Take content creation to the next level and make a name for yourself with our 5 tips to improve your content and grow your following.

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5 Tips to Improve Your Content and Grow Your Following:

1. Learn basic video editing skills through YouTube
2. Establish your personal brand
3. Follow a schedule, be consistent
4. Market your content on social media
5. Network and Collaborate

Whether you’re a streamer, YouTuber, ASMRtist, or you just like sharing clips to socials, everyone knows that content is king. Consistently creating and properly distributing content can be a hard and time consuming task, but the payoff is well worth it when you begin to see growth and pass milestones one by one. Below, we will dive into 5 tips you can use to improve your content and grow your following. While these are only a few of the many ways to go about doing so, these pieces of advice can take YOU to the next level.

In an ideal situation you would have your very own video editor, but many of us aren’t able to afford that, nor is it necessary when you’re only starting to create content. Fortunately, YouTube is filled with hundreds of helpful tutorials no matter your prior video editing knowledge.

As for editing software, look no further than DaVinci Resolve 16, a FREE to download program with an easy to use interface and all the capabilities of Adobe Premiere Pro, which is what most high-level video editors use. While at first glance the program can be daunting, it only takes a couple tutorials to get a good grasp of the essentials. 

Once you have the basics down, adding things like cut-scenes, transitions, intros, outros, and tweaking the audio can make a world of difference in the final product. All in all, the time you put into editing your content can switch someone from just passing by, to clicking on that link and subscribing. 

#1 Learn basic video editing skills

Establishing your personal brand is what makes people remember your name and more importantly, YOU. The first step here, one that you probably completed years ago, is creating your alias or deciding to go by your actual name. Creating an alias can be fun, but be sure to make it something memorable and appropriate...no mom should ever have to hear her son or daughter say “I want to watch PoopyIdiot247’s stream”. While it’s best to keep it simple, it’s also ideal to have the same username across all socials, so you do have to be creative when landing on a name because most will already be taken. 

Now that you’ve decided on your alias or name, you’ll need a logo to give it an identity. Whether you want a mascot logo, a text logo, or just a letter, that’s up to you, but you may need to shell out some cash to get one professionally made. There are a lot of talented graphic designers in the industry that create beautiful logos at prices ranging from $50 all the way up to $500+, but spending the money for your own personal brand is something you will need to do at some point, so you might as well establish your branding now. That way, your audience will always remember you as you continue to grow.

#2 Establish your personal brand

Consistency is key when it comes to streaming and producing content. While the scale is much different, the biggest streamers can lose out on thousands of subs and followers by taking a couple days break. This isn’t to say that you have to stream or produce content everyday, but a schedule certainly does help, and there should be a healthy balance. Even if you are only able to stream for say 8 hours a week, decide that you will stream 2 hours on Monday and Wednesday, and 4 on Friday, and let your followers know this. One way you can do this is by adding a Streamlabs Stream Schedule & Countdown to your stream, which only involves a few steps.

Consistency isn’t only needed when it comes to actually producing the content though, you also have to be consistent with who you are and the community you wish to create. Unless you’re so good that people will watch just for the pure skill, your personality is what gets people to come back and become lifelong supporters. Be true to yourself through everything you do, and be careful to not let the clout get to your head if you do begin to take off.    

#3 Follow a schedule, be consistent

Unfortunately this will be hard to hear for some, but social media should be your best friend if you want to grow your stream and following. Growing your stream and socials go hand-in-hand and only pursuing one can leave some serious growth on the table...but most of you already know that. What’s hard is being active on your socials, and knowing what to post and when to post it. This can become time consuming. While eFuse may be working on some tools to make this process easier, your best bet is to avoid spreading yourself too thin, and instead heavily focus on one or two social media platforms. While eFuse is a given, Twitter, Instagram and Facebook are the most popular platforms in terms of what socials you should be on for gaming and esports related content specifically. 

