Backstage Careers Jeremy Mary

At 18 years old,  @Chifftie  was working the night shift at home depot. Then he won  @TheAndrewSchulz  clip editing competition and got offered an internship. Next thing you know, Chifftie was on a one-way flight to New York City for the craziest adventure of his life.

In this interview he tells that crazy story and everything he’s learned from Andrew Schulz along the way.

📈 Check out the special effects and subtitles Chifftie uses to edit Andrew Schulz' TikTok clips: https://chiffpacks.com
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SHOW NOTES:

00:00 Intro
02:00 - Chifftie’s Crazy Adventure to Get a Job with Andrew Schulz
03:35 - Dealing with Rejection on the Way
04:48 - Getting his First Shot Editing Clips
07:23 - Persisting in Chasing the Dream of Working for Andrew
08:38 - The Importance of Always Being Available
09:34 - The Dream Job Slips Away
12:33 - Andrew Reaches Out (And then ghosts Chifftie)
17:37 - Finally Getting The Job (and Moving to New York Solo)
24:41 - Chifftie’s Early Days Editing for Andrew
27:39 - Cutting Viral Clips
31:55 - How to Edit Comedy
35:15 - Working on Andrew’s Netflix Special
42:03 - Andrew’s Working Style
46:48 - Marketing the Special
48:50 - Day To Day Job Responsibilities and Travelling With Andrew
51:20 - Chifftie’s Podcast Intro Process
59:16 - Andrew’s Team Breakdown
1:05:02 - Biggest Lessons From Andrew
1:09:51 - Chifftie’s Plans for Youtube
1:15:05 - Chifftie’s Final Advice for People Going for Backstage Careers


ABOUT THE PODCAST:
Backstage Career is a podcast where I interview the linchpins who are working behind the scenes with some of the biggest creators and entrepreneurs out there!

My goal with these interviews is to give you an idea of what it’s like to work with these influential people, and to help you land a job working with someone you look up to and want to apprentice under.

🎙️🗣️Check out Danny's 'Art of Interviewing' Course: https://artofinterviewing.com/ (Use Code "Jeremy" for 10% off)


Today I talk to Danny Miranda, a 28-year old with a Microphone and a big dream: to one day become the first podcaster to sell out Madison Square Garden.

3 years ago he started a podcast in his bedroom with 0 listeners, and today his podcast has gotten over a million downloads, and he’s landed legendary guests like Alex Hormozi, Andy Frisella, and Seth Godin.

In this episode you’ll learn:

1. How to make a full time living as a podcaster starting from 0.
2. The exact networking tactics that Danny’s used to land A-list guests for his podcast
3. The surprising business opportunities that came from a $50 dollar microphone.
4. And every single growth tactic Danny’s used to grow from 0 listeners to over 1M downloads

Check out Danny Miranda's social pages: https://tapistr.ee/heydannymiranda
📲 Follow @backstagecareers on Instagram to get clips & highlights from the latest episodes: https://www.instagram.com/backstagecareers/


SHOW NOTES:

01:30 - How Danny’s Podcast Journey Began
04:50 - Trusting Life to Provide Money
05:23 - Where Danny Was When He Began His Podcast
08:13 - How ‘The Surrender Experiment’ Influenced Danny’s Mindset to Money
10:24 - The Importance of Setting Big Goals
12:02 - Why People Support Those With A Big Vision
14:50 - How Many Downloads Has Danny Had So Far?
19:00 - Getting Offered Jobs from Having a Podcast
22:09 - Fighting Depression to Keep Going
25:30 - The Importance of Volume
28:41 - What Were Danny’s Key Growth Inflection Points?
30:09 - Hiring an Editor Changes Your Life
32:12 - How Danny Works With His Editor (And How Much He Pays)
36:21 - The Importance of Big Guests for Growth
38:39 - How Danny Makes Money
47:16 - How Danny Charges for Podcast Consulting
50:19 - Danny Process To Built and Sell A Podcasting Course (And How Much It’s Made)
50:59 - Lessons Included in Danny’s Interviewing Course
55:34 - How Danny Books Famous Guests
1:04:39 - What Software Does Danny Use to Track Guest Booking
1:06:11 - Danny’s Best Story of Booking a Huge Guest
1:12:29 - Advanced Twitter Strategies (And Booking Gary Vee)
1:16:57 - Danny’s Weekly Calendar
1:24:14 - Final Thoughts: ‘Find What You’d Do For Free’


ABOUT THE PODCAST:
Backstage Career is a podcast where I interview the linchpins who are working behind the scenes with some of the biggest creators and entrepreneurs out there!

My goal with these interviews is to give you an idea of what it’s like to work with these influential people, and to help you land a job working with someone you look up to and want to apprentice under.


