Brand Risk Podcast

From viral internet sneaker reviewer, known for his “Here’s What They Look Like On Feet” meme, to Bored Ape Yacht Club owner. Franalations takes us through his collecting journey and gives us the inside scoop on what an NFT is, and why you SHOULD CARE before it's TOO LATE.

Brand Risk Clips Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpesjs3qHT8IHdg3_rKPy2g
Brand Risk Vlogs: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT740TGslTDW3-C0teYTbdw
Podcast Socials:
https://twitter.com/BrandRiskGG
https://www.instagram.com/brandriskgg/
https://www.tiktok.com/@brandrisk

Find Franalations at his socials:
https://twitter.com/franalations23
https://www.instagram.com/franalations/
https://www.youtube.com/user/franalations

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https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/brand-risk-podcast/id1548242427

Podcast Hosts:
Arab - https://twitter.com/YourFellowArab
Edwin - https://twitter.com/Edwiin

PODCAST MOMENTS
0:00 - Intro
1:01 - The Start of Web3
5:34 - Owning the Rights to Your NFT
9:38 - Can NFTs Be Rug Pulled
24:32 - Getting Rug Pulled
28:32 - The Start of Franalations 
32:11 - How to Find Good NFT Projects
34:59 - Why Most NFTs are on the Ethreum Network
40:27 - Is it too Late to Buy NFTs
48:25 - Finding the Next Trend
52:42 - Are Prices Inflated
54:46 - Almost Buying 1000 Bored Apes
59:15 - What is Minting an NFT
1:04:01 - Ethereum Gas Fees 
1:07:27 - Favourite Collectable
1:11:32 - Fundamentals to an NFT Project
1:18:01 - SneakerPunkz by Franalations
1:21:44 - Ripping Off Other People’s Work
1:30:19 - Outro

The Mr. Beast of Fortnite???

Brand Risk Clips Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpesjs3qHT8IHdg3_rKPy2g
Brand Risk Vlogs: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT740TGslTDW3-C0teYTbdw
Podcast Socials:
https://twitter.com/BrandRiskGG
https://www.instagram.com/brandriskgg/
https://www.tiktok.com/@brandrisk

Find Melt at his socials:
https://twitter.com/lg_melts
https://youtube.com/user/bennettisdaman123
https://instagram.com/bennett.melt/


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https://open.spotify.com/show/04vtsIZrVvG9EyOvFGCYeZ?si=sIkErUTfRGqMV5AbMqF_1g
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/brand-risk-podcast/id1548242427

Podcast Hosts:
Arab - https://twitter.com/YourFellowArab
Edwin - https://twitter.com/Edwiin

PODCAST MOMENTS
0:00 -  Intro
4:06 - Reviving Channel
14:16 - Melt’s YouTube Banner
19:16 - Shifted Content
24:54 - Mr. Beast’s Impact on YouTube 
30:12 - Coming up with a Video
34:57 - Arab IRL Streaming
41:23 - Channel Dying
49:43 - Fast Pace Content
56:02 - Streamers with YouTube Channels
1:04:47 - Choosing YouTube over a Girlfriend
1:13:45 - Joining LG
1:16:05 - Building a Team 
1:23:58 - How He got the Name Melt
1:25:27 - Outros

Karim Jovian is an ex-YouTube prankster known for his social experiments and pranks. From dominating YouTube to dominating Facebook, today, Karim is one of the largest FB creators on the platform amassing hundreds of millions of views a month.

