WATCH Watch this episode on YouTube *** EPISODE DESCRIPTION Mariah Coz is the founder of Fearless CEO. Mariah teaches coaches, course creators, and CEOs strategies for growing a course company that is sustainable, impactful, and evergreen. In this episode, youll learn how Mariah thinks about pricing, how to design your high-ticket hybrid program, how to avoid sales calls, and why you may want to consider an evergreen offer. Full transcript and show notes Follow Mariah on Instagram / Twitter / Fa...
Jan 24, 2023•56 min•Ep 134•Transcript available on Metacast This week I have a REALLY transparent, audio-only episode of the podcast for you. Its a peek behind the curtain into The Lab, my private membership community. The Lab is about 160 creators all experimenting and growing together. Its genuinely my favorite place on the internet and Im blown away by the caliber of people who have chosen to join. Every month in The Lab, I record a 30-minute Retro. This is a solo video where I literally walk through my numbers for the month to show how Im making mone...
Jan 17, 2023•56 min•Ep 133•Transcript available on Metacast I was recently invited on the Bootstrapped Founder podcast, with Arvid Kahl. I actually interviewed Arvid on Creative Elements back in May 2022 (Episode #101) so it was fun to dive a bit deeper in this second round. We talk about making a living as a creator, how to choose great names for your projects, and lessons learned the hard way. You will learn about: How to develop discipline to fuel creativity Why executing on public promises creates more audience trust Why choosing an aligned brand nam...
Jan 10, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Transcript available on Metacast WATCH Watch this episode on YouTube *** EPISODE DESCRIPTION Natalie Ellis is the co-founder and CEO of bossbabe. bossbabe is a community of female entrepreneurs and it started on Instagram. Today, the bossbabe Instagram account has more than 3.5 million followers. In this episode, youll learn whats working TODAY on Instagram, how to make content that gets shared, how to turn your followers into email subscribers, and why you need to be open to change if youre building your business on Instagram....
Jan 03, 2023•55 min•Ep 132•Transcript available on Metacast WATCH Watch this episode on YouTube *** EPISODE DESCRIPTION Daniel Wall has 1.6M followers on TikTok and nearly 800K subscribers on YouTube all because of his short-form videos highlighting behind-the-scenes stories in music and entertainment. He's on a mission to inspire and educate the next generation of creators. In this episode, youll learn the most important ingredients to short-form success, Daniels framework for making attention-grabbing videos, the full process he goes through to make a ...
Dec 27, 2022•49 min•Ep 131•Transcript available on Metacast WATCH Watch this episode on YouTube *** EPISODE DESCRIPTION Sarah Renae Clark is a YouTuber who creates coloring books to help you overcome anxiety and create something you can be proud of. Recently, Sarah launched her newest product the Color Cube, a physical product that makes color selection easy and fun! With 250 color palettes as handy cards to help build your confidence in choosing colors that look good. The Color Cube had a $50,000 launch and currently generates about $200,000 per month! ...
Dec 20, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Ep 130•Transcript available on Metacast WATCH Watch this episode on YouTube *** EPISODE DESCRIPTION Hayden Hillier-Smith is an industry leader in online editing. He has edited for top-name talents like Logan Paul, Sam & Colby, Alex Wassabi and many more. In 2020, he won the Streamy for best editing. Today, Hayden is also the cohost of The Editing Podcast, publishing weekly videos about film editing. In this episode, youll learn where YouTube is heading, how to keep an audiences attention, how to hire an editor, and why Hayden doesnt b...
Dec 13, 2022•54 min•Ep 129•Transcript available on Metacast WATCH Watch this episode on YouTube *** EPISODE DESCRIPTION Neville Medhora is the creator of Copywriting Course and SwipeFile.com. Neville first flexed his copywriting skills by helping Noah Kagan write emails AppSumo, which led to their highest sales days ever. Neville created Copywriting Course in 2012 (then spelled "Kopywriting Kourse") and generated more than $2 million in course sales within two years. In this episode, youll learn how YOU can get better at copywriting, how Copywriting Cour...
