Surfnboy is a mobile gamer who has found MASSIVE success in the YouTube Shorts space. Despite what many think, short form content isn't just mindlessly recording a 15 second reaction, but rather hours on hours of research to pinpoint a viral upload; Today, he tells us how he does it. Brand Risk Clips Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpesjs3qHT8IHdg3_rKPy2g Brand Risk Vlogs: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT740TGslTDW3-C0teYTbdw Podcast Socials: https://twitter.com/BrandRiskGG https://www.instagram.com/brandriskgg/ https://www.tiktok.com/@brandrisk Find Surfnboy at his socials: https://twitter.com/Surfnboy https://www.twitch.tv/surfnboy/ https://www.tiktok.com/@surfnboyy https://www.instagram.com/surfnboy/ ❤️WE'RE ON SPOTIFY & APPLE PODCASTS❤️ https://open.spotify.com/show/04vtsIZrVvG9EyOvFGCYeZ?si=sIkErUTfRGqMV5AbMqF_1g https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/brand-risk-podcast/id1548242427 Podcast Hosts: Arab - https://twitter.com/YourFellowArab Edwin - https://twitter.com/Edwiin PODCAST MOMENTS 0:00 - Intro 2:07 - YouTube Shorts 6:49 - Channel Dying 9:36 - YouTube Shorts Strategies 16:39 - Shorts Monetization 19:06 - Views Conversion to Subs 29:49 - Being a Mobile Gamer 31:47 - Instagrams Getting Banned 39:06 - Instagram Reels 42:14 - Coming from a High Middle-Class Family 49:12 - Dropping Out of College 54:21 - Affording Super Cars 1:00:06 - Snapchat Spotlight 1:04:20 - Buying Software Subscriptions 1:09:25 - Future Plans