Doin' The Thing w/ Dillan Taylor
Doin' The Thing is a show for creators who want to build their content business better and faster. It's hosted by Dillan Taylor—certified life coach, writer, and CEO of Grindstone. He interviews top creators to share their biggest mistakes and lessons and tells stories from Grindstone, a coaching company for video creators.
Doin' The Thing w/ Dillan Taylor
The Harsh Reality of Being a Full-Time Creator (w/ CupppaJoe5) | 044
Dillan interviews Joe (@CupppaJoe5). He's a Call of Duty: Warzone creator and educator, helping his audience improve at the game. A year ago, he quit his 9-5 job to do content full-time.
They discuss: the best and worst parts of being a full-time content creator, why Joe started a brand new channel from scratch, why being stuck in a niche isn't a bad thing, what Joe learned from starting a new YouTube channel, how to script your videos in a way that attracts new viewers, the most valuable mistakes Joe has made, all of Joe's different revenue streams as a creator, why you should raise your prices, what Joe wishes he knew when he quit his job to do content full-time, and much more.
Joe's links...
Website: https://cupppajoe5.com/
Twitter / X: https://x.com/CupppaJoe5
YouTube main: https://www.youtube.com/c/CupppaJoe5
YouTube let's play: https://www.youtube.com/@CupppaJoePlays
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Follow Dillan on the interwebs...
Twitter / X: https://x.com/dillanroytaylor
Newsletter: https://newsletter.grindstone.work/
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0:00 Intro
0:49 Easiest / hardest part?
7:53 Why Joe started a new channel
12:51 Being "trapped" in a nice
23:12 Lessons from the new channel
29:13 How to talk to new viewers
35:19 Joe's most valuable mistakes
39:23 Rev stream 1: YouTube adsense
42:45 Rev stream 2: streaming
49:32 Rev stream 3: coaching
54:36 Why you should raise your prices
1:01:36 Rev stream 4: TikTok
1:05:56 Rev stream 5: sponsorships
1:10:14 Joe's advice to his past self
1:15:28 Bye bye bye