Dec 06, 2022•57 min•Ep 128•Transcript available on Metacast Recently, I spoke with my friend Andrew Barry on The Learning Culture podcast, and we talked about all things community. If youve listened to this show for a while, you know that community is really important to me and also an area where I have a lot of experience having sold a community in the past and then also working with Pat Flynn and SPI last year. This episode is super tactical and specific about building community and some of the pitfalls to avoid. If youre interested in community-buildi...
Nov 29, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Transcript available on Metacast WATCH Watch this episode on YouTube *** EPISODE DESCRIPTION Daniel Murray is the creator ofThe Marketing Millennials, a podcast and newsletter focused on todays marketing leaders and tomorrows stars. Daniel is also a creator for Workweek and personally has 110,000 followers on LinkedIn. The Marketing Millennials Company page has more than 500,000. In this episode, youll learn how to use LinkedIn company pages well, some of the nuances that make your content stand out, when to use images vs. text...
Nov 22, 2022•48 min•Ep 127•Transcript available on Metacast WATCH Watch this episode on YouTube *** EPISODE DESCRIPTION Kayse Morris is the creator of The CEO Teacher and has helped thousands of other teachers break through the classroom glass ceiling. Kayse started selling her teaching resources from the kitchen table in 2013 after grappling with a four-year-long stint through deep (and I mean deep) postpartum depression. Today, The CEO Teacher is a multimillion dollar business. In this episode, youll learn how Kayse transitioned from selling digital pr...
Nov 15, 2022•59 min•Ep 126•Transcript available on Metacast I was recently asked to be a guest coach on a new show called the $10k Creator Podcast. The show follows Daren Smith on his journey to becoming a "10k creator" meaning 10,000 email subscribers and $10,000/mo in revenue. In this episode, I help talk Daren through what I believe his next steps should be. This is very similar to the calls I host every week inside The Lab! If you want to get this type of support yourself, consider joining us. Join The Lab Listen to the 10k Creator Podcast Follow Dar...
Nov 10, 2022•51 min•Transcript available on Metacast WATCH Watch this episode on YouTube *** EPISODE DESCRIPTION Jake Thomas is the writer of Creator Hooks. Creator Hooks is a newsletter dedicated to helping you write better YouTube titles by studying human psychology. I read this newsletter every week, and what I love about Jakes approach is that hes very data-driven. In this episode, youll learn how to research your own titles, how you can leverage human psychology to get views, some successful frameworks for titles, and why curiosity is the mos...
Nov 08, 2022•59 min•Ep 125•Transcript available on Metacast WATCH Watch this episode on YouTube *** EPISODE DESCRIPTION Nick Gray is the Founder of Museum Hack and author of The 2-Hour Cocktail Party. Nick moved to New York City with very few friends and less-than-stellar social skills. But Nick craved new relationships and exciting opportunities. He started hosting non-traditional partiesa move that opened doors he never could have imagined. Today, after hosting hundreds of 2-hour parties, he counts business owners, artists, and inspiring teachers among...
Nov 01, 2022•48 min•Ep 124•Transcript available on Metacast Andy J. Pizza is an illustrator. Sometimes he uses pictures. Like in his kids books, comics, and client work for the likes of The New York Times, Apple, or Nickelodeon. Sometimes he uses words. Like when hes making his podcast Creative Pep Talk. CPT consists of monologues on building a thriving creative practice and conversations with creative powerhouses like Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Abbi Jacobson, and Morgan Harper Nichols. His favorite way to illustrate ideas is with analogies and stories on sta...
