The HeyCreator Show
The HeyCreator Show is for building your creator business.
Each week, host Matt Ragland various guests talk through all stages of the creator journey, intentionally designing each conversation to meet you where you’re at along the way. We’re sharing lessons from over a decade of helping digital creators launch and scale courses, communities, and coaching services — along with building newsletters, YouTube channels, and podcasts to millions of subscribers and downloads for our clients.
For more about our show, company, and community go to heycreator.com.
Latest episodes
Mar 14, 2023 • 58min
Ethan wrote a book! | What does it take to write a book?
In this week's episode, Tim Stoddart (@timstodz) and Ethan Brooks (@damn _ethan) talk about Ethan's new book, In Case You Forget. They also discuss the mental journey from idea to execution of what it takes to write one.
Mar 7, 2023 • 1h 13min
Is social media needed to build a successful business?
Tim Stoddart and Ethan Brooks discuss the role of social media in business success, emphasizing effective storytelling and leveraging platforms like TikTok for viral reach. They contrast product quality with flashy business models and explore the impact of social media on companies like Sriracha and Chipotle. The conversation also delves into the success of Uproot Clean in marketing a pet hair remover product through viral social media content and brand loyalty.
Feb 28, 2023 • 53min
Creators, Brands, and Media Agencies
In this episode, Tim Stoddart (@timstodz) and Ethan Brooks (@damn _ethan) discuss the struggles that businesses and brands have connecting with their audiences in the same ways that creators can. They also debate what they think the future of the creator economy will be like.
Feb 22, 2023 • 50min
A few unconventional business tips that made my company $10 million in the last 5 years
In this episode, Tim Stoddart (@timstodz) and Ethan Brooks (@damn _ethan) dissect one of Tim’s tweets. In Tim’s tweet he talks about 17 unconventional business tips that helped him make over $10 million in the last 5 years.
Feb 15, 2023 • 46min
Coaching and Time Management: Our thoughts on volley.app
In this episode, Tim Stoddart (@timstodz) and Ethan Brooks (@damn _ethan) discuss an interesting new way to do online coaching. They discuss the potential of the volley.app to create a less hands-on approach to online coaching.
volley.app - https://volley.app/welcome
Feb 8, 2023 • 1h 8min
Lessons from Hormozi's Book - $100M Offers
In this episode Tim Stoddart (@timstodz) and Ethan Brooks (@damn_ethan) discuss some key takeaways from Alex Hormozi's book, $100M Offers. Tim also goes into detail about his "no-brainer" offer.
Jan 31, 2023 • 46min
Building an Affiliate Site and Knowing When to Hire for New Roles
In this episode Tim Stoddart (@timstodz) and Ethan Brooks (@damn_ethan) talk about Tim's ideas on how to expand the Copy Blogger Academy. They also discuss Ethan's question on when to hire for new roles.
Shoutout for the week:
Ashley Pride on Twitter - https://twitter.com/apridedesigns?s=21&t=xrDhcGz2Sc5Zp-pHc0qGxA
Jan 24, 2023 • 1h 1min
When to Take on New Projects and How to do in-depth Research Before Podcast Interviews
This week Tim Stoddart (@timstodz) and Ethan Brooks (@damn_ethan) discuss a few interesting topics including: Tim's projects, Ethan's experience with Justin Welsh and Danny Miranda's podcast, and how Ethan does research for interviews.
Some cool stuff mentioned:
https://sparkloop.app/
https://archive.org/
https://medicallyassisted.com/
Jan 24, 2023 • 50min
Hard Work, Hustle Culture, Past Advice, and the Future of the Pod
This week Tim Stoddart (@timstodz) and Ethan Brooks (@damn_ethan) sit down to discuss some things that have been on their minds this last week. They discuss things like hustle culture versus hard work and the benefits and drawbacks to both. Tim and Ethan also go into detail on what they would tell their past selves as well as if they had a second chance at life what would they do.
Jan 13, 2023 • 34min
Here is how we 10Xed our leads with cold outreach
This week Tim Stoddart (@timstodz) and Ethan Brooks (@damn_ethan) talk about how the team over at digitalcommerce.com have been able to 10X their leads. They also discuss the different softwares they used that have been instrumental in increasing the amount of cold outreach they are doing.
Awesome people mentioned:
Mike @the5000goal https://twitter.com/The5000Goal
Jon Nastor @jonnastor https://twitter.com/jonnastor
Cool websites mentioned:
lemlist - https://www.lemlist.com/
Digital Commerce - https://digitalcommerce.com/
GPTZERO - https://gptzero.me/
