The YouTuber's Guide to the Galaxy

"We didn't just start reaching out to brands to sponsor us. We waited until we had a decent following to prove we were worth partnering with."

This is from Grindstone's February Creator Interview. Dillan interviews Andy Arthur Smith (@andyarthursmith), a musician and certified goofball. He's crushing it online with over 4 million followers on all platforms, most notably on TikTok and Instagram.

You'll learn: why you should never give up when you think it's too late, the power of hiring a social media manager, why you should decide to go all in on content, what Andy would do if he lost all of his following, how to collaborate with sponsors, and much more.

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Doin' The Thing is a show for creators who want to build their thing better and faster. It's hosted by Dillan Taylor—certified life coach, writer, and CEO of Grindstone. He tracks his journey of scaling his first company, tells stories from 2500+ coaching sessions, and interviews creators who are way cooler than he is...to help you grow an audience, make more money, and stay consistent in your work.

Want way more accountability and feedback for what you're creating? Join Grindstone for 100% free:
https://www.skool.com/grindstonecreators/about

Follow Dillan Taylor on the interwebs:

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"Most people don't actually know how to push themselves until failure."

Today, Dillan (@dillanroytaylor) shares an insight he got from working out with his friend on pushing your body (or mind) until failure.

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Doin' The Thing is a show for creators and business builders who want to build their thing better and faster. It's hosted by Dillan Taylor—certified life coach, writer, and CEO of Grindstone. He tracks his journey of scaling his first company, tells stories from 2500+ coaching sessions, and interviews creators who are way cooler than he is...to help you grow an audience, make more money, and stay consistent in your work.

Follow Dillan Taylor on the interwebs:

Twitter / X | YouTube | dillantaylor.com

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"We didn't just start reaching out to brands to sponsor us. We waited until we had a decent following to prove we were worth partnering with."

This is from Grindstone's January Creator Interview. Dillan interviews James & Anthony Deveney (@RaidersLostPod), hosts of Raiders of the Lost Podcast—the best TV/film podcast on the internet.

You'll learn: how they diversify their income streams as full-time podcasters, their Patreon tiers, and how they separate their business partnership from their relationship as twin brothers.

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Doin' The Thing is a show for creators and business builders who want to build their thing better and faster. It's hosted by Dillan Taylor—certified life coach, writer, and CEO of Grindstone. He tracks his journey of scaling his first company, tells stories from 2500+ coaching sessions, and interviews creators who are way cooler than he is...to help you grow an audience, make more money, and stay consistent in your work.

Follow Dillan Taylor on the interwebs:

Twitter / X | YouTube | dillantaylor.com

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"$500 client: I just feel as though with this investment I am about to make in you, that we should understand how our lives are about to change and I need results and you need to bring them, I am entrusting you with our livelihood and lives.

$50,000 client: Money sent, thanks."

Today, Dillan (@dillanroytaylor) shares his journey of raising his prices as a solopreneur, as well as the different levels of clients.

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Doin' The Thing is a show for creators and business builders who want to build their thing better and faster. It's hosted by Dillan Taylor—certified life coach, writer, and CEO of Grindstone. He tracks his journey of scaling his first company, tells stories from 2500+ coaching sessions, and interviews creators who are way cooler than he is...to help you grow an audience, make more money, and stay consistent in your work.

Follow Dillan Taylor on the interwebs:

Twitter / X | YouTube | dillantaylor.com

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"I could use this time for short-term pleasure. I could watch a movie or go out drinking with friends...Or I could spend two hours really grinding every day and see what comes of it."

This is from Grindstone's January Creator Interview. Dillan interviews James & Anthony Deveney (@RaidersLostPod), hosts of Raiders of the Lost Podcast—the best TV/film podcast on the internet.

You'll learn: how they built a business from their passion for film, the difficulties of creating when no one is listening, how to take the leap into full-time content creation, how to overcome fear and bet on yourself, and how to diversify uploads on multiple platforms.

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Doin' The Thing is a show for creators and business builders who want to build their thing better and faster. It's hosted by Dillan Taylor—certified life coach, writer, and CEO of Grindstone. He tracks his journey of scaling his first company, tells stories from 2500+ coaching sessions, and interviews creators who are way cooler than he is...to help you grow an audience, make more money, and stay consistent in your work.

Follow Dillan Taylor on the interwebs:

Twitter / X | YouTube | dillantaylor.com

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"How do you grow an audience? One person at a time, one upload at a time, without stopping."

This is from Grindstone's November Creator Interview. Dillan (@dillanroytaylor) interviews Joe (@CupppaJoe5), the #1 Call of Duty: Warzone coach on the internet.

