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The HeyCreator Show — 322 episodes
047: Conversations Into Cash: How to Get Paid to Think with Abbi Perets
046: How to Run a Calm, Profitable Creator Business (Without Burning Out) — with Dr. Monica Rysavy
045: Unstuck: How Creators Reclaim Energy, Clarity & Flow - Hayden Flohr
044: Why Trading Time For Money Is The Best Way To Build Your Business - with Nick Huber
043: Should You Start With Clients, Content, or Community? (What I’d Do Differently)
042: How Tiny Experiments Can Transform Your Work and Life - with Anne-Laure Le Cunff
041: The BIGGEST Reason Creators Stay Stuck [Voice Memo]
040: Master YouTube Growth in 2025: Expert Tips from Aprilynne Alter
040: You Don't Need A Big Audience to Land Big Brand Deals (with Justin Moore)
039: The Secret to Selling More Without Becoming Internet Famous (with Jonathan Goodman)
038: What Will 2025 Look Like For Creators? Our Predictions
037: The Best of HeyCreator 2024
036: The Future of Creativity (with Dan Shipper)
035: My EXACT Strategy for Crushing New Year Promotions
034: The Case For Going All-In on ONE Format
033: Sell 10x more with one sentence (with John Meese)
032: To win, you must see content EVERYWHERE (with Clifton Sellers)
031: Making Business Growth Damn Near Automatic (with Darrell Vesterfelt)
030: The Importance of Simple Systems (with Tim Grahl)
029: Creator Monetization Frameworks (with Tim Stoddart)
028: The Art of Business (with Bonnie Christine)
027: The Newsletter-Social Playbook (with Josh Spector)
026: The Role of Design & Branding for Creators (with Charli Prangley)
025: $100k/year business with NO social media in 2024 (with Bryan Harris)
024: How To Make $1M+ with Memes (with Jason Levin)
023: I make $150k/year creating content... now what?
022: How To Conquer Your Fears as a Creator (with Corey Wilks, Psy.D)
021: How Selling High-Ticket Offers ACTUALLY Works in 2024 (with John Meese)
020: A Masterclass on Video Presence & Production (with Cam Houser)
019: The Fastest Ways To $10,000/Month as a Creator
018: The 10 Books EVERY Creator Needs To Read
017: The Secret Behind The World's Biggest Online Communities
016: Two Income Streams You're Not Thinking About (with Terry Rice)
015: Build A Life You Don't Need A Vacation From (with Khe Hy)
014: If You Want To Sell More Courses In 2024, Do This! (with Billy Broas)
013: How To Price Your Digital Products & Services
012: How Successful Creators Think (With Amanda Goetz)
011: How To Launch a Profitable Newsletter In 2024 (Step-By-Step Guide)
010: Alexis Teichmiller on Career, Community, and Creator Journey
009: What Creators Get Wrong About Email Newsletters
008: Cody & Cole Hock on Running A Creator Business That Does Everything
007: Best Advice for New Creators
006: Nat Eliason on What It Actually Takes To Be a Creator
005: How Creators Can Get Equity In Their Favorite Companies
004: We Didn't Want To Record This Episode
003: The Real Reason To Niche Down + Justin Welsh on Building Your Creator Business
002: Common Ways Creators Overthink, Mount Rushmore of Influential Content
001: Starting Something New, Mount Rushmore of Creators Who Inspired Us
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Tim Stoddart & Ethan Brooks: The Most Influential Writer You’ve Never Heard Of
Tim Stoddart & Ethan Brooks: How to Build an Email List Without Paid Marketing
Ryan Carr: How to Work Smarter with the Content You Create
Thoughts On Podcasting, Newsletter Ads, (And $3k+ Per Mo. On 15k Subs)
Tim Stoddart & Ethan Brooks: Opportunity Is Everywhere
Tim Stoddart & Ethan Brooks: Concrete Steps For Overcoming Fear Of Failure As A Writer
Noah Kagan: How He Went From Fired at Facebook to CEO of AppSumo
Tim Stoddart & Ethan Brooks: From 0 to 150k+ Subscribers In 7 Months
Tim Stoddart & Ethan Brooks: How to Make Thousands On A 1k Person Email List
Ethan Brooks & Tim Stoddart: F*ck College! Here’s How To (Really) Learn To Write
Nicolas Cole: What is the secret to writing high-performing content online?