Now, what kind of content should you post to these socials? If you said “just post your stream link”, unfortunately that generally isn’t very effective, although done way too often. Give your followers a reason to engage with your stream link posts by including a short 15-30 second clip from a previous stream, a meme that you find funny, or even a brief explanation of what your stream is all about. Think of Youtube, everyone recognizes how click baity thumbnails can be, and that’s just what your social posts need, some clickbait. No, you don’t need to type out “INSANE CRAZY AMAZING STREAM 1V4’S ONLY”, but including a Call of Duty graphic or GIF might be just what the timeline needs. 

Good stream promotion:
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Bad Stream Promotion:
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#4 Market your content on social media

While consistency and patience is almost always needed to make it as a content creator, networking and collaborating will give you the best chance to “growth-hack” your way towards the top. While it’s not easy, properly networking can open up opportunities that would be quite hard to stumble across alone. The key to networking is making genuine connections with people who share similar interests and similar goals with you. Other content creators should not be seen as competition, but instead as friends that you can meet along the way and maybe even collaborate with. Collaboration is not only a good way to network and make new friends in which you can learn from, but it also helps both creators as their audiences are introduced to one another.

So how do you network as a content creator? Well, there’s a number of ways but most come down to interacting and engaging with the community, usually through social media. Instead of spending that 2nd hour in a row watching TimTheTatMan fail to identify states from cities, spend an hour stepping into small and mid-tier streams, and make some new friends. Instead of mindlessly scrolling through Twitter, search #esports and reply to the first 10 tweets that come up. Don’t sit back, get involved. Connect with people on LinkedIn, follow people on eFuse, Twitter, and Instagram. Don’t worry about your following to follower ratio, being an active member of the community is what it’s all about.

#5 Network and Collaborate

While you may have already known some of this, hopefully you still found value in our 5 tips to improve your content and grow your following. Have any questions about esports, the gaming industry, getting a scholarship, or getting a job in gaming? Tweet us with #eFuseLearning for a chance to have us answer it here.

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5 Tips to Grow Your Following on Twitch

Each year, there are games that gain billions of watch time hours on the platform and rise in popularity, but have you wondered which are the top 10 most watched games on Twitch?

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Twitch has become a go to destination to watch quality gameplay by some of the best players for each game. Each year, there are games that gain billions of watch time hours on the platform and rise in popularity, but have you wondered which are the top 10 most watched games on Twitch?

If you have, then that's exactly what we’re going to cover in today's article! This list covers games across all genres, so let's get right into it.

Twitch stats provided by [twitchstats.net](https://twitchstats.net/all-time-views/alltime)

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege is an online tactical shooter video game that was developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft on December 1, 2015. The game's available to play on all current generation and new generation consoles. Each player plays as an attacker or a defender in different modes such as rescuing a hostage, defusing a bomb, and taking control of an objective within a room.

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Rainbow Six Siege is the 21st game in the Rainbow Six video game series that began back in 1998, with the release of Rainbow Six. With players such as King George, Beaulo, Pengu, Macie Jay and more streaming the game regularly on Twitch, the game maintains its popularity on the platform.

Since the release of the game, it has racked up almost 4 billion total hours in watch time on Twitch, the exact number is just over 3.999 billion.

#10 Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege

Overwatch is a team-based multiplayer first-person shooter game that was developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment on May 24, 2016 for all devices. Overwatch is Blizzard's fourth major franchise and it sees teams work to complete map-specific objectives within a limited period of time.

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Overwatch has many popular streamers such as Supertf, Jay3, Emongg, mL7support and many more that play the game on stream which has helped them accumulate a lot of watch time hours. Since the game's release in 2016, it has accumulated over 7.767 billion hours in watch time on Twitch.

#9 Overwatch

Minecraft is a sandbox video game that was developed and published by Mojang Studios in 2011. In the game, players explore a blocky generated 3D world with virtually infinite terrain, and may discover and extract raw materials, craft tools and items, and build structures or earthworks.

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Depending on game mode, players can fight computer-controlled mobs, as well as cooperate with or compete against other players in the same world. Minecraft is one of the most played games of all time and has over 140 million monthly active users and is also the best selling video game of all time with over 238 million copies of the game having been sold across the world.

Some of the most popular Minecraft streamers on Twitch are TommyInnit, Dream, Quackity, GeorgeNotFound and Wilbur Soot. Minecraft has been one of the most played games for almost a decade. With such popularity, the game has been watched for over 10.072 billion hours on Twitch.

