The Copyblogger Podcast

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The Copyblogger Podcast is a weekly show hosted by Tim Stoddart. Each week, we host a cast of rotating experts that analyze content marketing, copywriting, email marketing, conversion optimization, mindset, and much more.

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Eddy Quan: "99% of People D...

09.19.2023

In this episode, the Tim interviews Eddy, who shares his experience with Copyblogger and how it impacted his life. They discuss the value of Copyblogger as a resource for learning about online business and copywriting. They also discuss the significance ...

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09.19.2023 Eddy Quan: "99% of People Don't Know This Twitter Hack" In this episode, the Tim interviews Eddy, who shares his experience with Copyblogger and how it impacted his life. They discuss the value of Copyblogger as a resource for learning about online business and copywriting. They also discuss the significance ...
09.12.2023 Dakota Robinson: From Electrician to Successful Ghostwriter In this episode of the Copyblogger podcast, Tim Stoddart interviews Dakota Robertson, founder of GrowthGhost, about his entrepreneurial journey. Dakota shares how he stumbled upon an opportunity in online writing and built an audience of over half a million followers. ...
09.05.2023 From Clueless to Successful: Charles Miller's Journey of Learning and Growth In this episode of the Copyblogger podcast, host Tim Stoddart interviews Charles Miller, a freelancer, entrepreneur, and coach. They discuss Charles' journey into the world of online writing and how he discovered his passion for it. Charles shares his origin ...
08.29.2023 Rethinking Online Business, Lead Generation, and Digital Products: A Conversation with Steve Chou In this episode, Tim welcomes Steve Chou, founder of Bumblebee Linens and mywifequitherjob.com, to the show. They discuss the power of digital products and the success Tim has achieved from his course. The conversation sets the stage for an intriguing ...
08.22.2023 Finding Your Path: A Conversation with Eric Lam In this episode, Tim interviews Eric Lam who has gained momentum for his work on the Exploding Ideas newsletter. They discuss Eric's background in music and how it led him to his current business. Their conversation also touches on Reddit, ...
08.15.2023 Building a Dream Business: An Interview with the Founder of Indexsy In this episode, Tim welcomes his friend Jackie to the podcast. They discuss Jackie's business, Indexsy, which is Tim's dream business. Jackie explains that Indexsy started as an SEO agency but eventually he decided to start buying online businesses for ...
08.08.2023 What We Actually Look For When Hiring Writers On this week’s episode, Tim Stoddart (@timstodz) and Ethan Brooks (@damn_ethan) talk about their experience hiring writers, and how to get noticed if that’s the kind of work you want to do for a living. They talk about structuring portfolios, ...
08.01.2023 How To Make Money From SEO (With Examples) There are plenty of ways to make money from SEO aside from starting an agency. On this week’s episode, Tim Stoddart (@timstodz) and Ethan Brooks (@damn_ethan) talk about 5 of them, bringing in real-life examples of websites that are doing ...
07.25.2023 The Growth Experiments We’re Running On this week’s episode, Tim Stoddart (@timstodz) and Ethan Brooks (@damn_ethan) go behind the scenes to talk about the different growth experiments they’re testing at Stodzy and Hampton. You’ll learn about giving up founder-led sales, the opportunity in Reddit + ...
07.18.2023 Saying No To Free Money - How And When To Shut A Business Down On this week’s episode, Tim Stoddart (@timstodz) and Ethan Brooks (@damn_ethan) talk about Matt Giovanisci’s decision to shut down two of his companies. Was it the right call? And how should you think through this situation in your own company? ...
07.11.2023 Elon vs Zuck: Should You Start Marketing On Threads? Buckle up, we got us a good ole’ fashioned showdown. On this week’s episode, Tim Stoddart (@timstodz) and Ethan Brooks (@damn_ethan) debate Meta’s new Twitter clone, Threads. Tim is a fan, Ethan’s team-Elon. They debate the merits of both platforms ...
07.04.2023 Deconstructing Peter Zeihan’s Creator Biz On this week’s episode, Tim Stoddart (@timstodz) and Ethan Brooks (@damn_ethan) take a look at Peter Zeihan, a well-known and controversial author, social media voice, and geopolitical strategist. They dig into his work to show you what you can learn ...
