The HeyCreator Show

On this week’s episode, Tim Stoddart ( @timstodz ) and Ethan Brooks ( @damn_ethan ) talk about upcoming changes to the CopyBlogger paid community, how Tim decided on those changes, and the lessons you can apply to your own paid products. They dive into business structure, the psychology of money, and strategies for wealth preservation after a financial windfall. Cool Stuff Mentioned In The Show Ti...

In this week's episode, I sit down with Will DeShazo from Growth Tools.  We talk about how he has been able to help scale the Growth Tools business, and why their process is the perfect solution for any entreprenuer who has a goal making $10,000 a month.

On this week’s episode, Tim Stoddart ( @timstodz ) and Ethan Brooks ( @damn_ethan ) talk to Lexi Grant, founder of They Got Acquired. Lexi is a media pro who’s started and sold several businesses. Her newest company highlights entrepreneurs who sell for $100k - $50m. The trio talk about how to tell whether your business can be sold, and what the most important steps are to set yourself up for succ...

On this week’s episode, Tim Stoddart ( @timstodz ) and Ethan Brooks ( @damn_ethan ) show you how Josh Spector automated thousands of dollars in ad sales each month for his newsletter, For the Interested . You’ll also learn about a creative new business model called “Sponsorware,” and how you can use it to make money from your Google drive. Cool Stuff Mentioned In The Show You can find Josh Spector...

On this week’s episode, Tim Stoddart ( @timstodz ) and Ethan Brooks ( @damn_ethan ) talk about how media veteran Lexi Grant landed her first 1k subscribers, then earned thousands from that list. The guys are also both working on product launches, and take you behind the scenes to talk about self doubt, idea validation, and how to allocate your energy across projects as a creator. Cool Stuff Mentio...

On this week’s episode, Tim Stoddart ( @timstodz ) and Ethan Brooks ( @damn_ethan ) sat down with writer, internet entrepreneur, and heavyweight boxer Ed Latimore ( @EdLatimore ) to discuss the art of building an audience, making money online, maturing as an entrepreneur, and the most effective way to meet entrepreneurs you admire. Cool Stuff Mentioned In The Show Ed Latimore’s Twitter , Blog , an...

On this week’s episode, Tim Stoddart ( @timstodz ) and Ethan Brooks ( @damn_ethan ) take you behind the scenes for a real-time look at the re-launch of Tim’s brand, Sober Nation. Learn about opportunities in the lead-gen industry, how to price ad products, SEO from a pro, and more. Cool Stuff Mentioned In The Show Our episode on Substack’s new app Sober Nation Johnny Robinson (The Squeegee God) SE...

On this week’s episode, Tim Stoddart ( @timstodz ) and Ethan Brooks ( @damn_ethan ) talk about how to stand out. They look at unforgettable portfolios of copywriters, and break down the ideas you can use to make your own website or product stand out. Cool Stuff Mentioned In The Show Here’s the tweet we discuss about how some people can imagine things in full color Joe Colman’s portfolio with the s...

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On this week’s episode, Tim Stoddart ( @timstodz ) and Ethan Brooks ( @damn_ethan ) talk through the recent launch of Substack’s new reading app, how it affects Substack writers, and what you can do to protect yourself and keep growing your business. IMPORTANT: As mentioned in the show, we looked deeper into Substack’s new functionality, and it appears writers DO still get access to the email addr...

On this week’s episode, Tim Stoddart ( @timstodz ) and Ethan Brooks ( @damn_ethan ) talk about the conflict unfolding in Ukraine, and how storytelling is and always has been a keystone element in wars of all sorts – with stories from John Steinbeck to Martin Luther King Jr. The guys also talk about direct response writing, how it can be leveraged to support worthwhile causes, and some of 2020’s mo...

