CollabLite: Share Your Posts
Share a post that deserves some love
Welcome to this month’s “CollabLite” opportunity!
We’re again sharing our long-form posts so we can amplify them and inspire each other. I’ve edited the directions to make this process a little simpler and clearer, so please take a read again.
How to Participate
Find a post (recent or deep in your archive) that you are really proud of and that you wish had gotten more engagement.
Head into the comments and share with us:
The topic of the post (Keep it simple for easy scanning—perhaps 3-4 words)
Who could benefit from reading this post
A link to the post
Browse the comments from other writers until you find a post that intrigues you. Read it.
Engage with the post. Liking and commenting is great, but even better is a restack of the post that shares an insight you took away from the piece or highlights why you enjoyed it. You could also consider cross-posting to your own publication!
(Note: While replying to the author here in the comments is great, we want to amplify each other’s voices, so try to also write it as a Note with a restack of the author’s post.)
You can do this with as many posts as you’d like. If you’re inspired by several of them, go for it!
My hope is that these “CollabLite” opportunities, which are little acts done in the spirit of collaboration, will give you a simpler way to connect and support other writers. PLUS you get to share one of your own posts that you care about!
And who knows—perhaps these CollabLite opportunities could lead to friendships or bigger collaborations in the future. Continue to remain open to all the possibilities!
Reminder: This is not meant to be transactional. Reading and sharing someone else’s post does not guarantee they will do the same for you. All you need to do is pick posts you’re truly inspired by and interact with them/share them.
An Example
Last month, I asked you all to write Notes or full posts inspired by someone else’s post. Here is a short and sweet one from
that quotes a post from . Grabbing quotes is a wonderful way to share someone else’s work!I plan to do these CollabLite opportunites the second Monday of each month, so long as there is interest and engagement.
Head into the comments, share, and get inspired!
I’ll leave this comment thread open until Saturday, May 17 at 12 AM MT.
Love this idea? Please consider sharing this post with your community. The more people participate, the more opportunities there are for collaboration.
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Hi, I’m Marcy Farrey (pronounced Fairy 🧚♀️ ), and I’m on a mission to help others connect and collaborate in meaningful ways here on Substack. Consider me your Farrey 🧚♀️ Godmother of Collaboration!
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