The Video Creatr Podcast

Living like a grown-up doesn’t come easily to everyone. There’s no easy way to get started other than just getting started. However, it’s good to begin something simple like a DIY. You can find a lot of DIY channels on YouTube, and one of them is the Michael Builds channel. The Michael Builds channel strives to give its viewers the confidence to tackle their home improvement projects. 

In today’s podcast, Grant is with Michael from Michael Builds channel. Michael shares his motivation for starting his YouTube channel and how he was able to build a business from there. 

Michael Builds’ YouTube channel started in 2018 and has over 300K subscribers with more than 14 million total views. 

Check out the Episode Highlights
01:14     The story behind the Michael Builds channel
05:47      Useful and helpful content always matter
06:36      Michael’s process in creating organic content
08:55      How YouTube affected Michael’s life
10:52      Ways Michael monetizes his channel
15:53      Michael’s experience with Patreon
18:53      Transition your channel to a more personal side
20:45      Be flexible to keep your schedule
24:39      Michael’s release schedule of content
29:12      How YouTube affected Michael’s level of accomplishment
32:53      How Michael handle trolls and negative comments
35:15      What’s next for Michael Builds with Patreon
39:24      Michael’s takeaways in his YouTube channel

Links/ Resources Mentioned
Check Michael Builds Patreon
Follow Michael Builds Instagram
Explore Michael Builds Twitter
Michael Builds Merch Shop
Michael Builds YouTube channel

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Treesicle

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Vidchops
Baller Boot Camp

Get all your YouTube content done in 1 hour a week.

Dating is easy. You meet someone, swap numbers, arrange to meet, and take it from there. Still, many people find it tough to meet a great partner and turn to date into a relationship. Dating should be about having fun and enjoying the moment. That’s where the dating coach or relationship expert comes in! Preparing yourself to date, and maximizing your opportunities by learning a little about improving your chances in the dating arena is something that you can learn! 

In today’s podcast, Grant’s guest is Coach Lee. Coach Lee is a world-renowned relationship expert and a coach who helps people get an ex back after a breakup, save a marriage, and become more attractive. Coach Lee has been helping people with their relationships since 2000. 

Coach Lee's YouTube channel started in 2017 and has over 260K subscribers with more than 50 million total views. Coach Lee uses his real-life experience when giving dating advice for 20 years along with multiple certifications in relationship coaching and consulting.

Check out the Episode Highlights
01:37     The importance of having a dating coach
03:49     Coach Lee’s background in relationship coaching
05:49     The transition from being an employee to starting a channel
09:19     The importance of the Trust Factor 
13:36     Put yourself in your viewer's position
19:09     It’s good to be personal in your chosen niche
24:52     Coach Lee’s advice for starting a YouTube channel
28:18     The importance of choosing a good title for your video
33:09     Coach Lee’s monetization strategy and other avenues
42:15     YouTube is a useful tool to explore yourself
45:25     Coach Lee’s take on  connecting with people

Links/ Resources Mentioned

Check Coach Lee’s Website 
Follow Coach Lee’s Instagram
Coach Lee’s favorite products on Amazon
Coach Lee’s YouTube channel

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Treesicle

Augie Johnston
Vidchops
Baller Boot Camp

Get all your YouTube content done in 1 hour a week.

Interior designing is a complex, wide-ranging, and creative career. All types of spaces - single homes, apartments, condominiums, commercial buildings, and hospitals can be enhanced by the expertise of an Interior designer in collaboration with other design and engineering professionals. When it comes to Interior design and decor, we can always rely on Nick Lewis’s YouTube channel. 

In today’s podcast, Grant and Nick Lewis share how Nick built his thriving Interior design channel on YouTube and turned it into a lucrative business. 

Nick Lewis's YouTube channel started in 2014 and has over 370K subscribers with more than 35 million total views. 

