The Video Creatr Podcast

The Video Creatr Podcast

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  • She Turned CHILDBIRTH into 200k Subscribers with Sarah Lavonne

    Giving birth is essential to most women and getting useful information about birthing is as important as having a safe delivery in itself. For this reason, Sarah Lavonne created a YouTube channel that helps people about pregnancy and giving birth.

    In this episode, you'll learn how Sarah Lavonne turned Childbirth into a 200k subs YouTube Channel. Find out more about the steps Sarah took to make birthing a viable business.

    Check out the Episode Highlights

    01:17   How it all started with Sarah’s journey
    03:06   Sarah Lavonne’s monetization strategy
    07:37   How Sarah offers exclusive classes
    10:36   How Sarah builds rapport with her expertise
    12:07   How Sarah Lavonne’s day looks like
    15:39   Sarah Lavone’s career goals
    21:09   Doing what you love is not work at all
    23:19   Sarah Lavonne’s transition from her first video
    33:02   Sarah Lavonne as the creative genius in her channel
    38:09   Sarah Lavonne’s bundle birth for nurses
    44:46   Sarah Lavonne’s biggest dream for her business
    50:06   How Sarah Lavonne’s intuition works

    Links/ Resources Mentioned

    Check out the Sarah Lavonne website
    Follow Sarah Lavonne’s Instagram
    Sarah Lavonne's YouTube channel
    Check out Sarah's website at BundleBirth.com


    Subscribe to the Video Creatr 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.

    1 hr 2 min
  • He Got 11 Million Views as a Photographer with Joe Edelman

    We have featured a number of photographers who made their way to YouTube and shared their journey. In today’s podcast, Joe Edelman is an award-winning photographer who also made a splash in the world of YouTube. He teaches everything you need to know about taking good photos. Joe Edelman started his professional career in photography when he was 14 years old and has been in the industry for 52 years.

    Grant and Joe Edelman share Joe’s journey in photography and how it all started, how Joe’s experience over the years serves as great learning to be shared with his YouTube community.

    Joe Edelman’s YouTube channel started on June 20, 2009, and has accrued 180K subscribers with more than 11 Million views. 

    Check out the Episode Highlights

    00:42    Joe Edelman’s photography journey
    03:32    The creativity of teaching photography 
    05:08    Joe Edelman’s experience as a failure in photography
    12:20    Joe Edelman’s monetization strategy
    16:36    Easiest way to get noticed on YouTube
    20:59    How Joe Edelman’s community works
    25:50    Adults are experiential learners
    29:29    The choice to increase competition
    36:13    Social media as a jumpstart in marketing
    39:27    Joe Edelman’s marketing strategy
    48:23    A lot of creative people are introverts in nature
    51:31   Joe Edelman’s advice to interact with clients

    Links/ Resources Mentioned

    Check out the Joe Edelman website
    Follow Joe Edelman’s Instagram
    Check Joe Edelman’s boards on PINTEREST
    Follow Joe Edelman on TWITTER
    Joe Edelman's YouTube channel


    Subscribe to the Video Creatr Youtube channel

    Check out these awesome channels and gain more inspiration.

    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.

    59 min
  • How His Garage Makes Him Millions with Matt Moreman - Obsessed Garage

    As a creator, you might consider considering a passion as a starting point for your YouTube channel. Like Matt Moreman, he turned his obsession with cars into a legitimate media outlet. Matt is a lifelong car enthusiast who has turned his passion into a thriving business. 

    In today’s podcast, Grant and Matt Moreman share how his obsession with cars started, Matt’s vision when he began his YouTube channel, and the struggles Matt needs to overcome and become the person he is right now. 

    Matt Moreman’s YouTube channel currently sits at almost 300,000 subscribers and 54 million total channel views. Matt also has a website, obsessedgarrage.com on where you can buy anything you need for your garage. Matt also has a podcast called Dialed-in on which he and his friend explore their obsession with cars and all of their advantages and challenges.

