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Dan Andrews founded the Dynamite Circle and Dynamite Jobs and is now a repeat guest. Dan was first on the show in episode #32 in November 2020.
I've been listening to Dan's podcast, Tropical MBA, since 2014, and that was 5 years after they started. Tropical MBA started as a podcast for location-independent entrepreneurs and has grown into a thriving global community. The Dynamite Circle is a paid membership community that Dan and his partner, Ian, built from the podcast's success. It has more than 1,000 members, dozens of local meetups, and 5 signature events throughout the year; the Dynamite Circle has continued to innovate as a member-led community.
This is a 2 part episode. The second half of this conversation can be found on Dan's podcast, Tropical MBA, and will be released on Thursday.
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YouTubers keep a lot of secrets, but that's not really my style.
So last week, I asked my audience for questions that creators are typically too afraid to answer. How much does this channel make? What are my politics? And how much time do I actually spend working?
In this video, my producer, Conor, and I answer all these questions and more with complete transparency.
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(0:00:00) How Much Does a 100K Channel Make?
(0:02:26) What Does a 100K Channel Charge for Brand Deals
(0:09:25) AdSense and Brand Deals Are Overhyped
(0:13:09) Pros and Cons of Talking About Politics
(0:21:01) The Biggest Threat to the Channel
(0:23:08) Most YouTubers Aren’t As Successful As You Think
(0:28:26) Downsides of Being a Parent and a YouTuber
(0:33:21) How Much Does a YouTuber ACTUALLY Work?
(0:38:02) Promoting Products You Don’t Believe In
(0:44:06) Is the Creator Economy Eating Itself?
(0:49:34) Hidden Gems You Should Watch
(0:55:08) Why Are YouTubers Secretive?
(0:59:53) Don’t Listen to This Common Growth Advice
(1:04:22) How to Spot Fake Gurus
(1:08:50) YouTubers Who Lie to Their Audience
(1:11:20) Trends That Will Die Quickly
(1:14:29) Parasocial Relationships
(1:20:15) When a Channel Dies
(1:22:23) How Long to Get to $8k/month in Revenue
(1:24:48) Maintaining Relationships As You Get Older
(1:30:11) The Right Way to Raise Prices
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Natasha Willis is the woman behind the conversational marketing agency School of Bots, which has generated over $70,000,000 for clients like Tori Dunlap, Jenna Kutcher, and even Facebook.
In this episode, Natasha reveals how you can use automated direct messages to grow your email list, how to generate more revenue, and her secrets on how to increase your organic reach on Instagram.
@natashatwillis → message “JAY”
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TIMESTAMPS
(00:00) The Chatbot Queen
(01:04) What is Conversational Marketing
(02:28) Conversational Marketing Platforms
(04:40) Understanding the Customer Journey
(10:22) DM Automation Tools
(14:20) Can You Tell it’s Not a Real Person?
(18:33) What To Do Before You Get Started
(24:14) Does Follower Count Matter?
(25:41) Inflated Follower Counts
(30:41) The 3 Types of Instagram Posts to Grow
(35:34) $400K in 4 Months Strategy
(43:29) Simplify to Amplify
(45:43) Use Cases for DM Automation
(49:28) Using Instagram Stories
(53:47) What You Do Next
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Richard van der Blom is the founder of Just Connecting, a social selling and LinkedIn training consultancy based in the Netherlands. And with nearly 200,000 followers on LinkedIn, he's one of the most respected voices on the platform.
Richard was really early to LinkedIn. And as his own reach grew, he started getting a lot of questions about how to best use the platform.
5 years ago, Richard started creating an annual LinkedIn algorithm insights research report. This thing is a gold mine of data driven observations about how different aspects of LinkedIn are working and even how they are trending compared to the year before.
In this episode you'll learn
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In this episode, I answer the questions you're afraid to ask. I very explicitly asked people on my social media, "What are the questions you're afraid to ask me?" Things that feel a little bit off limits or taboo. And we got a lot, a lot of great questions.
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Jonny Miller is the creator of Nervous System Mastery. It teaches evidence-backed protocols to cultivate calm, build resilience, and increase aliveness in 45 days. It’s a five-week, cohort-based course that is just wrapping up its sixth cohort in the last three years. In those six cohorts, Jonny has served nearly 1,000 students and earned more than $800,000.
Here’s the best part – Jonny doesn’t have a massive audience. When he launched Nervous System Mastery, he had a couple thousand followers on Twitter and a small email list. This is the magic of a well-designed Signature Product – and Jonny is the perfect example.
In this episode, we get into the weeds about how he’s grown NSM – what’s worked well, what hasn’t, and how he’s found himself on large podcasts with people like Lenny Rachitsky, Ali Abdaal, Chris Williamson, and more.
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Chef PK is a cooking YouTuber whose anime food channel has done 67,000,000 views. But that's not what we're talking about today. We're talking about physical products.
At a 100,000 subscribers he launched his first book, and did about 40,000 in revenue.
In this episode, you'll learn how to brainstorm product ideas, how to find product audience fit, and how to bring an idea into reality.
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TIMESTAMPS
(00:00) What Happens When an Anime Chef Makes Merch?
(01:05) ChefPK’s Product Rundown
(02:11) Revenue Breakdown
(03:37) Evolving from Channel to Business
(07:07) Using Patreon as a YouTuber
(13:09) Evolving from Channel to Business II
(16:30) Figuring Out How to Make a Physical Product
(19:56) Figuring Out What Your Audience Really Wants
(24:32) Why You Should Sponsor Your Own Videos
(28:50) Evolving from Channel to Business III
(35:13) CCN Framework for Product Development
(38:27) Getting Over Limiting Beliefs
(40:02) Time and Cost of Product Development
(42:54) Balancing Running Your Channel and Building a Business
(45:52) Evolving from Channel to Business IV
(47:31) The Advice You Need to Hear
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