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September 09 One Sentence That Makes People Buy
There's one sentence that explains why people buy from some creators... and completely ignore others.

It's not a funnel. It's not a hook formula. It's one sentence, and it's been sitting in a book since way before any of us started posting.

Fonzi brought it to me on a Friday afternoon and would not tell me what it was ahead of time (which, if you know him, is not normal).

Five parts. We're breaking down every single one.

And by the end you're going to know exactly what's missing from your messaging... and why people keep saying "this is great" and then never buying.

Let's go.

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Chapters:
00:00 The one sentence nobody taught you
00:22 Fonzie's surprise topic (he never does this)
00:56 Unbound Boston + what we're bringing
01:22 Praxis update and the Australia result
02:46 Going back to the roots (the Russell Brunson audiobook)
04:06 The One Sentence Persuasion and where it actually came from
05:02 Meeting Russell and the fatherly advice question
05:32 Years of resistance to investing in ourselves
06:39 Reminded vs taught
08:06 What persuasion actually means
09:00 The full sentence, read out loud
09:44 Part 1 - Encourage their dreams
10:35 The drill, the hole, and the photograph
11:54 The wedding on a cruise (the OTF story)
13:05 Why we finally spent the money
13:34 Jess at the studio and the 40 minute conversation
14:35 How to find the dream (the questions to ask)
15:13 Part 2 - Justify their failures
15:16 The Steve Larsen event and the new opportunity
16:44 Empathy is the whole thing
17:29 The door to door friend
18:26 Where tough love still belongs
18:56 Part 3 - Allay their fears
19:27 Proof is how you calm a fear
19:45 Use stories, not statements
20:46 Fears and desires vs wants and frustrations
21:52 Part 4 - Confirm their suspicions
22:33 Build your objection list
23:47 Part 5 - Throw rocks at their enemies
24:44 The Yap Challenge and the AI slop enemy
25:22 What ClickFunnels was actually rebelling against
26:11 Our enemies (Content Momentum and the studio)
26:53 The Football Show experiment and Alexi Lalas
27:56 The exercise you should do this week
29:00 Bringing this into Business Creator Club
29:27 What Part 2 looks like (copy work and breakdowns)
30:16 Close

30 min
August 31 The 3 Jobs You Should Never Give AI
Lindsay Rosenthal has 50,000 followers on LinkedIn and makes content alongside OpenAI, HubSpot, Atlassian, Descript, and LinkedIn itself.
So when she told us she currently uses zero AI for her ideas... and stopped using it for her scripts and copy entirely... we stopped the conversation and made her explain.
What she said next is the whole episode. There's a specific reason AI can make you competent and almost never makes you the best, and once you hear it you can't unhear it.
We also got into the exact 30-day plan for someone sitting at 500 followers right now, why commenting is the most underrated sales activity on the internet, whether you should tell people you used AI, and the story of a guy who built a business on AI avatars and shut it down after a conference.
Oh, and Fonzie's back. He brought the Waffle House rule.
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Chapters:
00:00 What's coming in this episode
00:52 Fonzie's back and the LinkedIn queen is here
01:58 Boston, Unbound, and the AI talk we're doing together
02:25 Why LinkedIn is the platform nobody's posting on
03:39 Going all in on video before anyone else was
04:24 The six months before it worked
05:33 The system behind posting every single day
06:47 The content bank and the once-a-week film day
07:44 How she tells a good idea from a bad one
09:06 Fonzie's $5 filter
09:56 Creating content is a skill... and it's embarrassing at first
10:49 Our 45 days of Facebook Lives (we made it 15)
12:08 What changed when she started working with the AI companies
12:59 She uses zero AI for ideas
13:25 The exact way she uses AI on scripts and copy
15:02 Where AI actually belongs in ideation
16:00 Talking your way to ideas
16:33 MCP and why context is the real unlock
17:51 Fonzie's gap analysis for YouTube
20:23 The right way to use AI (and the laziest way)
21:00 The hot take: the jobs marketers gave AI
21:33 The fully AI episode we published
23:35 The junior editor experiment
25:19 The Football Show: 30 episodes, Claude, and Descript
26:28 Why Fonzie uninstalled it in one day
28:11 Should you disclose that you used AI?
29:11 The trust question nobody wants to answer
31:22 The handmade scarf
32:40 The AI avatar story that ended a business
34:32 AI is trained on the average of the entire internet
35:55 Fonzie's cooking rabbit hole
38:46 Why your skill level changes what "good" means
40:33 Case study: 500 followers, 30 days, go
41:08 Three pillars... content, comments, connections
43:02 Is all that commenting actually worth it?
43:43 The reframe: comments are outreach, not growth
44:37 The Waffle House rule
45:52 The soccer comment that got 200,000 views
48:13 Don't think about it as selling
48:38 Brand deals versus agency work
50:03 Inbound or outbound?
50:57 Boston, part two, and where to find Lindsay
53:19 Close