    Check out the Episode Highlights

    01:35    How Matt’s obsession with cars started
    05:34    Matt’s advice to people with a mental health diagnosis
    10:27    Matt’s career and how it turned into a business
    18:18    Matt Moreman’s YouTube journey
    22:29    Matt Moreman’s goals in launching his website
    27:24    How Matt convince and negotiate with manufacturers
    30:05    Matt Moreman these days versus those days
    35:32    Putting your passion and talents into action
    39:24    How to make a YouTube channel work
    46:31    How inconvenience can be life’s turning point
    50:25    Matt Moreman’s advice to people about business

    Links/ Resources Mentioned
    Check out the Matt Moreman website
    Matt Moreman's YouTube channel


    Subscribe to the Video Creatr Youtube channel

    Check out these awesome channels and gain more inspiration.

    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.

    58 min
  • How He Got 275k Subscribers as a Mountaineer and Memory Champion with Nelson Dellis

    If you wish to become better at recalling the names of people, decks of cards, or countries, you need to improve your memory skills. Improving your memory is like sharpening it by practicing and memory training. Nelson Dellis, a content creator, YouTuber, Mountaineer, and 5x USA Memory Champion, devoted his life to finding how to strengthen his memory. 

    In today’s podcast, Grant and Nelson Dellis share how Nelson's YouTube journey began, how Nelson come up with his methods and techniques in memorization, Nelson’s life as a mountaineer, and how Nelson was able to come up with a big community in YouTube. 

    Nelson Dellis's YouTube channel currently sits at 272,000 subscribers and over 17  million channel views. 

    Check out the Episode Highlights

    00:44   How Nelson Dellis's interesting life started
    03:58   How Nelson balances his career and mountain climbing
    07:08   The craziest thing happened to Nelson during mountain climbing
    12:00   Memory is a big part of Nelson’s life
    16:27   Nelson’s books on improving memory
    18:21   How Nelson’s original intention evolved in building his channel
    22:31   Nelson’s YouTube channel as a YouTube dream
    25:32   How Nelson choose topics that gonna blow up
    29:47   How Nelson keep his audience and subscribers
    31:54   Nelson’s current struggle in his channel
    37:00   Nelson’s monetization strategy
    43:17   Nelson’s tips to YouTube starters

    Links/ Resources Mentioned
    Check out the Nelson Dellis website
    Nelson Dellis's YouTube channel


    Subscribe to the Video Creatr Youtube channel

    Check out these awesome channels and gain more inspiration.

    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.

    49 min
  • How a Lawyer is THRIVING on YouTube with Jim Hart

    Typically, you must go to a lawyer for advice, prepare legal documents, and advocate for your case. But now, with the help of the Internet, it's easy for us to seek help and legal advice on YouTube. Jim Hart is a lawyer who started making YouTube videos to help people live their extraordinary lives through online business and create a lasting impact worldwide. 

    In today’s podcast, Grant and Jim Hart share how Jim’s legal journey on YouTube started during a pandemic, how Jim built his online business, and how it help his community. 

    Jim Hart started posting on his YouTube channel in November 2015 and now sitting at 137,000 subscribers and over 5 million views.

    Check out the Episode Highlights

    01:06     Jim Hart’s YouTube journey
    04:26     Jim Hart's hiatus on YouTube as a strategy
    06:56     How Jim Hart get people from one platform to his website
    13:14     Jim Hart’s courses as passive income
    16:41     How Jim Hart build his online business
    20:31     How Jim Hart engage with his community and subscribers
    22:43     How did Jim Hart get all information for his content
    24:06     What keeps Jim Hart going
    27:44     How Jim Hart markets his online business
    30:32     Tools that Jim Hart uses to quantify his content
    35:34     How Jim Hart creates intriguing thumbnails
    39:35     Jim Hart’s opinion on clickbait on YouTube
    42:02     The difference between a lawyer in court and YouTube
    46:01     Jim Hart’s schedule in posting his content 

    Links/ Resources Mentioned
    Follow Jim Hart’s Instagram
    Share Jim Hart’s latest tweets on Twitter
    Jim Hart's YouTube channel


    Subscribe to the Video Creatr Youtube channel

    Check out these awesome channels and gain more inspiration.

    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.

    53 min
  • How His Editing Tutorials Got Him MAJOR Sponsorships with Javier Mercedes

    If you have a skill that you’d like to show, you could create a how-to or a tutorial video on YouTube. As a creator, being creative and authentic in creating your content are the keys to having a growing community. Today’s guest is Javier Mercedes who showcases his editing skills using Adobe Premiers which got him major sponsorships. 

