On the state of Democracy Americana after six months, the pitfalls of the newsletter economy – and what the future holds for this independent publication
Hi Thomas, I found you on Twitter and then subscribed for your emails. Yes, your emails are long but that’s the academic in you.
I understand why you wouldn’t want to support Substack, but as I’ve noticed in other areas like animal rescue, I think the key is to make it as simple as possible to get folks to support. I haven’t heard of Steady and imagine most others haven’t either. Would Patreon be an option? Patreon is also easy to support new providers (once you’re set up).
First, I agree with Brendan about changing the name to yours. Second, there’s a lot of cross pollination with content providers in this space. Are there others on Substack that have larger platforms that you could say, go live with or do podcasts with? You’d be giving them content and it would get your name out. I have ideas of who you’d be great with, but I imagine you’ve thought about it as well.
I offer this in case it's helpful: I subscribed and then when the email came couldn't remember who this email was from, and for some reason, couldn't figure it out easily enough when I was clicking around to investigate. I wonder if your name might be better than "Democracy Americana".
Hi Thomas, I found you on Twitter and then subscribed for your emails. Yes, your emails are long but that’s the academic in you.
I understand why you wouldn’t want to support Substack, but as I’ve noticed in other areas like animal rescue, I think the key is to make it as simple as possible to get folks to support. I haven’t heard of Steady and imagine most others haven’t either. Would Patreon be an option? Patreon is also easy to support new providers (once you’re set up).
First, I agree with Brendan about changing the name to yours. Second, there’s a lot of cross pollination with content providers in this space. Are there others on Substack that have larger platforms that you could say, go live with or do podcasts with? You’d be giving them content and it would get your name out. I have ideas of who you’d be great with, but I imagine you’ve thought about it as well.
I offer this in case it's helpful: I subscribed and then when the email came couldn't remember who this email was from, and for some reason, couldn't figure it out easily enough when I was clicking around to investigate. I wonder if your name might be better than "Democracy Americana".
Fair point - and thank you!