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
How to Build the Perfect Content System (w/ Giana Cambria) | 046
Dillan interviews Giana Cambria—founder of Upper Hand Creative.
UHC is a company that helps coaches, consultants, and agency owners scale their content while saving massive amounts of time. Giana shares her journey building the business, her insights on systemizing content workflows, how AI is changing the game, and what separates the creators who thrive from those who don't.
They discuss: Giana's journey building the Upper Hand Creative, her insights on systemizing content workflows, what separates the creators who thrive from those who don't, the biggest pain points creators face, building a brand playbook, batching systems for content creation, creating viral content, using AI to save time and improve output, human vs AI content trends, why audience size isn’t everything for monetization, traits of Giana's top-performing clients, tactical advice for creators starting with $0, and much more.
Giana's links...
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gianacambria91/
Website: https://www.upperhandcreative.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@GianaCambria
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0:00 Intro
0:52 What is Upper Hand Creative?
4:23 The pain creators experience
9:07 The power of core stories and the “Big Domino”
13:12 Building a viral content library
14:39 Passive vs active creating
17:48 Which platform to post on?
20:07 Building a content system
30:41 Traits of successful creators vs those who struggle
40:49 Do you need a big audience to make money?
45:59 Ways to systematize content creation for $0
49:20 Pulling inspiration from outside your niche
53:05 Trends creators are sleeping on
56:23 Favorite A.I. tools and how to use them
1:02:30 Will A.I. replace human content?
1:06:06 Giana’s #1 advice
1:10:05 Bye bye bye
