Creator Science with Jay Clouse

Mike Michalowicz is the author of Profit First, which is used by hundreds of thousands of companies across the globe to drive profit – Creator Science is one of those companies. Profit First has helped me develop sound financials for my business.

He’s also the author of Clockwork, a powerful method to make any business run on automatic, and seven other books as well.

With more than 500,000 book sales, all of Mike’s books have the same goal – to help small business owners and eliminate what he calls “entrepreneurial poverty.” Simon Sinek has called Mike “…the top contender for the patron saint of entrepreneurs.”

This conversation is divided into halves:

The first half explores Mike’s unique model as an author. For each book Mike writes, he partners with a third party to license the frameworks from his books and serve as the done-for-you service provider. This is super uncommon and part of why he’s been so prolific while running a very lean team. So we dig into how that works (and what he’d do differently if he were starting over today).

The second half of the conversation is all about writing books. Mike has published nine books since 2008 – including 7 in the last 8 years. So we dig into how he determines what ideas to turn into books and how to write them so quickly.

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Garrett Kennell is the Chief Creative Officer for - and husband to - Michelle Khare. Garrett has been working on the channel since Michelle’s very first video all the way back in 2016.

Since that first video, their channel has grown to nearly 5 million subscribers and has over 740 million views, making it one of the most intense and complicated productions YouTube has ever seen. Their secret? They have a process for everything.

In this episode, Garrett breaks some of those processes down, including brainstorming, decision-making, and how YOU can start to make bigger, better videos at any scale.

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TIMESTAMPS

(00:00) The Most Insane Production on YouTube

(01:33) How Michelle Khare’s Channel Evolved

(07:14) How Much a Michelle Khare Video Costs

(10:19) Grow Your Podcast With Spotify

(11:36) Bono’s Six Thinking Hats

(17:43) Getting Rejected

(21:20) Thinking Big

(23:51) How Challenge Accepted Gets Made

(29:23) Making Content for Impact

(32:34) When is Something Done?

(34:07) Where Do Things Go Wrong?

(39:44) Systems and Processes

(43:48) Getting Sponsors

(48:55) Advice to Grow Quickly

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Dan Andrews founded the Dynamite Circle and Dynamite Jobs and is now a repeat guest. Dan was first on the show in episode #32 in November 2020.

I've been listening to Dan's podcast, Tropical MBA, since 2014, and that was 5 years after they started. Tropical MBA started as a podcast for location-independent entrepreneurs and has grown into a thriving global community. The Dynamite Circle is a paid membership community that Dan and his partner, Ian, built from the podcast's success. It has more than 1,000 members, dozens of local meetups, and 5 signature events throughout the year; the Dynamite Circle has continued to innovate as a member-led community.

This is a 2 part episode. The second half of this conversation can be found on Dan's podcast, Tropical MBA, and will be released on Thursday.

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YouTubers keep a lot of secrets, but that's not really my style.

So last week, I asked my audience for questions that creators are typically too afraid to answer. How much does this channel make? What are my politics? And how much time do I actually spend working?

In this video, my producer, Conor, and I answer all these questions and more with complete transparency.

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TIMESTAMPS

(0:00:00) How Much Does a 100K Channel Make?

(0:02:26) What Does a 100K Channel Charge for Brand Deals

(0:09:25) AdSense and Brand Deals Are Overhyped

(0:13:09) Pros and Cons of Talking About Politics

(0:21:01) The Biggest Threat to the Channel

(0:23:08) Most YouTubers Aren’t As Successful As You Think

(0:28:26) Downsides of Being a Parent and a YouTuber

(0:33:21) How Much Does a YouTuber ACTUALLY Work?

(0:38:02) Promoting Products You Don’t Believe In

(0:44:06) Is the Creator Economy Eating Itself?

(0:49:34) Hidden Gems You Should Watch

(0:55:08) Why Are YouTubers Secretive?

(0:59:53) Don’t Listen to This Common Growth Advice

(1:04:22) How to Spot Fake Gurus

(1:08:50) YouTubers Who Lie to Their Audience

(1:11:20) Trends That Will Die Quickly

(1:14:29) Parasocial Relationships

(1:20:15) When a Channel Dies

(1:22:23) How Long to Get to $8k/month in Revenue

(1:24:48) Maintaining Relationships As You Get Older

(1:30:11) The Right Way to Raise Prices

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Natasha Willis is the woman behind the conversational marketing agency School of Bots, which has generated over $70,000,000 for clients like Tori Dunlap, Jenna Kutcher, and even Facebook.

In this episode, Natasha reveals how you can use automated direct messages to grow your email list, how to generate more revenue, and her secrets on how to increase your organic reach on Instagram.

@natashatwillis → message “JAY”

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TIMESTAMPS

(00:00) The Chatbot Queen

(01:04) What is Conversational Marketing

(02:28) Conversational Marketing Platforms

(04:40) Understanding the Customer Journey

(10:22) DM Automation Tools

(14:20) Can You Tell it’s Not a Real Person?

(18:33) What To Do Before You Get Started

(24:14) Does Follower Count Matter?

(25:41) Inflated Follower Counts

(30:41) The 3 Types of Instagram Posts to Grow

(35:34) $400K in 4 Months Strategy

(43:29) Simplify to Amplify

(45:43) Use Cases for DM Automation

(49:28) Using Instagram Stories

(53:47) What You Do Next

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Richard van der Blom is the founder of Just Connecting, a social selling and LinkedIn training consultancy based in the Netherlands. And with nearly 200,000 followers on LinkedIn, he's one of the most respected voices on the platform.

Richard was really early to LinkedIn. And as his own reach grew, he started getting a lot of questions about how to best use the platform.

5 years ago, Richard started creating an annual LinkedIn algorithm insights research report. This thing is a gold mine of data driven observations about how different aspects of LinkedIn are working and even how they are trending compared to the year before.

In this episode you'll learn

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Read the 2024 LinkedIn Algorithm Report

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