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5 Creator Economy Trends That Will Change How Creators Make Money in 2027

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RM11 identifies the rise of owned audiences, diversified monetization, paid traffic, AI automation and creator wellness as forces reshaping the creator business model.

DALLAS, Sept. 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The creator economy is growing up. Building a large following is no longer enough to build a sustainable creator business as creators increasingly seek greater control over their audiences, revenue, workload and long-term careers.

RM11, a creator-first platform built around direct audience relationships and multiple monetization tools, has identified five trends it believes will reshape how creators build businesses and generate revenue in 2027.

Recent industry research supports that shift. CreatorIQ’s 2026 State of Creators study, based on 5,095 creators, found that 67% earned less than $10,000 from content creation over the prior year and that content creation was not the primary source of income for 62% of respondents. Meanwhile, Epidemic Sound’s Future of the Creator Economy Report 2026 found that 72% of creators are actively developing owned audiences, while 41% want to build a sustainable independent business or grow into a media brand or creator studio.

“The next evolution of the creator economy isn’t about producing more content or accumulating more followers,” said Olivier David, Chief Growth Officer of RM11. “It’s about giving creators the infrastructure to operate like businesses — own their audience relationships, diversify revenue, acquire customers and protect their most valuable resource: their time.”

RM11 identifies five shifts that will define the next era of creator monetization:

1. Owned audiences will become more valuable than follower counts.

Creators are increasingly looking beyond algorithm-dependent reach toward direct relationships with their audiences. Memberships, private communities, messaging and direct-to-fan experiences can give creators greater control over how they engage and monetize their most loyal followers. Epidemic Sound’s 2026 research found 72% of creators are already developing audiences away from core platforms through channels such as newsletters and Discord.

2. Creator platforms will evolve beyond the paywall.

The next generation of creator platforms will function more like business operating systems. Rather than relying on subscriptions alone, creators will increasingly combine memberships, pay-per-view content, livestreams, messaging, video calls and other revenue streams while using integrated tools to manage customer relationships, content and day-to-day operations.

3. Creators will start thinking about customer acquisition — not just followers.

As the industry matures, creators will increasingly apply traditional business metrics such as customer acquisition cost, conversion and return on advertising spend to audience growth. RM11 is developing promotion tools designed to make paid traffic and measurable customer acquisition more accessible to eligible creators, moving growth beyond the traditional “post and hope” model.

4. AI will shift from content generation to workload reduction.

AI adoption is becoming mainstream, but creator control remains critical. Adobe’s 2026 Creators’ Toolkit Report found that 93% of surveyed creators say creative AI helps them produce content faster, while 85% say the final creative decision should always remain with the creator. RM11 believes the next opportunity lies in using AI to reduce repetitive work and expand creator capacity without sacrificing authenticity, ownership or human oversight.

5. Creator wellness will become business infrastructure.

Creator-first economics cannot stop at revenue share. As creators operate increasingly complex businesses, platforms will be expected to help address the workload, stress and burnout that can accompany always-on digital careers. RM11 is investing in this area through integrated human account-management support and relationships with creator wellness and mental health organizations, including Creators for Mental Health, Revive Health Therapy and Pineapple Support.

“At RM11, ‘creator-first’ has to mean more than a revenue split,” David added. “It means asking what creators actually need to build sustainable businesses — and then building the technology, services and partnerships around them.”

RM11’s growing ecosystem combines direct monetization, creator CRM capabilities, human account-management support, audience-growth initiatives and creator wellness resources as the company works toward a broader vision: giving creators the infrastructure to build businesses, not simply profiles.

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About RM11

RM11 is a creator-first platform designed to give creators greater control over their audience, earnings and digital businesses. Through memberships, exclusive content, messaging, livestreaming, native video calls, integrated creator tools, account-management support, and a free CRM for agencies, RM11 provides multiple ways for creators to monetize direct relationships with their audiences. Female-founded and led, RM11 is building a more sustainable, creator-first model for the next generation of the creator economy.

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Listrak Launches Listrak Studio, Turning Figma Designs into Ready-to-Send Emails in Minutes

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New plugin for Figma eliminates hours of manual email production, helping retailers launch campaigns faster.

LITITZ, Pa., Sept. 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Listrak, the cross-channel personalization platform, today debuted Listrak Studio, which turns Figma designs into ready-to-send emails in minutes. With Listrak Studio, teams can design emails in Figma and transfer those designs directly into Listrak’s platform, dramatically reducing production time and eliminating the manual rebuild process between design and deployment.

Listrak Studio provides retailers with a plugin for Figma that converts designs into responsive, cross-client-tested emails that are saved directly into Listrak accounts and ready to attach to any campaign. With Listrak Studio, marketers combine the design freedom of Figma, where their teams already work, with Listrak’s proven email framework, validated across Outlook, Gmail, and other major clients. Featuring automatic content, image syncs and design recommendations built on Listrak’s email expertise, flagging issues like Gmail and iOS clipping before you send, Listrak Studio allows teams to launch campaigns faster.

