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This content outlines a strategic framework for building a successful personal brand, emphasizing the importance of a clear goal, contrarian beliefs, and consistent value delivery over virality. It provides actionable steps for content creation, platform selection, and team building.
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This is what so many people that are
listening and watching are doing right
now. They're putting time in their
precious week to make this content. And
it's content that is bringing in
audience that will never [ __ ] buy
from you. What a waste. That's Caleb
Rston, the secret strategist behind Gary
Vee and Alex Hormosi, two of the world's
biggest personal brands. In this
episode, Caleb reveals the exact system
he used to scale Hormone's brand to 11.5
million followers. I believe that the
reason why a personal brand blows up
that happens by having a very strong
insane the four-step blueprint to build
a personal brand. It's four very simple,
very basic questions that gives you an
immense amount of clarity. What is the
goal? What would I need to be known for?
The third question is about and then the
next question that you ask is the
biggest mistake people make when trying
to grow with content. You're not putting
the attention or resources towards
innovation. You're doing what you know
works, nothing more. What are we going
to do differently? What he learned
directly working with Gary Vee, Gary one
day walked out of his office, opened the
door and said, "Teene, we are
prioritizing. I don't care what we have
to do. This is going to be the biggest
thing." The 2.0 of this conversation
that I never really share is like, "Yes,
this is a brand building masterass. I
really hope you enjoy it. If you do,
subscribe and let's dive in.
>> Great. So, Caleb, so excited to have you on.
on.
>> Thank you for having me.
>> You have built personal brands for Gary
Vee, Alex Horoszi, so many like
incredible uh entrepreneurs. I'd love to
make this podcast a master class for
anyone out there who's looking to build
a personal brand and have success with it
it
>> and go through maybe step by step what
they need to do, some of the mistakes to
watch out for and the frameworks that
will make it a lot easier for them to
do. Would you be down for sharing all of
your 10 plus years experience building brands?
brands?
>> Yeah, absolutely. So, where do you start
if someone comes to you and says, "Look,
Caleb, I've heard and I've seen a lot of
people having success building a
personal brand, putting out content to
grow their business, like what what what
should they be doing? What's the first
step?" Well, I think a lot of people are
talking about building a personal brand
right now. It's the buzz. It's what
everybody's doing. And I think what a
lot of people are falling into the trap
of is they just start making content to
check a box. They're like, "Well, I
gotta, you know, sell people. I gotta
market. I better make content." And I
think that a lot of people would be
better served in making content if they
start with the end in mind. I am not a
uh life advice kind of guy, but I think
this is also very applicable to life and
navigating things that we go through
every day. I like to tell people to
start with the end in mind. And so I use
what I call the brand journey framework.
It's four very simple, very basic
questions that gives you an immense
amount of clarity.
>> And so we start with the question that
is our end destination. And so I always
ask, what is the goal? What is the
outcome that we want to have happen on
the other side of building this personal
brand? Cuz you know, if you're going to
do that, you're investing a lot. >> Yeah.
>> Yeah.
>> Money, time, vulnerability, right? like
you're way more transparent with the
audience and public than if you choose
not to do that. So there's a lot that
you're investing. So I think you need to
know why you're doing this. Otherwise, I
think a lot of people actually probably
don't need to make content.
>> I think a lot of them probably
shouldn't. But anyways, you start with
that question. And then the next
question that you ask is, what would I
need to be known for in order to get
that outcome that I desire? Right? The
third question is about doing. We become
known for things not by what we talk
about but by the actions that we have
taken and the results that we get. And
so it's what would I have to do in order
to be known for the thing to get the
outcome that I want. The last question
brings us to today. >> Mhm.
>> Mhm.
>> Which is what would I need to learn in
order to do the things to become known
for the thing to get the outcome I want.
So like if you for example want to speak
on stages to inspire young women to
build a successful business, you
probably need to be known as a woman who
has built a successful business and
helped other women build a successful business.
business.
>> Okay? Well, in order to be known for
that, you got to build a successful
business and help people. But then
within that business has so many
different departments, right? Marketing,
sales, HR. And within each of these
departments, there are millions of
little skills that you need to learn.
And that gives you the road map of how
you go from right now to your desired outcome.
outcome.
>> So let's go through those questions one
by one. Let's give some examples. So
question one, hit me with it.
>> Yeah. Uh what is your desired outcome?
What do you want to have happen? So for
me, the answer would be I want leads to
my leads to my business and then maybe
opportunities that I I don't even know exist
exist
>> um come to me based on my my my
expertise. Would that be like a good
good answer to that?
>> It's a good starting point. I would I
would go back and forth. So I'll give
you mine first.
>> Yeah. Yeah. Uh, I have the ambition and
it's a little audacious, but I would
like to work with the number one
industry experts in whatever category I
find interesting at the time. In order
to have that happen, I would need to be
known as somebody who has helped scale
personal brands that convert in the way
the personal brand desires
>> in multiple spaces. >> Yeah.
>> Yeah.
>> Right now, I've only done it in entrepreneurship.
entrepreneurship. >> Mhm.
>> Mhm.
>> I haven't worked with a scientist. >> Yeah.
>> Yeah.
>> Right. I haven't worked with a musician.
Right? And so in order to get my desired
outcome, I need to be known as being
able to do this in multiple spaces.
>> So then the next the third one becomes
very clear. What do I need to do? I need
to work with a scientist or a whatever,
right? I'm just using that as a random
example. It could be a painter. It could
be anything. Uh because I just want to
work with industry experts,
>> right? And then what would I need to
learn? Well, when I decide what industry
I'm going to jump into and work with a
personal brand, I need to learn that industry.
industry. >> Sure,
>> Sure,
>> I need to learn the viewer, the
customer, all of that. And so, that
gives me a very clear path for these
next, call it 5 years. I don't know what
the timeline actually will be, but
that's what I will be working.
>> So, they're all really useful questions.
So, the first step is getting a really
robust answer to each of those and maybe
going back and forward and yes, and
thinking about them.
>> It's again, it's wildly simple. M
>> it's not necessarily easy to actually
answer these questions in a way that is
going to be useful, right? Like uh we're
actually working on this like fun little
project that we're developing a GPT
around this and we're training it to
like push back hard. If it's not a clear
and measurable answer, because if it is
a little bit more vague, right, then
your road map is going to be more vague
and you're not going to have clarity on
what actions you need to take in order
to get to your desired outcome.
>> What's the next step? Do I just start
making content? Like, what would you
advise me to do?
>> A general answer is there's going to be
two people. Uh, one person, they're
going to need to make content to
discover what I'm about to share. Mhm.
>> The other can hear what I'm about to say
and actually sit down and work on this
right now. >> Mhm.
>> Mhm.
>> It's your brand positioning.
And this gets like wildly over
complicated by a lot of really big
branding agencies that work with all the
Fortune 100s. And I think they do
amazing work and it makes sense why they
do it. I'm a simple guy so I like to
keep things simple. I believe that the
reason why a personal brand blows up,
not has lots of views, but blows up and
has a very strong connection with their
audience to where their audience is
willing to do what they say.
>> I believe that happens by having a very
strong contrarian belief.
That is the most important thing.
Everyone right now is talking about
titles, thumbnails, your hook.
I don't think that's what causes a
strong personal brand. I think that gets
lots of views and attention, but I think
we could probably all relate to this.
There's a lot of creators that we
consume on different platforms, right?
Like the team that you have here, like
we all consume on the different platforms
platforms
>> and there's a lot of creators that we
are not subscribed to. We do not follow.
It shows up in our feed. We consume it.
But we could not tell you what their
name is right now. >> Yeah.
>> Yeah.
>> There's no brand. >> No.
>> No.
>> Right. And I believe that is the case
because we live in a world right now
where all these content gurus and
[ __ ] [ __ ] are telling people to
just download the transcript and then
make it for themsel aka don't have an
actual opinion on anything. Just
regurgitate what you're hearing, just
information, aka the commodity. This is
the only thing that everybody can do,
right? And so I believe that the best
thing that you can do is figure out what
do I believe about my industry or the
world that is different than everybody
else. I've already shared it at least
five times in this podcast. Mine, right?
I haven't said it directly, but I've
alluded to it. My belief, my contrarian
view is I think personal brand should be
built off of trust and optimizing around
trust, not virality.
>> The majority of the industry talks about
going viral. All of them. And that's
great. Uh to be clear, there's nothing
wrong with going viral, but I think
optimizing around it is the problem. And
so that's my contrarian belief. And I
think it's the only reason why we're
having, you know, a semblance of some
success on YouTube, Instagram, whatever,
is it's not because people want to hear
me talk. That's definitely not it. It's
that they're seeing, oh wow, there is a
wildly different take than what
everybody else in the industry is
saying. Gary Vee did this, right? He
entered the space when all of marketing
was about television ads, billboards,
mailers, and he's like, there's this
crazy thing called Facebook, right? Cody
Sanchez is another great example.
>> At the height of society thinking that
the only way to get rich is to be a tech
founder, the Airbnb of blank. She was
like, actually, you could be a plumber
and be a millionaire. >> Yeah.
>> Yeah.
>> Right. Wildly different message than
what everybody else was saying. And I
think that's the reason why these brands
really blow up. How do you decide what
your POVs are? Like um
>> Thank you. >> Yeah,
>> Yeah,
>> great question. Uh let's
>> It's amazing though, isn't it?
>> It's amazing though because like when I
think of Gary, I just think of all of
those strong opinions he had. It's just
like, you know, uh
>> audio and speech is the future. Tik Tok
is the future. He's always got a big
prediction. He's always got a strong POV
and it it you're right, it just hammers
in your brain.
>> Yeah. It stands out. Yeah.
>> So, a lot of people when I ask them this
question, you know, what do you believe
different? They have a very tough time
answering the question.
>> Um, people that are really really in it
and have been in it for a long time,
they have no problem answering it. But
the people that are a little bit newer,
uh, I'm talking like less than eight
years in the industry you've been in,
you probably couldn't articulate it on
the spot. So, what I encourage people to
do is, uh, there's a very easy way to do
this. Draw two columns on a sheet of
paper. On the left side, you're going to
write out all the things that the gurus,
creators, influencers in your space are
saying that you do not agree with that
you see slightly different, even if it's
like a tiny little nuance difference
that you have.
>> You're going to write those things out.
And the other thing, especially for the
the people that are newer, that I would
encourage them to do is in addition to
that, write out all the things that you
see other creators do in your space that
you're like, I would never want to touch
that. I don't want to do that. Right?
Whether it's statements, offers, ways of
packaging offers, or you know, formats
of content, right? Like the example I
always give, and I don't hate the real
estate agents that do this, but the real
estate agents that would like point to
text on TikTok, you know, we all saw
that. Like, if you don't like that,
write that on the left side.
>> And then on the right side, it's not
complicated. You're just going to write
out the exact opposite of all those things.
things.
>> And that's going to be your messaging
and what you choose to do in your
content. And this gives you an immediate
starting point on what things that you
can start to speak about that you
believe differently than what the
industry norms are. >> Yeah.
>> Yeah.
>> Another one real quick to throw out
there is not only is it what other
influencers or other people are saying,
but depending on what industry you're
in, there's a lot of industry tropes. >> Yeah.
>> Yeah.
>> Statements that people Right. Another
one that I hate is all press is good
press. People have been saying that for
years, but it's like I could give you a
million different examples of how that
is not true, right? But that's a typical
trope in brand, in media and marketing
that everyone says.
>> And so I would also argue if you can't
think of like influencers or people that
are creating, what is something that is
said repeated like it's just like it's
doctrine and nobody's questioned it that
you could question? Do you have four
things that you have a strong POV on? I
think I've heard you talk about there's
two that you're for and two that you're against.
against.
>> Yeah. I I like to take it a step further
because I think that a lot of people
focus on what they are for.
>> And I think it's equally as important to
communicate what you are against, right?
And so, yeah, I I have basically um let
me see if I can remember them off the
top of my head. Uh the one about wanting
to optimize around trust uh is a big
one. Uh leading creatives or I guess one
that I'm against is leading creatives
with fear.
>> I believe in creating a environment of
psychological safety. I think that leads
to the best work. Uh meaning like if you
have a boss that's yelling at you uh at
any time that you make a mistake, you
are going to be afraid to make mistakes
and mistakes are where innovation occur
and so you ultimately end up removing
any sort of innovation on your team.
