Why I love podcasting, where the idea for Creative Elements came from, how I’m structuring my business today, and some of the most memorable guests in the first 100 episodes
#182: Noah Kagan — Behind the scenes of writing (and marketing) Million Dollar Weekend
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#181: Dr. K – The Harvard Psychiatrist helping creators with performance, burnout, and dealing with negative feedback.
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[GREATEST HITS] #152: Paddy Galloway – The most sought-after YouTube consultant on the planet
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#180: Ask Creator Science – Talking about money, managing your time, and trends that I’m seeing.
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#179: Justin Moore – A step-by-step strategy to get anyone sponsored, regardless of audience size.
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#178: Redesigning MY sponsorship strategy (feat. Justin Moore).
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#177: Chris Hutchins – A master of podcast growth and building relationships.
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1:24:32
#176: April Dunford – How self-publishing a book exploded her client service business.
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#175: Angus Parker – Ali Abdaal’s right-hand man shares a YouTuber’s guide to hiring.
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#174: Bonnie Christine – How to ACTUALLY hire and delegate.
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#173: Danny McMahon (aka Dodford) – YouTube’s New Golden Boy.
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#172: Behind the scenes – What I'm planning for 2024
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#171: Nir Eyal – Writing books, persuasion vs. coercion, and how to be indistractable
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#170: Justin Welsh Returns! – Behind his rebrand, innovating on social media, and building relationships.
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BONUS: How To Build an Audience From Scratch, Understanding Discovery and Relationship Platforms, Email vs Newsletters, Vertical Integration for Creators, and more
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#169: Ask Creator Science – What to create, when to focus on growth, and what I’m dismantling.
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#168: Alexandra Watkins – How to invent a GREAT brand name.
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#167: Jenny Hoyos – How she averages 10 million views per video (YouTube Shorts)
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#166: Taylor Lorenz – Investigating The Untold Story of Fame, Influence, and Power On The Internet.
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BONUS: Creator Economy Predictions with John Lee Dumas
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#165: Announcing one of the biggest projects I’ve ever done.
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[GREATEST HITS] #114: Miss Excel – Engineering virality and earning more than $100,000 in a single day
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#164: Jon Youshaei – Ex-YouTube employee shares the best growth advice (that you’ve probably never heard)
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#163: David Moldawer — Diving deep into book publishing with an industry insider
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#162: George Blackman – How to script your videos like Ali Abdaal and Ed from Film Booth.
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#161: Ask Creator Science – when to change strategy, my issue with the term “solopreneur,” dealing with trolls, and a lot more
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#160: Tori Dunlap – A transparent look at writing a New York Times best-selling book. The process, numbers, and lessons learned.
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#159: Nuseir Yassin – The price of growing Nas Daily to 12 million subscribers
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#158: Kieran Drew – Behind-the-scenes of a $142,000 course launch
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#157: Phill Agnew - The psychology MrBeast uses to hook you
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[GREATEST HITS] #89: Hrishikesh Hirway – From full-time musician to Song Exploder and back again
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#156: What we’ve learned in our first year on YouTube (feat. our editor, Conor Conaboy)
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#155: Ed from Film Booth — The Most Entertaining Educator on YouTube?
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#154: Ask Creator Science – starting over, mistakes, delegating, and more
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#153: Tina Roth Eisenberg – Building Creative Mornings into a global brand
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#152: Paddy Galloway – The most sought-after YouTube consultant on the planet
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#151: Nathan Barry of ConvertKit — Acquiring SparkLoop and turning email into multiplayer mode with the Creator Network
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BONUS: Breaking down my journey on Tropical MBA
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#150: Jamie Rawsthorne – How to steal an idea (and get millions of views)
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#149: Daniel Pink – How to write like a New York Times bestselling author
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[GREATEST HITS] #109: Justin Welsh – How a LinkedIn legend expanded into Twitter and Email
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#148: Kevin Espiritu – How Epic Gardening went from a blog to a video empire.
