The Honest Creative

As a writer, producer, and a full-time content creator, I've always been amazed by this new world we all live in – the Passion Economy. It's a world where people can make money by being who they are, tapping into their unique passions, talents, and knowledge. In this podcast, I will be interviewing creators from all walks of life to show you how they've done it. So you can do it too. Episodes will be 1-1.5 hour long conversations and will come out weekly. This podcast is a part of my daily creative newsletter – The Honest Creative. Subscribe for free at: honestcreative.substack.com.

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Episodes

Adrian Drew (Mind Cafe): How To Create Meaningful Content

Adrian Drew is a full-time writer and founder of Mind Cafe Media – a media company and Medium publication with tens of thousands of followers dedicated to curating relaxed, inspiring quotes and essays about happiness. You can find Adrian on Medium . This was the interview I waited for. And so did most of my subscribers, judging from the Q&A thread I posted in September – where most of my readers asked about Medium. In this honest and deep interview, Adrian and I talked at length about his (a...

Oct 03, 2020•1 hr 8 min

Tapping Into Your Creative Self with Rowena Roberts

Rowena Roberts spent 18 years using her words to give others a voice as an advertising copywriter. Now she helps people to discover and play with their own unique voice as a creative writing coach at Words Inspire. My biggest insight from this conversation: You can’t fake authenticity. Content is a vehicle for both ideas AND emotions. You get out what you put in. This is why it’s impossible to use authenticity as a tactic. Readers feel when it’s fake. Apart from that, in this wide-ranging conver...

Sep 17, 2020•1 hr 7 min

Zhenya Zerkalenkov on 7 Businesses In 7 Months, Pinterest Marketing, and Pat Flynn

Zhenya Zerkalenkov is a freelance marketing consultant and content creator as well as the Founder of House of Creators – a company that helps digital artists build an online business around their art. In addition to House of Creators, Zhenya hosts a YouTube channel, a podcast, and writes on Medium. He lives in Germany. What you’ll learn from this conversation: * How to take a loan, start 7 businesses in 7 months, and fail at all of them. We start the interview talking about Zhenya’s crazy story ...

Sep 10, 2020•1 hr 8 min

Ep #1: Michel Strukov on LinkedIn Content, the Passion Economy, and Mastering Self-Talk

Michel Strukov is an entrepreneur and online coach from Switzerland, with a mission to transform independent consultants and coaches into winners. He helps them create a strong personal brand around their business in order to regularly attract clients through social media without doing cold outreach nor waiting for months for the content to convert. Michel is a fascinating guy. He reached out to me a few months back after reading a Medium post about “the job of the future is content creation.” W...

Sep 04, 2020•1 hr 19 min

😱 THE PODCAST IS HERE

Hi. I am Sergey Faldin. And this is the Honest Creative Podcast. *** I can’t say it was easy. It was scary. But after several months of deliberation, I finally did it. I hit “publish” on my Anchor dashboard and now my new podcast is available on eight major platforms. But because I love you, you’ll be receiving new episode updates right here, in the comfort of your email inbox. So there’s no need to go anywhere unless you prefer to listen to it elsewhere. Making this podcast already taught me tw...

Sep 03, 2020•5 min

Michel Strukov on LinkedIn Content, the Passion Economy, and Mastering Self-Talk

Michel Strukov is an entrepreneur and online coach from Switzerland, with a mission to transform independent consultants and coaches into winners. He helps them create a strong personal brand around their business in order to regularly attract clients through social media without doing cold outreach nor waiting for months for the content to convert. Mentioned in this episode: Matthew Walker on sleep (JRE) Brene Brown TED talk. “What To Say When You Talk To Yourself” book “Love Yourself As If You...

Sep 03, 2020•1 hr 19 min

Introducing The Honest Creative

Join the author, top Medium writer, content producer, and blogger Sergey Faldin as he meets with content creators across the globe to dissect the principles of turning content creation into a career. This podcast was created as part of the daily newsletter/blog Sergey runs on Substack. The best way to stay tuned on this podcast – and receive daily tips, advice, lifehacks on content creation – is to subscribe. It's free. Learn more at https://honestcreative.substack.com/ *** Sergey's Medium blog:...

Sep 02, 2020•5 min

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