Creator Empires Podcast
Jan van der Aa
The Creator Empires podcast is all about helping you turn your successful brand into a strong, future-proof online business so you can reclaim your time, build wealth, and grow your impact in the world. Join our community!
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Dec 31, 2021 • 59min
135. New Year Special - 22 Ideas to Start 2022 with a Blast!
In this New Year Special, I'm going to share with to 22 ideas to grow your business in 2022.
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Do you have an online education business that’s making over 6- or 7-figures?
Want to know how we can help you scale?
Mail us at hi@creatorsmarts
Dec 17, 2021 • 55min
134. Dopamine Detox and Better Storytelling With Niklas Christl
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/
Subscribe to our YouTube channel and don’t miss our weekly business building tips:
https://bit.ly/3u32oZt
Our second YouTube channel and watch clips with the highlights of our podcast interviews:
https://bit.ly/3w5lsrM
Do you have an online education business that’s making over 6- or 7-figures?
Want to know how we can help you scale?
Mail us at hi@creatorsmarts
Dec 14, 2021 • 16min
133. Do YouTube Creators Really Need Long-Form Sales Pages?
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.
Dec 10, 2021 • 10min
132. Should you do Sponsorships When You Can Also Promote Your Own Products?
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/
Subscribe to our YouTube channel and don’t miss our weekly business building tips:
https://bit.ly/3u32oZt
Our second YouTube channel and watch clips with the highlights of our podcast interviews:
https://bit.ly/3w5lsrM
Do you have an online education business that’s making over 6- or 7-figures?
Want to know how we can help you scale?
Send me a DM on IG @creatorsmarts

Dec 3, 2021 • 45min
131. Teaching 7 Million People English with Lucy Simkins
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 about how we can help you with your business:
https://creatorsmarts.com/
Subscribe to our YouTube channel and don’t miss our weekly business building tips:
https://bit.ly/3u32oZt
Our second YouTube channel and watch clips with the highlights of our podcast interviews:
https://bit.ly/3w5lsrM
Do you have an online education business that’s making over 6- or 7-figures?
Want to know how we can help you scale?
Send me a DM on IG @creatorsmarts
Nov 26, 2021 • 30min
130. How to Build A YouTube Production Team with Olly Richards
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 a YouTube production team.
For more interviews and to learn more about how we can help you with your business:
https://creatorsmarts.com/
Subscribe to our YouTube channel and don’t miss our weekly business building tips:
https://bit.ly/3u32oZt
Our second YouTube channel and watch clips with the highlights of our podcast interviews:
https://bit.ly/3w5lsrM
Do you have an online education business that’s making over 6- or 7-figures?
Want to know how we can help you scale?
Send me a DM on IG @creatorsmarts
Nov 19, 2021 • 49min
129. Effective Ways to Repurpose Content With Amy Woods from Content 10X
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 business:
https://creatorsmarts.com/
Subscribe to our YouTube channel and don’t miss our weekly business building tips:
https://bit.ly/3u32oZt
Our second YouTube channel and watch clips with the highlights of our podcast interviews:
https://bit.ly/3w5lsrM
Do you have an online education business that’s making over 6- or 7-figures?
Want to know how we can help you scale?
Send me a DM on IG @creatorsmarts
Nov 12, 2021 • 45min
128. From 0 to 300K YouTube Subs in Less Than 1 Year with Brian Wiles
Today we're talking to YouTube sensation Brain Wiles; an actor from New York City who decided to start a YouTube channel during the pandemic. Within a year he became a real YouTube sensation with 300K subscribers.
For more interviews and to learn more about how we can help you with your business:
https://creatorsmarts.com/
Subscribe to our YouTube channel and don’t miss our weekly business building tips:
https://bit.ly/3u32oZt
Our second YouTube channel and watch clips with the highlights of our podcast interviews:
https://bit.ly/3w5lsrM
Do you have an online education business that’s making over 6- or 7-figures?
Want to know how we can help you scale?
Send me a DM on IG @creatorsmarts
Nov 6, 2021 • 54min
127. Launching Your Own Physical Products with Ronak Trivedi from Pietra
Today we're talking to Ronak Trivedi
from Pietra; a platform where creators can develop and launch their own physical products
.
What we'll learn:
- What gave Ronak the confidence to quit his job at Uber and launch Pietra
- How to figure out know what kind of product you should launch?
- How big are the profit margins of physical products?
And much more...
More info about Pietra:
https://www.pietrastudio.com/
For more interviews and to learn more about how we can help you with your business:
https://creatorsmarts.com/
Subscribe to our YouTube channel and don’t miss our weekly business building tips:
https://bit.ly/3u32oZt
Our second YouTube channel and watch clips with the highlights of our podcast interviews:
https://bit.ly/3w5lsrM
Do you have an online education business that’s making over 6- or 7-figures?
Want to know how we can help you scale?
Send me a DM on IG @creatorsmarts
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Oct 29, 2021 • 1h 11min
126. Lessons Learned Consulting for YouTube's Top Creators with Paddy Galloway
In this video, Paddy shares the most common mistakes that YouTubers make based on his experience working with some of the biggest names on the planet.
Paddy's YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClga3ybuyyjpvqsh-cf3DvQ
Paddy on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/PaddyG96
On our podcast, we interview the world’s learning creators and take a look behind the scenes. You will learn how they became successful, the things they struggle with and the latest strategies that are working in our industry.
For more interviews and to learn more about how we can help you with your business:
https://creatorsmarts.com/
Subscribe to our YouTube channel and don’t miss our weekly business building tips:
https://bit.ly/3u32oZt
Our second YouTube channel and watch clips with the highlights of our podcast interviews:
https://bit.ly/3w5lsrM
Do you have an online education business that’s making over 6- or 7-figures?
Want to know how we can help you scale?
Send me a DM on IG @creatorsmarts


