The HeyCreator Show

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The HeyCreator Show is for building your creator business. Each week, hosts Matt Ragland and Tim Forkin talk through all stages of the creator journey, intentionally designing each conversation to meet you where you’re at along the way. We’re sharing lessons from over a decade of helping digital creators launch and scale courses, communities, and coaching services — along with building newsletters, YouTube channels, and podcasts to millions of subscribers and downloads for our clients. For more about our show, company, and community go to heycreator.com.

Episode Date
008: Cody & Cole Hock on Running A Creator Business That Does Everything
Apr 30, 2024
007: Best Advice for New Creators
Apr 23, 2024
006: Nat Eliason on What It Actually Takes To Be a Creator
Apr 16, 2024
005: How Creators Can Get Equity In Their Favorite Companies
Apr 09, 2024
004: We Didn't Want To Record This Episode
Apr 02, 2024
003: The Real Reason To Niche Down + Justin Welsh on Building Your Creator Business
Mar 26, 2024
002: Common Ways Creators Overthink, Mount Rushmore of Influential Content
Mar 19, 2024
001: Starting Something New, Mount Rushmore of Creators Who Inspired Us
Mar 19, 2024
Welcome to the HeyCreator Show!
Mar 12, 2024
Tim Stoddart & Ethan Brooks: The Most Influential Writer You’ve Never Heard Of
Mar 05, 2024
Tim Stoddart & Ethan Brooks: How to Build an Email List Without Paid Marketing
Feb 27, 2024
Ryan Carr: How to Work Smarter with the Content You Create
Feb 20, 2024
Thoughts On Podcasting, Newsletter Ads, (And $3k+ Per Mo. On 15k Subs)
Feb 13, 2024
Tim Stoddart & Ethan Brooks: Opportunity Is Everywhere
Feb 06, 2024
Tim Stoddart & Ethan Brooks: Concrete Steps For Overcoming Fear Of Failure As A Writer
Jan 30, 2024
Noah Kagan: How He Went From Fired at Facebook to CEO of AppSumo
Jan 23, 2024
Tim Stoddart & Ethan Brooks: From 0 to 150k+ Subscribers In 7 Months
Jan 16, 2024
Tim Stoddart & Ethan Brooks: How to Make Thousands On A 1k Person Email List
Jan 09, 2024
Ethan Brooks & Tim Stoddart: F*ck College! Here’s How To (Really) Learn To Write
Jan 02, 2024
Nicolas Cole: What is the secret to writing high-performing content online?
Dec 26, 2023
Kevin Espiritu: Building a Business and 3.5+ Million Follower Audience in the Gardening Niche
Dec 19, 2023
Britney Muller: The Truth About AI's Roles in Writing and Marketing
Dec 12, 2023
Dan Go: How He's Building a Massive Personal Brand and Business Using Social Media
Dec 05, 2023
Jose Rosado: How I Went from Job Loss to Online Success
Nov 28, 2023
Greg Isenberg: How to Successfully Build a Portfolio of Companies
Nov 21, 2023
Yong-Soo Chung: How to Build a Personal Holding Company
Nov 14, 2023
Darrell Vesterfelt: Finding Success in a Hidden Niche
Nov 07, 2023
Nicolas Cole: The Path to Self-Publishing Success
Oct 31, 2023
Brian Clark: The 22 TRILLION Dollar Opportunity
Oct 24, 2023
Ramit Sethi: How to Build Remarkable Products to Grow Your Business
Oct 17, 2023
Jarod Bauman: How Tim Nets $250k Per Year With Directory Sites
Oct 10, 2023
Yannick Veys: The Amazing story of Hypefury’s Massive Success
Oct 03, 2023
Lara Acosta: What all Successful Entrepreneurs Have in Common and How to Crush it on LinkedIn
Sep 26, 2023
Eddy Quan: "99% of People Don't Know This Twitter Hack"
Sep 19, 2023
Dakota Robinson: From Electrician to Successful Ghostwriter
Sep 12, 2023
From Clueless to Successful: Charles Miller's Journey of Learning and Growth
Sep 05, 2023
Rethinking Online Business, Lead Generation, and Digital Products: A Conversation with Steve Chou
Aug 29, 2023
Finding Your Path: A Conversation with Eric Lam
Aug 22, 2023
Building a Dream Business: An Interview with the Founder of Indexsy
Aug 15, 2023
What We Actually Look For When Hiring Writers
Aug 08, 2023
How To Make Money From SEO (With Examples)
Aug 01, 2023
The Growth Experiments We’re Running
Jul 25, 2023
Saying No To Free Money - How And When To Shut A Business Down
Jul 18, 2023
Elon vs Zuck: Should You Start Marketing On Threads?
