The HeyCreator Show

On this week’s episode, Tim Stoddart (@timstodz) and Ethan Brooks (@damn_ethan) take a look at Peter Zeihan, a well-known and controversial author, social media voice, and geopolitical strategist. They dig into his work to show you what you can learn from his approach to research, publishing, and monetization. No matter what your politics, you’ll learn from this one. Cool Stuff Mentioned In The Show: Lara Acosta - Building Personal Brands Chuk in ATX Peter Zeihan’s Twitter Account Peter’s website Motley Fool’s Interview with Peter Zeihan Dissenting Opinion (“Peter Zeihan is the Jim Cramer of Geopolitics) A third take on Peter and people like him Ray Dalio’s book on The Changing World Order For more great insights, check out… Copyblogger Academy where you’ll learn the 3 skills you need to become an effective content entrepreneur in today’s world. The Write To Roam where Ethan publishes research on how 6- and 7-figure writers make money online

On this week’s episode, Tim Stoddart (@timstodz) and Ethan Brooks (@damn_ethan) talk about Tim’s newest project - re-launching the Rainmaker podcast network that he got as part of the Copyblogger deal. They discuss the “why,” “how,” and whether it’s all worth it. Cool Stuff Mentioned In The Show Rainmaker For more great insights, check out… Copyblogger Academy where you’ll learn the 3 skills you need to become an effective content entrepreneur in today’s world. The Write To Roam where Ethan publishes research on how 6- and 7-figure writers make money online

Special episode format! On this week’s episode, Ethan Brooks (@damn_ethan) records solo to share some behind-the-scenes tips on content creation, plus an interesting newsletter opportunity, a creative affiliate hack, data on the PCAT framework, and what it all means for you… Cool Stuff Mentioned In The Show Miguel Correia IPO Brief Newsletter The SEC EDGAR Database Sponsy Passionfroot Matt McGarry Matt’s new affiliate hack Lundin Matthews GetRamen Newsletter For more great insights, check out… Copyblogger Academy where you’ll learn the 3 skills you need to become an effective content entrepreneur in today’s world. The Write To Roam where Ethan publishes research on how 6- and 7-figure writers make money online

On this week’s episode, Tim Stoddart (@timstodz) and Ethan Brooks (@damn_ethan) dive into a detailed breakdown of how The Hustle and several other successful newsletters design their websites to maximize to convert as many visitors as possible into email subscribers. They discuss everything from page design, to the merits of pop-ups, incentivizing subscribers, and how to craft high quality calls to action. Cool Stuff Mentioned In The Show The Hustle Milk Road Morning Brew 1440 Newsletter Copyblogger’s Newsletter Dan O’Shinsky’s List of 52 Ways To Grow Newsletters Not A Newsletter Eric - Exploding Ideas Billy Oppenheimer Sparkloop Matt Mcgarry, from Growletter For more great insights, check out… Copyblogger Academy where you’ll learn the 3 skills you need to become an effective content entrepreneur in today’s world.

This week, we have a special episode of The Copyblogger Podcast. At the CEX conference, Tim sat down with Nathan Barry, the founder of Convertkit. We talk about ... - the Convertkit sponsorship network - how Nathan deals with the weight of running such a big company - how creators can create "flywheels" of growth - why using Sparkloop to generate revenue is such an important first step. Links - Convertkit - Convertkit Creator Network - Sparkloop.app

On this week’s episode, Tim Stoddart (@timstodz) and Ethan Brooks (@damn_ethan) talk about reverse-engineering someone else’s SEO, and the tactics/tools you can use to spy on competitors, and sites you like. Cool Stuff Mentioned In The Show Ethan’s book Ethan’s website Hello My Name Is Awesome Hone Health’s Blog SEM Rush Ahrefs For more great insights, check out… Copyblogger Academy where you’ll learn the 3 skills you need to become an effective content entrepreneur in today’s world.

On this week’s episode, Tim Stoddart (@timstodz) and Ethan Brooks (@damn_ethan) talk about the nuance of developing a personal brand while you’re building a stand-alone business or working as an employee. What is personal brand actually good for? How does it change over your career? What do people typically miss in this discussion? They cover all that and more… For more great insights, check out… Copyblogger Academy where you’ll learn the 3 skills you need to become an effective content entrepreneur in today’s world.

On this week’s episode, Tim Stoddart (@timstodz) and Ethan Brooks (@damn_ethan) talk about a story that’s making the rounds, purporting to show a new decentralized social media app that Meta’s launching on the Instagram backbone. Why might they be doing this? And what does it mean for you?  Cool Stuff Mentioned In The Show The article from Daily Mail Lia Haberman, who broke the story Our debate on whether social media is a waste of time The article, what was Twitter anyways Cal Newport’s recent podcast on news companies leaving Twitter For more great insights, check out… Copyblogger Academy where you’ll learn the 3 skills you need to become an effective content entrepreneur in today’s world.

On this week’s episode, Tim Stoddart (@timstodz) and Ethan Brooks (@damn_ethan) live react to Google’s demo of the new AI-powered search features, pausing to discuss what it could mean for the future of ecomm, content marketing, and search in general. Cool Stuff Mentioned In The Show Here’s the video they live react to An early look at ChatGPT4 with browsing The inspiration for today’s title For more great insights, check out… Copyblogger Academy where you’ll learn the 3 skills you need to become an effective content entrepreneur in today’s world.

On this week’s episode, Tim Stoddart (@timstodz) and Ethan Brooks (@damn_ethan) talk about Tim's presentation at CEX and go over this leaked document from a Google engineer that shows how terrified Google is of AI. Cool Stuff Mentioned In The Show: Channelle Basilio’s content There’s An AI For That The text below is a very recent leaked document, which was shared by an anonymous individual on a public Discord server who has granted permission for its republication. It originates from a researcher within Google. We have verified its authenticity. The only modifications are formatting and removing links to internal web pages. The document is only the opinion of a Google employee, not the entire firm. We do not agree with what is written below, nor do other researchers we asked, but we will publish our opinions on this in a separate piece for subscribers. We simply are a vessel to share this document which raises some very interesting points. The leaked Google opinion piece Copyblogger Academy where you’ll learn the 3 skills you need to become an effective content entrepreneur in today’s world.