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Sep 5Liked by Claire Venus (she/her) ✨

I was like... did she accidentally Substack butt-tag me? But then, this. What a big ass warm + fuzzy treat for a newbie who thought she was in the void all by her lonesome. THANKS, girl!! 🥰

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😂 🥰🥰🥰

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Sep 8Liked by Claire Venus (she/her) ✨

As someone who is forever butt-dialling my husband, the thought of a Substack butt-tag made me chuckle.

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I only just clicked what they meant 😂

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Sep 5Liked by Claire Venus (she/her) ✨

Oh wow ! Thank you 🤩🤩🤍

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✨💕✨💡✨

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Your story about the yoga class encounter resonated with me deeply. It's a great reminder that the online world can be a tricky landscape to navigate. Your advice to keep seeking genuine connections, even in the face of setbacks, is so valuable. It's easy to get discouraged, but your words remind us (particularly ME) that there are wonderful people out there who appreciate our work.

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Oh so many of them Alexander. I always worry about missing messages now for that reason. I know I definitely have and I hope it hasn’t impacted anyone negatively. Substack is built on generosity it’s simple to seek it out. ✨✨🤩✨✨🗝️

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Sep 8Liked by Claire Venus (she/her) ✨

Exactly this. In my experience the positive encounters far outweigh the negative ones - even though the latter are the ones our brains tend to dwell on.

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Yes it’s moving through it all isn’t it that’s the tricky bit but once you become a bit more practised you make the decisions quicker which helps the whole process I find. ✨

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Sep 7Liked by Claire Venus (she/her) ✨

Recommendations really are effective - I’d definitely embrace this

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This was such a fun post to read this week. Thanks for sending love back to the community, Claire!

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Sep 5Liked by Claire Venus (she/her) ✨

This answers something I’ve been wondering about, whether recommendations make any difference. Also, does that make the tag line that people see for your publication that much more important? Thanks for the wise and fun way you do this work!

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Yes exactly! That’s why I’m running a workshop on it next week Mary. Soulful Micro Copy. ✨

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Sep 5Liked by Claire Venus (she/her) ✨

Oooh, excellent!

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Sep 8Liked by Claire Venus (she/her) ✨

This is such a fabulous post, thank you Claire.

I'm learning more and more about what hides behind that seemingly simple list of subscribers (short answer - much more detail than I ever realised).

Thanks for the inspiration.

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Aw you are super welcome Louise! 😍🥰

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Sep 8Liked by Claire Venus (she/her) ✨

I just went through my list and found some super commenters on my posts for Aug, so I gifted them a months comp and sent them a little thank you note.

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aww love this

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Super ideas! I’m really loving recommendations, but they do go in fits and starts. An awful lot of my new subscribers at the moment are coming from notes! 🤷‍♂️✨

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Is that a good thing? Do they feel aligned with your work David?

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Mixed…I think time will tell.

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Ok good well if your graphs go wobbly don’t worry about it. ✨🙏

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Sep 5Liked by Claire Venus (she/her) ✨

Super helpful, as always. Thanks Claire! 🧡

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You’re welcome ☺️

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Sep 5Liked by Claire Venus (she/her) ✨

Love this! ❤️ Great detail and super useful info 👌 Don't ever let anyone get you down.. they're just selfish and possibly jealous 🙄 You and what you have built here are absolutely FABULOUS!! ✨️ 💖

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Oh thanks my love! 😍 ✨✨✨✨ excited for your new thing!

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I love, love, love getting gift subscriptions for Sparkle on Substack to giveaway! Thank you so much for offering that! I wasn’t sure how come I was getting them, but it looks like it because of the referrals. ☺️

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