Jul 11, 2023
Deconstructing Peter Zeihan’s Creator Biz
Jul 04, 2023
Building Your Own Podcast Network
Jun 27, 2023
Ethan’s Half-Baked Newsletter Ideas
Jun 20, 2023
Case Study: How The Hustle And Other Newsletters Maximize Email Capture
Jun 13, 2023
Convertkit and Sparkloop: Insights from Nathan Barry, Founder of Convertkit
Jun 08, 2023
Here’s How To Spy On Your Competitors’ SEO
Jun 06, 2023
Is Personal Brand Even Worth It?
May 30, 2023
Zuckerberg VS Elon: Leaked Documents Give a First Look Instagram’s New “Twitter Look Alike App.”
May 23, 2023
F*ck It… We’ll Do It Live: Google’s AI Search Demo
May 16, 2023
LEAKED DOCUMENTS show that Google is in big trouble
May 09, 2023
Copyblogger Has A New Owner
May 02, 2023
Is This Crazy? The Plan To Hit 1m+ Readers Per Month
Apr 25, 2023
Don’t Be Afraid of AI - How to Thrive as an Entrepreneur in the World of Infinite Leverage
Apr 18, 2023
Elon Musk Kills Substack and Gives You Reasons To Build Your Own Brand
Apr 11, 2023
"Who is your role model?" - Newsletter Monetization, Playing it Big, and Personal Growth
Apr 04, 2023
joinhampton.com - How to Build Community on a Membership Platform
Mar 28, 2023
When to charge for your content | Subscriptions, Newsletters, and Membership Sites
Mar 21, 2023
Ethan wrote a book! | What does it take to write a book?
Mar 14, 2023
Is social media needed to build a successful business?
Mar 07, 2023
Creators, Brands, and Media Agencies
Feb 28, 2023
A few unconventional business tips that made my company $10 million in the last 5 years
Feb 22, 2023
Coaching and Time Management: Our thoughts on volley.app
Feb 15, 2023
Lessons from Hormozi's Book - $100M Offers
Feb 08, 2023
Building an Affiliate Site and Knowing When to Hire for New Roles
Jan 31, 2023
When to Take on New Projects and How to do in-depth Research Before Podcast Interviews
Jan 24, 2023
Hard Work, Hustle Culture, Past Advice, and the Future of the Pod
Jan 24, 2023
Here is how we 10Xed our leads with cold outreach
Jan 13, 2023
It's Time for a Creator Spotlight: Chenell Basilio
Jan 07, 2023
Jeremy Somers: The Future of AI Generated Content
Jan 05, 2023
Last Episode of the Year and Our End-of-Year Review
Dec 30, 2022
Matt McGarry: How to scale a newsletter with Facebook ads
Dec 28, 2022
The Crazy World of AI Content Generation
Dec 21, 2022
Jordan DiPietro: How to Scale and Produce for Paid Newsletters
Dec 17, 2022
We bought a company! Here is what we plan to do with it
Dec 15, 2022
Ryan Carr: How to Work Smarter with the Content You Create
Dec 09, 2022
Abhishek Shah: How he Built the Psychology of Marketing Newsletter
Dec 07, 2022
Ben Wilson: How to Start a Hit Podcast
Dec 03, 2022
