This is an excerpt from Gary Henderson's brand new audiobook, The Clubhouse Creator.

Build your audience, deepen relationships, and accelerate success in the creator economy.

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Part 1. Community is the new currency.

Chapter 1. Your place in the creator economy.

There's nothing that business writers and trend watchers like to do more than define what economy we all are living in.

Some examples include the knowledge economy, which was coined in the 1960s to describe society's shift

from producing primarily goods to creating services based on information.

The gig economy, which describes workers taking short-term or contract jobs,

started accelerating in 1999 with a launch of upwork and went into high gear during the financial crisis of 2008.

High unemployment forced many workers to look for temporary work and fueled the rise of companies such as Uber,

GrubHub, and Airbnb.

Over the past decade, the term passion economy has been used to describe people who make income from something they love to do,

whether it's full-time or a side hustle.

Think of people selling their handmade crafts on Etsy or having an online boutique on Shopify.

There is a whole other economy emerging today that is not based on selling individually made goods, assets to rent, or hourly services render.

It is an economy fueled by new digital platforms that elevate individuals' talent and knowledge.

Individuals are paid directly by their audience for exclusive access, which is often in the form of entertaining videos,

featuring political satire, rowdy comedy, reality shows, music, podcasts, and countless other exchanges of creative expressions.

These digital content creators amass huge audiences in revenue.

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