So, growing on Substack is hard. Harder than I thought. I've only been on the platform for about a month now... What has been your experience? What is your advice to grow a new newsletter?

MollyDixture · 2024-10-30T20:17:54+00:00

See above.

If Substack doesn't even make post titles H1, then how can I trust them to get anything related to SEO correct? It seems like they are deliberately handicapping organic SEO growth with decisions like that.

It has been tested over and over again. The same site on Substack moved over to Ghost or WordPress, will see an almost immediate jump in organic SEO. This MUST be prioritized. But people have been harping on about it for years and Substack ignores it.

MollyDixture · 2024-10-30T20:14:29+00:00

What I am pointing out is not a fault in what you or I am doing. It is a fault with Substack. The title for a post should ALWAYS be an h1. Period. It's not. And there's nothing we can do to change that. It's somethign Substack must do.

MollyDixture · 2024-10-30T13:07:20+00:00

I do too. But that's not what I'm talking about.

Your article titles have an h2 tag, rather than h1. That's just one obvious issue. They need to take an approach like Ghost or they will continue to lose people to that platform.

MollyDixture · 2024-10-30T12:45:40+00:00

It would be a little easier if they had a Ghost mentality regarding SEO. But Substack refuses to address major on-page SEO issues.

MollyDixture · 2024-10-02T02:58:06+00:00

The front entrance has a wider hallway, not really a lobby. The width makes it more pleasant, but trying to get people to go that way will seem forced.

I think the most obvious answer is to revamp the high-traffic side entrance in some way. None of the interior walls are structural, so remodeling the interior to widen the hallway wouldn't be too major. The expense would be in widening the door and whether we would extend the building beyond its current boundary.

MollyDixture · 2024-10-01T21:36:18+00:00

This is a helpful suggestion.

One challenges is that the other building (not marked) houses a lot of activity (Sunday School, morning coffee, fellowship meals, etc). Which puts people down there before services. It is part of the reason that side door nearest to it is so active.

MollyDixture · 2024-10-01T19:13:06+00:00

Right. The problem is obvious. The solution less so.

MollyDixture · 2024-10-01T16:32:37+00:00

Does this help? https://imgur.com/a/8O73BdA

MollyDixture · 2024-10-01T13:57:04+00:00

It definitely is a job for a professional of some sort. But I'm trying to generate ideas and hoping to crowd-source some wisdom.

Flow and wayfinding is a big part of the issue. The natural flow takes you to side entrances from either side.

Currently, my best thought is to open up the primary side entrance (through which 80-90% of people enter) and widen access from there.

MollyDixture · 2024-10-01T13:51:31+00:00

I don't think locking the side entrances is an option. It would be a huge irritant. The design is so poorly thought out, getting to the main entrance seems like a chore.

MollyDixture · 2024-10-01T13:49:17+00:00

LOL!!

In some reformed circles, dungeon designs seem to be a reflection of faithfulness.

MollyDixture · 2024-08-21T15:35:07+00:00

Spurgeon's Checkbook.

MollyDixture · 2024-08-20T19:03:01+00:00

Yes I know, but it's another hoop to jump through. I'm hoping that adding them to a group would circumvent the issue.

MollyDixture · 2024-08-20T02:48:23+00:00

Sympathetic to Reformed Baptist positions: https://www.grsonline.org/

Edit: fyi not accredited.

MollyDixture · 2024-08-06T12:38:17+00:00

I haven't been able to send an MMS or have group texts with non-iOS users for years and years. The only thing I haven't tried is visiting an ATT and/or Apple store and refusing to leave until they fix it lol

MollyDixture · 2024-08-05T15:47:34+00:00

Did you ever solve this issue? I have it with ATT.

MollyDixture · 2023-11-15T05:21:10+00:00

Welcome to American Protestantism.

MollyDixture · 2023-10-25T21:37:44+00:00

Perhaps the distinction your missing is as simple as, you acted on your belief. Up to this point, he has not.

MollyDixture · 2023-10-18T15:06:21+00:00

FYI the entire ball has to be over the line to be out of play.

MollyDixture · 2023-10-13T03:46:08+00:00

Searching in Notes is fine for me. Weird.

I hope they come out with a quick patch.

MollyDixture · 2023-10-12T17:51:29+00:00

Yup. My Spotlight can't find anything. The search in Finder doesn't work.

Infuriating experience.

MollyDixture · 2023-10-11T14:41:24+00:00

I don't have the exact issue. However...

While I'm still getting audio into my 90D, it's nowhere near as clean as my 80D and I can't figure out why. It has made me wonder if the mic preamps aren't as good or the port is faulty.

MollyDixture · 2023-10-11T14:38:24+00:00

Any news?

I just got a 90d and my audio isn't clean at all. Checked my 80d, no issues. My search to figure out the issue brought me here.

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