Check out the Episode Highlights
01:34     How Nick Lewis built his YouTube channel 
04:46     The viral moment for Nick Lewis
06:52     Stop asking people to subscribe to your channel
09:34     How Nick got an experience with Interior design
15:07     How Nick Lewis monetizes his YouTube channel
20:14     How Nick targets his ads on YouTube
29:16     The benefit of hiring an Editor
33:08     How Nick’s manager works for him
39:45     Know your worth in negotiating with brand deals
43:47     How Nick works with brands
48:36     Nick’s experience with YouTube shorts, TikTok and IG
55:57     Nick’s advice to YouTube starters

Links/ Resources Mentioned
Follow Nick Lewis's Instagram and Tiktok
Nick Lewis's favorite products on Amazon
Nick Lewis's YouTube channel

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Grant Ball
Treesicle

Augie Johnston
Vidchops
Baller Boot Camp

Get all your YouTube content done in 1 hour a week.

A lot of people enjoy the lifestyle of traveling all the time. The RV lifestyle could be enticing but somehow overwhelming. Mike Wendland from the RV Lifestyle channel will help us understand how it’s possible to travel the North American continent while making a comfortable living in it.  

In today’s podcast, Grant and Mike Wendland share his RV lifestyle, the adventures they have experienced, and how it all started for Mike’s YouTube channel.   

Mike's YouTube channel, RV Lifestyle started in 2012 together with his beautiful wife Jennifer Wendland. Mike and Jennifer are both journalists who started traveling as a hobby and made it their lifestyle. The RV Lifestyle has over 170K subscribers with more than 32 million total views. 

Check out the Episode Highlights

03:21     How RV Lifestyle channel started
05:23     Focus on your passion to find your niche
09:42     The transition to RV Lifestyle across North America
14:06     How YouTube shorts affected RV Lifestyle’s content
17:23     The workflow and employees behind the RV Lifestyle channel
22:58     The advantage of hiring people for your channel
32:25     How Mike’s journalism background helps him with his channel
37:05     How Mike reach out to Sponsors
45:03     The next project for Mike
48:58     Mike’s advice and thoughts to content creators

Links/ Resources Mentioned
Check out RV Lifestyle's Website
Follow RV Lifestyle's Instagram
Follow RV Lifestyle's Facebook
RV Lifestyle's YouTube channel

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Treesicle

Augie Johnston
Vidchops
Baller Boot Camp

Get all your YouTube content done in 1 hour a week.

We live in an increasingly digital and disconnected world. Many of us are behind a computer, cell phone, or steering wheel for much of the day. But when the pandemic hits, most of us have found the time to do gardening and even made it a hobby. Succulents are the type of plant that survives drought by storing water in its leaves, stems, or roots so it won’t demand much of your time. Cassidy Tuttle from the Succulents and Sunshine is a great YouTube channel where we can learn a lot about growing gorgeous succulent plants. 

In today’s podcast, Grant and Cassidy share how Cassidy’s journey began in growing succulent plants and why she choose succulents. 

Cassidy's YouTube channel, Succulents, and Sunshine started in the year 2011 and has over 111K subscribers with more than 7 million total views. 

Check out the Episode Highlights

01:08     How Cassidy got into growing succulent plants
03:51     The time when Cassidy’s channel started gaining momentum
06:55     The importance of optimized workflow in video production
10:34     Cassidy’s experience with YouTube shorts
17:51     How YouTube has changed the way Cassidy runs her business
21:44     How online business has been life-changing for Cassidy
23:32     Cassidy’s strategy in posting her content
29:13     How Cassidy still grows her blog with YouTube at the same time
32:24     Cassidy’s advice for business starters
41:37     Taking calculated risks and financial freedom

Links/ Resources Mentioned

Check out Succulents and Sunshine's Courses
Follow Succulents and Sunshine's Instagram
Follow Succulents and Sunshine's Facebook
Visit Succulents and Sunshine's Pinterest
Succulents and Sunshine's YouTube channel

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Treesicle

Augie Johnston
Vidchops
Baller Boot Camp

Get all your YouTube content done in 1 hour a week.

