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Creator 101

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  Step 1: Welcome to Vocal

  Vocal is a platform for supporting, discovering and rewarding creators. With access to storytelling tools and engaged communities, writers, musicians, filmmakers, artists, and all types of creatives can get discovered and fund their creativity.

  

  Judey Kalchik

  Published 3 months ago3 months ago in Resources
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  Step 2: Complete Your Profile

  As a creator, your personal brand is incredibly important. Vocal can help you get discovered and grow your audience, and your creator profile page should be prepared with this in mind—optimized so that readers can easily find you, connect with you, contact you, and most importantly, remember you and your work.

  

  Judey Kalchik

  Published 3 months ago3 months ago in Resources
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  Step 3: Connecting Your Stripe Account

  Vocal keeps things simple for you and only uses Stripe to process payments for creators. Stripe is supported in 46 countries around the world. Connecting Stripe to your Vocal account is quick, easy and required to receive payments on Vocal. When you’re ready to withdraw your earnings, your balance will be transferred to your Stripe account. No headaches–just connect and let the money flow.

  

  Judey Kalchik

  Published 3 months ago3 months ago in Resources
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  Step 4: Create Your First Story

  You’ve set up your new Vocal account—now it’s time to get creative. Everything you create on Vocal, a story, poem, travel log, memoir: they all need the same three elements:

  

  Judey Kalchik

  Published 3 months ago3 months ago in Resources
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  Step 5: Promote Your Story

  Vocal provides the tools you need to create amazing stories and encourage connection and engagement, but you can take it even further with these tips and suggestions to promote your work. Some are simple, some require a bit more planning and effort, but all make it possible for you to increase the engagement, and earnings, your story receives.

  

  Judey Kalchik

  Published 3 months ago3 months ago in Resources
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  Step 6: Maximize Your Earnings

  Vocal is for all creators, including but not limited to: writers, poets, journalists, musicians, podcasters, photographers, illustrators, artists, videographers, and more.

  

  Judey Kalchik

  Published 3 months ago3 months ago in Resources
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  Step 7: Tracking Your Stats

  You've hit 'Submit', shared the link with your friends, family, and social media channels: congratulations! You can track your hard work's reception and performance through Stats.

  

  Judey Kalchik

  Published 3 months ago3 months ago in Resources
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  Step 8: Getting Paid

  You’ve created your story, you’ve successfully promoted it, and you're tracking audience engagement and your earnings for their reads and pledges through Stats. Now how do you tap into ALL of your earnings?

  

  Judey Kalchik

  Published 3 months ago3 months ago in Resources
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  Step 9: Stay Inspired

  The key to finding success on Vocal is to be consistent, patient, passionate, and build up a strong, diverse portfolio of stories that can keep earning. But consistency and creativity don’t always go hand in hand, and it’s hard to make inspiration strike on your schedule. Vocal has numerous ways to kindle your inspiration and creativity.

  

  Judey Kalchik

  Published 3 months ago3 months ago in Resources