Claire Venus is a UK Substack expert, audience development consultant and mentor with 25 years' experience in festivals, events and creative industries. Creator of Sparkle on Substack a community of 20,000 readers across 2 publications, ranked top 20 on the Substack leaderboard, and co-author of How to Build a World Class Substack (2024).
Claire has been featured in The Sunday Times, The Telegraph and iPaper.
I'd love to work for you and your organisation.
To speak at your event or host a workshop
I offer one off workshops, talks or packages for organisations who want to delve deeper into Audience Development and Substack Education.
Sessions can support and mentor staff or be part of your away days or wellbeing agenda.
Topics including
Understanding personal brand, your unique voice and self expression online
Getting to know your ideal reader and audience
Audience Development/ Audience Alchemy ✨
Substack basics
Substack monetisation
Or we can put something together that suits what you / your clients need.
Email - support@creativelyconscious.co.uk to talk more and for prices.
Engagement Consultant, Mentor, Substack Expert
Claire Venus is an award winning Engagement and Audience Development Consultant, author, Substack Expert and Mentor. She lives on the Northumberland Coast in the UK with her husband, two children and dog; a blue whippet called Stella.
In 2015, Claire left the city and followed the call to live rurally, buying a 100 year old home that needed renovation, stepping into her lifelong vision to live by the sea.
After a twenty year career in worldwide festivals and events, she pivoted to start her company ‘Creatively Conscious Ltd’ and expanded her brand to work globally online.
Claire is the author of 6 books including How to Build a World Class Substack, an Amazon bestseller. She writes to an email audience of over 18,000 subscribers and has popular social and YouTube channels too.
A slower pace, enables balance between creativity, growing a business and truly enjoying her daily life.
"Claire has an incredible skill around engagement and visual and written communication and I wholeheartedly recommend her as a consultant, workshop facilitator, mentor and ally for the creative, cultural and heritage sector."
Leila D'aronville - North East Cultural Freelancers.