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What's up Rock Nation, we welcome back our second ever reoccurring guest, JT Barnett! Since being on the show last, JT has made some changes with his company CreatorX. They have transitioned into pairing creators with brands, who are now paying full time salaries to bring creators in house. We discuss what brands are looking for in creators, and it takes for a creator to be hired by these brands. He's also tripling down on content, and specifically YouTube, and feels as though lower production paired with speed and volume, are his X factor.

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Timestamps:

0:00 - Trailer

1:40 - One Handed Crack

2:58 - New opportunities for creators with brands

5:28 - Brands don’t know how to make good content

6:54 - How Set Active is crushing it

9:51 - How JT finds the right creator for a brand

11:43 - Most brands don’t know how to tell their own story

14:10 - Highest performing paid ads

14:44 - What videos you should pin on your Socials

15:57 - How JT’s business is structured

19:05 - When a creator knows to go In-House

20:40 - What can brands do if they don’t have a huge budget

22:58 - Growing on TikTok

27:29 - What to do when your engagement dips

29:21 - Where JT is putting his attention

32:08 - Mamba mentality

33:21 - Low production vs High production

35:06 - Importance of Title and Thumbnail

37:00 - The Importance of Speed

39:39 - JT doesn’t want highly produced content

41:33 - We discuss short form content

42:32 - Will Smith

42:54 - Navigating Brand Deals

48:42 - Different ways to monetize as a creator

51:25Talking actual numbers for brand deals

57:41 - JT on downsizing his team

1:01:31 - JT’s workout routine

1:09:22 - Advice to 18 year old self

1:10:25 - Building Momentum

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What's up Rock Nation! Today we're breaking down Alex Hormozi's top 6 keys for unlocking massive growth on Social Media. Some of his keys we agree with, and some we don't. Brayden also ran a marathon, and Kostas shot Dillon Francis.

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What's up Rock Nation, today we welcome the man behind MrBeast and Logan Paul's videos, Hayden Hillier-Smith. Hayden is a world class editor and story teller. He breaks down his editing tips and tricks in this episode, what he learned from working with Mr. Beast, and how he almost gave a hacker access to Logan Paul's entire iCloud. If you want to become a better editor, this is the episode for you!

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What's up Rock Nation, today we're talking about Kevin Kelly's theory of 1,000 true fans. The idea of 1,000,000 followers seems cool in theory, but to create a career out of this, you don't need 1,000,000 followers. You just need 1,000 true fans. We dive into what the theory is and how to garner a true fan.

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Can one review ruin a whole business? We give our thoughts. And a lot of new camera gear was announced at The NAB show this past week that we of course had to talk about too!

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Roc Nation, we haven't had a good ole fashion Rock Talk in a while. A lot has happened recently. Brayden got to shoot for Nike Swim, Chase was on set for another multi-million dollar Genesis commercial, and Kostas traveled to Portugal and started making YouTube videos again.

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Today we welcome one of my talented creators out there, Nainoa Langer. Nainoa has been at this for a long time, and was at the forefront of the travel video space at a young age, when he was working with Beautiful Destinations. After a few years traveling the world with them, he decided to switch things up and dive into the music scene, where he linked up and started shooting for Illenium. He's been touring for a while, but focusing a lot of his efforts on getting his voice back and creating his own work again.

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Timestamps:

If you liked this episode please send it to a friend and take a screenshot for your story! And as always, we'd love to hear from you guys on what you'd like to hear us talk about or potential guests we should have on.

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Our first guest of season 3 is someone we've admired for a while. Jakob Owens is a talented filmmaker from Arizona, who has spent the last decade focused on creating amazing videos and building businesses within the filmmaking space. With Tropic Colour and Prism Lens FX, he's tackled both digital assets and physical products. It's rare you get a chance to tap into the mind of someone who has built multiple seven figure businesses, so this episode is a special one for us!

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Rock Nation we are SO back for Season 3! To everyone who supported us through the first 100 episodes, we just want to say thank you! We've learned so much over the last two seasons of this show, and we wanted to share that information with you and go in depth with how we think about and structure this show. Cheers to another 100 episodes, we are just getting started!

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Roc Nation, I can't believe we made it to Episode 100! What a ride it has been. We hope you guys enjoyed this episode as much as we have. Thank you to everyone who's been along for this ride, we can't thank you guys enough for the support. We are going to be taking a few week break to get ready for Season 3, and then we're coming in HOT.

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SHOUTOUT TO ALL THE CREATORS ON THIS EPISODE:

SAM NEWTON

https://www.instagram.com/samnewton/

https://www.youtube.com/ @SamNewton 

JAY FORD

https://www.instagram.com/jay_ford/

SPENCER SHIPMAN

https://www.instagram.com/itsshipman/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uk3LfK_3iIg

CHASE VIKEN

https://www.instagram.com/wavechase/

NATE NORELL

https://www.instagram.com/natenorell/

The Creator Pricing Guide - The No BS Guide to Pricing Your Creative Services

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Join our Discord! https://discord.gg/xgEAzkqAvs

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COP THE BFIGGY "ESSENTIALS" SFX PACK HERE:

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If you liked this episode please send it to a friend and take a screenshot for your story! And as always, we'd love to hear from you guys on what you'd like to hear us talk about or potential guests we should have on.

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