>> Um a couple other ones I believe in
giving way more value than you take from
your audience. Uh that's another one
that I want to be known for. Um, another
one that I want to be known against,
uh, is
pushing something, a product out into
the marketplace that you yourself would
not purchase. >> Yeah.
>> Yeah.
>> I think Chris Williamson actually used
that as his definition of grifter and I
think it is like the best definition
possible. If you are selling something
in the marketplace that you yourself
would not buy,
>> questionable. And so those are things
that I want to be known for and known as
being against. And I think it's really
important because if you identify what
you want to be known as being against,
it can cause you to turn down
collaboration opportunities with
individuals that would hurt your brand,
not help it. >> Yeah.
>> Yeah.
>> Or better said, based on how we started
this, individuals that would help you
get closer to that desired outcome, not further.
further.
>> Right. Like going on your show
>> gets me closer, not further. Right? like
it's not a bad association, but there
are some podcasts out there that I do
think would be a very bad pairing for me
>> and that decision framework is
influenced by knowing what I want to be
known for and what I want to be known as
being against
>> because fundamentally brand and the way
that you think about it is is brand is
literally association, right?
>> I believe that branding is the action
that we take and so branding is just a
pairing of things. M
>> good branding is when you make an
intentional pairing of relevant things consistently
consistently
and then the byproduct of that I believe
is brand and I think that's when the
audience inherently associates you with
something else. Good brand is when it's
the thing that you were pairing yourself
with intentionally. >> Yeah.
>> Yeah.
>> So like Nike and Michael Jordan, right? Like
Like
>> that was a pairing a very intentional
pairing of relevant things. Nike was
entering the basketball market. Michael
Jordan was the basketball god, right?
And the key though is he didn't wear
them one night. He didn't wear them two
nights. He wore them every night for his career.
career.
>> That's the consistently part, which I'm
sure we can get into in a little bit,
but like that's why you want to say the
same things over and over rather than
that being the reason why people talk
about not making content. That's what
you should do. The next thing that we do
is we go to content strategy. And so,
uh, the very basic, if you want to start
at like ground zero, figure out what
medium, right? I believe there's four. >> Yeah.
>> Yeah.
>> Video, audio, written, photo, graphic. >> Mhm.
>> Mhm.
>> Right. And everyone always asks, "What
one should I pick?" >> Yeah.
>> Yeah.
>> And the logical answer is video.
>> But the more important answer is
whatever one you're going to stick with.
>> Yeah. You know, like you know, you you
see this with clients, like you don't
get [ __ ] for the first year from making
content. Some do,
>> but 99.9999%
do not, right? They don't get anything
for the first two years. >> Yeah.
>> Yeah.
>> And I would argue the majority don't
even get anything for the first three years.
years.
>> And I don't think that's a problem. I
don't think that's a bad thing. But I
think that uh if you're going to know
that this is a three-year sprint, you
better pick something you're going to
stick with. You know, the analogy that I
give every single time is it's like if
you're going to get into fitness, pick a
workout routine or a nutrition program
that you're going to actually follow,
right? Doing some crazy wild diet for
two weeks ain't going to do anything for
you. And so pick the one and and you've
seen this, I know. Like if you pick
audio or you pick written or you pick
photographic and you start putting [ __ ]
out, you start to get to a point where
you're like, "Okay, it's not that bad
putting myself out there. Maybe I could
do video."
>> Yeah. We pick one of those. >> Yes.
>> Yes.
>> Based on whatever just feels most
natural to us, like we we feel excited
or comfortable pulling out the iPhone. >> Yeah.
>> Yeah.
>> Or writing. Then
>> how how do you then pick a platform? Do
do you pick a platform then and then
start ideulating from there or
>> let's get crazy. Yeah. If you're a solo
creator, you pick one platform
>> as your primary and you pick a secondary.
secondary.
>> We'll go into that in a second.
>> If you have a team, I expect far more of you.
you. >> Yeah.
>> Yeah.
>> Pick three primary platforms that you
are creating for. >> Mhm.
>> Mhm.
>> And then and you can have secondary
platforms, but I don't care about those
nearly as much. Um, and and by the way,
that that is the starting point. Like
there's been teams that I've been a part
of or helped build where it's like we
have, you know, six or seven or nine
primary platforms, but that's cuz we
have 18 [ __ ] people working on it,
you know, and I I don't want the the
person that has a content director to
think that they need to be held to that
standard. But for the solo creator, what
I would recommend doing is there's two
frameworks that I think you can use on
to decide what platform to pick as a
solo creator. The first one is what is
my medium that I'm most comfortable with
and what platform prefers that the most.
>> So if you chose audio, I'm not going to
tell you to pick Instagram as your
primary platform, right? And I'm
definitely not going to tell you
Substack, right? And so you want to pick
a platform that is uh applicable for the
medium you chose. Now if you chose
video, lucky you, you get your pick of
the litter, right? Whatever you want,
you can pretty pretty much create for. >> Mhm.
>> Mhm.
>> Uh so the next one is where does your
ideal customer, if we're talking about
people that are trying to build their
personal brand to impact their business,
where does your ideal customer spend the
most amount of their time?
>> Yeah. Now, the natural question I
instantly get is, "Well, how do I figure
that out?" And my response that I always
say is, "It's the same way that I find a
metal bar in any city that I'm in. I go
up to somebody who looks like they
listen to metal and I ask them.
>> You just ask." And that's how you start
to learn, right? Like I I've never been
a big Twitter guy or X guy, but I know
that like there's a lot of industry or a
lot of interesting industries and niches
that are very active on X, way more than
any of the other platforms. Meanwhile,
the majority of the creators that are
trying to reach those people are
prioritizing YouTube, Instagram, Tik
Tok. Meanwhile, they'd get way more
traction on X.
>> Yeah. tech startups, VCs
>> big time on the VC and tech startup.
Yeah, huge OnX, right? And that's just
one example.
>> Um, and so that that's how I like to go
about picking it. The same framework
applies to picking the three that you're
going to prioritize. Um, and then what I
like to do is if we're jumping over to
the people with the team,
>> there's three platforms, but if you
don't have a team of 18 people, I think
you have to pick one at a time that you
focus on. >> Yeah.
>> Yeah.
>> Right. Like I think a lot of people hear
all of these creators that have these
big teams and have these really
wellestablished brands, content systems,
everything talking about posting a
shitload of content everywhere all at once.
once.
>> And I can't read anybody's mind, but I
think the reason why they are saying
that is because they know that 99% of
people will take like 5% at most action
on what they say. So it's like let me
give them the extreme and maybe they'll
post once a week. That's why. But I
don't think that's a good strategy of
like trying to be everywhere at once. So
what we do is like for me, I'll give my
example. We picked YouTube, Instagram,
LinkedIn as our three that we were going
to prioritize. Trevor and I sat down and
we we decided on that.
>> And what Trevor and I decided on because
my background is in video. His
background is mainly in video. We're
going to prioritize YouTube first. I
also believe that for my ideal customer
that is the best platform to build trust
with them.
>> And so we have decided to prioritize I I
use the analogy cuz I like Lord of the
Rings the Eye of Sauron method.
>> So our eye is on YouTube.
>> Now around I'd say May or June we were
like okay we feel like we've got a good
system on this. So then we moved the eye
over to Instagram. Beautiful thing about
this approach, you'll get corrected very
quickly if you moved too fast. >> Yeah.
>> Yeah.
>> In I think it was August, we went to
film a video that I did not prepare for
in nearly the level that I should have
or nearly the level that I do for every
other video that we do. We put a lot of
work into these videos. That's why we
only do one a month. >> Yeah.
>> Yeah.
>> And we sat down to film it
>> and um five minutes into it, I was like,
"This is dog [ __ ] This is not a good
video. I did a horrible job preparing
for this. uh I'm not respecting the
audience's time. And so it was a moment
where we kind of realized, hey, maybe
more so on my end, maybe we don't have
the system down as much as I thought we
did on YouTube. So, we're going to
reorient and put a little bit more focus
on that.
>> The video that's going to come out at
the end of September is going to be a
[ __ ] banger. A long banger, right?
Like a big one. And then the video
that'll come out in October, we were
spending all day in London yesterday
filming. We haven't reviewed the
footage, so we don't know if it's good
yet, but we'll see. But like, we're
putting more effort. We're putting the
focus back there, right?
>> When you shift the eye, it is my opinion
that the other platforms go on what I
just call maintenance mode. This doesn't
mean that you're not posting or not
caring. It means that you're not putting
the attention or resources towards innovation,
innovation,
>> right? You're doing what you know works,
nothing more. Because all of those
resources towards innovation go towards
that platform.
>> I believe every single person minus
maybe like five people listening or
watching get more benefit out of that
than omniresence with mid content
everywhere. Quick one. If you're
enjoying this episode and feel like
you're getting value, I'd love it if you
subscribed. It helps me improve the show
and get bigger and better guests. So if
you're enjoying this episode, make sure
you're subscribed. And how do you
convince someone that that's the right
approach? Because I guess the fear is
they see other people on all these
different platforms and like, oh, so and
so is killing it on LinkedIn and so and
so's killing it on Instagram and on
YouTube someone else is killing it and I
they feel like there's so much
opportunity everywhere. What's the
what's the reality of of spreading
yourself and trying to trying to get the
content to land on all three or four at
the same time?
>> Well, the first thing that came to my
mind when you asked that is I'm not in
the business of convincing. Mhm.
>> You know this better than most. >> Yeah.
>> Yeah.
>> If you bring on a client and you're
having to convince them of that, they're
going to be a nightmare client, right?
>> And anybody consuming my content, it's
like, cool, by all means, do it the
other way, right? So, I I just
>> honestly, I guess I just say look at the
track record,
>> right? Cuz I think with a lot of
creators that I've worked for or helped
build, we did the same approach just at
a bigger scale.
>> Yeah. But it's like even the biggest
dogs in the world do this.
>> They don't necessarily maybe they're not
aware of it, right? They're not like
keenly thinking about that or whatever,
but like that's the actual process that
they are following, right? Like all of
these creators on the highest levels at
different times have a platform that
they prefer. different seasons for every
creator that we're all admiring right
now. They have a season where they're
texting or slacking their team about
Instagram or YouTube or Tik Tok. Why is
YouTube down? Right? Like they have a
platform that they are focusing on. They
say that they're doing but they're not. >> Mhm.
>> Mhm.
>> I just think that a lot of people
haven't reverse engineered that process
slash a lot of people haven't been on
those teams, you know, and a lot of
people on those teams don't share that
stuff. But that's what I would encourage
people to realize is like they all did
it brick by brick as well.
>> We just see the fully built house.
>> Yeah. And I want to get into what it
what it was like building those teams
and how people can build those teams
later on. Maybe the only thing that's
worth touching on quickly is on those
teams when you see Horoszi and you see
every channel seems to be flying. What's
the scale there? Do do you have
specialists per platform? Yeah. Yeah. I
I believe the best version of this is
you're making content contextual to the
platform. Um and so again, even at the
highest levels, you're going to pick
your primary platforms and you're going
to put your best creative resources to
those platforms.
>> Um I take it a step further. This is
pretty unconventional. I actually like
my creatives to also become my
strategists. Mhm.
>> So, I like the editor who's making
Instagram content in the perfect world
to run Instagram.
>> Yeah. Like when Gary decided
before everybody else uh that Tik Tok
was going to be a big deal and he was
like we're putting resources towards
this when I went from because originally
there was a team of three of us that
were working on Gary's Tik Tok and there
was somebody else that was cming channel
managing and then I was editing and
Avatar was also editing and then
eventually that other individual started
working on another project and I took
over cming. Mhm.
>> I was cutting like seven to eight clips
a day, like shorts a day, and posting
9 to 12 a day, right? Because there was
another creator making more.
>> And that was the biggest growth in my
career because I not only was I close to
the data, I was accountable for it.
>> Like we would post a clip and back then
it's not this way anymore, but back then
on TikTok, you would know I I knew
within 60 seconds. Yeah. if this was a
million plus or less. I knew
>> and I felt it every time that it wasn't.
You know, I'm competitive, too, so that
played into it. But I like the creatives
to be very close to that and to know
because then you start creating
individuals that don't go, "Hey, the
footage isn't working anymore. Our
content doesn't work anymore." And you
create people that go, "Hey, this format
or this topic that we're talking about
is no longer resonating with our
audience. Here's three other ideas that
I want to test out over the next month.
>> And I prefer the latter over the former
all day.
