Backstage Careers: Recent Episodes
Jeremy Mary
Backstage Careers is a podcast where I interview the linchpins who are working behind the scenes with some of the biggest entrepreneurs and creators out there.My goal with the podcast is to show you what it's like working with these influential people, and how you can land a job working for someone you look up to.
At 18 years old, @Chifftie was working the night shift at home depot. Then he won @TheAndrewSchulz clip editing competition and got offered an internship. Next thing you know, Chifftie was on a one-way flight to New York City for the craziest adventure of his life.In this interview he tells that crazy story and everything he’s learned from Andrew Schulz along the way.📈 Check out the special effects and subtitles Chifftie uses to edit Andrew Schulz' TikTok clips: https://chiffpacks.com📧 Subscribe to my newsletter for exclusive job opportunities to work with your favorite creators and entrepreneurs: https://sendfox.com/jeremyjohnmary📲 Follow @backstagecareers on Instagram to get clips & highlights from the latest episodes: https://www.instagram.com/backstagecareers/SHOW NOTES: 00:00 Intro02:00 - Chifftie’s Crazy Adventure to Get a Job with Andrew Schulz03:35 - Dealing with Rejection on the Way04:48 - Getting his First Shot Editing Clips07:23 - Persisting in Chasing the Dream of Working for Andrew08:38 - The Importance of Always Being Available09:34 - The Dream Job Slips Away12:33 - Andrew Reaches Out (And then ghosts Chifftie)17:37 - Finally Getting The Job (and Moving to New York Solo)24:41 - Chifftie’s Early Days Editing for Andrew27:39 - Cutting Viral Clips31:55 - How to Edit Comedy35:15 - Working on Andrew’s Netflix Special42:03 - Andrew’s Working Style46:48 - Marketing the Special48:50 - Day To Day Job Responsibilities and Travelling With Andrew51:20 - Chifftie’s Podcast Intro Process59:16 - Andrew’s Team Breakdown1:05:02 - Biggest Lessons From Andrew1:09:51 - Chifftie’s Plans for Youtube1:15:05 - Chifftie’s Final Advice for People Going for Backstage CareersABOUT THE PODCAST:Backstage Career is a podcast where I interview the linchpins who are working behind the scenes with some of the biggest creators and entrepreneurs out there!My goal with these interviews is to give you an idea of what it’s like to work with these influential people, and to help you land a job working with someone you look up to and want to apprentice under.
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Today I talk to Danny Miranda, a 28-year old with a Microphone and a big dream: to one day become the first podcaster to sell out Madison Square Garden.3 years ago he started a podcast in his bedroom with 0 listeners, and today his podcast has gotten over a million downloads, and he’s landed legendary guests like Alex Hormozi, Andy Frisella, and Seth Godin.In this episode you’ll learn:1. How to make a full time living as a podcaster starting from 0.2. The exact networking tactics that Danny’s used to land A-list guests for his podcast3. The surprising business opportunities that came from a $50 dollar microphone.4. And every single growth tactic Danny’s used to grow from 0 listeners to over 1M downloadsCheck out Danny Miranda's social pages: https://tapistr.ee/heydannymiranda📲 Follow @backstagecareers on Instagram to get clips & highlights from the latest episodes: https://www.instagram.com/backstagecareers/SHOW NOTES: 01:30 - How Danny’s Podcast Journey Began04:50 - Trusting Life to Provide Money05:23 - Where Danny Was When He Began His Podcast08:13 - How ‘The Surrender Experiment’ Influenced Danny’s Mindset to Money10:24 - The Importance of Setting Big Goals12:02 - Why People Support Those With A Big Vision14:50 - How Many Downloads Has Danny Had So Far?19:00 - Getting Offered Jobs from Having a Podcast22:09 - Fighting Depression to Keep Going25:30 - The Importance of Volume28:41 - What Were Danny’s Key Growth Inflection Points?30:09 - Hiring an Editor Changes Your Life32:12 - How Danny Works With His Editor (And How Much He Pays)36:21 - The Importance of Big Guests for Growth38:39 - How Danny Makes Money47:16 - How Danny Charges for Podcast Consulting50:19 - Danny Process To Built and Sell A Podcasting Course (And How Much It’s Made)50:59 - Lessons Included in Danny’s Interviewing Course55:34 - How Danny Books Famous Guests1:04:39 - What Software Does Danny Use to Track Guest Booking1:06:11 - Danny’s Best Story of Booking a Huge Guest1:12:29 - Advanced Twitter Strategies (And Booking Gary Vee)1:16:57 - Danny’s Weekly Calendar1:24:14 - Final Thoughts: ‘Find What You’d Do For Free’ABOUT THE PODCAST:Backstage Career is a podcast where I interview the linchpins who are working behind the scenes with some of the biggest creators and entrepreneurs out there!My goal with these interviews is to give you an idea of what it’s like to work with these influential people, and to help you land a job working with someone you look up to and want to apprentice under.🎯 Upcoming Interviews Target List:👉 Tim Ferriss' research assistant👉 GaryVee's DRock👉 Patrick Bet David's Content Strategist👉 Jaime the producer of the Joe Rogan Experience👉 The Content Strategist for MrBeast👉 Alex Banayan Author of "The Third Door"👉 Ryan Holiday who apprenticed under Robert Greene🔔 If you're hyped about that list you should subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEfQeaiXKSSONQXqhyMWtig
📺 Watch the episode on YouTube if you want to see all the screen recordings: https://youtu.be/SRQtZeP_bj0
Oliver Gilpin is a British entrepreneur, building Telos Media. A holding company scaling a new YouTube channel every month. With the creative vision of his business partner Alvaro Calmet - they've gone from 0 to 10M subs in 2.5 years, earning $1m per year, with 90 team members.In this episode, I talk to him about:1. How he runs so many channels without being involved with any of them…2. Oliver’s hiring secrets to find operators who will run his YouTube channels for him3. The exact company structure behind all of his channels (with over 80 employees)4. And for the first time ever, Oliver opens up his books and shares all of the financials behind running a faceless animation channel RESSOURCES mentioned in the episode:https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1SaeCWdnXe4dzwvcT7DwieyknbHsrLZ20?usp=sharing https://nowcreatives.notion.site/YouTube-Team-Compensation-Methods-Tips-and-Principles-a7534f08a68649458c2d9527c6e9d8b4 🖥️ Follow Oliver and his work online:https://twitter.com/oligilpin https://www.linkedin.com/in/oliver-gilpin/ Telos.so📲 Follow @backstagecareers on Instagram to get clips & highlights from the latest episodes: / backstagecareersTIMESTAMPS:00:00:00 - Intro00:02:16 - Dropping out of high school to start an agency00:04:06 - Why start an animation channel?00:05:42 - Oliver’s first faceless channel - $30,000 Mistake00:07:15 - Oliver's 2nd Channel (and most successful) 00:09:44 - The 5 animation channels Oliver is running00:12:29 - How to build a faceless animation team00:14:03 - What to look for when hiring an operator00:15:44 - Hiring tactics to find A+ talent oversees 00:24:58 - First key hires for YouTube Automation00:26:06 - Org chart for Oliver's 30 YouTube channels00:28:28 - How Oliver thinks about profit share and incentives for his employees00:31:59 - Hiring Strategy #200:34:04 - Oliver's systems to manage a team of 80 employees00:35:30 - What does Oliver do all day?00:39:09 - How much money Oliver makes 00:40:51 - Starting 1 channel every month in 202400:45:01 - Breaking down the economics of his youtube channels00:48:37 - Revenue from Merch00:50:41 - Managing 25 Foreign Language Channels00:53:32 - How to start a faceless animation channel 10100:56:28 - Oliver's Mission - What drives himABOUT THE PODCAST:Backstage Career is a podcast where I interview the linchpins who are working behind the scenes with some of the biggest creators and entrepreneurs out there!My goal with these interviews is to give you an idea of what it’s like to work with these influential people, and to help you land a job working with someone you look up to and want to apprentice under.🎯 Upcoming Interviews Target List:👉 Tim Ferriss' research assistant👉 GaryVee's DRock👉 Patrick Bet David's Content Strategist👉 Jaime the producer of the Joe Rogan Experience👉 The Content Strategist for MrBeast👉 Alex Banayan Author of "The Third Door"👉 Ryan Holiday who apprenticed under Robert Greene
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This is part 2 of my 2 part interview with @AndrewKirbys where we dive into Andrew's Backstory.
