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If your Substack recommendations list looks the same as the day you launched, today's 9-to-Thrive issue is for you. I'm walking through the exact 4-step audit I use with my coaching clients to clean up their recommendation network. One creator cut 23 recommendations, pitched 8 new ones, and watched her open rate climb from 31% to 41% in 60 days. Paid subscribers, it's live now → View the Guide on Substack Not a paid subscriber yet? This is the kind of step-by-step breakdown I publish every Tuesday. You can grab 50% off an annual membership and get access to the full archive → GET 50% Off Tell me how many publications you're recommending, how many are recommending you, and how many subscribers you have gotten from recommendations. I'm curious to know. Here are my numbers: Recommending 9-To-Thrive = 235 Publications I'm recommending = 31 Subscribers from Recommendations = 1214

A few of you have asked what I think about all the AI noise right now, so I want to open it up to the group instead of just giving you my take. Here's what I'm noticing: "I use AI" means something totally different from one person to the next. One of you is typing questions into ChatGPT between meetings. Another has built a setup that knows their whole business and runs while they sleep. Both of you are using AI. You're just in completely different places with it. I want to know where you land, because it tells me what to teach next and at what level. No judgment on any answer. The person still figuring out their first prompt is just as welcome here as the one running agents. Hit the option on the poll below. Then do me a favor and drop a comment with the one AI thing you wish you understood better, or the one task you'd hand off tomorrow if you could. I've got something in the works that ties directly into this, and your answers shape how I roll it out. More on that soon. When you use AI, what does that look like for you?

I help people rethinking corporate life redesign their careers and lifestyle so it's more energizing and creative . My target audience will often be on Substack but have not a lot of subscribers. They have this desire to do something more entrepreneurial or creative but aren't backing themselves, creating the space, really believe it's possible. I'm not sure how to think about building my audience using the Follower Strategy that Carrie mentions in the Notes course. I was thinking that maybe I follow people who I'd want to interview on my Substack Talkshow? Or maybe I look for people that have less followers than me... But since I have 1.2k people with less followers aren't typically very active yet on the platform. Also, anyone know what Substack showing me when I scan people's followers and subscribers? It's not the full list. Usually there are the biggest people at the top and then it goes down to just people with profiles but no followers, yes? And it's definitely not showing all the people that Subscribe. Thanks everyone for your thoughts and guidance xx

I just hit 10,000 subscribers on Substack. It feels like a big and very personal milestone because it represents all of the heart I've poured into building my portfolio business and newsletter audience. It also represents my commitment to helping people stop depending on one paycheck, one client, one platform, or one product. I looked at the poll where I asked you guys where you are on your Substack journey, and many of you are struggling to grow. I'm sharing this news today as encouragement and to show that anything is possible when you put your mind to it, including getting 10,000 subscribers. My Substack Notes Secrets mini course is now live in the classroom. This is where I share the entire system I used to hit this milestone and consistently get new subscribers to my 9-To-Thrive newsletter. If you're ready to grow your publication, I highly recommend you take the mini course. so tell me, how often do you publish your newsletter?