06.27.2023 Building Your Own Podcast Network On this week’s episode, Tim Stoddart (@timstodz) and Ethan Brooks (@damn_ethan) talk about Tim’s newest project - re-launching the Rainmaker podcast network that he got as part of the Copyblogger deal. They discuss the “why,” “how,” and whether it’s all ...
06.20.2023 Ethan’s Half-Baked Newsletter Ideas Special episode format! On this week’s episode, Ethan Brooks (@damn_ethan) records solo to share some behind-the-scenes tips on content creation, plus an interesting newsletter opportunity, a creative affiliate hack, data on the PCAT framework, and what it all means for ...
06.13.2023 Case Study: How The Hustle And Other Newsletters Maximize Email Capture On this week’s episode, Tim Stoddart (@timstodz) and Ethan Brooks (@damn_ethan) dive into a detailed breakdown of how The Hustle and several other successful newsletters design their websites to maximize to convert as many visitors as possible into email subscribers. ...
06.08.2023 Convertkit and Sparkloop: Insights from Nathan Barry, Founder of Convertkit This week, we have a special episode of The Copyblogger Podcast. At the CEX conference, Tim sat down with Nathan Barry, the founder of Convertkit. We talk about ... - the Convertkit sponsorship network - how Nathan deals with the ...
06.06.2023 Here’s How To Spy On Your Competitors’ SEO On this week’s episode, Tim Stoddart (@timstodz) and Ethan Brooks (@damn_ethan) talk about reverse-engineering someone else’s SEO, and the tactics/tools you can use to spy on competitors, and sites you like. Cool Stuff Mentioned In The Show Ethan’s book Ethan’s ...
05.30.2023 Is Personal Brand Even Worth It? On this week’s episode, Tim Stoddart (@timstodz) and Ethan Brooks (@damn_ethan) talk about the nuance of developing a personal brand while you’re building a stand-alone business or working as an employee. What is personal brand actually good for? How does ...
05.23.2023 Zuckerberg VS Elon: Leaked Documents Give a First Look Instagram’s New “Twitter Look Alike App.” On this week’s episode, Tim Stoddart (@timstodz) and Ethan Brooks (@damn_ethan) talk about a story that’s making the rounds, purporting to show a new decentralized social media app that Meta’s launching on the Instagram backbone. Why might they be doing ...
05.16.2023 F*ck It… We’ll Do It Live: Google’s AI Search Demo On this week’s episode, Tim Stoddart (@timstodz) and Ethan Brooks (@damn_ethan) live react to Google’s demo of the new AI-powered search features, pausing to discuss what it could mean for the future of ecomm, content marketing, and search in general. ...
05.09.2023 LEAKED DOCUMENTS show that Google is in big trouble On this week’s episode, Tim Stoddart (@timstodz) and Ethan Brooks (@damn_ethan) talk about Tim's presentation at CEX and go over this leaked document from a Google engineer that shows how terrified Google is of AI. Cool Stuff Mentioned In The ...
05.02.2023 Copyblogger Has A New Owner On this week’s episode, Tim Stoddart (@timstodz) and Ethan Brooks (@damn_ethan) reveal the new owner of Copyblogger, and talk about how to process big changes in business, and the future of the brand. They also dig into the reality of ...
04.25.2023 Is This Crazy? The Plan To Hit 1m+ Readers Per Month On this week’s episode, Tim Stoddart (@timstodz) and Ethan Brooks (@damn_ethan) talk about the traffic goals they have for their respective content sites, along with the strategies they’re using to tackle each. Cool Stuff Mentioned In The Show Ahrefs - ...
04.18.2023 Don’t Be Afraid of AI - How to Thrive as an Entrepreneur in the World of Infinite Leverage On this week’s episode, Tim Stoddart (@timstodz) and Ethan Brooks (@damn_ethan) talk about AutoGPT, and what it means for your career as a content creator. Cool Stuff Mentioned In The Show: • AutoGPT • AgentGPT • Ben’s Bites AI Newsletter ...
