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⚡️ Creator Insight of the Week

What We’re Seeing:
YouTubers creating repetitive content and “AI slop” will be demonetized starting July 15. 🫢

And even better: YouTubers can now share their audience and channel data with brands to land partnership opportunities. Giving advertisers access to this info makes it easier for them to say yes to working with you.

With TikTok facing 2026 shut down threats, a TikTok “clone” coming out that the people are not happy about, YouTube Shorts booming + high payout compared to other platforms… YouTube is still leading in monetization and creators are doubling down.

Keep in mind, one thing’s guaranteed: platform policies will change.
If your entire business is built on someone else’s platform, you’re vulnerable.

They can change the algorithm.
Shadow-ban you.
Demonetize the feature that drives your traffic/revenue.
And there’s not a thing you can do about it.

But your email list? You own that. That’s gold.

⚙️ AI x Creators

Grok 4 is out and it’s already being called the most powerful model in the world.

Just days ago, Elon/Grok was being dragged for a glitch. Was the drama a real issue… or just genius marketing?

Either way, Grok 4 is a huge win for creators, here’s a few things you can use it for:

• Write threads, tweets, and YouTube scripts in any “voice” you desire

• Generate animations and videos with one prompt. Check out this animation of a crowd forming “Hello World”

• Build apps from scratch even with zero coding experience.. in record timing.

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• Whop - Post content and get paid for the views you generate

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