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THE 505 PODCAST — 204 episodes

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It’s Boring, But Will Make ANY Personal Brand Explode in 2026

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What Coachella Understands about Branding No One Else Does

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Nike: How One Decision Destroyed a $300B Brand

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Why Smart Content Creators are Abandoning Social Media

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The NEW WAY To Monetize Your Personal Brand Online

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$100M CEO Explains: How to Get Ahead of 99% of People with AI (Dan Martell)

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How to Become Micro Famous in your Niche (and Get Rich) ft. Omar Eltakrori

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How to Build a Brand that Sells Out Before It Launches ft. Greg Lavecchia

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197. The Quiet Psychology Nike Used to Build a Cult-Like Brand ft. Ex-Nike CMO Greg Hoffman

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196. It's Brutal, But It'll Skyrocket Your Personal Brand in 2026 ft. Matt Gray

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195. How to Build a Brand So Magnetic It Sells Itself ft. Alex Costa

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194. These 12 Personal Brand Trends Will Blow You Up So Fast It Feels Illegal

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193. Stop Ignoring LinkedIn. It’s a Goldmine for Personal Brands ft. Matthew Lakajev

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192. How to Build a Brand So Premium Customers Chase You ft. Marcus Milione

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191. How to Blow Up ANY Personal Brand in 2026 (and Get Rich) ft. Jun Yuh

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190. If You Want to Gain 1 Million Followers in 2026, Listen to This Episode

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189. Meet the Marketing Genius Who Turned a $.10 Rubber Band into $200M

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188. Meet the Genius Turning YouTuber's into Multi-Million Dollar Businesses

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187. Give Us 59 Minutes, We'll Help You Make Your First $10K as a Creator

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186. If Your Personal Brand Gets Less than 500 Views, Watch This.

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185. This AI System Secretly Gives Personal Brands an Unfair Advantage ft. Jeff Su

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184. How to Build a Premium Brand (without luck) ft. Ross Mackay

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183. This is Boring But It’ll 10x Your Personal Brand in 2026 ft. Dan Koe

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182. If You're a Creator, You Must Start a Business in 2026 ft. Ali Abdaal

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181. 100 Years of Personal Brand Knowledge in 56 Min

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180. You're Not Ready for the Next Phase of Personal Branding ft. Dan Churchill

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179. How to Tell Stories so Good Your Brand Sells Itself ft. Brendan Kane

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178. Personal Branding is hard until you do this ft. Adrian Per

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177. How to Make Your Brand So Magnetic They Stop Scrolling ft. Erica Mallett

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176. How to Make 10x More Money (as a Small Personal Brand)

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175. How to Build an Audience That Begs to Buy Anything ft. Sabri Suby

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174. The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to a $10k/month Personal Brand ft. Modern Millie

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173. How to Make ANY Business Go Viral (even if it's boring) ft. Kolin Jones (Amalfi Jets)

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172. How to Build a Profitable Personal Brand Before It’s Too Late ft. Chris Do

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171. $100M CEO Explains How to 10x Your Brand with Storytelling ft. Heidi Somers

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170. How I Built a $100M Brand from My Parent's House ft. Christian Guzman

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169. How to Create Products People Beg to Buy ft. Maxx Chewning

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168. How to Build a Magnetic Brand that Sells Itself ft. Seth Godin

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167. A.I. is Causing a Creator Bloodbath. Here’s How to Survive

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166. Why 99% of Creatives Will Be Replaced by AI (and How to Survive) ft. Matthew Encina

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165. How to Escape Small Creator H3LL ft. Sam Newton

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164. How to Build a Personal Brand People Give a Sh*t about w/ Oren John

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163. He made $750 million, but it almost killed him… ft. Mike Lazerow

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162. How To Scale a Brand so Fast It Feels illegal w/ Caleb Ralston

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161. Gary Vee Reveals how to Trade Attention for F*ck You Money

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160. Meet the creator who got paid 70k to quit his job forever ft. Karl Shakur

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159. LinkedIn is a Real-Life ‘Cheat Code’ to Get Rich w/ Vin Matano

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158. Your Content Strategy is Keeping You Broke