🎯 Upcoming Interviews Target List:
👉 Tim Ferriss' research assistant
👉 GaryVee's DRock
👉 Patrick Bet David's Content Strategist
👉 Jaime the producer of the Joe Rogan Experience
👉 The Content Strategist for MrBeast
👉 Alex Banayan Author of "The Third Door"
👉 Ryan Holiday who apprenticed under Robert Greene

🔔 If you're hyped about that list you should subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEfQeaiXKSSONQXqhyMWtig

📺 Watch the episode on YouTube if you want to see all the screen recordings: https://youtu.be/SRQtZeP_bj0



Oliver Gilpin is a British entrepreneur, building Telos Media. A holding company scaling a new YouTube channel every month. With the creative vision of his business partner Alvaro Calmet - they've gone from 0 to 10M subs in 2.5 years, earning $1m per year, with 90 team members.

In this episode, I talk to him about:

1. How he runs so many channels without being involved with any of them…
2. Oliver’s hiring secrets to find operators who will run his YouTube channels for him
3. The exact company structure behind all of his channels (with over 80 employees)
4. And for the first time ever, Oliver opens up his books and shares all of the financials behind running a faceless animation channel

RESSOURCES mentioned in the episode:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1SaeCWdnXe4dzwvcT7DwieyknbHsrLZ20?usp=sharing
https://nowcreatives.notion.site/YouTube-Team-Compensation-Methods-Tips-and-Principles-a7534f08a68649458c2d9527c6e9d8b4

🖥️ Follow Oliver and his work online:
https://twitter.com/oligilpin
https://www.linkedin.com/in/oliver-gilpin/
Telos.so

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TIMESTAMPS:

00:00:00 - Intro
00:02:16 - Dropping out of high school to start an agency
00:04:06 - Why start an animation channel?
00:05:42 - Oliver’s first faceless channel - $30,000 Mistake
00:07:15 - Oliver's 2nd Channel (and most successful)
00:09:44 - The 5 animation channels Oliver is running
00:12:29 - How to build a faceless animation team
00:14:03 - What to look for when hiring an operator
00:15:44 - Hiring tactics to find A+ talent oversees
00:24:58 - First key hires for YouTube Automation
00:26:06 - Org chart for Oliver's 30 YouTube channels
00:28:28 - How Oliver thinks about profit share and incentives for his employees
00:31:59 - Hiring Strategy #2
00:34:04 - Oliver's systems to manage a team of 80 employees
00:35:30 - What does Oliver do all day?
00:39:09 - How much money Oliver makes
00:40:51 - Starting 1 channel every month in 2024
00:45:01 - Breaking down the economics of his youtube channels
00:48:37 - Revenue from Merch
00:50:41 - Managing 25 Foreign Language Channels
00:53:32 - How to start a faceless animation channel 101
00:56:28 - Oliver's Mission - What drives him


ABOUT THE PODCAST:
Backstage Career is a podcast where I interview the linchpins who are working behind the scenes with some of the biggest creators and entrepreneurs out there!

My goal with these interviews is to give you an idea of what it’s like to work with these influential people, and to help you land a job working with someone you look up to and want to apprentice under.


🎯 Upcoming Interviews Target List:
👉 Tim Ferriss' research assistant
👉 GaryVee's DRock
👉 Patrick Bet David's Content Strategist
👉 Jaime the producer of the Joe Rogan Experience
👉 The Content Strategist for MrBeast
👉 Alex Banayan Author of "The Third Door"
👉 Ryan Holiday who apprenticed under Robert Greene

⏲️ Timestamps bellow 👇

This is part 2 of my 2 part interview with  @AndrewKirbys  where we dive into Andrew's Backstory.

In Part 1 I ask Andrew how he took  @Hamza97  from $20,000 to $200,000/month in under 30 days: https://youtu.be/I6ya9pe94zU


ABOUT THIS EPISODE:

In this episode I talk to Andrew Kirby who at only 23 years old has grown a Youtube channel to 600k subscribers, made his first million, retired from YouTube, and who’s now spending all of his time helping other creators grow and monetize their channels.

He’s worked with some impressive clients like MrBeast, Alex Hormozi, and most recently Hamza who he helped scale from making $20,000/month to $200,000/month.

In this episode we dive into Andrew’s story and the mindset that’s made him so successful at such a young age, but we dive deep into the tactics he’s using to help creators make more money.


SHOW NOTES: 

00:00 Andrew's background
01:50 The great online game
03:45 Andrew's "character evolution"
05:55 Building bridges
07:05 Apprenticeship
10:55 Building a relationship with Sam Ovens
13:05 Dropping out of college and early success on YouTube
14:35 His first year after dropping out
18:55 Getting back to experimenting with the online game
22:10 The Hamza bridge
23:50 Discovering Alex Hormozi
29:45 Working with Mr. Beast



ABOUT THE PODCAST:
Backstage Career is a podcast where I interview the linchpins who are working behind the scenes with some of the biggest creators and entrepreneurs out there!

