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Beth MacLeod's avatar

Lovely to hear about your first year - and some great tips for me to think about

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WiniFreda's avatar

Thank you for another interesting and honest post. So helpful! You write in such a way that I feel like if I met you in person I’d already feel that I knew you. That is rare and I admire what you’ve done!

I found you at a time when I felt really stuck. You so generously shared your information and it set me on path, all be it slowly but I am not stuck anymore. I’m very much looking forward to your upcoming posts!

I’m so pleased that this has been successful for you long may it continue. We need far more radiator people on the internet!

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Jo Scott's avatar

Thank you so much Freda! What a lovely comment and you are such a great supporter of mine, thank you!

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Kara Westerman (she/her)'s avatar

I love your project. 1000 in the first year is huge! I'm just hoping to get close to 300, but I have had lapses. I always enjoy your posts. You are a talented artist!

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Jo Scott's avatar

Thank you so much Kara, and for subscribing too, you’ve helped me tip over that 1000 mark! Consistency is the biggest thing I’ve struggled with, but you’ll get there in the end and then it starts to get exciting!

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RAJ KAUR's avatar

Congratulations Jo! it’s been wonderful getting to know you and your work on here!

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Jo Scott's avatar

Thanks so much Raj and I can say the same for you too!

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RAJ KAUR's avatar

Congratulations Jo! it’s been wonderful getting to know you and your work on here!

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Sally Doran's avatar

Congrats! I have a Substack journey in 2024 that started in April just messing around, and when I got very focused in late September and began publishing every week,my stat line climbs up like yours. Steady wins the race, right?

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Jo Scott's avatar

Absolutely and well done too 👏

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Abby Cook's avatar

Lovely piece Jo! You’re so right about just being your authentic self. Substack has definitely filled a void for me that Instagram couldn’t. I can write/waffle on about all sorts of things that I am really passionate about. I don’t even mind if no one really reads them. But it feels so cathartic to write them and get them out of my head. Let’s hope 2025 brings more of the same.

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Jo Scott's avatar

Wonderful isn’t it, I have a little mantra ‘Write like no one’s reading!’

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Abby Cook's avatar

That is so lovely! One to keep in mind for sure :)

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Claire Venus ✨'s avatar

Cute dog! Thanks for the mention lovely. 🥰

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Jo Scott's avatar

Absolute pleasure, you're doing great things! BTW if you know what's happened to Recommendations and where to go to update them, plse let me know! x

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Claire Venus ✨'s avatar

Oh your welcome page or just generally?

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Jo Scott's avatar

I's ok, I;ve just found them! I was wanting to update who I recommend and why and in the Dashboard they have their own tab now and I can manage them from there

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Claire Venus ✨'s avatar

Yep they’ve always had their own tab as long as I’ve been here love. Lovely thing to do. There was a glitch with displaying them a couple weeks back. ✨

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