In Part 1 I ask Andrew how he took @Hamza97 from $20,000 to $200,000/month in under 30 days: https://youtu.be/I6ya9pe94zU
ABOUT THIS EPISODE:
In this episode I talk to Andrew Kirby who at only 23 years old has grown a Youtube channel to 600k subscribers, made his first million, retired from YouTube, and who’s now spending all of his time helping other creators grow and monetize their channels.
He’s worked with some impressive clients like MrBeast, Alex Hormozi, and most recently Hamza who he helped scale from making $20,000/month to $200,000/month.
In this episode we dive into Andrew’s story and the mindset that’s made him so successful at such a young age, but we dive deep into the tactics he’s using to help creators make more money.
SHOW NOTES:
00:00 Andrew's background
01:50 The great online game
03:45 Andrew's "character evolution"
05:55 Building bridges
07:05 Apprenticeship
10:55 Building a relationship with Sam Ovens
13:05 Dropping out of college and early success on YouTube
14:35 His first year after dropping out
18:55 Getting back to experimenting with the online game
22:10 The Hamza bridge
23:50 Discovering Alex Hormozi
29:45 Working with Mr. Beast
ABOUT THE PODCAST:
Backstage Career is a podcast where I interview the linchpins who are working behind the scenes with some of the biggest creators and entrepreneurs out there!
My goal with these interviews is to give you an idea of what it’s like to work with these influential people, and to help you land a job working with someone you look up to and want to apprentice under.
🎯 Upcoming Interviews Target List:
👉 Tim Ferriss' research assistant
👉 GaryVee's DRock
👉 Patrick Bet David's Content Strategist
👉 Jaime the producer of the Joe Rogan Experience
👉 The Content Strategist for MrBeast
👉 Alex Banayan Author of "The Third Door"
👉 Ryan Holiday who apprenticed under Robert Greene
🔔 If you're hyped about that list you should subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEfQeaiXKSSONQXqhyMWtig
⏲️ Timestamps bellow 👇
💸 If you have a YouTube channel with +100,000 subscribers, apply to work with Andrew here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1aS4j7pEkqJ_99sySVOJIp5VW2TG7TosdGztyw7u8ppw
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Today I talk to Andrew Kirby who at only 23 years old has grown a Youtube channel to 600k subscribers, made his first million, retired from YouTube, and who’s now spending all of his time helping other creators grow and monetize their channels.
In this episode we dive deep into the tactics he’s using to help creators make more money and specifically how he helped Hamza to go from $20k to $200k/month.
SHOW NOTES:
00:00 Intro
01:05 How Andrew and Hamza connected
05:25 Taking Hamza from $20k to $200k/month
12:40 Andrew's 4-Step Monetization Protocol
19:30 Why Andrew helps creators monetize for free
21:00 Creators that Andrew is Working With
23:40 Creators Who Are Monetizing The Right Way
25:30 Valuable insights for growing your audience
ABOUT THE PODCAST:
Backstage Career is a podcast where I interview the linchpins who are working behind the scenes with some of the biggest creators and entrepreneurs out there!
My goal with these interviews is to give you an idea of what it’s like to work with these influential people, and to help you land a job working with someone you look up to and want to apprentice under.
🎯 Upcoming Interviews Target List:
👉 Tim Ferriss' research assistant
👉 GaryVee's DRock
👉 Patrick Bet David's Content Strategist
👉 Jaime the producer of the Joe Rogan Experience
👉 The Content Strategist for MrBeast
👉 Alex Banayan Author of "The Third Door"
👉 Ryan Holiday who apprenticed under Robert Greene
🔔 If you're hyped about that list you should subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEfQeaiXKSSONQXqhyMWtig
⏱ Time stamps for the episode below 👇
ABOUT THIS EPISODE:
Today I talk to Jamie Rawsthorne who at 25 had grown a YouTube channel to 900,000 subscribers (The Zack & Jay Show) with his best friend Zack. They were getting paid +$300k to make videos sneaking into some of the world’s most exclusive events.
But something wasn’t right with the YouTube fast life. Jamie started feeling burnt out and one day he decided to drop everything and move to Mexico to become a YouTube consultant instead
My goal with this interview is to give you guys a realistic preview of what it’s actually like to run a YouTube channel: the good, the bad, and the ugly.
We also get into some advanced strategies for getting in touch with influential people as well as what it’s like to be a YouTube consultant and tips to get started with that.
SHOW NOTES:
03:00 The YouTube Startup Experience
06:06 The Video That Saved Their Channel
09:05 How Zack & Jay Collaborated On The Channel
10:35 How much he made the first 2 years on YouTube
11:10 Working with a YouTuber management company
13:40 The "highs" of YouTube
14:26 The "dark" side of YouTube
15:49 Why did Jamie leave YouTube?
19:55 How Jamie got into YouTube Consulting
22:55 How Jamie Cold DMs Influential People
24:33 The DM he sent Codie Sanchez
26:00 The DM he sent Austin Rief (Morning Brew CEO)
29:30 the DM he sent to the SOHO founder
29:55 Jamie's YouTube Consulting Process
31:14 How Jamie Researches Video Ideas For His Clients
34:00 exact tools & processes Jamie uses for his YouTube research
34:55 What's next for Jamie
Links and Resources:
Follow Jamie on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jamierawsthorne
Jamie’s Website: https://www.jamierawsthorne.com
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ABOUT THIS EPISODE:
Today I talk to Noah Morris who at only 19 years old is running 20+ profitable YouTube channels that are making him around $1M/year. He’s able to do that by building teams that run the channels for him… let’s find out how he does it!
SHOW NOTES:
00:00 Intro
01:15 What is YouTube Automation
03:45 Noah shares one of his faceless channels
07:40 How Noah got started with YouTube
11:30 How to get a YouTube Job
15:25 About Noah's course
17:50 YouTube Automation 101
23:15 Step 2 of starting a Automated YouTube channel
24:10 How much Noah invests into a channel
25:15 problems with monetization
31:45 How does he manage the 40+ people that work for him?
37:30 what does Noah's week look like?
39:20 What does his team look like?
42:15 How much does he pay his employees (+ Revenue Share)
44:45 Noah's week (continued)
47:50 Noah's strategy for finding people to work on his channels
50:30 How much Noah pays his editors/youtube managers (continued)
54:10 How much can you make with a new faceless channel
55:45 why Noah doesn't share his YouTube channels
57:30 How much does it cost to run a faceless channel?
59:35 why you shouldn't invest too much $$ into new YouTube videos
01:00:45 Noah's plan to sell his channels for $10M+ to a Private Equity firm
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ABOUT THIS EPISODE:
Ivan Hidalgo sold his marketing agency for $3 million when he was just 21 to go work with the guys behind the Charisma On Command YouTube channel. As the COO he's helped to grow the channel into a $3 million/year business in just 5 years.
In this episode we talk about the massive opportunity that’s opening up right now for any entrepreneur who wants to partner up with their favourite creators to start a business, the business model behind a $3 million YouTube channel and what the day-to-day of running a 45 person YouTube team looks like.
