Creatively Conscious Ltd/Stay Creative with Substack

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Stay Creative with Substack

  • Course

This course takes a steady, focused approach. Content is drip-fed over four weeks, so you can explore one area at a time without feeling overwhelmed. Weekly modules, journaling prompts, and video tutorials help you dive in, reflect, and build momentum. By the end, you’ll feel clear, grounded, and ready to write and grow your community on Substack.

A year on Substack

My thoughts on a completely new way to show up and share your creative voice online. 

Recorded in 2023 after spending a year on the platform.

Remember you can always...

Remember you can always...

Stay Creative with Substack

Course Contents

This four week (drip-fed) course gives you the tools to start, plan and deliver on Substack. 

The exercises combine my signature playfully creative style with a sprinkle of soul searching about why we really want to show up online in this way.

Is it a blog, a newsletter, do we bring in audio and video elements? It's all POSSIBLE and the tech supports us but what do we WANT to do?

What is substack anyway and how to use it.mp4
Preview
Why Learn from Me & Where else to get support
Preview
What you need to get started with the course...
Preview
What you need to get started with Substack...
A year on Substack 22-23.mp4
Preview
A Year on Substack 22-23 (audio).m4a
Preview
November 2024 Update (audio).m4a
November 2024 Update.mp4
BONUS: Free month over at my Sparkle on Substack Membership

Week One - Stay Creative with Substack - Holding onto the Vision

Your Big Vision video tutorial.mp4
Your Big Vision - audio.m4a
Week One - Your Journal Prompts (downloadable).pdf
Week One - Your Journal Prompts
How to get community support whilst on this journey...
Some gentle reading and research
FAQ - Mindset on substack - video.mp4
Mindset on substack - audio.m4a
FAQ - How do I know what to post on substack v socials?
Substack Notes video.mp4
Substack Notes - audio.m4a

Week Two - Stay Creative with Substack - Being ready and showing up!

Week Two - Your Journal Prompts (downloadable).pdf
Week Two - Your journal prompts
How to write a post - audio.m4a
How to write a post - video.mp4
Content Buckets.mp4
Headers and Footers for your posts -audio.m4a
Headers and Footers for your posts - video.mp4
More sparkly header, footer and about page - audio.m4a
More sparkly header, footer and about page - video.mp4
An intro to design tool canva for your substack logo & elements audio.m4a
An intro to design tool canva for your substack logo & elements.mp4
Recording article voice over - audio.m4a
Recording article voiceover - video.mp4
FAQ - My home page

Week Three - Stay Creative with Substack - Building Community

Week Three - Your Journal Prompts (downloadable).pdf
Week Three - Your Journal Prompts
The technical side...
Recommendations and stats - audio.m4a
Recommendations and stats - video.mp4
Podcast set up - audio.m4a
Podcast set up - video.mp4
FAQ - settings have two spaces on Substack - audio.m4a
FAQ - settings have two spaces on substack - video.mp4
What happened when I got mentioned by Substack - audio.m4a
What happened when I got mentioned by Substack - video.mp4
Building community - audio.m4a
Building community - video.mp4

Week Four - Stay Creative with Substack - Accountability and cheerleading

Week Four - Your Journal Prompts - time to circle back.
Setting up paid subs and a little on substack sections - video.mp4
Setting up paid subs and a little on substack sections m4a
Using 'boost' and referrals' audio.m4a
Using 'boost' and referrals' video.mp4
FAQS - GREAT Substack resources from the Substack team
FAQ - Notes and Tags (May '23).m4a
FAQ - Notes and Tags (May '23).mp4
Congrats audio.m4a
Congrats - video.mp4
Week Four - Your Journal Prompts (downloadable).pdf

Bonus Classes

Micro Copy - Guest session Aimée Francis.mp4
SEO (for your Substack) with Erica Perry.mp4
The Reframe - meeting yourself online and dealing with critism.mp4
Content Planning Workshop.mp4

Tech stack / Follow up learning

Learn with Leonie (affiliate link)
Try Sparkle on Substack - 14 day Membership coupon
Resource library
How to Build a World Class Substack - The book

Hi there, I'm Claire Venus

Hi, I'm Claire - a Creative Producer, mentor and engagement manager.  I started my Substack publication in April 2022 and quickly fell in love with the platform.  I built this course to help you build Substack into your creative eco-system and get you soul searching about how you want to show up there.  