You'll learn: how he got 200,000 YouTube subscribers while juggling a full-time job, what motivates him when he's feeling down, and what he sacrificed to get here.

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Doin' The Thing is a show for creators and coaches who want to build their thing better and faster. It's hosted by Dillan Taylor—certified life coach, writer, and CEO of Grindstone. He tracks his journey of scaling his first company and tells stories from 2500+ coaching sessions...to help you grow an audience, make more money, and stay consistent in your work.

Follow Dillan Taylor on the interwebs:

Twitter / X | YouTube | LinkedIn | Facebook | dillantaylor.com

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"Treat your current customer/listener/reader like they're paying you $10,000."

Today, Dillan (@dillanroytaylor) shares the one question that skyrocketed his coaching business. You can use it to do the same with whatever you're building.

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Doin' The Thing is a show for creators and coaches who want to build their thing better and faster. It's hosted by Dillan Taylor—certified life coach, writer, and CEO of Grindstone. He tracks his journey of scaling his first company and tells stories from 2500+ coaching sessions...to help you grow an audience, make more money, and stay consistent in your work.

Follow Dillan Taylor on the interwebs:

Twitter / X | YouTube | LinkedIn | Facebook | dillantaylor.com

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"Get people to click, then get them to stay. That's all the algorithm wants."

This is Grindstone's November Creator Interview. Dillan (@dillanroytaylor) interviews Joe (@CupppaJoe5), the #1 Call of Duty: Warzone coach on the internet.

You'll learn: what makes videos perform well, how to make a Call to Action that's not annoying, and how Joe preps before shooting his videos.

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Doin' The Thing is a show for creators and coaches who want to build their thing better and faster. It's hosted by Dillan Taylor—certified life coach, writer, and CEO of Grindstone. He tracks his journey of scaling his first company and tells stories from 2500+ coaching sessions...to help you grow an audience, make more money, and stay consistent in your work.

Follow Dillan Taylor on the interwebs:

Twitter / X | YouTube | LinkedIn | Facebook | dillantaylor.com

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"Do you really want to hear about how to get more YouTube subscribers from a guy who only has 300?"

In this rebranded and relaunched episode, Dillan (@dillanroytaylor) explains why he quit the podcast earlier in the year. And what he learned from doing so.

You'll learn: the difference between quitting and giving up, the kind of content beginners shouldn't make (and the kind they should make instead), and the future of this podcast moving forward.

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Doin' The Thing is a show for creators and coaches who want to build their thing better and faster. It's hosted by Dillan Taylor—certified life coach, writer, and CEO of Grindstone. He tracks his journey of scaling his first company and tells stories from 2500+ coaching sessions...to help you grow an audience, make more money, and stay consistent in your work.

Follow Dillan Taylor on the interwebs:

Twitter / X | YouTube | LinkedIn | Facebook | dillantaylor.com

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Meghan Murphy is a writer, journalist, and podcaster. She’s the editor-in-chief at Feminist Current and hosts The Same Drugs podcast.

Her conversations dive into today’s most polarizing topics like free speech, gender ideology, and cancel culture.

But in this conversation, we tackle two things Meghan’s been criticizing for over a decade: the industries of pornography and prostitution.

What’s really going on behind the scenes? What’s life like for women who get into porn and OnlyFans? And is all this stuff really liberating and empowering for women?

Meghan and I cover: why women say objectifying themselves is empowering, the 3 reasons I stopped watching porn entirely, what life for a pornstar is actually like, the dark truths the porn industry doesn't want you to know, Elon Musk letting Meghan back on Twitter after a 4-year ban, and much more.

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Here are Meghan's links...
https://linktr.ee/meghanemilymurphy

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Get in touch with me!
YouTube—https://www.youtube.com/@youtubersguide
website—https://dills.blog/
Instagram—https://www.instagram.com/dillanroytaylor/

Diane Callahan runs the YouTube channel Quotidian Writer. She’s a writer of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. She’s also the managing editor at Story Garden Publishing.

The Quotidian Writer YouTube channel is dedicated to helping writers tell better stories and inspiring them to keep writing. Some of her most popular videos include:

• How to Show, Not Tell
• How to Motivate Yourself to Write Everyday
• All About Writing in the Third Person
• 10 Common New Writer Mistakes

As of this recording, Quotidian Writer has 143k subscribers.

Diane and I cover: showing vs telling in a story, Diane's literary career, how Diane's channel became successful without her posting consistently, the downside of getting millions of views on your videos, how a single joke Diane made has led to thousands of unwanted YouTube comments, her process for creating her videos, the value of going back and redoing your titles, thumbnails, and even videos, what it was like when she got 100k subscribers, and much more.

