Content Creator News for Content Entrepreneurs

Burn the Playbook: Joe Pulizzi’s New Guide to Building a Business (and Life) on Your Terms

Some of you in the room will change your lives in the next few years. You’ll quit jobs you hate, own your time, and earn more doing work you love. And some… will disappear. The difference won’t be talent, niche, the...

Working the Workbook

Publishing, Revenue

Workbooks take your online course to the next level. Here are five things to do to create a workbook for your content business.

What Should the First Hire for Your Content Business Do?

Business Operations

Entrepreneurs share the first hire they made in their content-related endeavor to build a sustainable business.

BookTok’s Ayman Chaudhary Turns Books Into Big Business for Her and Authors

Content Entrepreneur, Publishing

Ayman Chaudhary turned boredom into #BookTok videos, which she then turned into her full-time income as Ayman Books, the No. 1 #BookTok influencer.

Tax Tips for Content Entrepreneurs

Business Operations

You’re earning revenue but the government(s) gets a share. Do these things to ensure you and the tax collectors have a good relationship.

Content Entrepreneurs Reveal How Generative AI Helps Their Businesses

Technology and Tools

Find out how content entrepreneurs are using generative AI to help them and their businesses.

Rachel Smith Turns Coaching on Spoken English Into Thriving Content Business

Content Entrepreneur

Entrepreneur Rachel Smith grew a media business helping non-native English speakers improve their skills by launching on YouTube over 10 years ago.

6 Content Entrepreneurs Reveal The Moment They Knew Their Business Was a Success

Revenue

How do you know when success hits? Content entrepreneurs share that moment before they take the stage at CEX.

Taylor Tieman Expands Law Firm Into a Content Business

Content Entrepreneur

Lawyer Taylor Tieman didn’t stop with one-on-one clients. She grew The Legalmiga Library, a legal content resource for creator entrepreneurs.

CTA: Ask Your Audience to Do Something

Audience Building

CTA stands for call to action. For you, those three letters stand for an opportunity to move your audience along their journey with your content brand. Here are five things to do to use CTAs effectively: 1. Evaluate the options: Effective CTAs for content...

Fretboard Journal Shows Why Print Magazines Can Be the Featured Hit for Content Brands

Revenue

Print magazines aren’t dead. The almost 20-year-old Fretboard Journal magazine serves as the calling card for six podcasts, annual event, and weekly newsletter.

Scott Martin Finds Free Community Doesn’t Work for His Content Business Model

Content Entrepreneur

Entrepreneur Scott Martin tired of marketing agency life, so he created Groundswell Origins, a content brand with a book, podcast, and community.

Unlock a Keyword Strategy

Audience Building, Technology and Tools

As a content entrepreneur, you want the audience to find your content. Search engines can help surface that content. For that to happen, you should adopt a keyword strategy for your content. Then, you can help search engines understand your content, who it’s for, and...

Beyond Likes and Shares: How to Motivate Your Audience to Buy, Subscribe, and Promote Your Content

Audience Building

Motivate your audience to promote and buy your content products with an incentive program. Consider these options.

1440’s Tim Huelskamp Keeps His Eye on The Only Thing That Really Matters in a Newsletter Business

Content Entrepreneur

Tim Huelskamp founded the 1440 newsletter with 78 subscribers. Today, it has 3.4 million, is run by a team of 14, and earns at least $1M per team member.

Content Business Advice from YouTube Creator Roberto Blake

Audience Building

Roberto Blake is a mega-successful content entrepreneur. Read-on for some content business advice from this YouTube expert creator.

How To Navigate a Second Career as a Content Entrepreneur

Business Operations

Content entrepreneurship is often a second career. Find out how to navigate your next act from two podcasters who are doing and talking about it.

Claire Bartholic Grows the Planted Runner Into Big Content Business

Content Entrepreneur

Claire Bartholic took up running to look good for her high school reunion. Now, it’s the center of her full-time, thriving content business, the Planted Runner.