On this week’s episode, Tim Stoddart ( @timstodz ) and Ethan Brooks ( @damn_ethan ) talk through the 10-step process Nathan Barry used to grow ConvertKit to $100k MMR after sales had stalled early on. Once you understand it, you can use this process in your own business. It will help you attract more customers, understand their needs better, and ultimately, build products that scale your income. A...

Are you planning a referral program to grow your audience? There’s a strategy to make it work. On this week’s episode, Tim Stoddart ( @timstodz ) and Ethan Brooks ( @damn_ethan ) talk about lessons learned from the godfather of referral programs, Louis Nicholls. Nicholls is the co-founder of SparkLoop*, the app that powers 7 of the 10 largest newsletter referral programs in the world. It’s been us...

On this week’s episode, Tim Stoddart ( @timstodz ) and Ethan Brooks ( @damn_ethan ) talk to the “Oprah for millennials,” Khe Hy about the skill of saying no, and how to build a high-performance remote startup team while surfing every day and raising a family. Khe is the founder of Rad Reads , a media business that started as a newsletter and has branched out into courses and consulting. His flagsh...

Last week, we talked about growing your audience without paid advertising. However, we also talked about the value of having a budget and using that budget to grow. In this week's episode Tim ( @timstodz ) and Ethan ( @damn_ethan ) give some of their favorite examples of successful paid media and Ethan breaks down the frameworks of how it all works.  Don't forget to leave us a rating and subs...

On this week's episode, @timstodz and @damn_ethan talk about an interesting Twitter thread that was written and published by Alex Garcia . Both Tim and Ethan had some really interesting insights to this thread, and they added as much value as possible to teach you ow to build an email list and grow your audience without breaking the bank.

In this episode, @timstodz and @damn_ethan go deep into the strategies and tactics needed for generating new business and signing new clients. So much of online marketing is spent on getting attention. But what happens when you get people to your website? Then what? If you're not converting your traffic into sales, then what's the point? In this episode, we go through the specific scripts, closing...

 

In this week's episode, @timstodz and @damn_ethan deep dive into creator coins. What are they? How can they help creators monetize businesses? And what are the risks involved? It's tough to say where creator coins will end up. It's likely we will see creator coins (and other web3 innovations) become a more intrical part of the creator economy. But what are the downsides?  We go in depth and c...

 

In today’s episode, we speak with the founder of Creative Elements , Jay Clouse. Jay is a writer, a podcaster. and a community manager. Jay’s podcast, Creative Elements, explores how remarkable creators found creative independence. Through narrative interviews, Jay dives into the nitty-gritty of how the world's best creators make a living from their art and creativity. In this episode, we talk abo...

In this week’s episode, I speak with   @Thomas Bevan . Thomas is a writer and a crypto enthusiast. He writes a weekly column on   The Commonplace . So much of the crypto world is built around hype, FOMO, and excitement. Yet, much is unknown about how crypto will impact our world and our digital economies. Thomas writes a weekly article speculating what he thinks may happen, and how these...

In today’s episode, we speak with Pat Walls, the founder of Starter Story . Story story has huge huge success over the last few years, and Pat credits most of that success to good SEO that leverages user-generated content. Pat’s brand and his method of creating his business are one of a kind. One of the things I love about Pat is that he is a scrappy entrepreneur. In this episode, we talk a lot ab...

A few months ago, I stumbled across the work of Eric Jorgenson . Eric had recently published his best-selling book, entitled “ The Almanac of Naval Ravikant . In his book, Eric breaks down and articulately conceptualizes the business concepts of leverage, which were introduced to him by a very popular Twitter thread, written by Naval Ravikant. Leverage is a word that gets thrown around a lot, but...

It’s easy to feel “on top of the world” when things are going well in life. Inevitably, we all come across challenges and hardships. My guest today, used his hardships as inspiration to create one of the most popular podcasts of the time. Bilal Zaidi is the host of Creator Lab. Bilal interviews world-class entrepreneurs in hopes to learn the skills, tips, and strategies that he can apply to his ow...