What Smarter Substack Is (and Why It Matters)
The daily filter for creators who take Substack seriously
Substack is simple. But growing on Substack is not.
Every day, smart creators share strategies, experiments, wins, losses, and insights across posts, Notes, videos, and podcasts.
The problem is not lack of information. The problem is signal vs noise.
Smarter Substack exists to solve exactly that.
What this publication is (and is not)
Smarter Substack is a daily, weekday-only publication that sends you three carefully selected links.
Nothing more.
No long essays.
No recycled advice.
No opinions pretending to be strategy.
Just the most valuable Substack-related resources we can find, filtered for people who actually want to grow.
How it works
Every Monday to Friday, you will receive a curated newsletter with three links to the best Substack strategies, updates, or insights out there.
Reading one edition should never take more than one minute.
Click if it is useful. Skip if it is not. Come back tomorrow either way.
What we link to
We only link to resources that are directly relevant to Substack growth, such as:
High-quality Substack posts and Notes
Important platform updates and experiments
YouTube videos and podcasts from Substack experts
Tools, books, or external resources that clearly help with Substack growth
If it does not help you grow your audience, improve your writing system, or make more money on Substack, it does not belong here.
Our filter standard
We ask one simple question before sharing anything:
Would we save this, bookmark it, or send it to a friend who takes Substack seriously?
If the answer is no, it does not get published.
Who’s behind Smarter Substack
Smarter Substack is curated by Sinem Günel, Jari Roomer, and Philip Hofmacher.
Together, they we’ve grown the Write • Build • Scale Substack to 1,000+ paying subscribers.
We spend our days testing ideas, studying what works, and ignoring what does not.
That means reading a lot, experimenting a lot, and filtering hard.
Smarter Substack exists because we already do this work anyway.
This publication simply shares the best of what we find, one minute per day.
No noise.
No recycled advice.
Just what actually matters right now on Substack.
One last thing
You do not need to read everything on Substack to grow on Substack.
You just need the right things, consistently.
That is what Smarter Substack is here for.
Welcome aboard.