What are you passionate about? Wouldn't it be amazing to be able to earn a living out of what you love to do? Has the idea ever crossed your mind? What is the secret to turning your passion into a profitable online brand? "Even the stuff that didn't turn out great, it's always a learning experience." Amber of SweetAmbsCookies started sharing her passion for cookie decorating on YouTube after realizing people were actually more interested in learning how she made her cookies than buying them. Her...
Nov 22, 2018•1 hr 13 min
Do you randomly blog or post videos in your YouTube channel, or do you plan and schedule your blog content? Well, today we will learn from our guest why it’s far better to do the latter and take a look at all the benefits you can get by keeping track of trends, events and holidays, and keeping a content calendar of what you’re going to post and when. Nikole is the face behind the popular health food and lifestyle YouTube channel, HealthNut Nutrition. She is a passionate "health nut" who inspires...
Nov 15, 2018•1 hr 28 min
Gaining popularity as a blogger or YouTuber doesn’t happen overnight. It takes hard work to put content out there consistently and have people notice you. Since Instagram started, the platform has helped content creators gain subscribers from all over the world. It’s a safe bet that gaining followers using a growth hack for Instagram would also give you a bump in followers on your blog and an increase in your YouTube subscribers as well. “Facebook is like Pinterest, it’s so underused by bloggers...
Nov 08, 2018•1 hr 24 min
The YouTube Power Hour Podcast is going on a small break to prepare for our new season of interviews. Stay in touch through instagram , our Facebook group , and our weekly newsletter. If you are interested in joining the next Zero to Influence YouTube Bootcamp, make sure you join the waitlist!...
Nov 06, 2018•5 min
Feeling like you’re always working but barely seeing results and enough return on your investment? Take the lessons and advice from Podcaster and Productivity Expert Haley Burkhead and optimize your time to optimize your life and your profits! Get ready to take note because really practical advice is coming your way, and you’ll want to implement them immediately! “You don’t have to work as hard for money as you think you do.” Haley helps entrepreneurs hit 5-figure income months while cutting the...
Nov 01, 2018•51 min•Ep. 163
YouTube is hard but it’s not impossible! You have just as much chance to hit success as anyone. Just take it from a 10-year YouTube veteran living all the way in the Netherlands! Beauty & Hair YouTuber Lucy “Loepsie” Kyselica gives us the scoop on her journey from zero to half a million subscribers and how you can carve a place out for yourself on YouTube! “You’re always one video away from a viral video, you never know which video is going to hit.” Loepsie is a 10 year YouTube veteran. She ...
Oct 25, 2018•54 min•Ep. 162
Do you want a fulfilling career where you get to be 100% creative and make a great living doing only what you're great at for the people you love being around? Who doesn’t! Here’s a great case study on how to get there. In this episode, Fashion and Body Positivity YouTuber Sierra Schultzzie shares her passion and energy with us, along with the details on how she carved out her own niche and gained 380k subscribers along the way! “I make sure that as much as I put into the content, I also spend e...
Oct 18, 2018•50 min•Ep. 161
What do you think it takes to go from 0 to having 200k subscribers, influence, brand deals and doing what you love, all in record time? The rules to the game are simpler than you might imagine! In this episode, Fashion and Beauty YouTuber Amy Serrano makes it look super easy as she shares her secrets on her enormous growth in less than 2 years! “It doesn't matter if you mess up, every first video is SUPER cringy, just keep progressing and keep going.” Amy was working as a freelance wardrobe styl...
Oct 11, 2018•53 min•Ep. 160
How do you build a personal brand that truly fits who you are? In this episode, YouTuber, Podcast Host and Personal Branding Mentor Erin May Henry stops by to give you all the juicy details on connecting with your true, unique selves and making you shine! “Find that thing about you that is going to make you stand out, and there always is going to be something.” Erin is an Australian Personal Brand Building Rockstar! She started her YouTube channel in 2014 while she was studying Public Relations ...
Oct 04, 2018•55 min•Ep. 159
What do you do when you’re searching for content that represents you but you find none? You make it yourself! In this episode, beauty YouTuber, Michaela Davert, stops by to share her story and her experience growing her channel and getting huge press and her top tips on how you can stand out with your uniqueness! “I never came across a young woman with a disability and I thought why don’t I try to be that new face and change that?” Michaela started on YouTube in 2014. She stumbled onto makeup vi...
