How to fail at converting free Substack subscribers to paid ones. Do not go where I have gone. :)

it will lead to death, destruction, and suffering. Or maybe just a few dollars lost.

Do not go where I have gone, with apologies to Dylan Thomas; do not go into that dark night, rage against dying of the light.

My subscription is only CAD 2.50/month, less than USD 2.00 per month, ya cheap bastards. I am genuinely the Dollar General of Substack.

Note to self: swearing at potential customers is not a traditional winner strategy, but I hav…