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1. How to start a Substack newsletter
Looking back at an exciting journey.
βI knew about newsletters from the early days of digitalization, some 30 years ago, when we all started with our first email accounts; likely your Hotmail address.β
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1. How to start a Substack newsletter
Looking back at an exciting journey.
βI knew about newsletters from the early days of digitalization, some 30 years ago, when we all started with our first email accounts; likely your Hotmail address.β
𧡠A thread
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@SubstackInc
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2. Do you follow the daily journey of this year's events in the last 52 days of 2021? We are in Week 15, which started on March 12.
Todayβs story begins at precisely the spot where I am sitting now. I remember reading my first Substack newsletter.
π§΅theplanet.substack.com/p/how-to-startβ¦
2. Do you follow the daily journey of this year's events in the last 52 days of 2021? We are in Week 15, which started on March 12.
Todayβs story begins at precisely the spot where I am sitting now. I remember reading my first Substack newsletter.
π§΅theplanet.substack.com/p/how-to-startβ¦
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3. Since hotmail, and Internet cafΓ©s, we moved on, got our Facebook accounts, then other social media, and the joy of having that virtual world in your smartphone apps.
But then, quite recently, there was suddenly the revival of the newsletter.
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theplanet.substack.com/p/how-to-startβ¦
3. Since hotmail, and Internet cafΓ©s, we moved on, got our Facebook accounts, then other social media, and the joy of having that virtual world in your smartphone apps.
But then, quite recently, there was suddenly the revival of the newsletter.
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theplanet.substack.com/p/how-to-startβ¦
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4. The basic concept is like the paper version newsletter that I published as a backpacker in the 1980s: I wrote a letter, photocopied it, and sent it in envelopes to friends at home.
Wish I had a photo of my backpacking days.
Or those letters.
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4. The basic concept is like the paper version newsletter that I published as a backpacker in the 1980s: I wrote a letter, photocopied it, and sent it in envelopes to friends at home.
Wish I had a photo of my backpacking days.
Or those letters.
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theplanet.substack.com/p/how-to-startβ¦
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5. Soon, I was working on my first newsletter. I thought of a name, worked on a design for a logo, and sent out a tweet announcing that I would start a newsletter about the planet, which you know by now, was named The Planet.
This was the first version of the logo.
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5. Soon, I was working on my first newsletter. I thought of a name, worked on a design for a logo, and sent out a tweet announcing that I would start a newsletter about the planet, which you know by now, was named The Planet.
This was the first version of the logo.
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6. If you want to receive the newsletter in your email, and start your day with The Planet and your first coffee βοΈ, you can sign up for the free version, or take a paid subscription (please do π) via this link.
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6. If you want to receive the newsletter in your email, and start your day with The Planet and your first coffee βοΈ, you can sign up for the free version, or take a paid subscription (please do π) via this link.
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7. In the latest newsletter, I quoted from the first newsletter about my ideas, topics, and approach. I hope you will read it and let me know what you think.
Thank you, all supporters, that made this journey possible.
We only just started π
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7. In the latest newsletter, I quoted from the first newsletter about my ideas, topics, and approach. I hope you will read it and let me know what you think.
Thank you, all supporters, that made this journey possible.
We only just started π
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8. And you can join the journey, or give a subscription to a friend.
Thousands of people already signed up. π
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8. And you can join the journey, or give a subscription to a friend.
Thousands of people already signed up. π
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