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Here are Diane's links...
YouTube—https://www.youtube.com/@QuotidianWriter
website—https://www.quotidianwriter.com/
Instagram—https://www.instagram.com/quotidianwriter/
Twitter—https://twitter.com/QuotidianWriter
Medium—https://quotidianwriter.medium.com/

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Get in touch with me!
YouTube—https://www.youtube.com/@youtubersguide
blog—https://dills.blog/
Instagram—https://www.instagram.com/dillanroytaylor/

Marcus Radice-Jones runs Grow Your Gaming Channel.

He's one of the best “how to YouTube” YouTubers on the internet. His videos are short, super concise, and digestible. He teaches aspiring YouTubers how to get the most out of their editing and storytelling so their videos can get more clicks and longer watch times.

As of this recording, GYGC has 97k subscribers.

Marcus and I cover: how to stop comparing yourself to people more successful than you, the best reason to never give up as a creator, easy ways to increase watch time for your videos and your channel, the biggest mistakes small YouTubers make, simple editing tips for beginners, how to use popular trends to blow up your channel, whether or not YouTube shorts are good for your channel, and why Marcus responded to my email.

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Here are Marcus's links...
YouTube—https://www.youtube.com/@GrowYourGamingChannel
FourDigitChallenge—https://fourdigitchallenge.com/?utm_campaign=GYGC-channel-art-link&utm_medium=social&utm_source=youtube&utm_content=Insert-Exact-Video-Title-Here-With-Dashes-For-Spaces

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Get in touch with me!
YouTube—https://www.youtube.com/@youtubersguide
blog—https://dills.blog/
Instagram—https://www.instagram.com/dillanroytaylor/

Anthony Vicino is a Founding Partner at Invictus Captial, a firm that helps people invest in commercial real estate.

He also has one of the best self-improvement channels out there. He helps people become less distracted, learn skills faster, and earn more money. What more can you ask for?

As of this recording, his channel has 127k subscribers.

Anthony and I cover: how his van went from a utopia to a prison, how he went from $80k in debt to a millionaire in just three years, the difference between money and status, how Anthony started his first business with zero entrepreneurial experience, how he began investing in real estate while he was in debt, and I talk about the lowest point of my life.

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Here are Anthony's links...
website—https://anthonyvicino.com/
YouTube—https://www.youtube.com/@AnthonyVicino
Instagram—https://www.instagram.com/theanthonyvicino/
Twitter—https://twitter.com/AnthonyVicino

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Get in touch with me!
YouTube—https://www.youtube.com/@youtubersguide
blog—https://dills.blog/
Instagram—https://www.instagram.com/dillanroytaylor/

My guest today is Stain from AchieveYou.

AchieveYou is a group of five dudes who travel to college campuses across the United States. They go up to strangers and ask them deep and vulnerable questions, buy them food, and dare them to get out of their comfort zones. It's hard to watch their content without smiling.

As of this recording, AchieveYou has 336k subscribers.

Stain and I cover: why these five bros started filming people on college campuses, the difficulties of filming people on the street, the best card game ever created, whether or not people are naturally good, why I just moved to Argentina, why Stain is called "the Rizzler," and at the end of the episode, I call...my mom.

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Here are AchieveYou's links...
YouTube—https://www.youtube.com/@toachieveyou
Instagram—https://www.instagram.com/toachieveyou/
TikTok—https://www.tiktok.com/@toachieveyou
Get 'How Deep Will You Go?' (card game)—https://howdeepwillyougo.com/

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Get in touch with me!
YouTube—https://www.youtube.com/@youtubersguide
blog—https://dills.blog/
Instagram—https://www.instagram.com/dillanroytaylor/

My guest today is John Strasser—founder of the Insight Coaching Community (ICC).

The ICC is an online community and certification program for life coaches around the world. John is the best in the business when it comes to teaching coaches how to coach powerfully, how to market themselves authentically, and how to create paid clients and make a great living as a life coach.

I know all this because I run a life coaching business. I was trained and certified by John in the ICC.

He’s my coach, my mentor, and a friend. I owe my career to him, so it was a true delight and honor to be able to sit down with him and dive into all things coaching. If you’re interested in life coaching, if you’re trying to start or grow your life coaching business, if you want to make great money in a career that’s fulfilling and dedicated to helping others…this episode is for you.

John and I cover: what led to him living in a homeless shelter, whether the Law of Attraction is real or not, what people think life coaching is vs what it actually is, the most common mistakes coaches make when building their businesses, the 4 steps to creating paid coaching clients, how to get a life coaching certification, and why John thinks I’m the greatest coach who ever lived.