Kevin Espiritu: Building a Business and 3.5+ Million Follower Audience in the Gardening Niche
Britney Muller: The Truth About AI's Roles in Writing and Marketing
Dan Go: How He's Building a Massive Personal Brand and Business Using Social Media
Jose Rosado: How I Went from Job Loss to Online Success
Greg Isenberg: How to Successfully Build a Portfolio of Companies
Yong-Soo Chung: How to Build a Personal Holding Company
Darrell Vesterfelt: Finding Success in a Hidden Niche
Nicolas Cole: The Path to Self-Publishing Success
Brian Clark: The 22 TRILLION Dollar Opportunity
Ramit Sethi: How to Build Remarkable Products to Grow Your Business
Jarod Bauman: How Tim Nets $250k Per Year With Directory Sites
Yannick Veys: The Amazing story of Hypefury’s Massive Success
Lara Acosta: What all Successful Entrepreneurs Have in Common and How to Crush it on LinkedIn
Eddy Quan: "99% of People Don't Know This Twitter Hack"
Dakota Robinson: From Electrician to Successful Ghostwriter
From Clueless to Successful: Charles Miller's Journey of Learning and Growth
Rethinking Online Business, Lead Generation, and Digital Products: A Conversation with Steve Chou
Finding Your Path: A Conversation with Eric Lam
Building a Dream Business: An Interview with the Founder of Indexsy
What We Actually Look For When Hiring Writers
How To Make Money From SEO (With Examples)
The Growth Experiments We’re Running
Saying No To Free Money - How And When To Shut A Business Down
Elon vs Zuck: Should You Start Marketing On Threads?
Deconstructing Peter Zeihan’s Creator Biz
Building Your Own Podcast Network
Ethan’s Half-Baked Newsletter Ideas
Case Study: How The Hustle And Other Newsletters Maximize Email Capture
Convertkit and Sparkloop: Insights from Nathan Barry, Founder of Convertkit
Here’s How To Spy On Your Competitors’ SEO
Is Personal Brand Even Worth It?
Zuckerberg VS Elon: Leaked Documents Give a First Look Instagram’s New “Twitter Look Alike App.”
F*ck It… We’ll Do It Live: Google’s AI Search Demo
LEAKED DOCUMENTS show that Google is in big trouble
Copyblogger Has A New Owner
Is This Crazy? The Plan To Hit 1m+ Readers Per Month
Don’t Be Afraid of AI - How to Thrive as an Entrepreneur in the World of Infinite Leverage
Elon Musk Kills Substack and Gives You Reasons To Build Your Own Brand
"Who is your role model?" - Newsletter Monetization, Playing it Big, and Personal Growth
joinhampton.com - How to Build Community on a Membership Platform
When to charge for your content | Subscriptions, Newsletters, and Membership Sites
Ethan wrote a book! | What does it take to write a book?
Is social media needed to build a successful business?