The new way of doing business on social media and Kanye’s interview with Lex Friedman
Dec 01, 2022
The Copywriter who Saved the Grand Canyon and an Inside Look at the Copyblogger Pod Business Model
Nov 25, 2022
Bored Elon Musk on How to Build a Business as a Fake Person
Nov 23, 2022
The Email Expert Who Sends A $149/mo. Paper Newsletter
Nov 18, 2022
3(ish) Rules From Building Multi-Million Dollar Communities
Nov 10, 2022
Thoughts On Podcasting, Newsletter Ads, (And $3k+ Per Mo. On 15k Subs)
Nov 03, 2022
How To Avoid Getting Burned By AI-Gen Content Creation
Oct 27, 2022
Danny Miranda: On Storytelling, Newsletters, and Growing A Podcast
Oct 21, 2022
She Has Three OnlyFans Identities
Oct 13, 2022
Looking Into The Darkness As A Creator
Oct 06, 2022
The Most Influential Writer You’ve Never Heard Of
Sep 29, 2022
How to Be Perfect (...Not)
Sep 22, 2022
Good Decision, Bad Consequences
Sep 15, 2022
“It’s Not Ten Thousand Hours, It’s Ten Thousand Iterations”
Sep 07, 2022
How To (Actually) Grow Your Newsletter: The Growth Assassin Behind Codie Sanchez and Milk Road
Aug 31, 2022
Opportunity Is Everywhere
Aug 25, 2022
This Model Should Not Work… But It Does
Aug 17, 2022
This Ecomm Site Breaks All The Rules And Still Wins Big
Aug 10, 2022
Hidden Businesses Crushing It On YouTube and Insta
Aug 03, 2022
From 0 to 150k+ Subscribers In 7 Months
Jul 28, 2022
How Ali Ladha Used Unique Pricing Strategies to Get More Clients
Jul 20, 2022
Nine Growth Hacks From The Motley Fool
Jul 13, 2022
How To Handle Your First Recession
Jul 06, 2022
Rather Than Being Helpful, Be Valuable
Jun 29, 2022
Your Success Is NOT Based On Luck
Jun 22, 2022
How to Automate Your Agency
Jun 15, 2022
F*ck College: Here’s How To (Really) Learn To Write
Jun 08, 2022
Concrete Steps For Overcoming Fear Of Failure As A Writer
Jun 01, 2022
(Step By Step) How To Analyze Your Competition’s SEO
May 25, 2022
(Real) Strategies For Paid Communities
May 18, 2022
The 10k Formula: How Growth Tools is Helping Entrepreneurs Reach the Milestone
May 12, 2022
Lexi Grant: Can You Sell Your 5-Figure Biz?
May 04, 2022
A Brilliant Way To Automate Ad Sales
Apr 27, 2022
How to Make Thousands On A 1k Person Email List
Apr 19, 2022
Ed Latimore: How To Make Time Work For You
Apr 13, 2022
Behind The Scenes
Apr 05, 2022
The Choice to Be Remarkable
Mar 31, 2022
What is the secret to writing high-performing content online?
Mar 23, 2022
Did Substack Nuke Your Email List?
Mar 16, 2022
On Storytelling And Conflict
Mar 09, 2022
How ConvertKit Went From $1.5k to $100k MMR in 12 Months
Feb 22, 2022
How to Build Referral Programs + The “Outlier Algorithm"
Feb 16, 2022
Khe Hy: Do you need help learning to say “no” in your work-life?
