The Creator Spotlight Podcast
By Creator Spotlight
Listen to a podcast, please open Podcast Republic app. Available on Google Play Store and Apple App Store.
Image by Creator Spotlight
Category: Arts
Open in Apple Podcasts
Open RSS feed
Open Website
Rate for this podcast
Subscribers: 11
Reviews: 0
Episodes: 106
Description
Every week we spend an hour in conversation with a notable creator, discussing their approach to audience growth, monetization, and content production. Hosted by Francis Zierer (Twitter and LinkedIn). New episodes every Tuesday. This podcast is part of our newsletter, Creator Spotlight.
| Episode | Date |
|---|---|
|
Ep. 106: Sending a newsletter for 1,000 days straight ft. Mindstream
|
Apr 14, 2026 |
|
Ep. 105: Becoming one of Morning Brew’s biggest creators ft. Macy Gilliam
|
Apr 07, 2026 |
|
Ep. 104: Building a platform to save the internet ft. Tyler Bainbridge of Perfectly Imperfect
|
Mar 31, 2026 |
|
Ep. 103: Building a newsletter to fight the algorithm ft. Matt Kiser
|
Mar 24, 2026 |
|
Ep. 102: The creator earning $200k+ posting on LinkedIn ft. Vin Matano
|
Mar 17, 2026 |
|
Ep. 101: Building a 70k+ subscriber newsletter by word of mouth ft. Rachel Meade Smith
|
Mar 10, 2026 |
|
Ep. 100: A $2.5M bet on quality food journalism ft. Caper
|
Mar 03, 2026 |
|
Ep. 99: How to build and sell to audiences online ft. Daniel Berk
|
Feb 24, 2026 |
|
Ep. 98 How he perfected short form content ft. Grant Beene
|
Feb 17, 2026 |
|
Ep. 97: “I’m not an influencer. I’m an artist.” ft. Lucie Fink
|
Feb 10, 2026 |
|
Ep. 96: How a local newsletter became a $100k+ business ft. Marissa Lovell
|
Feb 03, 2026 |
|
Ep. 95: He quit NBC to make YouTube videos ft. Fernando Hurtado
|
Jan 27, 2026 |
|
Ep. 94: 15 years of social media strategy advice in one hour ft. Jack Appleby
|
Jan 20, 2026 |
|
Ep. 93: He’s building a $10M+ creator business ft. Kallaway
|
Jan 13, 2026 |
|
Ep. 92: Creator economy lawyer reveals every creators’ biggest mistakes ft. Brittany Ratelle
|
Jan 06, 2026 |
|
Ep. 91: Three predictions for the creator economy in 2026 ft. Creator Spotlight Team
|
Dec 30, 2025 |
|
Fixing the Biggest Problem in the Creator Economy… Trust ft. News Creator Corps
|
Dec 23, 2025 |
|
Newsletters + Events = 6-figure creator business ft. Brett Dashevsky
|
Dec 16, 2025 |
|
How to build a local newsletter people actually read ft. Tomo Chien
|
Dec 09, 2025 |
|
He’ll teach you how to make $100k+ writing online ft. Nicolas Cole
|
Dec 02, 2025 |
|
Most creators will not make it 3+ years ft. Lia Haberman
|
Nov 25, 2025 |
|
Ep. 85: Why beehiiv is betting big on the "content economy" ft. Tyler Denk
|
Nov 18, 2025 |
|
Ep. 84: DIY YouTuber reveals her seven income streams ft. Nastja Mohren
|
Nov 11, 2025 |
|
Ep. 83: He left ESPN to make YouTube videos ft. Joon Lee
|
Nov 04, 2025 |
|
Ep. 82: The systems that made him a millionaire solopreneur ft. Ken Yarmosh
|
Oct 28, 2025 |
|
Ep. 81: Building a $500k+ local newsletter business ft. Geoff Sharpe
|
Oct 21, 2025 |
|
Ep. 80: How a YouTuber's study group grew into a profitable business ft. Kaelyn Grace Apple
|
Oct 14, 2025 |
|
Ep. 79: He had 15M followers, then he quit — here's why ft. Caspar Lee
|
Oct 07, 2025 |
|
Ep. 78: How to make $100k+ editing YouTube videos ft. Rachel Kisela
|
Sep 30, 2025 |
|
