Write Better Notes

How To Use Substack Notes To Create A Neighborhood Filled With Your People

Substack Notes aren't going away as a growth strategy... but something *has shifted* in how they're working... July 2026 update!

Jul 12 • Tracy Friedlander

Stop Posting Notes. Unlock Your Notes Performance With Positioning Statements.

This was a rewrite of the first post I ever wrote about Notes that went viral. Here's the June 2026 update...

Jun 3 • Tracy Friedlander

This ONE Note Type Brought In 164 New Subscribers... Here's How To Write Them

A note type you need to start using and how the Substack notes feed has changed

May 25 • Tracy Friedlander

How To Write Substack Notes At Every Stage Of The Game

If you have 20 subscribers you should be playing a wildly different Notes game than people with 500+...

May 19 • Tracy Friedlander

The Only Note Framework You Actually Need (And How To Write a Week's Worth in 15 Minutes)

AI isn't all bad... especially if you use it this way

May 12 • Tracy Friedlander

Hot Note Trends And HOW To Use Them

PART 2: What you need to know to make the best trends work for you!

Apr 29 • Tracy Friedlander

3 Substack Notes Trends That Are "So Hot Right Now" That Start Conversations And Get You Discovered

We're talking runway level, Hansel Hot 😂

Apr 29 • Tracy Friedlander

Never Run Out Of Ideas For Notes Again

You’re going to want to save this

Apr 24 • Tracy Friedlander

The Reason It Feels Like Only "Growth" People Grow on Substack (And What to Do About It)

How to find the "meta" content in your niche and ride the wave people are already on

Apr 20 • Tracy Friedlander

The Shockingly Simple Thing 99% of Substackers Are Skipping That Grows Your Substack Fast

I peeked in on some of the biggest writers out there and here's what I found...

Apr 16 • Tracy Friedlander

The Metric Nobody's Really Talking About on Substack Notes

The 4 Restack Triggers: What makes some Notes so good they just have shared — and how to write one.

Apr 1 • Tracy Friedlander

The 5 Types of Notes That Actually Resonate (And Why Yours Might Not Be)

The five emotional frequencies behind every Note that actually takes off — and 100+ examples to spark your own.

Mar 25 • Tracy Friedlander

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