Hey honeys and hustlers,
If you’ve been publishing articles, essays, newsletters, or blog posts for any length of time, you probably know the small, nagging feeling of anxiety that comes right after you hit publish. You wrote the thing. You edited the thing. You probably formatted it, added links, wrote a subject line, and stared at the preview more times than you want to admit. Then you stare at the published article thinking: How do I actually promote this without spending another hour making graphics, short video reels, or doomscrolling stock image sites?
That’s the problem I’m building for.
Here’s what my first test iteration of this concept looked like. Yes, the QR code works. Can be shared online and actually printed if you want to leave social media behind forever.
I first got the idea when a friend who writes on Substack posted a product he made called Strava Receipts. Many writers, myself included, flocked to Substack and LinkedIn as their first newsletter platforms because they’re free. Then, Substack slowly tips the scales with its social network and ability to generate graphics for you once you hit ‘publish’ or ‘schedule’ on an article. I’m not interested in building a social media app, but I don’t think the ability to easily generate shareable images for the articles we write or contribute to should be exclusive to Substack users.
If you’re anything like me, it’s likely that you’ll experiment with other blog or newsletter hosting platforms over time. With more and more people seeking niche communities online, I think now is the perfect time to create a platform-agnostic tool for making audience growth easier. I know just enough about vibe coding and growing newsletter communities to be crazy enough to attempt to create something like this.
I’m creating a simple article image generator that helps writers and publishers turn an article URL or RSS feed into a clean, shareable visual asset. Not because every article needs to become content. But if you put real effort into publishing something, you should be able to give it a better second life.
A more streamlined version of the first “receipt” concept.
Substack articles work too.
Great format for Instagram stories.
This is for:
Bloggers
Journalists
Newsletter operators
Independent publishers
Creators who write long-form
People who want their articles to travel further
Marketers who share articles for their organization
I’m keeping this digital tool simple on purpose. Paste a public article URL or RSS feed link in a box. Generate 5 useful images to share directly to social media platforms and promote your work. That’s the core. And hopefully, just the beginning.
It also works on Ghost.
And random articles from The Athletic.
P.S. If you write on Kit, and have an article link you’d like me to use for an example in my next article update about this product, reply and let me know!
Next, I’m working on crafting email newsletter templates, as requested by popular demand. You’ll be able to grab these with this product when it goes live. If you want first access when it launches, help me decide on the name.
What should I name this thing?
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