Creators, Brands, and Media Agencies
A few unconventional business tips that made my company $10 million in the last 5 years
Coaching and Time Management: Our thoughts on volley.app
Lessons from Hormozi's Book - $100M Offers
Building an Affiliate Site and Knowing When to Hire for New Roles
When to Take on New Projects and How to do in-depth Research Before Podcast Interviews
Hard Work, Hustle Culture, Past Advice, and the Future of the Pod
Here is how we 10Xed our leads with cold outreach
It's Time for a Creator Spotlight: Chenell Basilio
Jeremy Somers: The Future of AI Generated Content
Last Episode of the Year and Our End-of-Year Review
Matt McGarry: How to scale a newsletter with Facebook ads
The Crazy World of AI Content Generation
Jordan DiPietro: How to Scale and Produce for Paid Newsletters
We bought a company! Here is what we plan to do with it
Ryan Carr: How to Work Smarter with the Content You Create
Abhishek Shah: How he Built the Psychology of Marketing Newsletter
Ben Wilson: How to Start a Hit Podcast
The new way of doing business on social media and Kanye’s interview with Lex Friedman
The Copywriter who Saved the Grand Canyon and an Inside Look at the Copyblogger Pod Business Model
Bored Elon Musk on How to Build a Business as a Fake Person
The Email Expert Who Sends A $149/mo. Paper Newsletter
3(ish) Rules From Building Multi-Million Dollar Communities
Thoughts On Podcasting, Newsletter Ads, (And $3k+ Per Mo. On 15k Subs)
How To Avoid Getting Burned By AI-Gen Content Creation
Danny Miranda: On Storytelling, Newsletters, and Growing A Podcast
She Has Three OnlyFans Identities
Looking Into The Darkness As A Creator
The Most Influential Writer You’ve Never Heard Of
How to Be Perfect (...Not)
Good Decision, Bad Consequences
“It’s Not Ten Thousand Hours, It’s Ten Thousand Iterations”
How To (Actually) Grow Your Newsletter: The Growth Assassin Behind Codie Sanchez and Milk Road
Opportunity Is Everywhere
This Model Should Not Work… But It Does
This Ecomm Site Breaks All The Rules And Still Wins Big
Hidden Businesses Crushing It On YouTube and Insta
From 0 to 150k+ Subscribers In 7 Months
How Ali Ladha Used Unique Pricing Strategies to Get More Clients
Nine Growth Hacks From The Motley Fool
How To Handle Your First Recession
Rather Than Being Helpful, Be Valuable
Your Success Is NOT Based On Luck
How to Automate Your Agency
F*ck College: Here’s How To (Really) Learn To Write
Concrete Steps For Overcoming Fear Of Failure As A Writer
(Step By Step) How To Analyze Your Competition’s SEO
(Real) Strategies For Paid Communities
The 10k Formula: How Growth Tools is Helping Entrepreneurs Reach the Milestone
Lexi Grant: Can You Sell Your 5-Figure Biz?
A Brilliant Way To Automate Ad Sales
How to Make Thousands On A 1k Person Email List
Ed Latimore: How To Make Time Work For You
Behind The Scenes
The Choice to Be Remarkable
What is the secret to writing high-performing content online?
Did Substack Nuke Your Email List?
On Storytelling And Conflict
How ConvertKit Went From $1.5k to $100k MMR in 12 Months
How to Build Referral Programs + The “Outlier Algorithm"
Khe Hy: Do you need help learning to say “no” in your work-life?
Using Paid Advertising, Giveaways, and Influencers to Grow Your Business
How to Build an Email List Without Paid Marketing
How to Get Clients, Close Deals, and Get Contracts Signed
Starting From Nothing: How To Get To $10,000 A Month
Creator Coins: The Risks, the Rewards and the Possibilities
The Truth About the "Creator Economy: A Copyblogger Experiment"
Jay Clouse: How Creativity is Your Secret Weapon for Success
Welcome to the Soaring Twenties with Thomas Bevan
Pat Walls: Using SEO to Build Starter Story into a Worldwide Brand
How to Use Leverage to Grow Your Business at Massive Scale with Eric Jorgenson
How Curiosity and a Low Point in Life Helped Create a Global Podcast with Bilal Zaidi
How Crypto is Reshaping Content Entrepreneurship
Rohan Gilkes: How to Build a 7 Figure Business by Going Local
Anne-Laure Le Cunff: How Great Writing Helped Build a Thriving Community Business
Why Building the Right Team Is So Critical, with Aurélien Amacker of Systeme.io
Twitter's Secret Game-Changer, Google Image SEO, Pandemic Pivots, and Sound Affiliate Advice
The 'Awesomeness' Factor, a Renaissance for Curated Newsletters, and the Right Content Frequency
Shopify vs Amazon, Busting the Myth of Success, and the Right Way to Use Medium
Consent-Based Email, Economic Trends for Ecommerce, and SEO for Service Businesses
SMS vs Email, How to Leverage Social Media (the Right Way), and the Content Tipping Point
Amazon Slashes Affiliate Rates and How to Create Content During a Crisis
Rand Fishkin on the Future of Content Marketing
How to Get (and Keep) Clients in Uncertain Times, Featuring Leah Neaderthal
The Advantage of Email Marketing, Featuring Nathan Barry of ConvertKit
How to Write Content That Resonates, Featuring Stefanie Flaxman
How to Conquer Your Fear of Selling, with Leah Neaderthal
How to Build Remarkable Products to Grow Your Business, with Ramit Sethi
What You Should Talk about on Your Podcast, with Tara McMullin
How to Win at Search in 2020
How to Turn Pro as a Freelance Writer
How You Talk to People Matters: Marketing Segmentation and Personalization, with Brennan Dunn of RightMessage
Podcasting Still Matters, with Pat Flynn from Smart Passive Income
The New Look Copyblogger in 2020
New Year, New Copyblogger
The Self-Reliant Entrepreneur, with John Jantsch
Consistency Will Take You Further
The Past, Present, and Future of Online Learning
How to Get More of the Right Things Done
Why the Future Is Still Email
What’s Next for Copyblogger Media?