54 min
August 21 Why Your Profile Isn't Making Money (And How To Fix It)
Your content is working. Your profile is not.
Somebody watches your video. They like what you said. They tap your name... and then they decide in about three seconds whether you are worth their time.
Most experts never find out what happens in those three seconds.
This week Fonzie got on a call with a guy who is genuinely good at what he does. Real students. Real sales. Real proof behind him. His profile said almost none of it, and he had no idea he was losing people because of it. He has been leaking buyers for years without knowing.
So we broke the whole thing down on the show. What a prospect is actually looking for when they land on you. Why most profiles fail that test without the owner ever noticing. And how long it really takes to fix (a lot less than you think).
There is a 30 second exercise in the middle of this one. Grab your phone before you hit play.
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36 min
August 14 From Cold To Sold With This 3-Step Content Principle
Fonzi sent me a text on his drive home. One line.
"The reason we create content is to create trust. Trust generates demand."
And that text turned into this whole episode.
Because here's what most people get wrong... they think their content isn't working because the hook was weak. Or the framework was off. Or the template didn't convert.
It's not that.
There are three things underneath every piece of content that actually decides whether someone believes you. Miss one and it doesn't matter how good your edit is. Hit all three consistently and people show up to the call already ready to work with you.
We break down all three in this one, plus how to run your existing content through it like a filter and see exactly where you're leaking trust.
Also in this episode: the oil change story that explains niching better than any course, and the answer to "what if I don't have any proof yet."
👉 Free context document download + Golden Boulder Sessions: www.businesscreator.club

Chapters:
00:00 Hooks and frameworks won't save you
00:35 Praxis — buyer conversations in 120 days
02:11 Welcome back... Friday Hangouts
02:25 The text message that started this episode
03:30 Business Creator Club + Golden Boulder Sessions
05:00 The reason we create content is to create trust
05:11 How do you speed up trust?
06:15 The asterisk — it has to be genuine
08:53 The three circles
10:01 How the circles map to your sales funnel
10:55 Empathy — top of funnel
11:56 Describe the problem, they assume you have the solution
12:49 Knowing your who (and why we learned it late)
13:49 The Take 5 oil change story
15:51 Knowledge — middle of funnel
16:32 Catch Me If You Can — stay one step ahead
18:04 Knowledge is implementation, not information
19:35 Careful — the trap of chasing every opportunity
21:41 Your niche is the who and the what
22:37 The studio conversation that became a partnership
24:13 Competence — bottom of funnel
24:35 No proof yet? You are the proof
25:36 The beta results
26:37 Live demonstration as proof
27:57 What Amazon reviews teach you about buying
28:55 Do the work for free... then document it
30:06 How to use all three as a lens
32:03 Recap and close
32:17 Free context document + Golden Boulder Sessions
33:30 Boston, Unbound, and see you next episode
36 min
August 05 We are back! Are You a Slave to Your Own Content?
Fonzie is back.
And he came back with the thing every creator feels but nobody says out loud... "I already posted about this."
You wake up. You know you have to publish. The idea shows up. And then that voice: wait, I said this already. It's an exhausting loop, and it's the reason most people quit before the content ever works.
Here's what we get into: it started with a guitar lesson. Fonzie told his teacher he keeps falling into the same riff. The answer he got flipped the whole thing, and it connects straight back to one of the first phrases we ever coined on this show.
Then we break down three ways to deliver the same message without burning out. Customer journey. Angles. Formats.
Plus the real client ad we reviewed this week, the one metric that actually matters (it is not views), and the part nobody talks about... whether you and your team actually enjoy any of this.
Pick one. Run it 30 days.
👉 Free context documents and office hours: www.businesscreator.club

