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435: From 0 to 3.2M Subs On YouTube: How Philip Wang Grew WongFu Productions

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Today I have a special guest on the show, Philip Wang Of WongFu Productions. If you’re Asian, you probably know exactly who Philip is and he’s one of the OG YouTubers on the Internet. The WongFu YouTube channel has over 3.2 million subscribers with billions of views.

WongFu’s films have been featured in a number of international film festivals like the LA Film Festival, the San Diego Film Festival, and the Cannes Film Festival.

In this episode, you’ll learn exactly how he grew his channel into a media empire.

What You’ll Learn

How Philip Wang and his partners started their YouTube channel
How to go viral on YouTube
Philip’s strategies and techniques for creating content

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434: The Sneaky Tricks Pro YouTubers Use To Grow Their Channel With Zach Mitchem

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Today I have my friend Zach Mitchem on the show. Zach runs a YouTube consultancy called We Are Video Makers and manages the YouTube channels for many famous creators with millions of subscribers.

As you guys probably know, I recently hit 100K subs on YouTube and it took me about 2.5 years to get there. But since then, Zach has been helping me with my channel and I have grown about 50k more subs in a span of just 2.5 months. Enjoy the episode!

What You’ll Learn

Strategies to grow a successful YouTube channel
How to create engaging YouTube content
Fastest way to grow your subscriber count

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433: How A Partnership Nightmare Destroyed A $10M Blog With Jeff Rose

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Today I have my good friend Jeff Rose back on the show after 7 years and a lot has changed since we last spoke. His partners have changed, his strategies have changed and the content business has changed.

Jeff runs the popular blog GoodFinancialCents.com, a popular YouTube Channel called Wealth Hacker that has 380K subscribers and a portfolio of other websites in the finance space.

In this episode, we have a candid discussion about his failed partnerships and what it takes to make money with content today.

What You’ll Learn

How to be successful in content creation
Why Jeff’s partnerships failed and how to prevent this from happening to you
The best content medium to make money today

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432: The Curse That All Successful Entrepreneurs Have With Mike Jackness

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Today I have my friend Mike Jackness back on the show to talk about a sensitive topic that is rarely discussed.

Can successful entrepreneurs live a balanced life? Do you have to make sacrifices in order to make money in business?

In this episode, we discuss the brutal truth about success and the curse that all entrepreneurs have. Enjoy!

What You’ll Learn

The brutal truth about success in business
The secret weapon for entrepreneurs to live a balanced life
The curse that all of the successful entrepreneurs have

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431: The Dark Side Of Entrepreneurship And How To Build A Business You Love With Jadah Sellner

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Today I have my friend Jadah Sellner back on the podcast. The last time I had Jadah on the show, she and I discussed how she created Simple Green Smoothies with her partner Jen Hansard.

But since then, Jadah has exited that company and is now on a mission to help others build sustainable small businesses without burning out. In this episode, you’ll learn how to build a business you love.

What You’ll Learn

The dark side of entrepreneurship
How to create a business that suit your life
How to apply Jadah’s love method to business

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430: How To Make Money In a Downturn When No One Is Hiring With Charlie Hoehn

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Today I have my friend Charlie Hoehn on the show. Charlie is a best-selling author who has worked with many entrepreneurs such as Tim Ferriss, Ramit Sethi, Seth Godin and Tucker Max.

His book “Recession Proof Grad” was one of my favorites and his bestselling book “Play For A Living” was referred to by Tony Robbins as the cure to all stress.

Having Charlie on the show is timely because we are going into a recession. We discuss ways to navigate a downturn and how make money doing what we enjoy.

What You’ll Learn

How to make money during a recession
How to “play” for a living
What it takes to write a best selling book

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429: 17 Million Dollar Business Ideas Free For The Taking With Nick Loper

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Today I have my friend Nick Loper on the show. Nick is the host of the popular Side Hustle Nation podcast where he and I share similar goals.

We highlight entrepreneurs who run businesses on the side or full-time. One of the common complaints that we often get is not being able to decide what type of business to start.

In this episode, Nick and I brainstorm million-dollar business ideas that you are welcome to take for yourself.

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17 million-dollar business ideas for the taking
What type of business should you start
How to run a successful business on the side

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428: Counterintuitive Strategies (Which Make No Sense) That Can Grow Your Sales With Kurt Elster

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Today I have my long-time friend Kurt Elster on the show. Kurt is the host of The Unofficial Shopify Podcast and a Shopify store consultant.