#8 Minecraft

World of Warcraft (WoW) is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) that was developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment on November 23, 2004. It allows players to create a character avatar and explore an open game world in third or first-person view, exploring the landscape, fighting various monsters, completing quests, and interacting with non-player characters (NPCs) or other players.

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The game has won several accolades such as “Best Mac OS X Entertainment Product” at the 2005 Apple Design Awards and “Best Computer Game" by Computer Games Magazine in 2004. World of Warcraft has been able to bring in over 10.584 billion hours in watch on Twitch.

#7 World of Warcraft

Hearthstone is a free-to-play online digital collectible card game that was developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment in 2014. It's a turn-based card game between two opponents, using constructed decks of 30 cards along with a selected hero with a unique power.

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Hearthstone has won many accolades such as being named the “best digital card game” of 2013 by Forbes, winning “best mobile/handheld game” at The Game Awards in 2014 and winning the title of “Mobile game of the year” by GameSpot in December 2014. The game has been watched for over 13.047 billion hours on Twitch.

#6 Hearthstone

Dota 2 is a multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) video game that was developed and published by Valve in July, 2013. The game's played in matches between two teams of five players, with each team occupying and defending their own separate base on the map. Each player controls a character, known as a "hero", who all have unique abilities and differing styles of play.

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Dota 2 has a massive esports scene, with teams from around the world playing in various professional leagues and tournaments. Valve manages an event format known as the Dota Pro Circuit, a series of tournaments that award qualification points for earning direct invitations to The International, the game's premier annual tournament.

Internationals feature a crowdfunded prize money system that has seen amounts in upwards of US$40 million, making Dota 2 the most lucrative esports game. Since its release, Dota 2 has been watched for over 18.261 billion hours on Twitch.

#5 Dota 2

Grand Theft Auto V is an action-adventure game that was developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games in 2013. The game is set within the fictional state of San Andreas, and the single-player story follows three protagonists, retired bank robber Michael De Santa, street gangster Franklin Clinton, and drug dealer and gunrunner Trevor Philips.

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With GTA Online and GTA RP only growing in popularity over time, more and more popular creators have started making content based around the game which has helped them gain more watch time hours on Twitch. Grand Theft Auto Online was conceived as a separate experience with up to 30 players being able to freely roam across the game world and enter lobbies to complete jobs (story-driven competitive and cooperative modes).

The game's considered to be one of seventh and eighth generation console gaming's most significant titles and among the best video games ever made and is the second best selling video game of all time. With all of that success, they've been able to net about 20.126 billion hours in watch time on Twitch.

#4 Grand Theft Auto V

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) is a multiplayer first-person shooter that was developed by Valve and Hidden Path Entertainment and published by Valve on August 21, 2012. The game pits two teams, Terrorists and Counter-Terrorists, against each other in different objective-based game modes. It is the fourth game in the Counter-Strike series and has one of the most popular esport scenes in the world.

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The professional scene consists of leagues and tournaments hosted by third-party organizations, and Valve-sponsored tournaments known as Major Championships. They're considered the most prestigious tournaments in the Counter-Strike circuit and have among the largest prize pools; originally at US$250,000, the prize pools for Majors have risen to US$1,000,000 since MLG Columbus 2016.
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive has been able to maintain its position as one of the most popular games in the world over the years and because of that they've had many players continue to play and stream the game on Twitch. Since the game's release, it has accumulated over 20.343 billion hours in watch time on Twitch.

#3 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

Fortnite is an online video game that was developed and published by Epic Games in 2017. There are two main modes in the game, Battle Royale and Creative. Battle Royale is a player-versus-player game for up to 100 players, allowing one to play alone, in a duo, or in a squad. Fortnite Creative is a sandbox game mode in which players are given complete freedom to spawn everything that is within the game on an island.

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Fortnite Battle Royale became a cultural phenomenon, with several celebrities saying that they play the game, and athletes using Fortnite emotes as victory celebrations. Epic Games has organized esports competitions around Fortnite Battle Royale, such as the inaugural $30 million Fortnite World Cup tournament that took place in July 2019.
The game has won several accolades such as “Best Game” at BBC Radio 1's Teen Awards in 2018, “Best Competitive Game” and “Ultimate Game of the Year” at the Golden Joystick Awards in 2018. With all of that success, Fortnite comes in with over 26.458 billion hours of watch time.