Feb 08, 2022
Using Paid Advertising, Giveaways, and Influencers to Grow Your Business
Feb 01, 2022
How to Build an Email List Without Paid Marketing
Jan 26, 2022
How to Get Clients, Close Deals, and Get Contracts Signed
Jan 19, 2022
Starting From Nothing: How To Get To $10,000 A Month
Jan 12, 2022
Creator Coins: The Risks, the Rewards and the Possibilities
Dec 20, 2021
The Truth About the "Creator Economy: A Copyblogger Experiment"
Dec 13, 2021
Jay Clouse: How Creativity is Your Secret Weapon for Success
Sep 21, 2021
Welcome to the Soaring Twenties with Thomas Bevan
Sep 13, 2021
Pat Walls: Using SEO to Build Starter Story into a Worldwide Brand
Sep 03, 2021
How to Use Leverage to Grow Your Business at Massive Scale with Eric Jorgenson
Jul 01, 2021
How Curiosity and a Low Point in Life Helped Create a Global Podcast with Bilal Zaidi
Jun 24, 2021
How Crypto is Reshaping Content Entrepreneurship
Jun 02, 2021
Rohan Gilkes: How to Build a 7 Figure Business by Going Local
Jun 01, 2021
Anne-Laure Le Cunff: How Great Writing Helped Build a Thriving Community Business
May 19, 2021
Why Building the Right Team Is So Critical, with Aurélien Amacker of Systeme.io
Jul 15, 2020
Twitter's Secret Game-Changer, Google Image SEO, Pandemic Pivots, and Sound Affiliate Advice
Jul 14, 2020
The 'Awesomeness' Factor, a Renaissance for Curated Newsletters, and the Right Content Frequency
Jul 06, 2020
Shopify vs Amazon, Busting the Myth of Success, and the Right Way to Use Medium
Jun 29, 2020
Consent-Based Email, Economic Trends for Ecommerce, and SEO for Service Businesses
Jun 25, 2020
SMS vs Email, How to Leverage Social Media (the Right Way), and the Content Tipping Point
Jun 17, 2020
Amazon Slashes Affiliate Rates and How to Create Content During a Crisis
Jun 11, 2020
Rand Fishkin on the Future of Content Marketing
Jun 08, 2020
How to Get (and Keep) Clients in Uncertain Times, Featuring Leah Neaderthal
Apr 13, 2020
The Advantage of Email Marketing, Featuring Nathan Barry of ConvertKit
Mar 30, 2020
How to Write Content That Resonates, Featuring Stefanie Flaxman
Mar 16, 2020
How to Conquer Your Fear of Selling, with Leah Neaderthal
Mar 09, 2020
How to Build Remarkable Products to Grow Your Business, with Ramit Sethi
Mar 02, 2020
What You Should Talk about on Your Podcast, with Tara McMullin
Feb 17, 2020
How to Win at Search in 2020
Feb 10, 2020
How to Turn Pro as a Freelance Writer
Feb 03, 2020
How You Talk to People Matters: Marketing Segmentation and Personalization, with Brennan Dunn of RightMessage
Jan 27, 2020
Podcasting Still Matters, with Pat Flynn from Smart Passive Income
Jan 21, 2020
The New Look Copyblogger in 2020
Jan 14, 2020
New Year, New Copyblogger
Jan 08, 2020
The Self-Reliant Entrepreneur, with John Jantsch
Oct 23, 2019
Consistency Will Take You Further
Oct 02, 2019
The Past, Present, and Future of Online Learning
Sep 25, 2019
How to Get More of the Right Things Done
Sep 16, 2019
Why the Future Is Still Email
Sep 09, 2019
What’s Next for Copyblogger Media?
Sep 03, 2019
How Smart, Nimble Companies Are Using Webinars Today
Aug 26, 2019
The Clarity Method: A Conversation with Tim Brownson
Aug 19, 2019
Digital Business Trends and the Latest on the Rainmaker Platform
Aug 12, 2019
4 ‘Naive’ Business Principles for Enduring Success
Aug 05, 2019
How to Write an Epic Blog Post, Part 3: Polishing and Promotion
Jul 08, 2019
How to Write an Epic Blog Post, Part 2: Getting It Written
Jul 01, 2019
How to Write an Epic Blog Post, Part 1: Thinking and Research
Jun 24, 2019
3 Almost Magical Headline Ingredients for More Traffic, Engagement, and Shares
Jun 17, 2019
Lessons Any Business Can Learn from an Impressive Influencer Marketing Fail
Jun 10, 2019
13 Ways of Looking at a Headline
Jun 03, 2019
The 7 ‘Bad’ Habits of Incredibly Successful People
May 27, 2019
Writers: How to Move from Making a Living to Driving Revenue
May 20, 2019
Choose the Right Frame to Boost the Power of Your Content
May 13, 2019
How Copywriting Teacher Belinda Weaver Reenergized Her Email List for Massive Engagement
May 06, 2019
3 Reasons Why Really Good Writers Sometimes Can’t Find Great Clients
Apr 29, 2019
3 Slightly Embarrassing Emotions that Drive Effective Copywriting
Apr 22, 2019
Get 10 Content Marketing Boosters in 20 Minutes
Apr 15, 2019
Becoming the ‘Chief Empathy Officer’ of Your Copy and Content
Apr 08, 2019
One of the Most Important Marketing Decisions You’ll Ever Make
Apr 01, 2019
What Nobody Wants to Hear about Content Marketing
Mar 18, 2019
Getting Your Big, Scary Projects Finished: A Conversation about Growing Gills
Mar 11, 2019
When Is It Time to Bring in a Professional Copywriter?
