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No time to waste if I’m going to get through 60 more platforms! I’ll break them down by genre for easier navigation and enter a quick note about how I would use it as a creator.

There are some affiliate links (why not?) and I’ll mark those with a ‘*’ so the FTC will let me be.

And, just like last time, if I missed one please comment so I can profusely apologize then give you a compliment, whether warranted or unwarranted!

But please note: there were some waitlist-only, pre-launch products that asked to be featured. I can’t do it. Unless I can login, try it out, and know it has value, I’m not including it.

Let’s get started.

AI:

Beautiful.ai* is a easy-to-use presentation builder that can generate a full deck with a short AI description. This is amazing for creators looking to build pitches for brand opportunities without turning into 3 hours of fighting with PowerPoint!

OpenAI makes text-to-image and text-to-video generation easy by adding a simple user interface on top of existing models. If you want a great result without spending hours learning how to prompt on ChatGPT, OpenAI could be a fit for you.

Blaze.ai automates social media post creation, kind of like Canva with text prompts. You can create an Instagram post with the platform and upload it directly. Anything trying to look realistic still appears a bit wonky, but if you’re putting up banners with text it does an incredible job.

Kling.ai is the cheapest high-quality video, picture, and audio generator I’ve found, likely because it appears to be a Chinese platform using the super efficient DeepSeek model. There’s also some gamification and free credits for logging in. Does it work? You tell me. I took a picture of my kids hugging the Pink’s Hot Dog mascot and made it into this unnerving video:

LTX Studio is AI generated video with a more professional sheen. The cost is surprisingly reliable, and there are a lot of options to handle full-funnel pre-production including AI storyboards.

Grammarly has been my most-used AI app since I became a premium subscriber a year ago. Because it’s checking your grammar in real time while you type, then keeps records of what you’re doing well and what you can improve on. Awesome if you’re writing a ton of newsletters and metadata and don’t want to waste a lot of time proofreading!

Creatorships is new, but they’re onto something. Using AI, the platform helps brands and creators connect and find an ideal relationship and clear communication.

Squibbler will write a book for you with a few text prompts. Is it a good book? Not the one I made. But with continual prompting and tweaking, you can likely make a good-enough book in a few hours and try to cash in on Amazon self-publishing.

Descript edits video quickly through text, kind of like editing a Word document. There are other automated AI tools, but I mostly use it for text-based video editing.

Wondershare has multiple AI offerings for creators, but the most interesting has been their AI Twin technology that makes it super easy to create a digital twin that has reasonably natural movements and speech.

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COMMUNITY PLATFORM:

Teachable makes setting up paid memberships, communities, and classes simple intuitive interface. The price point to take 0% commission is $159 per month, so best for creators or thought leaders who have already achieved some scale.

Skool is a paid class and community platform that is extremely simple to share and monetize content, including access to build free communities with upselling. I did the math on some featured classes and there are a fair amount of classes not run by a celeb that are making six figures per month, and some of those are super weird!

Teach on Udemy allows you to create a course and have it distributed on Udemy’s subscription-based class platform. Amazing for creators who want to make educational content but don’t know how to drive audience to their class.

Circle.co is a community monetization platform built with a community of creators (!!!) to help you learn how to best monetize a community. It’s a strong offering if you crave structure.

IMVU is an OG metaverse platform where you can meet, chat, and build community through an avatar. And for creators, you can make and sell digital goods including apparel for avatars.

PAYMENTS & COMPANY ADMIN:

Electrify funds creators much like Breeze, who was mentioned in the last edition, with a small twist: they will buy 100% of the channel or purchase majority ownership and take on the cost of business operations.

Splitz simplifies content distribution through an ‘upload once, distribute everywhere’ interface, then uses blockchain to stabilize and assert copyright. Great for creators but essential for indy musicians!

CreatorPay makes payments to creators easy, especially with each platform having unique (and sometimes strange) methods of payment. Great for creator networks or independent creators who need help paying their team. Owned by ChannelMeter.

Buy Me a Coffee is the world’s easiest way to get a tip from your audience. You want to ask for a quick ‘thank you’ for writing a newsletter? Someone can toss you five bucks in a couple of clicks.

CONTENT PLATFORMS & DISTRIBUTION:

Fixated (that’s my company!) has programs to help distribute, optimize, and monetize platforms that aren’t currently being serviced using existing content. DM me for more details!

Streamable is the fastest video uploader on the internet. When I need someone to look at a video and don’t want to go through the whole ‘social media metadata’ process I use Streamable.

Landr is the easiest way for musicians to launch and monetize content on nearly every surface possible in a few clicks. There is a yearly fee but the content stays up forever, even if you stop paying.

Flip started as a shoppable video app where you can earn coupons from watching other videos, but now monetizes videos through a creator program much like TikTok.

HootSuite is still around! And if you haven’t checked it out recently, the social listening and analytics tools have gotten really strong. For everyone sleeping on Pinterest, HootSuite makes it easy to manage.

Buffer is another of the OG social media managers. If you want your content to show up on every platform in real time, it’s a great solution.

Trovo is a game streaming platform with strong reach in Russia, but many US-based creators have found success, especially when playing first-person shooter games.

Bigo Live is one of those platforms that every streamer with any scale has gotten offered an influencer marketing campaign. One of the easiest ways to go live IRL directly from your phone.

