Happy April! 🌷

Spring is Springing and we’re full speed ahead into this new season. We’ve said goodbye to the winter blues and have people coming out of the woodwork…literally millions of people emerged for last week’s total solar eclipse 🤩. Did you manage to get your money shot of the eclipse?  

We’ve got a lot to cover in this newsletter from our recent Canopy Creator event in NYC, to new platform features, to new ways to help you make that $$$ - so let’s get into it! 

And remember, if you haven’t officially joined the world’s largest Creator group chat, you can download Canopy in the App Store NOW! Thoughts, questions, advice… post away!

Platform Updates

New Sticker Alert 🔔

Instagram has added a new sticker for Creators - “Notify.” Creators will be able to prompt their audience to set a reminder to ensure they see their upcoming posts. When the viewer clicks on the sticker, they’ll have a choice of which elements to get notifications about. Try it out and let us know in Canopy if it boosts your reach!

Virtual Influencers 🤖

TikTok is working on allowing brands to use virtual influencers to sell their products via videos and live-streams. These virtual influencers could potentially compete with Creators for ad deals. It would generate a script for a video ad based on a prompt that the advertiser submits. What’s your take - will AI bots be the new thing or is this a hard no?

Trending on TikTok 🎶

We’re in our feels with the trend to Joji’s song “Glimpse of Us” 🥺. The first pic shows a relationship, and the second is what came out of it. Make it your own! Here’s one Creator’s take with an old wedding picture of her parents plus her. And another with a couple and their first-born fur-baby 🐱 .

Introducing Kliq: Owning Your Audience 

With a potential TikTok boom looming, it has never been more important to own your audience, which is why our friends over at KLIQ have developed an AI powered App-Builder to allow Creators like you to get one step closer to your community, enhancing your ability to monetize your content on your terms.

With KLIQ's intuitive App-Builder, you can effortlessly design, customize, and debut your own iOS app. Cultivate a loyal following and unlock new revenue opportunities, with just a few clicks. Sell subscriptions, offer exclusive content, host paid live streams, and seamlessly integrate your Shopify store – all within KLIQ's user-friendly platform.

If you’re a Creator focused on Food, Beauty, Education, or Fitness, gain early access now and start building your business. Say goodbye to paying excessive platform fees and start retaining more of your hard-earned income.

As a Canopy community member you get a 14 day FREE trial - so what are you waiting for? Check out KLIQ and create your own mobile app today!

CreatorPad: Sign up today and enter a $150 giveaway! 💵

We’re excited to announce Canopy’s partnership with CreatorPad - an online platform that helps creators team up to grow their audiences faster. You can collaborate on content, and boost each other's reach through mutual promotion. Together, you'll reach new audiences and expand your online presence.

Because of our shared sentiments to empower creators, CreatorPad wants to give away a $150 Visa gift card to one person in the Canopy community! To sign up for the giveaway, create your profile on CreatorPad and invite your friends to sign up using your custom referral link. The more creator friends you bring in, the better your chances of winning the giveaway!

Sign up today at https://creatorpad.io/signup?giveaway=canopy.

Canopy x Shopify Event 

Our all-star Creator panel spilt some major tea at our March event in NYC. Below are some of the key takeaways from the session.

⭐ Know Your Worth: Set a minimum rate and don't be afraid to ask to be paid for the value you create. If that means walking away from a deal because a brand isn't willing to compensate you fairly then that's OK.

⭐ Know What You Stand For: If you want to make a career out of content, it's a long journey. Making sure that you partner with brands that align with your values and reflect your personal brand is critical to long term success and your audience will be the first to call you out when it doesn't!

⭐ Keep Hustling: Being "delulu" landed some of our panelists some of their most high profile brand partnerships. Play the long game and build long term relationships with your dream brands - from tagging them in organic content, to sliding into DMs, to networking at events. Don't be afraid to dream big and put yourself out there - eventually it will pay off.

ICYMI 📰

Canopy X Entrepreneur Magazine

Entrepreneur Magazine highlighted Canopy in a recent article, shedding light on how we’re helping Creators find their community and increase transparency when it comes to pay, brand partnerships, and mental health. The article featured four Canopy community members - shoutout to Brandon, Tameka, Kary, and Taryn! Thank you to Terry Rice for the feature!

You can check out the full article here!

Until Next Time…

Ayomi & the Canopy team