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HubSpot helps businesses address security challenges while solidly starting and growing, offering a secure website builder that scales with the business size. It emphasizes securing your team, from two members to hundreds, with secure content partitioning and scalable permissions, ensuring readiness for future growth.
The podcast features a personal journey where an individual, despite a non-traditional academic path, transitions from studying film to becoming a successful YouTuber. Through experiences in film editing and community involvement, a YouTube channel focusing on lacrosse content emerges, leading to collaborations and growth.
The podcast discusses leveraging relationships and time in the market for growth opportunities, such as collaborations with popular creators like Mr. Beast. It highlights the importance of understanding audience expectations, strategic packaging, and aligning content with search trends to drive viewership and engagement, emphasizing consistency, strategic partnerships, and operator support for sustained success.
Exploring keywords using tools like Google Trends and Vid I C for tracking search traffic and competitiveness. These tools help identify trends, top videos, and keyword competitiveness, aiding creators in strategic content decisions and understanding the search landscape on platforms like YouTube.
Highlighting the need for resources like LegalZoom and TurboTax tailored for creators to navigate legal and financial aspects. Emphasizing the importance of understanding business operations, such as taxes, for creators transitioning from hobby to profession. Recognizing the demand for specialized services that cater to creators' unique needs, aiming to simplify complex business aspects and support long-term growth.
Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) talk with YouTube stars and content creator experts Samir Chaudry and Colin Rosenblum about how to become a successful YouTuber.
Also, want $5,000? Check out the My First Million Clips contest.
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Links:
* My First Million Clips contest
* AmandaRachLee - Bullet Journal
* Cloak
* GFuel
* VidIQ
* MFM TikTok Clips Contest Entry w/Neil Patel
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Show Notes:
(03:55) - Origin story of Colin and Samir
(20:40) - What should creators be doing that they're not?
(25:00) - How long did it take to get to 800k?
(30:40) - What are the table stakes for getting a channel to 200k?
(34:45) - What's your team for starting a YouTube channel?
(39:20) - Tools that you wished existed
(43:35) - Surprising creators
(47:25) - What do you think about TikTok?
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Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
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• #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
• #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
• #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
• How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
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