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Here are John's links...
ICC website—https://www.facebook.com/InsightCoachingCommunity/
Typical Life Coach Podcast—https://www.insightcoachingcommunity.com/podcast

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Get in touch with me!
YouTube—https://www.youtube.com/@youtubersguide
blog—https://dills.blog/
Instagram—https://www.instagram.com/dillanroytaylor/

New to YouTube or thinking about starting a channel?

Here are 10 tips for getting started and getting going.

My guest today is Jake from Rattlesnake TV.

On his channel, he analyzes interviews and debates of well-known thinkers like Jordan Peterson, Russell Brand, and Ben Shapiro, just to name a few. He takes these figures and breaks down their charisma, debate tactics, and conversational skills so that we can learn from them and have better disagreements and build better arguments.

As of this recording, Rattlesnake TV has 67k subscribers, and his channel is only four months old.

Jake and I cover: which YouTuber he would fight in a boxing match, how Jake started getting his act together, the principles of a great reaction channel, how Jake's channel blew up so quickly, how you can improve your argumentative skills, what people get wrong about masculinity, and much more.

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Here are Jake's links...
YouTube—https://www.youtube.com/@rattlesnaketv
Instagram—https://www.instagram.com/rattlesnake.tv/
TikTok—https://www.tiktok.com/@rattlesnaketv
Website—https://rattlesnaketv.com/

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Get in touch with me!
YouTube—https://www.youtube.com/@youtubersguide
blog—https://dills.blog/
Instagram—https://www.instagram.com/dillanroytaylor/

Jon Barr is the host of "Here Be Barr," a travel, lifestyle, and vlogging YouTube channel showing you everything you need to know about New York City.

Jon started his career in media as a sportscaster. But after burning out and reading about another NYC vlogger, Casey Neistat, he thought he'd give the YouTube thing a try. So he started making videos on his trips to different countries. He eventually settled on the niche of the city of New York.

As of this recording, his channel has 335k subscribers. There's no other channel out there that depicts the beauty, chaos, and variety that New York City has to offer...at the level of Jon's channel.

Jon and I cover: what it’s like to be a full-time content creator with a newborn baby, how Jon went from sportscaster to YouTuber, how Casey Neistat changed the YouTube space, Jon's protocol for when homeless people approach him, what stereotypes of New Yorkers are untrue, how long it can take for a video to go viral, and much more.

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Here are Jon links...
YouTube—https://www.youtube.com/@HereBeBarr
website—http://ny-guide.com/
Instagram—https://www.instagram.com/here.be.barr/

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Get in touch with me!
YouTube—https://www.youtube.com/@youtubersguide
blog—https://dills.blog/
Instagram—https://www.instagram.com/dillanroytaylor/

Meghan Murphy is the editor of Feminist Current, a website and podcast dedicated to women’s issues and protecting female spaces. She also hosts The Same Drugs where she and her guests tackle topics like third-wave feminism, gender ideology, and cencorship. 

Many people know Meghan as the woman who got banned from Twitter in 2018. She’s been on The Joe Rogan Experience a few times to tell her story. And she just got let back on the platform after Elon Musk bought the company.

As of this recording, her channel has 22k subscribers. Despite going through online cancellation, libel, and death threats, she manages to just have a great sense of humor about everything. She speaks her mind always and inspires others to do the same.

Meghan and I cover: the 3 tweets that got her banned from Twitter, what feminism really is, the overprescription of anti-depressants and ADHD medication, the pros and cons of being an independent creator, what it’s like to be “cancelled” and lose friends because of that, and finally, Meghan tells me what a woman is.

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Here are Meghan's links...
https://linktr.ee/meghanemilymurphy

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Get in touch with me!
YouTube—https://www.youtube.com/@youtubersguide
Blog—https://dills.blog/

Since February 2021, Ryan Twomey has been living out of his van—traveling around the United States and making videos full-time.

As of this recording he has 86k subscribers. But his content creation career started on TikTok as he began posting videos of him building his van. Since then, Ryan's focused on securing brand deals, staying true to himself, and balancing van life with the relationships he holds dear.

Ryan and I cover: what it takes to customize your own van, how to go viral on TikTok, what the algorithms want, what you shouldn't sacrifice when pursuing your dreams, how to get brand deals, why more followers won't make you happy, and much more.

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Here are Ryan's links...
YouTube—https://www.youtube.com/@Ryantwomeyy
TikTok—https://www.tiktok.com/@ryantwomeyy
Instagram—https://www.instagram.com/ryantwomeyy

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Get in touch with me!
YouTube—https://www.youtube.com/@youtubersguide
Blog—https://dills.blog/