SHOW NOTES:
00:00 Intro
00:44 Ivan's First Projects & Responsibilities
06:48 The Charisma on Command Business Model
12:50 Strategic Decisions Framework
17:06 The 40 Person Team Behind CoC
24:44 Ivan's COO Role
29:27 CoC's Company Culture
33:04 The Youtube COO Opportunity
37:09 Ivan's Salary 🤑
44:43 Outro
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ABOUT THIS EPISODE:
Billy Oppenheimer is Ryan Holiday’s book research assistant. Over the last 4 years Billy helped Ryan write 3 best selling books: Stillness is the key, Discipline is destiny, and Courage is calling.
Today’s episode we’re going to dive into the exact strategy that he used to land his dream job with Ryan, how Billy and Ryan collaborate on a book and every single step of the book writing process from coming up with the idea for a book… to sending the book out to publishers and finally Billy shares what he learned working with Robert Greene on his book the Daily Laws.
SHOW NOTES:
0:00 Intro
0:34 How Billy got a job with Ryan Holiday
07:28 Billy’s first projects and responsibilities
14:18 How Ryan writes books
21:36 Working with Robert Greene
24:38 Writing advice from Ryan and Robert
28:52 Ryan’s team
30:56 Ryan’s marketing strategy
38:45 Building your own newsletter
44:55 Outro
📲 Follow Billy on Twitter https://twitter.com/bpoppenheimer
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Today I talk to Hayden Trowbridge, the 20-year-old YouTube producer behind Airrack’s viral videos. His job is literally to take Airrack’s crazy video ideas and make them a reality using only the internet, his phone, and his negotiation skills.
In this epic conversation, we discuss how Hayden landed the job with Airrack and his advice for anyone that wants to work with a big YouTuber, Hayden shares some of the craziest behind the scenes stunts and negotiations that he had to pull off in order to make some of these videos happen. And finally, we discuss what Airrack’s 20-person team looks like and the systems and SOPs they use in order to consistently put out million view videos at scale.
SHOW NOTES:
0:00 Intro
0:38 How Hayden got a job with Eric Decker
05:57 The unusual job interview
08:25 Announcing the Backstage Careers Coaching Program
09:14 A two week internship that turned into a month
13:09 Hayden’s first videos and responsibilities
15:07 Backstory of “Cycling Across 38 Miles of Ice!” video
21:34 Advice for creators
24:00 Video process and idea development
29:12 Hayden’s role in ideation and planning
35:29 Pre-production process
38:04 Project management and tools
40:28 Airrack’s team
48:15 Producer Must-Knows
50:40 Hayden’s schedule and planning
51:34 Lessons from “I Bought Every Seat On An Airplane!”
59:39 Video budgets
1:01:14 Behind the scenes of “I Crossed America In A Perfectly Straight Line”
01:05:45 Day in the life of a Producer
01:09:39 Where you can follow Hayden
📲 Follow Hayden on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thehaydentrowbridge/
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ABOUT THIS EPISODE:
Today I talk to Ali Abdaal’s general manager, Angus Parker. Angus literally runs Ali’s $5M/year business, and manages the team of 13 people they have on staff, so Ali can focus on creating new income streams for the business.
In this episode, we cover how Angus went from being a YouTube scriptwriter that just graduated from college 3 years ago, to managing a $5M/year business and a staff of 13 people.
Next, we dive deep into Ali’s business, and how they’ve managed to scale it from a small 3-person team to an 13 person hyper growth YouTube business.
Specifically, we look at the numbers for “Part Time YouTuber Academy” which is the main revenue driver for the business. How they’ve scaled that into a $3M/year product, and the exact marketing funnels they're using. And finally, we also discuss the systems and SOPs that Angus and Ali use to manage their staff of 13 people to keep everyone productive and motivated.
📲 Follow Angus on Twitter: https://twitter.com/apmparker
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SHOW NOTES:
0:00 Intro
0:46 How Angus got a job with Ali Abdaal
03:05 The cold e-mail he sent
06:48 Announcing the Backstage Careers Coaching Program
07:36 Applying for a job that wasn't listed
08:59 Getting a job with no work experience
10:56 Size of Ali’s team in 2020
11:45 Angus’ first job responsibilities
15:10 Why YouTube channels are the new Tech Startups
16:43 How many hours did Angus work in a week
17:17 Why you need to be a generalist to run a YouTube businesses
21:25 From Skillshare to launching their own course
27:59 Why Ali chose the YouTube niche
29:53 Cohort VS course businesses
33:26 Part-Time YouTuber Academy
36:21 From idea to launching PTYA in 1 week
43:30 Promoting the course on different platforms
45:16 Breaking down the PTYA marketing funnel
55:40 The e-mail marketing formula
58:47 Behind the scenes of running a cohort course
01:06:07 Size of Ali's team today and different roles
01:08:35 The challenges of scaling a team (had to let go of 5 people)
1:14:48 How to know if you actually need to hire more people
1:17:20 Angus’ role as the COO / Integrator
1:24:22 How much they spend on leadership coaching
1:26:40 How they run the business without goals and KPIs
1:29:14 Using 6-week "Sprints" to get the team aligned
1:36:41 Angus' goals of the Integrator
1:38:45 Why Angus prefers staying in the background
1:42:07 Imposter syndrome
1:43:42 How much is Angus compensated
1:45:48 Advice for people working behind the scenes
1:47:47 Where can you follow Angus
1:48: 33 Outro
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In this episode I talk with Brian Moncada, the man behind some of the biggest YouTube Ads in the info business space who's spent over $40,000,000 on Ads over the course of his career as a marketer.
The crazy part is that only 4 years ago, Brian was still a door to door salesman who was struggling to make ends meet. But then he decided that he needed to go work for a mentor; Someone who had already built a successful business and could teach him to do the same.
When he read the book Millionaire Success Habits, he knew that the author, Dean Graziosi was the mentor he was looking for.
So he cold emailed Dean, quit his job and packed all of his belongings to drive from California to Phoenix Arizona for an interview with Dean. He got the job on the spot, and the rest is history!
In this episode we cover how Brian became one of the best in the YouTube Ads business, we talk about what it was like to manage a $30,000/day ad budget for Dean Graziosi, and how he’s built a successful YouTube ads agency with clients like Jordan Belfort, Frank Kern and Sam Ovens.
SHOW NOTES:
0:00 Who is Brian Moncada?
0:44 How Brian got a job with Dean Graziosi
2:36 The best way to get a mentor
4:33 Working for a mentor VS starting your own business
7:58 Brian’s cold email to Dean
11:00 Mindset to crush the job interview
12:45 Job interview with Dean Graziosi
13:27 Brian’s first weeks on the job
17:02 What did Dean’s team look like
18:08 What was Brian working on with Dean
18:53 How did Brian learn Youtube ads from scratch
21:05 Valuable lessons from Tommie Powers
22:48 Why Dean filmed 123 YouTube Ads for 1 book
26:00 The most successful ad they ran
28:43 Why advertise a book with YouTube ads
33:09 Day in the life of working for Dean
37:04 The process of optimizing YouTube ads
42:25 Working with Tony Robbins for Mastermind.com
44:00 The launch of Mastermind.com
45:41 Why Brian left Dean
47:55 Biggest lessons learned from Dean Graziosi
51:53 Brian’s plan after quitting his job
54:00 Starting Adspend.com
57:44 The Adspend.com business model
1:00:24 Future plans for Adspend.com
1:01:49 What businesses should be running YouTube ads
1:05:09 YouTube Ads 101 - How to get started
1:06:56 The ideal structure of a YouTube ad
1:10:07 Key elements to improve the conversion rate of a YouTube ad
1:11:21 Free script template
1:12:04 Current YouTube ads trends
1:16:17 TikTok & Facebook Ads VS Youtube Ads
1:18:02 Outro
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👨💻 Check out @Brian Moncada on YouTube or on twitter: https://twitter.com/brianthefitpro
📊 Check out Brian's agency: https://adspend.com
ABOUT THE PODCAST:
Backstage Career is a podcast where I interview the linchpins who are working behind the scenes with some of the biggest creators and entrepreneurs out there!