04.11.2023 Elon Musk Kills Substack and Gives You Reasons To Build Your Own Brand On this week’s episode, Tim Stoddart (@timstodz) and Ethan Brooks (@damn_ethan) talk about the recent controversy between Substack and Twitter, and what it means for you as you build your brand... Cool Stuff Mentioned In The Show: Kevin Shen’s course ...
04.04.2023 "Who is your role model?" - Newsletter Monetization, Playing it Big, and Personal Growth In this week's episode, Tim Stoddart (@timstodz) and Ethan Brooks (@damn _ethan) dive into several topics that have been on their minds. Tim starts the episode by discussing how he is promoting and monetizing his newsletter. They also discuss Carl ...
03.28.2023 joinhampton.com - How to Build Community on a Membership Platform On this week's episode, Tim Stoddart (@timstodz) and Ethan Brooks (@damn _ethan), talk about what Ethan has been working. In this episode, Ethan goes into detail about how he has been building community at one of Sam Parr's newest ventures, ...
03.21.2023 When to charge for your content \| Subscriptions, Newsletters, and Membership Sites On this week's episode, Tim Stoddart (@timstodz) and Ethan Brooks (@damn _ethan) talk content monetization. They discuss what and why people subscribe to content on the internet.
03.14.2023 Ethan wrote a book! \| What does it take to write a book? In this week's episode, Tim Stoddart (@timstodz) and Ethan Brooks (@damn _ethan) talk about Ethan's new book, In Case You Forget. They also discuss the mental journey from idea to execution of what it takes to write one.
03.07.2023 Is social media needed to build a successful business? On this episode, Tim Stoddart (@timstodz) and Ethan Brooks (@damn _ethan) go head-to-head on what they think it takes to build a successful business. How necessary is social media when it comes to building a successful business? Check out our ...
02.28.2023 Creators, Brands, and Media Agencies In this episode, Tim Stoddart (@timstodz) and Ethan Brooks (@damn _ethan) discuss the struggles that businesses and brands have connecting with their audiences in the same ways that creators can. They also debate what they think the future of the ...
02.22.2023 A few unconventional business tips that made my company $10 million in the last 5 years In this episode, Tim Stoddart (@timstodz) and Ethan Brooks (@damn _ethan) dissect one of Tim’s tweets. In Tim’s tweet he talks about 17 unconventional business tips that helped him make over $10 million in the last 5 years.
02.15.2023 Coaching and Time Management: Our thoughts on volley.app In this episode, Tim Stoddart (@timstodz) and Ethan Brooks (@damn _ethan) discuss an interesting new way to do online coaching. They discuss the potential of the volley.app to create a less hands-on approach to online coaching. volley.app - https://volley.app/welcome
02.08.2023 Lessons from Hormozi's Book - $100M Offers In this episode Tim Stoddart (@timstodz) and Ethan Brooks (@damn_ethan) discuss some key takeaways from Alex Hormozi's book, $100M Offers. Tim also goes into detail about his "no-brainer" offer.
01.31.2023 Building an Affiliate Site and Knowing When to Hire for New Roles In this episode Tim Stoddart (@timstodz) and Ethan Brooks (@damn_ethan) talk about Tim's ideas on how to expand the Copy Blogger Academy. They also discuss Ethan's question on when to hire for new roles. Shoutout for the week: Ashley Pride ...
01.24.2023 When to Take on New Projects and How to do in-depth Research Before Podcast Interviews This week Tim Stoddart (@timstodz) and Ethan Brooks (@damn_ethan) discuss a few interesting topics including: Tim's projects, Ethan's experience with Justin Welsh and Danny Miranda's podcast, and how Ethan does research for interviews. Some cool stuff mentioned: https://sparkloop.app/ https://archive.org/ https://medicallyassisted.com/
01.24.2023 Hard Work, Hustle Culture, Past Advice, and the Future of the Pod This week Tim Stoddart (@timstodz) and Ethan Brooks (@damn_ethan) sit down to discuss some things that have been on their minds this last week. They discuss things like hustle culture versus hard work and the benefits and drawbacks to both. ...