My goal with these interviews is to give you an idea of what it’s like to work with these influential people, and to help you land a job working with someone you look up to and want to apprentice under.


🎯 Upcoming Interviews Target List:
👉 Tim Ferriss' research assistant
👉 GaryVee's DRock
👉 Patrick Bet David's Content Strategist
👉 Jaime the producer of the Joe Rogan Experience
👉 The Content Strategist for MrBeast
👉 Alex Banayan Author of "The Third Door"
👉 Ryan Holiday who apprenticed under Robert Greene

🔔  If you're hyped about that list you should subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEfQeaiXKSSONQXqhyMWtig

⏲️ Timestamps bellow 👇

💸 If you have a YouTube channel with +100,000 subscribers, apply to work with Andrew here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1aS4j7pEkqJ_99sySVOJIp5VW2TG7TosdGztyw7u8ppw

📲 Follow @backstagecareers on Instagram to get clips & highlights from the latest episodes: https://www.instagram.com/backstagecareers/


Today I talk to Andrew Kirby who at only 23 years old has grown a Youtube channel to 600k subscribers, made his first million, retired from YouTube, and who’s now spending all of his time helping other creators grow and monetize their channels.

In this episode we dive deep into the tactics he’s using to help creators make more money and specifically how he helped Hamza to go from $20k to $200k/month.


SHOW NOTES: 
00:00 Intro
01:05 How Andrew and Hamza connected
05:25 Taking Hamza from $20k to $200k/month 
12:40 Andrew's 4-Step Monetization Protocol
19:30 Why Andrew helps creators monetize for free
21:00 Creators that Andrew is Working With
23:40 Creators Who Are Monetizing The Right Way
25:30 Valuable insights for growing your audience


ABOUT THE PODCAST:
Backstage Career is a podcast where I interview the linchpins who are working behind the scenes with some of the biggest creators and entrepreneurs out there!

My goal with these interviews is to give you an idea of what it’s like to work with these influential people, and to help you land a job working with someone you look up to and want to apprentice under.


🎯 Upcoming Interviews Target List:
👉 Tim Ferriss' research assistant
👉 GaryVee's DRock
👉 Patrick Bet David's Content Strategist
👉 Jaime the producer of the Joe Rogan Experience
👉 The Content Strategist for MrBeast
👉 Alex Banayan Author of "The Third Door"
👉 Ryan Holiday who apprenticed under Robert Greene

🔔  If you're hyped about that list you should subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEfQeaiXKSSONQXqhyMWtig

⏱ Time stamps for the episode below 👇

ABOUT THIS EPISODE:
Today I talk to Jamie Rawsthorne who at 25 had grown a YouTube channel to 900,000 subscribers (The Zack & Jay Show) with his best friend Zack. They were getting paid +$300k to make videos sneaking into some of the world’s most exclusive events. 

But something wasn’t right with the YouTube fast life. Jamie started feeling burnt out and one day he decided to drop everything and move to Mexico to become a YouTube consultant instead

My goal with this interview is to give you guys a realistic preview of what it’s actually like to run a YouTube channel: the good, the bad, and the ugly.

We also get into some advanced strategies for getting in touch with influential people as well as what it’s like to be a YouTube consultant and tips to get started with that.

SHOW NOTES: 
03:00 The YouTube Startup Experience
06:06 The Video That Saved Their Channel
09:05 How Zack & Jay Collaborated On The Channel
10:35 How much he made the first 2 years on YouTube
11:10 Working with a YouTuber management company
13:40 The "highs" of YouTube
14:26 The "dark" side of YouTube
15:49 Why did Jamie leave YouTube?
19:55 How Jamie got into YouTube Consulting
22:55 How Jamie Cold DMs Influential People
24:33 The DM he sent Codie Sanchez
26:00 The DM he sent Austin Rief (Morning Brew CEO)
29:30 the DM he sent to the SOHO founder
29:55 Jamie's YouTube Consulting Process
31:14 How Jamie Researches Video Ideas For His Clients
34:00 exact tools & processes Jamie uses for his YouTube research
34:55 What's next for Jamie

Links and Resources: 

Follow Jamie on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jamierawsthorne
Jamie’s Website: https://www.jamierawsthorne.com

📧 Subscribe to my newsletter for exclusive job opportunities to work with your favorite creators and entrepreneurs: https://sendfox.com/jeremyjohnmary

📲 Follow @backstagecareers on Instagram to get clips & highlights from the latest episodes: https://www.instagram.com/backstagecareers/