“It can often feel as though the pace of retail marketing moves at the speed of light. With Listrak Studio, marketing teams can now move that fast, too,” said Ross Kramer, co-founder & CEO, Listrak. “Listrak Studio eliminates rebuilding, copy-pasting and waiting on developers to translate designs into HTML, making the path from design to production-ready email faster, cleaner, and fully connected to the Listrak platform. As a result, teams can design production-ready emails at an unprecedented pace, potentially saving over 250 hours a year in email build time.”

Listrak Studio is built for teams that design in Figma. It’s most useful for teams that:

Run high-velocity campaign calendars and feel the lag between design approval and deployment;Want full creative control over desktop and mobile email styling without writing HTML;Do not have dedicated email developers on staff; orRely on back-and-forth handoffs to bridge the gap between design and email production.

Listrak Studio is now available for all Listrak clients. The plugin can be installed from the Figma Community.

About Listrak

Listrak is the leading cross-channel personalization platform that seamlessly integrates data, identity, and cross-channel messaging to power hyper-personalized customer experiences across email, SMS, push, web, in-store, and emerging channels like RCS from a single platform. Built for leading retailers and brands, Listrak drives measurable customer growth, maximizes efficiency, and delivers exceptional revenue results. For more information, visit https://www.listrak.com/.

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HealthIQ Solutions and Eirion.ai Form Strategic Technology Innovation Partnership to Pioneer Predictive AI in Remote Care Management

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Collaboration aims to deliver advanced clinical risk forecasting for life-threatening conditions, empowering physicians to intervene before adverse events occur.

ROSWELL, Ga., Sept. 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — HealthIQ Solutions, LLC, an innovator in proactive remote care management solutions, and Eirion.ai, an advanced artificial intelligence technology developer, today announced a strategic technology innovation partnership. The collaboration focuses on engineering and deploying cutting-edge predictive AI models designed to identify patients at elevated risk for catastrophic clinical events—including heart attacks, strokes, and acute kidney failure—well before symptoms manifest.

By integrating Eirion.ai’s predictive modeling capabilities into HealthIQ Solutions’ comprehensive remote patient care infrastructure, the partnership equips treating physicians with actionable, forward-looking clinical intelligence. Rather than reacting after an emergency occurs, healthcare providers can utilize these predictive alerts to proactively screen, monitor, and aggressively tailor therapeutic interventions. This early clinical intervention is aimed at preventing avoidable emergency department visits, reducing long-term debilitating illness, and saving lives.

“Our core mission at HealthIQ Solutions is partnering directly with healthcare providers to deliver scalable, high-touch remote care management programs that measurably improve patient outcomes,” said Tim Roche, the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of HealthIQ Solutions. “By integrating advanced predictive AI into our clinical workflows, we are giving clinicians the forewarning they need to intervene early. This partnership bridges the critical gap between continuous patient monitoring and timely, preventative clinical action.”

“The synergy between proactive remote clinical management and innovative technology solutions is essential to assist healthcare providers in improving patient outcomes and achieving value-based care objectives,” said David Stefanich, Chief Executive Officer of Eirion.ai. “By combining our AI predictive architectures with HealthIQ’s robust clinical delivery model, we empower health systems and practices to optimize both their clinical and financial goals through true preventative medicine.”

The joint initiative will focus on integrating real-time predictive risk scoring into provider dashboards, enhancing continuous patient remote care management such as remote patient monitoring (RPM) and advanced primary care management (APCM) protocols across ambulatory networks and health systems nationwide.

About HealthIQ Solutions

HealthIQ Solutions, LLC provides comprehensive, technology-enabled remote patient care management services to healthcare providers, physician groups, and clinical networks. Focused on bridging gaps in chronic disease management and post-acute oversight, HealthIQ Solutions pairs clinical support with digital monitoring tools to increase patient engagement, improve longitudinal health outcomes, and reduce overall cost of care.

About Eirion.ai

Eirion.ai develops specialized artificial intelligence and machine learning architectures tailored for clinical decision support and health data intelligence. By transforming complex health data into actionable predictive insights, Eirion.ai helps healthcare organizations transition from reactive care models to proactive, value-driven clinical workflows.

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Kiwibit Launches Bird Feeder 2 Pro, the World’s First Smart Bird Feeder with 4K HDR and Auto-Focus

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IRVINE, Calif., Sept. 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Kiwibit today unveiled Kiwibit Bird Feeder 2 Pro, the world’s first 4K auto-focus bird feeder. Equipped with an upgraded high-resolution image sensor and 4K HDR imaging, it captures backyard birds in remarkable detail. When Slow Motion mode is selected, it records 1080P video at up to 120 FPS, allowing users to replay, download, and share rapid movements such as hummingbird wingbeats at normal speed or at a selected slow-motion speed. Beyond capturing birds in remarkable detail, Bird Feeder 2 Pro is powered by FeatherPal™, Kiwibit’s intelligence platform that transforms each backyard visit into a more engaging birdwatching experience—helping users discover, identify, learn about the birds they see, while making it easier to share meaningful moments with family, friends, and the wider birdwatching community. Kiwibit Bird Feeder 2 Pro will be available in the United States beginning Sept. 15 through Kiwibit’s official website and Amazon.

