Nearly everyone I know on social media is obsessed with numbers. How many followers and subscribers do I have? What are my impressions like? Is engagement up or down? Behind the scenes, it's a different story.
This is so true. It reminds me of a quote I heard from this gentleman who owned a really successful restaurant. Someone asked him, "What's your secret? How did your restaurant become so successful?" His response was simple, "The secret was always on the plate."
Give them what they came for. They'll tell others. Others will benefit from transformation as well. They'll in turn tell others. And so the snowball grows...
I saw a girl grow 4x as fast as I did. And then she posted her paid subscriber count. I had 10x as many as hers. But those connections are important to me, and they text and call me regularly and we are in community together. My constellation. It’s more important than any metric imaginable. Being in community.
"Create more impactful content for your community..." - very true.
Almost every day in my Substack Chat, I posit something for everyone to think about, and sometimes it gets a response, and sometimes, none at all. Recently I changed it up, proposing a problem to solve that ties into that days theme, and have started sharing it on Notes as well, and it's seemed to take off.
This is so true. It reminds me of a quote I heard from this gentleman who owned a really successful restaurant. Someone asked him, "What's your secret? How did your restaurant become so successful?" His response was simple, "The secret was always on the plate."
Give them what they came for. They'll tell others. Others will benefit from transformation as well. They'll in turn tell others. And so the snowball grows...
Yes! This captures it so well.
Thank you for the reminder :)
Such a great reminder, stick to what you know ,what you came for and what the people want- be you and keep going!
Love it, Jill.
I needed to hear this today. Thanks, Justin
You're welcome! Thanks for reading.
I saw a girl grow 4x as fast as I did. And then she posted her paid subscriber count. I had 10x as many as hers. But those connections are important to me, and they text and call me regularly and we are in community together. My constellation. It’s more important than any metric imaginable. Being in community.
"Create more impactful content for your community..." - very true.
Almost every day in my Substack Chat, I posit something for everyone to think about, and sometimes it gets a response, and sometimes, none at all. Recently I changed it up, proposing a problem to solve that ties into that days theme, and have started sharing it on Notes as well, and it's seemed to take off.
Awesome. Great work, Matt.
Well said Justin
Thank you, Adam.