01.13.2023 Here is how we 10Xed our leads with cold outreach This week Tim Stoddart (@timstodz) and Ethan Brooks (@damn_ethan) talk about how the team over at digitalcommerce.com have been able to 10X their leads. They also discuss the different softwares they used that have been instrumental in increasing the amount ...
01.07.2023 It's Time for a Creator Spotlight: Chenell Basilio Tim Stoddart (@timstodz) and Ethan Brooks (@damn_ethan) sit down to discuss what their plans are for their SaaS product as well as a couple really cool creators in the newsletter space. Creator mentioned in the show: Twitter @chenellco https://twitter.com/chenellco?s=21&t;=exDIXfp3BkCZLPaADvjsLQ
01.05.2023 Jeremy Somers: The Future of AI Generated Content On this week’s episode, Ethan Brooks (@damn_ethan) interviews the founder of the agency Not Content, Jeremy Somers. Jeremy has been on the forefront of many trends as well as creating some of his own within different industries. Ethan and Jeremy ...
12.30.2022 Last Episode of the Year and Our End-of-Year Review It is now the end of the year and Tim Stoddart (@timstodz) and Ethan Brooks (@damn _ethan) sit down to discuss what happened in the podcast and in their lives. Right now is the perfect time to reflect on the ...
12.28.2022 Matt McGarry: How to scale a newsletter with Facebook ads Matt McGarry works behind the scenes growing some of the most popular newsletters in the world. On this week’s episode, Ethan Brooks (@damn_ethan ) and Matt (@JMatthewMcGarry) discuss what it takes to grow a newsletter to over 250k subscribers in ...
12.21.2022 The Crazy World of AI Content Generation On this week’s episode, Ethan Brooks (@damn_ethan) sits down to chat with Steph Smith (@stephsmithio) and Calvin Rosser (@calvin_rosser) the hosts of "Sh*t You Don't Learn in School Podcast." They discuss the potential uses of AI as well as the ...
12.17.2022 Jordan DiPietro: How to Scale and Produce for Paid Newsletters On this week’s episode, Ethan Brooks (@damn_ethan) talks to CEO of The Hustle, Jordan DiPietro (@dipietromedia). They discuss Jordan's work at The Motley Fool and what it was like running multi-million dollar ad campaigns. Ethan and Jordan also talk about ...
12.15.2022 We bought a company! Here is what we plan to do with it In this episode, Tim Stoddart (@timstodz) and Ethan Brooks (@damn _ethan) discuss what they plan to do with the new SaaS company they bought. They also talk about different ways to make the company as profitable as possible while continuing ...
12.09.2022 Ryan Carr: How to Work Smarter with the Content You Create On this week’s episode, Ethan Brooks (@damn_ethan) talks to growth marketer, Ryan Carr (@ryan_boat). They discuss their work at HubSpot and The Hustle. Ryan also speaks about ad creative, sales letters, and content distribution.
12.07.2022 Abhishek Shah: How he Built the Psychology of Marketing Newsletter On this week’s episode, Ethan Brooks (@damn_ethan) talks to newsletter expert, Abhishek Shah (@abhishekshah173), founder of the Psychology of Marketing Newsletter and Newsletters 101. They talk about how he went from working at Beehiv to building his marketing newsletter. Abhishek ...
12.03.2022 Ben Wilson: How to Start a Hit Podcast In this episode, Tim sits down with Ben Wilson, host of the "How to Take Over the World" podcast. Ben talks about his journey from living at home with his parents to creating his popular podcast, as well as how ...
12.01.2022 The new way of doing business on social media and Kanye’s interview with Lex Friedman In this episode, Tim Stoddart (@timstodz) and Ethan Brooks (@damn _ethan) dive into one of the ways they plan to sponsor their podcast. They also discuss one of the newer ways that business is being done on social media. To ...
11.25.2022 The Copywriter who Saved the Grand Canyon and an Inside Look at the Copyblogger Pod Business Model On this episode, Tim Stoddart (@timstodz) and Ethan Brooks (@damn_ethan) learn about Howard Luck Gossage, who was a brilliant ad man who saved the Grand Canyon. We also give a behind the scenes look at the business model of The ...

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