U.S. freelancers dominate the creator economy in 2025
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The creator economy is exploding in 2025.
In fact, there’s never been a better time to build passive income as a creator…especially now that we have AI tools like ChatGPT. Freelance creators have an incredible advantage to be able to produce content at scale while retaining humanity, quality, and originality in the creative process.
The global creator economy market size is projected to reach an eye-watering $1,345.54 billion by 2033, according to Grand View Research.
Grand View’s analysts also found that:
The U.S. currently dominates the creator market.
The creator industry is led by individual freelancers or creators, directly connecting with their loyal audiences and followers.
Video creators are the most in-demand and account for the highest revenue share right now.
Creation platforms, social media, AI, and rising advancements in technology for existing creator tools, platforms, and software, combined with consumers’ thirst for relatable, personable content.
Despite the booming creator market, many creators are still sitting on untapped potential.
Think about it, you’re producing content to:
Land partnerships and sponsorships
Get featured as a thought leader on LinkedIn and attract higher-paying clients
Or get paid directly for your work through affiliates and loyal fans
But that can only last you so long.
The ChatGPT Prompt Technique To Earn Passive Income Online
So how do you make money sustainably, especially as an industry professional seeking to establish credibility and make money online, without feeling tied to chasing the next big content idea every minute?
You seek to create an engine that builds an entire ecosystem around one successful content idea–one that already resonates with most of your audience.
How Do I Build Passive Income Using ChatGPT In 2025?
This ChatGPT prompt technique is an absolute gamechanger, so give it a go:
Step 1: Create a new project in ChatGPT, title it “Passive Income Ideas” and feed this prompt in the instructions:
You’re my freelance business consultant and content strategist. I’m a digital creator and I currently [name your activity, i.e. write once a week for my blog/newsletter with 350 subscribers, post videos to my YouTube channel of 2,000 subscribers twice a week, etc.]
within the [name your industry]. My specialism in creating content is [name your niche] and it’s for [describe your audience habits, pain points, and demographics]. Your role is to help me monetize my existing content, and any new content I create, so it can scale into multiple passive income streams.
Step 2: Now create a chat in this ChatGPT project with this prompt:
Take this [PDF, screenshot, or Word doc of a blog you created or newsletter you wrote, attached], and help me create an entire ecosystem of passive income. Give me 10 digital product ideas, a high-ticket service I could offer as passive income, like a subscription service, and a low-ticket service/product.
Why This ChatGPT Prompt Technique Works
This prompt technique/workflow works well because:
It engages ChatGPT-5’s multimodal capabilities (which still has significant room for improvement but will hopefully be updated soon)
Provides sufficient context for the output to be of the quality you desire
Utilizes the project tool, allowing you to create several chats–one for each passive income idea, so you can develop your passive income stream further
You don’t need to think of several ideas all at once. All you need is one great content idea or one long-form content piece, like a newsletter, blog, or even a YouTube explainer video you created.
Your challenge this week?
Pick your best-performing content, and see how many ways you can repurpose it into multiple passive income streams–beyond content production, views, and sponsorships.
The expertise you shared in your last LinkedIn newsletter could already be worth $100,000+.
Repurposing your best-performing content into passive income products and services will help you future-proof your finances and ensure longevity beyond the lifetime of the content itself
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But only if you know how to transform it into a passive income engine.
If you enjoyed reading this article and you want to make money from your skills, you should check this one out: 3 Passive Income Ideas You Can Start Today In 2025.