Sep 27, 2018•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 158
Are you stuck in YouTube burnout hell or want to know the best ways to avoid it? In this episode, Beauty YouTuber Sari Reanna joins us and shares the details of her YouTube career and how she navigated burnout and came out on top! “If you love what you’re doing, everything else is going to follow, everything else will fall into place.” Sari is a 23-year-old full-time YouTuber who created a name for herself on YouTube by sharing her struggles with severe acne. She lives in Edmonton, Canada with h...
Sep 20, 2018•53 min•Ep. 157
Never be left in the dark about branding your YouTube ever again! Influencer Branding Specialist Megan Acuna is here to take care of you, sharing everything you need to know to make yourself into a top-notch brand! She is also a bootcamper and in this episode, she answers a ton of audience-submitted questions as well. “Functional and readable is always better than pretty.” Before diving into YouTube, Megan’s first job out of college was as a Social Media Manager. Working at the company, she saw ...
Sep 13, 2018•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 156
Editing your videos can be scary, but we're here to your rescue! We’ve got you covered as lifestyle YouTuber and video editor, Emily Olson, steps in to save the day. In this episode, she shares the most important tips and tricks you need to know to make your videos stand way above the rest! “I want to tell people, don’t put that much pressure on yourself. A lot of YouTubers have a lot of help, as they should.” When Emily started on YouTube, she had aspirations of getting to the top of the makeup...
Sep 06, 2018•47 min•Ep. 155
Tune in for a huge announcement plus hear what Bootcamp alum have to say about their experiences with the Zero to Influence Bootcamp! Join the Zero to Influence Bootcamp ! Download your FREE guide: 6 Tools YouTubers Use to Get Thousands of Video Views Don't forget to join the YouTube Power Hour Podcast Facebook group for collaborations, YouTube advice, support and more! You can also follow me on Instagram...
Sep 02, 2018•43 min
Are you afraid of getting SUPER narrow with your niche? If you’re afraid you won’t find your audience, we’re crushing that myth today! Phone fashion YouTuber and Bootcamp alum, Kimbyrleigha, returns to share how she became the Pop Sockets Queen with 200k subscribers. “You don’t need to have hundreds of thousands of followers to have influence.” The last time Kimbyrleigha was on, she spoke about how she got started with YouTube as a creative outlet in 2015. She was only hoping to earn enough YouT...
Aug 30, 2018•59 min•Ep. 154
Are you just getting started on YouTube and have no idea how you’re going to convert your 20 subscribers into 50,000? No need to worry, we have the full scoop in our latest YouTube case study. Fashion and beauty YouTuber and Bootcamp alum, Sindhu, walks us through her explosive growth from 50 views per video to millions. “Once people find you and they think your content is good, they’re going to expect more from you, and you need to fulfil that.” Sindhu is a star student from the Zero to Influen...
Aug 23, 2018•49 min•Ep. 153
What does it really look like to go from 0 to 50k subscribers in 4 years? Between competing against many top channels in a tough niche, finding ideas that convert into views and building loyal relationships with complete strangers, what does it take to carve out a name for yourself on YouTube? Beauty & lifestyle YouTuber and Bootcamp alum Ashley Klaty shares her journey growing her channel and her biggest takeaways from the Zero To Influence Bootcamp. “You can always learn and benefit in som...
Aug 16, 2018•39 min•Ep. 152
The last time she was on she had 30,000 subscribers. Now she has over 400 thousand and its only been a year! Luxury & style YouTuber Shea Whitney shares the most impactful lessons from her rise to the top on YouTube while maintaining her sanity in a hectic world of family and a full-time job. “Fluffy is easy, but that’s not gonna get you results.” Since Shea started, she’s always tried to maintain a release schedule of 2-3 videos per week. As you can imagine, that isn’t easy when kids and a ...
Aug 09, 2018•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 151
When it comes to growing and optimizing your YouTube channel, there are few tools as well known and loved as Tubebuddy. Tubebuddy’s head of video production and community management Andrew Kan stops by to give all the details so you can crush it at YouTube using SEO. “YouTube wants to make you money… because when you make money, YouTube makes money.” YouTube SEO isn’t a buzzword you can ignore. When it comes to making serious growth, it starts by understanding that YouTube is a giant search engi...
