Substack Awaits!
Rick Retro’s Realm, Behind the Scenes #15: Coming Soon to a phone near you!
Substack!
That's what’s in our near future!
I’ve spent a lot of time in the last two weeks learning about the platform and I’m convinced it’s the right place for my Retro Reviews. This will be better for you, my first ten readers in so many ways!
1) You will be able to choose how to be notified when I post new reviews. They will be sent as emails, but if you install the Substack app, you can choose to be notified by the app also, or by the app only, instead of getting the emails.
2) You will be able to customize your subscription, because I will be able to create sections—tabs that collect and separate different types of posts. You can choose to subscribe to all sections or just some sections.
3) You will be able to limit notifications to just once a week if you wish. I plan to make one section be for weekly digests—so that if you don't want 7 to 14 notifications a week, you can subscribe just to the weekly digest, which will list and link to all the posts since the previous week’s digest.
4) You will have an easier time finding old posts. Substack will keep a complete easily searchable archive.
5) You can get a little extra content if you want. I will be able to drop “Notes” for you. Different than posts, Notes are quick hits to tip you off about this or that. They don’t get sent as emails, but you can choose to be notified in the Substack app if you want, or just look them up in the app or the Substack website.
6) You can start inviting your cool friends to join our community! I’m looking forward to meeting them, chatting about Dark Whimsy, and helping them discover their new favorites!
7) And more... 🙂 I’m still learning, so I can’t explain everything easily, but it’s clear to me that the platform is all about giving writers the tools to treat and serve their readers like royalty!
Tomorrow I will fill you in more about the steps I will be taking to get us to Substack, and how I see the schedule looking as I fit that in with the other stuff we’ve got going on.
Thanks for your support.
Keep the comments coming!
Originally posted to text group 2025-01-15
Last updated 2025-02-04
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