Friday, August 30th

Top Creator News, Stories & Tips

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This week, creators are crashing it:

Alex Cooper secured a $125M deal, Cristiano Ronaldo got 1M followers in 90 minutes on YouTube and FTC hunts influencers and brands with fake followers.

But also...

Iโ€™m sharing with our newest UGC creators!

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Hereโ€™s whatโ€™s inside this edition ๐Ÿ‘‡

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ This weekโ€™s recap:

And more...

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๐Ÿ“Š Did you know?

42% of Gen Z shoppers said theyโ€™re likely to buy gifts via social media.

( Retail Dive, 2024)

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๐Ÿ“ฐ Social Snapshot

๐Ÿ˜ฎ  Instagram lets users add songs to profiles

๐Ÿซฃ Does Instagram disclose edited photos?

๐Ÿง Meta is shutting down its AR platform in 2025

๐Ÿ“ž X is close to launching video conference calls

๐Ÿ“š YouTube expands access to courses for creators

๐Ÿ‘ปThreads launches live test of disappearing posts

๐Ÿ”” Top Creator Stories

SiriusXM invests $125M in Alex Cooper

SiriusXM signed a $125 million, 3-year deal with Alex Cooper.

The company secured exclusive advertising and distribution rights for her wildly popular "Call Her Daddy" podcast.

Cristiano Ronaldo smashes records with new YouTube channel

Ronaldo broke all records by surpassing 1 million subscribers in just 90 minutes and 5 million in four hours.

๐Ÿ”— Find out more!

The FTC targets influencers and brands buying fake followers

The FTC sets a rule to stop influencers and brands from buying fake followers, views, and likes.

Now, the FTC has the power to take action and impose penalties on those who use deceptive tactics to boost their social media influence.

๐Ÿ”— Full story here

๐ŸŒŸ Creators To Watch

This week, Iโ€™ll tell you about a very demure influencerโ€ฆ

Jools Lebron was just a cashier.

But TikTok has changed her life.

โ€”> Now, sheโ€™s a social media star!

Jools went viral for her โ€œdemure, mindfulโ€ makeup tutorials.

But real fame came on August 2:

Her video "How to Be Demure at Work" garnered 45 million views.

Now, Jools boasts:

+2.10M followers on TikTok (+124% over the last 30 days)

+1.35M average TikTok views (+1,459% in the last 30 days)

+159K followers on Instagram

Recently, sheโ€™s collaborated with brands like Verizon and Netflix.

Very cutesy! ๐Ÿ˜Ž

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