Archive - 5-Minute Digital Shortcuts

What Substack Is, Where It Comes From, and Why It Matters

𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤 | Start Your Stack: Create Your Own Substack in 30 Steps

Mar 19 • 💡 Silke Kristin Juelich 🌸

You’re intelligent. You know your subject. So why are you still procrastinating?

How to start a Substack without feeling overwhelmed

Mar 17 • 💡 Silke Kristin Juelich 🌸

Create a Substack Profile Banner (With or Without Canva)

➔ Come to one of my live FREE Workshops in March, April and May 2026

Mar 16 • 💡 Silke Kristin Juelich 🌸

Understand the new Substack design ➔ Come to one of my live FREE Workshops in March, April and May 2026

Adjust your publication design more freely: resize and reposition your Wordmark and edit your homepage faster

Mar 13 • 💡 Silke Kristin Juelich 🌸

The Biggest Mistake New Substack Writers Make

Many writers spend months thinking about starting a Substack.

Mar 13 • 💡 Silke Kristin Juelich 🌸

What a Christmas Cleaning Day Taught Me About Running a Substack

Choose the things that make your life easier. This article is part of the Writing & Creating series, where I share pragmatic, practical suggestions to…

Mar 11 • 💡 Silke Kristin Juelich 🌸

Are You Just Writing, or Do You Have a Plan? How Defining Your Audience Makes You Successful on Substack

➔ This article is part of the Writing & Creating series, where I share pragmatic and practical suggestions to help you with the actual process of…

Mar 10 • 💡 Silke Kristin Juelich 🌸

How Restacking Influences the Substack Algorithm and Why Topic Variety Boosts Your Reach

As if Chanel would whisper, “Shhh… only people who study perfume molecules may know we exist.”

Mar 8 • 💡 Silke Kristin Juelich 🌸

Wake Up: The 3 Marketing Lies Creators Keep Falling For — Across the Internet, Including Substack

Clearing the Air: Why Unrealistic Marketing Promises Are Failing Creators | ➔ This article is part of the Writing & Creating series, where I share…

Mar 2 • 💡 Silke Kristin Juelich 🌸

February 2026

The 11 Design Opportunities for Substack Most Writers Never Use

The Difference Between Growth and Invisibility - How to Canva

Feb 24

I Have Three Sub-Substacks! Whaaaat?!

Everything About My Substack “5-Minute Digital Shortcuts” and Its Connected Substacks - and The Help You Can Get

Feb 23 • 💡 Silke Kristin Juelich 🌸

👋 Hi, I’m Silke Kristin Juelich.

Welcome - I’m your go-to person for Substack behind-the-scenes technicals and building clear workflows for Substack creators

Feb 12 • 💡 Silke Kristin Juelich 🌸

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