#2 Fortnite

League of Legends (LoL), is a multiplayer online battle arena video game that was developed and published by Riot Games. In the game, two teams of five players battle in player versus player combat, each team occupying and defending their half of the map. Each of the ten players controls a character, known as a "champion", with unique abilities and differing styles of play.

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It's often cited as the world's largest esport, with an international competitive scene composed of 12 leagues. The domestic leagues culminate in the annual League of Legends World Championship. The 2019 championship had over 100 million unique viewers, peaking at a concurrent viewership of 44 million.

The game has several accolades as well such as winning the title of “Best Free-to-Play Game” at the Golden Joystick Awards in 2011, and “Best Esports Event” at The Game Awards for their 2019 and 2020 League World Championships. This has helped them accumulate a total of over 45.462 billion hours in watch time on Twitch.

#1 League of Legends

Twitch has become one of the main places to go if you're a gamer looking to showcase your talent to others and it'll only continue to keep on growing over time. Only time will tell what the list will look like in the future, as there may be other games that breakthrough but many of these games still have a great grasp of talent on Twitch playing their game every single day.

That's it for this article, I hope you enjoyed reading! Let me know what your thoughts are on the rise of Twitch, and what you think the list will look like in the future. Stay tuned for more articles and until next time, stay ELITE!

Twitch and Their Role in the Gaming Industry

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18 year old Indian gamer, discord admin, event moderator and writer for eFuse and Esports, aspiring content creator. adrian.malhiers.business@gmail.com

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 As a streamer, it’s best practice to open a business checking account for all streaming related transactions.

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The basis to keep in mind while reading this article is — As a streamer, it’s best practice to open a business checking account for all streaming related transactions.

You may have heard the phrase before — “It’s important to separate business & personal”. Or, maybe this is your first time hearing it. In either case, it’s an important principle that should be at the business foundation of any content creator.

So what does that phrase really mean? It’s a short & simple way of saying that anything you do in the course of your business (streaming), from a financial perspective, needs to be separate from what you do on a personal basis. A simple example would be this — buying a new pair of kicks with your business debit card. I’m willing to assume that purchase most likely has nothing to do with your stream. So, you wouldn’t want that purchase to be charged to your business debit card, which in turn pulls money from your business checking account. You’d want to make that purchase with your personal debit card, which in turn pulls the money from your personal checking account.

Now, you might be thinking, “I don’t even have a business debit card/checking account. I only have one bank account that everything goes through”. No worries, that’s the point of this article — to help you better understand why you, a streamer, should have separate accounts. As well as how to go about creating this separation.

Let’s dive into it. There are really two main reasons to separate business & personal — for financial & legal purposes. I’ll touch lightly on the legal implications, but for the most part I’m going to focus on the financial perspective.

Why Streamers should Separate Business & Personal

Let’s briefly knockout the legal reasoning. When you go to open a new business checking account, the bank will ask whether you’d like to open the account under a business entity, such as an [LLC](https://www.investopedia.com/terms/l/llc.asp), or under your personal name. When you’re doing it 100% the correct way, the best practice is to open the account under an entity you’ve created. For many streamers that should be an LLC. The reason behind this is to protect [your personal assets](https://www.investopedia.com/terms/a/asset.asp#:~:text=An%20asset%20is%20a%20resource,or%20benefit%20the%20firm%27s%20operations.) (car, house, money in personal checking account, anything else of value you own) from debt or lawsuits. If you don’t operate under an LLC, your personal assets are at a much higher risk of being taken in the case that business debt or a lawsuit were to occur. I’ll dive deeper into legal implications in a later article. But, back to opening the bank account. Even if you open a new business checking account under your name, you’re still beginning to create separation between your business & personal transactions.