    Grant and Javier Mercedes will talk about how Javier’s editing skills turned out to be his full-time job by uploading tutorials on his YouTube channel. Javier also shares how he was able to grow a big community and gained major sponsorship.  

    Javier Mercedes’ YouTube channel has been helping people make better videos with his tutorials on YouTube for 4 years. Javier’s channel has 150,000 subscribers and over 10.5 million total channel views. 

    Check out the Episode Highlights

    01:53     How Javier Mercedes channel started
    15:42     How Javier keep his long-term relationship with sponsors
    20:03     How Javier’s contract with Sponsors lools like
    25:44     Consistency in posting content on Javier’s channel
    30:25     The authenticity in pursuing Javier’s niche
    35:02     How Javier incorporates his personality into his niche
    41:07     Javier’s advice to anybody trying to start their own channel


    Links/ Resources Mentioned

    Follow Javier Mercedes’ Instagram
    Share Javier Mercedes' latest tweets on Twitter 
    Javier Mercedes' YouTube channel


    Subscribe to the Video Creatr Youtube channel

    Check out these awesome channels and gain more inspiration.

    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.

    55 min
  • How He Makes $300K Per Year and Built a REAL Community with Grink Meyer

    Nowadays, financial markets are becoming more sophisticated and the Internet makes it easy for us to understand and learn the right skills to make an investment. Kerry Grinkmeyer is a retired financial advisor from his YouTube channel, Best of Us Investors, shares his knowledge and experience on how we can achieve our financial goals.

    In today’s podcast, Grant and Kerry Grinkmeyer share how Kerry was able to build a great community on his YouTube channel. Kerry also shares insights, tips, and what to expect in our economy in the future. 

    Kerry Grinkmeyer started his YouTube channel, Best of US Investors, in November of the year 2019. Kerry’s YouTube channel currently sits at 158,000 subscribers, and almost 14 million total channel views. 

    Check out the Episode Highlights

    01:16     How Kerry keeps relevant content in his channel
    05:24     Be interested in what happens in the stock market 
    10:30     Kerry is optimistic about the future in technology
    18:02     Study, read and research to expand your knowledge
    19:42     Kerry’s source of revenue breakdown on his channel
    24:15     Kerry’s advice in finding information for investment
    30:42     Follow people who know and understand market trends
    33:34     Ways Vietnam and baby boomers affected the world market
    42:15     Worry about the things you can do something about
    48:07     Kerry Grinkmeyer’s thriving community on YouTube
    54:29     Kerry Grinkmeyer’s goal on his YouTube channel
    59:24     We are moving to a sharing economy
    65:40     Huge difference between baby boomers and millennials
    70:22     Best of Us investors three objectives

    Links/ Resources Mentioned

    Follow Best of US Investors’ Instagram
    Check out the Best of US Investors website
    Share Best of Us Investors' latest tweets on Twitter
    Best of US Investors' YouTube channel


    Subscribe to the Video Creatr Youtube channel

    Check out these awesome channels and gain more inspiration.

    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.

    1 hr 13 min
  • He Got 16 MILLION Views with Crypto and Investing with Patrick Wieland

    Despite its well-known volatility, investing in cryptocurrency is on fire and many investors are looking to profit from its white-hot rise. If you wish to invest in crypto, you need to understand precisely what you’re investing in, and the risks you are taking, and learn to invest what you can afford to lose. 

    In today’s podcast, Grant is with Patrick Wieland, a Momentum DayTrader who will share his trading journey and how to tackle the stock market. We will also find out how Patrick’s YouTube channel was able to stay noticed in the competitive world of Cryptocurrency investing. 

    Patrick Wieland’s YouTube channel has reached 162,000 subscribers and over 16 million total views. 