Aug 02, 2018•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 150
If you’ve been thinking about what it takes to quit your full-time job and dominate at YouTube, look no further. Fashion YouTube maven & blogger Erica Louie is taking the industry by storm and she left her full-time job only 1 year ago! Learn all the details as she lays out her path from CPA to a queen of style. “What I thought to be a hindrance or a detour in my career path to YouTube, I found that it was like my destiny!” Erica was in full corporate trajectory mode before she got bit by th...
Jul 26, 2018•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 149
There’s something magical that happens when you’re connected to your purpose and you’re sharing it authentically with the world. Beauty YouTuber & ipsy Creator, Lynette Cenée, is proof of that -and her channel is exploding. On this episode, we get to know more about Lynette and how she went from a coincidental YouTuber to a beauty powerhouse! “The trick to the business: be a joy to be around, and easy to work with.” Lynette got her start on YouTube purely through serendipity. She was a makeu...
Jul 19, 2018•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 148
All your questions answered! Have you ever wanted to sit with a 10+ year YouTube veteran and ask them everything you could think of? This is it! On this episode, Emily Noel shares her wisdom by answering questions raised by the community. She covers everything from her recording schedule and structure, her business behind the scenes and her passion for makeup and beauty products! “You don’t have to be swayed by doing what everyone else is doing.” This is part 2 of the interview with Emily Noel. ...
Jul 12, 2018•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 147
Have you ever wished you had the wisdom of YouTube powerhouse? On this episode, Emily Noel shares how she got into YouTube and stayed on top in the beauty & makeup niche consistently for over 10 years, gaining almost 1 million subscribers. This is part 1 of a 2-part series, and we cover everything! “Be very in tune with who you are and what makes you special, and stick with it.” When Emily Noel started on YouTube in 2007, it was a fun hobby that helped her to blow off steam after a long day ...
Jul 05, 2018•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 146
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Jul 03, 2018•20 min
What comes to mind when you hear ‘Network Marketing’? If selling from a place of authenticity, and being surrounded by a caring and cheering community didn’t come up for you, you’ll want to listen to this. In today’s episode, Carol Yeh-Garner shares her passion for selling without being salesy and her journey from worker to network marketing boss! “The more successful our team members are, the more successful we are.” While growing her HypnoBirthing practice, Carol was searching for all-natural ...
Jun 28, 2018•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 145
Bonus episode of the podcast! I just had to hop on a give my thoughts on the new IGTV. Looking to grow your YouTube channel? Add your name to the Zero to Influence YouTube Bootcamp! Join the Facebook group to get in on the conversation and share your thoughts on IGTV!
Jun 26, 2018•31 min
Is there anything more exciting than building a business and a brand on your own terms? Being able to connect authentically with your tribe and make a successful living while you’re at it is the dream, and you’re going to want to hear from this lady boss who is living it. On this episode, Australian fitness YouTuber Sarah’s Day shares her entire journey and her best advice for growing your online empire as an influencer! “Your vibe attracts your tribe. If you have a good, authentic, transparent ...
Jun 21, 2018•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 144
How do you negotiate with brands the right way, and get deals that others won’t? You’re going to want to listen to this episode to get all the info. Aliza Freud, American Express executive of 10 years, turned Founder of SheSpeaks, dishes the inside scoop on how to successfully work with brands who want to do research and marketing through influencers. “You have to ask yourself - how valuable am I to a brand?” Aliza actually got into the influencer marketing business by accident. She first starte...
Jun 14, 2018•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 143
Are you thinking about starting your own business? What is the formula for success? How do you even start? Tune in as Maria Hatzistefanis, founder, and CEO, of skincare companies Rodial and Nip+Fab, shares her success story and lessons learned throughout her business journey. “Everyone is unique, and what you have, no one else has.” When Rodial launched their cult product, Snake Serum, the press quickly called the business an "overnight success." However, Maria had been toiling for 18 years, bui...
Jun 07, 2018•59 min•Ep. 142
How do you take your YouTube career to the next level? For Los Angeles-based content creator Asia Jackson, it’s by using the YouTube platform to speak about important social issues and to give representation to people who are mixed. As an African-American/Filipino, she has been able to use social media to create the #magandangmorenax movement, empowering mixed women of color to love the skin they are in. “Having an opinion separates you from everyone else.” As an actor, Asia first decided to sta...
May 31, 2018•59 min•Ep. 141