The most challenging task of finding a holistic lifestyle regimen is what, who, where, when, how, and why to start. We dig thru the internet to provide us with complete and comprehensive knowledge and skill sets in order for us to be guided accordingly. Lucky for us today, we have Troy Casey. Troy is a Certified Health Nut, renowned life coach, and healer who has scoured the earth searching for the most powerful health and healing methods. 

In today’s podcast, Grant and Troy Casey share Troy’s unique approach and philosophy of living a healthy life utilizing the earth’s natural resources.  

Troy's YouTube channel, Certifiedhealthnut started in 2006 and has accrued over 130K subscribers with more than 12 million total views. 

Check out the Episode Highlights

01:56     How Troy’s YouTube channel started
06:01     How YouTube affected Troy’s artistic career
07:39     How Troy’s business attached to his YouTube channel
12:43     Troy’s struggles in the year 2008
18:56     Tap  into your authenticity and find your passion
28:04     If it is your dream, it will eventually come to fruition
33:40     Troy’s experience with exhaustion and censorship
43:09     The importance of having multi-streams of income
48:59     Practice the positive meditation 
51:52     Troy’s perspective on health and consciousness

Links/ Resources Mentioned

Check out Certified Health Nut's Website
Follow Certified Health Nut's Instagram
Follow Certified Health Nut's Facebook
Certified Health Nut's YouTube channel

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Treesicle

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Vidchops
Baller Boot Camp

Get all your YouTube content done in 1 hour a week.

Content creators need to be unique in choosing their niche and what their YouTube channel is all about. You’ve probably watched dozens of eating challenges like eating a box of 10 burgers or 28-inch pizza and finishing it in less than 5 minutes. There’s something about these eating challenges that catches the attention of viewers and they love it! 

In today’s podcast, Grant and Naader share how Naader runs in marathons and eat massive quantities of food on his YouTube channel, FreakEating. 

Naader is a High School Administrator, Food challenger, Marathon Runner, and Travel Lover. Naader's YouTube channel, FreakEating started in 2012 and has accrued over 1115K subscribers with more than 17 million total views. 

Check out the Episode Highlights

01:18    The focus of Nadeer’s YouTube channel04:42    How Naader met the right people
07:32    Naader’s advice to people struggling with awkwardness
10:20    How Naader’s life changed in 10 years
11:25    Naader’s monetization strategy 
16:47    Naader’s schedule recommendation for content
20:05    How Naader’s marathon running play into his eating
22:27    Naader’s advice to YouTube starters
27:19    The impact of Naader’s YouTube channel on his day job
35:22    Naader’s advice for those who are hesitant to start a YouTube channel

Links/ Resources Mentioned

Check out FreakEating's Pinterest
Follow FreakEating's Instagram
Follow FreakEating's Facebook
Like FreakEating's Tweets on Twitter
FreakEating's YouTube channel

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Treesicle

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Vidchops
Baller Boot Camp

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The increasing popularity of travel vlogs has become a source of travel information for tourists. Technological advancements have empowered ordinary people to create content and videos more efficiently, giving popularity to professional and amateur vloggers. Vlogs are one of the most popular travel videos on YouTube with a great marketing potential. 

In today’s podcast, Grant’s guest is Robert Morales from the YouTube channel Traveling Robert. Robert’s content is about traveling in his RV and making new adventures from city to city, exploring popular destinations to hidden gems. Robert also shares tips and tricks for safer RV'ing, solar energy options, and more.

Robert’s YouTube channel started in 2011 and has accrued over 230K subscribers with more than 68 million total views. Robert is also a musician who composes and sells music on his website.

