The Influencer Economy Crisis

What You Need to Know

I'm seeing something alarming in the creator economy that you need to know about. Everything that used to work - brand deals, affiliate links, sponsored posts - they're all delivering diminishing returns, but there is a way you can survive in this economy. If you are a video person you can check out the video.

But if you are the reading type of person, here is a quick overview on what I have been seeing with my influencer friends and some suggestions on how you can survive.

The Creator Economy is Facing 3 Major Challenges:

1. Audience Fatigue is Real

• Social platforms have turned into shopping malls

• Every platform is now saturated with ads

• Even streaming services are forcing more ads than ever

2. The Trust Crisis

• Audiences are tired of fake influencer partnerships

• Inauthentic product placements are being called out

• The public is losing faith in creator recommendations

3. Oversaturated Market

• More creators than ever before

• Endless sponsored content

• Too many affiliate links

But There's Hope - Here's Your Survival Guide:

1. Focus on Authentic Relationships

• Only promote products you actually use and believe in

• Build long-term brand partnerships

• Put your audience's needs first

2. Strategic Content is Key

• Reduce disruptive mid-roll promotions

• Integrate sponsorships naturally

• Serve your audience's real needs

3. Diversify Your Income

• Create your own products

• Build multiple revenue streams

• Focus on sustainable growth

Ready to take control of your creator business?

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Here's to your success in the new creator economy!

🙏Scripture of the Week:

Philippians 2:3-4 (NLT)

"Don’t be selfish; don’t try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves. Don’t look out only for your own interests, but take an interest in others, too."

HERE ARE SOME UPDATES ON MY JOURNEY:

🏗️Projects:

I have been playing around with some prompt engineering, most specifically to help streamline my content creation. Be on the lookout for some helpful prompts in the weeks to come as I fine tune them to be as effective as possible.

You may or may not be aware that I have been in the process of writing a book. I stepped away from it for a bit as I got bogged down with other things but I am now at the point where I can lock in a bit. Getting back to it is exciting and the time away did give me some time to reflect and come up with some new ideas and directions on how to take it. You will be one of the first people to know about it when it is released as a subscriber to this newsletter.

🎬YouTube:

Just posted my latest video as I referenced earlier in the newsletter. Hope you take some time to check it out and give me your thoughts. Check it out.

🌱Learning:

After some careful planning I have decided to expand my knowledge on no code tools and automations. As such, I am weighing several resources and found some tools that may be very helpful.

📚Reading:

I am still working through Hip Hop is History and should be finihsing that soon so stay tuned for a review. In the meantime, I was notified by Amazon about a new book from Naval Ravikant. I am excited to get into it next. I would love to get some feedback on it if by chance you happened to read it. I am curious how different it is from what we have already heard in the Almanac of Naval Ravikant, which seems to be one of my favorite books of all time and one that just keeps delivering nuggets of information.

The book is called Wealth and Wisdom. I have it on my reading list that you can always check out on my website here.

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