How Smart, Nimble Companies Are Using Webinars Today
The Clarity Method: A Conversation with Tim Brownson
Digital Business Trends and the Latest on the Rainmaker Platform
4 ‘Naive’ Business Principles for Enduring Success
How to Write an Epic Blog Post, Part 3: Polishing and Promotion
How to Write an Epic Blog Post, Part 2: Getting It Written
How to Write an Epic Blog Post, Part 1: Thinking and Research
3 Almost Magical Headline Ingredients for More Traffic, Engagement, and Shares
Lessons Any Business Can Learn from an Impressive Influencer Marketing Fail
13 Ways of Looking at a Headline
The 7 ‘Bad’ Habits of Incredibly Successful People
Writers: How to Move from Making a Living to Driving Revenue
Choose the Right Frame to Boost the Power of Your Content
How Copywriting Teacher Belinda Weaver Reenergized Her Email List for Massive Engagement
3 Reasons Why Really Good Writers Sometimes Can’t Find Great Clients
3 Slightly Embarrassing Emotions that Drive Effective Copywriting
Get 10 Content Marketing Boosters in 20 Minutes
Becoming the ‘Chief Empathy Officer’ of Your Copy and Content
One of the Most Important Marketing Decisions You’ll Ever Make
What Nobody Wants to Hear about Content Marketing
Getting Your Big, Scary Projects Finished: A Conversation about Growing Gills
When Is It Time to Bring in a Professional Copywriter?
Using Content to Systematically Move Prospects Toward a Purchase
Understanding the Lifecycles of Your Website, with Pamela Wilson
5 Ways to Manage a Stress-Induced Creative Slump
3 Ways Strategic Content Can Drive Measurable Business Outcomes
The Social Media Platform Every Content Creator Should Be Using in 2019 (Nope, It’s Not Facebook)
Real Talk about Generating High-Quality Content
A Conversation with Paul Jarvis about Staying a ‘Company of One’
The 3 Plus 1 Foundational Elements of Effective Persuasion
5 Essential Copywriting Techniques from Copyblogger
5 Ways to Recover Your Professional and Creative Confidence
5 Stinky Sardine Secrets to Make Your Content More Fascinating
The Mindset ‘Hack’ that Frees Your Creativity and Makes You Happier
How to Kill Your Sales and Mess up Your Business: Lessons from a Used Car Salesman
The 7 Things Writers Need to Make a (Good) Living
Are You Making These Social Media Marketing Mistakes?
Fix These 7 About Page Mistakes for More Traffic and (Possibly) Better SEO
7 Ways to Boost Your Creativity
A 10-Step ‘Checklist’ for Your Content Marketing Site
The 3 Keys to Publishing Strong Content … Even If You Aren’t a ‘Great’ Writer (Yet)
Fix These 3 Points of Failure to Get Better Results for Your Content
Big Changes at ConvertKit: A Discussion with Founder Nathan Barry
3 Skills to Master to Become a Marketing Badass this Year
The Quiet Power of Conversational Copy
5 Rules of Thumb to Relieve SEO-Induced Stress
How to Use the GDPR to Make Your Business Stronger than Ever
‘Good Karma’ Selling that Works: A Conversation with Tim Paige
How to Get More Comfortable (and Effective) at Selling
Privacy and Permission in the Wake of Cambridge Analytica
Seth Godin and How to Create Change
Email? Chatbots? Social? How Are We Supposed to Reach People?