Ep. 77: She left the BBC to build AI for journalists ft. Sophia Smith Galer
|
Sep 23, 2025 |
|
Ep. 76: The 3 moves I’d bet my next 10 years on as a creator ft. Jordan DiPietro
|
Sep 16, 2025 |
|
Ep. 75: Investing $60m in creators (what to look for) ft. Billy Parks
|
Sep 09, 2025 |
|
Ep. 74: The creator making $100,000+ a year selling paper — here's how ft. Quynh Nguyen
|
Sep 02, 2025 |
|
Ep. 73: The truth about building a media business in 2025 ft. Stefan von Imhof
|
Aug 26, 2025 |
|
Ep. 72: Grow your audience like a $23B company ft. Jonathan Hunt
|
Aug 19, 2025 |
|
Ep. 71: Inside the inbox of 40,000 engineering leaders ft. Suraj Kapoor
|
Aug 12, 2025 |
|
Ep. 70: She's cracked the creator community code ft. Milly Tamati
|
Aug 05, 2025 |
|
Ep. 69: How to make a $100k newsletter business with no budget ft. Landon Huslig
|
Jul 29, 2025 |
|
Ep. 68: How to build a 6-figure newsletter business ft. Nathan May
|
Jul 22, 2025 |
|
Ep. 67: The future of creator journalism ft. Liz Kelly Nelson
|
Jul 15, 2025 |
|
Ep. 66: From 10k to 100k in 12 months — without growth hacks ft. Sydney Graham
|
Jul 08, 2025 |
|
Ep. 65: From side hustle to 500K+ followers and a global business ft. Tom Fishburne
|
Jul 01, 2025 |
|
Ep. 64: The strategy behind building a 80,000+ impact-driven community ft. Tiffany Yu
|
Jun 24, 2025 |
|
Ep. 63: The creator earning $250k+ posting on LinkedIn ft. Jayde Powell
|
Jun 17, 2025 |
|
Ep. 62: He can 10x views in any YouTube niche ft. Kevin Jon
|
Jun 10, 2025 |
|
Ep. 61: She lost her job. Then built a community of 10,000+ ft. Melanie Ehrenkranz
|
Jun 03, 2025 |
|
Ep. 60: Ex-YouTube employee reveals the secrets behind viral videos ft. Hayley Rose
|
May 27, 2025 |
|
Ep. 59: How his $40K side hustle became a full-time career ft. Colin Rocker
|
May 20, 2025 |
|
Ep. 58: Why Brazil’s Biggest Podcaster Is Going Viral in the U.S. ft. Chico Felitti
|
May 13, 2025 |
|
Ep. 57: She Listens to the Internet for a Living — Here’s What She’s Hearing ft. Jazmin Griffith
|
May 06, 2025 |
|
Ep. 56: Zero to Acquired: Building a $30K/Month Newsletter in 1 Year ft. Adam Biddlecombe
|
Apr 29, 2025 |
|
Ep. 55: Why creators make the best entrepreneurs ft. Jesse Feister
|
Apr 22, 2025 |
|
Ep. 54: She built a 150K-member, $1M/year community ft. Grace Ling
|
Apr 15, 2025 |
|
Ep. 53: How to Make a Living as a Creator — from a podcasting expert ft. Amanda McLoughlin
|
Apr 10, 2025 |
|
Ep. 52: 125 days to make $10k/month ft. Thomas Yeum
|
Apr 03, 2025 |
|
Ep. 51: How creators unlock the future of American soccer ft. Kyle Sheldon
|
Mar 27, 2025 |
|
Ep. 50: 1 year and 190k subscribers later: An all-in bet on indie media ft. Phil Rosen
|
Mar 20, 2025 |
|
Ep. 49: The best time to be a writer is NOW ft. Leigh Stein
|
Mar 13, 2025 |
|
Ep. 48: How to Make a Living as a Podcaster in 2025 ft. Eric Silver
|
Mar 06, 2025 |
|
Ep. 47: Making the internet a better place ft. Matt Brown
|
Feb 27, 2025 |
|
Ep. 46: "I'm not a creator, I'm a writer" ft. Alicia Kennedy
|
Feb 20, 2025 |
|
Ep. 45: He's a social media Swiss Army Knife ft. Kofie Yeboah
|
Feb 13, 2025 |
|
Ep. 44: She broke YouTube’s algorithm with a 9-minute lie ft. Jenna Stoeber
|
Jan 30, 2025 |
|
Ep. 43: Meet the activist who tripled his revenue in 1 year
|
Jan 23, 2025 |
|
Ep. 42: The blueprint for growing your business online ft. Matt McGarry
|
Jan 16, 2025 |
|
