Supascribe Guides

Step-by-step playbooks

Deep-dive guides to help you grow your Substack newsletter — from first embed to your first 10,000 subscribers.

Beginner

Substack Analytics: What the Dashboard Tells You, and What It Can't

The four Substack stats tabs and what each is good for — plus the one question Substack's analytics cannot answer, and how to answer it yourself.

Gideon Wislang··5 min read
Beginner

Substack Signup Form Conversion: The Best Convert 7x the Worst

The median Substack signup form converts 0.99% of views, the top quartile 2.15%, and one in twenty clears 10%. Measured across 3,073 embeds and 4.7M views.

Gideon Wislang··9 min read
Beginner

Substack Custom Domain: Is the $50 Fee Worth It?

What Substack's one-time $50 custom domain fee actually buys, what it doesn't change, and when paying it is the right call — or the wrong one.

Gideon Wislang··4 min read
Beginner

Substack Design and Branding: How Far the Theme Settings Actually Go

What Substack's theme settings let you change, where they stop, and how to get real brand control over the parts of your presence you own.

Gideon Wislang··6 min read
Beginner

Substack Landing Pages: What the Welcome Page Does and Doesn't Do

Substack's built-in landing page is the Welcome page. Here's what it can do, where it runs out, and how to build a real one when you need it.

Gideon Wislang··5 min read
Beginner

Best Tools for Substack Writers in 2026

The tools Substack writers actually use to grow their subscriber count, understand their audience, and turn their newsletter into a business.

Gideon Wislang··7 min read
Beginner

How to Grow Your Substack Newsletter with Website Embeds

Your website converts subscribers at 3-5x the rate of a plain Substack link. Here's how to use embed placement, feed widgets, and popups to grow your list.

Gideon Wislang··7 min read
Beginner

How to Show Your Substack Posts on Your Website

Display your latest Substack posts on any website with a feed widget. Why it converts better than linking, how it works, and where to place it.

Gideon Wislang··6 min read
Beginner

Where to Put Your Substack Embed (And Why It Beats a Link)

End of post, sidebar, homepage or exit popup — where a Substack embed converts best, and why embedding outperforms linking to your publication.

Gideon Wislang··6 min read
Beginner

Substack Subscribe Form: Native Embed vs Supascribe

The native Substack embed is free and works. But it breaks on mobile, has zero analytics, and can't be styled. A direct comparison of both options.

Gideon Wislang··5 min read