    Check out the Episode Highlights

    00:49    Story behind Patrick Wieland’s trading journey
    04:18    How Patrick Wieland’s YouTube channel started
    08:12    Patrick Wieland is living the YouTube dream
    11:27    Patrick Wieland’s monetization strategy
    18:07    The importance of connecting with the audiences
    25:57    YouTube Studio and its process
    27:40    Patrick Wieland’s vlogs about cars and trucks
    30:04    Patrick Wieland’s advice about choosing your niche 
    35:16    How evergreen contents can make a difference
    37:36    Patrick Wieland’s experience in live streaming 
    43:40    Patrick Wieland’s life as a videographer to YouTuber

    Links/ Resources Mentioned

    Follow Patrick Wieland’s Instagram
    Patrick Wieland's YouTube channel

    Subscribe to the Video Creatr Youtube channel

    Check out these awesome channels and gain more inspiration.

    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.

    1 hr
  • She Quit Her 9-5 by Reading Tarot on Youtube with Passionate Heart Tarot LLC

    There may be times in your life when you find yourself having questions about your relationship or future opportunities in life. Some people rely on Tarot reading. Tarot reading is card reading. The information comes from the images in the cards that a Tarot reader pulls. This process is creative and can sometimes feel like putting a puzzle together. What makes it more interesting is, that we can easily ask questions from a Tarot reader herself, Lyn from Passionate Heart Tarot LLC. 

    Lyn was born with the gift to see and connect with non-physical and supernatural forces. With Passionate Heart Tarot LLCthe help of YouTube, Lyn was able to make her ability a living, helping people with their questions about closure, peace, and enlightenment. 

    In today’s podcast, Grant and Lyn share about the Passionate Heart Tarot LLC journey on YouTube and how it all started. We will also know how Passionate Heart Tarot LLC help other people in their relationships, past, and future.


    Check out the Episode Highlights

    00:37    What and how to use Tarot reading 
    03:17    How Passionate Heart Tarot LLC channel started
    08:37    How Patreon helps Lyn in her business 
    11:18    How Lyn started with Tarot reading
    16:24    Mental journey in starting Passionate Heart Tarot LLC channel
    19:11    Passionate Heart Tarot LLC channel’s take on generating traffic
    21:26    Lyn’s YouTube channel monetization strategy
    22:45    Lyn’s approach to getting sponsors
    27:38    Passionate Heart Tarot LLC’s time breakdown
    29:20    Lyn’s advice to people who like to start on YouTube
    35:59    How Lyn interacts and builds her community on Youtube
    37:40    How YouTube changed Lyn’s life
    40:03    Ways Passionate Heart Tarot LLC cultivates internal motivation
    43:56    What it’s like to be asked questions and advice
    49:26    What is Twin Flame and how does it give impact Lyn’s audience
    54:41    Advice Lyn can give to people who would like to try Tarot reading

    Links/ Resources Mentioned

    Follow Passionate Heart Tarot LLC’s Instagram
    Check out the Passionate Heart Tarot LLC website
    Personal Readings can be booked directly here
    For Business Inquiries, please email
    Passionate Heart Tarot LLC's YouTube channel


    Subscribe to the Video Creatr Youtube channel

    Check out these awesome channels and gain more inspiration.

    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.

    58 min
  • 8 Easy Steps to Start a Lucrative YouTube Channel

    Starting a YouTube channel is a huge opportunity to earn a side income. You can even make it a full-time job and make you a multi-millionaire. Aside from the money you earn, you could even become a celebrity if your channel gets popular enough. 

    In today’s episode, Augie and Grant will share the complete A to Z guide and the steps to starting your YouTube channel. Creating a YouTube channel and posting content takes a lot of work than most people think. So, stick around and take the time to listen to this episode! 


    Check out the Episode Highlights

    01:12   Choose your niche wisely
    08:28   Set up your YouTube channel and other technicalities
    14:09   How you present your info to your channel
    16:58   Hire an affordable videographer 
    19:21   Script and outline your first video
    25:48   Film a good video with good lighting and camera
    34:40   Record your audio in a soundproof room
    39:41   Practice making a good thumbnail
    42:02   Promote your video with optimized titles and keywords
    43:15   Put other YouTube video links to your description
    45:16   Tell your audience what your video is all about
    46:54   Post on Reddit about your channel 
    48:10   Include your YouTube link everywhere


    Subscribe to the Video Creatr Youtube channel

    Check out these awesome channels and gain more inspiration.

    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.

    52 min

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