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A Fancy or a Feeling's avatar

I just posted my first Substack, inspired by this post! 💪

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Lucy Lumen's avatar

Amazing! I’m glad it was helpful and thank you reading

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DEE POTTER's avatar

Great ideas and insight, Lucy! Thank you for sharing all of this for us newbies to Substack. I'm about to launch my first Newsletter here. Wish me luck! :D

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Lucy Lumen's avatar

That’s really exciting! I’m glad to hear it was helpful and I hope you continue to enjoy it here on substack

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Lloyd Hunt's avatar

Posting a long form newsletter is so rewarding rather it gets ready or not.

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Darren Rowse's avatar

Some great ideas there. Thanks Lucy.

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Lucy Lumen's avatar

Thank you for reading Darren!

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Graham Biles's avatar

Love this! Just wrote my first article. Tysm!

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Olivia Bossert's avatar

This was so lovely. I’m just getting started with Substack and having to tap back into my old school blogging habit is both a challenge and so so lovely!

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Lucy Lumen's avatar

Welcome to Substack! I'm a HUGE fan of yours Olivia - I often send people your way for pricing and pitching tips. Excited to see what you do here on Substack :)

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Olivia Bossert's avatar

Ah no way! Well thank you so much for that 🥰🥰🥰 I think Substack is going to be quite a lovely place to be spending more of my time!

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Michael Falk | SeeImagery's avatar

Hi Lucy, I joined Substack because of your Youtube Video that said this was a great place for photographers who like to write. Still trying to figure it out and see how I can use it in conjunction with my normal WordPress blog. This post has some ideas brewing on how the two can complement each other, rather than feeling like I’m running two separate blogs. Thanks!

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Lucy Lumen's avatar

That’s amazing! I hope you enjoy it here and find a flow!

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Belinda Van Zanen's avatar

i’ve just started up on this platform, so far I really like it

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J.D. Antesberger's avatar

Thanks for this!

I’m just starting my transition over from IG to here and really appreciate the tips. IG left me so burnt out, but Substack has a totally different vibe and I want to make the best of it.

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Lucy Lumen's avatar

You are so welcome and glad you’re sharing here on substack - it’s so refreshing!

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Corey Hendrickson's avatar

Well done… one step closer to the first posting on here. I liked the list though, and it was helpful to think all the potential prompts.

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Fran Katerbaum's avatar

Wonderful post for these early days of Substack. Whilst in the process of setting up my page/ and first posts, it’s a great read to getting to grips with it all. And the reassurance what it is/can be but also what it must not! So thank you for this!

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Lucy Lumen's avatar

You are so welcome and I’m glad that it’s helpful! Hope you continue to enjoy this platform 🙋🏻‍♀️💻👍🏻

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Bart Treuren's avatar

Thanks so much Lucy, saw some videos on YouTube and followed you here. Still conceptualising, planning, looking forward to better times outside of the social validation trap.

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Lucy Lumen's avatar

Sounds good Bart. Glad you are here and excited to see what you publish too. Have a great weekend

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Tom Nevesely's avatar

Hi Lucy, thanks for sharing your tips and ideas! I’m a photographer that recently joined Substack because of a video of yours that popped up on my YouTube.

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Lucy Lumen's avatar

You are so welcome Tom! Thanks for reading and I hope these help you to share your work and experiences more on substack

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Jess Kosmack's avatar

Super practical AND inspiring read, Lucy! I needed a good reminder to share an intro about ME!

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Lucy Lumen's avatar

Thanks Jess! So fun to see you on here. Hope you enjoy your weekend

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Tom Minty's avatar

Super useful read.

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Lucy Lumen's avatar

Thank you so much! Enjoy your weekend

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Dale Weeks's avatar

Surprising myself by still being here AND having posted a handful of times. I've even scheduled posts for the next two weeks going live Thursdays Saturdays and Tuesdays

It's all so exciting.

I'm up for an interview or vice versa if you are!

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