# Grow Smarter With AI

Researcher & Writer. Testing AI tools for newsletter writers who want to automate routine tasks and focus on the creative work.

By Alesia Zakharova

· Over 2,000 subscribers

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## [I Used Claude To Analyze 100 Substack Newsletters That Couldn't Break 100 Subscribers. The Pattern Was Always the Same](https://alesiazakharova.substack.com/p/i-used-claude-to-analyze-100-substack)

## [What I found after using AI to analyze 100 stuck newsletters — and how fixing these mistakes took me from 50 to 1,765 subscribers](https://alesiazakharova.substack.com/p/i-used-claude-to-analyze-100-substack)

May 12 • [Alesia Zakharova](https://substack.com/@alesiazakharova)

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## [How I Used Claude to Grow My Substack by 200 Subscribers in One Day](https://alesiazakharova.substack.com/p/how-i-used-claude-to-grow-my-substack)

## [After two months stuck at 899, I asked Claude for help and its advice was the last thing I expected.](https://alesiazakharova.substack.com/p/how-i-used-claude-to-grow-my-substack)

Apr 7 • [Alesia Zakharova](https://substack.com/@alesiazakharova)

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## [I Built A Substack Growth Strategy With Claude And Stuck To It For 90 Days. My Subscribers Went from 890 to 2,600.](https://alesiazakharova.substack.com/p/i-built-a-substack-growth-strategy)

## [Two months of flatlining, one AI audit, and a positioning fix that changed everything](https://alesiazakharova.substack.com/p/i-built-a-substack-growth-strategy)

Jun 18 • [Alesia Zakharova](https://substack.com/@alesiazakharova)

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## [I Analyzed 71 Substack Notes Over 2 Months. Here Are The Best Days to Publish.](https://alesiazakharova.substack.com/p/i-analyzed-71-substack-notes-over)

## [The data-backed Substack publishing schedule that maximizes reach and engagement.](https://alesiazakharova.substack.com/p/i-analyzed-71-substack-notes-over)

Jun 10 • [Alesia Zakharova](https://substack.com/@alesiazakharova)

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## [How I Used Claude To Crack The Code Of Viral Substack Notes](https://alesiazakharova.substack.com/p/i-fed-68-substack-notes-to-claude)

## [A step-by-step guide to analyzing your best-performing Substack notes and creating a repeatable system for engagement](https://alesiazakharova.substack.com/p/i-fed-68-substack-notes-to-claude)

Jun 2 • [Alesia Zakharova](https://substack.com/@alesiazakharova)

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## [How Notes Actually Grow Your Substack When You Have Under 100 Subscribers](https://alesiazakharova.substack.com/p/how-notes-actually-grow-your-substack)

## [Real data from the trenches — tested when I had fewer than 100 subs](https://alesiazakharova.substack.com/p/how-notes-actually-grow-your-substack)

May 26 • [Alesia Zakharova](https://substack.com/@alesiazakharova)

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## [How Claude Helped Me Break a Subscriber Plateau. 4 Rules That Made It Work.](https://alesiazakharova.substack.com/p/ai-can-help-you-grow-your-substack)

## [Most people ask AI the wrong questions and wonder why nothing changes. Here's how to use it as a genuine growth tool.](https://alesiazakharova.substack.com/p/ai-can-help-you-grow-your-substack)

May 21 • [Alesia Zakharova](https://substack.com/@alesiazakharova)

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## [You Don't Need to Write More to Grow Your Substack. Here's What Actually Works](https://alesiazakharova.substack.com/p/you-dont-need-to-write-more-to-grow-dca)

## [The three problems killing beginner newsletter and how to fix them](https://alesiazakharova.substack.com/p/you-dont-need-to-write-more-to-grow-dca)

May 5 • [Alesia Zakharova](https://substack.com/@alesiazakharova)

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