Exercise: You've published your first Substack post, now get started with Notes

Using your chat history to spark ideas for Notes

While you’re in the flow, we’re going to use this moment to get ahead.

You’re going to head back into the conversation you used to write your bio, about page, welcome email, and first post, and you’re going to ask Claude to write you a set of example Substack Notes to get you started.

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Notes are short. Conversational. A thought, an observation, a question, a fragment of something you believe. They’re how you show up on Substack between posts — and they’re one of the most powerful ways to grow, because they travel. They get restacked. They introduce you to people who haven’t found your publication yet.

But they can feel hard to write, especially at the beginning when you’re still finding your rhythm.