The NoteSmith 2.0 Is Here

What's different + how I made it

Three months ago, I launched the original NoteSmith to help folks sharpen their Notes.

They could:

1. Paste their Note draft into it

2. Get custom advice to improve it

3. Get a custom rewrite in seconds

Since then it’s been used over 3,000 times—almost 30 times a day—and people RAVE to me about it every week.👇

But there’s a problem..

Three months is a long time, and the Notes algorithm changed noticeably since February.

Short Notes go viral now. Like, less than 50 words. I’m sure you’ve seen it.

The NoteSmith, for how awesome it was, wasn’t quite “updated” for the times. It still spit back Note variations that were 100-200 words long—depending on the length of your draft.

Do long Notes still go viral?

Sure!

Just look at

Beckett Johnson

, or

Ros Barber

’s Notes.

But there’s no doubt that shorter Notes are becoming more popular every day.

So with that, the NoteSmith 2.0 was born.

You can try it for free 3 times right here, or become a paid subscriber to get 50 credits per month.

The NoteSmith 2.0 Rewrites Notes To 50 Words Or Less

I’ve hard-coded the NoteSmith 2.0 to rewrite Notes to 50 words or less.

It’s brutal. You could give the new NoteSmith a 300-word draft, and it’ll ruthlessly cut it down to 50 words in seconds.

Yes, brevity is THAT important on Notes.

In short-form content, you only have 1 second, maybe 2, to capture attention, and people will only give you about 5-10 seconds after that to wrap it up.

This is how Notes have evolved. They used to be a lot longer, and more heartfelt, but now Notes is basically LinkedIn, and we have to adapt to these changes.

How I Built The New NoteSmith

To build this new tool, I copy/pasted 80 current viral Notes into a google document, got AI to analyze them thoroughly, and give me a 5,000 word report on what they’re doing differently.

The funny part? A lot of what the analysis surfaced was already baked into the original NoteSmith. But now it’s sharper, faster, and built to win in the current landscape.

I baked these tenants into a new prompt, put a hard-cap for rewrites at 50 words, and shipped it.

NoteSmith 2.0 is the Death Star for viral Notes. It’s built on current viral Note concepts, and is designed to cut your Note down to the bare essentials—no B.S.

It is ruthless. It is powerful. It’s also really kind in how it talks to you, unlike those inhabiting the Death Star.

Try NoteSmith 2.0 Out Now

I invite you to try out the NoteSmith 2.0 right here. You can get 3 free credits immediately, just so you can see it in action!

If you’re already sold on it, become a paid subscriber to get 50 monthly credits to it.

NoteSmith Success Stories

People LOVE the NoteSmith, and they’ve also had a lot of success with it.

Jennifer Granville used the NoteSmith to polish this 14,000 like Note.

“I really like the NoteSmith so much - I feel like it is working with a colleague. I don't slavishly do what he (I think it's a he) tells me, but tweak and polish and between us it is always better. I have one Note that has over 12.5 likes!

We wrote it together so I don't give him all the credit, but he surely helped. Also he is making me a better Note writer. He has less to do than he used to.”

- Jennifer Granville

Cali Bird wrote this viral 1,700+ like Note with the help of The NoteSmith

Here’s what she wrote me as it was going viral:

“By the way, the note that I said last night had hardly any traction – it now has 218 likes, a tonne of comments and I’ve had 13 new subscribers today.

Some very heartfelt stuff from complete strangers. Really lovely.

It was refined with the Notesmith.”

One NoteSmith User Is Getting 500+ Views Per Day Now

Here’s a message I got from a paid subscriber who had been using The NoteSmith to edit their Note drafts..

“Oh my! My notes are really fueling a growth swell right now, and I'm loving it. Plus an article-reading swell. Look at this! The earlier spikes are posts and in between, near-crickets. Now I'm getting traction on my articles all week long, even when I'm not publishing one.”

The NoteSmith has generated tens of thousands of likes, and thousands of new subscribers for users since launch.

It’s Note Just 1 Tool Anymore, It’s An Entire Suite

Since the NoteSmith launched in February, I’ve added new tools to my suite that I now call the Writing Long Game Lab.

In March I added the NoteFinder, which extracts five Notes from any full-length article you give it.

Jeanette Martin

published a Notefinder Note and got 4,000 likes. 🤯

She said she got 700 new subscribers after using The NoteFinder.

"My likes (2.4k), comments(208), restacks (123) and new subscribers(700+) went through the roof with help editing a Note with Tom's Notefinder tool. I feel my audience has finally found me after a year posting regularly on Substack with one well edited Note, based on a post I'd written months before that didn't get much engagement."

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In May I launched the TitleSmith, which gives you 15 headline variations for any article you copy/paste into it.

It’s already been used over 200 times, and people rave about it, too.

Matt Tilmann

wrote, “I updated last week's post with the suggestion, and I do think I like TitleSmith's better at the moment. It's a little more all encompassing. Will see how the stats do on it! Thanks for all you do Tom!”

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The Writing Long Game Lab is only going to get more tools added to it every month, and as more get added, the price to get 50 monthly credits will continue rising.

Get 50 credits per month to the NoteSmith 2.0, and our full suite of writing tools, by becoming a paid subscriber down below.

The Best Note Writing Tool On The Internet

I built the NoteSmith because I was tired of just giving people Notes advice..

I wanted to give them a tool that made sure they were implementing my lessons and writing philosophy. That’s the magic of AI, and it’s the magic hundreds of Substackers have discovered since it came out three months ago.

Try it for free right here if you still aren’t sold.

Cheers,

Tom Kuegler