My goal with these interviews is to give you an idea of what it’s like to work with these influential people, and to help you land a job working with someone you look up to and want to apprentice under.
🎯 Upcoming Interviews Target List:
👉 Tim Ferriss' research assistant
👉 GaryVee's DRock
👉 Patrick Bet David's Content Strategist
👉 Jaime the producer of the Joe Rogan Experience
👉 The Content Strategist for MrBeast
👉 Alex Banayan Author of "The Third Door"
👉 Ryan Holiday who apprenticed under Robert Greene
🔔 If you're hyped about that list you should subscribe
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In this episode I talk with Caleb Ralston who worked with Gary Vaynerchuk between 2018 and 2020 and who recently was hired by Alex and Leila Hormozi to run their content.
Caleb was initially editing and shooting Gary’s daily vlog, but when Gary started going hard on TikTok he asked him to own the strategy and content creation for the platform and Caleb took Gary’s TikTok account from 300,000 followers to 1.5M.
Today, Caleb just started working with Alex and Leila Hormozi as their Creative Director, which means he’ll be leading the content strategy and building a content team around them.
SHOW NOTES:
0:00 - Who is Caleb Ralston?
1:00 - How Caleb got a job with Gary Vaynerchuk
5:00 - Caleb's work at PureWow
7:15 - Getting a job at Team GaryVee
9:50 - Caleb on reaching out to GaryVee
10:55 - Caleb's email to D-Rock
12:30 - D-Rock contacts Caleb
15:00 - VaynerX job interview
16:25 - Test videos for PureWow
20:20 - Hilarious first week at Team GaryVee
23:39 - First meeting with Gary
27:08 - First work for Gary
29:00 - What it's like to work for Gary
33:20 - About Team GaryVee
34:50 - How Team GaryVee Collaborates
39:00 - How Team GaryVee creates content
40:20 - Story behind Gary's blueberry clip
41:00 - Roles at Team GaryVee
41:47 - Caleb on managing Gary's TikTok
45:45 - Gary's busy schedule
47:20 - Biggest lessons working with GaryVee
52:40 - Quitting Team GaryVee
53:26 - Work at VaynerMedia
56:15 - Work at Constallation Brands
57:30 - How Caleb got a job with Alex Hormozi
1:00:26 - Working as Alex Hormozi's Creative Director
1:02:50 - Gary's Advice to Caleb Working with Alex Hormozi
1:04:26 - Difference between Alex Hormozi and Garyvee
1:07:58 - Team behind Alex Hormozi - Hiring!
1:10:00 - Work behind Alex Hormozi
1:14:24 - Leila Hormozi's A+ Onboarding Experience
1:16:44 - 12 month Vision for Alex Hormozi's Content
1:23:30 - How to get your dream job?
1:27:27 - Outro
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ABOUT THE PODCAST:
Backstage Career is a podcast where I interview the linchpins who are working behind the scenes with some of the biggest creators and entrepreneurs out there!
My goal with these interviews is to give you an idea of what it’s like to work with these influential people, and to help you land a job working with someone you look up to and want to apprentice under.
🎯 Upcoming Interviews Target List:
👉 Tim Ferriss' research assistant
👉 GaryVee's DRock
👉 Patrick Bet David's Content Strategist
👉 Jaime the producer of the Joe Rogan Experience
👉 The Content Strategist for MrBeast
👉 Alex Banayan Author of "The Third Door"
👉 Ryan Holiday who apprenticed under Robert Greene
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ABOUT THIS EPISODE:
In this episode I talk to Charlie Hoehn who’s worked with a couple influential figures, like Ramit Sethi, Tucker Max, but most notably he was the assistant and later "director of special projects" for Tim Ferriss.
This is a very special episode for me since Charlie is the guy who inspired me to embark on this journey of apprenticing for my mentors in the first place, and I hope he inspires you as well. Enjoy!
SHOW NOTES:
00:00 Intro
02:00 Life after graduation
06:00 How he landed jobs working with Seth Godin, Ramit Sethi, and Tucker Max.
14:35 Charlie's 6 step process to land your dream job
15:50 #1 Showcase
17:00 #2 Target
18:40 #3 Audit
21:05 #4 Gift
36:10 #5 Execute
39:45 #6 Sell
46:05 Going on a movie tour with Tucker Max
54:20 How Charlie got a job with Ramit Sethi
59:15 Biggest lessons learned working with Ramit Sethi
01:03:00 How Charlie landed his job with Tim Ferriss
01:19:40 Biggest lessons learned from Tim Ferriss
Useful Links & Resources:
Follow Charlie on Twitter: https://twitter.com/charliehoehn
Watch his Ted talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMP8h7fPpoY&feature=emb_title
Scribe Media : https://scribemedia.com
Post about the lessons learned marketing the 4 hour body: https://tim.blog/2011/03/10/12-lessons-learned-while-marketing-the-4-hour-body/
Ryan Holiday’s post on working with Tim Ferriss: https://medium.com/the-mission/23-things-i-learned-about-writing-strategy-and-life-from-tim-ferriss-b40bdfa892de
Charlie's Books:
Recession Proof Graduate: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0990354814/ref=nav_signin
Play It Away: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0615918174/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0
Play for a Living: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0990354857/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i2
People That Got Mentioned:
Remit Sethi: https://www.iwillteachyoutoberich.com/about-us/
Tim Ferriss: https://tim.blog/about/
Seth Godin: https://seths.blog/about/
Tucker Max: https://www.tuckermax.com/about/
And if you're reading this, don't be shy! Shoot me a DM on Instagram and let me know what you thought of this episode or let me know if you have any questions! My handle is @jeremyjohnmary!
In this episode I talk to Paddy Galloway who’s by far the best YouTube consultant I know of in the industry. He worked for MrBeast for a little bit before deciding to focus full time on his YouTube consultancy.
If you’re interested in the business of YouTube consulting and want to find out about all the different career opportunities there are working behind the scenes working with people like MrBeast you’re going to want to stick around for this one.
SHOW NOTES:
00:00 Teaser
02:01 Introducing Paddy Galloway and his passion for YouTube
07:38 Taking YouTube seriously as a career
17:22 The start of YouTube consulting
24:16 Getting contacted by MrBeast
30:15 Work, team, and processes of MrBeast's channel
49:50 Advice to start your YouTube journey
54:12 Paddy deciding to move on from MrBeast
55:56 Pros and Cons of working on other people's channels
01:05:47 The power of Network
01:08:37 Being a YouTube consultant
01:16:48 Paddy's team and what he’s charging
01:13:36 Considering channel's ownership model
01:22:00 Consulting multi-billion dollar companies
01:24:30 YouTube Creators Fund
01:26:00 Time, energy, and calendar management
01:35:55 Paddy's golden advice to start your consulting journey
01:47:05 Final thoughts
Check out Paddy's YouTube Channel: @Paddy Galloway
Follow Paddy on Twitter: https://twitter.com/PaddyG96
Follow Paddy on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paddygalloway/
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In this episode I talk to Stephen Shedletzky who’s been working closely with Simon Simon over the last 10 years!
He went from answering customer support emails for Simon to becoming the chief of staff for his company.
Today Stephen is one of the star speakers for the company and he’s also working on his own book which will be coming out in the fall of 2023.
