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.