Check out the Episode Highlights

00:56    Robert’s YouTube channel
02:04    How Robert decides on his schedule
03:47    How long it takes to build a community
05:17    How Robert keep people engaged with live streams
08:07    The philosophy behind Robert’s website
10:40    Robert’s first video that has 250k videos
13:14    Long videos to attract more attention on YouTube
15:09    Robert’s advice for creating a vlog 
16:44    How Robert started in video production
18:50    Robert’s avenues for monetization
21:00    Robert’s advice for succeeding on YouTube

Links/ Resources Mentioned

Check out Traveling Robert's Website
Follow Traveling Robert's Instagram
Follow Traveling Robert's Facebook
Traveling Robert's YouTube channel

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Treesicle

Augie Johnston
Vidchops
Baller Boot Camp

Get all your YouTube content done in 1 hour a week.

While there are many colleges and universities offering performance degrees in guitar, it will be affordable to learn it on YouTube for free. YouTube is one of the best tools for learning everything about playing guitar. Lauren Bateman’s YouTube channel has helped make guitar make sense and helped a lot of aspiring guitar players who struggle to play on their own. 

In today’s podcast, Grant and Lauren share how Lauren was able to build her YouTube channel and take it to the next level. Lauren provides a step-by-step guide on how to play popular songs on her YouTube channel. Lauren also offers free courses on her website that you can visit.

Lauren Bateman is a cancer survivor, music teacher, and content creator. Lauren's YouTube channel started in 2010 and has accrued over 226K subscribers with more than 16 million total views as of this writing. 

Check out the Episode Highlights

01:10   Lauren’s introduction about herself
02:26   How Lauren keeps people interested in music
04:08   How it all started with music for Lauren
07:23   How Lauren's YouTube channel and business co-exist
10:20   Lauren’s monetization strategy
15:32   Lauren’s advice on making evergreen videos
19:15   The advantages of an online business
24:44   How Lauren works with partners and sponsors
26:50   How YouTube impacted Lauren’s life
33:14   Lauren’s marketing strategy
38:41   Lauren’s advice for succeeding on YouTube

Links/ Resources Mentioned

Check out Lauren Bateman's Website
Follow Lauren Bateman's Instagram
Follow Lauren Bateman's Facebook
Tweet Lauren Bateman's Twitter
Lauren Bateman's YouTube channel

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Grant Ball
Treesicle

Augie Johnston
Vidchops
Baller Boot Camp

Get all your YouTube content done in 1 hour a week.

The transformation of YouTube from social networking site to a major media platform has helped a lot of celebrities and influencers in promoting their brands in their chosen niche. Posting videos and making them viral is the main goal of influencers. Just like Avaryana Rose, an actress, model, and cheerleader by profession has gained a lot of followers by posting content about her daily life activities. 

In today’s podcast, Grant and Avaryana Rose share how Avaryana was able to grow her brand on YouTube by modeling. Avaryana is also an advocate against bullying.

Avaryana’s YouTube channel started three years ago and has accrued over 300K subscribers with more than 47 million total views. Avaryana also has a backup YouTube channel that she uses for fun with the channel name Avaryana Rose. 

Check out the Episode Highlights

01:10     How Avaryana got into modeling
08:19     The opportunities Avaryana got from VidCon
11:10     Avaryana monetization strategy
16:15     Avaryana’s exciting plans for the future
22:03     How Avaryana’s agency help her with her content
28:10     The photoshoot vibes Avaryana gives her fans 
31:10     Avaryana’s advice to YouTube creators
32:45     How Avaryana’s day looks like
36:05     Avaryana’s platform against bullying
 

Links/ Resources Mentioned

Check out Avaryana Rose's Website
Follow Avaryana Rose's Instagram
Follow Avaryana Rose's Facebook
Avaryana Roses YouTube channel

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Check out Grant and Augie’s Channels below:

Grant Ball
Treesicle

Augie Johnston
Vidchops
Baller Boot Camp

Get all your YouTube content done in 1 hour a week.