SHOW NOTES:
00:00 Stephen Shedletzky's origin story
11:30 Losing his job at Ernst & Young to focus on coaching
15:00 The email formula that got him a meeting with Simon Sinek
27:15 How he got a job with Simon
30:50 Breaking down how he added value to Simon Sinek and his community
42:00 How Simon Sinek created a movement from a book
51:30 Stephen’s different roles within the company over the last 10 years
55:30 His speaking journey
57:00 Why Stephen is writing a book
01:05:30 What to do when you feel lost in your career
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This episode is a little different because I'm not interviewing someone who works behind the scenes like I usually do, but someone who's very much on the front stage himself.
His name is Leon Hendrix, and he's a good friend of mine who started a personal development YouTube channel a little over a year ago. In that short period of time he's managed to grow his channel past 250k subscribers and he's making a solid income from it.
In this episode, we go deep on the business of YouTube and how long it actually takes to make a living from a small YouTube channel.
Leon's at a point where he's starting to hire people behind the scenes to help him grow the channel to 1M subscribers and beyond, so we also talk about the positions he's hiring for as well as the best ways to apply -wether it's with him or any other YouTube creator out there.
SHOW NOTES:
00:00 Intro
01:15 Mission & vision for Leon Hendrix channel
03:25 How the thought of a youtube channel came through
06:45 Growth stages and how Leon blew up on YouTube
10:35 the business of being a youtuber
16:15 What a day in the life of a youtube entrepreneur looks like
20:45 investing in the YouTube channel
25:15 the opportunities that YouTube provides
38:25 how to stand out to get a job with a youtuber/entrepreneur
48:38 Get a job with Leon
USEFUL LINKS & RESOURCES:
Leon YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTvRcHO5jJ_JKcekLacLMuQ
If you want to work with him, apply at: https://collectiveambition.co
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In today's episode, I spoke with @Lucas Kult-Banout who at only 16 years old, became Andrew Yang's campaign photographer. This guy is a networking ninja, and I'm not surprised at all that he's gone so far at such a young age.
I hope you enjoy this conversation with Lucas!
SHOW NOTES:
00:00 How Lucas started his career At 16 years old
03:10 the 1st step to becoming a political photographer
11:00 Starting his journey with Andrew Yang
21:50 How he became obsessed with photography
24:00 getting his first clients
29:00 Starting projects and seeing what sticks (Podcast, Youtube, Online Course…)
31:15 Building the connections and planting the seeds
36:25 Doing an Internship with Casey Neistat at @368
41:21 His goals for the future as a photographer
Links and resources from this episode:
Lucas instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lucaskultbanout/
His Website: https://www.lucaskultbanout.com
Andrew Yang Twitter: https://twitter.com/AndrewYang
368 community: https://www.instagram.com/368/
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In this episode I talk to Tyler Schmitt who worked as Gary Vaynerchuk's personal assistant from 2016 to 2020 and whose gone on to manage a team of 50+ as the General Manager of 137pm -one of the media brands under the VaynerX umbrella.
This is an interesting episode where we cover a lot of ground,I hope you enjoy it!
SHOW NOTES:
01:00 Background story of Tyler
04:10 Starting to work at vaynermedia
05:15 Getting a job with AJ Vaynerchuk
12:45 The first week after getting the job
18:05 From working with AJ to Gary’s assistant
28:05 Getting office of the CEO title
33:37 Missing his chance to become a millionaire with Veefriends
38:00 Relationship with Drock and Andy
42:20 Becoming the general manager one37pm
46:50 Lessons learned from Garyvee
Links and resources from this episode:
Veefriends: https://veefriends.com
Tyler's Twitter: https://twitter.com/tySchmitt5
ONE37pm: https://www.one37pm.com
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In today's episode I'm talking to Jeremy Stickney (@jeremy.stickney) who's Evan Carmichael's right hand man and business partner.
What's fascinating about Jeremy's story, is that he started working for Evan for free while he was still working at his local grocery story.
Within 6 months of working together, they started a YouTube Consulting business. Today, Jeremy's making more money in a month than most Americans make in a year.
So if you're interested in working with one of the people you look up to, BUT you also want to start your own business, you're going to love this episode!!
SHOW NOTES:
04:05 How Stickney overcame his learning disabilities in high school
15:30 Struggling to find work after college
15:30 Why he invested 2000$ into a seminar while being broke
25:05 Went out of his way to interview Tom Bilyeu
31:00 Being coached by Evan Carmichael to launch a business with him
34 :40 Choosing the unconventional way of learning over going to college
39:50 Finding the first clients and launching the business
45:50 Growing through referrals after having success for a client
51:55 Evan’s role at the business
55:05 Who is Evan Carmichael?
57:50 Lessons that Jeremy learned from Evan
01:01:20 How the business is doing right now
01:11:00 long term goals and vision
Links and resources from this episode:
Evan's Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/Evancarmichael
Jeremy' instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jeremy.stickney/?hl=en
And if you're reading this, don't be shy! Shoot me a DM on Instagram and let me know what you thought of this episode or let me know if you have any questions! My handle is @jeremyjohnmary!
In this episode I talk to Bryan Wish (@bryanwish_)the founder of BW Missions who's worked with a bunch of best selling authors to help them launch their books and build a movement around their book launches.
To give you an example, one of his clients is Nir Eyal the bestselling author of "Hooked: how to build habit forming products."
Bryan has an incredible story of how he finally found his passion after years of therapy, self reflection and experimentation and he has a lot of lessons to share that I think can benefit some of you guys who haven't found work you love yet.
SHOW NOTES:
00:00 Bryan's way to finding mentors
04:00 How Bryan overcame a quarter life crisis
10:20 Self discovery and finding a way out
14:30 Working with a sports psychologist to find stability
16:30 Building meaningful relationships
19:10 Career change from a sports firm to starting wishdish
23:55 Discovering and joining Kairos
31:50 Working as an apprentice for Allen Gannett
38:10 Bryan's path to seeking mentors
48:10 From an apprentice to launching his own company
01:00:10 The long term vision for his agency
01:04:50 Working with Nir Eyal on launching his book
01:12:05 Soul searching after a hard breakup
01:22:30 His company's mission and values
Links and resources from this episode:
Find Bryan in Twitter at: https://twitter.com/bryanwish_?lang=en
BW Missions website: https://bwmissions.com
Wish Dish Website: https://thewishdish.com
Kairos website: https://www.kairos-society.eu
And if you're reading this, don't be shy! Shoot me a DM on Instagram and let me know what you thought of this episode or let me know if you have any questions! My handle is @jeremyjohnmary!
In this episode I talk to Zack Honarvar (@ZackHonarvar) who's the business manager for not 1 but 2 HUGE YouTube channels you might know of: Airrack and Yes Theory. He also manages the cheeky boyos, 2 Tiktokers who have over 10M followers on the platform.
What's unique about Zack's management style is that instead of managing a dozen clients, he's decided to manage only 3 and go all in on them.
That allows him to go beyond the basic brand deals and merch drops, and instead partner up with his clients for the long run to build massive businesses and brands.
Before diving into all of that, we start the episode off talking about Zack's entrepreneurial background as a teenager as well as his experience working as an early Shopify employee and how those contributed to him being an amazing manager.
SHOW NOTES:
00:00 Zack’s vision for Creator management
03:15 Zack’s Background story
10:52 The story behind starting a tutoring company
24:10 His advice about starting a side hustle
27:20 His experience working at Shopify
38:10 Meeting the Yes Theory team
41:00 The vision and business model for his creator management company
01:00:25 Working with @Yes Theory
01:11:35 Meeting Airrack
01:16:45 Starting Creator Now With Airrack
01:27:50 Advice for aspiring Creator managers
Links and resources from this episode:
Creatornow program: https://creatornow.club
Go follow Zack on Twitter: https://twitter.com/zackhonarvar
Go follow Zack on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zackhonarvar
And if you're reading this, don't be shy! Shoot me a DM on Instagram and let me know what you thought of this episode or let me know if you have any questions! My handle is @jeremyjohnmary!
