Thank you Kate Harvey, Kendall Marie Platt 🌱, Claire Machado, Nance Scott, Jenny Karlsson, and many others for tuning into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app.Sparklers... quick summary from my live… I deleted the Substack app the entire summer (still deleted, if I’m honest). I took a break then took Sparkle down to two newsletters a month instead of my usual cadence, same depth of content but flagging the archive more… And I said something out loud I want to say here too. My Substack growth had genuinely slowed to the point where I wouldn’t have had a business if I was relying on it alone. So I made a call - mastered content creation - grew my Instagram by over 2,000 followers this summer, something I’ve never really done before, and leaned into well-aligned summits instead of waiting for the algorithm to catch up adding 500 subs to my list.None of that is a Substack failure story more what building this actually looks like some seasons.If something in your setup feels stagnant right now, whether that’s your cadence, your day, or where you’re putting your energy... you don’t need my blueprint or anyone else’s. Change it?See what happens?Claire ✨Join our joyful growth to Substack bestseller challenge - on all of this week… Turn the Page Retreat - next weekend… 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 Jennifer Zarin, LCAT, Angela Limb, Nance Scott, Alison Belsom, and many others for tuning into my live video with Toni Jones! Join me for my next live video in the app.Join us over here, simply subscribe to our brand new pop up Substack and we’ll make sure you get the updates. 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 ✹The Unmasked Woman✹ (Hannah), Vera Lúcia, Rose Wippich, Lisa Conquet, Rita Riebel Mitchell, and many others for tuning into my live video with Bella younger! Join me for my next live video in the app.You can subscribe to Bella here…And I highly recommend following her on IG here…where you can also download the template I mention… * https://www.instagram.com/deliciouslystella * Her book The Accidental Influencer is here… https://www.amazon.co.uk/Accidental-Influencer-Likes-Nearly-Ruined/dp/0008402493Ai overview thanks ClaudeWhat this session was: a live audit with Bella Younger (author, “The Pug’s Ear” on Substack) covering identity/rebranding on the page, the about page, positioning.Old identity, new chapter: Bella’s wrestling with how much to reference her old “Deliciously Stellar” persona. Claire’s take: you can honour a past identity without leading with it; people don’t need to know who we are in the world, we can just be who we are.* The about page is prime real estate: a photo, a book link, and social proof (testimonials) belong there — and most people never find the edit button because Substack keeps moving it.* Subscribe buttons need repeating: one at the bottom isn’t enough. Put one early too, because people get distracted mid-scroll.* Say less than you’ll do: if you might publish weekly, promise two to three times a month instead — it protects you on a bad week and it’s fairer to readers who are giving you their attention.* Pricing is emotional, not just mathematical: low, easy price points (the “cost of a coffee”) bring in more subscribers overall, and subscriptions are often the first thing people cancel when they feel overwhelmed — a cheaper annual plan protects against that.* Momentum beats perfection: scheduling a post before it’s fully finished can be the deadline that actually gets it out the door. 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
“Nothing has had such a revolutionary impact on my writing... than starting to write on Substack and staying on Substack. It’s an extraordinary thing.” Mark Diacono I don’t usually email my podcast out but I really felt called to share Mark’s beautiful episode with more of you. You can listen here or wherever you get your podcasts!✨Mark Diacono is a writer, cook, gardener, walker and photographer who lives in the south west of England.He writes about life, mostly through food and everything connected with it. You’ll find stories, recipes and much about growing and cooking incredible flavours.He hosts Cafe Murano Book Club and Limewood Book Club, with the wonderful Angela Hartnett. He once led the garden team at River Cottage and I created the groundbreaking Otter Farm“People from around the world can increasingly find your words and there’s no gatekeeper and there’s no permission giver.”Mark writes monthly food column for The Sunday Times, and a monthly gardening column for Country Life magazine. If you’re not yet over here I’m running a Digital Detox this week and today we are organising our photographs - today’s video will be out at noon… 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
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 video in the app. 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