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#147: Chenell Basilio – How the best newsletter operators grow to 50K+ subscribers
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#146: Justin Moore – Redesigning his perfect offer ladder
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#145: Matt McGarry – The man behind email acquisition for The Hustle, Codie Sanchez, Sahil Bloom, and The Milk Road
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#144: Bari Baumgardner – How to create the perfect 3-day event (IRL or virtually)
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#143: Guy Raz – The host of How I Built This on what he’s learned from great creators.
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#142: Creative Elements is now Creator Science! Here’s why I’m rebranding.
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[GREATEST HITS] #93: Codie Sanchez – Growing a newsletter by dominating social media (in just over 2 years)!
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#141: Sean Cannell – How YouTube is changing and what works in 2023
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#140: Maurizio Leo – the sourdough bread blogger who became an overnight success
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#139: How Brennan Dunn is Designing and Pricing His New Course Product
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#138: Chris Williamson – How his podcast exploded to 70 million downloads and 125 million views
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#137: How I’ve doubled my following on LinkedIn in the last few months
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#136: Kevin Parry – How he goes viral on EVERY platform
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BONUS: Creator Debates – Will Podcasts FAIL Without Video? | Jay Clouse vs. Joe Casabona
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#135: Behind the scenes of my first solo YouTube video (our most successful video yet)
#133: Behind the scenes: How much I earned (and spent) in December 2022
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What's underneath brand building for creators
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#132: Natalie Ellis of bossbabe – Attracting 3.5 million followers on Instagram (and what's working today)
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#131: Daniel Wall – 1.6M followers on TikTok using this viral framework
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#130: Sarah Renae Clark – How This YouTuber Built A $200K/mo Coloring Book Empire
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#129: Hayden Hillier-Smith – Logan Paul's former editor on the future of YouTube
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#128: Neville Medhora – Making millions with remarkable copywriting
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How to build a great community (my appearance on The Learning Culture Podcast)
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#127: Daniel Murray – Why LinkedIn Company Pages are a HUGE Opportunity
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#126: Kayse Morris – from government assistance to multimillion dollar membership
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BONUS: How to reach 10K subscribers and $10K revenue
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#125: Jake Thomas – How to write great YouTube titles
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#124: Nick Gray – The secret to throwing great events (online or IRL)
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[REPLAY] #77: Andy J. Pizza [Storytelling] – Writing with pictures and developing your taste
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#123: 12 strategies for becoming more consistent
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#122: Pat Flynn and Matt Gartland – Courses, community, and the future of education
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#121: Bryan Harris – How this sales master grew his business $100K/month
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#120: Derek Sivers – How to Live as a Creator and Why You Should Focus Like a Monomaniac
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#119: Omar Zenhom – Lessons from 200M downloads and 2000+ episodes of a daily podcast
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#118: Sahil Bloom – Attracting 700,000 followers on Twitter by being consistent
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#117: Josh Spector – Driving action with a daily newsletter and providing Transformation for your audience
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#116: Sara Dietschy – Algorithm Anxiety, Reinventing Yourself, and Advice for Small Tech YouTubers
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#115: Jason Sew Hoy of Supercast – How and why to create a premium podcast subscription
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#114: Kat Norton aka Miss Excel – Engineering virality and earning more than $100,000 in a single day
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BONUS: Podcast Movement, newsletter rebrand, and more!
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#113: Austin Belcak – From zero job offers to attracting 1.3 million followers on LinkedIn
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#112: Thomas Frank – Getting nerdy about YouTube and why he created a second channel
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#111: Chris Do – From running a multimillion dollar design agency to becoming a multimillion dollar creator
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#110: Polina Marinova Pompliano – How "The Internet's Biographer" writes great profiles
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#109: Justin Welsh – How a LinkedIn legend expanded into Twitter and Email
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BIG Announcement: We're on YouTube!
