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Victory or Death!
by Elijah MacDougall
Whether you're a professional, gig worker, aspiring YouTuber, podcaster, or any other type of creative, VOD! is designed for you. With short, digestible, and topical episodes digging into a variety of creative skills, professional disciplines, and practical mindset adjustments, you can finally enjoy a podcast that serves YOU, rather than an elaborate engagement funnel. Learn about marketing, tech, table top role-playing, blogging, and film from your highly-skilled hosts and guests. victoryordeath.substack.com
Episodes
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3.7: Journalism, Going Corporate, and Content Marketing - Professional Writing Workshop
It’s not all about freelancing and hustling here at Victory or Death! In this final part of our writing workshop, Lyle and Elijah interview Abby Nitta about her path as a professional, from diving head first into journalism to jumping ship into corporate work. We also discuss working styles, how…
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3.6: Academia, Journals + Magazines, and Freelancing - Professional Writing Workshop
You’re about to listen to the second part of our writing workshop. Please consider signing up for our newsletter by heading over to victoryordeath.substack.com! Making the shift from Academia to the business field can be daunting. This time we’re diving into Lyle’s story, from realizing his…
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3.5: Starting Your Writing Career - Professional Writing Workshop
You’re about to listen to the first part of our writing workshop. Please consider signing up for our newsletter by heading over to victoryordeath.substack.com! Wrapping your mind around the vast and sometimes head-bogglingly niche world of professional writing demands something a bit more than a...
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3.4: Paid Ads for Beginners and Professionals - Social Media Workshop
You’re about to listen to the final part of our social media workshop. Please consider signing up for our newsletter by heading over to victoryordeath.substack.com! Paid media is a strange beast. Those new to social media’s inner workings may think that Facebook’s “Boost Post” button means they…
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3.3: Making Accessible Instagram Content - Social Media Workshop
You’re about to dive into part three of our social media workshop, but before you do consider signing up for our newsletter by heading over to victoryordeath.substack.com! A practitioner of gong fu cha tea ceremonies, Marco also has a remarkable Instagram game. In this episode, the VOD! crew sit...
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3.2: Mastering Twitter - Social Media Workshop
Welcome to part two of our social media workshop. Before we get started, consider signing up for our newsletter by heading over to victoryordeath.substack.com! Today, we’re unearthing Josh’s treasure trove of insight about the Twitter platform, from how to maximize engagement of the content you...
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3.1: Social 101 - Social Media Workshop
Welcome to Season 3 of Victory or Death! Before we get started, be sure to sign up for the Victory or Death! newsletter by heading over to victoryordeath.substack.com. This month, we’re bringing you our four part social media workshop. Starting with “Social 101,” we’re introducing listeners to…
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2.17 Season Finale - WE'RE ALIVE: A 2020 Retrospective
We're (sort of) back from hiatus! Twenty twenty was far more than any of us bargained for. Cameron, Keon, Josh, and Elijah take a look back at the year and share what's been going on since Victory or Death! took a break for the show's Season 2 FINALE. If you've missed the show, Season 3 is in the...
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2.16: Sustainable Creativity- Automating the Creative Process
Want to tell us about your favorite content creators and have a chance to win a free shirt? Fill out this form, RIGHT NOW!! To become better at creating the things you love, you have to find ways to work faster, so that you can work better. It's often a taboo idea, but integrating some form of...
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2.15: Sustainable Creativity- Redefining "Content"
Want to tell us about your favorite content creators and have a chance to win a free shirt? Fill out this form, RIGHT NOW!! Whether you realize it or not, you create content every day. Does that mean you have to be a "content creator?" No, absolutely not. But the time you spend at work, on…
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2.14: Deepening Your Networking Relationships
Want to tell us about your favorite content creators and have a chance to win a free shirt? Fill out this form, RIGHT NOW!! In part two of our discussion on professional networking, we dive into what it takes to deepen those relationships. How to get from "just checking in," to being the person...
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2.13: The Value of Friendship
Want to tell us about your favorite content creators and have a chance to win a free shirt? Fill out this form, RIGHT NOW!! It's May, which means you're in for another four episodes of VOD! If you're a creator or even just looking for a job, you know that default buzzword "networking." But what...
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2.12: Debunking: "Do What You Love, and Never Work."