After you’ve opened your new account, you’ll be given a debit card that goes along with that account. This becomes the card you’ll use when making any purchases related to your stream. Purchases such as a new gaming PC, headset, camera, chair etc. All purchases that count as **business expenses**. This is important because it provides an easy way to keep track your [deductions](https://www.investopedia.com/terms/t/tax-deduction.asp) throughout the year. Deductions help lower the amount of taxes you pay each year. Definitely something worth paying attention to!

Another important piece of your new business checking account is having all your income from streaming get deposited there. That’s right, you’d want all your income to get deposited & processed through this account. Now you might be asking, “If all of my income from streaming gets deposited into my new account and I can only use this account for streaming purposes, how am I going to use any of this money for personal things?”. Great question. Best practice would be to have your personal checking account open at the same bank your business checking account is. That way, you can transfer money (typically for free) you’d like to spend for personal things to your personal checking account. Which usually is done within seconds via the bank app. You typically have both accounts pop up when opening your app. 

With all that being said, here is the key reasoning behind it all. Your new business checking account is now processing all transactions strictly related to streaming. Whether that be income deposited in the account or purchases made from the account, as mentioned above. 

Legal Reasoning

You are now actively practicing separating business from personal & are better organizing yourself from a financial & legal perspective. Let’s wrap up with some tax benefits. 

Having all of your streaming transactions occur in only one account helps you & your accountant when you get to tax season. Instead of spending hours reading through your personal bank statements to decide what transactions did or should count as business income/expense, you’re looking at it all in one place. As long as you’ve practiced good habits throughout the year, everything in this one account is streaming income/expense related. While it sounds super simple, I promise your accountant will be thanking you when it comes time to file your tax return. 

When working with an accountant, it also makes it easier and more stress-free from your perspective. You won’t be getting a dozen calls/texts asking if a transaction from 8–9 months ago was streaming related. Which, if you’ve forgotten, could result in a loss of a business deduction. Because again, everything they see in that account should be related to streaming — so there shouldn’t be many questions for them to ask. 

When you mix business & personal transactions together, you’re doing what is called “[piercing the veil](https://www.thebalancesmb.com/piercing-the-corporate-veil-definition-398410)”. This means you can be held liable from a financial & legal perspective as one “entity”. Though it sounds very corporate & boring, I promise it’s not something you want to expose yourself to if the situation were to arise. 

Now, you just got done reading and might think, “This seems like a long & tedious process”. I promise it isn’t! The easiest way to get started is to open a business checking account with your bank & begin to create separation. As a streamer, you owe it to yourself. 

Disclaimer: *None of the information above is intended as financial or tax advice in any way, shape, or form. Everything is for educational purposes only. Every individual has a different situation & should appropriately seek a professional for guidance.*

Tax Benefits For Streamers

WRITTEN BY

[Juan Rodriguez, CPA](https://efuse.gg/u/lodgz)
Gaming, esports & content creator CPA. Founder of Lodgz Financial.

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While we can’t all have weekly yoga sessions with our squad, there are things you can do to maintain healthy gaming habits as you grind it out with your friends or participate in your own gaming sessions. 

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It’s no secret that becoming the best at any particular esport requires a massive time commitment. We commonly refer to it as “The Grind” with a bit of pride whenever we talk about it. That we’ve put so much time into this one game that we are better than 99% of the rest of the game-playing population.

When asked how to make it to the pro level in esports, many pros will say you just have to “grind it out” like they once did. While there is truth to this—becoming a pro requires that time investment—what isn’t added in is that you also need to stay physically healthy while you work your way to the top.

In a recent study on [The Association between Esports Participation](https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/19/7329/htm), Health and Physical Activity Behavior*, researchers found that esports players were more likely to be categorized as normal weight or obesity class 2 and 3. But they further went on to observe that those players ranked in the top 10% were more active than the bottom 90% of players.

At the professional level, this tracks with the empirical data that we’ve seen. Esports organizations around the world prioritize healthy living for their players. In LCS, we have players who work out four to five times a week. Other organizations, such as CLG, have been known to hold weekly yoga sessions with their players.

Professional esports organizations have realized that they want their players to be healthy. A healthy player is likely to have a longer career; a healthy player with a longer career is a much better investment for any esports org. 

