Creator Science – Learn from today's top content creators Jay Clouse

We are halfway through the year. We have passed the six-month mark of 2024, and I thought this was a perfect opportunity to reflect on the first six months of the year personally and encourage you to do the same.
In this episode, you’ll learn,

My overall progress on my goals as tracked in Creator HQ

A breakdown of some of my numbers, mostly talking about revenue and how that breaks down this year compared to last year

About audience growth across the different platforms

And about some of my personal goals

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More, Better, New essay
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Zack Honarvar started managing YouTubers like Yes Theory and Airrack BEFORE they were the massive channels you know them as today. He also co-founded CreatorNow, a learning community that’s helped creators like Jenny Hoyos and Daniel Wall blow up their channels. Zack has worked with more than 10,000 creators since 2017, so I wanted to ask him: What separates the top .1% from the rest?
In this episode, you’ll learn

The traits of highly successful creators

How you should measure growth

Non-obvious pitfalls you need to avoid

And how to set yourself up for long-term success

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Zack's Website / Twitter / Instagram / YouTube / TikTok / LinkedIn
The Danny Miranda podcast with Zack Honarvar
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TIMESTAMPS
(00:00) What Separates the Top 0.1% of YouTubers?
(01:12) What Makes Someone “Have It”?
(06:24) Does Consistency Matter?
(09:16) Why You Should Do Things the Hard Way
(17:12) What Role Does Work Ethic Play?
(22:40) Does Your Personality Matter?
(27:48) Avoid These Mistakes At All Costs
(31:22) How You Should Define Success
(35:46) Not All Views Are Created Equal
(39:41) Best Advice for Small Creators
(43:05) Zack’s Hot Take
(44:34) Is There Less Opportunity for Creators Today?
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Nat Eliason is the author of Crypto Confidential, Winning and Losing Millions in the New Frontier of Finance. I’ve been following Nat online for a while now – he’s gone from marketing agency owner to business writer to book influencer and a bunch of stops in between. And the common thread through all these projects was Nat’s ability to write.
In 2021, Nat dove deep into the world of crypto and Web3, as many of us did. But when Nat goes into something, he goes really deep into that thing – and he got MUCH deeper into crypto and Web3 than most.
During that boom cycle, there were some big winners and big losers—Nat, at times, was both.
He left that world on top, and applied his writing ability to tell the story of just how insane things really were at the highest levels of crypto.

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Nat's Website / Twitter

REFERENCES
Buy Crypto Confidential
How to Get Insanely Rich in the Creator Economy
Traditional Publishing is Great, Actually
How We Designed a FUN Nonfiction Book Cover

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Nathan Barry is the founder and CEO of ConvertKit, one of the largest email marketing platforms on the planet. It powers the newsletters of people like Tim Ferris, Ryan Holiday, Andrew Huberman, and Gretchen Rubin, just to name a few. But ConvertKit has evolved and does so much more than email—which is why the brand itself is evolving. 
If you haven't heard, ConvertKit is rebranding. It will soon be known simply as Kit—a set of tools for professional creators. That includes an app store where anyone can develop and expand on Kit to bring in extra tools, a central hub for your data with enhanced reporting, and the biggest and best Creator Network to help you find collaboration partners.  
So, in this episode, you'll learn

About the rebrand

The risks involved

Their new app store

And how the Creator Network is doing

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Nathan's Website / Twitter / YouTube
Sign up for ConvertKit
Watch episode one of ConvertKit’s rebrand series
Listen to Billion Dollar Creator
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Katelyn Bourgoin is the founder of Customer Camp and the writer behind the buyer psychology newsletter, Why We Buy, which has nearly 75,000 subscribers. 
Katelyn is also the co-creator of a couple of great products. The first being Unignorable, a 36 day group challenge designed to help you build an audience of future buyers. That's a collaboration with the Demand Curve team.
And the second is Wallet Opening Words, 26 and a half science-backed copywriting techniques. That's a collaboration with friend of the podcast, Phil Agnew. 
So in this episode, you'll learn

Katelyn's approach to short form writing

Why she treats her content like a chocolate covered almond

The risk that comes with accounts getting too big

And what she would do differently the next time she launches her cohort program

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Katelyn's Twitter / Unignorable / LinkedIn
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In this episode, my good friend and YouTube editor, Conor Conaboy, joins me in an office hours where we answer your questions about content strategy.
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TIMESTAMPS
(00:00) Here’s When You Should Quit
(06:23) How Often You Should Upload
(10:49) Making a Multi-Language Channel
(15:18) Here’s When You Should Make a New Channel
(19:10) When Viewers Watch Because of YOU
(27:41) Making Content That You Like
(34:36) How to Find New Content Formats
(38:54) Deciding Which Platform to Create Content
(40:57) Where to Find Leverage
(44:43) The Hidden Opportunity in LinkedIn Video
(49:18) The Easiest Thing About Growing a Podcast
(52:11) “Are you happy?”
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