Mar 04, 2019
Using Content to Systematically Move Prospects Toward a Purchase
Feb 25, 2019
Understanding the Lifecycles of Your Website, with Pamela Wilson
Feb 18, 2019
5 Ways to Manage a Stress-Induced Creative Slump
Feb 11, 2019
3 Ways Strategic Content Can Drive Measurable Business Outcomes
Feb 04, 2019
The Social Media Platform Every Content Creator Should Be Using in 2019 (Nope, It’s Not Facebook)
Jan 28, 2019
Real Talk about Generating High-Quality Content
Jan 21, 2019
A Conversation with Paul Jarvis about Staying a ‘Company of One’
Jan 14, 2019
The 3 Plus 1 Foundational Elements of Effective Persuasion
Oct 29, 2018
5 Essential Copywriting Techniques from Copyblogger
Oct 22, 2018
5 Ways to Recover Your Professional and Creative Confidence
Oct 15, 2018
5 Stinky Sardine Secrets to Make Your Content More Fascinating
Oct 08, 2018
The Mindset ‘Hack’ that Frees Your Creativity and Makes You Happier
Sep 24, 2018
How to Kill Your Sales and Mess up Your Business: Lessons from a Used Car Salesman
Sep 18, 2018
The 7 Things Writers Need to Make a (Good) Living
Sep 04, 2018
Are You Making These Social Media Marketing Mistakes?
Aug 27, 2018
Fix These 7 About Page Mistakes for More Traffic and (Possibly) Better SEO
Aug 20, 2018
7 Ways to Boost Your Creativity
Aug 13, 2018
A 10-Step ‘Checklist’ for Your Content Marketing Site
Aug 06, 2018
The 3 Keys to Publishing Strong Content … Even If You Aren’t a ‘Great’ Writer (Yet)
Jul 30, 2018
Fix These 3 Points of Failure to Get Better Results for Your Content
Jul 23, 2018
Big Changes at ConvertKit: A Discussion with Founder Nathan Barry
Jul 16, 2018
3 Skills to Master to Become a Marketing Badass this Year
Jul 09, 2018
The Quiet Power of Conversational Copy
Jun 18, 2018
5 Rules of Thumb to Relieve SEO-Induced Stress
Jun 11, 2018
How to Use the GDPR to Make Your Business Stronger than Ever
Jun 04, 2018
‘Good Karma’ Selling that Works: A Conversation with Tim Paige
May 14, 2018
How to Get More Comfortable (and Effective) at Selling
Apr 30, 2018
Privacy and Permission in the Wake of Cambridge Analytica
Apr 23, 2018
Seth Godin and How to Create Change
Apr 16, 2018
Email? Chatbots? Social? How Are We Supposed to Reach People?
Apr 09, 2018
The Double-Edged Sword that Can Make (or Break) Your Content
Mar 26, 2018
Make More Progress by Getting (Gently) Out of Your Comfort Zone
Mar 19, 2018
Are You Doing Content Marketing Wrong?
Mar 12, 2018
Storytelling for Modern Content Marketing (Part 2 of 2)
Mar 05, 2018
Storytelling for Modern Content Marketing (Part 1 of 2)
Feb 26, 2018
10 Quality Factors Search Engines Need to See on Your Site
Feb 19, 2018
A Simple Content Strategy to Make Your Site Massively More Useful
Feb 12, 2018
How to Avoid a Heartbreaking Business Failure
Feb 05, 2018
Hey Writers: Let’s Get You Paid What You’re Worth
Jan 29, 2018
5 Keys to Making Your Content More Shareable
Jan 15, 2018
3 Observations on Trends (but not Predictions) for 2018
Dec 18, 2017
3 Tips Now to Build a Strong Foundation in 2018
Dec 11, 2017
The 3 Success Factors that Help Writers Earn a Great Living
Dec 04, 2017
How to Recognize a Great Content Idea
Nov 27, 2017
How to Cultivate a More Meaningful Gratitude Practice
Nov 20, 2017
Advice for Poets, Advice for Killers
Nov 13, 2017
Face Your Business Fears on Halloween Week
Oct 30, 2017
How to Make Smarter Decisions about Your Website
Oct 23, 2017
A Series of Unfortunate Content Events
Oct 02, 2017
The Evolution of a Successful Copywriter
Sep 18, 2017
7 Ways to Improve Your Marketing by Harnessing the Power of Evil
Aug 28, 2017
Smart Questions from our Brilliant Audience
Aug 14, 2017
Does the Web Have Enough Patience for Your In-Depth Content?
