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When I announced that I was going to test Substack for Think Piece, a got a lot of questions:
Had I changed my mind about Substack's business model?
Was I going to keep using my email marketing software, ConvertKit?
Did I think insert your personal brand or company here should be on Substack, too?
I am also fully capable of building a custom paid newsletter solution, or using any of the number of prebuilt ones that don't take 10% of revenue.
Yet, I'm using Substack. Why?
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