how can creators monetize?
ideas, examples, and musings on making a living as a creator
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how can creators monetize?
fave example of a solo-creator
Two Chinese streamers sold 18 billion RMB (about $3B) worth of goods in a half-day livestream in 2021. That's almost as much as Twitter's annual revenue ($3.72B).
Ugh, I can’t believe I had to live/work through the deaths of both print media AND online media and now possibly television and film too?? Can I just have a job?! Like, no offense to my beloved Butt News subscribers, but there’s no way that selling direct-to-consumer humorous movie reviews at a freelance tax rate and paying $600/month for my own in... See more
Lindy West • Butt News #24: Never Been Kissed
sigh - this is true. There’s no way that any of us can afford to pay $5/month to access the work of all the writers, chefs, cartoonists, podcasters, etc... whose output we occasionally enjoy.
interesting thoughts from a creator - on why to paywall: "it is damaging to speak to people who are committed to misunderstanding you, or people you already know are incapable of receiving you. It is wasteful to give good things to people who will not appreciate them."
The Author’s Guild reported that the average U.S. full-time author “earned a median annual income from writing-related activities of $23,329 in 2022, of which an average of $12,000 was from their books.” (The median American worker brings home an estimated $54,132 a year.)
Now if that doesn’t scare you off, I don’t know what could.
And I regret sayin... See more
Now if that doesn’t scare you off, I don’t know what could.
And I regret sayin... See more
Cory Doctorow: How Big Tech Captured Culture | The Agenda
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