Brand Risk Clips Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpesjs3qHT8IHdg3_rKPy2g
Brand Risk Vlogs: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT740TGslTDW3-C0teYTbdw
Podcast Socials:
https://twitter.com/BrandRiskGG
https://www.instagram.com/brandriskgg/
https://www.tiktok.com/@brandrisk

Find Karim Jovian at his socials:
https://twitter.com/KJovian
https://www.instagram.com/karimjovian/
https://www.youtube.com/c/AreWeFamousNow/videos
https://www.facebook.com/KJovian
https://www.twitch.tv/KarimJovian

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https://open.spotify.com/show/04vtsIZrVvG9EyOvFGCYeZ?si=sIkErUTfRGqMV5AbMqF_1g
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/brand-risk-podcast/id1548242427

Podcast Hosts:
Arab - https://twitter.com/YourFellowArab
Edwin - https://twitter.com/Edwiin

PODCAST MOMENTS
0:00 - Intro
2:00 - Posting Content on FaceBook
11:30 - Getting Stopped in Airports
19:01 - Facing Hate for Being Arab
24:50 - Making Muslim Content
32:17 - Arab Contributions to Society
40:18 - Middle Eastern Parents Approval
46:29 - Facebook Pays More than YouTube
52:08 - Having the Alias Arab
58:04 - Being an Arab
1:05:50 - Marrying a White Women
1:10:20 - Future Plans
1:16:56 - Outro

Surfnboy is a mobile gamer who has found MASSIVE success in the YouTube Shorts space. Despite what many think, short form content isn't just mindlessly recording a 15 second reaction, but rather hours on hours of research to pinpoint a viral upload; Today, he tells us how he does it.

Brand Risk Clips Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpesjs3qHT8IHdg3_rKPy2g
Brand Risk Vlogs: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT740TGslTDW3-C0teYTbdw
Podcast Socials:
https://twitter.com/BrandRiskGG
https://www.instagram.com/brandriskgg/
https://www.tiktok.com/@brandrisk

Find Surfnboy at his socials:
https://twitter.com/Surfnboy
https://www.twitch.tv/surfnboy/
https://www.tiktok.com/@surfnboyy
https://www.instagram.com/surfnboy/

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https://open.spotify.com/show/04vtsIZrVvG9EyOvFGCYeZ?si=sIkErUTfRGqMV5AbMqF_1g
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/brand-risk-podcast/id1548242427

Podcast Hosts:
Arab - https://twitter.com/YourFellowArab
Edwin - https://twitter.com/Edwiin
PODCAST MOMENTS
0:00 - Intro
2:07 - YouTube Shorts
6:49 - Channel Dying
9:36 - YouTube Shorts Strategies
16:39 - Shorts Monetization
19:06 - Views Conversion to Subs
29:49 - Being a Mobile Gamer
31:47 - Instagrams Getting Banned
39:06 - Instagram Reels
42:14 - Coming from a High Middle-Class Family
49:12 - Dropping Out of College
54:21 - Affording Super Cars
1:00:06 - Snapchat Spotlight
1:04:20 - Buying Software Subscriptions
1:09:25 - Future Plans

JakobLK, the founder of Astralis talks about their risky transition into Competitive Fortnite; & Why CS:GO's #1 Team is going against the grain by diving into Comp Fortnite 4 years late. The Common Consensus by most major Esports teams is that there's no money to be made, but what do they know that we don't? 

Brand Risk Clips Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpesjs3qHT8IHdg3_rKPy2g
Brand Risk Vlogs: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT740TGslTDW3-C0teYTbdw
Podcast Socials:
https://twitter.com/BrandRiskGG
https://www.instagram.com/brandriskgg/
https://www.tiktok.com/@brandrisk

Find JakobLK at his socials:
https://twitter.com/JakobLK

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https://open.spotify.com/show/04vtsIZrVvG9EyOvFGCYeZ?si=sIkErUTfRGqMV5AbMqF_1g
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/brand-risk-podcast/id1548242427

Podcast Hosts:
Arab - https://twitter.com/YourFellowArab
Edwin - https://twitter.com/Edwiin

PODCAST MOMENTS
0:00 - Intro
1:53 - Becoming a Public Company
5:46 - Entering Fortnite
16:44 - Signing a Th0masHD
21:31 - Being a Brand Risk in an Org
27:26 - Future of Astralis Fortnite
34:03 - Owning a Media Company
37:15 - Astralis Expanding into Other Regions
40:08 - Outro

Arab finally took the leap our of gaming and into IRL streaming, but what went into it? Edwin Interviews Arab today.

