8 Income Streams I Made Money From This Year
In this video, I walk you through the 8 income streams I have as an author with a personal brand, as well as a creative with a marketing company that has grown to over 9,000 students. You'll hear what the 8 are, what percentage of revenue they made up in my business this year, and more. What was your primary income stream in your creative business this year? Are you looking to add one in 2026? CHECK OUT MY LATEST MARKETING FREEBIES created for you at: https://marketingbyshelby.com/freebie JOIN THE CREATIVE'S CONTENT CLUB WAITLIST! Want hands-on marketing support, templates and shortcuts, feedback, step by step marketing strategies and more, every single month?! Join my all-in-one marketing membership, The Creative's Content Club! Add your name to the waitlist to receive an invite soon: https://marketingbyshelby.com/waitlis... ABOUT SHELBY: Hey, I'm Shelby, bestselling writer and marketing/business coach for creatives. After growing my own audience as an author to more than 500k on social media, working in social media management for 8+ years, becoming a full-time writer and selling over 60k books with social media and content marketing, I now teach other creatives, like authors, musicians, artists, poets, photographers and more, how to grow and sell their creative work with marketing! CONNECT WITH SHELBY: I post marketing tips here on YouTube (subscribe for more videos!) as well as on Instagram. / marketingbyshelby https://marketingbyshelby.com/ Thanks so much for watching! Please subscribe for weekly marketing videos and give this video a like so more authors and creatives can find these tips. 0:00 - My journey of adding income streams over time 2:50 - My author income streams 7:00 - Business income streams

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