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Step 3: Connecting Your Stripe Account
Vocal keeps things simple for you and only uses Stripe to process payments for creators. Stripe is supported in 46 countries around the world. Connecting Stripe to your Vocal account is quick, easy and required to receive payments on Vocal. When you’re ready to withdraw your earnings, your balance will be transferred to your Stripe account. No headaches–just connect and let the money flow.
Judey KalchikPublished 9 months ago in ResourcesStep 4: Create Your First Story
You’ve set up your new Vocal account—now it’s time to get creative. Everything you create on Vocal, a story, poem, travel log, memoir: they all need the same three elements:
Judey KalchikPublished 9 months ago in ResourcesStep 5: Promote Your Story
Vocal provides the tools you need to create amazing stories and encourage connection and engagement, but you can take it even further with these tips and suggestions to promote your work. Some are simple, some require a bit more planning and effort, but all make it possible for you to increase the engagement, and earnings, your story receives.
Judey KalchikPublished 9 months ago in ResourcesStep 6: Maximize Your Earnings
Vocal is for all creators, including but not limited to: writers, poets, journalists, musicians, podcasters, photographers, illustrators, artists, videographers, and more.
Judey KalchikPublished 9 months ago in ResourcesStep 7: Tracking Your Stats
You've hit 'Submit', shared the link with your friends, family, and social media channels: congratulations! You can track your hard work's reception and performance through Stats.
Judey KalchikPublished 9 months ago in ResourcesStep 8: Getting Paid
You’ve created your story, you’ve successfully promoted it, and you're tracking audience engagement and your earnings for their reads and pledges through Stats. Now how do you tap into ALL of your earnings?
Judey KalchikPublished 9 months ago in ResourcesStep 9: Stay Inspired
The key to finding success on Vocal is to be consistent, patient, passionate, and build up a strong, diverse portfolio of stories that can keep earning. But consistency and creativity don’t always go hand in hand, and it’s hard to make inspiration strike on your schedule. Vocal has numerous ways to kindle your inspiration and creativity.
Judey KalchikPublished 9 months ago in ResourcesStep 10: FAQs
Welcome to Vocal! We know you have a ton of questions, like 'How does Vocal work?' and 'How do I make money?' You've come to the right place to have those questions answered! Read on to find out more:
Judey KalchikPublished 9 months ago in ResourcesPainted Prose Challenge Winners
My oh my. Or, rather, we oh we were stunned by the quality of this Challenge's submissions. It's always difficult to pick a winner but this Challenge was exceedingly difficult. Us being us, we wanted to think (out loud) upon why this Challenge in particular bred some incredible prose. What we think may have happened is that an old adage came to life...
Vocal Curation TeamPublished 9 months ago in Resources📢 Raise Your Voice Thread: 7/20/23
Our “Raise Your Voice Threads” are hosted every other Thursday at 12PM ET to offer creators more avenues to uncover exceptional stories on Vocal. As we are continuously searching for fresh creators and inspiring stories, this thread provides an opportunity to exchange and discuss the stories that have moved and motivated us on Vocal.
Raise Your Voice by VocalPublished 9 months ago in ResourcesVocal Bonus Leaderboard: 7/19/2023
This week's leaderboard celebrates the exceptional creators on Vocal who have written stand-out pieces and engaged the most with their audiences. Each winner will receive a Bonus to thank them for their contributions.
Vocal TeamPublished 9 months ago in ResourcesHow to Embed a Link on Vocal
The mystery of link embedding can be challenge to both conceptualize and manifest. I don't even really understand how it works, but certainly there was a time I couldn't have told you what "embed" actually does. How could a particular link could place a visual, clickable element right there on a webpage, when another would only paste the URL plainly?
Mackenzie DavisPublished 9 months ago in Resources