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157. He Got 1.7M Views in 4 Videos By Hacking the Algorithm (ft. Tejas Hullur)

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156. Kallaway’s Genius 100k Subscriber Strategy (Copy This)

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155. The Brutal Truth About Building a Creative Agency in NYC ft. Shortstache & Chelstache

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154. We Reviewed Your Creative Work

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153. His Clothing Brand Makes $100K in 30 Minutes With No Ads ft. Marshal Crews

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152. Become A FULL TIME Content Creator In 12 MONTHS (or less) w/ YCImaging

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151. The 2025 Social Media Playbook Nobody’s Talking About

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150. 10 Years of Creative Business Advice in 65 Minutes

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149. How Creators Can Hack Their Brains for 10x Growth Overnight ft. Jb Copeland

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148. The No Bullsh*t Guide to Making $10K/Month as a Creative

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147. I Made $100m So I Could Become a YouTuber ft. Jake Kassan

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146. An Honest Conversation About Money for Creators ft. Eric Floberg

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145. Meet The YouTuber Who Became a Netflix Star Then Quit Everything ft. Megan Batoon

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144. Meet the Man Who Captured 20 Years of Kobe & Lakers History ft. Andrew Bernstein

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143. These Guys Made Doritos a Super Bowl Ad, Now They Might Win $1 Million Dollars

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142. How To Make F*ck You Money as Content Creator in 2025...

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141. The Dark Side of Being a Successful YouTuber ft. Chris Hau

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140. The Blueprint to Dominate Social Media and Crush Your Goals in 2025

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138. Best Gifts for Creatives at Every Price Point | Holiday Gift Guide

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137. Making Money is On Easy Mode in 2025, Just Start a Personal Brand ft. Omar Eltakrori

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136. He Gambled $3.5 Million on The Creator Economy, here's what happened

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135. From Moms Basement to MILLIONS of Views: The Story of Brady Bessette

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134. How Mark Bone is Taking CBUM’s 6th Mr. Olympia Win to Netflix

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133. From Fired to Filmmaker: How a Setback Turned into a Dream Career w/ Jonny Roams

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132. Why Most Creators FAIL at Monetizing Their Brand & How You’re Sabotaging Your Success w/ Tom Noske

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131. 19 Years at Google: Her Winning Strategy for Brands to Dominate YouTube

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130. Becoming Full-Time Creatives: Our Journey & Biggest Lessons Learned

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129. Through Her Lens: Meet The Woman Capturing 49ers History (Sarina Soriano)

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128. We Reviewed Your Videos And Gave Our Honest Opinions (Work Review #3)

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127. How YouTubers Are Robbing Big Brands Blind in 2024

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126. The Blueprint Any Creative Can Follow to Build a 7-figure Business - Daniel Priestley

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125. Balancing Content Creation with a 9-5: When to Quit w/ JHAWK

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124. How to Land Your DREAM CLIENT and GET PAID What You're Worth

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123. The Truth About Why I Left My Dream Job with the Los Angeles Lakers

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122. MTVJesse Unfiltered: Leaving NELK to Build His New Brand (Sunday)

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121. 10 Tips for Shooting Better Concert Photos from a Touring Photographer

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120. Nadeshot’s Journey to Building 100 Thieves into an eSports Empire

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119. How We Shot a Commercial for Mercedes-Benz

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118. Cracking Instagram's Algorithm in 2024 w/ Kane Kallaway

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117. Crafting a Winning Director's Treatment (In-Depth Analysis & Breakdown)

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116. How Posting Instagram Reels led to Photo Campaigns for Converse & Vogue

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115. The ONE Thing that Took Our Creative Work to the NEXT LEVEL (Q&A)

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114. Build a Personal Brand that Dominates your Niche w/ Chris Do

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113. We Reviewed your Creative Work

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112. An Inside Look at Danny Gevirtz Award Winning Feature Film (Scene Breakdown)

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111. How Adrian Per Mastered Storytelling through Short Form Video

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110. How to Film Yourself (Tips for Making Videos Alone)

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109. The 6 Figure Creator Blueprint w/ JT Barnett

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108. Alex Hormozi's Top 6 Keys for Unlocking Massive Growth on Social Media

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107. YouTube’s Top Editor Reveals How He Landed a Job Editing for MrBeast

