Audience Building Episodes
Oct. 22, 2024
#219: Robin Dreeke – How to earn someone’s trust (from a former FBI special agent)
Learn from a former spy recruiter
Oct. 1, 2024
#215: How I Would Hit 100K YouTube Subscribers in 1 Year (If I Could Start Over)
Recapping our first two years with producer Conor
Sept. 17, 2024
#212: Dan Misener – How to ACTUALLY grow your podcast (and measure its success)
Dan Misener is a podcast legend and the co-founder of the podcast growth agency, Bumper.
Sept. 3, 2024
#209: Paddy Galloway – How he makes any niche go viral
Paddy Galloway is the world’s most sought-after YouTube strategist
Aug. 6, 2024
#204: Bryan Harris — How to grow your audience through partnerships (even if you have a small audience yourself)
Bryan Harris is the founder and CEO of GrowthTools.
Jan. 9, 2024
#177: Chris Hutchins – A master of podcast growth and building relationships.
Chris Hutchins is the host of the award-winning podcast, All The Hacks.
Nov. 7, 2023
#170: Justin Welsh Returns! – Behind his rebrand, innovating on social media, and building relationships.
Justin Welsh returns to share his approach to social media.
Oct. 31, 2023
BONUS: How To Build an Audience From Scratch, Understanding Discovery and Relationship Platforms, Email vs Newsletters, Vertical Integration for Creators, and more
My guest appearance on the Newsletter Operator Podcast
Oct. 10, 2023
#167: Jenny Hoyos – How she averages 10 million views per video (YouTube Shorts)
A masterclass on short-form vertical video.
Sept. 12, 2023
#164: Jon Youshaei – Ex-YouTube employee shares the best growth advice (that you’ve probably never heard)
Jon Youshaei is a former YouTube and Instagram employee and host of the Created podcast.
June 9, 2023
#151: Nathan Barry of ConvertKit — Acquiring SparkLoop and turning email into multiplayer mode with the Creator Network
Nathan Barry returns to talk about the Creator Network (and their most recent acquisition)
May 9, 2023
#148: Kevin Espiritu – How Epic Gardening went from a blog to a video empire.
Epic Gardening has 2.5 million subscribers and nearly 300 million views on YouTube alone.
May 2, 2023
#147: Chenell Basilio – How the best newsletter operators grow to 50K+ subscribers
Chenell Basilio is the creator of Growth In Reverse where she studies how creators like Justin Welsh, Packy McCormick, Lenny Rachitsky, and Codie Sanchez grew their newsletter.
April 18, 2023
#145: Matt McGarry – The man behind email acquisition for The Hustle, Codie Sanchez, Sahil Bloom, and The Milk Road
Breaking down how the best of the best grow their newsletters with paid acquisition.
March 14, 2023
#141: Sean Cannell – How YouTube is changing and what works in 2023
Sean Cannell is the founder of Think Media and the author of YouTube Secrets.
Feb. 21, 2023
#138: Chris Williamson – How his podcast exploded to 70 million downloads and 125 million views
Chris Williamson is a former club promoter turned podcaster as the host of Modern Wisdom
Feb. 14, 2023
#137: How I’ve doubled my following on LinkedIn in the last few months
Sharing my full strategy for how I'm growing on LinkedIn
Feb. 7, 2023
#136: Kevin Parry – How he goes viral on EVERY platform
Kevin Parry is a stop-motion animator and video wizard who creates fun animation and mind-bending illusions!
Jan. 3, 2023
#132: Natalie Ellis of bossbabe – Attracting 3.5 million followers on Instagram (and what's working today)
bossbabe is a community of female entrepreneurs – and it started on Instagram. Today, the bossbabe instagram account has more than 3.5 million followers.
Dec. 27, 2022
#131: Daniel Wall – 1.6M followers on TikTok using this viral framework
Daniel Wall creates short-form videos highlighting behind-the-scenes stories in music and entertainment.
Nov. 22, 2022
#127: Daniel Murray – Why LinkedIn Company Pages are a HUGE Opportunity
Daniel Murray is the creator of The Marketing Millennials, a podcast and newsletter focused on today’s marketing leaders and tomorrow’s stars.
Sept. 20, 2022
#118: Sahil Bloom – Attracting 700,000 followers on Twitter by being consistent
Sahil Bloom is a writer, investor, and podcaster. Every week, his content reaches over 1 million people around the world.
Aug. 23, 2022
#114: Kat Norton aka Miss Excel – Engineering virality and earning more than $100,000 in a single day
Kat Norton energetically teaches Microsoft Excel to individuals, businesses, and educational institutions.
Aug. 16, 2022
#113: Austin Belcak – From zero job offers to attracting 1.3 million followers on LinkedIn
Austin Belcak is the founder of Cultivated Culture, which people how to land jobs they love without “traditional” experience and without applying online.