>> Yeah, it's so interesting. I was
listening to uh Founders the episode
about Elon Musk. It's a incredible
podcast. Um incredible episode. And
that's what he does on the factory floor
at uh Tesla is he gets the designers and
the engineers to like sit um you know
within like shouting distance of each
other so that the engineer can tell the
designer that his design is crap.
>> Wow. Um I think it's very much the same
there is is that if you can combine the
two roles, it's just one person, then
there is no like uh someone editing it,
someone posting it, it's that single
responsibility. And again, they're just
like so much closer to the data and the
outcome. And when you post and it flops,
you feel that viscerably. And so if
you're a social media manager and then
uh you then pass your feedback to the
editor and you're relying on the editor
to influence it and have that same feel
for what's popping um I think it's
really tough. So yeah, 100% agree. If
you can if you can combine that role I
think I've seen the same like you'll
have a lot more success. It's hard
though. It is. But it also
the the the other really cool benefit
that that I feel like I probably haven't
talked about enough when I share this is
you invest heavily in that creative.
>> You make them a [ __ ] weapon.
>> Right now the vulnerability is then
they're a weapon that could get pulled
onto another team or go off and do their
own thing.
>> I think that's the best thing in the
world. Right? Like Trevor uh is
leaps and bounds further than he was
when he was just editing.
>> The moment that he started running Tik
Tok, running Instagram, not for me, but
in previous roles, like he learned an
insane amount and grew so much from
that. And now when you have a
conversation with him about content, he
almost never talks about the edit. >> Yeah.
>> Yeah.
>> And that is a very interesting thing as
an editor, right? like he's talking
about the concept, the hook, the
packaging, how do you end it, like all
of these things. And I think that you
start to create these like gangster
ninjas and if you are a great operator
and you have a great opportunity, then
you can continue to build something that
excites them to be there and so there's
just more firepower on your team. I
think it's a really huge benefit.
>> Let's go on to is it creation that can
start now? So we've we've chosen our platform.
platform. >> Yeah.
>> Yeah.
How would how did you think about
creating content when you when you started?
>> I would say this is a moment where
people should do what I say, not what I did.
did. >> Okay,
>> Okay,
>> here's why. Um,
come October 2025,
that will mark 17 years of doing this. Mhm.
Mhm. >> Like
>> Like
that is a long time considering my age
and considering the age of like internet
content, right? Like YouTube's 20,
you know, like it's not that far off.
And so in addition to that, due to the
amazing entrepreneurs that I've worked
for, I have spoken to a lot of early
stage entrepreneurs. So I'm keenly aware
of the problems that my ideal customer
is facing.
>> For a lot of people, they might know
just a few.
>> Most people think they know the problems.
problems. >> Mhm.
>> Mhm.
>> But they're not actually solving
problems that your ideal customer cares about.
about.
>> Yeah. But the point that I'm getting at
is in my opinion, rather than going to a
hit list of viral content
>> or looking at what all of your
competitors have done and remaking their videos,
videos,
>> I would go to the core and solve very
narrow, painful problems for my ideal customer,
customer,
>> which then reveals a bigger problem
>> that a lead magnet that I have, for
example, solves and then reveals the
bigger problem that my offer solves. >> Mhm.
>> Mhm.
>> And as simple as that sounds, if you do
that over and over and over, you're not
going to be, you know, getting millions
of views. You're not going to be the
most followed creator, but I guarantee
you will be making far more money in
your business than the majority of
people that are getting those crazy
views, that do have those massive
followings, because what they are, and
by the way, not all of them. I'm making
a blanket statement here that applies
zero nuance, which I hate. Uh, but here
I go. Those creators, they're optimizing
around views, which means that they're
not doing the things necessary
intentionally to create trust. Some of
them, as an accidental byproduct of what
they're doing, are creating trust.
Amazing, masleto. But for most of them,
they're not.
>> They're just gaining attention, but
there's not enough trust. to the point
that I made earlier that like you
couldn't name them. >> Mhm.
>> Mhm.
>> There's like 15 creators faces that I'm
seeing right now that I consume all the
time on my feed,
>> but I could not tell you who they are or
what they do. Yeah. Right. And so, yeah,
that that's why I like doing that and
optimizing around trust.
>> When we're starting to create content,
how should we think about that? That's
that's making a list that's making a
list of all of the problems of my ideal
customer and then starting to make
videos around them.
>> Yeah. And the cool thing is is as long
as you stay in the game, you'll always
be presented usually the same problems
but in different scenarios.
>> Like I guarantee you right now in your
head, you're thinking with all my
podcast clients, hm actually, yeah, it
is like the same five problems. It it
takes place in different ways.
>> Yeah. But that's five different
reoccurring pieces of content and then
every different version of it, the
story, you know, uh insecurity being the
core, you know, this person was insecure
about, you know, how they sounded. This
person was insecure about what they had
to say, how they look, blah blah blah.
Those are all different stories that you
can tell and ways that you can wear the
Nikes every night,
>> right? the way that you can consistently
pair yourself with an idea
over and over again in order for the
audience to inherently associate you
with that idea. >> Yeah.
>> Yeah.
>> Right. So, like optimizing around trust.
>> I'm just going to hammer this until I
die. Right. Well, unless I get new
information that says that there's
something better out there than trust.
>> But I'm just going to tell that in a
million different ways. And as long as I
choose to stay in the game, I am going
to be presented with many different
versions of the same problems that I can
help my audience solve.
>> And so when you get down to actually
filming that and posting that, how do
you optimize that to land? Well, do you
advise people to think about hooks or
titles or thumbnails, all of those kind
of things when they when we're starting
out or is it just like record and post? Um,
Um,
whatever is going to get you into the
habit first is what I would say.
>> My fear in answering this with like my
ideal answer is that is a high barrier
to entry and so most people won't enter.
So just make
if you want to go a step further, I
believe that if you're trying to
optimize around trust, what you're
trying to optimize around is giving
people the actions necessary to get the
outcome that you're promising in your
content. Mhm.
>> And so every single thing that you do,
the way you orient your hook, the way
that you structure the video, the
examples you use, and in
post-production, the graphics that you
do or do not use should all be answered
by one question. Does this make it
easier for the viewer to change what
they do or take action
>> after consuming this? That's it.
>> Because if you're an educational creator
trying to grow your business, you want
to build trust. And the way you build
trust is by telling people what to do,
they do it, and they get their outcome.
>> An example I like to use is I have a
truck that I love. >> Yeah.
>> Yeah.
>> It's a push start. >> Yeah.
>> Yeah.
>> Every morning when I go out, I put my
foot on the brake and I hit that button
and it starts. >> Yeah.
>> Yeah.
>> I trust it. >> Mhm.
>> Mhm.
>> But if suddenly I go out there and three
mornings in a row it doesn't start, I
suddenly have less trust. >> Yeah.
>> Yeah.
>> Very basic example. Same thing applies
to content. M there's almost this trust
bar that that we want to fill where
every time Caleb tells me something or I
see one of his clips, I learn something
and I implement it and it works.
>> And the goal is if you do that over and
over again, when you suddenly make your
audience aware of an offer, they
believe, oh well, everything that
Caleb's told me to do worked, so why
would I not do this? I get more in
return than what I invested with him.
Why would it be any different now that
he's charging me? If anything, it's
going to be even better. >> Yeah,
>> Yeah,
>> that is the the psychology or the the
thinking that you want to build in your
audience. And the way you do that is
just make it easy for them to take action.
action.
Which is why I like telling stories
>> because I do think that stories allow
people to see something in a real life
example. Ideally, they can relate to it
and suddenly they can see themsel doing
that thing. >> Yeah.
>> Yeah.
>> Again, another way, another tactic to
get them to take action.
>> It's why with the six-hour plus course
that we put out, we made a workbook to
go with it. Like
people that don't know me won't believe
this, but I mean it fully. The goal was
not like some crazy amount of email
capture. I've I've gone on podcasts and
told people how much how many emails
we've gotten, blah blah blah. The goal
was just to make it easier for the
people that actually watch it to do the
things necessary to build their personal brand.
brand.
>> Genuinely, for years, I've had people DM
me asking, "Do you have any resources
blah blah?" And the answer's always
been, "No." This was like, okay, this is
the starting point to be able to have an
answer to that question. Now, the
beautiful byproduct of doing that and
actually having the intention of serving
your audience, not capturing emails. >> Yeah.
>> Yeah.
>> Is we captured a lot of emails.
>> We got like 28 29,000 people on our
email list. Wow.
>> We haven't promoted it anywhere other
than that video.
>> Wow. The only way you get on right now
is you watch that video, click the link
in the bio or in the description, and
then you enter your email, and we email
the workbook to you. That's it. And we
got like 28 29,000 people off of that.
[ __ ] nuts.
>> That's crazy. Yeah. And that was never
the goal.
>> Hey, I'm going to break down all of
Caleb's strategies and frameworks for
brand building in my next newsletter.
You can get a copy at the link in the
description. So, if you want to
implement Caleb's approach, then check
it out at the link in the description.
But you posted a six-hour video which is
is basically like a course, right? You
posted this to YouTube which is how to
build a brand.
>> We uh I'm getting smarter and so I
realized that how to build a brand was
too general and 99% of it was like
personal brand. So it recently has been
updated to how to build a personal
brand. But yeah, and like
Trevor and I joke about this all the
time. I think I told him maybe a
thousand, maybe 5,000. I can't remember
which one it is. I I kind of blend the
two together, but like either a,000 or
5,000 views was my goal in the first year.
year.
>> I was like, man, if like one or two
people apply to work with us, that'd be
[ __ ] awesome. >> Mhm.
>> Mhm.
>> But my goal was for those thousand or
5,000 people to watch it and be like,
"Holy [ __ ] I've never paid for anything
that this was this in-depth."
>> Yeah. that made it this easy for me to
build a personal brand, let alone the
fact that it's free.
>> It seems that one of the big things here
is giving and expecting nothing in return.
return.
How do you think like that? Because I
imagine a lot of people out there
are thinking, "Okay, yeah, I want to
build a personal brand. I want to make
content." And then after two weeks,
they're like, "Damn, I'm I'm paying I'm
paying an editor. I'm paying a social
media manager. When am I going to see
some return? And I guess that then
starts to seep into the content and it's
like bye bye bye. Um that's the
temptation, right?
>> It's just start selling stuff or just
being needy in in what you're creating.
>> Um how do you think about that?
>> I think people got bills to pay. So I
I'll never I'll never fault somebody for
needing to cover uh their family, their
payroll, whatever. That makes sense.
Um, but life is a sequence or series of trade-offs.
trade-offs.
>> And if you're in that position, then you
must know that you're making a big trade.
trade.
>> I recommend to people that you be in a
position if you can to not ask your
audience for anything for like a year,
two years, maybe even three. >> Wow.
>> Wow.
>> Um, think about it this way. If you have
a core established group of friends
and then some new
lady or guy joins and within a week of
getting to know them, they're like,
"Hey, can you come help me uh change my
oil on my car?" And, "Hey, do do you
think you could go pick up my mom from
the airport? She's flying in." Like,
they just start asking you for all these
things. Hey, could you loan me like, you
know, 200 bucks or something? I got this
bill. I get paid next week. I'll pay you back.
back.
>> That's absurd.
Yet, we do that with our audience all
the time. >> Wow.
>> Wow.
>> I think if people started thinking about
developing an audience online, like
building relationships, I think you
would approach it wildly differently.
You don't just go for big asks with
people that you just met, you know,
like, well, at least I don't, I should
say. I I don't want to speak for
everyone listening or watching, but I
don't do that. I like to give.
And then if
something comes back, amazing. Now, the
next natural question that some people
might have and you might be wanting to
ask is like, well, if I'm not naturally
that way, how do I become that way? I
don't know.
>> I am naturally that way. I always have
been. And I've never spent the time
trying to figure out how somebody could
change on that. So if you are a
transactionoriented person and you only
think transactionally, I think the
world's about to get a lot tougher
>> because I think that the transactional
relationship like AI has got all that
[ __ ] covered. I think you know not not
to jump topics real quick, but like I
think you being the most human version
of yourself is the most important part
in this time. And so yeah, I think
that's how you stand out. Um, one of the
other things that people get hung up on,
I'm sure, is
quality. Like setting the bar on what
they put out. How do you how do you
think about that?
I'm the best person to talk about it,
the worst person doing it. Meaning, uh,
we have created this crazy high bar for
ourselves in quality that we now
subjectively hold ourselves to.
Everything I just said was useless
without this uh, breakdown. I believe
that quality is not determined by the
creator but by the consumer.
