与 50 位顶级创作者面对面:我在 a16z 聚会上的 7 个收获

深潮Publicado em 2025-09-18Última atualização em 2025-09-19

策略愈发精细,商业模式更加复杂,机遇也比以往更大。

作者:Ish Verduzco

编译:深潮TechFlow

昨晚,我与 Tech Week 团队在 a16z 举办了一场聚会,邀请了约 50 位创作者参与其中。

参与者包括梗图大师(Memelords)、TikTok创作者、生活方式博主、电影感视频创作者、Substack作者、电子邮件通讯运营者、播客制作人、YouTube博主、社交媒体负责人等。

几乎涵盖了互联网内容创作者的全领域。

在这篇文章中,我将分享从多场对话中总结出的 7 条关键洞察。

a16z 和 Tech Week 团队

1. 拥有你的受众

每个人都在建立电子邮件列表。

即便是那些专注于 TikTok 或 Instagram 短视频的创作者,也将电子邮件视为业务的核心基础。

有些人通过活动吸引新订阅者,有些则通过付费广告、创建引流工具(lead magnets),或者使用 ManyChat 将 Instagram 私信转化为增长引擎。

发布频率并不重要,有些每周发布一次,有些每月发布一次,有些每季度发布一次,甚至偶尔发布一次。

重要的是所有权。

每个创作者似乎都渴望一种直接、持久的方式,与自己的受众建立联系,而非依赖算法的变化。

2. 建立线下触点

线下互动变得更火热。

许多创作者已经花费数年时间在线上建立了自己的受众、社区和粉丝群。

如今,他们正在寻找将这些连接转化为线下互动的方式。

播客制作人开始举办现场录音活动;社交媒体创作者组织私人晚宴、本地聚会,甚至是度假活动。

这些不仅仅是“粉丝活动”,而是深化关系、建立信任以及探索更高价值合作的渠道。

线上转向线下的互动飞轮效应正在显现其强大力量。

3. 打包赞助方案

广告赞助模式正在打包化。

创作者们正在逐步远离单次广告交易模式。

他们选择将自己的新闻通讯、播客、社交媒体内容以及线下活动整合到一个打包的赞助方案中。

这种模式对创作者来说更有利:收入更可预测、减少谈判、建立长期关系,同时更好地与观众进行多平台整合。

对品牌而言也更优:一个合作关系即可覆盖多个渠道,产生大量可重复使用的内容,并提供比传统广告位更具创意的合作方式。

这一转变标志着行业的成熟,我对此非常欣赏。

4. 深耕细分市场

财富在于细分市场。

细分越精准,业务就越强大。

就像汽车经销商小伙子(Car Dealership Guy)一样,我最近在我的播客中邀请了他,昨天我们第一次见面。

他的目标受众总量有 15.5 万家汽车经销商及其员工,但他却建立了一个庞大的业务,因为他的内容和产品完全聚焦于理想客户画像(ICP)。

许多人认为自己的细分市场太小,但实际上,只要定位精准,它的价值往往超乎想象。

Adam (Blueprint)、Yossi (汽车经销商)、Avi (Creator Logic)、Litquidity

5. 合作才能共赢

合作能加速增长。

1 + 1 = 3。

创作者们正在努力寻求合作。

新闻通讯互换、播客嘉宾交易、联合活动和交叉推广产品。

如果能找到目标受众相近的合作伙伴,增长速度会呈指数级提升。这不仅更快,也比单打独斗更有趣。

虽然这种策略并不新鲜,但看到它在现实中发生依然让人感到欣慰。

越来越多的人选择“让蛋糕变得更大”的思路。

6. 主导一个平台

平台主导地位仍然重要。

几乎每位创作者都有一个“主阵地”。

尽管他们可能已经跨平台发展,但最初带来流量的平台仍然是他们的核心——无论是YouTube、Substack、Instagram还是TikTok。

这是他们的社区与其建立最强连接的地方。

扩展固然重要,但主导地位才是关键。

有些创作者甚至雇佣团队来填补其他平台的空白,同时仍然牢牢掌控最初使他们成功的平台。

先在一个平台上建立你的帝国。

7. 分发是终极护城河

这一点几乎是所有人都认同的。

在一个任何人都可以推出产品、工具或服务的时代,区分创作者的关键并不是他们创造了什么,而是他们如何分发内容。

品牌 + 分发 = 护城河。

这是我一直在强调的观点,也会继续坚持,直到更多人意识到这一点的重要性。

老实说,看到大家的共识如此一致,真是令人耳目一新——尤其是考虑到创作者经济之外的许多行业仍然落后于这一想法。

总结

创作者经济正在走向成熟。

策略愈发精细,商业模式更加复杂,机遇也比以往更大。

如果你正在在线上构建内容,请注意以下几点:

  • 拥有你的受众(电子邮件)

  • 建立线下触点

  • 打包赞助方案

  • 深耕细分市场

  • 合作实现共赢

  • 主导一个平台

  • 将分发视为护城河

这是我在实践中看到的成功玩法。

期待下一波创作者们的创新与突破!

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