gives you a place to become more visible through content, comments, and conversations. It also gives you a place to build credibility through profile clarity, authority signals, useful posts, and consistent engagement. Once both are in place, more opportunities open up, including subscriber growth.

Subscriber Growth Does Not Start With Pitching

This is one reason the conversation feels so aligned for thoughtful writers and conscious entrepreneurs.

Sam is very clear that LinkedIn is not about rushing into direct messages and pushing offers on people. Her approach is based on building relationships, staying top of mind, and treating the platform more like a networking room than a sales machine.

That matters for Substack too.

Most people do not subscribe because they were pressured. They subscribe because they became interested. They saw your perspective. They noticed your consistency. They trusted your voice. They wanted more.

LinkedIn can help create those early trust points before someone ever lands on your Substack.

The Best LinkedIn Content for Growing Your Substack

While the interview is broader than just subscriber growth, there are several content clues that translate well for Substack writers.

Sam talks about the importance of educational content, useful insights, and save-worthy posts. She also explains that LinkedIn’s current environment favors content with relevant keywords and clear value, rather than relying on old tactics like hashtag stuffing.

For Substack creators, this opens up a simple strategy:

* Turn a strong Substack idea into a LinkedIn post

* Share one key lesson, story, or takeaway

* Create curiosity around the bigger conversation

* Let your profile and featured section do the work of moving people deeper

That does not mean every LinkedIn post needs to be a direct subscriber pitch. In fact, the interview suggests the opposite. Lead with value. Build trust. Create relevance. Then make the next step easy.

Comments and Connections Can Grow Your Audience Too

One of the most practical reminders from Sam is that growth on LinkedIn does not come only from your own posts.

She talks about the value of commenting on the posts of people in your target market and being an active participant on the platform. Thoughtful comments can increase visibility, spark conversations, and help more of the right people discover you.

This matters for Substack writers who feel overwhelmed by having to constantly publish more.

Sometimes subscriber growth starts with engagement, not output.

A smart comment on the right post can lead someone back to your profile. And if your profile clearly points to your Substack, that interaction can become a new reader relationship.

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What This Video Really Delivers

This is not a narrow tutorial on subscriber funnels.

It is better understood as a strategic conversation about how to use LinkedIn to build the visibility and trust that make subscriber growth more likely.

If you watch this interview expecting a rigid formula, that is not quite what it is.

If you watch it wanting to understand how LinkedIn can support your Substack ecosystem, help the right people find you, and create a stronger bridge between professional visibility and long-form audience growth, then yes, this conversation delivers.

With love & clarity,Jill Hart | The Coach’s Alchemist

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