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#108: Justin Moore – How to get brand deals and why they are underrated
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#107: Chanti Zak – How (and why) you should be using quizzes
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#106: Bop-It Inventor Dan Klitsner – How to create and commercialize games
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[REPLAY] #21: Matt D'Avella – Freelancing, filmmaking, podcasting, and finding success on YouTube.
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[REPLAY] #102: Tiago Forte – How Building a Second Brain went from public rant to thriving cohort-based course
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[REPLAY] #71: Steph Smith – Generating thousands of sales on Gumroad (with a side project!)
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[REPLAY] #44: Jordan Harbinger – The secret to effective sales, dating, and hosting a popular podcast
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BRB – Going on my honeymoon!
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#105: Daphne Gomez – Leaning into rapid growth and finding rapid growth on Instagram
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#104: Ask Creator Science
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#103: Sam Parr – from The Hustle to one of the top podcasts on the planet with My First Million
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#102: Tiago Forte – How Building a Second Brain went from public rant to thriving cohort-based course
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#101: Arvid Kahl – From SaaS founder to full-time creator
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[BONUS] Talking about my money story and the MOAT Method on the Danny Miranda Podcast
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#100: My Story and Reflecting on 100 Episodes of Creative Elements
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#99: Amanda Natividad – Growing on Twitter and using her platform to lift up others
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#98: Jay-Talking about Memberships with Jay Acunzo
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#97: Dickie Bush Returns! – Jumping ship from full-time job to full-time creator
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[REPLAY] #51: Dickie Bush – Building an audience, product, and community in less than one year
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#96: Nathan Barry – from $150K/yr in ebooks to $30M in ARR with ConvertKit
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#95: Josh Hall – from freelance web design to professional creator earning $300K/year
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[REPLAY] #8: Adam Turla –Going on tour, building a fanbase, launching albums through kickstarter, and playing cave shows
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#94: Ann Handley – How to make your voice a differentiator in your work
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#93: Codie Sanchez – Growing a newsletter by dominating social media (in just over 2 years)!
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#92: Cathryn Lavery – From Kickstarter to global 8-figure e-commerce business
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#91: Mariah Sinclair – How the "Queen of Cozy" began designing covers for cozy mystery novels
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[BONUS] Creative Independence on The Accidental Creative
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#90: Wes Kao – Should you teach a cohort-based course?
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[REPLAY] #41: Tim Urban – Why the author of Wait But Why focuses on quality over consistency
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#89: Hrishikesh Hirway – From full-time musician to Song Exploder and back again
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#88: Tori Dunlap – Building an audience of millions on TikTok with Her First $100K
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#87: Dan Runcie – From business school to music industry insider by covering the business of hip hop
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[BONUS] Resonance Revisited with Jay Acunzo on Unthinkable
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#86: Mitch Long AKA OG Pickle – Building brands for influencers and becoming a professional streamer
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#85: Todd Henry – Practices to help you be more creative on-demand
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#84: 11 Lessons Learned in 2021
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#83: Joe Skinner – How to turn short interviews into structured, high-production podcast episodes
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#82: Michael Bungay Stanier – How to Begin Setting a Worthy Goal
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#81: Jay-Talking about Speaking with Jay Acunzo
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Unveiling Our New Cover Art!
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#80: Lauren Hom – How turning your work into play turns into my clients and more opportunities
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#79: Dru Riley – 45,000+ email subscribers in less than 2 years
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#78: Marie Poulin – Earning $40,000 per month as a course creator
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#77: Andy J. Pizza – Writing with pictures and developing your taste
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#76: Andrew Warner – How to be a better conversationalist with the host of 2,000+ interviews
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[REPLAY] #30: Anne-Laure Le Cunff – From burnout to mindful productivity and quickly building an audience
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Take our Listener Survey for a chance to win $200
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#75: Ali Spagnola – Making outrageous music and videos while trying to befriend the algorithm
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#74: Bad Bunnies NFT – From idea to sold-out NFT project in less than 3 months
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#73: Taylor Schulte – Creating a winning content marketing strategy for a professional services business
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#72: Jason Feifer – The Editor In Chief of Entrepreneur Magazine on making time for your own projects
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#71: Steph Smith – Generating thousands of sales on Gumroad (with a side project!)
