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Creator Science — 376 episodes

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#317: Selling Smart Passive Income (And What We Can Learn From It) — Pt. 1 featuring Pat Flynn and Matt Gartland

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#316: Kallaway’s EXACT System For Going Viral (Almost Every Time)

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#254: Caleb Ralston – Meet the Secret Strategist Behind Alex Hormozi and GaryVee [Greatest Hits]

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#315: Breaking Down Our $101,666 Launch: The Mechanics And Lessons Learned From Our Virtual Summit

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#296: Meet The Man Who Solved YouTube (With Data)—Richard from 1of10 [Greatest Hits]

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#314: Getting Unstuck: The Three Hidden Roadblocks Blocking Your Progress with Cat Mulvihill

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#313: How Tom Ross Doubled His Community Engagement and Retention With Training Pathways

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#312: Everything We Learned From Our Second In-Person Event — The Good, The Bad, and The Full Economics

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#311: How to Build a Successful Paid Community | Growth in Reverse

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#310: Brad Hoos — What 50,000 influencer campaigns tell us about what brands really care about

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I want to help you build a membership in July. (limited time opportunity)

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#295: Community Building Trends for 2026 with Becky Pierson Davidson [Greatest Hits]

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#309: A Deeper Look at Circle Eclipse with Circle CEO Sid Yadav

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#308: Live Podcast Audit: Jeremy Enns Diagnoses What’s Holding Creator Science Back

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#307: Richard van der Blom — The state of LinkedIn in 2026 (based on data from 1.3 million posts)

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#306: What 16 Years Behind YouTube's Biggest Channels Taught Josh Mattingly About Hiring And The Current State of YouTube

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#305: Big 3: Three Wins, Three Concerns, and Three Experiments for May

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#277: The best and worst income streams for creators (ranked) [Greatest Hits]

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#304: Sam Vander Wielen’s Beautifully Elegant Business: $8M+ From One Product. No Pivots. No New Offers. No Down Years.

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#303: Riley Brown — The AI Content Creator Who Doesn’t Write With AI

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#302: Coaching Session: Overcoming My Delegation Problems with Michael Bungay Stanier

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#301: How To Stop Limiting Yourself (Backed By Science) with Nir Eyal

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#300: I Spent Three Days With A Dozen New York Times Bestselling Authors

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#299: What Nobody Tells You About Publishing a Book—with Award-Winning Podcaster Eric Zimmer

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#298: 9 Things I'm Doing Differently in My Business

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#297: Joy Sullivan — How She Built A Living As A Writer On Instagram and Substack

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#296: Meet The Man Who Solved YouTube (With Data)—Richard from 1of10

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#295: Community Building Trends for 2026 with Becky Pierson Davidson

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#294: Rob Walling — SaaS godfather turned creator talks team building and vibe coding

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#236: Mike Michalowicz – How the author of Profit First stays lean by licensing his ideas [Greatest Hits]

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#293: 12 Ways To Stand Out In 2026

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#292: Chenell Basilio — The state of email in 2026, growing your list without social media, and new predictions.

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#291: 48 Hours With Clawdbot: How I’m Using It and Initial Reactions

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#290: Behind The Scenes: My End of Year Retro

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#289: Paul Millerd — The Truth About Traditional Publishing (And The Deal He Would’ve Taken)

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#288: He gained 190K Instagram followers in 508 days…but wouldn’t do it again | Yoni Smolyar

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#287: Reflecting on a year of parenting (and how that’s impacted me as a creator)

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#286: How To LEGALLY Pay Less In Taxes (And Invest It Instead) — Ankur Nagpal

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#285: Personal branding, building trust, and why most creators fail | Influence Anyone

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#284: I helped a YouTuber design his membership

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#283: I’m launching my new offer TODAY!