StreamElements has everything a live streamer needs to go pro: from merch to chatbots to professional overlays.

Kit, formerly ConvertKit, is an operating system for e-mail-first community engagement. More complex than a lot of creator newsletter options but has a lot more functionality, including beautiful landing pages and built-in funnels.

bviral has a product to easily find and license viral videos for reaction content and re-edits.

MONETIZATION:

Wise* may not be specifically a ‘creator economy company,’ but it is the cheapest and easiest way to send money to overseas editors and social media managers, who are the lifeblood of any efficient operation.

CreatorOS handles the influencer marketing platform from beginning to end to help with monetization visualization and pricing.

#paid connects creators to brands, generally with a high volume of lower-revenue deals. But with smaller creators or ‘product-forward’ creators (beauty/fashion/lifestyle) it helps increase your brand deal inflows from major brands.

SheSpeaks is another brand/creator connection platform with a focus on female-driven brands and creators. It’s also an incredible platform if you love ‘gifting’ campaigns, meaning you receive free things in exchange for reviews.

Creator.co brings a lot more firepower to the scaled sponsorships game, providing deeper analytics to scaled campaigns. Creators can simply sign up and see available campaigns to submit.

Later offers brand deals for creators and access to creators for brands, but has an intuitive user interface that allows creators to submit quickly.

Spring is one of the OGs of the creator merch world, originally called Teespring. They have social integrations into tons of platforms and you can launch a store for free.

Stashem gamifies investing in creators where ‘shares’ can be traded and sold. Legal? They claim it is!

Fundmates doesn’t just provide creators with investments, but they also help creators build their audience though business development and infrastructure.

ANALYTICS & LINK-IN-BIO:

Favikon, I’m hitting myself in the head for missing this in the last one as I use it every day. Influencer marketing management and search, but my favorite feature is the widget that allows you to see data on LinkedIn profiles while you’re surfing. I’m a big believer in the future of LinkedIn influencer marketing and Favikon is leading the charge!

GetAllMyLinks is a novel take on the link-in-bio space addressing an issue most creators don’t even know they have: opening a browser with links outside of the app where you click. So instead of still being in the Instagram environment when clicking, it pops up a new browser. This has made GAML a favorite amongst OnlyFans creators.

pop.store is a link-in-bio with a twist: it’s sales-first. You can upload digital items to sell, manage subscriptions, and unlock content.

July is part link-in-bio, part media kit generator, and part influencer marketing campaign operations. And they do a wonderful job building community around their product with their ‘Behind the Influence’ Slack group!

Foam is a talent management administration portal owned by Whalar. It’s a free (!!!) and simple way to pull and share analytics for creators, and appears to be building in the direction of offering brand deals to associated talent (Avi Lipski will call me out if I get that wrong!)

BYRDLI was flagged to me in the comments of my previous post and I really enjoyed their point-of-view on the market (note: I am not recommending all that were flagged to me!) It’s a link-in-bio travel club where you can share your adventures then commission any booked trips through your page. As travelers are increasingly inspired by social media, this allows creators to be rewarded for it!

Videreo shares travel experiences through a social feed for affiliate revenue too, but this is more of an Instagram experience than a link-in-bio experience. Smooth interface!

FastMoss is my secret weapon for TikTok Shop. See top brands, top-selling creators, and see top-selling CAP (Creator Agency Program) programs, which is kind of like creator management entities focused on TikTok Shop.

SullyGnome is one of my favorite free analytics platforms for Twitch streamers, so if you want to see the top streamers and games day-over-day, you can get a strong overview.

TwitchTracker is my other favorite free Twitch analytics platform. It has most of the same information as SullyGnome but a far cleaner presentation.

Captiv8 is a popular influencer marketing operations and discovery platform that excels at reporting up-to-date information while a campaign is live.

CreatorIQ is another influencer marketing operations and discovery platform used by a lot of major brands. Deeper analytics and a higher price-point.

Brandwatch goes deep on analytics with a huge focus on competitive and comparative analysis. If you’re a brand spending big on creators, you need this platform.

Kalodata is like Brandwatch for TikTok Shop. Great tools to find the best creators, see what other brands are doing, and find high-converting strategies.

Asana is not a creator-specific platform, but I’ve recommended it to every creator I’ve worked with for over a decade. It’s a very simple task manager, kind of like a to-do list with notifications that can be shared with management, so creators never miss influencer marketing deadlines.

OTHER FUN STUFF:

AsqMe lets you set up a simple page where you can monetize direct-messages, kind of like Cameo for quick advice. I set up an account and got a few questions right away and the process was super smooth.

Gleam.io* is a platform I’ve been using for over a decade to launch platform-compliant giveaways easily, where fans can get ‘entries’ by completing useful actions like joining a mailing list.

Bonterra is an incredible platform for non-profits to give them data and analytics around fundraising, including great ways to track their ‘influencers’ who are spreading the word.

Influencer Hero is an engagement and analytics platform solely focused on creator gifting. Amazing if you want promo for product but need help with organization.

YT Jobs is perfect for creators who aren’t making enough money with their own content. Creatives can join as talent then search job listings for everything from thumbnail designers to metadata writers.

CreatorEconomyJobs.co has job offerings for the more business-minded creators, with everything from entry level positions at major companies to c-suite opportunities.

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