>> The audience determines what quality is,
not us.
>> Yet, we'll sit around all the time and
say, "This was such a high quality
video." 213 views later.
I don't know if that's true, right? The
audience determines that. And so, I
believe that as a creator, you
understand what your audience deems as
quality by quantity. You put out more to
get the information from your audience
on what they're [ __ ] with and then
you do more of that. Whenever somebody
starts jumping into the like quality conversation,
conversation,
I my alarm goes off immediately.
I believe that if anything, it's we are
doing a really good job of solving this
problem. That's about as far as I go. I
also will say things like, you know, for
example, if we do a high quantity of
content and we put out a lot and we're
getting this information,
some people would say, okay, cool. Now
we can make quality content. What I
would articulate is now we can put more
effort into the content that our
audience has signaled to us that they
want more of and find out if they call
that quality.
>> Cuz ultimately, I mean, like I think
maybe you know Jimmy, Mr. beast knows
what his quality is,
>> but for every one of him, there's like
millions that don't.
>> Like, he is a very, very select few, but
the majority of creators, I don't think,
actually know, you know, and I I'm sure
you see this with clients. Like, there's
people that will make a YouTube video
that have millions of subscribers on
YouTube and they'll be like, "That was a banger.
banger.
>> Biggest flop of the [ __ ] quarter." >> Yeah.
>> Yeah.
>> Right. Because we don't know. One thing
in your con content that is really good
though is the the quality of the
execution is really high. And I can see
how when we're thinking around brand
uh that's important, right? Because I'm
assuming that Caleb is a premium has a
premium offering. He works with kind of
premium people and he's got a high bar
in terms of the certainly the visual
output of what you create and your
brand. It all looks really coherent and
nice and it feels good.
>> Thanks, man. That means a lot. Thank
you. We try really hard.
>> So there are maybe sub subtle things
like that that are like if there are if
there are kind of messages you're trying
to position yourself a little bit. Are
they important?
>> This is where I did not eat my own dog food.
food. >> Uhhuh.
>> Uhhuh.
>> I actually don't think it matters that much.
much.
>> Mhm. Okay.
>> I think it does. >> Yeah.
>> Yeah.
>> Right. Like I think this was a moment
where I let my subjective view of what I
assumed the audience expected of me
because of the caliber of people that
I've worked for
>> and what we've done on that scale. And
by the way, never prioritizing
production value over anything in those
roles by any means, but I felt like in
in entering this new phase where I'm
making content, I created this
subjective prison, if you will, that I
have to make stuff that is higher
quality than maybe what I have done
previously or other people in the space.
And I like it. I have that preference.
And so what Trevor and I talk about is
like I'm always optimizing for
longevity. back to what we were talking
about earlier.
>> And so I'm going to stick with it longer
if I'm proud of it.
>> I'm not going to be proud of putting out
a 1080p
one camera angle [ __ ] video that the
lighting's kind of dog [ __ ] on, right?
>> I think most people don't have 16 years
of being in production. So that is not a
uh a handicap that they have to overcome.
overcome.
>> Mhm. So, I would argue we could probably
have similar success if we did things a
little bit more scrappy, more handheld
vlogging in the- moment action. Um, I
think we could. I just I just have a
preference. And again, like more than
getting it exactly how I think is best,
I'm going to do it in a way that I'm
going to stick with the longest,
>> right? Like here's another example. Uh,
all my YouTube buddies were like, "Why
put out a six hour and 22-minute video?
Why not like 12 to 13 videos?
>> That would have been better." >> Yeah.
>> Yeah.
>> And arguably, this is where I I'll add a
little bit more nuance to why I did it.
You could argue it would actually be
easier to consume and take action on.
The bigger reason behind the the course
was not only to help people, but also a
brand positioning tool. Show me somebody
else that's going to sit there for six
hours and 22 minutes and talk about
personal brand,
>> right? Like immediate differentiator.
And and I don't say that to me like that
sounded like braggadocious. I don't mean
it that way. I mean like anybody can do that.
that.
>> Like if you got it like that, [ __ ]
put that out there. That immediately
separates you from the pack.
>> Yeah. And it's like writing a book. If
if I've heard someone's an author, if my
accountant is an author, I I'm not
reading the book, but I just assume
they're better than the other people.
They must know their stuff. million%.
Could not agree more. Could not. Yeah.
Side note, author is a wildly
>> underrated I believe uh brand
positioning tool.
>> Yeah. 100%.
>> For personal brands. Yeah.
>> The one thing I am hung up on here is
how do you balance
what all the gurus say, which is look in
your niche, look at the top five videos,
look for the outliers, look for the
things that outperformed.
>> Yeah. How do I marry up all that advice
and industry advice and best practice
with originality and delivering on
solving problems for my ideal customer?
>> So, we're serving two different goals here.
here. >> Mhm.
>> Mhm.
>> I'm not the guy to talk to if your goal
is to get a lot of views.
>> I'm not that guy.
>> Um, and so my approach is slow and steady.
steady.
>> Yeah. So, it's it's not a game of like
which it's a game of which one can you
stomach more, right?
>> But here's what I will tell you and it's
a little preview for those of you that
are currently on the first journey. >> Yeah.
>> Yeah.
>> You optimize around views, you get that
validation and that dopamine and you
think that you're operating off of signal.
signal.
>> You're operating off of noise. Yeah.
>> Unless your business model is just the
content that you are creating even then
maybe. But most of you listening or
watching I'm assuming
you're not your only business model is
not monetizing the content directly
>> and if it is
>> build something in addition to that it's
a very tough I mean it depends on your
goals again nuance I've had a lot of
conversations with founders
>> that are two years in that were
optimizing around the views and the
subscribers and when I ask them how's it
going some of them will say like uh not
that great or whatever. Most of them
will give a very painful response. I
don't know. >> Yeah.
>> Yeah. >> Yeah.
>> Yeah.
>> That's awful, right?
>> You think that you have all this signal
because the platform is telling you what
you're making is good
>> and so you keep doing more of that. >> Yeah.
>> Yeah.
>> But if you're a business owner and your
goal here is to build your business, not
your celebrity, your vanity metrics,
well then why are you tracking those and
optimizing around that? Why aren't we
optimizing around the business and the
outcomes and goals around the business?
>> Right? And so, a great example of this
actually, uh I'm so grateful that we
have this on my channel.
>> Uh we I'm going to compare two videos
that we did. First video was it's called
something like if you struggle with
making content, please watch this. It's
like 12 minutes long. It's me over the
course of a motorcycle trip talking
about the mindset shifts that I had to
make in going from being the guy behind
the camera to being in front of the camera.
camera.
>> Yeah. So, that video went out. Uh, that
has, I think, like 95,000 views right
now, which, you know, for a lot of
people that's nothing. Uh, for some
people that's an insane amount. For us,
it's our second most viewed video.
>> Amazing. We then put out another video
the next month on how to lead a media team.
team. >> Yes.
>> Yes.
>> Not how to build one, but how to lead
one that already exists.
>> Yeah, I saw that.
>> Okay. Thank you.
>> That has less than 12,000 views. It's
our lowest performing video and probably
will be one of our lowest performing of
all time.
>> And if we just looked at that, we would
stop making that video and we would just
only make the former the first video. Right.
Right.
>> But here's where it gets interesting. No
clients reached out from the >> Yeah.
>> Yeah.
>> struggling with content video. >> Yeah.
>> Yeah. >> None.
>> None.
Some of them would mention like how cool
or whatever like it was cinema but none
showed interest. The clients that we
work with
their brand and creative directors all
reached out and a lot of personal brands
that we aspire to work with their teams
reached out
>> and asked a lot more questions. >> Yeah.
>> Yeah.
>> And most of them shared like pages of
notes that they took from it. >> Wow.
>> Wow.
wildly different.
>> If we listen to what YouTube is telling
us and by like the YouTube data is
telling us, we would stop doing that and
make the other
>> and we'd be burning my business to the
ground because of it. >> Yeah.
>> Yeah.
>> This is what so many people that are
listening and watching are doing right
now. They're spending a either a lot for
them or a lot just in general on a
content team. They're putting time in
their precious week that could be used
for building the business to make this
content. And it's content that is
bringing in audience that will never
[ __ ] buy from you. What a waste.
>> Yeah. It's insane. >> Yeah.
>> Yeah. >> Insane.
>> Insane.
>> Yeah. So, you know, you know, listen to
the gurus all you want. Uh you're going
to get results. >> Yeah.
>> Yeah.
>> They're not wrong. By the way, the
everyone talking about going, they're
not wrong. They're really [ __ ] good
at it.
I just don't think that that is the
thing to optimize around.
>> Now, the 2.0 of this conversation that I
never really share is like, cool,
optimize around trust, then gain all the
tactics from those viral gurus or
whatever. Take the things that apply to
what you're making and then get more
awareness around the problems that you solve.
solve.
>> But that's why I like to wow, I just
spat a lot. That's why I like to
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should we be tracking every week? I'm
super interested in that. And then how
do we judge this the success of our content?
content?
>> Track conversions.
Now, how you do this, I'm not the guy.
Like that's that's, you know, talk to a
hardcore marketing individual. >> Mhm.
>> Mhm.
>> They're far more in-depth uh and aware
of the current way of doing this. But
what I recommend is track conversions.
Now, for some of you, you have like a
full team and like a genius marketer
that the moment you say that, oh yeah,
boom, done. UTM links in place. We got
this all this [ __ ] in HubSpot or
whatever the [ __ ] you use. We can track
the customer journey from YouTube video
to purchase. Amazing. Most of us, myself
included right now, do not have that
system in place, right? And so you can
get very very basic with it.
>> If you have some sort of application
that people submit to work with you, ask
them how they found out about you.
>> Right? Uh, a question that I usually
like to ask on a discovery call with
somebody is not how did you hear about
me because that's a little bit more
basic and I don't really care about that
as much as I care about what was the
piece of content that you watched that
made you feel enough trust to want to
work with us
>> that like what convinced you. Yeah.
>> What was the I think it's Malcolm
Gladwell's term like what was the
tipping point for you? Right.
>> That's what I'm looking for. And so like
that is a very basic way to do it, but
it's the way that I'm doing it right
now. You know, you can set up all these
different uh custom URLs, you know, your website.com/youtube
website.com/youtube
or whatever, and that can be your link
in bio. Like there's other ways that you
can do it. If you are in a place right
now where you don't have an offer for
the masses, a great way to see if that
if you have a audience or you're growing
an audience that will actually take
action on what you say is have a lead magnet,
magnet,
>> right? and then track the conversions on
the lead magnet.
>> What percentage of the audience that's
consuming the content is then going and
taking action to download something,
right? Because if that behavior is
there, well then in the future, you can
assume not at the same rate but at a
similar rate, you're probably going to
have success with an offer that you make
people aware of.
>> Do you let's say you're running a
a team uh or you're involved with a team.
team. >> Yeah.
>> Yeah.
Do you have a weekly call and and you're
looking at the content performance? What
what do you recommend people track in
terms of views,
AVD? H how do they find out what's
working and make more of it?
>> If you're tracking stuff that isn't
informing any sort of change, that is noise.
noise.
>> And we've all looked at those dashboards
with like 130 different metrics being
tracked. And guess what we do? We get
overwhelmed. I like some people are data
nerds and they love that [ __ ] Not me.
Like I can't make a decision off of
that. I need to see just a very few
basic metrics and then and this is where
like again nuance. I like to do that and
then anything that interests me then
I'll go more specific on it. Right? then
I will start to look under the hood, so
to speak, to use a US term here. Like
that's what I really like to do.
>> And so I would encourage people figure
out what those things are for you,
right? Like I care deeply about average
view duration on YouTube. I I mean, what
a novel thing for me to say, right? Like
what everybody says, but I care about it
honestly more than for like the
performance of the YouTube video. I just
want every person that decides to watch
the content, like every minute in our
content is there for a reason.
