Sparkle on Substack

We covered; * Substack Creator Kits - * How to be a Bestseller - no drama - https://clairevenus.substack.com/t/growth-to-bestseller-challenge * Perks! (article out tomorrow). Join me for my digital detox challenge next week? Thank you Kate Harvey , SuddenlyJamie , Liza Debevec , Learn English With Jo , Dominik Wieschermann , and many others for tuning into my live video! Join me for my next live v...

If you want to join me for my free challenge Digital Detox (13-17 July 2026) - by Claire Venus 💫 ✨ Thank you Claire Machado , Amy I Beeson 🐝 , Angela Limb , Holly Bailie (she/her) , Rachel Joy 💖 , and many others for tuning into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app. ✨ Links’ people mentioned; * My Substack book - https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Build-World-Class-Substack * My...

“It became acceptable. It’s okay to ask people to pay for your creative work... every minute that you spend working on these projects is valued.” Simon Haisell I sat down with the wonder that is Simon Haisell in Spring to chat more about his patron model here on Substack (the one I always use as an example). It was such a precious conversation about the magic of Substack and community. I know you’...

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Tamu Thomas joins Claire for a rich, unhurried conversation about what it actually means to build a sustainable, well-rested life and business. They explore toxic productivity, the cost of following rules that were never designed for women, and why your nervous system is not a mindset problem to fix. Substack’s evolution from cosy oasis to noisy feed weaves through the second half, along with a ge...

Thanks for joining me beauties. Your Links… https://www.creativelyconscious.co.uk/yourbeautifulsubstackmagazine25 Thank you Michelle Dowd , Learn English With Jo , Rebecca J. Gomez , Francesca Mazzucato , Claire Machado , and many others for tuning into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get ac...

Thanks so much Kristi Keller 🇨🇦 for the chat. Early bird for my signature course opened today…. ✨ Thank you Seth Werkheiser , Georgina Dean , Daria Diaz , Alyssa Polizzi , Elizabeth H. Cottrell , Julie Russell , Julie Schmidt , Patti Wohlin , and many others for tuning into my live video with Kristi Keller 🇨🇦 ! Join me for my next live video in the app. Ai Transcript summary - Thanks Claude A Fri...

It was a delight to chat with Paul Black, my friend and Brand Partnerships Director at The Bright Agency last week. I hope you enjoy our insightful chat and tour back through some of his career highlights. You can subscribe to The Bright Agency Magazine here; and follow Pau’s instagram here. Ai Overview Thanks Claude In this episode of Sparkle on Substack , Claire is joined by her friend Paul Blac...

On setting up a clear and good navigation bar for your Substack website - “Don’t use confusing language. Speak to the thing. Talk it out as if you were speaking to someone in real life. Write it down like I did, and you’ll get there in the end.” NB - the screen sticks in the first section so maybe scroll past as I get it working after that! Ai summary for Substack navigation bar thanks Claude Subs...

"I'm obsessed with the moment with when a writer surprises themselves on the page." Lindsay A few months ago I sat down with Lindsey and Matt at London Writers' Salon and had the cosiest conversation. I find them both (and what they’ve created SO inspiring). I’m obsessed at the moment with this quote; “People don’t forget how you made them feel” …and as you’ll hear in the episode, when I guested f...

“Subscriber churn, people moving on, is just part of emailing. Especially if you use Substack’s direct email function. It’s not personal. If it is personal, they’re not your right people for right now - they’re just not.” The post I mentioned… Ai Summary This is an impromptu live stream recorded during an evening dog walk in rural Northumberland. Claire shares her thoughts on email unsubscribes ,...

“We literally can’t consume anymore. We’ve consumed all of the internet, guys. We win. We win a medal. We know what to do on Substack Notes, we don’t have to over think it and we don’t have to share our breakfast.” Hi folks, Thanks for joining me for my impromptu live yesterday. I wanted to break down the importance of jumping on this WONDERFUL opportunity of scheduling your notes this month. Drop...

