The top of 2025, and the best of 2026 yet to come

Hi! 👋

I have big news. This year, I'm making my paid service available to many more artists, but I need your vote first.

Welcome (back)! 🤗

This is Petra from ​The Creators' Diary​. If this is your first TC’D newsletter, welcome! We’re happy you’ve subscribed!

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Welcome to 2026 & big hello to new subscribers!💥

During the holidays, many new faces joined this newsletter, and I'm so happy you found this corner of the creator/marketing world.

Whether you're new here or have been with me this past year already, let me share the TOP 3 articles of 2025 from the website.

1. 5 platforms for selling NSFW art in 2025 🙊
2. How to sell art and do commissions under 18? 🔞
3. Society6 is removing artist profiles — Here are 8 POD alternatives 👕

It seems like everyone is doing their best to sell, sell, and sell—while keeping their right minds, of course.

This is what I represent here.

My marketing tips aim to help you remain the artist you are and add to your power, instead of depleting you of your creative energies and turning you into a promotional robot.

Which brings us to this new year's first big question...

The Creator Strategy Sessions will renew

—but how? 🆕

I launched my paid service last year for those who want custom advice, both strategy and actionable tips, and navigation regarding their creator business.

But I also noticed that the world is not in good shape, and when living becomes a bit or more of a struggle for many, artists often suffer the most.

I want to make my paid service available to as many people as I can take on at a time, and so I'm changing its business model.

Instead of creators paying a one-time, higher fee and implementing my advice more or less on their own,
I'm turning the sessions into a long-term working relationship for a significantly lower monthly fee.

This means you pay less and get to pick my brain and receive mentally healthy marketing support on a monthly basis, just like it would be if you hired an agency
—except this is much more sustainable financially and mentally.

The question is, what would be affordable? 💰

If you or an artist friend is interested in the above, help me and vote.

And what about the Creator Therapy? 🤔

Many of the new subscribers told me they're interested in the Creator Therapy, which had to be slowed down last year.

I'm planning on breathing life into it again. I know many of you are looking for community, and I'll do my best to provide that.

See you in the next newsletter,

Petra