As part of his job, he often runs split tests for his clients. And over the years, he’s amassed many counterintuitive strategies that can grow your sales.

Some of these make no sense but they work. Enjoy the episode!

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How to improve and grow your Shopify Store sales
Counterintuitive learnings from running many split tests
How to launch your own split tests for your store

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427: This Old School Marketing Tactic Converts Like Crazy With Mike Epstein

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Today I have my friend Michael Epstein on the show to talk about an old school marketing tactic that’s making a huge comeback.

With the latest iOS updates limiting the performance of Facebook ads and email marketing, this strategy comes at a great time.

In this episode, we discuss how to use postcard marketing to grow your sales.

What You’ll Learn

How Mike and Drew became business partners
How postcard and direct mail marketing works
How to grow your audience with postcard marketing

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426: The Best Strategy To Grow An Audience Today With Neville Medhora

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Today I have my favorite outspoken Zoroastrian friend back on the show, Neville Medhora. Neville is the founder of CopywritingCourse.com where he runs an incredible copywriting community and teaches people how to write persuasive copy.

In this episode, we discuss how written content creation has evolved over the years and how to be successful with a content based business today.

What You’ll Learn

The best way to grow your audience with content today
Why WordPress is no longer the best platform
How to build a thriving community

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425: This 1 Strategy Grew Her Water Bottle Brand To 10M+ With Alicia Reynoso

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Today I have Alicia Reynoso on the show. Alicia is the founder of Live Infinitely which is a company that sells water bottles and outdoor gear online.

Water bottles is one of the most saturated e-commerce products that you can sell online but she turned it into an 8 figure business with this one strategy.

Enjoy the interview!

What You’ll Learn

Why Alicia chose to sell such a saturated product
How Alicia build an 8-figure water bottle business
Alicia’s single strategy that allowed her to build a community around her products

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424: I Hit 100k YouTube Subs Making $20K/month – Here’s What I Learned

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Today I have my partner Toni on the show to talk about my 2-and-a-half-year journey of making YouTube videos. Recently I hit 100K subs and the channel is making about $20,000/month on Adsense revenue alone.

In this episode, I talk about what it took to get to this point, and what you have to do to build a successful YouTube channel.

What You’ll Learn

How I finally reached the 100K subscriber milestone
How to create a successful YouTube Channel
The one change that allowed me to follow through with growing my channel

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423: A Controversial Way To Grow Your Email List Fast With Adam Robinson

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I’m going to say this upfront. This episode may blow your mind. It’s about building an email list fast, but in a way that is slightly controversial.

Your first reaction is probably gonna be “Oh my goodness, is this even legal? I would never do that.”

But today, Adam Robinson is going to teach us the ins and outs of acquiring email addresses in this new and innovative way.

What You’ll Learn

A controversial strategy to build up your email list fast
How you can apply this strategy to grow your e-commerce store
Is this method even legal and how to set it up

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422: This Student Makes $2M Selling Womens Clothing Online With Ming Wang

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Today I have Ming Wang on the show. Ming is a student in my Create A Profitable Online Store course and she’s the founder of Alina Mae Maternity, a store that sells maternity clothing for business professionals.

Despite being a very difficult niche to sell into, Ming has managed to make over $2 million per year selling clothing on Amazon and her own website.

In this episode, Ming reveals exactly how she did it.

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Why sell apparel?
How to make money in the women’s apparel industry
How to successfully launch apparel on Amazon

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421: How Authors Make Millions In The Book Business With Mike Michalowicz

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Today I have one of my favorite authors on the show, Mike Michalowicz. If you don’t know who Mike is, he’s the author of the hit bestseller, Profit First, which has become the de facto manual for running a profitable small business.

He’s also published other bestsellers like The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur, Clock Work, Get Different and The Pumpkin Plan. All of his books are highly recommended.

In this episode, we learn about the book business and how becoming an author can make you millions.

What You’ll Learn

How the book business works
How to write a best selling book
Should you self publish or go the traditional route?

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All Of Mike’s Books

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420: My Big Purchase To Save 100K+ On Taxes – A Bumblebee Linens Update With Steve Chou

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Today I’m doing a solo episode to give you a quick update on Bumblebee Linens and to provide you with a pretty cool tax strategy that e-commerce business owners are using to save on taxes.

What You’ll Learn

What’s up with Bumblebee Linens in 2022
The details about my latest purchase
How opportunity zones can save your business money on taxes

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