Brand Risk Clips Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpesjs3qHT8IHdg3_rKPy2g
Brand Risk Vlogs: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT740TGslTDW3-C0teYTbdw
Podcast Socials:
https://twitter.com/BrandRiskGG
https://www.instagram.com/brandriskgg/
https://www.tiktok.com/@brandrisk

❤️WE'RE ON SPOTIFY & APPLE PODCASTS❤️
https://open.spotify.com/show/04vtsIZrVvG9EyOvFGCYeZ?si=sIkErUTfRGqMV5AbMqF_1g
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/brand-risk-podcast/id1548242427

Podcast Hosts:
Arab - https://twitter.com/YourFellowArab
Edwin - https://twitter.com/Edwiin

PODCAST MOMENTS
0:00 - Intro
1:36 - Car Accident
6:08 - IRL Backpack Breaking
14:43 - Bodyguards in LA
23:09 - Airbnb Disaster
29:33 - Complex Con & West Coast Customs
36:07 - Twitch Bans
39:18 - Ferris Wheel Kiss
45:29 - Dealing with Hate
53:06 - Merch and Watching Police Arrests
57:40 - Going to Cleveland
1:03:09 - Cost of Changing Content 
1:11:09 - Outro

Eric Wei is the founder of Karat, a credit card for creators. Most financial institutions don’t understand how young creators are making $100,000 and refuse to give them credit cards, this card checks your follower count instead!

Brand Risk Clips Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpesjs3qHT8IHdg3_rKPy2g
Brand Risk Vlogs: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT740TGslTDW3-C0teYTbdw
Podcast Socials:
https://twitter.com/BrandRiskGG
https://www.instagram.com/brandriskgg/
https://www.tiktok.com/@brandrisk

Find Eric Wei at his socials:
https://www.instagram.com/trykarat/
https://www.trykarat.com/
https://twitter.com/trykarat

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https://open.spotify.com/show/04vtsIZrVvG9EyOvFGCYeZ?si=sIkErUTfRGqMV5AbMqF_1g
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/brand-risk-podcast/id1548242427

Podcast Hosts:
Arab - https://twitter.com/YourFellowArab
Edwin - https://twitter.com/Edwiin

PODCAST MOMENTS
0:00 - Intro
1:08 - Importance of Building Credit
8:39 - Types of Cards
14:43 - Credit Card Interest
21:16 - Start-Up of Karat
29:11 - Why Choose Karat
40:10 - Karat Competing
46:43 - Marketing 
52:38 - Social Media Perks of Karat 
59:35 - Twitch Co-Founder Investor
1:04:32 - Joining Karat
1:06:42 - Why Use a Credit Card Over a Debit Card
1:10:37 - Qualifications to Get a Karat Credit Card
1:12:36 - Outro

Justicul talks about his slow decline to irrelevancy as a Fortnite Creator & how he was able to revive his previously dead YouTube Channel by taking a calculated risk


Brand Risk Clips Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpesjs3qHT8IHdg3_rKPy2g
Brand Risk Vlogs: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT740TGslTDW3-C0teYTbdw
Podcast Socials:
https://twitter.com/BrandRiskGG
https://www.instagram.com/brandriskgg/
https://www.tiktok.com/@brandrisk

Find Justicul at his socials:
https://twitter.com/tjusticul
https://www.youtube.com/c/Justicul

❤️WE'RE ON SPOTIFY & APPLE PODCASTS❤️
https://open.spotify.com/show/04vtsIZrVvG9EyOvFGCYeZ?si=sIkErUTfRGqMV5AbMqF_1g
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/brand-risk-podcast/id1548242427

