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7 Ways to Earn More Money on Spring

Spring makes it easy for you to create products and make money selling them. However, many of our users struggle to make even one sale. If that’s you, or you believe you’re not getting as many sales as you should, don’t sweat it! Check out the steps below to learn the secrets to creating and selling like a boss on Spring!

1. Design Graphics Tailored to Your Following

Your fans are your biggest supporters–and who you’re selling your products too,–so make them the inspiration behind your designs. Center your creations around those special moments from your content that your fans know and love—the funny jokes, the memorable quotes, or even your beloved sidekick, like your pet. Let your designs reflect the vibe of your community, with a playful touch that only your true fans will appreciate.

If you’re stuck on what to make, take advantage of your social media fam by running polls or surveys to get their input directly. Find out what designs they’re vibing with, what gets them excited, and let their feedback guide your creative process.

And if you’re looking for some extra design mojo, dive into the world of AI design tools. Check out these three free platforms:

Canva: 

Canva is a great beginner tool with an easy interface that makes designing images and text easy to do. It also offers a new AI feature where you can request specific images to be created for you.

Pixlr: 

Whether you’re a newbie or a pro, Pixlr’s AI-powered tools have got you covered. From basic edits to cool effects that’ll make your designs pop, Pixlr makes it easy to bring your vision to life.

Gravit Designer: 

Try vector design with Gravit Designer’s intuitive features and AI-driven capabilities. With powerful tools at your fingertips, you’ll be creating captivating designs in no time.

With these tools in your arsenal, you’ll be whipping up designs that speak directly to your audience, paving the way for a merch launch that’s as unique as you are.

2. Pick the Perfect Products

When it comes to choosing products for your designs, think about what your fans would actually want to snag. If you’re a gaming creator, consider slapping your designs on desk mats, phone cases, and other cool tech gear. Or, if you’re more into the fitness scene, try leggings, sports bras, or water bottles. You want to make sure you cater to your audience’s interests.

You’ll also want to keep the seasons in mind. When the chilly weather rolls around, cozy hoodies and long sleeves are a must-have. But when the sun’s shining, tank tops and board shorts are where it’s at. 

Need some inspo? Check out all our hot sellers right here.

3. Keep the Launch Party Going

Spring gives you the green light to launch as many products as your heart desires. Why? So you can experiment, of course! Test out different designs and product types to see what gets your followers buzzing. And hey, if something doesn’t quite hit the mark, no sweat—you can easily unlist it and move on to the next big thing.

But here’s where the magic happens: Take note of what works and what doesn’t. What designs have your fans raving? What products are flying off the shelves? Use that golden info to fine-tune your strategy for future launches and keep the good vibes rolling.

4. Highlight Your Hottest Hits

Give your best sellers the spotlight they deserve and make them easier for your fans to find on your storefront.

Here’s how to place products at the front of your store:

  1. Click on Stores on the left-hand menu.
  2. Select Edit Store
  3. Click Products
  4. From there, you can star any products you want to feature at the top of your store. 

5. Order Samples and Use Them in Your Content

Using samples in your content can increase your sales by 300%! So get your hands on some samples of your products and incorporate them into your content strategy. Whether it’s unboxing videos, photoshoots, or giveaways, showing off your products in action can drive interest and sales. 

You can order samples here!

6. Spread the Word on Social Media

Once you have your designs and products live, it’s time to turn up the volume on your socials and get the word out about your awesome merch! Hit up all the platforms where your fans hang out and start showing off your awesome products.

Whip up some eye-catching social graphics and videos that showcase your products in all their glory. Talk ’em up, show ’em off—whatever it takes to get your fans excited to hit that “add to cart” button.

Also, don’t forget to drop your store link in your bio to make shopping for your products easy, as well as add our social integrations. 

7. Reach Out with Email Campaigns

Email campaigns are a great way to boost sales and keep your fans engaged/aware of your new drops.

If you have an email list, use it to share exciting updates about your latest merch drops, exclusive deals, or behind-the-scenes peeks into your creative process. With the right message, you’ll have ’em hitting that “buy now” button in no time.