>> I want you to get the outcome and so I
want you to be there longer. And so
that's something that we want to track
and see going up over time, right? I
also believe that the more time that you
spend with me, the more you're going to
trust me. That might be an audacious
assumption of mine. I don't know. But I
tend to think that we are very um
ruthless with what we decide to put out
there. In August, we put out a
two-minute video where I apologized for
that [ __ ] video that I was talking about that we didn't end up releasing. And I
that we didn't end up releasing. And I was like, we should just respect the
was like, we should just respect the audience's time. We should aim for a
audience's time. We should aim for a high value per minute, right?
high value per minute, right? >> So, I that's what I would encourage you
>> So, I that's what I would encourage you to do. The way I like to do it on a team
to do. The way I like to do it on a team meeting is if it's a smaller team, uh,
meeting is if it's a smaller team, uh, and we don't have like a bunch of
and we don't have like a bunch of platform specific creators that are
platform specific creators that are owning the individual platforms, we're
owning the individual platforms, we're still in the mode where we have a couple
still in the mode where we have a couple people creating for everything. Then I
people creating for everything. Then I I'll do like one weekly meeting where
I'll do like one weekly meeting where we're reviewing those metrics. And then
we're reviewing those metrics. And then here's the key. 99 100% basically minus
here's the key. 99 100% basically minus a few are not doing this. What are you
a few are not doing this. What are you going to do because of that? Mhm.
going to do because of that? Mhm. >> Most teams just look at the data and
>> Most teams just look at the data and they're like, "All right, cool. Uh,
they're like, "All right, cool. Uh, we're up this week. Oh, we're down this
we're up this week. Oh, we're down this week. All right, we got to do better,
week. All right, we got to do better, guys.
guys. That's not useful, right? So, we need to
That's not useful, right? So, we need to figure out, okay, based on this
figure out, okay, based on this information, what are we going to do
information, what are we going to do differently?"
differently?" >> And I would argue that's the most
>> And I would argue that's the most important part of the meeting. And some
important part of the meeting. And some people are going to hear this and
people are going to hear this and they'll put the last five minutes of
they'll put the last five minutes of their meeting to be like, "All right,
their meeting to be like, "All right, we're going to give ownership to
we're going to give ownership to people." This should be like half the
people." This should be like half the [ __ ] meeting. Mhm.
[ __ ] meeting. Mhm. >> And like it doesn't need to be reserved
>> And like it doesn't need to be reserved for when [ __ ] is not going well.
for when [ __ ] is not going well. >> When everything's up, what are we going
>> When everything's up, what are we going to do more of?
to do more of? >> Right? What are we going to put more
>> Right? What are we going to put more effort into, more resources towards?
effort into, more resources towards? That's how I like to run it. If you have
That's how I like to run it. If you have a really big team and then you have
a really big team and then you have like, you know, a YouTube function over
like, you know, a YouTube function over here, Instagram, Tik Tok, podcast, all
here, Instagram, Tik Tok, podcast, all of that, then cool. I do a top level
of that, then cool. I do a top level review for like 30 minutes with the
review for like 30 minutes with the whole team because I do like everyone to
whole team because I do like everyone to have context. It's really nice when the
have context. It's really nice when the Instagram creator knows that like
Instagram creator knows that like YouTube is doing well or not doing well.
YouTube is doing well or not doing well. I think it's really important. I think
I think it's really important. I think it's good.
it's good. >> But anything granular not necessary. So
>> But anything granular not necessary. So then I like to break it out into the
then I like to break it out into the core functions. So like the Instagram
core functions. So like the Instagram team will meet and they will go wildly
team will meet and they will go wildly deep.
deep. >> And I I encourage this to be like a 30
>> And I I encourage this to be like a 30 60 minute meeting. And I know that's
60 minute meeting. And I know that's expensive. It's a very expensive
expensive. It's a very expensive meeting, but this is a very expensive
meeting, but this is a very expensive investment you're making, right? Like,
investment you're making, right? Like, let's be thoughtful with it. So, that's
let's be thoughtful with it. So, that's how I like to run those. From there, you
how I like to run those. From there, you can add brainstorm meetings and all of
can add brainstorm meetings and all of that, but you want to be very careful
that, but you want to be very careful that you don't add too many meetings. A
that you don't add too many meetings. A mistake that I made earlier on in
mistake that I made earlier on in running,
running, this was a big mistake, I started adding
this was a big mistake, I started adding way too many meetings throughout the
way too many meetings throughout the week. And in the beginning, I didn't
week. And in the beginning, I didn't stack them all on like one or two days.
stack them all on like one or two days. And so my poor editors would have like a
And so my poor editors would have like a meeting on Thursday at 11:00 a.m.,
meeting on Thursday at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday at 3 p.m., like all throughout
Wednesday at 3 p.m., like all throughout the day. And it would break everything
the day. And it would break everything up for them. And it was like this weird
up for them. And it was like this weird moment where I just like completely lost
moment where I just like completely lost touch with like the first 13 14 years of
touch with like the first 13 14 years of my career where I was an editor. I hated
my career where I was an editor. I hated meetings, right? They were awful. They
meetings, right? They were awful. They took me off my game. So that that would
took me off my game. So that that would be one thing that I would add here is I
be one thing that I would add here is I know I just said for the bigger teams
know I just said for the bigger teams have a full team and then break out but
have a full team and then break out but be careful that you don't add too many
be careful that you don't add too many because you will slow down the momentum
because you will slow down the momentum and end up discouraging your team.
and end up discouraging your team. >> What are the other fundamental things in
>> What are the other fundamental things in the process that that people should
the process that that people should have?
have? >> Which process?
>> Which process? >> The content creation and review and
>> The content creation and review and continuous improvement.
continuous improvement. >> I'll give you one that's really wild. If
>> I'll give you one that's really wild. If you're the talent, get to a place as
you're the talent, get to a place as quick as possible where you're not
quick as possible where you're not reviewing the content.
reviewing the content. >> How do you do that?
>> How do you do that? >> Well, one, it's an insane level of trust
>> Well, one, it's an insane level of trust that you have to have, which means you
that you have to have, which means you have to have somebody on your team that
have to have somebody on your team that you really trust.
you really trust. >> Um, I'll give you insight. We're not at
>> Um, I'll give you insight. We're not at that point yet. And it's not due to me
that point yet. And it's not due to me not trusting Trevor. It's me having been
not trusting Trevor. It's me having been behind the scenes for 16 years and
behind the scenes for 16 years and knowing all the tiny little things that
knowing all the tiny little things that could go wrong. And so I'm at a place
could go wrong. And so I'm at a place where I don't trust myself enough yet.
where I don't trust myself enough yet. >> Mhm.
>> Mhm. >> Um and that's but that is what we are
>> Um and that's but that is what we are aiming for
aiming for >> massively.
>> massively. >> Yeah.
>> Yeah. >> Uh what I will say is in my previous
>> Uh what I will say is in my previous role, he was leading the shorts
role, he was leading the shorts initiative and I got to a point where I
initiative and I got to a point where I didn't review any of the shorts. The
didn't review any of the shorts. The talent that we were working for didn't
talent that we were working for didn't review the shorts and I didn't either. I
review the shorts and I didn't either. I only reviewed long form content. Yeah.
only reviewed long form content. Yeah. >> And that was it. And the efficiencies
>> And that was it. And the efficiencies gained by that were massive because
gained by that were massive because every single and I know it's not a lot
every single and I know it's not a lot of people but every single person
of people but every single person listening right now that runs a creative
listening right now that runs a creative team you are the bottleneck and that is
team you are the bottleneck and that is the worst thing in the world. If your
the worst thing in the world. If your team is like I can't do blank because so
team is like I can't do blank because so and so hasn't reviewed it yet.
and so hasn't reviewed it yet. >> Woo big problem right? And so I try to
>> Woo big problem right? And so I try to remove that as much as possible. Aka you
remove that as much as possible. Aka you as the talent should not be the friction
as the talent should not be the friction point.
point. >> And is the key there to hire one person
>> And is the key there to hire one person to build out your content team?
to build out your content team? >> I am so grateful you went here. A lot of
>> I am so grateful you went here. A lot of you won't be able to do what I'm about
you won't be able to do what I'm about to say. I'm going to give you the best
to say. I'm going to give you the best version and then we can go back to more
version and then we can go back to more practicality. The best version is you do
practicality. The best version is you do what I did and you hire the content
what I did and you hire the content director first that you believe in
director first that you believe in fully, trust fully and want to build out
fully, trust fully and want to build out your content team.
your content team. >> That is Trevor for me.
>> That is Trevor for me. >> Like I I trust that man with everything.
>> Like I I trust that man with everything. And I feel very confident in his
And I feel very confident in his abilities and the rate of progress that
abilities and the rate of progress that he is making in his career is like
he is making in his career is like insane. And so I knew from day one, well
insane. And so I knew from day one, well actually more like month two because in
actually more like month two because in Full transparency, day one, I was like,
Full transparency, day one, I was like, Trevor, we're going to try this out and
Trevor, we're going to try this out and see if I'm comfortable with making
see if I'm comfortable with making content, right? So, that's the real real
content, right? So, that's the real real about like month two or month three.
about like month two or month three. Then I was like, cool. I don't think
Then I was like, cool. I don't think we're just going to make little videos,
we're just going to make little videos, you and I. I think we're going to build
you and I. I think we're going to build out a team.
out a team. >> And every month that we make more
>> And every month that we make more content, that vision starts to grow more
content, that vision starts to grow more and more and I can see, you know, more
and more and I can see, you know, more for that. But I won't be building the
for that. But I won't be building the media team. He will.
media team. He will. >> Right? And that's what every single
>> Right? And that's what every single person who is embarking on this journey.
person who is embarking on this journey. The best version of this is you hire
The best version of this is you hire somebody that can build it for you. You
somebody that can build it for you. You don't have to get in and learn all the
don't have to get in and learn all the technical terms and blah blah blah blah
technical terms and blah blah blah blah blah. You don't have to be up todate
blah. You don't have to be up todate with everything all the time. They do.
with everything all the time. They do. >> She does. He does. Right? And that's
>> She does. He does. Right? And that's what you want to hire first. I I I
what you want to hire first. I I I believe in it the most. And I'll put my
believe in it the most. And I'll put my my money where my mouth is. He was my
my money where my mouth is. He was my first hire.
first hire. >> The first month of me having my
>> The first month of me having my business, he joined the team. That was
business, he joined the team. That was my first investment, not anything else.
my first investment, not anything else. That is how important I think this is.
That is how important I think this is. The majority of people, this is where
The majority of people, this is where we're going now, is the the more
we're going now, is the the more practical, but the unfortunate version
practical, but the unfortunate version is most of you are building out
is most of you are building out functions and silos.
functions and silos. >> Yeah. So what you do is you hire some
>> Yeah. So what you do is you hire some YouTube characters over here, some short
YouTube characters over here, some short form characters here, podcast person
form characters here, podcast person here, maybe a freelance copywriter. None
here, maybe a freelance copywriter. None of them are coordinated together
of them are coordinated together >> and it's just this wonderful [ __ ] show.
>> and it's just this wonderful [ __ ] show. And I mean at the highest levels of
And I mean at the highest levels of creators right now, this is happening.
creators right now, this is happening. >> This is what we get hired to help with.
>> This is what we get hired to help with. and they have this wild thing that
and they have this wild thing that somehow they've gotten to millions of
somehow they've gotten to millions of followers online and it's just like
followers online and it's just like chaos behind the scenes. And so the best
chaos behind the scenes. And so the best version is you hire that person and they
version is you hire that person and they build it out. But then if you can't do
build it out. But then if you can't do that then as quickly as possible you
that then as quickly as possible you want to hire that person to come in and
want to hire that person to come in and clean up the mess. Because if you do
clean up the mess. Because if you do this for five years like some of the
this for five years like some of the people,
people, >> it is a very very gnarly mess to
>> it is a very very gnarly mess to untangle.
untangle. >> Very very difficult, right? And then you
>> Very very difficult, right? And then you know to get granular for a second
know to get granular for a second there's this like weird resentment that
there's this like weird resentment that grows on the team because they're not
grows on the team because they're not being taken into account or blah blah
being taken into account or blah blah blah blah blah. They don't aka they
blah blah blah. They don't aka they don't have one person that is advocating
don't have one person that is advocating for them, right? They don't have
for them, right? They don't have somebody who is on their behalf building
somebody who is on their behalf building an environment that allows them to do
an environment that allows them to do their best work. They're having to
their best work. They're having to create that environment while also doing
create that environment while also doing their best work.
their best work. >> They're serving two functions and 99.9%
>> They're serving two functions and 99.9% of them are not good at that first one.
of them are not good at that first one. >> Let's talk about working with Alex and
>> Let's talk about working with Alex and Laya Hormosi. Yeah.
