You may have heard the sayings, “the riches are in the niches” and “you’ve got to niche down”. So why it is so important to be laser focused on what you’re doing and how to do you figure out what your niche is? Today we’ll walk through the topic and talk about how John and I have both succeeded and struggled in finding our niches in different areas.

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Change is constant and staying ahead of the game is something we all strive for. Today we talk with our buddy David Picciuto who’s brand and online content business have changed quite a bit over the last 5 years. We discuss how David uses outside inspiration and a spirit of fun to keep his brand exciting and moving forward and how he hit his rhythm by honing in on the real goal for his channel and business.

David has grown an impressive business and is not only an online personality, but an author of two woodworking books and also one of the co-hosts on the making it podcast. His youtube channel has over 448k subscribers and over 35 million views! He’s also been published in a host of woodworking magazines, as he continues to grow his influence in the community.

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It’s time for another quarterly Q&A! As you hear us talk about every week, we have a Patron After Show where we answer questions from the MFP Patron Tribe on any and all topics they want to talk about. Each quarter we pick a handful of questions and answer them for the broader MFP Tribe as well.

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We’ve got an interview today with a guy who’s been crushing the DIY blog space for years now and is pivoting into new content. Jamison Rantz from Rogue Engineer was one of the first connections I made when i got itno blogging and his mindset and outlook on his business is all about the Long Game. We’ll talk about how Jamison went from full time engineer to DIY blogger and about how he manages his time, efforts and sponsor deals.

Jamison has built quite an impressive blog over the years. With over 250 individual posts RogueEngineer.com gets over 400k monthly views which is monstrous. Along with that he has over 100k pinterest followers , and a solid instagram and youtube following with 40k+ and 22k+ respectively.

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Today we’re going to hit on Instagram and some of the news and updates that have come out since we last hit the subject. We’ll also hit on some of the things we are seeing perform better and give you some tips on what’s working right now to help you grow your page.

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We’re really excited to bring on our first full time contractor to the show. Kyle Stumpenhorst runs RR buildings and makes awesome post and frame buildings ranging from barns, to dream shops, to shomes (you’ll learn what that is ). Kyle left a desk job in computer science to follow his passion and never looked back.

Kyle is fairly new to the Youtube Influencer space, as he just jumped on about 9 months ago after he completed his building for the famous Jimmy Diresta. He currently has 70k subscribers and just hit the 100k followers on Instagram.

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Today we’re talking with one of our good friends, Johnny Brooke from Crafted Workshop. Johnny has really come on strong with his YouTube channel and done a great job at working with sponsors early and often in an organic way for his audience. He also hammers home the content week in and week out. We talk with him about tips and learnings for working with sponsors and how he brings efficiency into everything he does.

Johnny has amassed 268k youtube subscribers in the last few years. With over 13 million channel views, Johnny covers a large array of projects and hits on everything from simple DIY builds to high end professional furniture builds.

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You put in the time, take the leap to get in front of the camera, publish your first YouTube video then wait for the views to roll in...and wait...and wait. Getting views and growing on YouTube is a lot harder than it sounds. John and I have been publishing on YouTube for almost 3 years now and have learned a ton along the way. Today we’ll talk about things that have helped us grow, some of the recent trends we’re seeing, and the new metric that might be the most important thing YouTube tells us.

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John and I were out in Joshua Tree a few weeks ago with Ben Uyeda and Mike Montgomery, two of the three hosts of the Modern Maker Podcast along with Chris Salomone. The guys just started up a new business aimed at Makers. It’s called Maker Brand Co. and they are looking to fill the gaps in the market and provide clean, simple, no fluff versions of products we all use in the shop like clamps, finishes, hand saws and apparel. We talk with the guys about what’s it like to start a new product business and some of the learnings and struggles they’ve had during startup.

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We talk a lot about getting to yes with clients and sponsors and how to grow your business. But something that should get just as much conversation is when to say No. Today we’ll talk about how to evaluate opportunities and requests and when saying No is going to make you and your business better in the long run.

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