To: Members of the Iowa Writers’ Collaborative
Re: Recording of our conversation with Substack employees and welcome to new member, Steph Copley
First, we have a new member of the Iowa Writers’ Collaborative. Meet Steph Copley:
Steph worked for the Carroll Times Herald with our own Doug Burns back in the day and is highly recommended by him for her writing ability and subject matter expertise. She is an avid sports fan, and those interests will be a part of what she brings to our roster:
Here is her LinkedIn profile:
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Substack Session
Below is a recording of our session with Christine Loff, who works on writer acquisition for Substack, and three other employees working on product development.
They discuss Notes, Chat, column length, and ‘recommendations.’ They also answered questions from members in attendance. We learned from them that the Iowa Writers’ Collaborative initiative is not replicated elsewhere, and they greatly like what we are doing. Of course.
The video below - start at the 30 mark - includes a session with four Substack staffers who talk about tools and ways to grow our subscriber base:
We are running an ad in the New Black Iowa Newspaper; Dana James is distributing it this week.
Barry Piatt is tackling the task of getting us national press. Good luck, Barry.
Dave Price is up and running with his new column as of last night. It’s getting great traction.
Update Your Column Roster, PLEASE
Below is the updated list to include at the bottom of your column posts, and please update your recommendations to include these new columnists. That’s how we grow.