Chapters
00:00 Fonzie is back
00:52 45 days of daily episodes almost broke me
01:52 Do you feel like a slave to your content?
02:28 The guitar lesson with Dan Lopez
03:39 The pass you practiced a thousand times
04:19 You're the only one who hears 100% of your message
05:40 The three ways, previewed
06:07 Find the path with the least friction
08:19 One avatar, four entry points
10:18 The ad we reviewed yesterday (two ways to highlight one line)
13:11 Way 1: the customer journey
14:44 Break the journey into milestones
15:28 Why smaller problems build trust faster
16:19 The context document episodes (and what happened)
18:11 The decision tree: why, why, how
18:58 Way 2: angles
19:38 Contrarian, comparison, and everything between
20:46 Show and tell (the chef and the publishing pyramid)
22:18 Way 3: formats
22:55 Talking head is the hardest one to win with
23:27 The man on the street version of this episode
24:02 The experimentation bucket (1 out of every 5)
24:57 10,000 views and an empty inbox mean nothing
25:06 Nobody talks about this: you have to enjoy it
26:24 Let's have fun with this
26:52 What needs to be true for this to happen?
27:55 Recap: pick one, run it 30 days
28:24 Fonzie's case study group (5 spots)
31:07 The beta results: 500+ leads, 84 signups
33:30 Unbound by HubSpot, Boston, September
34:02 Friday office hours and the email I actually type myself
34:36 Interviews are coming back
35:00 Close
37 min
July 10 The Gap Between Your Idea and the Finished Thing Just Disappeared
Not that long ago, if you wanted to experience something creative... a song, a video, a piece of art... you had to wait for someone else to make it. You were a consumer. Today, that flipped. If you can imagine it, you can create it.
In this one I share the moment it clicked for me... a song that made my in-laws cry at their kitchen table, an affirmation track my kids now beg for in the car every single morning, and a soccer song my boys dreamed up in about five minutes. Then I get into what this actually means for your business... why creativity matters more now than it ever has, how the gap between "I have an idea" and "I made the thing" basically disappeared, and the 70% rule that changes the math on content forever.
And stick around till the very end. Because there's a surprise buried in this episode that could save you thousands of dollars... and honestly, you're not going to believe it until you hear it.
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15 min
July 03 The Comments You're Scared Of Are Growing Your Business
This morning I woke up to a flood of comments on our Football Show. Some were laughing with us. Some were insulting my accent, my English, my opinion on a soccer game.
And here's the part that doesn't make sense... that same show just crossed 100,000 views in 30 days.
The algorithm doesn't know the difference between love and hate. It only sees engagement.
For 400-plus episodes of Content Is Profit, I played it safe. Stayed in the middle. Meshed with everybody. This episode is about what happened when I stopped... and the fear that keeps most people from ever hitting publish.
I break down the two kinds of comments (and why your fear can't tell them apart), three reasons the hate is actually good for your business, and five things you can do to keep creating true to your message... even when your stomach drops.
Be you. Put it out there. The negative always comes... but so does the good.
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Chapters:
00:00 The fear that stops people from publishing
00:37 Why this is the #1 reason people never start
01:14 What I woke up to on the Football Show
02:22 100K views in 30 days... love vs hate is the same to the algorithm
03:02 400+ safe episodes, and why the middle never stands out
04:08 If you have a strong message, share it
04:48 The two kinds of comments (and why fear can't sort them)
05:54 They insulted my accent and my English
06:31 Belief 1 — reactions are the map
07:11 Belief 2 — if a comment shakes you, you didn't fully believe it
08:16 Belief 3 — staying true is a magnet AND a repellent
08:56 The fitness studio story (the angry ones were the cheaters)
10:37 How to actually do it... 5 moves
10:55 Move 1 — desensitize by reps, not by thinking
12:24 Move 2 — decide what you stand for before you publish
12:36 "It's called soccer." "No... it's football."
14:16 Move 3 — stop trying to be liked by everybody
15:18 Move 4 — read comments as data, not verdicts
16:52 Move 5 — don't take the hits alone
18:08 What's possible — stop watering down your message
19:06 The AI example — talk to the people you actually want
19:54 Found through the noise... they become superfans
20:44 Tied to your mission (something big we haven't announced)
21:18 Be you. Put it out there.

22 min
June 26 Can You Actually Grow a Podcast Without Ads? (What 10 Days of Daily Episodes Taught Us)
We ran a daily podcast for 12 days straight... and the numbers genuinely surprised me.

In this behind-the-scenes solo, I open up the actual dashboard on our newest passion project (a daily soccer show) and walk through what 12 days of high-volume content really did... on YouTube, with a budget most people would laugh at.

Then I get to the question everybody keeps asking me: can you grow a show fast without spending a fortune on ads?

The answer is yes. But there are two ways to pay for it... and most creators only ever try one.

I break down the paid move we tested first (it costs way less than you think), the four organic plays that have quietly grown this show for years, and the one mindset shift that changes how you look at every piece of content you publish.

If you've ever felt like you're posting into the void... this one's for you.

👉 Come build with us at www.businesscreator.club. Open Q&A every Friday at 12:30 ET.

Tune in and enjoy!

