Becoming A Successful Content Creator – Inspiration And Resources For Content Creation

06 Mar Becoming A Successful Content Creator – Inspiration And Resources For Content Creation

Has working from home during the pandemic suddenly made you question everything, and are you now looking to turn your creative passions into a full-time gig? Have you been toying with the idea of becoming a content creator, but simply don’t know where to start? Are you looking for inspiration and a little push to get you to finally stop everything and focus on content creation and making it your career? Are you wondering what equipment you need in order to start?

If you answered “yes” to any (or all) of the above questions, then this three-part series that we’ve entitled “Becoming A Successful Content Creator” is for you.

As two content creators who have worked in the creative field for over 15 years, we have been through the notions of questioning our career path (and whether we should stick it out or just take a risk and work for ourselves). Of course it didn’t quite happen over night, and a lot of planning, some courage, and an inner voice telling us to just quit our jobs to see the world gave us the starting point for what is now our full-time work-from-anywhere content-creating life, but sometimes all you need is a little push, and, well, we hope to be your push.

We want to use this post to share some inspiring resources that changed our lives and gave us some much needed gusto when we were doubting ourselves (as well as some other great resources we found recently), in the hope that they’ll do the same for you, and set you up for your content creation career.

Some more reading (in case you missed the other articles in this series):

• Why 2021 Should Be The Year You Become A Content Creator
• What Equipment You Need To Start Out As A Content Creator

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Becoming A Successful Content Creator – Inspiration And Resources For Content Creation

Books

Whether you buy the paperbacks and read the ol’ fashioned way (like Stevo), download eBooks (like Chanel), or listen to audio versions (like when we both want to read the book) – we guarantee that these reads (listed in no particular order) are well worth your time. We’ve also read most of them, so can vouch for their inspiring powers:

• My Creative (Side) Business by Monika Kanokova
• Do Cool Sh*t by Miki Agrawal
• 25 Ways To Work From Home by Jen Ruiz
• #GirlBoss by Sophia Amoruso
• Rising Strong by Brene Brown
• Grit by Angela Duckworth
• The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferris
• Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert
• The War Of Art by Steven Pressfield
• Originals by Adam Grant
• Peak by Anders Ericsson
• Learned Optimism by Martin E. P. Seligman
• How To Stop Worrying And Start Living by Dale Carnegie
• Superfans by Pat Flynn
• On Writing by (the) Stephen King

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YouTube Channels

If you’re a more visual character and books aren’t really your thing (hey, we get it – we’re probably 80% on Team YouTube v.s. 20% on Team Books), or you just feel like getting snippets of inspiration fed to you in video format, then check out this list of talented content creators and tutors (mostly excelling in photography, videography and music production). Once again, listed in no particular order, but here to give you your boost for your content creation career:

• Danny Gevirtz
• Mango Street
• Justin Odisho
• Matt “Who Is Matt” Johnson
• Premiere Gal
• Daniel Schiffer
• Andrew Huang
• Michael Shainblum
• Matt D’Avella
• GaryVee

Online Courses and Masterclasses

Maybe you’re looking for a little more in-depth info and want to learn specific skills, in order to up your content creation game? Check out these masterclasses and online teaching platforms to hopefully find what you’re looking for:

• Skillshare
• Masterclass
• Creative Live
• Udemy
• Coursera
• Creator Classes
• The Travel Photography Accelerator
• Foodtography School
• Moodelier

Podcasts

Sometimes all you need is to listen to some inspirational conversations had between successful people…or you just really love listening to podcasts. Either way, check out these podcasts for your content creation inspiration (and let us know in the comments if we missed any that you’d recommend):

• The Gary Vee Audio Experience
• The Creative Bloc Podcast
• Unlocking Us
• The Content Creator Podcast
• The Side Hustle Show
• Adlandia
• Creative Rebels
• College of Influence

Some more reading (in case you missed the other articles in this series):

• Why 2021 Should Be The Year You Become A Content Creator
• What Equipment You Need To Start Out As A Content Creator

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