Justin @ Vocal
Founding member
Bio
Founder of Vocal. COO/President of Creatd ($VOCL), the parent company of the Vocal platform.
Stories (42/0)
Tackling Spam and Inauthentic Behavior
Some of you have shared your frustrations lately about link-bombing, spammers soliciting sketchy websites, and bot/AI-generated comments and stories on Vocal. We know how hard you all work to create stories and we want all creators to get support and feedback from real users.
By Justin @ Vocalabout a year ago in Resources
An Update on Vocal & Community Building
Vocal has always been committed to providing a platform for creators to share their stories and connect with audiences worldwide. In our constant effort to help creators reach new heights and grow their readership, we are excited to introduce a few updates we’ve been working on.
By Justin @ Vocalabout a year ago in Resources
Introducing Activity Feed Notifications
In the evolving world of online content creation, we know it's imperative for creators to stay up to date on the latest tools and features that can help them best reach their audiences, and it's our responsibility to build this technology into our platform.
By Justin @ Vocalabout a year ago in Resources
Introducing the Vocal App
Download the Vocal app: Vocal for iOS Vocal for Android 2022 has been a year of explosive growth for Vocal. At the heart of our product strategy, we have remained laser-focused on building social-oriented features to foster community across the platform. A perfect highlight of this was the recent release of our most requested feature, Comments. With over 25,000 comments exchanged and counting, this feature was the most quickly adopted in Vocal history.
By Justin @ Vocal2 years ago in Resources
Introducing Comments on Vocal
Over the last 5 years, creators on Vocal have shared nearly one million stories that have attracted, inspired, and entertained hundreds of millions of readers around the world. In response, readers have provided creators with valuable insights and feedback via Likes, Tips, and Pledges to show their support.
By Justin @ Vocal2 years ago in Resources
Introducing Reader Insights
Having access to unique and informed statistics is a key part of the Vocal experience. We use data to run our business, and we know you use data to run yours. Whether that means using readership stats to determine which of your stories are the most relatable, earnings to determine where the highest returns are, or subscriber stats to determine how wide your reach is, we want you to have access to the data you need to succeed.
By Justin @ Vocal2 years ago in Resources
Introducing Pinned Stories and Story Filtering
This week, we’ve made a few more changes to the Vocal network. As we announced in our last update, these next few updates will work together to allow you to enhance your Vocal presence and organize your profile exactly as you see fit.
By Justin @ Vocal2 years ago in Resources
Introducing Pledges
We’ve always relied on our creators’ feedback to determine what comes next for Vocal. Since this past summer, we’ve been hard at work along with you, collecting that feedback via surveys and personal 1:1 interviews to get your take on our roadmap for the future. And as promised, there are some huge things we’re working on—all thanks to your input. Now, the first of these huge updates is finally here.
By Justin @ Vocal2 years ago in Resources
Introducing Stories You Liked
We launched Likes on Vocal in November 2019 to allow your readers the ability to show their appreciation for your stories. Since then we’ve seen an incredible amount of community engagement through likes, which has helped creators understand what stories resonate with their audience while assisting Vocal’s Curation Team surface and champion remarkable stories.
By Justin @ Vocal3 years ago in Resources
Introducing Subscribe
The single most requested and anticipated feature to date is finally here, and we couldn’t be more excited. We’ve been working to determine the best way to help your fans follow along with your stories and keep up to date with their favorite creators.
By Justin @ Vocal3 years ago in Resources