Laya Hormosi. Yeah. >> What are some of the biggest lessons you
>> What are some of the biggest lessons you learned working with them?
learned working with them? >> I'll start with Ila. Um there's a lot of
>> I'll start with Ila. Um there's a lot of really great things I learned from her.
really great things I learned from her. I think my favorite one that I always
I think my favorite one that I always share is her level of preparation for
share is her level of preparation for new employees.
new employees. >> I think because I've been in several
>> I think because I've been in several different types of organizations,
different types of organizations, I can speak to this pretty confidently.
I can speak to this pretty confidently. Most orgs do not have clear expectations
Most orgs do not have clear expectations set for new employees. And your new
set for new employees. And your new employee then exists in this world of
employee then exists in this world of anxiety for 2 to four weeks. They don't
anxiety for 2 to four weeks. They don't know what is expected of them. I mean,
know what is expected of them. I mean, hell, I had I've had two different roles
hell, I had I've had two different roles that I started in the past where I
that I started in the past where I didn't even have like a company computer
didn't even have like a company computer or accounts for the first two weeks.
or accounts for the first two weeks. >> Mhm.
>> Mhm. >> I'm like sitting there twiddling my
>> I'm like sitting there twiddling my thumbs being like, "What the [ __ ] do I
thumbs being like, "What the [ __ ] do I do?" And something that she said that I
do?" And something that she said that I just I will never forget is your biggest
just I will never forget is your biggest goal
goal when hiring somebody is not to motivate
when hiring somebody is not to motivate them. It's actually to get the [ __ ] out
them. It's actually to get the [ __ ] out of the way and not demotivate them. You
of the way and not demotivate them. You need to steamroll everything around them
need to steamroll everything around them and clear the way for them to do their
and clear the way for them to do their thing. Like we just brought on an
thing. Like we just brought on an amazing chief of staff, Kate. She's
amazing chief of staff, Kate. She's awesome. And my whole thing has been
awesome. And my whole thing has been like, "Let me get out of your way and
like, "Let me get out of your way and not slow you down. I don't need to
not slow you down. I don't need to motivate you. You're coming in
motivate you. You're coming in motivated." Right? Like if you're hiring
motivated." Right? Like if you're hiring correctly, they're coming in motivated.
correctly, they're coming in motivated. Your job is to not slow them down, not
Your job is to not slow them down, not to be their bottleneck.
to be their bottleneck. >> I think that's that is probably the
>> I think that's that is probably the biggest one. Like when I I'd say two
biggest one. Like when I I'd say two weeks before I even started, I knew what
weeks before I even started, I knew what my first 90 days were going to look
my first 90 days were going to look like. That's insane, right? Cuz then you
like. That's insane, right? Cuz then you get to start planning. You hit the
get to start planning. You hit the ground running. You're not slowed down
ground running. You're not slowed down in any way. On Alex's front, uh the
in any way. On Alex's front, uh the level of effort to make something great,
level of effort to make something great, you know, again, I will say the same
you know, again, I will say the same thing every time because it I'll never
thing every time because it I'll never be able to unsee it. The 19 versions of
be able to unsee it. The 19 versions of leads, it was insane. He wrote it 19
leads, it was insane. He wrote it 19 different times that I'm aware of. It
different times that I'm aware of. It might be more. Um, but that was nuts to
might be more. Um, but that was nuts to see. And it's no surprise that it's a
see. And it's no surprise that it's a product that then sells itself.
product that then sells itself. >> Rather than building something meh and
>> Rather than building something meh and then marketing the hell out of it, put
then marketing the hell out of it, put all the effort into the actual product
all the effort into the actual product and the product will market itself. And
and the product will market itself. And so I'm not anywhere near that right now,
so I'm not anywhere near that right now, but when we're making a video and we're
but when we're making a video and we're outlining, I'm really thinking about
outlining, I'm really thinking about that. How can I push the envelope on
that. How can I push the envelope on make like where would other people stop?
make like where would other people stop? And I guess to sound corny, that's when
And I guess to sound corny, that's when I want to start, you know. What's up,
I want to start, you know. What's up, guys? I have a lot of fun making this
guys? I have a lot of fun making this podcast, and I'd love to hear from you.
podcast, and I'd love to hear from you. So, if there's something you're
So, if there's something you're particularly enjoying or someone you'd
particularly enjoying or someone you'd love to hear from, then let me know in
love to hear from, then let me know in the comments. And equally, if there's
the comments. And equally, if there's anything you don't like that we're
anything you don't like that we're doing, let me know in the comments and
doing, let me know in the comments and we will make this show bigger and better
we will make this show bigger and better for you. With Alex and Ila, how often is
for you. With Alex and Ila, how often is someone like that sitting down and
someone like that sitting down and filming and looking at content and how
filming and looking at content and how involved are they?
involved are they? I can't speak to right now because I am
I can't speak to right now because I am not working with them, but um at the
not working with them, but um at the time I'd say Leila ebbed and flowed
time I'd say Leila ebbed and flowed because she was running the business,
because she was running the business, right? Mhm.
right? Mhm. >> And I think that's an interesting thing
>> And I think that's an interesting thing uh on the behind the scenes that I give
uh on the behind the scenes that I give a lot of credit to the team for is being
a lot of credit to the team for is being able to balance one month having a
able to balance one month having a little bit more time and access and then
little bit more time and access and then another month where it's like hey we got
another month where it's like hey we got bigger priorities right now on the
bigger priorities right now on the business and that's where the time is
business and that's where the time is being allocated. M
being allocated. M >> so uh I would say that one the constant
>> so uh I would say that one the constant was reverse engineering her schedule and
was reverse engineering her schedule and that was the framework right and I think
that was the framework right and I think that's a beautiful thing to be able to
that's a beautiful thing to be able to create an environment in that way with
create an environment in that way with Alex um he would spend a lot of time
Alex um he would spend a lot of time writing not not a lot of time I
writing not not a lot of time I shouldn't say that but a lot more time
shouldn't say that but a lot more time than I probably think a lot of people
than I probably think a lot of people assume
assume >> and then they go off to make content
>> and then they go off to make content maybe prep for 20 minutes
maybe prep for 20 minutes >> and think they're going to get the same
>> and think they're going to get the same results, but there's a lot more prep
results, but there's a lot more prep that goes into it. And actually,
that goes into it. And actually, something literally that's coming to me
something literally that's coming to me right now is I actually think
right now is I actually think individuals who write and who are
individuals who write and who are authors and are constantly either
authors and are constantly either writing a a book, working on the next
writing a a book, working on the next book, or writing a presentation, they
book, or writing a presentation, they get very good at being able to
get very good at being able to crystallize ideas and thoughts. And so
crystallize ideas and thoughts. And so they are capable of forming those into a
they are capable of forming those into a video outline for example fairly quickly
video outline for example fairly quickly >> because like what people might think is
>> because like what people might think is like oh there's an hour slot on the
like oh there's an hour slot on the calendar to prep this concept. But what
calendar to prep this concept. But what they don't realize is the years of
they don't realize is the years of >> refining that concept and honing that in
>> refining that concept and honing that in as far as how we would film typically uh
as far as how we would film typically uh every two weeks for
every two weeks for either a half day or a full day. And
either a half day or a full day. And typically a full day was like 10 hours.
typically a full day was like 10 hours. >> Okay.
>> Okay. >> And yeah, and um you know, if if you can
>> And yeah, and um you know, if if you can take any cues from the way that Alex
take any cues from the way that Alex writes, he also can film that way.
writes, he also can film that way. >> You know,
>> You know, >> incredible stamina is how I will put it.
>> incredible stamina is how I will put it. >> What's the longest you ever filmed for?
>> What's the longest you ever filmed for? >> I don't know. Probably probably a
>> I don't know. Probably probably a 12-hour session.
12-hour session. >> Uhhuh.
>> Uhhuh. >> 12 hour session with very minimal
>> 12 hour session with very minimal breaks, though. like 12 hours that look
breaks, though. like 12 hours that look fundamentally different than most
fundamentally different than most people's 12-hour filming session and
people's 12-hour filming session and walking away with a shitload of long
walking away with a shitload of long form, short form, uh, and podcast
form, short form, uh, and podcast ccentric content.
ccentric content. >> And then with that with that content, is
>> And then with that with that content, is he writing it? Is he coming up with the
he writing it? Is he coming up with the ideas or are you guys coming up with
ideas or are you guys coming up with them and presenting them to him? How
them and presenting them to him? How does that work? Yeah. Again, I I don't
does that work? Yeah. Again, I I don't know how they're doing it right now, but
know how they're doing it right now, but uh basically our team would create more
uh basically our team would create more of a structured framework.
of a structured framework. >> The best content and trust me, I'm we're
>> The best content and trust me, I'm we're trying to solve this. I'm constantly
trying to solve this. I'm constantly thinking about this,
thinking about this, but I think there's this like level of
but I think there's this like level of desire that people have and and kind of
desire that people have and and kind of not your intention, but a lot of
not your intention, but a lot of people's intention behind the question
people's intention behind the question is like like how much can I have my team
is like like how much can I have my team write the content for me?
write the content for me? And the best content from the best
And the best content from the best creators is written by them.
creators is written by them. >> Because if your team could articulate
>> Because if your team could articulate the same thoughts and concepts in the
the same thoughts and concepts in the way that you could, they'd be just as
way that you could, they'd be just as big and successful as you.
big and successful as you. >> So why would you outsource? It's the
>> So why would you outsource? It's the same problem I have right now with
same problem I have right now with everybody having Chad GBT write all
everybody having Chad GBT write all their content. Like why are we
their content. Like why are we outsourcing our thinking, right? And so
outsourcing our thinking, right? And so I think a very useful thing that I like
I think a very useful thing that I like to do for anybody that we work with is
to do for anybody that we work with is like let's get them to third base with
like let's get them to third base with the structure and the the format but
the structure and the the format but then let's let them input their thoughts
then let's let them input their thoughts and beliefs
and beliefs >> cuz the other thing I'm sure you've
>> cuz the other thing I'm sure you've experienced this for yourself
experienced this for yourself >> over time in creating content your ideas
>> over time in creating content your ideas and concepts evolve. It's not that they
and concepts evolve. It's not that they necessarily change, although that
necessarily change, although that happens too and that's perfectly fine.
happens too and that's perfectly fine. But a lot of times we get better at
But a lot of times we get better at communicating them in a slightly
communicating them in a slightly different way.
different way. >> Mhm.
>> Mhm. >> But your team can't know that. They can
>> But your team can't know that. They can only create based on things that have
only create based on things that have been said previously, which is a great,
been said previously, which is a great, you know, first step. And if that's all
you know, first step. And if that's all you can do right now with your team,
you can do right now with your team, cool. By all means, do it. But the best
cool. By all means, do it. But the best version of this is going to be you
version of this is going to be you putting your thoughts to paper. So, is
putting your thoughts to paper. So, is the best version of that me saying, "Hey
the best version of that me saying, "Hey team, I want to do these five YouTube
team, I want to do these five YouTube videos on these topics."
videos on these topics." >> Uh, the best version of it is you don't
>> Uh, the best version of it is you don't have to push, you're pulled. So, you
have to push, you're pulled. So, you have a team who reaches out to you and
have a team who reaches out to you and says, "Hey, Callum, can you send us a
says, "Hey, Callum, can you send us a voice note or however you like to
voice note or however you like to communicate? I don't like writing nearly
communicate? I don't like writing nearly as much, so I like voice notes more."
as much, so I like voice notes more." Um, what's top of mind? What's been
Um, what's top of mind? What's been interesting in the last week or two?
interesting in the last week or two? What have you noticed in the space? What
What have you noticed in the space? What have been interesting conversations with
have been interesting conversations with employees, with contractors, with
employees, with contractors, with clients? Um any new learnings, any new
clients? Um any new learnings, any new thoughts?
thoughts? >> They're getting that from you on a
>> They're getting that from you on a bi-weekly or weekly basis.
bi-weekly or weekly basis. >> Yeah. Nice.