Want to tell us about your favorite content creators and have a chance to win a free shirt? Fill out this form, RIGHT NOW!! It's finally the end of April... and we're headed straight into another month of state-wide closures across the country. Which seems like a perfectly bad time for us to take...
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2.11: Marketing 101- The Big Bad "M" Word
Were you inspired by Gary Vee to start your podcast or content creation venture? He's good for inspiration, but he doesn't have the means to teach content theory. We're here to equip you with what you need to know to hone your craft. Welcome to Victory or Death! Last week we talked about branding...
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2.10: Finding, Managing, and Engaging Your Niche Community
Were you inspired by Gary Vee to start your podcast or content creation venture? He's good for inspiration, but he doesn't have the means to teach content theory. We're here to equip you with what you need to know to hone your craft. Welcome to Victory or Death! This week, Marco from STEAP'D is...
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2.9: The Work From Home Survival Kit
Were you inspired by Gary Vee to start your podcast or content creation venture? He's good for inspiration, but he doesn't have the means to teach content theory. We're here to equip you with what you need to know to hone your craft. Welcome to Victory or Death! Things aren't great right now. The...
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2.8: The Ups and Downs of Social Media Marketing
Were you inspired by Gary Vee to start your podcast or content creation venture? He's good for inspiration, but he doesn't have the means to teach content theory. We're here to equip you with what you need to know to hone your craft. Welcome to Victory or Death! This week we discuss the pitfalls…
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2.7: Wrangling Chatterboxes and Controlling Tangents (How to Interview Miniseries)
Were you inspired by Gary Vee to start your podcast or content creation venture? He's good for inspiration, but he doesn't have the means to teach content theory. We're here to equip you with what you need to know to hone your craft. Welcome to Victory or Death! The conclusion of the "How to...
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2.6: Drawing Out the Whole Story (How to Interview Miniseries)
Were you inspired by Gary Vee to start your podcast or content creation venture? Good. We're here to equip you with what you need to know to hone your craft. Welcome to Victory or Death! Part two of the "How to Interview," miniseries arrives with a discussion about how to get the whole story from...
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2.5: Interview Structure and Conversation Transitions (How to Interview Miniseries)
Were you inspired by Gary Vee to start your podcast or content creation venture? Good. We're here to equip you with what you need to know to hone your craft. Welcome to Victory or Death! By popular request, we've started a miniseries on interviewing. How in the world do you structure an interview...
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NTRVW w/ Eric W. Brown Part Two
NTRVW is for those who like to sit down and listen in on a chat with the people who make their favorite content. Whether you're here to support your favorite artist or learn something new, kick back with your beverage of choice. In this episode, I sit down with Eric W. Brown, the composer of...
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2.4: Intro to Interviewing
Were you inspired by Gary Vee to start your podcast or content creation venture? Good. We're here to equip you with what you need to know to hone your craft. Welcome to Victory or Death! This week we're tackling the ever murky waters of interviewing. How do you craft an organic conversation with…
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NTRVW w/ Eric W. Brown Part One
NTRVW is for those who like to sit down and listen in on a chat with the people who make their favorite content. Whether you're here to support your favorite artist or learn something new, kick back with your beverage of choice. In this episode, I sit down with Eric W. Brown, the composer of...
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2.3: Receiving Criticism, and Giving Better Critiques
Were you inspired by Gary Vee to start your podcast or content creation venture? Good. We're here to equip you with what you need to know to hone your craft. Welcome to Victory or Death! This week we're tackling the tricky topic of criticism. How should you know when to listen to it? When should...
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2.2: What is a Leader?
Were you inspired by Gary Vee to start your podcast or content creation venture? Good. We're here to equip you with what you need to know to hone your craft. Welcome to Victory or Death! This week we're tackling what it means to be a leader. What sets a boss apart from a leader? How can you...
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2.1: Creative Discipline
Were you inspired by Gary Vee to start your podcast or content creation venture? Good. We're here to equip you with what you need to know to hone your craft. Welcome to Victory or Death! We're back from our hiatus with Season 2! Episodes are now approximately 20 minutes and easier to digest....
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NTRVW w/ Genese Davis
NTRVW is for those who like to sit down and listen in on a chat with the people who make their favorite content. Whether you're here to support your favorite content creator or learn something new, kick back with your beverage of choice. In this episode, writer Genese Davis shares her experience...
