I Was Yesterday-Years-Old When I Learned This About Substack 😯😯
This may be the shortest post in history but shockingly awesome!
If there was ever a solid case for using H1, H2, H3, or any heading size to break up your Substack posts… THIS. IS. IT!
(NOTE: As far as I can tell, this only works on a computer on the Substack platform, not via the app or your phone, and not in the email version)
Here is an H2 heading.
Now, hover your mouse over that heading and see the little 🔗 appear to the left of it.
If you click on that 🔗 it’ll copy a link for that specific spot in your post. So, why should you care about this?
Well, if you paste that link anywhere else, it’ll direct people to that exact spot in a post.
Here’s a living, breathing example. CLICKING HERE is going to take you to a business idea I published in the middle of a post in my other Substack publication.
How did I not know this???
Here’s the best part…you can find those heading links in anyone’s posts and direct others there. Like, this link will take you straight to the Mystic and the Four of Swords paragraph in
’s post from October 20th.Or this link will take you straight to a segment about how to regulate your emotions in
’s post from Sept 17th.
This one-minute post is all I can give you today because I now need to go book a therapy session to overcome my deep-seated shame over not knowing this amazing and SIMPLE tidbit of information sooner. 😂
Now I need to know something else….
Did YOU know this?
In Chrome, you can highlight a passage or header on any web site and create a link to it. So when you want to link to a particular section of a web site, you can embed that link in your Substack post, and save your readers time spent scrolling and hunting
Yep. A couple months ago, I needed this feature which I knew about from using Word Press. Looked it up in Substack Help, was glad to see it was available, and started using it. But what I'm still waiting for is the ability to customize the colors of my H2, etc. headers.