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Substack Growth Strategist
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Philip Hofmacher
The leading Substack expert helping creators, coaches, and entrepreneurs grow an audience that drives subscriptions and sales.
Philip Hofmacher
The leading Substack expert helping creators, coaches, and entrepreneurs grow an audience that drives subscriptions and sales.
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Co-founded a Substack publication with 57K+ subscribers and 2K+ paid members.
Built a seven-figure online business on top of Substack subscriptions.
Helped thousands of creators, coaches, and experts grow and monetize audiences.
Featured on multiple podcasts breaking down Substack growth and monetization.
About Philip Hofmacher
The leading Substack expert helping creators, coaches, and entrepreneurs grow an audience that drives subscriptions and sales.
Philip Hofmacher is the co-founder of Write • Build • Scale, where he helps creators, coaches, consultants, and experts grow their audiences, build their personal brands, and turn their knowledge into profitable online businesses.
Why Book Philip Hofmacher as Your Podcast Guest
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Concrete, Step-by-Step Playbooks
I bring clear, repeatable frameworks your listeners can apply the same day to grow subscribers, launch paid tiers, and design offers.
Real Numbers, No Fluff
I share actual metrics, conversion paths, and failed experiments so your audience gets honest insight, not theory or generic inspiration.
High Engagement Storytelling
I bring relatable stories—from 400+ days of Notes to first 100 paid members—that keep listeners engaged while delivering tactical lessons.
Systems That Protect Time
I show how to systemize, automate, and focus on what matters, giving your audience realistic paths to sustainable, low-burn growth.
Episode Angles & Topics
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Beyond Paid Tiers: Building a Business on Substack
Give listeners a clear model for turning a Substack into a full online business, where subscriptions are the base and higher-value offers sit on top.
Why paid subscriptions can be under 5% of revenue yet remain the foundation.
How courses, coaching, and community stack on top of a paid tier.
Simple funnels from free reader to paid member to client.
Real examples of what worked and what failed in their own business.
57K Subscribers Without Going Viral
Show your audience how consistent, relationship-driven publishing can outperform chasing viral hits on Substack.
400+ days of Substack Notes: what that looked like in practice.
How Notes, replies, and relationships compound over time.
Why Substack is a relationship platform, not just a writing platform.
Tactics any small creator can copy this week.
From First 100 Paid Members to 2K+
Walk listeners through a focused launch strategy to get their first 100 paid members and build momentum.
How they reached ~100 paid members in about two months.
Designing a focused launch instead of a slow, passive drip.
Messaging, timing, and offers that convert free readers.
Retention tactics to keep those early members long term.
Do It Scared: Lives, Trust, and the New Creator Economy
Help your audience embrace live video and imperfect content to build trust faster with readers and clients.
Why “do it scared” is more effective than waiting to feel ready.
How Lives, DMs, and chat deepen reader relationships.
Using live sessions to sell without feeling salesy.
Overcoming the fear of going on camera as a writer.
What You'll Get From This Interview
Audience Takeaways
A concrete, numbers-backed roadmap to grow a Substack audience, convert readers to paid members and clients, and run a lean, systemized online business.
Hot Topics
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The real playbook behind growing a seven-figure Substack business without a single viral hit.
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Why paid subscriptions can be under 5% of revenue yet drive your entire business model.
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How to turn free readers into paying members, clients, and community without sleazy tactics.
Why Trust Me
Co-founder of one of the bigger creator-education publications on Substack
57K+ total subscribers and 2K+ paid members
Built a seven-figure online business on top of Substack
The Ideal Show
Podcasts serving creators, writers, coaches, consultants, and online entrepreneurs who want practical, numbers-backed strategies to grow a Substack audience, monetize expertise, and build a lean, systemized digital business.
Recent Podcast Appearances
EP09: 55K Subscribers, 2,100 Paid: The Substack Masterclass with Philip Hofmacher
Sustainable Side Hustle • Sep 14, 2026
Key Achievements
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Co-founded Write • Build • Scale, a seven-figure Substack-based business.
Grew a Substack publication to 57K+ subscribers and 2K+ paid members.
Published 400+ consecutive days of Substack Notes as a growth engine.
Helped thousands of creators and experts grow and monetize their audiences.
Developed systems to keep paid subscriptions under 5% of revenue while remaining the core foundation.
Professional Experience
✨ AI Enhanced
Co-founder
Write • Build • Scale
Co-built a seven-figure Substack-based business with 57K+ subscribers and 2K+ paid members, teaching creators to grow and monetize on Substack.
Speaker Topics
✨ AI Enhanced
What Philip Hofmacher Can Speak About:
Substack growth strategies
Substack audience building
Substack monetization
Online business systems
Creator education Substack
Paid newsletter strategy
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