>> Yeah. Nice. >> And then they're taking that and
>> And then they're taking that and creating a structure around it, coming
creating a structure around it, coming up with the packaging to be able to
up with the packaging to be able to indicate like, hey, this is going to
indicate like, hey, this is going to perform well. Ideally, databacked
perform well. Ideally, databacked packaging. And real quick, just so
packaging. And real quick, just so nobody thinks I'm contradicting, look at
nobody thinks I'm contradicting, look at ideas outside of your niche.
ideas outside of your niche. Stop just taking the bigger creator in
Stop just taking the bigger creator in your space and [ __ ] doing what they
your space and [ __ ] doing what they do. You You'll never be number one that
do. You You'll never be number one that way. In my opinion, you will always at
way. In my opinion, you will always at most be number two. So, if you and the
most be number two. So, if you and the other benefit to doing the top of- mind
other benefit to doing the top of- mind thing that again, I'm all about
thing that again, I'm all about longevity. You're going to be more
longevity. You're going to be more excited about it. M
excited about it. M >> I don't know how you guys work on like
>> I don't know how you guys work on like with clients and stuff like that, but I
with clients and stuff like that, but I know I've drafted outlines for videos
know I've drafted outlines for videos for people and a month later we go to
for people and a month later we go to film it and they're no longer excited
film it and they're no longer excited about it. They could give two shits
about it. They could give two shits about that topic. They've already moved
about that topic. They've already moved on to something else. The best version
on to something else. The best version of content in my opinion is going to be
of content in my opinion is going to be whatever you're most excited about and
whatever you're most excited about and is top of mind in that moment.
is top of mind in that moment. But you're only going to or your team is
But you're only going to or your team is only going to know that if they're
only going to know that if they're pulling that information from you. And
pulling that information from you. And so like anybody who has a team that is
so like anybody who has a team that is listening or watching, tell your team to
listening or watching, tell your team to every week pull that information from
every week pull that information from you.
you. >> Yeah.
>> Yeah. >> Now I'm all for, you know, you're in it.
>> Now I'm all for, you know, you're in it. So if you're on YouTube and you see
So if you're on YouTube and you see something and you're like, "Yo, team,
something and you're like, "Yo, team, yeah, by all means share that." Like I
yeah, by all means share that." Like I always want that information. And I
always want that information. And I always want those opinions, but I don't
always want those opinions, but I don't want to build a system where the talent
want to build a system where the talent who is most likely running a business
who is most likely running a business has to be that person. I think it's on
has to be that person. I think it's on the team in an ideal scenario to be
the team in an ideal scenario to be presenting, hey, you know, we just
presenting, hey, you know, we just noticed this new emerging format in this
noticed this new emerging format in this niche. We really want to experiment with
niche. We really want to experiment with it. Here's three different videos to
it. Here's three different videos to show you previous success from other
show you previous success from other creators. Are you down to try this? And
creators. Are you down to try this? And then you put the ball in their court to
then you put the ball in their court to decide. It shouldn't be on them in an
decide. It shouldn't be on them in an ideal world to be the one being like hey
ideal world to be the one being like hey team I have this idea right it should be
team I have this idea right it should be in reverse unfortunately the majority of
in reverse unfortunately the majority of you watching or listening it is not that
you watching or listening it is not that way you are the one that is pushing now
way you are the one that is pushing now you know nuance uh Gary for example is
you know nuance uh Gary for example is the one that pushes
the one that pushes >> like
>> like I think he yeah he is the only role that
I think he yeah he is the only role that I've been in where we were not pushing
I've been in where we were not pushing the innovation in any like it was in any
the innovation in any like it was in any way the team was pushing innovation but
way the team was pushing innovation but Gary is like on another level with that
Gary is like on another level with that [ __ ] and so like we weren't like hey gee
[ __ ] and so like we weren't like hey gee Tik Tok might be a thing hey g LinkedIn
Tik Tok might be a thing hey g LinkedIn like he's the one driving that he was
like he's the one driving that he was the one like again you know it gets
the one like again you know it gets misunderstood sometimes like you know
misunderstood sometimes like you know guy running Gary's Tik Tok or whatever
guy running Gary's Tik Tok or whatever to be very clear Gary one day was
to be very clear Gary one day was sitting in his office walked out of his
sitting in his office walked out of his office opened the door and said we are
office opened the door and said we are prioritizing Tik Tok. I don't care what
prioritizing Tik Tok. I don't care what we have to do. This is number one
we have to do. This is number one priority right now. This is going to be
priority right now. This is going to be the biggest thing.
the biggest thing. >> And this was like 2018, 2019. Like crazy
>> And this was like 2018, 2019. Like crazy [ __ ] right? Um, so there's unique
[ __ ] right? Um, so there's unique characters like that. I think in Trevor
characters like that. I think in Trevor and I's dynamic, I would say Trevor
and I's dynamic, I would say Trevor brings more ideas to me, but I am going
brings more ideas to me, but I am going to bring ideas to him because I'm in
to bring ideas to him because I'm in this world, right? I can't escape it.
this world, right? I can't escape it. It's literally what my brain does 247.
It's literally what my brain does 247. But for most people, they aren't. They
But for most people, they aren't. They don't have a background in content.
don't have a background in content. They're running a, you know, plumbing
They're running a, you know, plumbing business or a, you know, they have a
business or a, you know, they have a marketing agency or a podcast agency and
marketing agency or a podcast agency and the best use of their time is focusing
the best use of their time is focusing on the clients.
on the clients. >> And so they need a team that can get
>> And so they need a team that can get them again to use that analogy to third
them again to use that analogy to third base. So then they can round it home.
base. So then they can round it home. >> Yeah. But equally, one thing I found
>> Yeah. But equally, one thing I found works really nicely h is that as you
works really nicely h is that as you say, if they've got that communication
say, if they've got that communication channel, whether it's WhatsApp or Slack,
channel, whether it's WhatsApp or Slack, and then they've just had the client
and then they've just had the client call and they can just voice note or
call and they can just voice note or they can video and be like, you know, I
they can video and be like, you know, I come up with this every damn day. All
come up with this every damn day. All these people have this exact same
these people have this exact same problem or there's this one thing I just
problem or there's this one thing I just realized. And if they can give it you in
realized. And if they can give it you in the in the moment and you've got like an
the in the moment and you've got like an easy channel where they can they can
easy channel where they can they can just dump these things. um as you say
just dump these things. um as you say like that that's the way to capture it
like that that's the way to capture it because um otherwise they probably just
because um otherwise they probably just forget or it just becomes normal to
forget or it just becomes normal to them. One of the things I've heard you
them. One of the things I've heard you talk about
talk about >> dude real quick. Yeah.
>> dude real quick. Yeah. >> Yes. That is a huge one.
>> Yes. That is a huge one. >> Mhm.
>> Mhm. >> If you are an expert you are cursed.
>> If you are an expert you are cursed. >> Meaning you think everything that you're
>> Meaning you think everything that you're sharing is boring because it is to you.
sharing is boring because it is to you. >> Yeah. So on that point too, the
>> Yeah. So on that point too, the importance of having a team is like
importance of having a team is like Trevor will tell me when I say something
Trevor will tell me when I say something that I'm like, "Yeah." He's like, "I've
that I'm like, "Yeah." He's like, "I've never heard you say that. That was
never heard you say that. That was really good. That was really
really good. That was really interesting. That was extremely useful."
interesting. That was extremely useful." So just you said that and it like
So just you said that and it like triggered something. I just had to share
triggered something. I just had to share that like that is another value that you
that like that is another value that you get off of having the team.
get off of having the team. >> Yeah. I've heard you talk about document
>> Yeah. I've heard you talk about document don't create.
don't create. >> I was just Yeah.
>> I was just Yeah. >> And how Ila looked at that actually by
>> And how Ila looked at that actually by by looking back at her calendar, right?
by looking back at her calendar, right? Is that another another good tactic?
Is that another another good tactic? >> Yeah, it's it's just another
>> Yeah, it's it's just another interpretation of Gary Ve's document
interpretation of Gary Ve's document don't create. It doesn't necessarily
don't create. It doesn't necessarily mean having a videographer follow you
mean having a videographer follow you around. It means articulating uh the
around. It means articulating uh the lessons and challenges that you have
lessons and challenges that you have gone through in the last week, month,
gone through in the last week, month, year.
year. >> So, so how would you do that with her?
>> So, so how would you do that with her? >> Uh well, she did it, not not us. Yeah.
>> Uh well, she did it, not not us. Yeah. She would just look at the conversations
She would just look at the conversations that she had throughout the week. What
that she had throughout the week. What was interesting? What were interesting?
was interesting? What were interesting? Employee development conversations,
Employee development conversations, tough conversations, something with uh
tough conversations, something with uh you know, one of the portfolio companies
you know, one of the portfolio companies or you know a new learning in in the the
or you know a new learning in in the the workshops or whatever, right? And she
workshops or whatever, right? And she would look at what happened and then we
would look at what happened and then we would document it.
would document it. >> It didn't mean real-time documentation
>> It didn't mean real-time documentation though. It can be postgame
though. It can be postgame documentation.
documentation. >> The best version is both.
>> The best version is both. >> That's interesting. What the best
>> That's interesting. What the best version is both. Yeah, because the the
version is both. Yeah, because the the the thing that we're falling into right
the thing that we're falling into right now, I'm glad you double clicked on
now, I'm glad you double clicked on that. The thing that we're falling into
that. The thing that we're falling into right now is
right now is >> I have less and less trust in just the
>> I have less and less trust in just the average person making claims online than
average person making claims online than ever before.
ever before. >> Yes.
>> Yes. >> Meaning
>> Meaning just telling won't you know what I mean?
just telling won't you know what I mean? Like you got to show don't tell. And so
Like you got to show don't tell. And so I think that is also again like
I think that is also again like this whole like creating content online
this whole like creating content online thing is very new, right? Like the thing
thing is very new, right? Like the thing that I always like to say is like back
that I always like to say is like back to YouTube being 20, it can't drink in
to YouTube being 20, it can't drink in the US.
the US. >> Like it is brand new. And Gary has been
>> Like it is brand new. And Gary has been doing this for a very long time. And I
doing this for a very long time. And I think that it's very interesting that he
think that it's very interesting that he has been showing you what like he holds
has been showing you what like he holds a different brand position than a lot of
a different brand position than a lot of people in his space.
people in his space. >> A lot of people in his space have been
>> A lot of people in his space have been blowing up over the last, you know, call
blowing up over the last, you know, call it seven years, right? There's been a
it seven years, right? There's been a lot of different characters that have
lot of different characters that have come on in the space and done really
come on in the space and done really well,
well, >> but the majority of them have been doing
>> but the majority of them have been doing more telling,
more telling, not showing.
not showing. >> Yeah.
>> Yeah. And I think that that shows up when Gary
And I think that that shows up when Gary goes in public, for example. You know,
goes in public, for example. You know, we had the opportunity, he he brought
we had the opportunity, he he brought back all the OG videographers back in
back all the OG videographers back in May to document this big collab he had
May to document this big collab he had for V friends. And I think the thing
for V friends. And I think the thing that just to this day is always so wild
that just to this day is always so wild to me is walking through an airport.
to me is walking through an airport. First of all, the fact that, you know,
First of all, the fact that, you know, walking through an airport with Gary is
walking through an airport with Gary is wild. But how many people
wild. But how many people will one come up and say, "Hi, thank
will one come up and say, "Hi, thank you."
you." >> But even more than that, I for whatever
>> But even more than that, I for whatever reason I pick up all the little things.
reason I pick up all the little things. I hear so many people be like, "Oh my
I hear so many people be like, "Oh my god, that's scary. I don't want to
god, that's scary. I don't want to bother him. Like he he looks like he's
bother him. Like he he looks like he's on a call or whatever." Like so many
on a call or whatever." Like so many people. M
people. M >> and I think it's back to what we were
>> and I think it's back to what we were talking about earlier where it's not
talking about earlier where it's not just that people consume his content,
just that people consume his content, they know his brand
they know his brand >> on a on a level of depth that, you know,
>> on a on a level of depth that, you know, and maybe people in the last couple
and maybe people in the last couple years that are more familiar with him
years that are more familiar with him don't have this as much as the the more
don't have this as much as the the more OG fans that were watching Daily V,
OG fans that were watching Daily V, >> right, and all of that.
>> right, and all of that. >> But yeah, I I think there is, you know,
>> But yeah, I I think there is, you know, the ideal version is when you are
the ideal version is when you are telling, you're able to show an example.
telling, you're able to show an example. How are you going to do that with yours?
