Tips, tutorials and insights about AI content creation

IRS, sole proprietor vs LLC vs S-corp, self-employment tax, 1099-K reporting, the 50-state AI & privacy patchwork, §2257 record-keeping, and right of publicity for AI personas — everything a US creator needs to launch in 2026. Disclaimer: this is not personalized legal or tax advice.

Most AI creators spend hours on the niche and 30 seconds on the persona name. The name becomes the URL, the @ handle, the first word every fan sees. This is the naming and branding playbook — the 5 properties that convert, the 4 patterns that work, the 6 traps that kill discoverability.

The single biggest PPV conversion lever is the preview format. Censored previews unlock 40-60% more than fully blurred ones, but most creators get the censorship wrong. This is the technical guide to preview design that actually converts.