Cale Owen is the general manager at Gym Launch, a $30M/year info business that helps mom and pop gyms get customers and grow into million dollar businesses.
We start the interview by talking about Cale's background being homeschooled, playing as a professional baseball player in the MLB and opening up his own gym, and the impact those have had on his overall career.
But if you're mostly interested in the nitty gritty details about Gym Launch's business operations and sales funnels, and what it's like to be the general manager of a $30M business, feel free to skip ahead, you can find the time stamps below.
SHOW NOTES:
03:13 Cale Owen's career background
06:00 How homeschooling impacted his career and leadership style
08:00 His experience starting a gym business
18:25 Growing and selling his gym
24:50 Starting to work at Gym Launch
30:00 Pivoting the Gym Launch business model during COVID
34:50 What it's like working as a General Manager for Gym Launch
46:15 Gym Launch's marketing plan for the next 12 months
48:30 Career change from sales manager to general manager
53:20 How Cale works on his leadership and coaching skills
01:00:50 The crazy morning routing of the Gym Launch sales team
1:07:39 What drives him to push for excellence
1:13:25 Cale's relationship with Alex and Leila Hormozi
1:18:50 How Cale balance between work and family life
Links and resources from this episode:
Gym Launch Website: https://gymlaunch.com
Cale Owen Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/caleowen/
And if you're reading this, don't be shy! Shoot me a DM on Instagram/Twitter and let me know what you thought of this episode or let me know if you have any questions! My handle is @jeremyjohnmary!
In today's episode I talk to Brandon Zhang (@brandonthezhang) who at 19 years old, landed an apprenticeship with Jack Butcher from Visualize Value.
Like a lot of the guests on this show, Brandon didn't just apply to be an apprentice, in fact there was no job opening. It all started when Jack agreed to be interviewed on his podcast...
In this episode, we dive deep into the strategies that Brandon used to convince Jack Butcher to come on his small podcast, but also how he transformed a simple podcast interview into a dream job opportunity.... Brandon even shares the exact DMs and emails he sent.
SHOW NOTES:
02:58 How everything started with Twitter
08:29 Sharing the exact DMs and emails he used to get in touch
15:35 Why "Permissionless Apprenticeships" are the future of work
21:00 What does a mentorship style apprenticeship look like
24:03 Biggest lessons from the apprenticeship
29:20 Using his podcast again to land a job at OnDeck
39:20 Starting his own entrepreneurial projects
45:45 Advice for people who want to follow a similar path
52:40 Brandon's plan for the next 10 years
Links and resources from this episode:
Link to Visualize Value program: https://visualizevalue.com/products/the-permissionless-apprentice
Link to Brandon's course: https://makersmark.school
Go follow Brandon on Twitter: https://twitter.com/brandonthezhang
And if you're reading this, don't be shy! Shoot me a DM on Instagram/Twitter and let me know what you thought of this episode or let me know if you have any questions! My handle is @jeremyjohnmary!
In today's episode I'm talking to Henry Belcaster (@HenryBelcaster on Twitter) who works behind the scenes with an impressive list of A-list entrepreneurs:
He's working with: 1) the "All In Podcast" besties (Jason Calcanis, Chamath, David Sachs, Friedberg.. you know them), 2) Naval Ravikant, 3) Sam Parr and Shaan Puri from the My First Million Podcast, 4) Hassan Minaj... and a bunch of other cool clients!
If you want to work with your dream mentors while growing your own business at the same time, you're going to love this episode!
SHOW NOTES:
05:14 The story on how Henry and Dylan got Sam Parr & Shaan Puri as their first clients
22:23 The strategy you can copy to work with successful entrepreneurs
27:59 How to use "squatter marketing" to get clients
30:47 How did they get to work with the All In Podcast
34:35 On Getting Mentorship In Exchange For Free Work
40:30 How To Start An Agency & Work With Your Dream Mentors
And if you're reading this, don't be shy! Shoot me a DM on Instagram/Twitter and let me know what you thought of this episode or let me know if you have any questions! My handle is @jeremyjohnmary!
In today's episode I talk to Nejc (@heynejc on Twitter) who's currently working behind the scenes with Dave Nemetz the founder of Bleacher Report (a media company that sold for $175M in 2012).
Nejc is Dave's right hand man when it comes to producing and growing his personal brand -and we'll go into detail about what that means exactly.
SHOW NOTES:
03:32 How Nejc's desire to work in the US started
07:05 The exact strategy Nejc used to get in touch with Nir Eyal (best selling author of Hooked)?
18:245How he used the same strategy to get top tier programming internships
24:45 How starting his own podcast helped Nejc get a job with Dave Nemetz (the founder of Bleacher Report)
30:20 The exact strategy Nejc used to reach out to Dave Nemetz
38:00 Why did Nejc get into production and business when he had a degree in computer science?
41:20 What's it like working with Dave Nemetz?
50:20 What does Nejc actually do for Dave Nemetz?
54:16 Nejc advice for people who want to find a business mentor
Go follow Nejc on Twitter: https://twitter.com/heynejc
And if you're reading this, don't be shy! Shoot me a DM on Instagram and let me know what you thought of this episode or let me know if you have any questions! My handle is @jeremyjohnmary!
In this episode I talk to Chris Hladczuk (@chrishlad on Twitter) who popped on my radar last year when he became Shaan Puri's apprentice. Shaan is the founder of Bebo (acquired by Twitch for $25,000,000 in 2019).
Chris was still a senior at Yale when he landed the job and throughout his apprenticeship he worked with Shaan to research and ghostwrite twitter threads and newsletters to grow Shaan's audience. In the process he also grew his own Twitter following from 0 to 56,000 followers.
Here are a couple of things you'll enjoy from the interview:
1) The ASS Networking Framework that Chris uses to connect with entrepreneurs and CEOs
2) The biggest lessons he learned from his apprenticeship with Shaan
3) How to grow your twitter audience when you're starting from 0
Go follow Chris on Twitter for frameworks, systems, and epic business stories: https://twitter.com/chrishlad
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Tam Pham is pretty much the perfect guest for this podcast..
He dropped out of college and instead of pursuing a traditional path he decided that he wanted to go learn business from the entrepreneurs he looked up to.
He's apprenticed under 3 world class entrepreneurs that you might have heard of:
1) Sam Parr founder of the Hustle
2) Andrew Warner who's the host and founder of Mixergy
3) Jason Gaignard who's a master networker, event organizer, and best selling author (I first heard of him on the Tim Ferris podcast).
Along the way Tam's worked his way up from being an intern crashing on couches to becoming the right hand man and chief operator of MMT (Jason Gaignard's company).
If you're interested at all in apprenticing for an entrepreneur you look up you're going to love this episode.
If you want to get updates from Tam on what he's up to go sign up for his newsletter: https://www.tampham.co/jam/
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In this episode I talk to David Draey who's the head of sales a Consulting.com a $30M/year educational business helping experts start and scale their business.
David joined consulting.com in 2018 and he's since become so valuable to the business that he was made a co-owner.
Here are a couple of things you might enjoy from this episode:
1) How David ended up in sales and why it might be a good fit for you.
2) How to be become so good at your job that you work yourself into becoming a partner in the company
3) Why starting a company is the last thing you want on your mind if you want to crush it at your job
If you have any questions for David feel free to reach out to him on Facebook (David Draey) or Instagram (@ddraey).
Gabe Saldarriaga is the Chief Revenue Officer and Director of Media & Marketing for the Dan Lok organization.
He's been a key asset behind the growth of Dan Lok's business and social media presence over the last 4 years.
