Welcome to The Publish Press’s 2023 Staff Picks. These are the six creators hand-picked by a member of The Publish Press team for their innovation, creativity, and dedication throughout the last year.
We didn’t just pick creators with massive audiences (though some have tallied quite the numbers). We picked people we think are paving a new path for future creators—people who are doing something genuinely inventive without a blueprint.
We’ve selected six creators to debut throughout the next week. Keep reading The Publish Press to get to know each of our 2023 Staff Picks. Who knows…maybe you’ll be on our 2024 list.
Meet the Creators
“We think we can change the gardening industry as a whole because it’s antiquated and not up to the times of the modern gardener.”
– Kevin Espiritu (Epic Gardening)
“[Creators] are inherently, from the get-go, operating on a budget. And really, the way that we get success at all is by identifying that one core bit of a piece of content that engaged people most, and focusing on that.”
– Sam Denby (Wendover Productions & Nebula)
“That’s when I considered [YouTube] a full-time job—when it was my only option.”
– Mai Pham
“I realized something I think is artistic and meaningful is very different from what is relatable and I had to kill and sacrifice that relatability aspect to do what I really believed in,”
– Tina Choi (doobydobap)
“With the NIL changes there is a huge opportunity for college athletes to build brands and take the narrative of their career into their own hands. Travis is showing us how it’s done.”
– Colin Rosenblum on Travis Hunter’s creator career
“VSCO and Snapseed are both great apps but they don’t have the built-in distribution that the Tezza app has via Tezza Barton the creator.”
– Kinsey Grant on
Tezza Barton’s creator career
Own Your Online Space
Colin and Samir here. All year long, we’ve partnered with .Store to share the importance of building and owning your creator brand. From our ‘Coffee with Creators’ event to this Staff Picks series to our very own presspublish.store, they’ve helped us level up our creator biz while maintaining brand ownership and independence.
A domain, like .store, is a simple yet powerful part of your online identity. It’s a constant presence in your content and a crucial tool for establishing trust and building your brand—especially if you sell merch.
Give your merch site the attention it deserves with a personalized URL from .Store. Inspire confidence by sharing product links that are more memorable and credible than URLs made from a random string of characters.
Make finding, buying, and recommending your products easier for your audience. If you’re selling online, brand your URL with a .Store domain today.
