Your Personalized Substack Success Strategy 1:1
SUBSTACK STRATEGY INTENSIVES & THE STRATEGIC SUBSTACK GROWTH PACKAGE
✨ This is the highest level of support you can find.
It’s for you if:
You have something valuable to share, but your Substack isn’t growing.
You’re not sure how to leverage Substack to advance your goals or career, earn an income, build a platform, and create sustainable (real) success.
You have the expertise or the talent, the drive, and the dedication but can’t seem to channel your potential into a thriving Substack and opportunities.
You work best 1:1.
You want personalized, highly customized support.
You want someone who will help you tap into all you have to offer holistically—both on Substack and off.
As the leading Substack Growth Strategist who’s guided thousands of writers and creators to success, I will save you from wasting years flailing around on Substack.
Together, we implement a personalized strategy based on
Your specific goals
Advice Substack gave me
My proven Substack Growth Strategy Framework that I’ve used to help hundreds of private clients and thousands of subscribers succeed on Substack
>My genius is discovering your gifts, talents, and expertise and how to make Substack work for you.
RESULTS
Like my most committed clients, you'll receive the guidance to
double and triple and quadruple and 10x your subscribers,
increase your revenue,
build a community of readers,
see real engagement, and
produce your best work.
Who This Is For
Substack writers and creators who want real, meaningful growth
Those just starting on Substack
Those who’ve been on Substack for a while and aren’t seeing real growth
Why This Approach Works
This isn’t about quick fixes or surface-level platform tactics.
This is professional development using Substack as the pathway to lasting success. (It’s tax deductible in the U.S.!)
Choose the support you need
*** NOTE: These rates will only be available for a short time, so book now.
SINGLE SUBSTACK STRATEGY INTENSIVE ($350)
The Substack Strategy Intensive is a deep dive session designed to give you clarity and direction.
In one intensive session, you receive:
A clear view of what I call your Substack’s DNA—this is my proprietary method to help you discover the strengths of your Substack
Overall content strategy assessment and plan
A strategic assessment of your About page, short description, title, and homepage
An implementation plan for immediate growth, including Notes and networking
Identification of audience engagement opportunities
Plus:
Detailed session notes with a step-by-step action plan
Implementation guides
About page and short description templates and custom video trainings
Access to the session recording and transcript
4-SESSION ACCELERATED SUBSTACK GROWTH PACKAGE ($1400)
This 4-session package is for you if you’re ready to invest in your Substack and want the long-term mentoring necessary for real, sustained growth.
These sessions are highly customized to you and your needs. Typically, our work together will be spread out over six months to one year. Substack is a long game!
In four strategic sessions, you receive
Everything in the single session
Complete access to my Substack Accelerator Course
Four strategic deep-dive sessions
Direct email access for support
Detailed session notes with a step-by-step action plan
Personalized implementation guides
Custom templates
Session recordings and transcripts for future reference
Detailed action steps
Again, each client is different, but here’s an idea of how we might structure your sessions:
SESSION 1: Your Substack DNA and communicating it to subscribers in your About page, short description, bio, and title
SESSION 2: Customizing your paid strategy
SESSION 3: Personalizing your growth strategy
SESSION 4: Building engagement and your long-term Substack strategy
📈 My clients get results
Kate Hill increased her revenue from $21,000 to $26,000 in just 6 weeks.
Jeannine Ouellete’s paid subscriptions (at $50/year) increased from 560 to 953 in 70 days.
✨ “Sarah is brilliant and knows Substack inside out. She also listens deeply and gets to know you and your goals for your newsletter, both short and long term. Sarah earned my trust in the first five minutes. Her guidance is not cookie cutter; it’s very precisely tailored based on your specific publication and vision.”
—Jeannine Ouellette, Writing in the Dark
David Roberts became a featured Substack, a Substack bestseller, and grew by 4000 subscribers in just one year.
✨ “Before I signed up with Sarah, I was clueless. The result has been an improvement in the quality of my posts and a surge in subscribers. I'm also having a lot more fun as a Substack writer. She is a superb teacher.”
—David Roberts, Sparks from Culture
> Real Results, Real Growth
My most committed clients have:
Launched successful writing careers
Doubled and quadrupled their subscribers
Substantially increased their revenue
Established six-figure incomes
Built engaged communities of loyal readers
Created additional revenue streams
Attracted the attention of literary agents and sponsors
More importantly, they’ve:
Built genuine connections with their readers
Created sustainable systems that work for them
Developed skills they can use anywhere
Gained clarity on their unique path
Found their authentic voice on the platform
What qualifies me to do this?
I’m the leading Substack Growth Strategist
the creator of two bestselling, featured Substacks
the founder of Substack Writers at Work, a Top 3 bestselling Substack, globally
a mentor to thousands of Substack writers
an award-winning, bestselling author at HarperCollins (Pathological: The True Story of Six Misdiagnoses)
a freelance writer at The New York Times, The Atlantic, et al.
a literary scholar with an MFA, MA, PhD
on the faculty at Northwestern University
a previous advisory editor at The Paris Review
so fortunate to have 29,000+ active Substack subscribers
the go-to Substack expert
Lover of all things Substack and cats
My private Substack clients include
journalists Katie Harbath and Kirsten Powers
health and wellness thought leaders Laura McKowen and Ashley Neese
activists Shannon Watts and Sunni Brown
organizations Five Things I’ve Learned and Resolute Square
bestselling authors Sarah Knight and Jennifer Lauck
creatives and influencers Ajiri Aki and Karen Bussen
award-winning authors Robin Hemley and Esme Weijun Wang
psychologists Sarah Swenson and Dr. Emily King
life coaches Caitlin Faas and Jane Pilger
poet Joy Sullivan
publisher and bestselling author Zibby Owens
and many more
Next Steps
I work with a limited number of 1:1 clients to ensure each receives my full attention and expertise.
If you’re ready to transform your Substack into a powerful asset, book your meeting now.
No gimmicks. No cheap AI-produced “Subhacks” that don’t work.
Every strategy is custom-crafted to build your platform, amplify your expertise, and create multiple pathways to income and opportunity.