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When I first thought of the Notes Underground 3 months ago, I was in WAY over my head.
After watching Substackers dog-pile into 800-comment Note share threads, screaming for attention, I knew something had to change.
The problems were clear:
The Notes algorithm wasn’t helping people get seen.
The solutions writing coaches had for this sucked (threads).
No disrespect to writing coaches. It’s not like we can all, you know, build our own no-code app from scratch or anything.
Who would be crazy enough to do that?
*Nervous laughing*
So Yeah.. I Built The Notes Underground
Me being me, I did just that.
I built my own freaking app that:
Tracks your Notes statistics
Surfaces community Notes you’re interested in
Displays your Notes for 100+ members to easily find
Want to see The Notes Underground for yourself? You can try it free for 7 days right here.
Instead of disorganized 800-comment Note share threads where your Note gets buried the second you share it, Notes are now organized by topic, author, and time submitted.
It took me 3 weeks to build. It was kind of expensive. I started realizing why no other writing coach built something like this..
It was a massive gamble.
And then…
People Fell In Love With It
The unthinkable happened. People fell in love with the Notes Underground. Since launch:
100 members joined us on Slack + the app.
1,915 Notes have been shared.
36,159 likes have been generated.
Members have left 4,526 comments on each other’s work.
Y’all, that’s freaking insane. This community alone has generated 4,526 comments out of thin air.
The glowing testimonials started flowing in…
"Join us at the Notes Underground. The tool Tom built, brilliant. The community, super supportive and engaging. I'm in awe with the quality and the vast life experiences of writers in this community." - Kat Nieh
"Tom has exceeded all my expectations by a mile. Notes Underground is an amazing tool for sharpening your pen and writing notes that connect." - Kristin van Tilburg
But there was still work left to be done..
We Added 27 Features To The Notes Underground Since Launch
Since launch, we’ve added a ridiculous 27 new features to the Notes Underground.
Our biggest changes include..
Likes, Comments, and Restacks AUTO-UPDATE -
helped me with this one. You no longer have to manually update Likes, Comments, or Restacks. The system automatically scrapes this information for you and updates it every 3 days.Daily Note recommendations - Instead of scrolling through the Latest Notes, tell the system what categories/authors you like, and we’ll give you 5 Notes to comment on every day.
Week-To-Week Statistics: You can now track how your Notes are performing this week compared to last week.
Month-To-Month Statistics: Same thing☝️, except month-to-month.
'My Drafts’ Page - Log Note ideas/drafts directly in the Underground.
This is just a taste of the changes we made.
We Have A Mountain Of Momentum
These two graphs say it all.
Here’s the total Notes shared in the Notes Underground since launch 2 months ago.
Here’s the total amount of Likes generated since 2 months ago.
Spoiler Alert: The Notes Underground isn’t “Underground” anymore—it’s a whole dang movement.
And for the first time ever, I’m offering people a free 7-Day trial of the Notes Underground. Come experience the first week of our 21-Day Notes Challenge without paying a dollar.
What People Are Saying
Here’s a few glowing testimonials we’ve received..
“What I love about this is that it gives us a built in community AND a place to track notes and comments. I have always done best on notes when engaging with community that Tom has set up.. I feel like I get to know people better in this kind of space.
Tom has just upgraded what he was doing in slack by 1000% here!”
“This is the best subscription I have joined and it's only been a few days in. Thank you for organizing information in a way that is easy on my ADHD brain - and allowing me to easily make connections with others who are intentional.”
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A Few Viral Notes The Community Wrote
Here's a few viral Notes we've tracked in the community so far:
This 365 like Note from Fleur Hall
This 200+ like Note from Sam Messersmith
I'm not saying the Notes Underground 100% generated these viral Notes, but it likely helped!
A 2-Minute Virtual Tour Of The Underground
Want to see what the Underground looks like? Check out this 2-minute digital tour.
This Summer Sale Is The Perfect Time To Join Us
Our Summer Sale ends on June 9th at midnight, just 6 days from now!
You can get 30% off an annual subscription, which gets you:
50 monthly uses of the NoteSmith, NoteFinder, and Notes Strategist ($1,000 yearly value)
Access to this Notes Underground app + Slack channel ($1,000 yearly value)
15+ hours of paid trainings ($500 value)
New locked prompts and trainings for both the Writing Long Game, and Scale Yourself With AI. ($500 value)
That’s easily a $3,000 yearly value.
This is the biggest upgrade to The Writing Long Game I’ve ever done.
Two new AI tools. A full community challenge. Live analytics. And your own Notes strategy system.
All for just $112/year, only until June 9 at midnight.
This Is The Best Notes Community Online
Ladies and gentlemen, this is the best Notes Community on the internet by a mile.
It’s easy to share a thread and tell people to comment Notes underneath it.
It’s really hard to build a whole damn app from scratch just so to help people escape the void, get traction, and find legitimate community.
I did that because I wanted to give you something new, different, and useful.
Get an annual subscription for $48 off right here to join us for the next 12 months.
Thanks for reading,
Tom Kuegler
Yup 'page not found ' error for the trial
The link to the seven-day free trial is invalid, and my email is not recognized.