Building a Successful Newsletter on Substack

Julie Stewart is a writer, editor, and communications strategist on a mission to help people and brands create content that informs and inspires. Her editorial work has appeared in publications such as Men’s Health, AARP The Magazine, EatingWell, Prevention, SELF, Everyday Health, Shape, WebMD, and Medscape. Her content marketing and communications work spans clients in healthcare, higher education, K-12 education, and housing.

Kelcey Ervick is an author, professor, and creator of the bestselling Substack newsletter, The Habit of Art, and she has recently launched a new publication, Letters to Dead Authors & Artists. Her award-winning books include the graphic memoir The Keeper, which was featured in the New York Times Book Review’s Holiday Gift Guide. Her comics and essays have appeared in The Washington Post, The Believer, Lit Hub, and The Rumpus. She has a PhD from the University of Cincinnati and is a professor of English and creative writing at Indiana University South Bend.

Peter Moore is a writer and cartoonist living in Colorado. He amuses himself and 14,000 readers at petermoore.substack.com, and is a regular contributor to NPR and the Colorado Sun. In a former life he was the editor of Men’s Health and the articles editor (no, really) for Playboy. But that world is so over, now.

Lindsey Stanberry is the founder of The Purse, a newsletter-first women’s media company. She spent the last decade working for some of the biggest brands in digital media including Refinery29, CNBC, and Fortune with a focus on growing diverse audiences. At Refinery29, she launched the Work & Money vertical and ran Money Diaries, a franchise that garnered an international cult following.