How are you going to do that with yours? Are you going to do vlogs? Are you gonna
Are you going to do vlogs? Are you gonna do What are you What are you gonna do?
do What are you What are you gonna do? >> Uh yes, we're going to
>> Uh yes, we're going to I don't want to spoil it, but basically
I don't want to spoil it, but basically every year, uh my goal is to be more and
every year, uh my goal is to be more and more transparent with things on the back
more transparent with things on the back end to share more on the wins, but more
end to share more on the wins, but more importantly, I would say the losses or
importantly, I would say the losses or mistakes that I'm making in building the
mistakes that I'm making in building the business. Yeah. In making the content,
business. Yeah. In making the content, right? Um,
right? Um, I I also think that like to to the point
I I also think that like to to the point that I just made of the losses. This is
that I just made of the losses. This is not necessarily the best example, but
not necessarily the best example, but I'll give you one that just happened. I
I'll give you one that just happened. I was just doing a podcast with another uh
was just doing a podcast with another uh individual named Callum, actually,
individual named Callum, actually, >> uh, Callum Johnson, great guy, and he
>> uh, Callum Johnson, great guy, and he was walking through the brand story
was walking through the brand story framework in the workbook that we
framework in the workbook that we released with the course
released with the course >> for free
>> for free on YouTube.
on YouTube. and
and he identifies that I call out step one
he identifies that I call out step one is you make a hook and then step two is
is you make a hook and then step two is the problem. I was like, "Well, that was
the problem. I was like, "Well, that was stupid."
stupid." >> The hook and the problem should be the
>> The hook and the problem should be the same thing.
same thing. >> I would redo that.
>> I would redo that. >> Yeah.
>> Yeah. >> And instead of doing what I see a lot of
>> And instead of doing what I see a lot of people do when when a moment like that
people do when when a moment like that comes up, trying to like reposition it
comes up, trying to like reposition it and like
and like >> I was just like, "Yeah, that was that
>> I was just like, "Yeah, that was that was stupid." like I'm getting better at
was stupid." like I'm getting better at articulating my thoughts. Right? I've
articulating my thoughts. Right? I've spent 16 years doing, not documenting my
spent 16 years doing, not documenting my doing.
doing. >> And so I'm currently in the process of
>> And so I'm currently in the process of looking at like what have I been doing
looking at like what have I been doing naturally and how do I then articulate
naturally and how do I then articulate this in a process that other people can
this in a process that other people can do something that I kind of just
do something that I kind of just intuitively do naturally,
intuitively do naturally, >> right? And so that was a moment where I
>> right? And so that was a moment where I shared that and I think in doing that a
shared that and I think in doing that a lot of people would ask uh for that to
lot of people would ask uh for that to be cut or there's been a couple of times
be cut or there's been a couple of times where due to uh a 12-hour flight and a
where due to uh a 12-hour flight and a 14-hour film day yesterday right after
14-hour film day yesterday right after flying in to town uh I have spaced and
flying in to town uh I have spaced and lost my train of thought on here and I
lost my train of thought on here and I turned to your team and I don't know if
turned to your team and I don't know if we're going to end up having this these
we're going to end up having this these included but I was like
included but I was like >> no need to cut those.
>> no need to cut those. >> Yeah,
>> Yeah, >> I like sharing that
>> I like sharing that >> and I want to do the same thing. We have
>> and I want to do the same thing. We have to be respectful of our clients of
to be respectful of our clients of course.
course. >> Uh but I want to at the level that we
>> Uh but I want to at the level that we can share as much as humanly possible
can share as much as humanly possible >> now I'm in the beginning stages so I'm
>> now I'm in the beginning stages so I'm getting more and more comfortable with
getting more and more comfortable with this. So every year it will increase in
this. So every year it will increase in transparency and vulnerability because
transparency and vulnerability because again I know what the best version would
again I know what the best version would be but if I did the best version year
be but if I did the best version year one I'm gonna be freaked the [ __ ] out.
one I'm gonna be freaked the [ __ ] out. >> Yeah.
>> Yeah. >> And I won't stick with it.
>> And I won't stick with it. >> No. Right. And so that's how I plan on
>> No. Right. And so that's how I plan on doing it. You know, I am not at the
doing it. You know, I am not at the level of any of those characters that
level of any of those characters that I've worked for and I do not aspire to
I've worked for and I do not aspire to be. I do not have that ambition in any
be. I do not have that ambition in any way, shape, or form. And so I want to
way, shape, or form. And so I want to document my process in my own way and
document my process in my own way and share that fact. I think there's a lot
share that fact. I think there's a lot of people that are talking about these
of people that are talking about these like wildly big ambitions and I think
like wildly big ambitions and I think it's awesome.
it's awesome. >> I don't have that crazy. I have big
>> I don't have that crazy. I have big ambitions compared to maybe the average,
ambitions compared to maybe the average, you know, Sarah or Joe, but like
you know, Sarah or Joe, but like >> not at that level. And so, I'm going to
>> not at that level. And so, I'm going to be documenting that because I think
be documenting that because I think there's a lot of people that probably
there's a lot of people that probably can relate to that. They feel this need
can relate to that. They feel this need to develop this crazy big ambition
to develop this crazy big ambition because the people they look up to do
because the people they look up to do that. And I would like to show that like
that. And I would like to show that like you can accomplish really big [ __ ] in
you can accomplish really big [ __ ] in your life without having this
your life without having this goal that you're just copying somebody
goal that you're just copying somebody else's goal, right? Like I saw it all
else's goal, right? Like I saw it all the time with Gary Vans of like I want
the time with Gary Vans of like I want to buy the blank, their favorite team.
to buy the blank, their favorite team. >> I did this. I had like six months in my
>> I did this. I had like six months in my life where I was like, I want to buy the
life where I was like, I want to buy the Seattle Seahawks because I I I do love
Seattle Seahawks because I I I do love the Seahawks. Not to the level that Gary
the Seahawks. Not to the level that Gary loves the Jets, but I do love them. I
loves the Jets, but I do love them. I don't want to buy the SE that's that's
don't want to buy the SE that's that's [ __ ] That's me just copying
[ __ ] That's me just copying somebody else's goal, right? And so I
somebody else's goal, right? And so I think I want to be able to help people
think I want to be able to help people see that like you can have different
see that like you can have different goals and you can go about building
goals and you can go about building these things in a different way than
these things in a different way than maybe has been modeled to date. And
maybe has been modeled to date. And again, there's nothing wrong with what's
again, there's nothing wrong with what's being modeled. I think it's [ __ ]
being modeled. I think it's [ __ ] awesome, right? Like I've gained a lot
awesome, right? Like I've gained a lot from that.
from that. >> I just maybe I'm speaking to a different
>> I just maybe I'm speaking to a different crowd. No, but that is why I wanted to
crowd. No, but that is why I wanted to get you on because from the moment I got
get you on because from the moment I got introduced to you and then the moment I
introduced to you and then the moment I saw you start posting, the the one thing
saw you start posting, the the one thing that just blew me away is how you stand
that just blew me away is how you stand out from the crowd and how confident you
out from the crowd and how confident you were in being more vulnerable, being
were in being more vulnerable, being more real, being more like quote unquote
more real, being more like quote unquote authentic. And yeah, that just stood out
authentic. And yeah, that just stood out in a way that a lot of the other people
in a way that a lot of the other people in this space, I I I see I see them, but
in this space, I I I see I see them, but I don't watch them. I don't click on
I don't watch them. I don't click on every video. Whereas with you, I I
every video. Whereas with you, I I really have done that. And um yeah,
really have done that. And um yeah, because it just feels totally fresh as
because it just feels totally fresh as well. So, I think that that would that's
well. So, I think that that would that's kind of the the biggest lesson I've
kind of the the biggest lesson I've taken from today is like there's another
taken from today is like there's another way to do this versus what 95% of the
way to do this versus what 95% of the advice out there is. And um I think if
advice out there is. And um I think if people can use this approach and be
people can use this approach and be confident in it, um I think you're going
confident in it, um I think you're going to have so much more success because you
to have so much more success because you will you will stand out by a mile. And
will you will stand out by a mile. And uh yeah, absolutely love this Caleb. Uh
uh yeah, absolutely love this Caleb. Uh thanks so much for coming on. If if
thanks so much for coming on. If if someone's listening to this and they're
someone's listening to this and they're they're pumped to take the first step,
they're pumped to take the first step, the the next step, what what would what
the the next step, what what would what would you tell them to do?
would you tell them to do? >> Well, first, thanks for saying that,
>> Well, first, thanks for saying that, man. That means the world. I I not just
man. That means the world. I I not just saying that. Like, that really means a
saying that. Like, that really means a lot to me. So, thank you. Um, because
lot to me. So, thank you. Um, because it's not easy, you know, it's it's hard
it's not easy, you know, it's it's hard and and I have plenty of moments of
and and I have plenty of moments of second guessing, you know, wow, I can't
second guessing, you know, wow, I can't believe I just shared that. Wow, I can't
believe I just shared that. Wow, I can't believe uh I'm walking you through what
believe uh I'm walking you through what I literally walk our clients through,
I literally walk our clients through, you know, like on this podcast, right?
you know, like on this podcast, right? Like I have those moments. So, it's not
Like I have those moments. So, it's not like it just comes naturally, you know?
like it just comes naturally, you know? >> But thank you. Um where should they
>> But thank you. Um where should they start? Should start by
start? Should start by going to the top of this podcast and do
going to the top of this podcast and do that brand journey framework.
that brand journey framework. >> Uh we have things that can help with
>> Uh we have things that can help with that, but you don't need that. [ __ ]
that, but you don't need that. [ __ ] do it on your own, you know? Like I I I
do it on your own, you know? Like I I I really believe that
really believe that our goal is like in putting out the
our goal is like in putting out the content that we put out, I really want
content that we put out, I really want people to be able to do this without
people to be able to do this without working with us.
working with us. >> And then there's going to be a select
>> And then there's going to be a select few people that it's like they realize
few people that it's like they realize how hard or in-depth all of that is and
how hard or in-depth all of that is and they're like, "Cool, let's let's bring
they're like, "Cool, let's let's bring let's work with them kind of a thing."
let's work with them kind of a thing." But for the majority of people, I just
But for the majority of people, I just want them to take action. And really,
want them to take action. And really, honestly, uh, if I can get a little
honestly, uh, if I can get a little intense for a second,
intense for a second, I really want to see less [ __ ] out
I really want to see less [ __ ] out in the market. I think a lot of people
in the market. I think a lot of people are building personal brands that are
are building personal brands that are making [ __ ] worse. I'll just say it that
making [ __ ] worse. I'll just say it that way.
way. >> Uh, not making it better.
>> Uh, not making it better. >> And I believe, one man's opinion, if the
>> And I believe, one man's opinion, if the majority of people started changing what
majority of people started changing what they optimized around, we'd be making
they optimized around, we'd be making things a lot better for people, not
things a lot better for people, not worse. M
worse. M >> these social platforms might add more
>> these social platforms might add more good than maybe they are right now. And
good than maybe they are right now. And so that's a huge mission of mine. If you
so that's a huge mission of mine. If you want more information on how I do that,
want more information on how I do that, just watch the course that's free on
just watch the course that's free on YouTube. Download the workbook if you
YouTube. Download the workbook if you want to take action. But you don't even
want to take action. But you don't even need to do that because I don't need the
need to do that because I don't need the email, you know, like because I feel
email, you know, like because I feel like every time people say that then
like every time people say that then it's like pushing. I'm not I like I just
it's like pushing. I'm not I like I just want people to be able to take action on
want people to be able to take action on this for free. Yeah.
this for free. Yeah. >> And so uh if that's a thing, cool. And
>> And so uh if that's a thing, cool. And then if you do take action on it, the
then if you do take action on it, the one request that I have, DM me and let
one request that I have, DM me and let me know how it went.
me know how it went. >> Awesome. This was so much fun and uh
>> Awesome. This was so much fun and uh yeah, I'm sure this won't be the last
yeah, I'm sure this won't be the last time that we meet. So uh yeah, thank
time that we meet. So uh yeah, thank thanks so much for coming on and let
thanks so much for coming on and let let's do another one soon.
let's do another one soon. >> Thank you, Kell. I really appreciate it
>> Thank you, Kell. I really appreciate it and I appreciate the opportunity.
and I appreciate the opportunity. >> Great. If you enjoyed this episode and
>> Great. If you enjoyed this episode and want to dive deeper on personal brand, I
want to dive deeper on personal brand, I recommend you listen to my episode with
recommend you listen to my episode with Daniel Priestley. It's absolutely
Daniel Priestley. It's absolutely brilliant. on YouTube. Click the link
brilliant. on YouTube. Click the link here to watch it. Or you can find it on
here to watch it. Or you can find it on the Creator Playbooks podcast feed,
the Creator Playbooks podcast feed, wherever you get your podcasts. Check it
wherever you get your podcasts. Check it out and let me know what you think.
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