Podcast Hosts:
Arab - https://twitter.com/YourFellowArab
Edwin - https://twitter.com/Edwiin

PODCAST MOMENTS
0:00 - Intro
1:22 - Journey on YouTube
9:54 - Staying Relevant in the Same Niche
13:22 - Reviving a Dead Channel
19:22 - Why Massive YouTubers Stopped Posting
23:15 -YouTube Advice
31:55 - NFT Promotion Scams
58:26 - Value in Digital Goods
1:06:53 - Fear of Missing Out in Crypto
1:23:55 - Outro

Rizwan failed 9 YouTube Channels over 6 Years before he came across the gold mine he owns today known as Gamers React, a channel inspired by DDOI where he compiles the most entertaining gaming clips of the day in an entertaining fashion. But how did it all start, and who is the man behind the personality free channel?

Brand Risk Clips Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpesjs3qHT8IHdg3_rKPy2g
Brand Risk Vlogs: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT740TGslTDW3-C0teYTbdw
Podcast Socials:
https://twitter.com/BrandRiskGG
https://www.instagram.com/brandriskgg/
https://www.tiktok.com/@brandrisk

Find Rizwan at his socials:
https://twitter.com/RizzyPOW
https://instagram.com/rizzypow

❤️WE'RE ON SPOTIFY & APPLE PODCASTS❤️
https://open.spotify.com/show/04vtsIZrVvG9EyOvFGCYeZ?si=sIkErUTfRGqMV5AbMqF_1g
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/brand-risk-podcast/id1548242427

Podcast Hosts:
Arab - https://twitter.com/YourFellowArab
Quick - https://twitter.com/Edwiin

PODCAST MOMENTS
0:00 - Intro
2:35 - COVID Blow Up
7:02 - Changing his Voice
10:16 - Changing Channels
15:28 - How He Started
23:33 - Running a Minecraft Clips Chanel
31:07 - A Different Side of YouTube Creators
39:22 - Day in a Life
46:24 - Failing Channels
53:23 - Can Dead Channels Still Get Views
1:02:01 - Demonetization
1:12:54 - Getting Shadowbanned
1:17:21  - YouTube Tags and Algorithm
1:28:15 - Being Happy with the Content You Make
1:32:37 - How Much Money Rizwan Makes
1:38:20 - Advice
1:43:50 - Outro

After winning 2 FNCS Titles in the Oceanic Region, Muz risked it all & flew out to the United States in order to prove himself. With his reputation on the line & many doubting his ability to compete on a more difficult region; Muz proved the haters wrong by becoming the first & only Multi-National FNCS Champion with titles on multiple regions.

Brand Risk Clips Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpesjs3qHT8IHdg3_rKPy2g
Brand Risk Vlogs: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT740TGslTDW3-C0teYTbdw
Podcast Socials:
https://twitter.com/BrandRiskGG
https://www.instagram.com/brandriskgg/
https://www.tiktok.com/@brandrisk

Find Muz at his socials:
https://twitter.com/MuzFN
https://www.twitch.tv/muzz
https://www.youtube.com/muzzfn

❤️WE'RE ON SPOTIFY & APPLE PODCASTS❤️
https://open.spotify.com/show/04vtsIZrVvG9EyOvFGCYeZ?si=sIkErUTfRGqMV5AbMqF_1g
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/brand-risk-podcast/id1548242427

Podcast Hosts:
Arab - https://twitter.com/YourFellowArab
Edwin - https://twitter.com/Edwiin

PODCAST MOMENTS
0:00 - Intro
1:13 - Parent’s Opinion
5:18 - Moving to NA
7:30 - Joining TNA
12:37 - Trioing with Bugha and Mero
16:48 - Toxicity in the Fortnite Community
21:52 - How Muz Started Gaming
27:17 - Are Zens Bannable?
34:25 - Why Streaming Won Muz FNCS
39:55 - Fortnite Skill Gap
45:23 - AussieAntics Blow Up
49:47 - Outro