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[REPLAY] #51: Dickie Bush – Building an audience, product, and community in less than one year
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[REPLAY] #35: David Perell – How "The Writing Guy" thinks about Twitter, education, and creating your own games
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#70: Nick Huber – What online creators can learn from sweaty startups
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BONUS: Managing Creative Overwhelm with Nick Wignall on Minds & Mics
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#69: Jack Rhysider – 300,000 downloads per episode as an indie podcaster
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#68: Roberto Blake – The story behind 12 years, 531K+ subscribers, and nearly 35 million views on YouTube
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#67: Gina Bianchini – Powering the business of community with Mighty Networks
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#66: Chris Sutherland – How a Physics professor built an audience of 2M+ followers on TikTok (in less than two years!)
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#65: Austin Kleon – 10 years as a full-time writer and stealing like an artist
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#64: Charli Marie Prangley - Building a YouTube Channel with 200K subscribers (on the side!)
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[REPLAY] #37: Ali Abdaal – Making a living as a part-time YouTuber
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#63: Jay Acunzo – How to tell great stories with a professional speaker and veteran podcaster
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#62: Jay Clouse (interviewed by Ryan Hawk!) – Turning the tables for a crossover episode with The Learning Leader Show
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#61: Ryan Hawk – How a top podcaster approaches outreach, interviewing, and prioritizing new projects
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#60: Brennan Dunn – Combining personalization and automation for next-level email marketing
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#59: Mignon Fogarty – Making the case for shorter podcasts with a Podcasting Hall of Famer and New York Times best-selling author
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BONUS: Freelance to Founder
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#58: Courtland Allen – Building (and selling!) a business creating community for Indie Hackers
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#57: Let's talk about comparison traps
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#56: Allen Gannett – Writing The Creative Curve, receiving feedback gracefully, and tapping into your innate creativity
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BONUS: Behind the scenes of Creative Elements and my creative career (Everything Is Marketing)
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#54: Corbett Barr – Why this pioneering digital creator is rebooting his entire online identity
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Introducing Trail Weight
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#53: Bijan Stephen – Digging into internet culture and what it takes to stream on Twitch
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#52: Cole Cuchna – Dissecting how an indie podcaster went from side hustle to full time as a Spotify Original
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#51: Dickie Bush – Building an audience, product, and community in less than one year
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#50: Nick DenBoer aka Smearballs – From construction to early YouTube remixing, working on Conan, and selling NFTs
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#49: Corey Haines of Swipe Files – Five pillars of growth and a tactical guide to sharing your work on Product Hunt
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#48: Rosie Sherry – What community building really looks like (beyond the hype)
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BONUS: Building Community and Being Acquired (Indie Hackers)
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[REPLAY] #10: Amy Landino – Leveraging YouTube, building an audience, creating a persona, and being all in for the conversation forever.
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#47: Lalese Stamps – How a 100 day project can change your life and career
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#46: Sarah McAllister of GoCleanCo – Building a Cleaning Army of nearly 2M Instagram followers
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BONUS: Pat Flynn interviews me on SPI 460!
