Kajabi vs. Substack

It works great for us in the education space and delivering our curriculum to our clients. It's nice to have some of the extra access features and to have the community feature, so that works great for us. At the same time, Kajabi lacks some of the specificity we need, and I don't believe it is technically geared directly to the education space, so we will likely switch providers in the next couple of years to something that is more robust and relevant to our business model.

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It's well-suited for a creative writer who is comfortable writing essays or short fiction. It's especially well-suited for writers who are focused on writing essays based on personal experiences. I'm not sure it has the tools at this point for someone who wants to serialize a novel or long-form non-fiction book. I'd like to see better multi-media tools for writers/content creators who are fluent in written and audio-visual methods of communicating.

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• With a featured button as opposed to just a hyperlink, it is incredibly simple to link to a page within an email.
• The marketing strategy's functionality and the ability to customize emails allow me to communicate with every client.
• Course creator to create digital products from your content.

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• Content organization/discovery - really easy to search.
• Newsletter/email integration - by far better at previewing and delivering content than any other site.

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• They've improved leaps and bounds, but their CRM is still subpar
• They have great uptime, but it could be better
• Affordability - I went in hoping to use their CRM feature and cut costs, but their CRM is lacking
• They offer a shopping cart, but in terms of being able to customize and payment option, they have a ways to go.

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• It's really difficult when multiple people are editing the blog at same time. Some things change or get overwritten due to which have to reload the page multiple times. Would like to see an experience just like in Google docs.

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We are committed to it and once we get "really good" at using it, I think it is a excellent platform and links well to Hubspot. At present, we are still just barely scratching the surface with our use of its features

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The back-end system can be used efficiently and has flexibility. It doesn't have a lot of unnecessary functions or un user-friendly features. We have had no issues using the system and would continue to use it with the current functions and features. I would rate it as user-friendly yet flexible

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The Kajabi Support people are helpful, fast and knowledgeable. I usually call in a panic - because I have lost something, messed something or am on a deadline. Sometimes we speak, or we do a chat. Always my angst is eliminated. I often thank the person for being "so patient" with me. LOL

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These platforms are big complex pieces of software. Mor recently - Kajabi provides a done for you example which you can borrow and customise - but those were not available when we started.

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Kajabi is more adjusted for learning needs. While Tilda and Wix can help to create very customizable designs for landing pages and great checkout experiences, Kajabi is more convenient for creating learning sequences. The best way is to use all these platforms together, so they can support the optional customer journey from landing page to learning on the course.

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Substack is the DTC version of traditional blogging sites - you own everything, both upside, and risk, which appeals to me more. Compared to Blogger, the ability to monetize and site interface is night and day better. Compared to Medium, which I think has a better interface and content curation abilities, Substack's advertising and promotion of your work are much better because they don't rely on premium members like Medium - it can get very click-baity there.

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• Saved around $100 a month thanks to combining several online platforms into one
• Saved dozens of hours not having to upload videos and images thanks to the Google Drive integration and URL Import
• Building pages takes a little longer than other page builders due to how many clicks it takes to exit and enter editing settings.

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• Takes much much less time to produce content that you can charge for. This wasn't doable before, or you'd have to build it yourself
• Substack has made it much easier for me to stay on top of ex-customer communications. I get repeat business more easily now.
• Substack's speed & ease mean I can offload content writing & distribution to others

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