Content Creator News for Content Entrepreneurs

Food critic Hanna Raskin left her newspaper role and started a Substack newsletter. Now a content entrepreneur, she has advice for others.

Content Businesses Demand Entrepreneurs Start With Financial Systems ASAP

Don’t wait or start piecemeal to set up the financial systems for your content business. Experts offer their advice on what to do in the beginning.

Entrepreneurs Behind Viva La Dirt League Grow Multimillion-Dollar Content Business

YouTube creators of Viva La Dirt League attract an audience of millions with their content tilt around gaming culture humor.

How To Add a New Revenue Stream

Paid membership programs can work well for content entrepreneurs. At CEX, Jen Matichuk shared these five things to do to grow a membership program. Her advice also works well for most content business offerings.

7 Hot Topics for Content Entrepreneurs So Far in 2024

Ready your content business for the rest of the year by consuming The Tilt’s most popular articles for content entrepreneurs in 2024.

Business Podcast Segment Plays Into Pickleball for Dummies Book Deal for Carl Landau

Carl Landau launched a newsletter and podcast interviewing professionals about their “second acts.” But it was a pickleball segment that got him a book deal.

5 Things To Do Before Quitting Your Job

One of the scariest times for content entrepreneurs is deciding when to leave your traditional job. A. Lee Judge, founder of Content Monsta, shared some ideas at CEX to help creators become full-time content entrepreneurs.

9 Fixes for Burnout and Boredom in Your Content Business

Burned out? Bored with creating content on the same topic day after day? Get some tips to help overcome those content entrepreneurial challenges.

Rhett and Link Say No to Hollywood and a Bigger Yes to Their Multimillion-Dollar Content Business

Friends Rhett and Link left engineering jobs to follow their entertainment dreams. Their YouTube channel has evolved into a brand with over 80 employees.

A Social Strategy for Real Life from Katie Brinkley

Audience Building

The pressure to post more and more on social media can drive creators to exhaustion. Katie Brinkley, CEO of Next Step Social and author of The Social Shift, shared her tips for getting more engagement with fewer social media posts at Content Entrepreneur Expo.

6 Data-Backed Ideas for Creators To Optimize Content

Audience Building

What do consistently ranking websites do? Find out in this analysis from Neil Patel, along with tips on how content entrepreneurs can do the same and optimize your content site.

Simon Owens Doesn’t Hesitate To Experiment With His Newsletter and Podcast Business

Business Operations, Revenue

Simon Owens experiments to find what works in his content business. The newsletter creator switched from Mailchimp to Substack and has also tried several revenue models.

The 1-for-1 Rule You Should Know

Making a successful content business is a balancing act. Follow these five recommendations from Luis Camejo on what to do for your content business.

Gain Freedom in Your Content Business By Planning for a Vacation

Content entrepreneurs crave freedom, but you can’t do whatever you want whenever nothing. To gain flexibility, though, plan like you’re leaving on vacation (even if you’re not.)

Entrepreneur Leo Babauta Turns Personal Self-Improvement Into Prosperous Content Business

Leo Babauta turned his positive health and lifestyle changes into a content business, helping others with self-improvement, minimalism, and Zen living.

How To Add Content Licensing as a New Revenue Stream

Learn the basics of content licensing and how it could be a valuable revenue stream for your content business.

Entrepreneur Starts AI-Image Educational Newsletter That Earns $30K a Year

Case Studies, Revenue

Marshall Atkinson discovered his content tilt through a conference and Google search. Now, he spends two hours a week on an ai newsletter that nets $30K a year.

Creator Jared Polin Shoots for Success With Fro Knows Photo Content Business

Jared Polin built Fro Knows Photo into a 1-million-subscriber YouTube channel, a podcast, and a merch line in less than 10 years.

Justin Welsh Built a $7M Content Business With This Unorthodox Business Plan Strategy

The Saturday Solopreneur creator Justin Welsh shares the unexpected questions he asked himself before launching his mega-successful content business plan.

Amy Porterfield Shows Her Fellow Content Entrepreneurs How To Succeed Despite Pivots and Challenges