While we can’t all have weekly yoga sessions with our squad, there are things you can do to maintain healthy gaming habits as you grind it out with your friends or participate in your own gaming sessions. 

[Career Spotlight: Dr. Dave Amirrezvani, Doctor of Physical Therapy](https://youtu.be/kLzRVVmsCrE)  


Four quick tips for healthy gaming

One, stretching regularly is an important thing to do if you spend all day at the computer. It’s easy to just queue up for the next game and completely forget about stretching. Instead, after two games take a quick five to ten-minute break and stand up and stretch. Since you’re gaming, make sure to do some hand, arm, and wrist stretches, too. This can help make sure you don’t develop [carpal tunnel injuries](https://www.nasef.org/news/blog/preventing-carpal-tunnel-syndrome/). If your friends just won’t wait for you, stretch while you load into a game.


Tip #1 Stretching

Two, physical activity. While the World Health Organization recommends 150 minutes of physical activity a week, not everyone can get there. Start small if you need to. Simple walks every day are a great place to start. After that, see if you can take it up a notch and go on a bike ride or a short jog. Everything will help. If you don’t like walking around in silence, queue up your favorite esports podcast or interview and listen to that on your walk.

Tip #2 Physical Activity

Three, minimize the amount of blue light you’re exposed to before you go to bed. Blue light has a tendency to mess your ability to sleep at night. Our everyday electronics are the biggest producers of blue light. Many computers and phones now have modes that will reduce the amount of blue light the devices put out during the nighttime hours. Use these features. If your computer doesn’t have one built-in, I’m personally a fan of [f.lux](https://justgetflux.com/). There are also other solutions like glasses that block blue light from your electronic devices.

Tip #3 Minimize Blue Light

Finally, try to keep a set schedule. This, more than anything, will likely help you maintain a healthy lifestyle. Professional esports organizations know the power of this and keep their players on strict schedules. That means you don’t stay up till 4AM on Friday because you don’t have to go to work the next day. Keep your schedule as consistent as possible.

Tip #4 Keep a Set Schedule

These four tips, stretching, physical activity, minimizing blue light, and a set schedule, are only the basics of maintaining a healthy lifestyle while gaming. But while they are the basics, they are a good start for many of us. So take a moment and stand up from your computer chair, do a few stretches, and get outside for some physical activity. Your body will thank you.

For more info on how esports organizations approach healthy gaming, check out our[ interview with Misfits Gaming Performance Coach, Robert Yip](https://youtu.be/JSTjP-ecG4o).

*Trotter MG, Coulter TJ, Davis PA, Poulus DR, Polman R. The Association between Esports Participation, Health and Physical Activity Behaviour. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17(19):7329.




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We’re moving into a new stage for Clippy and so we think it’s fitting to introduce a new name that better represents the product we’re building. So from today, Clippy will be Sidekick.

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Our team believes in a world where any creator, big or small, has the power and tools to become the creator they want to be. 



Thousands of creators are using Clippy on their streams today and we’re always thinking about ways we can achieve that vision. We’re moving into a new stage for Clippy and so we think it’s fitting to introduce a new name that better represents the product we’re building. So from today, Clippy will be Sidekick.

Why Sidekick? Well, Clippy has always been that companion to your stream, supporting you in creating content. It was never just about clips, they were just one of the ways we helped. So we’re taking the focus off clips and putting it on being your Sidekick.

As part of this transformation, we’re going to be pausing Clippy Pro for the time being. Giving us your money for the product doesn’t help you become the creator you want to be. We want to focus on giving back to you, not the other way around. 

So today, we’re doubling down on the core Sidekick product & we’ll be making all of its current features available for free to all users but that’s not all we’re releasing today.

That starts with a whole new experience. We’re taking the overlays that you know and love and giving them a new home in a world of widgets. By moving into this new world, we’re going to be able to bring you new features that aren’t just about showing clips.

The new editor is available in beta today at [efuse.gg/sidekick/overlays](https://efuse.gg/sidekick/overlays) with both shoutout & BRB widgets and we’ve got some nifty widgets coming soon. We’re building this with the community so if you’ve got ideas, let us know, we’re all ears.

Clippy is now Sidekick!

Clippy is now Sidekick!

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