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The Benefits of Collaboration
Welcome to Victory or Death! Our mission is to give budding content creators insight that will help them develop their craft, by sharing our stories and experiences with content creation. This week Dan and Elijah reflect on the collaboration process, as they now work on a podcast, as well as a...
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Confronting Insecurity and Shifting Objectives
Welcome to Victory or Death! Our mission is to give budding content creators insight that will help them develop their craft, by sharing our stories and experiences with content creation. This week Dan is back from his month long hiatus. With life becoming so busy, they talk about insecurities,...
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Diving Into Creative Pursuits w/ OkayKhalid
Welcome to Victory or Death! Our mission is to give budding content creators insight that will help them develop their craft, by sharing our stories and experiences with content creation. This week Elijah sits down with the host of the "The Social Club," and "The Sound Lab," OkayKhalid! They...
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NTRVW w/ Xina Uhl
NTRVW is for those who like to sit down and listen in on a chat with the people who make their favorite content. Whether you're here to support your favorite content creator or learn something new, kick back with your beverage of choice. In this episode, author Xina Uhl dishes on her journey as a...
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How to Start Creating Content with Cameron Boozarjomehri
Welcome to Victory or Death! Our mission is to give budding content creators insight that will help them develop their craft, by sharing our stories and experiences with content creation. This week Elijah sits down with the host of the "Sweating the Small Stuff Show," Cameron Boozarjomehri! They...
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NTRVW w/ Nick Sky
NTRVW is for those who like to sit down and listen in on a chat with the people who make their favorite content. Whether you're here to support your favorite content creator or learn something new, kick back with your beverage of choice. In this episode, Nick Sky shares a little about his life…
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Episode 4: Developing Your Workflow
Welcome to Victory or Death! Our mission is to give budding content creators insight that will help them develop their craft, by sharing our stories and experiences with content creation. This week Dan and Elijah talk about why managing your creation process (workflow) is important for maximizing...
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NTRVW w/ Brandon Gordon Part 2
NTRVW is for those who like to sit down and listen in on a chat with the people who make their favorite content. Whether you're here to support your favorite content creator or learn something new, kick back with your beverage of choice. In this episode, Brandon Gordon shares a little about his...
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NTRVW w/ Brandon Gordon Pt. 1
NTRVW is for those who like to sit down and listen in on a chat with the people who make their favorite content. Whether you're here to support your favorite content creator or learn something new, kick back with your beverage of choice. In this episode, Brandon Gordon shares a little about his...
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Episode 3: Balancing the Three "P's" of Content Creation
***UPDATE: Listener! Glad you're here. Season 1 was a bit of an experiment! I highly recommend you give Season 2 a listen! It has shorter and more focused episodes. With that said, I highly recommend any episode of NTRVW that strikes your fancy. Thanks for listening :] Welcome to Victory or…
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NTRVW with Marco Namowicz
NTRVW is a podcast where content creators of all sorts sit down with Elijah MacDougall and recount their journey as a creative. In this episode, Marco Namowicz shares a little about his life, and his passion for tea. As a content creator he runs an Instagram tea blog called STEAP'D. The blog...
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Episode 2: Let's Talk about Branding!
***UPDATE: Listener! Glad you're here. Season 1 was a bit of an experiment! I highly recommend you give Season 2 a listen! It has shorter and more focused episodes. With that said, I highly recommend any episode of NTRVW that strikes your fancy. Thanks for listening :] Welcome to Victory or…
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Pilot (Note: we highly recommend Season 2!)
***UPDATE: Listener! Glad you're here. Season 1 was a bit of an experiment! I highly recommend you give Season 2 a listen! It has shorter and more focused episodes. With that said, I highly recommend any episode of NTRVW that strikes your fancy. Thanks for listening :] Welcome to Victory or…
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Whether you're a professional, gig worker, aspiring YouTuber, podcaster, or any other type of creative, VOD! is designed for you. With short, digestible, and topical episodes digging into a variety of creative skills, professional disciplines, and practical mindset adjustments, you can finally enjoy a podcast that serves YOU, rather than an elaborate engagement funnel. Learn about marketing, tech, table top role-playing, blogging, and film from your highly-skilled hosts and guests.
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