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Free, practical guides on starting, growing, and monetizing your stream — written by creators who have done it.
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Streamer’s Guide to Weathering a Recession
Streamer’s Guide to Weathering a Recession
This article was written by financial expert Jay Cranford from Buff Your Finances. Jay is financial planner specializing in helping content creators with their business and personal finances, you can find him over on Twitter @hjcranford. With global conflict on the rise, rapid inflation impacting a variety of industries, and stock market dips on the…
Jul 21, 2022 · 4 min read
The Pandemic’s Impact on Content Creators
The Pandemic’s Impact on Content Creators
During the time of the pandemic that many countries were under lockdown to keep folks safe, there was an increase in new streamers and viewers on Twitch. As described by Satch Garlock in an article from theChimes, “The pandemic [gave] viewers more time to binge-watch their favorite creators, as well as spawn[ed] a new generation…
Jul 21, 2022 · 4 min read

The Ethics Of Professional Streaming – Community Based Income
Broadcasting yourself and your personality to the world as a career can come with some hidden challenges. Beyond the struggle of creating new content, growing your community and generating income, your choices in who you are as a person and how you present that can have a tremendous effect on your success. In this series,…
Feb 19, 2020 · 6 min read

How the New U.S Tax Law Impacts Streamers
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) and You This article was co-written by Ernest Jones and Galen Herbst de Cortina. Galen: So, the new tax bill passed. Remember when it was supposed to simplify the tax code? Theoretically, I should be happy since it’s pretty good job security to mess with what people know about taxes. Theoretically.…
Jan 10, 2018 · 9 min read

