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   E21 · 4 Jan 2026 · 33 min

   How Amy Suto Built a 6-Figure-Per-Year Substack Newsletter

   Amy Suto is a 4x author, founder of a 7-figure writing business, and the creator of the bestselling Substack publication, Make Writing Your Job. If you’re interested in learning how Amy built a best-selling Substack publication with 1,000+ paid subscribers - and nearly $200K in annual recurring revenue - this episode is for you. 📚 Pre-Order Amy's New Book Here: https://www.amysuto.com/write-for-money-and-power 📙 Follow Amy Suto on Substack: https://substack.com/@sutoscience 📝 Subscribe To Make Writing Your Job: https://www.makewritingyourjob.com/ ----- 🧰 Download Your Substack Starter Kit…

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   E20 · 29 Dec 2025 · 35 min

   3 Things We Learned From Reaching 1,000+ Paid Subscribers On Substack In 2025

   In this final episode of the year, we broke down the biggest lessons we learned from growing the Write • Build • Scale publication to 1,000+ paid subscribers (and 29,000+ total subscribers) in 2025. 🧰 Grab your FREE Substack Starter Kit: https://www.writebuildscale.com/podstarterkit/ 📙 Subscribe to Write • Build • Scale: https://writebuildscale.substack.com/ In this value-packed episode, we covered: - The biggest mistake beginners make with paid subscriptions (00:45) - The exact free vs paid content mix we follow (00:02:39) - Why we create a few “pillar posts” per year - and how they drive…

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   E19 · 21 Dec 2025 · 40 min

   How This Writer Turned His Substack Into Multiple Income Streams

   In this week’s episode, I sat down with Derek Hughes from The Irresistible Writer to talk about how to turn your Substack into multiple streams of revenue (rather than relying on paid subscriptions alone). ---- 🧰 Grab your FREE Substack Starter Kit: https://mwa.kit.com/podstarterkit ---- Follow Derek Hughes on Substack: https://substack.com/@derekhughes Subscribe To The Irresistible Writer: https://derekhughes.substack.com/ Check Out The Irresistible Substack Agent (AI Tool): https://derekhughes.thrivecart.com/the-irresistible-substack-agent/ ---- In this value-packed episode, we covered: -…

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   E18 · 15 Dec 2025 · 31 min

   What You Need To Know About Self-Publishing Your First (or Next) Book

   In this week’s episode, I sat down with Corey Fradin, who is the founder of Authrs.io - an agency that ghostwrites, markets, and publishes best-selling books for busy professionals. Interested in Working With Authrs.io? Book a Call Here: https://authrs.io/call Interested in writing for Authrs.io? Reach out to their Director of Fulfillment here: [email protected] (Experienced writers only.) ---- 🧰 Grab your FREE Substack Starter Kit: https://mwa.kit.com/podstarterkit ---- In this value-packed episode, we covered: The biggest mistake first-time authors make (02:16) Why most books only sell a…

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   E17 · 8 Dec 2025 · 44 min

   The Hidden Patterns Holding You Back From Building a Thriving Creator Business

   In this week’s episode, I sat down with Phil Powis and Carolina Wilke from Sacred Business Flow to talk about the subconscious patterns and beliefs that keep creators from building a profitable business that’s truly aligned with their values, identity, and lifestyle. 🧰 Grab your FREE Substack Starter Kit: https://mwa.kit.com/podstarterkit Connect With Phil Powis & Carolina Wilke: Follow Phil Powis on Substack: https://substack.com/@sacredbusinessflow Follow Carolina Wilke on Substack: https://substack.com/@carolinawilke Subscribe To ‘Sacred Business Flow’ on Substack:…

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   E15 · 21 Nov 2025 · 32 min

   5 Lessons On Building & Selling Digital Products (We Wish We Learned Sooner)

   In this week’s episode, I sat down with Philip Hofmacher to unpack the five biggest lessons we’ve learned from generating multiple six figures with our digital products. 💻 Free Training: Turn Your Knowledge Into Income in 2026 We’re hosting a live training where we reveal how you can turn your expertise into profitable digital products - so you can stop trading your time for money and start scaling your income in 2026. » Click here to reserve your seat for this free training. Timestamps: - Why teaching for free is the fastest way to actually make more sales (01:11) - The “7-hour rule” that…

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   E14 · 17 Nov 2025 · 25 min

   5 Ways To Monetize Your Substack (Without Paid Subscriptions)

   Paid subscriptions are often seen as the holy grail of monetization on Substack. And yes, paid subscriptions are amazing. As of this point, we have more than 900 paid subscribers, and we generate multiple 5-figures through paid subscriptions. But there’s a whole world of monetization possibilities beyond simply charging for your newsletter… 🧰 Grab your FREE Substack Starter Kit: https://www.writebuildscale.com/podstarterkit/

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   E13 · 10 Nov 2025 · 51 min

   8-Figure Entrepreneur: How To Build a Thriving Online Business In Your 50s (And Beyond)

   In this week’s episode, I sat down with Brian Clark, serial entrepreneur and founder of the pioneering content marketing website Copyblogger (which he grew to 10s of millions in sales). Nowadays, with his newsletter Further, he helps Generation X navigate a new reality where the rules of work, money, and meaning have changed. 🧰 Grab your FREE Substack Starter Kit: https://www.writebuildscale.com/podstarterkit/ In this value-packed episode, we covered: - Why people over 50 are starting online businesses faster than ever before (00:05:14) - The smartest way to turn decades of experience into a…

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   E12 · 3 Nov 2025 · 1 hr 4 min

   How These Twin Brothers Built a 90,000+ Subscriber Substack (From Scratch)

   In this week’s episode, I sat down with Luis and Rui Sousa, co-founders of The AI Break, a Substack newsletter that’s grown to more than 90,000 subscribers in under two years. The two brothers shared how they turned their side-project into a full-time business, combining paid ads, organic growth, and practical AI education. 🧰 Grab your FREE Substack Starter Kit: https://www.writebuildscale.com/podstarterkit/ We also covered: - Why paid ads became their biggest growth engine - and how they reinvested every dollar to scale (02:41) - How they monetize their newsletter through 3 powerful income…

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    E11 · 27 Oct 2025 · 58 min

    How To Build a $30K Per Month One-Person Business (Ft. Michael Lim)

    In this week’s episode, I sat down with Michael Lim - a full-time solopreneur who scaled his one-person business past $30K/month. We talked about building a business around your skills, using leverage to scale, and how to stop overcomplicating the path to six figures. We also covered: The 3 P’s of starting a one-person business; how to turn your profession, pain, or passion into profit (00:02:41) Why any niche - no matter how weird - can scale to six figures a year (00:05:44) The exact step-by-step path to go from freelancer → consultant → digital product creator (00:11:07) How to use social…