Oct 27, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Transcript available on Metacast Hello my friend! Welcome to a short, audio-only episode of Creative Elements. First off, we're taking a break from uploading to YouTube this week. So I'll share a little bit behind the scenes for why that is (and why it's scary). Then we'll get into a 12-part framework for how YOU can become more consistent with publishing and hitting deadlines. This framework was first covered in my newsletter, Creator Science! If you don't already subscribe, I recommend you do below. Subscribe to Creator Scien...
Oct 25, 2022•37 min•Ep 123•Transcript available on Metacast WATCH Watch this episode on YouTube *** EPISODE DESCRIPTION Pat Flynn is the founder of Smart Passive Income as well as a bestselling author, serial entrepreneur, industry influencer, and startup advisor. Matt Gartland is the CEO of Smart Passive Income and a servant leader whose greatest joy comes from empowering other leaders, teams, and organizations to achieve their potential through sustainable growth. Smart Passive Income is a trailblazer in the entrepreneurial space, developing state-of-t...
Oct 18, 2022•51 min•Ep 122•Transcript available on Metacast WATCH Watch this episode on YouTube *** EPISODE DESCRIPTION Bryan Harris is the founder and CEO of Growth Tools, a monthly coaching service that makes it nearly impossible to fail at growing your online business. They combine proven growth playbooks with 1:1 coaching and peer support so youre never overwhelmed, stuck, or left wondering what to do next. Not only does Growth Tools offer a 100% refund, but he'll even give you $1,000 on top of that to hire another coach. In this episode, youll learn...
Oct 11, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Ep 121•Transcript available on Metacast WATCH Watch this episode on YouTube *** EPISODE DESCRIPTION Derek Sivers is a musician, producer, circus performer, entrepreneur, TED speaker, and book publisher. He's written four books including How To Live, Hell Yeah Or No, Your Music And People, and Anything You Want. He's also the founder of CD Baby the largest seller of independent music online, with $100 million in sales for 150,000 musicians.In 2007, Derek sold that business for $22 million almost all of which Derek donated to a charitab...
Oct 04, 2022•53 min•Ep 120•Transcript available on Metacast WATCH Watch this episode on YouTube *** EPISODE DESCRIPTION Omar Zenhom is co-founder and host of the award-winning The $100 MBA Show, which consistently ranks as a top business podcast in over 30 countries and has over 200 million downloads. As a former school teacher for over a dozen years, Omar decided to apply his natural passion for teaching and learning to the business world.Now, through The $100 MBA Show and his software company, WebinarNinja, Omar has made it his business to help others ...
Sep 27, 2022•57 min•Ep 119•Transcript available on Metacast WATCH Watch this episode on YouTube *** EPISODE DESCRIPTION Sahil Bloom is a writer, investor, and podcaster. Every week, his content reaches over 1 million people around the world. Sahil has nearly 700,000 followers on Twitter (@SahilBloom), 118,000 subscribers to his newsletter (The Curiosity Chronicle), a podcast (Where It Happens), and more. In this episode, we talk about Sahils rocketship Twitter growth, how he attracts the support of others, how hes changed his strategy as hes grown, and w...
Sep 20, 2022•48 min•Ep 118•Transcript available on Metacast WATCH Watch this episode on YouTube *** EPISODE DESCRIPTION Josh Spector is a marketing and business consultant who writes For The Interested, a newsletter for creative entrepreneurs with more than 20,000 subscribers. Josh also recently launched the I Want To Know podcast where Josh answers three questions from creative entrepreneurs to help them overcome their challenges and accomplish their goals. In this episode, we talk about how Josh has built his newsletter, the benefits, and challenges of...
Sep 13, 2022•58 min•Ep 117•Transcript available on Metacast WATCH Watch this episode on YouTube *** EPISODE DESCRIPTION Sara Dietschy (rhymes with peachy) is a YouTuber and content creator based in Dallas, Texas. With over 835,000 subscribers on her self-titled channel, Sara creates and uploads docu-series, tech reviews and vlogs. Through her work, she explores the intersection of technology and creativity. Sara rocks the YouTube scene with her sincerity and a contagious zest for life. She's previously partnered with brands like Intel, AT&T, Logitech, Sa...
