Archive - the Digital Collective

Authenticity vs Performance: How Digital Storytellers Win Without Chasing Algorithms

Chasing views, posting ten times a day, and trying to crack an algorithm are tempting.

Feb 20 • James Hicks and Gabriel Leal

How Live Selling Platforms Are Creating New Income Streams for Creators

What live selling actually is

Feb 13 • James Hicks

January 2026

Embrace the Trifecta - Shorts, Longform, and Live Community

Watch now | Key takeaways from the latest tek'na.le.gist FORUM with co-host Melanie Dyann Howe

Jan 30 • James Hicks

1:31:20

AI Tools That Actually Create Content for Us (No Hype, Just Results)

AI isn’t a magic wand.

Jan 23 • James Hicks and Tanya Smith

Build Your Creator Infrastructure: Execute With Less Stress & More Strategy

Why systems matter more than ideas

Jan 16 • James Hicks and Florence Donald

The Creator Economy in 2026: 20 Trends You Can’t Ignore (and how to play them)

If 2025 was “everybody became a creator,” 2026 is looking like “every creator needs a system.”

Jan 6 • James Hicks

December 2025

Is Facebook Dying?

The Real Story Behind the Great Social Media Migration

Dec 22, 2025 • James Hicks

Stop This, Start That: The New Creator Playbook

We do a lot as creators.

Dec 19, 2025 • James Hicks and Florence Donald

Make Every Minute Count: High-Impact Live Selling Moves for Amazon Influencers

Summary from our recent live tek'na.le.gist FORUM InfoCast

Dec 12, 2025 • James Hicks

The State of Content Creation: Mix, Own, and Monetize for 2026

Content creation in 2025 proved one thing: there is no single winning format.

Dec 8, 2025 • James Hicks

AEO: The New Discovery Power Move Every Creator Needs to Understand

Family We need to talk about one of the biggest shifts happening in how people find information today.

Dec 5, 2025 • James Hicks

Hello World - Again...

We back at it - for real this time!!

Dec 3, 2025 • James Hicks

1:54

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