If you don’t have access to an email list, but have gotten a lot of sales, reach out to us at creatorsupport@spri.ng. We’ve got your back, and we’re here to help you make magic happen.

Now Go Start Earning!

Our platform is designed to help you earn with ease, and with these tips in mind, you can become unstoppable! 

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5 Habits of Successful Content Creators

Most content creators want their passion to support them and become their full-time job. And it’s easy to understand why. Getting paid to do what you love is the ultimate career path. 

But how do successful content creators make that dream a reality?

Hard work and good habits.

But don’t skim over the key word here–habits.

It takes an average of 18 to 254 days for a person to build a habit, as well as an average of 6.5 months for a content creator to earn their first dollar. 

In other words, you need to play the long game and maintain good habits if you want to become a successful content creator. Overnight success is rare and hard to sustain, whereas good habits and hard work help you create a more stable and reliable source of income over time.

Take MrBeast, a famous YouTuber, as an example. His journey on YouTube started in 2012 when he was just 13 years old. 

He posted content religiously for years, but it wasn’t until 2016 (4 years later) that his account hit over 30K followers. Now, at just 24 years old, he has been named the highest-earning creator on the “Forbes” 2022 list of Highest-Paid Youtube Stars. His determination and passion for creating YouTube content made his success possible. 

So when you read through the five habits that successful content creators share below, make a plan to incorporate them into your life that you stick to day after day. Don’t lose heart if you don’t see dramatic results right away. The world’s most successful creators know how to play the long game, and anyone who wants to follow in their footsteps needs to learn how to as well.

5 habits that will help you become a successful content creator

1. Learn more about your industry every day.

Being passionate about an industry isn’t enough to make people want to listen to you. In order to grow your audience, you need to become an expert in your industry. 

Become the person people go to for advice and to learn about the latest trends. But don’t let this overwhelm you! Your passion will make learning more about your industry enjoyable.

If you don’t know how to start learning more about your industry, try the following:

  • Listen to podcasts
  • Read industry-related blogs 
  • Keep up to date with industry news (even if you just skim the highlights)
  • Watch relevant videos
  • Sign up for and read industry newsletters

While that’s not an exhaustive list, you can see that there are many ways to learn about your passion, even for those anti-readers out there.

The key is to avoid trying to become an expert overnight. Simply read, watch, or listen to one or two content pieces a day. When taken in small, daily doses, the information you absorb will help you create richer, more creative content naturally. 

2. Create a content schedule and stick to it!

Whether you’re a YouTuber, podcaster, blogger, influencer, etc., you need to turn out content regularly to become successful. In a perfect world, you would create content daily. 

But without a content schedule, you’re more than likely to fall behind your ideal timeline. 

Planning out your content ahead of time helps reduce the amount of time you spend every day wondering what you should create and how.

In fact, studies have shown that by taking 10-12 minutes to plan out your day, you can end up saving up to two hours of time that would have otherwise been unproductive to your goals.

Just make sure that your beautiful content calendar doesn’t get ignored. Once you have what you want to post and when planned out, take action and follow through with it. You’ll be happy you did.

3. Get to know your audience. 

You can create incredible content, but if it doesn’t resonate with your audience, it won’t get you anywhere. Pushing out content for the sake of posting often is an easy way to lose followers and deter new ones.

That’s why it’s so important to understand who your audience is and what type of content they want to hear.

Successful content creators put effort into identifying their target audience and create content that appeals to them.

A few good questions to ask yourself are:

  • What’s the age range of your audience?
  • What pain points do they experience?
  • Where are they located?
  • What language nuances resonates with your audience?
  • What type of content does your audience engage with?

Once you can answer those questions, craft your content with your target audience in mind. The best content creators do this for every piece of content they create because they understand that it’s a key part of their content’s success. 

4. Get comfortable performing research.

Successful content is backed with data, facts, and success stories. People want to absorb information that is valuable and accurate. 

If you start making content that isn’t reliable or trustworthy because you didn’t do your research first, then your followers will lose interest in what you have to say. 

This is especially true if you’re trying to sell anything as a result of your content. According to a PwC study, around 71% of people surveyed said that loss of trust would prevent them from buying from a brand or business. 