This course follows on from my masterclass...

'Get Creative with Substack' Masterclass.

You can purchase here.  It's available free to my paid members over at Sparkle on Substack.

Stay Creative with Substack - the course

Frequently asked questions

I'll add more questions as and when they pop up.  

This course is a living, breathing, creative response to using substack in real time so there will be more to share... 

Should I have set up my substack account and be writing there?

I would love to recommend you set up an account and download the substack app as the app and desktop have different user experiences. 

You don't have to be writing there yet but by the end of this course I'd hope you would be.

Will you help me decide what to write about/ share?

Yes the course invites you to explore your creativity and will give you insight into what you want to spend time writing and sharing about on substack.  

How much time per week do I need?

There are two journal prompts each week and a short video tutorial.  
Engaging will take you just 30-60 minutes each week.  
There's also our voxer space which is a cheerleading space I open once per season - the next one is Fri 3rd March so dive in if you're keen to keep the ball rolling.

Do I have to do the course in 4 weeks?

No you can have a pause or take longer to complete the course but the magic is in not spinning into 'overthinking' or perfectionism so I would recommend trying to complete it in four weeks. The tutorials are drip fed each week for four weeks.  

Will I meet other people?

No not unless you are in my membership.

Can I book a one to one with you

Yes there's a link to do that with an additional cost in the course or on my website.

Will the course help me get subscribers to substack?

Yes we cover building a community and what that means.  This course doesn't promise you hundreds of subscribers.  It's gift is the gift of creative confidence and being stronger in the steps to create space for your creative voice and remove any blocks you might have to people finding and following you. 

Creatively Conscious - My Substack Publication (digital magazine)

I absolutely adore writing on Substack - you can view my publication and how I have it set up here. 

There is a little bit of choice on visuals and design but I think you'll find it very easy to use and set up yours. 

  • £200 or 4 monthly payments of £50

Stay Creative with Substack

  • Course
  • 66 Lessons

Substack is the platform I've been waiting for for years!  It's changed everything about the way I create and communicate online and I can't wait to share more with you.

In this course you'll get access to weekly journalling prompts & video tutorials to help you to stay creative and on track with your Substack goals.

I'll support you to go deep into your creative process & better understand how & why you want to show up and share online.   

By the end of the course, you'll have all the tools you need to write and build a community on substack.

Bonus - You also get seasonal access to my group mentoring space - Creative Content Club over on whatsapp where we cheerlead each other, share frustrations and blocks and celebrate our wins!!  

I'm SO looking forward to working with you...

Claire is, of course, the go-to expert on everything Substack.

"Claire is, of course, the go-to expert on everything Substack. I rely on her to cut through the jargon and the noise to make sense of the latest features of the platform and love her person-centred approach to building sustainable and joyful publications and the communities around them. 


On my journey to Substack Bestseller (101 paid subs), I gained such a lot from Claire during her Sparkle calls and – lucky for me – an in person session.

She empowered me to get clear on my goals and helped me through her extensive, decades-long experience working in engagement to think about how I could really get to know and best serve my growing community.

Her wisdom enabled me to feel confident in offering value across various tiers of my membership and I couldn't have achieved the level of success I have thus far without her support.

If you get the chance to work with Claire, grab it!"

Lindsay Johnstone, author and host of What Now with Lindsay Johnstone.

Jack at The Daily Moat

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"On the very first day, I recouped the entire cost of the course simply by implementing the changes Claire recommended in the first lesson and sending 1 email to my list."

Layla O'Mara at Beauty and Bone

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"I love Claire's open hearted, enthusiastic and generous sharing and support around Substack. It has extended my goals, I've managed to get Bestseller status (101 paid subs) within months of working with her, all whilst working intuitively, from the heart, with flexibility and always keeping my writing at the heart."

Caroline Donahue

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"I've been overjoyed to be a Diamond Member at Sparkle on Substack, but I also snatched up Claire's book and attended the World-Class Substack workshop she ran with co-author Russell Nohelty.

Following one tip they shared led to me more than doubling paid subscribers (and my annual income from Substack) in three days!

Now let's see what happens when I read through my notes and try any of the other dozen ideas I had on just that one call. You owe it to yourself to learn from Claire if you want to build a sustainable Substack that brings you (and your readers) joy."

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Claire Venus

Creative Consultant, writer and Mentor