What Kiwibit Bird Feeder 2 Pro Is Designed to Offer

Built for clearer bird observation: Brings phase-detection auto-focus (PDAF) to a smart bird feeder for the first time, paired with an upgraded high-resolution image sensor to capture birds clearly at changing distances. See Fast Bird Behavior Frame by Frame: Captures birds in 4K HDR with fine detail across bright and shaded areas. When Slow Motion mode is selected, Bird Feeder 2 Pro records 1080P video at up to 120 FPS, allowing users to view wingbeats, takeoffs, and landings at normal speed or at a selected slow-motion speed. Know every bird with FeatherPal™: FeatherPal™, the intelligence platform inside Kiwibit, makes each recorded bird visit part of a more personal birdwatching experience. Within the Kiwibit App, users can identify species, recognize and name familiar birds, learn more about them, and share memorable moments. Worry less about power and weather: A 5-watt solar panel and a removable 5,200 mAh battery help reduce charging interruptions. IP65-rated enclosure helps protect the feeder from dust and water outdoors. Easy maintenance and flexible placement: Simplifies routine cleaning, supports wall, pole and tree-strap mounting, and includes two separate seed compartments with a combined 1.7-liter capacity.

Built for Clearer Bird Observation

Kiwibit Bird Feeder 2 Pro, the world’s first smart bird feeder with a 4K HDR auto-focus camera, moves the category beyond simple monitoring toward close observation and shareable photography.  Its upgraded image sensor and 4K resolution preserve fine details in a bird’s eyes, beak, and feathers; HDR retains detail across bright and shaded areas; and auto-focus keeps the bird sharp as it moves or changes distance from the camera. Together, these imaging capabilities produce a clearer, more useful record of each visit.

See Fast Bird Behavior Frame by Frame

Birds rarely stay still. The 4K HDR camera preserves fine detail across bright and shaded areas, helping birdwatchers follow movement around the feeder without losing the texture and color of each moment. When Slow Motion mode is selected, Kiwibit Bird Feeder 2 Pro records 1080P video at up to 120 FPS. Users can choose normal-speed or slow-motion playback when replaying, downloading, or sharing each clip. Normal-speed playback includes audio, while slow-motion playback is silent.

FeatherPal™: Know the Birds Behind Every Visit

FeatherPal™ turns every captured visit into a bird to discover, know, and remember. Integrated into the Kiwibit App, the intelligence platform helps identify bird species and keeps each identification connected to the visit, making it easy to build a personal record of backyard activity.

Beyond identification, FeatherPal™ helps birdwatchers recognize and name returning visitors, explore species and behavior through Nature Expert, revisit past sightings through Visit History and Bird Collection, and turn favorite moments into shareable PostCards. Together, these experiences bring FeatherPal™’s core journey—Discover, Name, Learn, and Share—to every backyard visit.

Worry Less About Power and Weather

Kiwibit Bird Feeder 2 Pro works with a 5-watt solar panel for ongoing power support outdoors. Two hours of charging can provide up to three days of use, while the removable 5,200 mAh battery can be taken out for charging or replacement. The combination reduces charging interruptions and makes everyday power management more convenient.

Easy Maintenance and Flexible Placement

The removable dual-compartment hopper makes it easier to add or change seed and handle routine cleaning. Its combined 1.7-liter capacity allows birdwatchers to offer two different types of seed in the same feeder. Wall, pole and tree-strap mounting options let birdwatchers choose the setup that best fits their outdoor space.

Why now?

“Bird visits may last only a few seconds, but capturing the moment is just the beginning,” said Jacky Fang, Partner at Kiwibit. “With Bird Feeder 2 Pro and FeatherPal™, we’re making it easier to see and understand the nature around us—from discovering who visited and recognizing familiar birds over time to revisiting and sharing the moments that matter. Together, they bring us closer to our vision: ‘Your Smart Nature Theater, Everywhere.'”

Availability

The Kiwibit Bird Feeder 2 Pro will be available for purchase in the United States beginning Sept. 15 through the following channels.

Kiwibit’s Official Website: Save $20 on Kiwibit Bird Feeder 2 Pro with Lifetime AI Included using code KIWIBIT2026 at checkout. https://spoo.me/boA5zA

Amazon Online Store: Save $40 on Kiwibit Bird Feeder 2 Pro using code KIWIBIT2026 at checkout. https://spoo.me/dO8Yqk

About Kiwibit, Inc.

At Kiwibit, we believe nature is closer than you think, quietly unfolding in everyday moments. From a bird landing in your backyard to the gentle flutter of wings, every detail comes alive in stunning 4K clarity, powered by the FeatherPal™ platform.

With intelligent bird recognition, live viewing, playback, a personalized Bird Gallery, and Auto Focus technology that keeps every feather sharp and clear, the FeatherPal™ platform helps you discover nature with greater detail than ever before.

Built with IP65 durability and easy setup, Kiwibit seamlessly connects you to the natural world around you.

Turn your backyard into a serene Smart Nature Theater, where nature can be seen, enjoyed, and shared with the people you love.

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