( Members - don’t forget - Get it DONE (on Substack) Weeks - by Claire Venus 💫 is happening live this week and our welcome sequences membership class is tomorrow) Are memberships dead? Ai is making us all redundant! Do we all have subscription fatigue now? Are paid subs the first thing to be cut from budgets? I don’t know about you but I feel like people want to constantly rain on our parade just...

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Come to class - https://www.creativelyconscious.co.uk/substack-0-10k-live-masterclass-and-replay?coupon=SPARKLERS This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sparkleon.substack.com/subscribe

Thank you Christina Bieber Lake , RAJ KAUR , mary beth kaplan🪶 , Jennifer Zarin, LCAT , Margaret Williams, MS, ACC , and many others for tuning into my live video with Emilia Ferreira ! Join me for my next live video in the app. “Biohacking is the art of controlling your biology — and you are the mastermind. You can control your environment from inside and outside, but that needs to be an individ...

Thank you Rebecca Mack ☕ , Julie Schmidt , Abigail Thomas , and many others for tuning into my live video with Vicki Willden-Lebrecht ! Join me for my next live video in the app. Ai Summary - thanks Claude Here’s a summary of the conversation, which is a Substack live chat between a host and Vicky Wilder-Librett , founder of the Bright Agency (founded 2003), a literary and illustration agency wit...

💎 My Diamond Member Portal for business owners who want to use Substack as a key part of of their online home is re-open for a limited time. This isn’t just Substack - this is audience development, platform congruence and business alchemy. If you have a business and need to get right to the heart of how to utilise this wonderful platform my annual audit and monthly hot seat mentoring calls will g...

Thank you Sarah L Kent , Rachel Joy 💖 , Ruth Dale , Natalia Papiol , Karen Oline , and many others for tuning into my live video with Veronica Llorca-Smith ! Join me for my next live video in the app. AI Summary, thanks Claude. Here’s a summary of this ~42-minute conversation between Veronica (Hong Kong, The Lemon Tree Mindset ) and Claire Venus (Northumberland, UK, Sparkle on Substack ) — two cr...

AI summary, thanks chat. Substack Live: External Links, Affiliate Income & Clean Monetisation In this Substack Live, Claire explored the evolving question many writers and creators are asking: How should we monetise on Substack — and what actually feels aligned? She unpacked the rise of external links such as Buy Me a Coffee and Ko-fi, affiliate income, patron-style models, and paid subscriptions...

"We need to hear different people's stories and see different people's perspectives — and that's very bad for a society that thrives on division." Allegra Chapman (she/her) Hi folks, It was a joy to chat with Allegra Chapman (she/her) at the end of last year. It’s taken me a little while to get this one out but it’s great timing as her new book is OPEN for pre-sale orders - yay! Ai Episode Summary...

“The main work to do in life and in the online world is nervous system work.” Thank you Eva Lydon 🌿 , RAJ KAUR , mary beth kaplan🪶 , New Harmony Homeopath , Geetika , and many others for tuning into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app. Here are the resources and people I mentioned…thank you for coming to my impromptu Ted talk with over 850 PEOPLE - woah!! * Kendall Marie Pla...

Welcome BACK to a brand new season of Sparkle on Substack the podcast. I am delighted to have another 12 BEAUTIFUL conversations on voice, community and Substack sparkle for you! This one is with my online pal Nicola Washington who is a BRILLIANT member of Sparkle on Substack - brand new Substack bestseller and IG expert for authors looking to connect rather than broadcast and shout. I hope you en...

Thank you to JP Watson at The Pound Project and to you all for coming along live to hear us chat. If you do have questions for the The Pound Project team, do post them in the comments and JP might get chance to answer a couple. Learn more - https://www.poundproject.co.uk/ And MOST importantly - buy Amie McNee ’s book for three weeks only!! LOOK at this beautiful graphic recording of our chat… than...

I loved chatting with Nikko Kennedy as part of the January Joy(ful) Growth Club with Russell and Claire . You can go deeper on this topic with her inside our workshop and get the replay. Thurs 5 Feb at 4pm. Become a monthly or annual paid member to join us and get the replay. Ai summary, thanks Claude This is a transcript of a live conversation between Claire Venus (an engagement consultant and Su...