010: Alexis Teichmiller on Career, Community, and Creator Journey

The HeyCreator Show is presented by Riverside — ⁠get 15% off a new subscription by using code HEYCREATOR at checkout.⁠ In today’s episode of The HeyCreator Show, Matt Ragland (⁠@mattragland⁠) and Alexis Teichmiller jam on leaving the corporate world to become a creator, along with the move forward into a corporate role again.  Alexis is the Senior Brand Partnerships Manager at Circle — the platform we use to run the HeyCreator Community — so they also discuss different community business models for creators, along with the best ways to create signature gatherings for your audience. (0:00) — Presented by Riverside (4:08) — Matt & Alexis working together at ConvertKit (11:59) — Romanticizing the leap from W2 employee to full-time creator (16:18) — From full-time creator to W2 employee (26:07) — Different types of community business models (32:23) — How to create signature gatherings in your community (42:03) — How to set yourself up for sustainability as a creator (48:36) — Where each platform fits in the audience funnel Join the HeyCreator Community Use Automatic Evergreen to send profitable newsletters on autopilot