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The Money Mondays

How Creators Monetize Their Fanbase in 2026 and Beyond πŸ›’ E167

The Money Mondays

Dan Fleyshman

Business, Entrepreneurship

4.3 β€’ 483 Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 27 April 2026

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of The Money Mondays Podcast, host Dan Fleyshman sits down with Tara Electra, founder of Unruly, for a deep dive into the modern creator economy, internet monetization, and the future of influencer income.

Tara shares how creators can start making money online even without millions of followers, why consistency and authenticity matter more than ever, and how agencies like Unruly help talent turn direct fan attention into scalable revenue. Dan and Tara also discuss paywalls, OnlyFans, brand building, creator events, AI’s impact on influencers, and why creators need to think beyond short-term cash flow and start planning for long-term wealth.

The conversation expands into investing, financial advisors, philanthropy, inheritance, and the mindset required to build lasting success while staying true to yourself online. Tara also breaks down why fan access, community, and culture are becoming some of the most valuable assets in business today.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to a special edition of the Money Monday's podcast where we cover three core topics, how to make money, how to invest money, how to give it away to charity.

0:14.5

Over the years, we've done hundreds of episodes, mostly inside of an RV motorhome, but I've never done it in someone's bed.

0:22.5

We are doing a podcast swap here.

0:24.2

I did Tara's podcast last year.

0:26.3

It was one of my favorite episodes I've ever done on someone else's podcast.

0:28.9

So I decided why have her come out to the ranch and go on to the RV Motor Home?

0:32.5

Why don't I come here into her domain, to her bed, and ask for those three important questions.

0:37.1

So as you guys know, these podcast episodes are under 40 minutes because the average workout

0:41.9

is 45 minutes. The average commute to work is 45 minutes. This episode will be between 35 and 38

0:46.8

minutes for your listening pleasure. Without further ado, Tara, give us the quick two-minute

0:50.9

bio, so we get straight to the money. Wow, that was a great introduction.

1:11.2

Two-minute bio, I work with social media influencers. I have worked with them for about 12 years, and I'm fascinated about the internet and how to make money on the internet. And so my whole entire life, I've been, or the whole entire last 12 years, I've been focused on monetizing the internet. So it's what I surround myself with, what I'm addicted to learning. And that's what my business is about.

1:15.9

All right. On the make money side, how can someone that's sitting there in the middle of Oklahoma,

1:22.1

they just got their social media following going, they got their first 10,000, 20,000 followers.

1:26.4

How can they start making money on the interwebs? Well, my favorite thing right now is that I have, obviously you know, but I work with such big talent as millions of followers. And their frustration is constantly that the internet has changed. And they're like, well, I don't want to post that much. I didn't used to have to post that much. I didn't have to do this before. I could just go up and do a quick dance and I went viral.

1:48.9

And I was like, as they're complaining, the next person that has 3K followers, 4K followers,

1:55.0

is consistent and is going and is just utilizing all avenues, posting on TikTok, posting on Instagram trials,

2:02.3

posting on reels. And they're just being consistent and that person is getting so many more

2:06.5

views and growing so quickly because of the consistency. So what I've really seen now that it's a

2:11.6

great opportunity is it really doesn't matter about how many followers you have and it matters

2:16.1

about your consistency.

2:24.0

And yeah, it's frustrating to the old generation of influencers, but new generation is you can get online, you can start being consistent and utilize the value of someone's attention on you

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