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106. The Magic of 1,000 True Fans: Why They're All You Need

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105. How ONE Bad Review Ruined a Whole Company

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104. How We Got Hired By NIKE (Nike Swim Video Breakdown)

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103. Leaving Beautiful Destinations to Film a Stadium Tour with Illenium w/ Nainoa Langer

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102. Inside the Mind of a Million Dollar Creative Entrepreneur w/ Jakob Owens

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101. Our Podcasting Masterclass - Everything we’ve learned after 100 episodes

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100. OUR 100TH EPISODE! (LIVE PODCAST AT SAM NEWTON’S FILM FESTIVAL)

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99. Our Best Moments of Season 2

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98. The Floating Half Pipe - A Stunt 7 Years in the Making w/ Brendon Hayward

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97. Shooting Pro Athletes and Managing Content for Fanatics w/ Alex Subers

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96. Why Your Creative Work SUCKS and How to FIX IT!

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95. How to Create Spec Commercials that ACTUALLY get you Hired w/ Mitchell Mullins

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94. From Acting in a Hulu Movie to Producing his First Feature Film w/ Jordan Tortorello

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93. How To DOMINATE Social Media in 2024

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92. How to Create Your Dream Life in 2024 (Goal Setting Tips)

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91. The Secrets to Pitching Your Creative Work and Winning Clients

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90. From Filming Logan Paul's Vlogs to Photographing Fine Art w/ Brendan North

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89. How to Land Amazing Clients who Pay You What You're Worth (Q&A #3)

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88. SHORTSTACHE on His NEW Short Film, Creative Struggles & Moving to NYC

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87. Manifesting his Dream Life as a Director in LA w/ Dylan Bradshaw

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86. $70,000 Commercial Budget Breakdown (How We Spent the Money & Mistakes We Made)

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85. Breaking Down the BIGGEST Collabs of 2023

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84. From Australia to America - Making it as a Photographer in a New Country w/ Pixie Bella

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83. The MIND BLOWING Updates Adobe Just Announced (ADOBE MAX 2023)

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82. How Scott Ohashi Films for BOTH The Dodgers AND The Lakers

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81. How to Create a BULLET PROOF Personal Brand in 2023

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80. Documenting Messi’s Historic World Cup Run w/ Devin L'Amoreaux

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79. Getting Invited to Sony's Exclusive KANDO Trip

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78. From Shooting the Miami Heat to Starting a Creative Agency with Trey Mena

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77. How CEDLOM Helped Build a 35 Million Subscriber Youtube Empire

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76. Leaving LA behind for Paris - Claire Lejeune's Photography Journey

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75. Traveling for a Shoot? Tips to CRUSH Your Next Out-Of-State Gig

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74. What it Takes to Photograph The NBA Every Night with Abigail Keenan Field

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73. Jack Cook Reveals his Secrets to Mastering Daily Vlogs

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72. How to Price your Photo + Video Work (How MUCH to Charge w/ Real Numbers)

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71. ULTIMATE Camera Gear Buying Guide (2023)

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70. JHAWK's Secrets to Cultivating a Die-Hard Audience on Social Media

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69. Overcoming Addiction to Chasing Storms as a Landscape Photographer w/ Chris Balladarez

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68. Posting Daily Videos: What We’ve Learned and Our Struggles

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67. 7 Continents in 7 Days: Ryan Kao's EPIC Adventure

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66. From Touring with The Chainsmokers to Directing Music Videos w/ THATONEBLONDKID

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65. How Apple Became the NUMBER ONE Brand in the World (& How YOU Can Too)

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64. The Power of Storytelling: Create Content that Resonates and Inspires

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63. Lakers Season OVER, What's Next?! | Q&A #2

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62. Breaking the mold: How a 19-Year-Old is thriving as a Content Creator Without College | Loughh

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61. Full-Time Job or Freelance, Which Should You Choose?

