How Creators Really Make Money at Tech Events

On this week’s Aspiring Creator podcast, we’re live from IFA Berlin 2025, I’m joined by Alex and MrHtech for a very creator-at-a-trade-show kind of week. We get into how to actually make events like IFA pay, the constant battle with titles and workflow, and why fake views and dodgy metrics still mess up brand deals.If you enjoyed this, a quick rating or review on your podcast app makes a huge difference 🙏New episodes every Wednesday 🚀⏰ TIMESTAMPS00:00 - How Creators made Tech / Trade Shows Pay 🤑07:05 - The Clickbait Dilemma: Titles that perform vs titles that don’t annoy your audience 🎣13:08 - Planning Content for Apple Season (and keeping to deadlines) 📅18:17 - Do You Need an Agent to Manage Sponsorships? 🤝23:55 - Fake Views & Failing to Educate Brands 😤🔗 LINKSAlex Gear & Tech - https://www.youtube.com/@AlexGTechMrHtech - https://www.youtube.com/@MrHtech💬 SOCIAL STUFF▸ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠@petematheson⁠⁠⁠▸ LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠@petematheson⁠⁠⁠▸ Website: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.petematheson.com/

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