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#282: David Altizer — How to Make Great Thumbnails (For Non-Designers)

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#281: A question about the future of this podcast... [Voice Memo]

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#263: How To Succeed on YouTube Today feat. Colin & Samir [Greatest Hits]

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#280: How to LEGALLY Protect Your Channel (YouTube Lawyer Tyler Chou Explains)

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#279: How we navigate our different internal characters (and her experience as a first time author) | Amanda Goetz

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#278: How I’m Approaching The Rest of 2025 (Behind The Scenes)

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#277: The best and worst income streams for creators (ranked)

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#276: From self-publishing to traditional and becoming a NYT best-seller | Pat Flynn (Part 2)

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#275: From ignoring short-form video to 3.5 billion views | Pat Flynn’s Pokémon juggernaut (Part 1)

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#274: Podcast growth strategies (paid and organic) with Jeff Umbro of The Podglomerate

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#273: How to create a scrappy industry report that elevates your brand | Jeremy Enns

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#272: Live from CEX: Book sales, book updates, and planning for the future | Justin Moore

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#271: Coaching: Helping a Lab member design their product suite | Hot Seat with John McBride

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#270: Being a creator and a parent | Jay-Talking with Jay Acunzo

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#269: Moments I wanted to quit, AI-proofing, what’s changed on social, and whether I’d ever sell the business [Ask CS Pt. 2]

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#268: Meet the Appliance Repairman Making $1.8 Million on YouTube Shop | Benjamin Schlichter

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#267: When to use low-ticket offers, refund policies, how much I earned in the last 12 months, and my 5-year vision [Ask CS Pt. 1]

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#266: The key to more sales and referrals + a personal win [Weekend Update]

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#265: How I Built A Community-Driven Business ($500K/yr) | Niche Pursuits Crossover

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#264: The paradox of book writing AND other things I'm working on [Weekend Update]

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#263: Colin & Samir on the future of their channel and the creator economy

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#262: I was falling into this negative loop – watch out! [Voice Memo]

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#261: Before you do that new thing [Voice Memo]

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#236: Mike Michalowicz – How the author of Profit First stays lean by licensing his ideas [Greatest Hits]

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#260: Detailed Breakdown: Our First Offline Event (And What We’ll Do Differently Next Time)

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#259: My numbers from May 2025 [From The Lab]

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#258: Q&A: Goals for our YouTube videos, determining when a new offer is a distraction, validating a product idea, and more

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#257: How to Build a Creator-First Business (That Actually Lasts) | The Strategy Hour Podcast

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#242: Mark Manson – Why YouTubers aren’t making more money [Greatest Hits]

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#256: How to Find More Time: Balancing Creative Projects, Business, and Personal Life

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#255: What’s going on with Substack?

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#254: Caleb Ralston – Meet the Secret Strategist Behind Alex Hormozi and GaryVee

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#253: Mark Shust – Will AI kill our course businesses?

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#252: Will we feel nostalgia for discovery in the 2020s? [Voice Memo]

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#251: Behind the Scenes: What I’m quietly working on

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#225: Jonny Miller – $800,000+ from six cohorts of his signature course [Greatest Hits]

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#250: One of my favorite questions for finding clarity

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#217: Chase Jarvis – Thinking bigger and taking more risks as a creator [Greatest Hits]

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#249: This is helping me make better decisions (faster) [Voice Memo]

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#248: Justin Moore - Lessons from hosting his first 3-day event

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#247: How you can plan for growth in 2025

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#246: Planning for a recession, my approach to email, increasing customers, and finding your partner [Ask Creator Science]

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#245: How to get more done [Voice Memo]

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#199: Katelyn Bourgoin – How to write great social content (and lessons learned from her recent launch) [Greatest Hits]

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#221: Ryan Hawk – Anatomy of a $12,500 membership earning $400,000+ per year. [Greatest Hits]

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#244: I've been avoiding this for too long [Voice Memo]

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#243: Brock Johnson – How to grow on Instagram in 2025

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#242: Mark Manson – Why YouTubers aren’t making more money

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#241: Lara Acosta — How LinkedIn’s fastest-growing female creator uses the platform

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#240: Valerie Feghali – Her FAST evolution from coach to creator with custom software

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#239: Justin Moore – What it feels like launching a book and an in-person event at the same time

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#238: OK I have some thoughts on AI (and its impact on creator-educators) [Voice Memo]

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#237: Rachel Botsman – Trust expert on how you can earn trust with your audience

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#236: Mike Michalowicz – How the author of Profit First stays lean by licensing his ideas

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#235: Take 5 minutes and journal on this question [Voice Memo]

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#234: Garrett Kennell – How thinking big helped Michelle Khare attract 4.8 million subscribers

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#233: Resource Allocation [Voice Memo]

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#232: Dan Andrews – Secrets of building a 1300-member, international community (with in-person events)

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#231: "No friends’ weddings for 10 years" – my take on the Hormozi post [Voice Memo]

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#230: How much do I make? How much do I work? Do creators keep their best tips secret? [Ask Creator Science]