Aug 07, 2017
How to Write (Much Better) Blog Comments
Jul 31, 2017
Which Works Better: Positive or Negative Content?
Jul 17, 2017
How to Attract the Exact Customers You Want
Jul 10, 2017
How to Create Stability and Success as an Artist
Jul 03, 2017
Two Powerful Resources for Life-Changing Growth
Jun 19, 2017
How to Turn All that Marketing Advice into Action
Jun 12, 2017
How to Develop a Compelling Marketing Idea in 4 Steps
Jun 05, 2017
Getting Over the Fear of Selling
May 30, 2017
Talking Community and Digital Business with Tara Gentile
May 22, 2017
Plagiarism, Self-Deception, Bad Sandwiches, and Other Interesting Disasters
May 15, 2017
Professional Writers: Find Out How to Get Certified by Copyblogger
May 01, 2017
The Painful Core Lesson Taught by 3 Astonishing Big-Brand Fails
Apr 17, 2017
5 Mindset Habits that Actually Work
Apr 03, 2017
On Grammar, Usage, and Not Being a Great Big Jerk
Mar 27, 2017
Creative Strategies for Content Writers
Mar 20, 2017
A New Ultra-Easy Resource for Creating Excellent WordPress Sites
Mar 13, 2017
Thriving Freelancers and Clients from Hell
Feb 20, 2017
Politics, Content Marketing, and the 2017 Super Bowl Ads
Feb 13, 2017
Copyblogger Book Club: Winning the Story Wars
Feb 06, 2017
3 Content Marketing Strategy Fails (and How to Fix Them)
Jan 23, 2017
The 2017 Content Excellence Challenge: Your January Assignments
Jan 09, 2017
Bad Writing Advice: The ‘Post Truth’ Episode
Dec 19, 2016
Get Ready Now for a Creative and Productive 2017
Dec 12, 2016
The 4 Pillars Every Online Business Is Built On
Dec 05, 2016
Orbit Media’s Latest Survey of 1000 Bloggers
Nov 28, 2016
Have You Already Missed the Podcasting Gold Rush?
Nov 14, 2016
Getting More Traffic, Links, and Shares to Your Content
Nov 07, 2016
5 Quick Wins for Content Marketers
Oct 31, 2016
Announcing: An Intriguing New Tool for Collaborative Content
Oct 24, 2016
A New Book to Make Content Marketing Easier
Oct 17, 2016
Behind the Scenes at Copyblogger: Our New Email Approach
Oct 10, 2016
The ‘Obligatory’ Structure of Effective Content
Oct 03, 2016
7 Powerful Content Strategies Borrowed from Advertising Masters
Sep 26, 2016
How to Handle Demographic and Psychographic Segmentation (without Looking Like an Idiot)
Sep 15, 2016
Ethics, Professionalism, and Good Manners for Content Marketers
Sep 08, 2016
3 Questions that Can Haunt Creative Professionals
Sep 01, 2016
How to Give and Get Exceptional Testimonials, Part Two
Aug 25, 2016
How to Give and Get Exceptional Testimonials, Part One
Aug 18, 2016
Are You Leaving Money on the Table with Weak Headlines?
Aug 11, 2016
Content Marketing for Nonprofits
Aug 04, 2016
The One-Two Punch that Creates the Most Successful Copywriters
Jul 28, 2016
Pokémon Go: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Jul 21, 2016
5 Suggestions When You’re Writing About Controversy
Jul 14, 2016