Membership Tiers and Benefits for Growing Your Substack Business – Version 1 – 2025
This post is a summary and full description of Substack Mastery Boost Pilot can be found at Digitalmehmet Content Ecosystem. The program is consist of 4 tiers as explained below.

Tier 1: Free Membership for Creators (Friends of ILLUMINATION)
- Submit one story per week to any of our Medium publications (15 publications).
- Submit 1 story per month featured in the Substack Mastery publication on Medium.
- Submit 2 stories per month to Curated Newsletters on Medium.
- Submit 3 blog posts per month for free on digitalmehmet.com site.
- Complimentary link to the community database on Medium, Substack, and DigitalMehmet site.
- Free access to our Slack workspace.
- 1 YouTube video submission per month to ILLUMINATION Substack Mastery channel.
- Be part of the optional Friends of ILLUMINATION initiative.
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Tier 2: Subscription for Freelancers ($5 Monthly)
Includes all Tier 1 benefits, plus:
- Priority publishing across all Medium publications (within 48 hours).
- 30 blog posts monthly on digitalmehmet.com.
- 30 posts monthly on upcoming illumination-curated.com.
- One landing page for your Substack publications (Samples).
- Inclusion of all your Substack newsletters in our partner database.
- Promotion of your Substack newsletters across Medium, Substack, Quora, LinkedIn, Reddit, DigitalMehmet.
- 3 social media shares monthly across LinkedIn, Facebook, Quora, Reddit, Pinterest, and X (Twitter).
- 1 link placement per month in 3 newsletters on Substack (ILLUMINATION Library, Substack Mastery, Content Strategy newsletters).
- Unlimited YouTube submissions to ILLUMINATION Substack Mastery channel.
- Full membership to Illumination Priority Club on Slack.
- All benefits of Substack BOOST program pilot (and future product).
- Addition of your blog or publications to upcoming blog directory.
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Tier 3: Founding Member Subscription for Entrepreneurs or Startups ($15 Monthly, paid yearly)
Includes all Tier 1 & Tier 2 benefits, plus:
- Unlimited blog posts on DigitalMehmet and illumination-curated.com. Boosted every 3 months via WordPress Blaze.
- Multiple landing pages for your services.
- Monthly featured editorial introduction to your newsletters across all platforms and social media.
- Newsletter posts to Substack Notes by our six moderators.
- Amplification (Substack Notes, LinkedIn posts, SEO & GEO assistance) for visibility and growth.
- Special monthly newsletter with practical tips for audience growth.
- Featured blog of your newsletter posted by Dr. Yildiz, boosted by WordPress Blaze.
- 1 formal feature on one impactful story every three months (guided by distribution rules).
- Free PDF copy of the Substack Mastery book and updates.
- Digital and audio copies of 6 books by Dr. Mehmet Yildiz.
- Full membership to Illumination Health and Wellness Network.
- Full membership to Illumination Book Club.
- Co-authoring opportunities and special interviews.
- Unlimited YouTube submissions.
- Addition and promotion of your blog or publications to directory.
- Productized BOOST facilities for Substack after pilot at no extra cost.
The Digitalmehmet Content Ecosystem
For sponsorship we have a portal at Digitalmehmet Content Ecosystem. I also wrote a blog post about it and a white paper to inform our members.
How to Apply:
The easiest way to join my Content Marketing Strategy Insights publication on Substack and I will give you access to others and onboard you to the program. We manage the pilot on our Slack workspace in a secure channel. .
You may check out my other publications which might be an interest to you. Any of the following publications qualify to be a member of the Substack Mastery Boost program.
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