Kevin Paffrath AKA 'Meet Kevin' is a finance YouTuber with ~2M subscribers.

0:00 → Preview

1:01 → Intro

1:33 → Meet your co-hosts

5:17 → Meet Kevin (interview starts)

11:20 → How Runescape influenced him

14:57 → Dealing with dark moments

23:29 → Running for governor

27:51 → Why he keeps going back to school

32:46 → Why he still live streams on his channel

35:05 → Uploading 6 videos a day

42:42 → Diversifying where he reaches his audience

45:23 → The FTX lawsuit situation

50:35 → His content creator advice for people with jobs

53:13 → Wrap-up

Victoria Tran is the Community Director at Innersloth, known for its social deduction game 'Among Us', which went viral during the pandemic — partly thanks to streamers on Twitch!

She’s also a speaker and a writer on the topic of community management in the games industry, and was on the Forbes 30 under 30 list in 2022.

We spoke to her about her origin story, how she grew the Among Us TikTok page to over 4 million followers, and what it was like to play in one of the most successful live streams in Twitch history.

Victoria's links:

- Website: https://www.victoriatran.com/

- Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheVTran

- 'Among Us' TikTok Strategy Deep Dive: https://youtu.be/ORyofuPlvJ4?si=vqlkl0jecuMi3lUg

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Inside The Creator's Studio is an origin story podcast about the world’s best video content creators. It's hosted by ⁠Katie Kane⁠⁠ &⁠ ⁠Mo Akif⁠⁠.

Tune in wherever you get your podcasts, or on our YouTube channel.

Chapters:

00:00 — Preview

00:52 — Intro

01:24 — Meet your hosts!

03:48 — Meet Victoria

11:33 — The origin story of Among Us

15:03 — How Twitch helped Among Us

19:12 — Building successful communities

24:15 — Replying to negative comments

27:21 — Growing their TikTok to 4 million

32:17 — Jimmy Fallon (behind the scenes)

37:30 — The future of Innersloth

40:54 — Final words

You know Hannah Williams of Salary Transparent Street from her short-form street interviews raising awareness about salary transparency.

We spoke to her about her origin story, the behind-the-scenes of her street interviews, and how she handles brand deals — including why she rejects most of them.

This episode is brought to you by⁠ ⁠StreamYard⁠⁠. To record your own remote podcast, visit⁠ https://streamyard.com/podcast

Inside The Creator's Studio is an origin story podcast about the world’s best video content creators. It's hosted by ⁠Katie Kane⁠⁠ &⁠ ⁠Mo Akif⁠⁠.

Tune in wherever you get your podcasts, or on ⁠our YouTube channel.

Chapters:

00:00 — Preview

00:51 — Intro

01:24 — Meet your hosts!

04:13 — Meet Hannah!

10:02 — Salary Transparency

20:16 — How Transparency Affects Your Income

28:14 — Navigating Brand Partnerships

35:15 — Equity in Employment

38:38 — Pay Inequality in Sports

42:51 — Job Negotiation and Content Creation

51:16 — Street Interview Strategies (and Safety!)

57:44 — What's Next for Hannah Williams

1:05:37 — Secrecy in The Creator Economy

1:08:50 — Final words

Latasha James is a marketing expert and the host of the Freelance Friday Podcast.

Katliente is a partnered Twitch streamer who shares streaming advice on TikTok to over 500k followers.

We spoke to her about going full-time as a creator, how to grow on Twitch, and how she grew her TikTok to 500k.

This episode is brought to you by⁠ ⁠StreamYard⁠⁠. To record your own remote podcast, visit⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://streamyard.com/podcast⁠⁠⁠

Inside The Creator's Studio is an origin story podcast about the world’s best video content creators. It's hosted by ⁠Katie Kane⁠⁠ &⁠ ⁠Mo Akif⁠⁠.

Tune in wherever you get your podcasts, or on ⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠. New episodes air every other Monday!

Feel free to leave us a review here, or comment on the video version on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠.⁠⁠ You can also ⁠⁠⁠⁠leave us a voice message.⁠⁠

Timestamps:

Mike Vardy is a productivity expert and host of the podcast “A Productive Conversation”.

We spoke to him about night owl productivity, why he pivoted from a short-form solo podcast to a long-form interview podcast, and how he grew his podcast to over 6 million downloads.

Feel free to leave us a review here, or comment on the video version on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠.⁠⁠ You can also ⁠⁠⁠leave us a voice message.⁠⁠

00:00 - Preview

Mike Russell is a world-class audio producer. He’s an Audio Mentor for Adobe and the creative director of an audio production services company called Music Radio Creative. He also runs a YouTube channel with over 300K subscribers, where he teaches audio production.

Feel free to leave us a review here, or comment on the video version on ⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠.⁠⁠ You can also ⁠⁠leave us a voice message.⁠

00:00 - Preview

00:30 - Intro

02:15 - Rapid-fire questions

10:03 - His origin story

13:06 - Radio vs Podcasting and Adobe Involvement

16:27 - YouTube Strategy and Embracing AI Evolution

25:47 - Engage in Comment Sections, Start Voiceover Company

35:07 - AI Voices in Voiceover Industry

41:03 - Expanding a Voiceover Business

52:52 - Human Creativity and AI in Audio

58:05 - Final words

Marcus Jones is an expert on YouTube growth who helps over 150K creators grow their channels.

Feel free to leave us a review here, or comment on the video version on ⁠⁠⁠YouTube.⁠⁠ You can also ⁠leave us a voice message.

Becca Farsace won an Emmy AND a Webby for her videos at The Verge — a tech news publication with over 3M subscribers on YouTube. There, she hosts a series for them called Full Frame, which is all about cameras.

Feel free to leave us a review here, or comment on the video version on ⁠⁠YouTube.⁠ You can also leave us a voice message.

Rob Greenlee has been podcasting for over 20 years and held leadership positions in the podcast software industry at companies like Microsoft, Spreaker, and Libsyn.

We spoke to him about the history of podcasting as a medium, the benefits of live streaming your podcast, and the rise of video podcasting.

This episode is brought to you by ⁠StreamYard⁠. To record your own remote podcast, visit ⁠streamyard.com/podcast⁠.

'Inside The Creator's Studio' is an origin story podcast about the world’s best video content creators hosted by Katie Kane⁠ & ⁠Mo Akif⁠. Tune in wherever you get your podcasts, and feel free to leave us a review or comment on the video version on ⁠YouTube. Or leave us a voice message through Spotify.