i'd go the other way. you might lose some "subscribers", yes, but in their situation it's less about subscribers and more links and serps. in this case, i'd go

i'd go the other way. you might lose some "subscribers", yes, but in their situation it's less about subscribers and more links and serps. in this case, i'd go the simplest possible, especially with their goals being improving writing and building a personal brand if the goal was dominate seo for a specific niche, yes definitely separate it out. google will reward you for staying on-topic. > most traffic is coming from me sharing links to new content, or people searching for a particular thing that is indexed by Google, thus leading to a specific blog post