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Plus: Canva joins the AI train, Substack invites users to become investors, and frustration grows around the topic of creator funds. 

| View in browser 🪐 Get aligned in the creator universe.    Good morning, and condolences to everyone who lost a blue checkmark on Twitter this week. It wasn’t an April Fool’s joke – on Saturday, Twitter started phasing out legacy checkmarks to make room for Twitter Blue subscriptions. Soon enough, the only tweets you’ll see on your recommendations feed will be accounts paying up, likely random users with under 1,000 followers. Will big names stick around on the platform? Jason Alexander probably won’t. And when he walks away, that will be a sad, angry day. Like an old man trying to send back soup in a deli.    – The Leap   Your 6-Step Digital Product Launch Checklist   Creators, it’s time to get to work and flex your skills. If you’ve been following the trends, you’ll know the best way to earn passive income online is through creating and selling digital products. Digital products like templates, e-books, and online courses have high profit margins, are easily scalable, and are affordable to create. The tricky thing is just getting started.    We put together everything you need to know – from how to plan and create your product, to setting up an online store and promoting your product through content. To keep you focused from beginning to end, we’ve also made you a free digital product launch checklist. You’re welcome. Little Extras   🍑 Clearing up any misunderstandings around the potential TikTok ban, Senator Marco Rubio said lawmakers are not trying to take away our precious booty videos. They just want to protect us from, you know, other dangers.    📚 #BookTok may be single-handedly saving the publishing industry. But how much cash is coming back to the creators behind the content?    🎙️  Spotify knows we’re all trying to monetize podcasts, and it’s working hard on new features to help us, including a partnership with Patreon that’ll allow creators to publish exclusive content on Spotify.  😬 Creator funds were designed to incentivize short-form video, not to pay creators adequately. Tbh, they just can’t compete with long-form video monetization, and it’s a bit of a hot button issue. 💼 As a creator/entrepreneur, do you feel like you’re working two jobs 24/7? Yep, we get it. Here are some tips on how to scale your business, especially if there’s only one of you.    🍋 Launched quietly in 2020, the ByteDance-owned app Lemon8 has suddenly landed on the top 10 list of the U.S. Top Apps Chart, causing intrigue and suspicion among creators.    🔮 The design platform Canva has joined the AI train. Its self-described “magic” tools are part of a greater effort to help creators while keeping up with competitors like Adobe.  📈  Substack wants newsletter writers to invest in the platform. Investing can be risky, so only if you want to – but the numbers here look pretty, pretty, pretty good. Keeping Up With the Creator Economy    The creator economy is growing faster than the Kardashian empire (we know, hard to believe). Keeping up with the updates and changes can be overwhelming, particularly if you’re trying to stay on track as a content creator. The best way to stay in the know is obviously through newsletters, delivered hot and fresh to your inbox throughout the week. We curated a list of 12 faves, organizing them into categories such as:   🗓️ Staying up-to-date on creator economy news 👏 Getting the best creator advice ⛏️ Honing your creator craft  💸 Monetizing and growing your business   Get your email addy ready. Here are the best creator economy newsletters (we might have also snuck ours into the list). Thanks for having us in your inbox ❤ Come say hey over on social! The Leap, 369 Terminal Ave, 400, Vancouver, BC, V6A 4C4, Canada Contact us  Privacy Policy Unsubscribe  |
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