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60. From Coding at MICROSOFT to Filming a COACHELLA DOCUMENTARY w/ Lanre Ako

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59. How to use AI to LEVEL UP as a Creator

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58. Quitting my Dream Job (Concert Photographer)

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57. Rising Above: Tej Patel's Minority Creative Journey

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56. Turning TikTok Fame into 6 Figure Consulting Business w/ Daniel Bennett

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55. How to Run Your Creative Business like a PRO w/ Edward Lee and Paul Weaver

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54. Sam Cahill on Directing Machine Gun Kelly's Hulu Documentary

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53. Client RED FLAGS and how to Navigate them

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52. How Sam Newton became a Canon Sponsored Filmmaker

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51. How LOUD LUXURY became Canada's BIGGEST DJ Duo

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50. Our BEST MOMENTS of 2022 | Season One Finale

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49. How to Grow a Six-Figure Creative Business

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48. From Professional Basketball to Sports Media CEO (Swish Cultures)

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47. Artistry vs. The Algorithm - Our take on: The Colin & Samir show w/ Hasan Minaj

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46. YOUR NEXT BIG SHOOT | A Guide w/ 505

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45. How to ACTUALLY grow your Personal Brand

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44. ROCKS TELL ALL | Q&A #1

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43. Is the Iphone 14 Worth it? - Rock Talk Ep. 3

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42. Trading Content for FREE Airbnb stays with Stayamo Founder Jordan Kahana

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41. How JAY FORD got to shoot Sebastian Maniscalco in Madison Square Garden

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40. MUST KNOW Camera Basics (When to Follow and How to Break Them)

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39. Shooting the MOST VIEWED Tiktok Of ALL TIME with Nate Norell

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38. 10 tips for Creating YOUR Personal Brand

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37. Alex Romo’s Secret to Becoming a Full-Time Travel Filmmaker

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36. Overcoming being Homeless and Finding Success as a Photographer w/ Skyler Wagoner

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35. Dealing with Creative Burnout - Rock Talk Ep. 2

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34. How to Take your Sports Videography to the NEXT LEVEL

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33. HOW JUSTIN ESCALONA WENT AROUND THE WORLD IN 14 DAYS FOR FREE

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32. Ultimate Guide to Getting Hired

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31. Our NEW Series - Rock Talk Ep. 1

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30. The Inner Art of Photography with Cibelle Levi

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29. Navigating Grief as a Content Creator with Tucker Doss

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28. From PRO Hockey to TikTok Agency w/ JT Barnett

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27. Run Your Creative Business Like a PRO

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26. Making a FULL-TIME LIVING from TikTok Vlogs with Jack Cook

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25. From Gary Vee to Hasan Minhaj - Tyler Babin's Perseverance to Creative Success

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24. How Aidan Minton Redirected Rejection

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23. Our Favorite Creators

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22. How to Move to a Big City and Make it as a Creator

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21. Kyle Houck on Capturing an Iconic Moment in Pop Culture

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20. Touring the World & Shooting Music's BIGGEST Artists w/ Danilo Lewis

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19. How we REALLY feel about the KANYE Doc "Jeen-Yuhs"

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18. How Henry Ammann Photographs & Designs for Musics Biggest Artists

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17. Picking up a Camera at 25 & Why You're NOT Too Late w/ Evan Tanaka

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16. FIVE Tips for How We Shoot: CONCERTS & CARS

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15. Is College Worth It for Creatives?

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14. Networking for Creators - How to make it NOT SUCK

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13. Creators Building Empires - How to BOSS UP and THINK BIGGER

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12. You're NOT that guy pal - How to deal with IMPOSTER SYNDROME

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11. How Troy Osterberg became a TOP TikTok creator

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10. How to CRUSH your goals in 2022

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9. The EVOLUTION of Social Media (From MYSPACE to TIKTOK)

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8. ADVICE TO OUR YOUNGER SELVES

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7. WHAT IT'S LIKE BEING A FULL-TIME YOUTUBER W/ RØB

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6. ULTIMATE Camera Gear Buying Guide (2022)

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5. HOW TO OVERCOME CREATIVE BURNOUT AND FIND INSPIRATION

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4. STOP UNDERCHARGING FOR YOUR CREATIVE WORK

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3. HOW TO LAND YOUR DREAM GIG

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2. HOW TO NAVIGATE & MONETIZE THE NEW SOCIAL MEDIA

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1. HOW WE BECAME FULL-TIME CREATIVES