Hannah Williams of Salary Transparent Street | EP1
Hannah started the TikTok page Salary Transparent Street two years ago. It now has 1.3 million followers — 2.8 million across all channels — and is a full-fledged media business, with $1 million revenue just last year. Read our feature on Hannah (https:/
He Left ESPN to Make YouTube Videos — here’s why
This week on Creator Spotlight, Francis is joined by former ESPN journalist Joon Lee. Joon shares how he turned a layoff into a creator career, breaking down his 22-month YouTube study, and how he is building an independent sports media brand that puts st
Creator Economy Lawyer Reveals Every Creators’ Biggest Mistakes
This week on Creator Spotlight we’re joined by Brittany Ratelle, a lawyer specializing in helping creators, creatives and online entrepreneurs cut through the overwhelm of getting their business legally legit. In this episode she breaks down the most comm
Ryan Sneddon, creator of Naptown Scoop | EP6
Ryan Sneddon runs Naptown Scoop, a local newsletter serving Annapolis, Maryland. In three-and-a-half years, he’s built an audience of over 18,000 (nearly half the town’s population), and last year the business generated around $200,000 in revenue. In thi
Ali Abassi, creator of AI for Work | EP5
Ali built an audience of over 7,000 subscribers before he even sent the first issue of his newsletter, AI for Work. He would only end up sending 13 issues before (at approximately 30,000 subscribers) he went looking for advice on how to monetize and endin
Arielle Nissenblatt, creator of EarBuds Podcast Collective | EP7
Arielle Nissenblatt knows podcasts. She writes a weekly newsletter about podcasts, hosts a podcast version of that newsletter, co-hosts another weekly podcast and a daily podcast. She runs a Discord community for podcasters. On top of all that, she works
Jared Dashevsky, creator of Healthcare Huddle | EP8
Jared Dashevsky runs Healthcare Huddle, a twice-weekly newsletter for physicians and other healthcare professionals. In just over four years, he’s built an audience of 30,000. He’s also built a team of 13, dismantled that team and been acquired. But today
Eric Cantor and Adam Katz of Vincent | EP2
Eric, alongside Slava Rubin (host of the Smart Humans podcast), co-founded Vincent in 2019 as an aggregator platform for alternative investment opportunities. It's evolved into a media company with three newsletters and a podcast, still focused on alterna
Andrew Huang, author of Make Your Own Rules | EP4
Andrew Huang is lifelong musician and a pioneer in the Creator Economy. He made his first dollar online auctioning off songwriting commissions on eBay two decades ago and has since became a celebrated YouTuber with 2.36 million followers, produced commerc
Ryan Broderick, creator of Garbage Day | EP9
Ryan Broderick is the creator of Garbage Day, “A newsletter about having fun online.” He’s among the most popular journalists-turned-newsletter-creators out there. It’s clear by the numbers (68k subscribers, 3k of whom pay for premium content), praise fro
The Queen of Video Essays | Haya Kaylani
Today's guest is Haya Kaylani, creator of a curation-style newsletter called The Deep Dive. What does she curate? YouTube video essays, five of them every Wednesday. She’s built an audience of 92k TikTok followers and 13.5k newsletter subscribers in just
The Expert in Internet Culture and Trends | Creator Spotlight EP18
Kate Lindsay from Embedded joins us for episode 18 of the Creator Spotlight podcast and discusses internet trends, growing a newsletter and popularising the Millennial Pause. Kate's newsletter: https://embedded.substack.com Kate's website: https://www.
Is The Internet Getting Better Or Worse? - Ernie Smith
Ernie Smith (editor of tedium.co) joined us for episode 20 of the Creator Spotlight podcast. Ernie is known for his 10 year old newsletter Tedium, being the creator of edm14.com and many other side projects. Ernie's website: https://tedium.co 00:00 Wh
Reporting the Best Underdog Stories in Sport | Tyler O'Shea from Joker Mag
For episode 13 of the Creator Spotlight podcast we are joined by Tyler O'Shea, editor and founder of the website and newsletter Joker Mag. 00:00 Tyler’s motivation and the mentality of a creator 05:37 The inspiration to start writing 08:40 Is Google’s
How To Find The Cheapest Deals In London | Cheapskate London
Today's guest is Kate Samuelson, co-creator of Cheapskate London. Every Monday, they send out a newsletter built around free events, two for each day of the coming week. Over the last five years they’ve built an audience of over 19k, winning praise from l
Buying a newsletter to start a side-hustle in 2024 | Creator Spotlight EP16
Today’s guest is Akhil Chauhan, who runs The Writer’s Job Newsletter (TWJN). But he didn’t create the newsletter — he acquired it. The newsletter: https://www.thewritersjobnewsletter.com 00:00 Acquiring a newsletter 08:05 Researching solo 14:10 The dif
The Artist That Went Viral On LinkedIn | PJ Milani
Today's guest is PJ Milani, a high school animation teacher recently turned social media star. He’s known for his “visual metaphors” — single-panel illustrations featuring lessons about life and creativity. Across his socials he has over 200k followers, h
The YouTuber With 9 Different Businesses Shares His Secrets | Andrew Southworth
This week's guest is Andrew Southworth (@AndrewSouthworth) a musician, YouTuber and business owner. 00:00 Andrew Southworth's many businesses 04:27 When to hire as a creator 7:47 How Andrew makes money 09:42 16 years of being a YouTuber 19:33 Why A
He Mastered Podcasting, Now He's Dominating Newsletters - Justin Gordon
Justin Gordon (@justgogrind) joined us for episode 19 of the Creator Spotlight podcast. Justin is known for his podcast Just Go Grind, his newsletter and his many articles diving deep in entrepreneurship. Justin's newsletter: https://www.justgogrind.com
How Glennda Baker Became a TikTok Star at 53
Glennda Baker is an Atlanta based realtor that became a TikTok star by uploading her stories, advice and experiences of the real estate market. Glennda's TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@glenndabaker Glennda's IG: https://www.instagram.com/glenndabaker/
The everyday mom with 1.4M followers | Big Time Adulting
Caitlin Murray from Big Time Adulting joined us for episode 14 of the Creator Spotlight podcast and gave us the low-down on how she grew her audience of 1 million instagram followers. 00:00 Why Caitlin started Big Time Adulting 05:50 How to gain over 1
Redesigning websites for the worlds biggest companies | Creator Spotlight EP15
Peter Ramsey, writer and founder of builtformars.com joins us for episode 15 of The Creator Spotlight Podcast. 00:00 Who is Peter Ramsey and what is Built for Mars 05:30 The Mr Beast of UX 09:47 Using every bank in the UK 13:19 Who are Built for Mars
Building a Business for Those That Love Perfect Design
Cole Derochie joins us for episode 24 of the Creator Spotlight podcast. Cole writes a daily newsletter keeping designers up-to-date with what's going on in the world of design. Cole's newsletter: todayin.design Cole's Twitter/X: x.com/colderoshay 00:
Meet The Entrepreneur Scaling Online Businesses and Making Millions - Tommy Clark
For episode 29 of Creator Spotlight we are joined by Tommy Clark (@tclarkmedia) to discuss his content marketing agency Compound Media Studio, how he scales B2B audiences on LinkedIn and how you can grow your online business. 00:00 Intro 01:20 Acciden
The YouTube Creator Changing Space Content Online
Today’s guest is Swapna Krishna, creator of @adastraspace a YouTube channel and beehiiv newsletter about space. She’s a professional writer with over a decade of experience doing everything from journalism to content marketing to authoring a book. Ad Ast