He helped grow the business to 8 figures in revenue, and he's largely responsible for growing Dan Lok's YouTube channel from a couple thousand subscribers to over 3 Million subscribers!!
Tom Boyd has a fascinating background working in the music industry. He was Asher Roth's collaborative partner and he played a key role in his rise to fame.
In the process he worked with big names like Pharrell Williams, Justin Bieber and Scooter Braun to name just a few.
Today Tom is the head of content production at Jimmy Buffett's billion dollar brand Margaritaville and on the side he's creating his own content to help creators unlock their creative power, tell better stories and build their brand.
🤳 If you're creating content you need to check out Tom's Instagram account @bonusfootage: https://www.instagram.com/bonusfootage/
Here are just a couple of teasers for you that Tom share's in this episode:
What the legendary music manager Scooter Braun was like and what he learned from him
Stories from Babysitting 13 year old Justin Bieber
Lessons from working with Pharrell Williams in the studio for 2 weeks
Reinventing himself as a creator
Going from all these crazy adventures in the music industry to getting a day job and dealing with depression
Why everyone should have a side hustle and how you can get started today
Anton started his career in social media working with Logan Paul's team and then went on to start his own social media agency working with clients like Dr. Joe Dispenzain the spiritual space helping them reach millions of people on social media.
As he's scaled his agency, he's also been able to spend more time on his second passion which is teaching people how to use breath work to overcome trauma.
03:46 How Anton was making $2k/month while he was still in high school
08:15 Anton thoughts on going to college
14:11 How he got a job working with Vybe Source (the agency working with Logan Paul, Bob Proctor...)
20:36 How Anton went from being an unpaid intern to the main editor for Vybe Source
22:37 How Anton got an opportunity to work with Logan Paul
25:50 A couple stories of working with Logan Paul
40:31 How Anton got Dr. Joe Dispenzaas the first client for his social media agency
46:36 Why he quit Vybe Source to start his own agency
48:17 What it was like to start and grow his own agency
54:24 What Anton learned from working with some of his biggest role models
59:42 How Anton was able to "automate" his business so he could focus on other passions
1:09:07 How Anton's passion for breath work turned into a passion business
🤳 Follow Anton on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/antonwisbiski/
💬And feel free to DM me on Instagram with any feedback or questions: https://www.instagram.com/jeremyjohnmary
Usually I'm in the interviewer seat, but for this episode of Backstage Careers my good friend Tom Boyd is taking over to ask me a couple questions about working behind the scenes with Tom Bilyeu and Noah Kagan.
I got a job as Tom Bilyeu's social media manager in 2018 and worked with him at Impact Theory for 2 year. After that I joined @Noah Kagan 's team to help him produce and grow his YouTube channel.
SHOW NOTES:
04:40 A little bit of my backstory before I was working with Tom Bilyeu
09:50 My motivation for working with Tom Bilyeu
14:41 The different strategies I used to eventually land a job at Impact Theory
52:02 What it was like to work at Impact Theory
55:08 Why I left Impact Theory to go work for Noah Kagan
01:06:54 Lessons I've learned from working with Noah Kagan
🤳 Follow Tom Boyd on Instagram (if you're a creator you'll love his #shorts): https://www.instagram.com/bonusfootage/
💬And feel free to DM me on Instagram with any feedback or questions: https://www.instagram.com/jeremyjohnmary
In today's episode I talk to Brad Denham who went from bailing hay in Indiana to working with Jay Shetty and Logan Paul to produce their podcast.
SHOW NOTES:
01:25 Brad’s background and story
03:27 Helping Gary Vaynerchuk set up his podcast studio
6:12 How getting banned from Upwork started Brad's podcasting career
8:20 The strategy Brad used to land his first podcast clients
10:20 How Brad landed the founder of IndieHackers as a client and what was it like working with him
17:00 Why persistence is key when you're reaching out to influential people (he sent 31 emails to land IndieHackers as a client)
22:10 Brad’s experience of moving to LA to work with Kast Media
24:17 Helping to launch Jay Shetty & Logan Paul's podcasts
28:35 Lessons learned from working behind the scenes with influential people
32:00 Brad’s strategy for networking with influential people
33:32 How to work BTS with a celebrity if you have 0 skills
36:44 The steps to land a job with Logan Paul (clip :))
42:30 Why Brad decided to leave Kast Media and built his own company
46:00 Details on how Brad started his agency and how he's scaling it
47:40 Brad's advice on building your personal brand
Check out Brad's Podcast Agency: https://www.recordeditpodcast.com/
Check out Brad's course on producing your own podcast: https://www.recordeditpodcast.com/
Follow Brad on Instagram: http://instagram.com/bradleydenham
And feel free to DM me on Instagram with any feedback or questions: https://www.instagram.com/jeremyjohnmary
In today's episode I talk to Nick Fisher who was employee #1 at Consulting.com -one of the most successful courses for entrepreneurs online with over 20,000 active students. Before that he was the marketing director at Clever Investor which he helped grow from $5 to $16M/year.
A couple fun facts about Nick:
1) He's spent over $15M in Ads on Facebook and YouTube throughout his career, and has generated over $87M in online course sales
2) He landed his first marketing director job by retargeting the CEO of Clever Investor with Facebook Ads until he gave in
3) He's a huge nerd about personality tests and we talk about how he using those to build a dream team for his new company.
SHOW NOTES:
00:54 Nick's career start (corporate accounting + starting small businesses)
06:35 How Nick landed a marketing director job by retargeting Cody Sperberg with Facebook Ads
10:07 The "test of wits" he had to pass to land the marketing director position at Clever Investor
13:28 Nick's take on the value of working with someone like Sam Ovens or Cody Sperberg
14:51 How much he scaled Cody’s business
15:47 His failures & lessons learned as a young manager at Clever Investor
17:40 Leaving Clever Investor to work with Sam Ovens as employee #1 of Consulting.com
24:45 Lessons learned from working with Sam
31:34 Why he left Consulting.com to start his own company
37:53 Starting his own company Agexa
39:30 Advice to his younger self & general career advice
43:30 Stories of how other early employees at Consulting.com got their jobs there
47:39 How Nick is using personality tests to build a balanced team for his company (similar to Ray Dalio is doing for Bridgewater)
53:25 Positions Nick is hiring for at Agexa
👉 Check out Nick's company Agexa (they're hiring): https://www.agexa.com
🔗 Nick's LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickwfish/
💬 And feel free to DM me on Instagram with any feedback for the podcast or any questions: https://www.instagram.com/jeremyjohnmary
In today's episode I talk to Drew Birnie whose the content manager, book marketer and research assistant for Mark Manson, the best selling author of The Subtle Art of not giving a fuck. Together they've sold over 11 Million Books!
SHOW NOTES:
0:00 How Drew got to know Mark Manson
05:00 What Drew was doing before he met Mark
8:24 On living in Warren Buffett's neighborhood
11:37 How Drew got a job as a research assistant with Mark
17:15 What made Drew stand out from 700+ applicants
24:00 How Drew helped Mark to write the “Subtle Art of Not Giving A Fck"
29:25 Why your ability to build an community online is the best predictor of a books success
39:20 The book marketing plan behind the “Subtle Art of Not Giving A Fck"
42:12 The strategies they used to grow their email list to +500k emails
51:55 How Mark built an A team to allow him to focus on writing books 100%
53:35 Drew’s tips on how to reach out to influential people (he managed Mark's inbox for a couple years)
58:25 2 Stories of people who reached out to Mark and ended up working with him
1:08:30 Drew's side project researching psychedelics
01:13:30 Another one of his side projects: woodworking
01:16:19 Lessons Drew learned from working with Mark Manson
Follow Drew on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drewbirnie/
Check out Drew's work or apply to work with him (as a writing consultant): https://drewbirnie.com/
And feel free to DM me on Instagram with any feedback or questions: https://www.instagram.com/jeremyjohnmary
Josh Ordonez is a social media marketer who worked behind the scenes with people like Gary Vaynerchuk & Lonzo Ball while he was still in college. Today he runs his own social media marketing agency.