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#229: Natasha Willis – $70M from automated Instagram DMs

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#188: Richard van der Blom – How the man behind the LinkedIn Algorithm Report uses LinkedIn. [Greatest Hits]

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#228: A change I'm making in 2025 [Voice Memo]

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#227: Are memberships still viable in 2025? Creators vs. AI, creator economy pyramid schemes, and more [Ask Creator Science]

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#226: The number one thing getting in my way [Voice Memo]

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#225: Jonny Miller – $800,000+ from six cohorts of his signature course

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#224: I cannot emphasize this enough [Voice Memo]

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#223: ChefPK – How this YouTuber makes merch people actually buy

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#222: An alternative to the content treadmill [Voice Memo]

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#221: Ryan Hawk – Anatomy of a $12,500 membership earning $400,000+ per year

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#220: If I can stop ONE person from making this mistake, I'll be happy [Voice Memo]

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#219: Robin Dreeke – How to earn someone’s trust (from a former FBI special agent)

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#168: Alexandra Watkins – How to invent a GREAT brand name. [Greatest Hits]

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#218: Are you missing one of these three key ingredients? [Voice Memo]

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#217: Chase Jarvis – Thinking bigger and taking more risks as a creator

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#216: A hidden opportunity that can give you an edge [Voice Memo]

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#215: How I Would Hit 100K YouTube Subscribers in 1 Year (If I Could Start Over)

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#214: A transparent look at how my business performed in August 2024

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#213: Hiring (and retaining) high-quality contractors [Voice Memo]

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#212: Dan Misener – How to ACTUALLY grow your podcast (and measure its success)

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#211: What to do when platforms stop working for you [Voice Memo]

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#210: New fatherhood and my next product (Justin Moore live from VidSummit)

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#209: Paddy Galloway – How he makes any niche go viral

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#208: "Has YouTube been worth it?" [Voice Memo]

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#207: Voice Memo – What do you think about this?

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#206: How I’d approach hosting in-person events

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#205: How I’d Start Today (If Creator Science Didn’t Exist)

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#184: Amy Porterfield – Her step-by-step process for MASSIVE product launches [Greatest Hits]

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#204: Bryan Harris — How to grow your audience through partnerships (even if you have a small audience yourself)

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#164: Jon Youshaei – Ex-YouTube employee shares the best growth advice (that you’ve probably never heard) [Greatest Hits]

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#203: Mid-Year Review: Goal progress, revenue, audience growth, and changes to my approach

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#202: Zack Honarvar – What he learned from working with 10,000 creators

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#201: Nat Eliason – How he got a book deal and why traditional publishing is great

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#200: Nathan Barry – The risks of ConvertKit’s rebrand (and how I can become a billion dollar creator)

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#199: Katelyn Bourgoin – How to write great social content (and lessons learned from her recent launch)

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#198: Ask Creator Science – When to give up, how often to publish, developing interest in YOU, and where to find leverage

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#197: How to build raving fans and real connection (feat. Chenell Basilio and Becky Davidson)

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#196: Aprilynne Alter – Breaking down the video that blew up her channel (755,000 views with <1000 subscribers!)

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#195: Why (and how) to ask your audience why they DIDN’T take action

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#194: An honest conversation with my friend, Justin Moore (live from CEX)

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#193: Jake Thomas – YouTube title expert shares his secrets for getting clicks.

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#192: I coached Ali Abdaal on building a membership.

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#191: Breaking down my $60,723 product launch

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[GREATEST HITS] #147: Chenell Basilio – How the best newsletter operators grow to 50K+ subscribers

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#190: Tony Santos – How to find, hire, and work with great video editors.

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#188: Richard van der Blom – How the man behind the LinkedIn Algorithm Report uses LinkedIn.

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#187: Michael Stelzner – How to run profitable events (without sponsors or selling from the stage)

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#186: Ask Creator Science – Selling without feeling salesy, choosing what products to create, my future plans, and more.

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#185: Ask Creator Science – The downside of viral videos, publishing less edited content, how we prepare our episodes, and working with sponsors.

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#184: Amy Porterfield – Her step-by-step process for MASSIVE product launches.

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#183: Thomas Frank – How to build a successful tutorial channel.

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[GREATEST HITS] #134: Mariah Coz – Selling high-ticket programs on evergreen (without sales calls)

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#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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#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)

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#134: Mariah Coz – Selling high-ticket programs on evergreen (without sales calls)

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#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

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