#18 – Building a content machine – Part 2 (Casey Means & Mike Haney)

Mike Haney, Head of Content, and Casey Means, co-founder and Chief Medical Officer of Levels, have been driving the Content movement at Levels. Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: ⁠https://levels.link/wnl Their individual paths and experience with content have formed a strong lens for execution. Haney, (as he’s referred to internally), joined Levels with decades of experience as an Editorial Director. Casey joined Levels as a formally trained Medical Doctor. Together, they produce content from a scientific perspective, and take an editorial approach for distribution. Through this, they’ve established the Levels Blog as one of the most credible sources of content about metabolic health in the world. In Part 2, Casey interviews Haney about his approach to building Content at Levels. Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health. Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health. (09:21) - What Levels was looking for (10:53) - Journalism as content strategy (14:07) - An intent to educate and inform (20:54) - Documenting the process (27:15) - Establish your core channels before branching out (35:04) - Hire for what you need, not what sounds good (43:20) - Setting up an editorial calendar (47:27) - Document everything for visibility and efficiency (55:39) - A tech company as a media company (01:07:27) - Think about content immediately Transcripts & Show Notes