The Double-Edged Sword that Can Make (or Break) Your Content
Make More Progress by Getting (Gently) Out of Your Comfort Zone
Are You Doing Content Marketing Wrong?
Storytelling for Modern Content Marketing (Part 2 of 2)
Storytelling for Modern Content Marketing (Part 1 of 2)
10 Quality Factors Search Engines Need to See on Your Site
A Simple Content Strategy to Make Your Site Massively More Useful
How to Avoid a Heartbreaking Business Failure
Hey Writers: Let’s Get You Paid What You’re Worth
5 Keys to Making Your Content More Shareable
3 Observations on Trends (but not Predictions) for 2018
3 Tips Now to Build a Strong Foundation in 2018
The 3 Success Factors that Help Writers Earn a Great Living
How to Recognize a Great Content Idea
How to Cultivate a More Meaningful Gratitude Practice
Advice for Poets, Advice for Killers
Face Your Business Fears on Halloween Week
How to Make Smarter Decisions about Your Website
A Series of Unfortunate Content Events
The Evolution of a Successful Copywriter
7 Ways to Improve Your Marketing by Harnessing the Power of Evil
Smart Questions from our Brilliant Audience
Does the Web Have Enough Patience for Your In-Depth Content?
How to Write (Much Better) Blog Comments
Which Works Better: Positive or Negative Content?
How to Attract the Exact Customers You Want
How to Create Stability and Success as an Artist
Two Powerful Resources for Life-Changing Growth
How to Turn All that Marketing Advice into Action
How to Develop a Compelling Marketing Idea in 4 Steps
Getting Over the Fear of Selling
Talking Community and Digital Business with Tara Gentile
Plagiarism, Self-Deception, Bad Sandwiches, and Other Interesting Disasters
Professional Writers: Find Out How to Get Certified by Copyblogger
The Painful Core Lesson Taught by 3 Astonishing Big-Brand Fails
5 Mindset Habits that Actually Work
On Grammar, Usage, and Not Being a Great Big Jerk
Creative Strategies for Content Writers
A New Ultra-Easy Resource for Creating Excellent WordPress Sites
Thriving Freelancers and Clients from Hell
Politics, Content Marketing, and the 2017 Super Bowl Ads
Copyblogger Book Club: Winning the Story Wars
3 Content Marketing Strategy Fails (and How to Fix Them)
The 2017 Content Excellence Challenge: Your January Assignments
Bad Writing Advice: The ‘Post Truth’ Episode
Get Ready Now for a Creative and Productive 2017
The 4 Pillars Every Online Business Is Built On
Orbit Media’s Latest Survey of 1000 Bloggers
Have You Already Missed the Podcasting Gold Rush?
Getting More Traffic, Links, and Shares to Your Content
5 Quick Wins for Content Marketers
Announcing: An Intriguing New Tool for Collaborative Content
A New Book to Make Content Marketing Easier
Behind the Scenes at Copyblogger: Our New Email Approach
The ‘Obligatory’ Structure of Effective Content
7 Powerful Content Strategies Borrowed from Advertising Masters
How to Handle Demographic and Psychographic Segmentation (without Looking Like an Idiot)
Ethics, Professionalism, and Good Manners for Content Marketers
3 Questions that Can Haunt Creative Professionals
How to Give and Get Exceptional Testimonials, Part Two
How to Give and Get Exceptional Testimonials, Part One
Are You Leaving Money on the Table with Weak Headlines?
Content Marketing for Nonprofits
The One-Two Punch that Creates the Most Successful Copywriters
Pokémon Go: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
5 Suggestions When You’re Writing About Controversy