SHOW NOTES:
01:45 How Josh's social media marketing career got started?
03:40 How he started working with Big Baller Brand and what that was like?
15:38 The Instagram DM strategy that Josh used to reach out to famous people and get social media gigs?
19:34 Why Josh stayed in college even though he already had his dream job?
21:31 How Josh got a job with Gary Vaynerchuk to work on the Empathy Wines social accounts?
26:50 We compare the different social media strategies used to work on a business account VS a personal brand?
29:35 One of the most effective strategies that Josh used to increase sales for Empathy Wines?
35:27 The best growth strategy Josh used to grow Empathy Wines
39:32 The story of how Josh accidentally eavesdropped on GaryVee while he was closing a deal in the restroom
41:37 What the culture is like at the Vayner Media NY headquarters
45:28 The reason Josh left Vayner Media
47:15 How he almost got a job with Marshmallow (the DJ) but then COVID hit...
49:45 How he started his own social media agency business and what that's like
53:26 How to use comment hacking to grow an Instagram page
56:50 We get into the economics and business model of starting your own social media agency
1:04:15 How to get a job working with LeBron (or anyone you look up to)?
Follow Josh on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joshordonez
And feel free to DM me on Instagram with any feedback or questions: https://www.instagram.com/jeremyjohnmary
In this episode of Backstage Careers I talk to Richard Reis, whose the founder of a fast growing website called MostRecommendedBooks.com
He's also one of the most connected people I know: He's good friends with Jamie Foxx, regularly plays soccer with Ronaldo, and he's been invited to Drake's house parties.
Here are the show notes:
01:23 - Why Richard decided to drop out of college to go start a movie studio with his dad
05:56 His day to day responsibilities working on building the movie studio
08:14 Why he left Hollywood for Silicon Valley?
11:15 How he created MostRecommendedBooks.com
19:25 His tips for networking and connecting with celebrities and influential people
21:37 How he became friends with @Kopywriting Kourse
24:52 How he became good friends with Jamie Foxx
26:04 The story of how he got Jamie Foxx on Tim Ferriss' Podcast
33:04 The Story of how Ronaldo blew up Richard's Instagram following overnight
34:32 How he got to know Ronaldo
45:00 His story of how he got into one of Drake's house parties
Check out: MostRecommendedBooks.com
Follow Richard on Instagram and Twitter: @RichardReeze
Check out Richard's Blog Posts: https://richardreeze.medium.com/
In today's episode I talk to Amanda McCreight who's the Creative Director for Jesse Itzler and his brands. She's also worked with Yes Theory on a clothing collaboration that dropped at the end of last year.
Amanda and I talk about: How she got introduced to Jesse Itzler (03:05), How Amanda landed a job with with Jesse (06:05), How to develop the skills to help you land your first job with an entrepreneur (15:23), The story of Amanda’s first day working for Jesse and moving into his family's home (23:33), Amanda’s journey from "Positive Vibes Intern" to becoming Jesse's Creative Director (34:14), How Amanda successfully pitched a clothing collaboration to Yes Theory (40:10), Her biggest takeaway from collaborating with Yes Theory (50:10), Working on the launch of the Big A## Calendar Club with Jesse (59:37), What Amanda does as a creative director (01:18:00), How Amanda figured out social media when she had no experience (01:06:38), Amanda strategy behind Jesse’s social media (01:08:57), Biggest takeaways from working with Jesse (01:13:40), Amanda's dreams and ambitions for the future (01:22:33)
🌍 Dive Deeper Into Amanda's world Online:
Follow Amanda on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amandamccreight
Video on how Amanda convinced YesTheory to collaborate with her: https://youtu.be/jzsyABl0CA0
More info about YesTheory's "A Life Full of Colors" clothing drop: https://www.seekdiscomfort.com/blogs/collaborations/amanda-mccreight
Behind the scenes video of working with Jesse Itzler: https://youtu.be/gP3wk1yz3B0
Follow Jesse Itzler on Instagram: Jesse Itzler: https://www.instagram.com/jesseitzler
In today's episode I talk to David Kelly who's the General Manage of AppSumo Originals -which is kind of AppSumo's version of a Google X division. He basically gets paid to start companies!
In today's episode you'll hear: How David's first job was managing a $50k ad budget for Fox News (3:42), How he got a job working as a copywriter for Ramit Sethi (6:27), How to land a job with someone you look up to when you have no experience (9:45), How David leveraged LinkedIn to land a job as the first marketing employee at Student Loan Hero (17:33), The story of Student Loan Hero getting acquired for $60M (22:56), How David met Noah Kagan and how doing free work for him on the side turned into a full time opportunity (27:20), We talk more about David's current position where he gets paid to start companies (32:21), The biggest lessons David has learned from Noah (41:56).
Check out David's Companies Online:
SendFox: sendfox.com
KingSumo: http://kingsumo.com/
TidyCal: https://tidycal.com/
David's Blog: https://dmkthinks.org
Jason Sanderson is the producer behind podcasts such as The Naval Podcast, The Jordan Harbinger Show, Noah Kagan Presents to name just a few.
In this conversation we talk about:
How he started his career as a "tea boy" for a punk rock music studio
The story of how he bought a church and turned it into a music studio
How he got his first big podcast client by offering to help for free
What it's like working with Naval and the other influential people he works with
*How you can start an agency that services high profile clients
... and much much more :)
🔔 Subscribe on YouTube for short clips of the interviews: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEfQeaiXKSSONQXqhyMWtig
Check Out Jason Online 👇
http://www.jasonsanderson.co.uk/
http://www.podcasttech.com/
In episode #3 of backstage careers I talk to my good friend Gerald Xavier who worked as Tom Bilyeu's copywriter.
Bookmarks:
1:52 How Gerald Got His Foot in the Door at Impact Theory with a Tweet to Tom Bilyeu
13:15 Why Gerald worked for free for 6 months
30:11 How Gerald finally got a full time position at Impact Theory
36:40 The biggest lessons Gerald learned from working with Tom Bilyeu
55:29 Why Gerald left Impact Theory after 9 months
🔔 Subscribe on YouTube for short clips of the interviews: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEfQeaiXKSSONQXqhyMWtig
Follow Gerald Online 👇
Instagram: @xecvtive
TikTok: @xecvtive
Twitter: @xecvtive
In this episode of Backstage Career I talk to David Kim who’s the junior art director at Impact Theory. He works directly with co-founder and CEO Tom Bilyeu to create intellectual property (stories, characters, worlds) that will eventually be turned into movies and shows for Hollywood.
David joined Impact Theory as an intern back in 2018, and today he's a junior art director leading the digital comic division.
Bookmarks:
🔔 Subscribe on YouTube for short clips of the interviews: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEfQeaiXKSSONQXqhyMWtig
🎨 Check out David's Work:
David's clothing line: https://www.instagram.com/chaoticminimalism/
Follow David on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/avidya1997
Follow David on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@avidya1997
Impact Theory's Website: https://impacttheory.com/
Impact Theory Comics Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/itcomics
Tony is a self-taught video editor who's currently the producer behind Thomas Frank's YouTube channel -one of the biggest YouTubers in the productivity niche.
Here are 3 big things you'll enjoy from this conversation:
1) The "stairstep strategy" you can use if you want to work with big creators
2) What it's like working with big YouTubers like Thomas Frank
3) A bunch of "YouTube job opportunities" that no one knows about
Follow Tony online 👇
On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCr6NX7a71XBqb_3IN-DZAJA
On Twitter: https://twitter.com/civilspiderr
On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tonystoodios/