Ep. 41: How a journalist becomes an entrepreneur ft. Lindsey Stanberry
|
Jan 09, 2025 |
|
Ep. 40: How to build a media company: Use streetwear brand tactics
|
Jan 02, 2025 |
|
Ep. 39: How to make $100k+ as a local news creator ft. Michael Kauffman
|
Dec 19, 2024 |
|
Ep. 38: He's helped creators earn $200M — here's how ft. John Hu
|
Dec 12, 2024 |
|
Ep. 37: 10+ years in media, 1 piece of advice ft. Workweek's Adam Ryan
|
Dec 05, 2024 |
|
Ep. 36: Making big bucks with a small audience ft. Lex Roman
|
Nov 21, 2024 |
|
Ep. 35: Being an idiot will make you a better writer ft. Alex Dobrenko
|
Nov 14, 2024 |
|
Ep. 34: Behaving Badly and Going Viral ft. Penn Weinberger
|
Nov 07, 2024 |
|
Ep. 33: Discovering an Untapped Market Worth $30k a Month ft. Rameel Sheikh
|
Oct 31, 2024 |
|
Ep. 32: The YouTube space race ft. Swapna Krishna
|
Oct 24, 2024 |
|
Ep. 31: 1 million YouTube subscribers (twice) ft. Alex Emery
|
Oct 17, 2024 |
|
Ep. 30: Lifestyle over empire ft. Caitlin Dewey
|
Oct 10, 2024 |
|
Ep. 29: "Posting content on the internet changed my life" ft. Tommy Clark
|
Sep 26, 2024 |
|
Ep. 28 He sold his newsletter then bought it back for $1 ft. Ryan Gilbert of Workspaces
|
Sep 19, 2024 |
|
Ep. 27: The anti-Gary Vaynerchuk social media resource ft. Rachel Karten of Link in Bio
|
Sep 12, 2024 |
|
Ep. 26: How to monetize a digital media business ft. Michelle Curb of Gloria
|
Sep 05, 2024 |
|
Ep. 25: Building a career in soccer journalism ft. Theo Lloyd-Hughes of Squad Depth
|
Aug 29, 2024 |
|
Ep. 24: Reflecting on one year running a daily design newsletter ft. Cole Derochie
|
Aug 22, 2024 |
|
Ep. 23: Zero to 820k newsletter subscribers in 3 years ft. Sean Devlin of Nice News
|
Aug 15, 2024 |
|
Ep. 22: Building a serious, sustainable media business ft. Ambreen Ali
|
Aug 08, 2024 |
|
Ep. 21: How $5–7.5k turns into 10.8 million views ft. Glennda Baker
|
Aug 01, 2024 |
|
Ep. 20: Is the internet getting better or worse? (ft. Ernie Smith of Tedium)
|
Jul 25, 2024 |
|
Ep. 19: Building a high-value network by podcasting and newslettering
|
Jul 18, 2024 |
|
Ep. 18: The Charli D'Amelio of newsletters (ft. Kate Lindsay)
|
Jul 11, 2024 |
|
Ep. 17: A 13-year-long bet to become a creator-entrepreneur
|
Jun 27, 2024 |
|
Ep. 16: Acquiring a newsletter ft. Akhil Chauhan of TWJN
|
Jun 20, 2024 |
|
Ep. 15: Peter Ramsey of Built for Mars
|
Jun 13, 2024 |
|
Ep. 14: Caitlin Murray of @bigtimeadulting
|
Jun 06, 2024 |
|
Ep. 13: Tyler O'Shea, creator of Joker Mag
|
May 30, 2024 |
|
Ep. 12: Kate Samuelson, co-creator of Cheapskate London
|
May 23, 2024 |
|
Ep. 11: Haya Kaylani, creator of The Deep Dive
|
May 16, 2024 |
|
Ep. 10: PJ Milani, creator of the Visual I.D.E.A.s Newsletter
|
May 09, 2024 |
|
Ep. 9: Ryan Broderick, creator of Garbage Day
|
May 02, 2024 |
|
Ep. 8: Jared Dashevsky, creator of Healthcare Huddle
|
Apr 25, 2024 |
|
Ep. 7: Arielle Nissenblatt, creator of EarBuds Podcast Collective
|
Apr 18, 2024 |
|
Ep. 6: Ryan Sneddon, creator of Naptown Scoop
|
Apr 11, 2024 |
|
Ep. 5: Ali Abassi, creator of AI for Work
|
Apr 04, 2024 |
|
Ep. 4: Andrew Huang, author of Make Your Own Rules
|
Mar 28, 2024 |
|
Ep. 3: Casey Lewis of After School
|
Mar 21, 2024 |
|
Ep. 2: Eric Cantor and Adam Katz of Vincent
|
Mar 14, 2024 |
|
Ep. 1: Hannah Williams of Salary Transparent Street
|
Mar 06, 2024 |