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Substack Beginners: How to Get Started?

Learn how to start on Substack from a creator with 7.4k subscribers. 5 common beginner problems solved: getting started, building traffic, finding your style, staying focused, and maintaining balance.

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Meng Li
Jun 30, 2025
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I’ve been writing on Substack for a year now.
I’ve published 6 publications and gained 7.4k subscribers.
I’m sharing 5 common issues new creators often encounter.
These are representative problems that many people may face during their beginner or bottleneck phases.

New to this and don’t know where to start?

Here’s a very simple suggestion:
Register an account and write your first article.
From the moment you sign up, you’ll encounter all sorts of questions:
What should my account name be? What kind of profile picture should I use? What should my first article be about?

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