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Elizabeth's avatar

I’m always scared to mess with the URL: any specific suggestions on how to do that?

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Martin Prior's avatar

Hi Elizabeth. Why are you scared?

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Elizabeth's avatar

I guess I think I’ll break the link. It seems like a thing I shouldn’t mess with, or maybe I don’t understand the benefits of customizing it.

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Sweta Sharma's avatar

These tips just sums up basically all the nitty-gritties.

What I'd add is learn to have patience.

It's by far the most important skill that you need to have to become either a good human being and a good content creator.

Don't hurry too much for it.

Do what you can to the best of your ability but don't get obsessed over the results.

Rome wasn't built in a day.

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Martin Prior's avatar

Yes, totally agree. We see so many posts on social media about growing by x in 30 days. It’s mad and it’s making us all impatient.

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E Mark Moore's avatar

Thanks for this — Have a new subscriber :-)

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Martin Prior's avatar

Ah amazing. Thanks Mark and welcome aboard.

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Tinashe D. Ndhlovu's avatar

Thanks for sharing these gems with us - applicable throughout our Substack journey.

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Martin Prior's avatar

Thanks Tinashe!

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Mo__'s avatar

Appreciate your sharing these tips and your perceptions… which are a welcome drink of fresh water in a substack sea of hype and underlying anxiousness, LOL. This is a cool journey and I appreciate your steady, calm reflections. Best!

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Martin Prior's avatar

Thanks Mo.

It’s easy to worry you aren’t doing it right or falling into the trap of comparing yourself to others. No one’s journey is the same.

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Michael Woudenberg's avatar

Always great reminders no matter if you're starting out or have been here a while.

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Martin Prior's avatar

Totally right. With all the new features these days it’s easy to complicate it but the basics still need to be in place.

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Jack Watson's avatar

I’m a while into my Substack journey and support everything you say here. I think the most important thing is to be authentic and do what feels right for you, not what others say you should be doing.

However, I also recognise that I’m relatively early in my journey, in terms of where I’d like to be, and can see lots to learn from this post.

Thanks Martin ❤️

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