gm, and welcome to issue #27 of ✨Spark✨ Last week we announced our very own bounties for trying out new features. Thank you to those that have made submissions; the good news is that there are still a few available to be claimed. As a reminder, we’re offering coins for 1)Token-gated discord 2)Quote retweet bounties 3)Email Collection block. Reach out if you need help implementing these.

On Friday we have our usual Firesides on Discord. Drop in at any time during that hour. This week we’d love to hear your thoughts on creating rewarding IRL gatherings.

Bonfire Product Updates

👤 Profile Block

On Monday we rolled out a new Profile Block to the CMS, which allows you to add your creator profile (the same profile section we show by default on every creator homepage) to any CMS page.

Migrating our Hero & Profile sections into Bonfire Studio as blocks is part of a larger effort to migrate all parts of your Bonfire site into the Studio, which will allow for full customizability of all pages on your site.

Creator Spotlight: $RISE

Mark Schaefer is a well-known marketing thought leader who quickly adopted web3 and understood the potential for launching his own social token, $RISE. He recently wrote a post on de-stigmatizing the idea of self-publishing your own book. Here’s an important passage for all of you brave enough to do things your own way.

"In my contract with McGraw-Hill, I received a royalty of about $1.50 per book. Depending on the format, I can now make as much as $12 per copy by self-publishing my books. Of course, when I self-publish I have to pay for the book design, cover, marketing, etc., but my break-even period for each book has been a couple of months. I also have complete control over the price of the book. I can change the price by country. I can provide discounts and bundle my offerings. I could never do that through a publisher.”

Keep reading

That's Fire

I’ll be speaking at Un*mute*able, a virtual web3 conference next week. Registration is free so sign up!

Editions are coming to Zora.

13 lessons on being a web3 musician, by Daniel Allan.

Twitch cofounder is launching a web3 gaming company.

Keyboard shortcuts for managing your social media.

Robinhood’s launching a new crypto wallet.

Tip of the week

We highly recommend using the Email Collection block feature as this will help you capture the email addresses of your community members. From there, you’ll be able to get in touch with them directly in their inbox. So next time you have a big launch or exciting news, you know your fans will see it instead of being drowned out by hundreds of unread messages on discord or social media algorithms.

Email generates $42 for every $1 spent, which is an astounding 4,200% ROI, making it one of the most effective options available. Here are a few other email stats that’ll blow you away.

Your Turn

Do you have any web3 goals we can help make happen? No matter how big or small, shoot me an email or DM us on twitter about it. And check our Roadmap to submit and vote on your favorite features.

If you’re just joining, you can find our past issues here.

Until next time,

Bonfire Team