Creator Empires: Builders in Language Education

Marina Mogilko is a YouTuber and entrepreneur based in Silicon Valley. She’s a familiar face in the creator economy because of her poplular videos on channels like Silicon Valley Girl, LinguaMarina and per personal channel Marina Mogilko, but also because of her strong network in the startup world. In this episode you’ll learn: - How Marina got a $1.7M investment in her creator career - How her ch...

Last week I sold my 'creator business' LanguageBoost and earlier this year I also sold my share in a translation agency that I started about ten years ago. Both exits were very humble and didn't make me rich. Why and does it even matter? In this episode, I'll share four major lessons I learned from building and selling online these two online businesses. For more interviews and to learn more about...

According to multilingual storyteller, Netflix show host, and YouTube Jo Franco, creators should try to build a career that is aligned with their values, rather than pursuing money and fame. Topics we'll cover in this episode: - How realistic is it to become a creator in 2022 - The risks of having a business partner and what to do about it - How she got her own Netflix show - What pays better; Net...

In this episode, we talk about whether it's worth it for YouTube creators to publish courses on course platforms like NasAcademy, Monthly, Skillshare or Udemy. For more interviews and to learn more about how we can help you with your business: https://creatorsmarts.com/ 

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Takeaways from this episode: – One important factor that determines whether your online business is going to succeed or not, is the amount of traffic you get. Traffic is worth a huge amount of money. – Give your affiliates sales commissions for every sale, including upsells. Also, consider using lifetime cookies. – Fight the scarcity mindset, be generous with affiliate commissions. Over the long t...

In this episode, we're talking to Vanessa from the 4 million subscriber YouTube channel 'Speak English with Vanessa'. Vanessa and I have been working together for quite a while now and in this episode, she shares how she 12x her hourly rate by turning her membership course into an evergreen course. For more interviews and to learn more about how we can help you with your business: https://creators...

Takeaways from this episode: - Assuming you want to optimize your offerings to generate more revenue, the only way to find out what to offer is through testing. - Split testing can be incredibly hard unless you have a huge amount of traffic. Offering different prices to different segments of your audience can also lead to confusion amongst your audience. - Don’t copy others, the key is to find out...

Takeaways from this episode with Olly: If you don’t have a welcome sequence set up, you’re leaving a lot of money on the table. The first email sequence should last between 7 and 30 days. Give people the time to learn what you’re all about. Make your first pitch within the first 5-7 days. Send out newsletters to keep your list warm and do regular email promotions. Exclude users who are still in yo...

Events mentioned in this episode: - NasSummit: https://nassummit.com/ - VidSummit: https://vidsummit.com/ For more interviews and to learn more about how we can help you with your business: https://creatorsmarts.com/

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The key to growing your Creator Business faster is by making better decisions about which tasks to work on, and which ones not. Here's how you can do that: 1. Be clear about your goals 2. Identify your bottleneck (what's holding you back) 3. Invest time and money to remove the bottleneck Everything else is a distraction except for a few things... For more interviews and to learn more about how we...

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Here's an overview of all the events that I mentioned in his episode: VidCon Sao Paulo - May 2022 Los Angeles - June 2022 Abu Dhabi- Dec 2022? Singapore - Dec 2022 London - not sure when ''VidCon is a huge annual convention for fans, creators, executives, and brands online.’' vidcon.com --- Nas Summit 17-19 March, Dubai https://nassummit.com/ --- Social Media Marketing World March 2022, San Diego,...

Listening to podcasts, taking online courses and even working with a coach can harm your business. It's all about getting the right help, at the right time. But how? In this episode, we're giving you the framework. For more interviews and to learn more about how we can help you with your business: https://creatorsmarts.com/ 

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In this interview we talk about the three ways to grow your course business relatively quickly: 1. Increase the revenue per sale: - Add order bump - Add upsell - Increase prices 2. Sell more to your list: - Do more regular promos - Improve the copy on the sales page - Improve the copy on the Checkout page 3. Grow the mailing list faster - Popup on the website, opt-in form throughout blogpost - Cal...

Today we're talking to Sam Kary from the YouTube channel New EdTech Classroom about things we can do to make online courses more engaging. For more interviews and to learn more about how we can help you with your business: https://creatorsmarts.com/

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In this New Year Special, I'm going to share with to 22 ideas to grow your business in 2022. Learn more about how we can help you with your business and sign up for our newsletter https://creatorsmarts.com/

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Becoming a great storyteller will make you a better content creator, marketer, and potentially even a better friend or partner. In this interview, Niklas shares his best insights on how we can become more productive, and better at filmmaking and storytelling. For more interviews and to learn more about how we can help you with your business: https://creatorsmarts.com/

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Creators usually don't like selling. That's why most of us have difficulties writing long-form sales pages. The thing is that if you're selling digital products for $100 or more and you're not a mainstream brand, you most likely need long-form sales content. In this episode I explain why.

I had a discussion with a creator this week about the sponsorship dilemma. How should you balance promoting sponsors vs. promoting your own products? For more interviews and to learn more about how we can help you with your business: https://creatorsmarts.com/

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When we recorded this interview Lucy had over 7M subscribers on the 'English with Lucy' YouTube channel. It's one of the biggest educational channels in the world. 

 Things we talk about this in this interview: - How Lucy became the #1 English teacher in the world - How Lucy beats the YouTube algorithm - How to stay mentally healthy with so much attention For more interviews and to learn more abo...

This was the audio recording of a presentation that Olly Richards gave during our most recent Inner Circle meeting. Some of the things you’ll learn: – How Olly grows his YouTube channel by 10% per month, while only investing 6-8 hours per week of his own time. – Olly’s ”dream” video creation process. – Which positions to hire first and where to find good candidates. – How much does it cost to hire...

Today we're talking to Amy Woods of Content 10X. Topics we discuss in this episode: - Why repurpose content? - What to create first? A YouTube video, podcast episode? 
- Important things to keep in mind when repurposing - Do we really have to be on all platforms?
 - What platforms are upcoming, how can we leverage them? For more interviews and to learn more about how we can help you with your busi...