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Mighty CreatorsJoe Pulizzi: How to start a content business and how to stand outHow to Start a Content BusinessSuppose you have an idea for a content based business. There are at least two questions you need to answer: 1/ What should it be about? audience. 2/ How can you stand out from everyone else writing about the same topic? In this interview, Joe Pulizzi, answers these questions using his concepts of the Sweet Spot and the Tilt.Joe PulizziJoe Pulizzi is the author of Content, Inc., and founder of CMI, the Content Marketing Institute. So what are the sweet spot and the tilt?2021-11-1727 minMighty CreatorsSahil Lavingia: How to be a minimalist entrepreneurConversation with Sahil Lavingia https://twitter.com/shl- Why Sahil wrote “Minimalist Entrepreneur”- How to solve chicken-and-egg problem of starting with product or market - Too much research can be worse than too little research- How to scale your time Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2021-11-0324 minMighty CreatorsDaniel Vassallo: How to use the Portfolio of Small Bets technique to create a business without taking big risksHow to start a businessSuppose you want to start a business. There are two approaches many founders take. (1) Pitch the idea to VCs to have them fund the business. (2) Bootstrap the business and self-fund it.Daniel Vassallo talks about a third approach which is not discussed as often in technology circles: The portfolio of small bets. The problem with both VC-funded and bootstrap startups is that they are big bets. The portfolio of small bets is the opposite. Tips and techniques Daniel sharedHere are some of the tips...2021-10-2629 minMighty CreatorsSamantha Postman: Apps for automating creator tasksIn this episode I talked to Samantha Postman @SamanthaPostman about automating creator workflows for capturing meeting notes. I met Samantha in a writing class called #Ship30for30, where she continuously posted class notes into the chat. In this session Samantha tells us how she was doing this so quickly and without getting distracted from the class.Samantha talks about why automation is so cool, tools she uses, and how she combines the tools to create powerful workflows. Apps Here are the apps she talked about:1/ @Otter_ai: Transcribes speech to text. Useful...2021-10-1925 minMighty CreatorsEv Chapman: How consumers can become creatorsEv Chapman @evielync describes specific techniques she uses to produce content, to quickly learn what content resonates, and to attract more followers. Details below.Ev is a content creator from Sydney, Australia. In the last 5 months, Ev has launched 3 digital products, and grown her audience by several thousand followers. Key Takeaways1/ How did you grow your audience? Consistently produce content. The more content you produce the more people resonate with it. Produce content that is interesting to you and it will resonate with a lot of people.2/ Why did...2021-09-0624 minMighty CreatorsLeo Guinan: Scale yourself by automating manual processesPodcast interview of Leo Guinan, serial entrepreneur, automation expert. Quick summary of interview follows.https://superchargeyourtime.com is Leo’s automation course.Why automation? Automation enables you to scale, prevents mistakes, and is actually fun. How do you decide whether to automate something or not? Leo’s process: Automate things you do more than once. Create quick minimum viable automation on first pass. Then on each following pass incrementally automate it more. Most-used processes get the most automation.http://feathercrm.io is Leo’s CRM for Twitter. What does it do? It...2021-08-3123 minMighty CreatorsRaphael Spannocchi: What are NFTs and how anyone can sell digital assets as NFTsRaphael Spannocchi talks about NFTs and how anyone can sell digital assets as NFTs.How does copying NFT-minted music and art increases its value instead of decreasing it.How are NFTs different from DRM or right management?How hard is it to take a JPEG or MP3 and mint an NFT for it?How much does minting cost?What are the tradeoffs of different minting platforms? Platforms: OpenSea.io, Rarible, Hict Nu, Singular, UniFi, Audius.What platforms are able to mint for cents instead of hundreds of dollars?What makes Audius special?What is neat about smart contracts t...2021-08-2325 minMighty CreatorsEric Jorgensen: How to come up with ideasI spoke with Eric Jorgensen today. Eric is a software developer I worked with at Microsoft. He shares his ideas about how to come up with ideas. Here is a summary.1/ How to sell ideas: instead of saying “I have an idea that cars should drive themselves” say “I wish cars drove themselves”. People are receptive to wishes, but might want to shoot down ideas.2/ How to keep ideas: Turn off the editor that wants to protect you by editing out your idea.3/ How to generate ideas: Create a mindset that the ideas are not some...2021-08-2309 minMighty CreatorsMighty Creators PilotWelcome to Mighty Creators. I am your host, Asim Jalis.So what is this podcast all about? In the Mighty Creators podcast I will interview successful creators, and we will learn from their experiences. We will look at questions such as: how to find your niche, how to create engaging content, how to attract followers, how to grow your revenue, and how to do all of this while staying authentic, being yourself, and loving what you do.If you want to listen to interviews with successful creators and learn from their experiences, subscribe to this podcast.2021-08-1500 min