Instagram Episodes

#297: Joy Sullivan — How She Built A Living As A Writer On Instagram and Substack
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March 17, 2026

#297: Joy Sullivan — How She Built A Living As A Writer On Instagram and Substack

Joy Sullivan is a poet and the author of Instructions For Traveling West
Guest: Joy Sullivan
#275: From ignoring short-form video to 3.5 billion views | Pat Flynn’s Pokémon juggernaut (Part 1)
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Sept. 23, 2025

#275: From ignoring short-form video to 3.5 billion views | Pat Flynn’s Pokémon juggernaut (Part 1)

Pat Flynn is the creator of Deep Pocket Monster and Short Pocket Monster
Guest: Pat Flynn
#243: Brock Johnson – How to grow on Instagram in 2025
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Feb. 18, 2025

#243: Brock Johnson – How to grow on Instagram in 2025

Brock Johnson is an Instagram growth coach with nearly 1,000,000 followers.
#229: Natasha Willis – $70M from automated Instagram DMs
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Dec. 3, 2024

#229: Natasha Willis – $70M from automated Instagram DMs

Natasha Willis is the founder of School of Bots, a conversational marketing firm.
#136: Kevin Parry – How he goes viral on EVERY platform
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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!
Guest: Kevin Parry
#132: Natalie Ellis of bossbabe – Attracting 3.5 million followers on Instagram (and what's working today)
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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.
#114: Kat Norton aka Miss Excel – Engineering virality and earning more than $100,000 in a single day
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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.
Guest: Kat Norton
#105: Daphne Gomez – Leaning into rapid growth and finding rapid growth on Instagram
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May 31, 2022

#105: Daphne Gomez – Leaning into rapid growth and finding rapid growth on Instagram

Daphne Gomez is the creator of Teacher Career Coach. She is a former teacher turned instructional designer, podcaster, and career coach.
Guest: Daphne Gomez
#88: Tori Dunlap – Building an audience of millions on TikTok with Her First $100K
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Jan. 18, 2022

#88: Tori Dunlap – Building an audience of millions on TikTok with Her First $100K

After saving $100,000 at age 25, Tori quit her corporate job in marketing and founded Her First $100K to fight financial inequality by giving women actionable resources to better their money.
Guest: Tori Dunlap
#80: Lauren Hom – How turning your work into play turns into my clients and more opportunities
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Nov. 16, 2021

#80: Lauren Hom – How turning your work into play turns into my clients and more opportunities

Lauren is known for her bright color palettes and playful letterforms. She has created work for clients like Starbucks, Google, AT&T, YouTube and TIME Magazine. Her work has been recognized by Communication Arts, the Type Directors Club, and the Webby Awards.
Guest: Lauren Hom
#66: Chris Sutherland – How a Physics professor built an audience of 2M+ followers on TikTok (in less than two years!)
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July 27, 2021

#66: Chris Sutherland – How a Physics professor built an audience of 2M+ followers on TikTok (in less than two years!)

Chris Sutherland is a former collegiate Physics professor turned full-time content creator. Chris began posting videos to TikTok in January 2020, quickly going viral and building an audience of more than 2 million followers.
#50: Nick DenBoer aka Smearballs – From construction to early YouTube remixing, working on Conan, and selling NFTs
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March 30, 2021

#50: Nick DenBoer aka Smearballs – From construction to early YouTube remixing, working on Conan, and selling NFTs

Nick DenBoer (also known as Smearballs) a director, animator, editor, music producer, remix artist and self-proclaimed "all around great guy."
Guest: Nick DenBoer
#47: Lalese Stamps – How a 100 day project can change your life and career
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March 2, 2021

#47: Lalese Stamps – How a 100 day project can change your life and career

Lalese Stamps is a ceramicist and the founder of Lolly Lolly Ceramics, a small-scale ceramics production and design studio.
#46: Sarah McAllister of GoCleanCo – Building a Cleaning Army of nearly 2M Instagram followers
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Feb. 23, 2021

#46: Sarah McAllister of GoCleanCo – Building a Cleaning Army of nearly 2M Instagram followers

Sarah McAllister is the Founder, Director and CEO of GoCleanCo, a widely sought after cleaning company in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
#40: Matty Benedetto of Unnecessary Inventions
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Jan. 12, 2021

#40: Matty Benedetto of Unnecessary Inventions

The evil genius of Unnecessary Inventions creates products no one is asking for
#24: Tiffany Aliche, The Budgetnista – Paying off debt, saving for retirement, weathering a recession, and building wealth
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Sept. 8, 2020

#24: Tiffany Aliche, The Budgetnista – Paying off debt, saving for retirement, weathering a recession, and building wealth

Tiffany "The Budgetnista" Aliche is an author, speaker, and founder of the Live Richer Academy.
#15: Natalie Franke – Starting a photography business, competition, entrepreneurial loneliness, and the role of community
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July 7, 2020

#15: Natalie Franke – Starting a photography business, competition, entrepreneurial loneliness, and the role of community

Natalie Franke is the Head of Community at HoneyBook and co-founder of the Rising Tide.
#3: Danielle Evans – The creator of food typography on earning a living, competition, and changing creative directions
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April 7, 2020

#3: Danielle Evans – The creator of food typography on earning a living, competition, and changing creative directions

Danielle Evans is an art director and designer that uses real life objects to create pause in a fast paced, digital world.