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Smarter Substack Weekly Recap | May 24, 2026
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🏅 This Week’s Top 5
The 6-Step Substack Growth Roadmap to Follow in 2026 — The creators growing fastest on Substack aren’t the best writers — they’re the ones who treat the platform as business infrastructure, not a blog.
How to Add Dropdown Menus to Your Navigation Bar — Substack finally launched dropdown navigation menus, and this 5-minute tutorial shows you exactly how to set them up.
I Analyzed My 50 Best Substack Notes (Again). This Pattern Showed Up in Almost Every Single One. — Likes and subscriber conversions have almost no correlation — and the Notes that consistently convert readers share one surprising quality.
My Honest Playbook After Going From Zero to 13,302 Subscribers in 2 Years — Four expensive mistakes, including waiting too long to connect, sell, and follow her own instincts.
How to Make Money on Substack in 2026 (The Full Breakdown) — The honest math behind paid subscriptions, what goes behind the paywall, and why pricing too low is the most common early mistake.
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🤔 Food For Thought:
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