I had been "about to start" for two years.
Six weeks in, issue one went out. I am on issue twelve now and it has paid for itself.
Ada
Writer
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I had been "about to start" for two years.
Six weeks in, issue one went out. I am on issue twelve now and it has paid for itself.
Ada
Writer
The film sat on a hard drive for a year.
Weekly build sessions got it cut, scored, and screened. Deadlines with people watching work.
Tomi
Filmmaker
I posted a rough idea in the feedback thread.
The person who replied is now my co-founder. We launched our studio four months later.
Zainab
Designer
"I do photography" became a package with a price.
One coaching call to name the offer, one to price it. Three clients booked in the first month.
David
Photographer
Monetising Your Creativity
The business education creatives were never given.
Clarity
Know who you are, who you serve, and what you stand for.
Content
Make the work that proves it and pulls people in.
Community
Gather your people into something they belong to.
Collaboration
Grow faster by building with others.
Currency
Turn all of it into a living.
Campfyre started in November 2022 as a newsletter about one shift: going from leading others to leading yourself. It was written for creatives who wanted to make a living from their work without losing the reason they started.
Read our storyCreative work should pay. We teach the business side without the sleaze.
Reach is only useful if it changes something for someone.
The work has to be worth doing on the days nobody is watching.
By creatives, for creatives. No theory we have not used ourselves.