Fiverr released a Creator Economy Guide, which is designed to help aspiring and existing content creators "handle the ups and downs of the creator economy."
To compile the report, Fiverr interviewed ten successful content creators and, based on these interviews, put together a top 10 list of tips for creator economy success.
The ten are:
- Know the right time to start your own business.
- Position yourself as a leader, not just a creator/influencer.
- Find other team members who can help you.
- Be prepared to handle the ups and downs of the creator economy.
- Focus on your skills—let experts do the rest.
- Don't just create for fans—create for yourself, too!
- Be prepared to scale your business.
- Finding the best opportunities in the creator economy.
- Learn to collaborate with other businesses.
- A final word of advice.
Our favorites are the teaming tips (3,5, and 9).
Our research shows that the creator economy is a team sport, and successful creators partner, subcontract, and hire others at much higher rates than most freelancers and solopreneurs. So we agree it's very important for creators to team up with others.
We also like 4 - Be prepared to handle the ups and downs of the creator economy - because there will be ups and downs.
The Fiverr guide provides an excellent set of qualitative research on what it takes to be successful in the creator economy. And while targeted at aspiring content creators, even experienced creators will find the advice useful.