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#45: Jess Cordova Kramer and Stephanie Wittels Wachs of Lemonada Media
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#44: Jordan Harbinger – The secret to effective sales, dating, and hosting a popular podcast
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#43: Emily Clouse – Our podcast illustrator talks drawing, breaking into comedy, and our childhood
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#42: Alex Cattoni – From behind-the-scenes copywriter to front-of-camera YouTuber
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#41: Tim Urban – Why the author of Wait But Why focuses on quality over consistency
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#40: Matty Benedetto of Unnecessary Inventions
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#39: Chris McAlister – Meet my business and creative coach
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[REPLAY] #23: Kwame Christian
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#38: The 12 Clips of Christmas
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#37: Ali Abdaal – Making a living as a part-time YouTuber
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#36: Matt Ragland – Becoming a full time YouTube creator after 10 years of side hustling
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#35: David Perell – How "The Writing Guy" thinks about Twitter, education, and creating your own games
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#34: 5 things for creatives to be thankful for
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#33: Brian Clark – A content marketing pioneer talks about its evolution
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#32: Dan Andrews – Helping location independent entrepreneurs build businesses and find community
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[REPLAY] #2: James Clear – Habits, research, and how to create A+ work from a New York Times best selling author
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#31: Sahil Lavingia – Gumroad and the evolution of online creators
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#30: Anne-Laure Le Cunff – From burnout to mindful productivity and quickly building an audience
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#29: Khe Hy – Leaving Wall Street success to find fulfillment and start an email newsletter
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#28: Bryce Conway – How a travel hacker evolved to become a content creator and affiliate marketer
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#27: Ran Segall – How a freelance designer's YouTube hobby paved the way to becoming an educator
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#26: Ryan Robinson – How to write blog posts that rank on page one of search results
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#25: Eric Jorgenson – Creating a full-length book from Tweets, interviews, essays, and podcasts
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#24: Tiffany Aliche, The Budgetnista – Paying off debt, saving for retirement, weathering a recession, and building wealth
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#23: Kwame Christian – How an expert negotiator thinks strategically about expanding his reach
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#22: Pat Flynn and Matt Gartland – Why Pat acquired Matt's agency in order to grow Smart Passive Income
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#21: Matt D'Avella – Freelancing, filmmaking, podcasting, and finding success on YouTube.
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#20: Morgan Nield – Selling on Etsy, building a marketing strategy, Pinterest, and transitioning from physical to digital products
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#19: Miles Beckler – Affiliate marketing, building an audience, earning trust, and making money online
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#18: MICK – The early days of being a DJ, building relationships, failing micro, and future-proofing your brand.
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#17: Jude Brewer – Publishing, performing, becoming a producer, and adapting stories for different formats
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#16: Puno – Finding freelance clients, managing your time, building a business to support your lifestyle, and creating exceptional courses.
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#15: Natalie Franke – Starting a photography business, competition, entrepreneurial loneliness, and the role of community
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#14: Jonathan Mendonsa – Becoming debt free, how to cut your living expenses, saving for retirement, and investing
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#13: Cat Coquillette – Leaving the agency world, selling art online, art licensing, and being a digital nomad
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#12: Michael Sacca – Building an agency, launching software products, choosing a job, and maintaining creative outlets
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#11: Vanessa Van Edwards – Conversation starters, overcoming awkwardness, passive income, and pivoting around challenges
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#10: Amy Landino – Leveraging YouTube, building an audience, creating a persona, and being all in for the conversation forever.
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#9: Jason Zook – Learning the foundation, owning your weird, fighting fear, and showing up week after week
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#8: Adam Turla – Going on tour, building a fanbase, launching albums through kickstarter, and playing cave shows
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#7: Val Geisler – Email, imposter syndrome, and trading the corporate ladder for a spiral staircase
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#6: Grant Baldwin – Having a professional work ethic, getting clear on your message, and how to get paid to speak
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#5: Matt Giovanisci – A self-proclaimed "pool nerd" talks about web design, affiliate marketing, getting comfortable with money, and producing a rap album.
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#4: Ash Ambirge – Humble beginnings, the Middle Finger moment, setbacks, and the unexpected impact Rihanna had on her life
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#3: Danielle Evans – The creator of food typography on earning a living, competition, and changing creative directions
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#2: James Clear – Habits, research, and how to create A+ work from a New York Times best selling author
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#1: Seth Godin – Art, freelancing, building a personal brand, and the problem with being authentic