Chapters:
00:00 A behind-the-scenes episode
00:30 The daily podcast passion project
00:52 What we make every day (episode + 10 clips + 7 graphics)
01:19 The production rule: 1 hour in, 4 hours out
01:40 Why do a daily podcast at all?
03:46 The system: Descript + a Claude agent
04:25 The real question: can you grow without ads?
06:04 The numbers (12 days, YouTube only)
07:22 Move 1: YouTube Promotions (the $10 tactic)
10:03 "Vanity metrics?" Why subscriber count opens doors
10:58 The soccer franchise partnership story
12:17 Booking pro players because the channel grew
13:20 Recap + why retention is climbing
14:25 Why we wait to run ads (and what makes them flop)
15:43 The organic path (if you'd rather not spend)
17:00 Move 2: shout-outs, cross-promos + feed swaps
18:39 Move 3: network promos (build the relationship)
19:26 Move 4: newsletter placements (research what they consume)
20:20 Move 5: live events (plug your show)
21:46 Content is also product... put it in front of people
22:37 Close + join us at Business Creator Club
25 min
June 19 We Cut Our Content Production From 6 Hours to 40 Minutes (Here's the System)
This week I did something I've been telling people to do for years but had been too comfortable to try myself. I pushed for volume. A daily podcast. Ten clips a day. Twenty pieces of content across every platform. The kind of output that used to take my team six hours and three people.

So we ran an audit, rebuilt the entire thing with AI, and got it down to something I can run from the sideline of my kid's soccer practice.
In this episode I get into why we did it, the system we built, the tools we actually use, the problem we hit (one of them involves Messi and Ronaldo), and the early numbers that genuinely surprised me.

If you've been creating and not getting the results you want... this is the audit conversation you've been avoiding.

Build your context documents and join us inside Business Creator Club: www.businesscreator.club

Chapters:
00:00 Almost said the wrong show name
00:25 The Jenny Hoyos episode that started this
01:18 Selling "multipurposing" before clipping existed
02:24 The panel argument about posting volume
02:59 Why "it depends" is the real frequency answer
04:34 Why most people play it safe (capacity, not strategy)
05:11 It's not the content... it's the ecosystem
05:42 Where we've been dropping the ball (email)
06:37 Quick intro for new listeners
07:26 The case study: relaunching The Football Show
08:08 Going volume... daily podcast, 10 clips, 7 graphics
08:59 The audit: 6 hours, 2-3 people
09:06 Reverse engineering it with AI (Claude + Descript)
10:07 Recording to clips distributed in 40 minutes
10:44 The Messi and Ronaldo graphics problem
11:04 Find what excites you (or it won't work)
11:42 The room with billionaires
12:22 Audit yourself and your team
14:14 Inside the workflow... research to outline
15:37 Why we record directly in Descript
16:18 The QC and design handoff
17:09 Why we told an editor not to improvise (this time)
17:58 The publishing pyramid and the Six Levers
18:12 Distribution... $10 ad tests and the early numbers
19:04 TikTok clips hitting 16K-20K views
19:29 Audit your resources, then double your output
20:39 The math... $6K of production for $400
20:46 Close, office hours, and CTA

Tune in and enjoy!
23 min
June 12 She Got 1 Billion Views in 30 Days (The System Behind It)
A creator just did almost a billion views in 30 days. One month. I had to put my phone down.
But the number isn't the story. The story is what she built behind it... and the second I understood it, I saw the exact roadmap for what we're doing with The Football Show during the World Cup.
In this one I break down how Jenny Hoyos rebranded an 11-million-subscriber channel, why her views had to crater before they exploded, and the two moves that actually drive growth like this (most people only try the first one... and torch their team doing it).
Plus the soccer vlogger who posts a full video an hour after the final whistle, the Six Levers question we run almost every week inside Business Creator Club, and the volume experiment I just texted my team about (I'm a little nervous).
What are you doing today to challenge what you produce?
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Chapters:
00:00 The number first... a billion views
00:24 Why we've been quiet (the World Cup is coming)
00:52 Where this story came from
01:10 Meet Jenny Hoyos and the rebrand
01:48 From 1 video a day to 100
02:20 The machine behind the billion views
02:28 The "publish, publish, publish" burnout trap
03:03 Her team... 2 ideators, 2 editors, 1 strategist
04:06 The soccer vlogger who posts an hour after the whistle
05:02 The honest part... 1M views dropped to 50K
05:26 The home renovation analogy
05:36 The wrong takeaway vs the right one
06:18 The Six Levers... find your real constraint
07:16 The second unlock... document your real life
08:38 Frequency is the lever (the Kevin Hart analogy)
10:48 What we're trying with the World Cup
12:50 Build your own system... 3 steps
13:17 The coach with the 30-minute alarm
15:40 A callback to 45 Live
16:32 The plan... near-daily pods + a livestream a day
17:12 The challenge... find your track limits
18:02 Come build it with us
18:32 Close
19 min