How Julie McCoy Is Showing Midlife Women That Style Has No Size Limit
There’s a $35 black velvet dress sitting in Julie McCoy’s closet that has been worn by women of every size, including her daughter, who was six months pregnant when she put it on and looked, as Julie tells it, absolutely adorable. Julie calls it her “traveling dress,” a nod to the 2005 hit movie The […]
How Our New Bonus Tier Puts More Money in Your Pocket
If you’ve been earning steadily on Mavely and eyeing that next bonus tier, you may have noticed a pretty significant gap between the $17,000 and $42,500 monthly commission milestones. A lot of creators noticed it too, and they told us. So we did something about it. Starting June 1, there’s a new tier in the […]
How Erin Moody Turned Real Life Into a Thriving Creator Business
When Erin Moody lost her father on the same day her daughter was born, she couldn’t pretend it hadn’t happened. She couldn’t show up online as a polished, curated version of herself. She couldn’t keep sharing outfits and recipes as if life were ticking along normally. That moment of unavoidable authenticity, as painful as it […]
Now Available On Demand: How Nicole Brown Drove Affiliate Sales With Under 10K Followers
Follower count is one of the most common things creators fixate on when they’re trying to grow their affiliate income. Nicole Brown, the fashion creator behind Lelia’s Southern Charm, is proof that a smaller, highly engaged audience can outperform accounts many times its size. In this inaugural episode of Mavely Mentors, Shauna Hollinger, Creator Education […]
Affiliate Links: What They Are and How Creators Use Them
TL;DR What they are: Think of affiliate links as special URLs that track when someone clicks your link and makes a purchase—that way, you earn a commission for the referral. How they work: Each link contains a unique ID tied to your account, so when a reader buys through your link, the brand knows you […]
How to Earn on Facebook: 9 Ways That Actually Work
TL;DR Facebook lets you stack different earning methods, so you’re not stuck relying on just one income stream. You can also earn through affiliate marketing by sharing products you genuinely love with your audience. You don’t need millions of followers to get started. Platforms like Mavely help everyday influencers earn commissions regardless of audience size. […]
How to Earn on TikTok: A Creator’s Guide for 2026
TL;DR If you have fewer than 10k followers: Start with affiliate marketing and creating content for brands to use in their ads since neither requires a minimum follower count. If you have 10k+ followers: Layer in TikTok’s Creator Rewards Program and LIVE gifts to build additional creator income. If you sell products: Test TikTok Shop […]
How Ali Garrett Built a Creator Business She Loves
Three years ago, Ali Garrett was waking up at 4:30 in the morning, before her kids, before the house came to life, to record content in whatever quiet she could find. She was still working a 9-to-5 as a school counselor then, and content creation was something she genuinely loved, not a calculated career pivot. […]
Now Available On Demand: How to Use Your Mavely Analytics to Increase Your Earnings
Your Mavely dashboard is full of information, but knowing what to actually do with it is a different story. In this on-demand Creator Masterclass, Shauna Hollinger, Creator Education Manager at Mavely, walks through the analytics dashboard in real time using sample data, showing you exactly how to read the numbers, spot the brands worth leaning […]
Content Creator Burnout: How to Recognize It, Manage It, and Build a Business That Lasts
There’s a specific kind of exhaustion that doesn’t go away after a good night’s sleep. You can take a weekend off, step back from posting for a few days, and still open your phone on Monday morning feeling like something in you is already running on empty. If you’ve been there, you probably know what […]
Big Mom Energy: Inside Mavely’s Mom 2.0 Summit
There’s a particular kind of energy that fills a room when creators who are also moms get together. Beyond the networking, the sessions, and the swag, there’s a recognition that runs underneath all of it: a shared understanding that the work these women do matters. The content they make, the communities they build, the audiences […]
Building Trust and Keeping it Real: Spotlight on Adrianne Gradney
Three days before the end of this past March, Adrianne Gradney was refreshing her inbox. She’d spent the final weeks of the quarter in near-daily emails with her Mavely creator success manager, Emma Italiano, tracking her progress toward Tier 1 creator status with the same focus she brings to everything she does. When the confirmation […]