Sep 06, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Ep 116•Transcript available on Metacast WATCH Watch this episode on YouTube *** EPISODE DESCRIPTION Jason Sew Hoy is the cofounder and CEO of Supercast.He was previously COO & Chief Growth Officer at 99designs. Supercast is a podcast subscription platform for thousands of podcasters, networks, and publishers. Their top 10 podcasters earn $12+ million a year directly from their listeners. In this episode, we talk about Jasons path to Supercast, when a premium podcast subscription makes sense, how to create good incentives for subscribe...
Aug 30, 2022•54 min•Ep 115•Transcript available on Metacast WATCH Watch this episode on YouTube *** EPISODE DESCRIPTION Kat Norton energetically teaches Microsoft Excel to individuals, businesses, and educational institutions. Since launching Miss Excel in June 2020, she has grown a community of over 1,000,000 people on TikTok & Instagram (@miss.excel) through viral Excel trick videos infused with creativity, music, and dance. Kat was recently awarded the Microsoft MVP Award and has been featured in Business Insider, CNBC, and Entrepreneur Magazine as a ...
Aug 23, 2022•1 hr•Ep 114•Transcript available on Metacast EPISODE DESCRIPTION Hello my friend! Welcome to a short, special, audio-only episode of Creative Elements. First off I wanted to let you know that Ill be at Podcast Movement this week! If youre in Dallas for Podcast Movement 22, shoot me an email! Ill be speaking on Thursday at 1:15 and my session is called How to Build Your Own Podcast Discovery Engine with Twitter and Email. Its a breakdown of how Ive been using Twitter and email to grow this very show. AND, if you do find me, Ill give you a r...
Aug 22, 2022•9 min•Transcript available on Metacast WATCH Watch this episode on YouTube *** EPISODE DESCRIPTION Austin Belcak is the founder of Cultivated Culture, which people how to land jobs they love without traditional experience and without applying online. Austin has 1.3 million followers on LinkedIn and his posts have been viewed hundreds of millions of times. He's recently started investing time into Twitter, where he already has more than 50,000 subscribers. In this episode, we talk about Austins approach to content creation, what conte...
Aug 16, 2022•57 min•Ep 113•Transcript available on Metacast WATCH Watch this episode on YouTube *** EPISODE DESCRIPTION Thomas is a YouTuber, podcaster, and author who helps people become more capable and productive. His main YouTube channel has nearly 2.5 million subscribers and more than 160 million views! In 2020, Thomas began producing a lot of content about how to use Notion, a popular project management and note-taking software. But instead of publishing those videos on his existing channel, Thomas created a SECOND channel called Thomas Frank Expla...
Aug 09, 2022•1 hr•Ep 112•Transcript available on Metacast WATCH Watch this episode on YouTube *** EPISODE DESCRIPTION Chris is a legend in the creative world. He is an Emmy award-winning designer, director, CEO and Chief Strategist of Blind, a Brand Strategy Design Consultancy. Blind has worked with some incredible clients including MLB, Wells Fargo, Honda, Intel, Microsoft, NFL, Nike, Showtime, EA, Google, Audi, Sony, XBOX, Snapchat, and Riot Games. Chris is also the founder of The Futuran online education platform with the mission of teaching 1 billi...
Aug 02, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Ep 111•Transcript available on Metacast WATCH Watch this episode on YouTube *** EPISODE DESCRIPTION Polina Pompliano is the author of The Profile, which studies the most successful and interesting people and companies in business, entertainment, tech, sports, and more. The Profile is a paid newsletter. Before Polina was writing The Profile, she wrote for Fortune, USA Today, and CNN. Polina also has nearly 130,000 followers on Twitter and in order to write exceptional profiles, says she read 1.8 million words online last year the equiv...
Jul 26, 2022•52 min•Ep 110•Transcript available on Metacast