To avoid creating inaccurate content, make sure you get your facts and sources from reputable sites and don’t just use the first thing that pops up on Google search. 

Build content that builds credibility among your audience and establishes you as an authority figure on the subject matter.

5. Analyze your content’s performance.

One of the best ways to increase your success as a content creator is to see what content has performed well and what hasn’t. Those insights will help you get a better understanding of what type of content your target audience is looking for and enjoys.

You can do this by tracking how many likes, shares, reposts, and comments a blog or social post receives, how many views a video gets, how many times your podcast was played, and so on. 

By keeping track of your content’s analytics, you can set benchmarks to note the average performance of your content and use those metrics to see what content performed best. Use this information to try and duplicate your success by modifying your content calendar to embrace what’s working and get rid of content ideas that have been shown to underperform.

Conclusion 

With over 200 million content creators in the world today, there’s more competition than ever before. But don’t let that number scare you. Many creators don’t have the determination or commitment to make their dream a reality.

If you take the time and energy to create good habits and stick to them, you’ll have a much better chance of becoming a successful content creator. 

For more tips and tricks on how to become a successful content creator, check out our blog and YouTube channel.

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How conservationists are combatting COVID-19 setbacks with merchandise

Deon Appelcryn, the director of Untamed Brewing Company, has one mission—to save Africa’s wildlife, one beer at a time. Centering their work around conservation and inspired by the African wild dog, they collaborate with non-profit organizations. Using income from sales, they support the ongoing struggle to preserve endangered animals and their habitats. Untamed Brewing embraces their passion for beer, Africa and wildlife to fuel their business, vision and product collection. 

Diversifying income with their social store

Unfortunately, like many other small businesses worldwide, COVID-19 has severely impacted Untamed Brewing. Being locked down for several weeks has forced the company to close its doors, unable to sell alcohol or even distribute merchandise to their international customer base. Despite their recent hardships, the team is finding new ways to keep themselves afloat and stay active with conservation efforts through merchandise. 

“COVID-19 has already caused a huge impact on our business, so if it’s extended further, we don’t know how we will recover. However, we have plans in place and are positive we will see this through. In the meantime we can continue to sell our merchandise globally through Teespring to fund our business and raise awareness.”

Finding ‘wild’ inspiration 

Untamed Brewing’s products are created around the face of the business—the African wild dog, making their most popular design the ‘Logo Dog Range’. Deon’s volunteer work with the species is the inspiration and story behind Untamed Brewing’s merch designs. Apart from their popular t-shirts, they offer sweatshirts, hoodies, athletic wear, and kids clothing too. Based on recent sales trends they’ve also expanded their collection to include a range of homeware and accessories like mugs, pillows, wall art, phone cases, bags and socks.

Selling on social media  

As a passionate, global group of supporters on social media, Facebook is their primary platform for promoting merch. By following our Facebook promo guide, they are able to generate high engagement and click through rates on the content they share. Notably, the team also wears samples of their products regularly to raise awareness for their brand, conservation efforts, and drive sales.  

 

“We use Facebook adverts as well as selling merchandise at events. All staff are always wearing branded clothing. We get people stopping us on the street asking for shirts! Our adverts on Facebook cause spikes in sales on Teespring, so we’re pushing those more and more.”

Building a conservation community

From connecting with locals at events to spreading awareness of their work (and beer) on social media, Untamed Brewing’s story demonstrates how you can turn a passion (or two) into a successful business that makes a real, positive impact in real life. Their merch enhances brand building by creating opportunities for followers to support their business, contribute to a worthy cause, and raise international awareness. 

“Creating a custom store on Teespring provided the best option–from fast products to customer service. It enables us to build our brand and sell products at scale without having to worry about fulfillment logistics and customer support.”

Despite the challenges posed by the global pandemic the Untamed Brewing team maintains a positive mindset and looks to the future. We’d like to thank them for sharing their story and wish them the best of luck in the future!

Want to support Untamed Brewing Company and their ‘pack’?

Check out their store, follow @untamed_brewing_company and visit their facebook page Untamed Brewing.