Episode 3- Trey Phills: Professional Basketball Player and Lifestyle Creator on Tik Tok Athletes & Assets

Have you ever wondered how people make money on Tik Tok? Trey Phills has taken the education and basketball skillset he harnessed at Yale University to not only become a professional basketball player, but to also become a well-known figure on Tik Tok that is changing the way the public sees the common pro athlete. This is an incredible episode that peels back the curtain on the business side of social media and how just a simple set of videos can change someone's life to the point where they make money from... simply telling their stories? 

Tik Tok: @Tphills

IG- @Tphills

Trey's Playlist

Full Episode Breakdown

0:00 - Introduction

2:27- Trey's Background and "The Hoop State"

6:00- Getting recruited by the Ivy League

9:20- The booming talent level in the Ivy 

12:35- Arriving at Yale 

15:25- Balancing ball and books- non-preferential treatment 

20:35- Trey's March Madness experience + Taurean Prince famous sound bite

22:30- The development of Miye Oni- Utah Jazz Guard 

24:35- The viral photoshoot- (Huffington Post, Teen Vogue, Essence Magazine)

29:00- Trey's professional basketball experience up to date 

32:55- Trey's craziest story 

35:25- The ups and downs of the professional basketball journey

Tik Tok Segment - (Must Listen)

40:48- The Genesis of @Tphills/ Barbershop Tik Tok Clip 

43:30- The Tik Tok Algorithm explained 

45:20- Getting serious- Bleacher Report changes Trey's life 

47:00- How to go viral on Tik Tok 

49:00- Interacting with David Dobrik online

50:38- How to make money on Tik Tok 

53:10- Trey announces a big partnership 

53:40- Don't call Trey an influencer 

54:30- The business of social media- Why Vine failed 

56:48- The Big Takeaway- Episode 3 

1:01:50- Trey's Playlist 

1:03:52- Outro 

I do not own the rights to this music: Adderall Instrumental and Adderall Remix 



 


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