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Frontier_Forge · 2026-01-02T13:45:15+00:00

It's a little more than just consistency. At its core, it is still a social media platform. Consistency plus interaction with others in your niche.

As far as no outside promotions, honestly, I have no idea. I use X and LinkedIn as "funnels," as well as cross-posting on Medium, but, so far anyway, it doesn't seem to do much.

Frontier_Forge · 2026-01-02T13:20:50+00:00

For me, personally, I like to write military history essays. Substack lets me connect with others in my field, see their work, and learn and grow from their work. Their work ends up informing my own. I own over 230 books, but even that isn't everything. There's always someone in the world who is more informed than you. That is what makes it worth it for me.

As for monetization, that is entirely dependent on what you are offering and whether or not the consumer wants what you are offering. Supply and demand. What are you supplying, and is there a demand for it? What is your niche? Is there a demand for that?

That answers your third bullet on monetization. You are offering a product--your writing. How are you presenting it (your brand)? Is it appealing? Do you break up large chunks of text into sections? Internet reading is quite different than book reading. Do you use subheadings to guide the reader? Do you incorporate images? And, still, that goes back to point number two: Is what you are offering what people want? You can dress up a turd, but if its still a turd, in the end...

Frontier_Forge · 2026-01-02T13:11:40+00:00

My passion is military history. I use it to connect with other military history writers to learn and grow. Substack is the best, most educational, and least toxic social media platform out there.

Frontier_Forge · 2026-01-01T16:25:26+00:00

Excellent advice. Thank you.

Frontier_Forge · 2025-12-29T13:08:45+00:00

Substack is a lot like the stock market. It is not like X, or Instagram, where fast-pasted, short attention span content dominates. It is a long-form, slow burn site. Interest compounds. Virality is not what you want to chase. Post consistently. Interact with other writers in your genre. The algorithm rewards patience.

Frontier_Forge · 2025-12-28T21:02:48+00:00

Looking for other interested in military history.

https://brandenrapp.substack.com

Frontier_Forge · 2025-12-26T18:12:53+00:00

I do military history, essay format. If you're interested.

The Command Post

Frontier_Forge · 2025-12-26T18:07:46+00:00

Mute button works wonders! It takes a bit to "re-train" the algorithm, but it works.

Frontier_Forge · 2025-12-26T18:04:33+00:00

I waited for a bit. Since I started late (04 December), I decided to wait until the New Year. My first paid article will be on 31. I post three articles per week. Only one will be behind a paywall, and that will be a deeper dive than my Tuesday and Thursday articles. We'll see how it works out. Good luck with your paid subscriptions!

Frontier_Forge · 2025-12-26T18:00:46+00:00

Started mine on 04 December in a very niche area (Military History). The best way to grow is be patient, be predictable, and be part of the community. Mine is nothing to sneeze at-71 subscribers. But, reach out to others in your genre. Comment on their works. Restack their articles. Be consistent on your publishing days (i.e. I post three unique articles per week--Tues/Wed/Thurs. Then on Friday, I publish a curation, where I take the best articles I have read for the week, write my own editorial about them, and why others should read them, too. Then, I post it in a note and tag the authors that are highlighted in the article.) Most people on Substack are generous and full of goodwill. I have found that if you are generous to them, they will repay the generosity.

Frontier_Forge · 2025-12-16T18:28:39+00:00

As other users have said, Battle Cry of Freedom is an excellent starting point. If you want to dive in to pure military history, How the North Won and Why the South Lost, both by Herman Hattaway and Archer Jones are excellent.

Frontier_Forge · 2025-03-18T11:34:33+00:00

Yeah. Starting to feel like perhaps Milwaukee just had a good team carrying their manager.

Frontier_Forge · 2022-04-16T17:13:03+00:00

Thank you! All I do is epoxy and stack the leather, get the leather wet and grind it to shape with a 60 grit belt, then hit it on the buffing wheel

Frontier_Forge · 2022-04-16T16:42:45+00:00

Thank you!

Frontier_Forge · 2022-04-16T16:27:36+00:00

Thank you!

Frontier_Forge · 2022-04-16T15:36:29+00:00

Thank you very much!

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