Content, podcasts and media: what operators said this week

What media and content operators say is growing an audience. The 12 strongest moments from named speakers, word for word, each playable from the second it was said. Updated .

“I pretty much have at least every day from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. open for free creative writing time, working time, doing things like recording this podcast.”
DG
Dave Gerhardt
The Dave Gerhardt Show (from Exit Five) ·
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Another view · “If you’re creative or entrepreneurial… don’t take $120,000 in debt… it won’t matter in 20 years.” Gary Vaynerchuk on The GaryVee Audio Experience · Listen
“Long form content for short form content and batter it into the production… AI ingests entire video and clips it.”
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Gary Vee
The GaryVee Audio Experience ·
Growth tactic Share this moment
“I knew the value of being consistent in uploading stuff and just notifying everybody that we're still here and we have a new product here and there. Is this email list? Yeah, newsletters and stories, posts.”
TL
The Good Liver
Shopify Masters ·
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Another view · “I write every single word. I don't let AI do any writing for me, but I do have GrokBots helping me out at every step of preparing those newsletters.” Lon Harris on This Week in Startups · Listen
“‘No matter how much you’re in media now, nobody knows who the hell you are.’”
JL
Jay Leno
TBPN ·
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Another view · “People don’t need to sell… they’ve made so much money over the last seven years… they can hold it for another five years.” Emilio Martinez on Geared for Growth Property Investing Podcast · Listen
“We were indeed a 100% referral only planning practice, which means that we spent $0 on marketing, $0 on events, $0 on social media and any of that.”
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Libby Grywe
The Efficient Advisor: Tactical Business Advice for Financial Planners ·
Growth tactic $0 marketing spend; $1.5 million annual revenue; 285 households served Share this moment
Another view · “I typically don't do it… you also need to think about your target audience… could be shipped all over the world” Elizabeth Marberry on Social Media Marketing Podcast · Listen
“We're left with $18, so $100 sale minus $30 of cost of goods, minus $6 for TikTok, minus $15 for the creator, minus $20 for GMV Max, minus $8 for fulfillment and shipping, minus $3 for returns equals an $18 contribution margin.”
JW
Jordan West
The Unofficial TikTok Shop Podcast with Jordan West ·
Hard number $18 contribution margin (18% of $100) Share this moment
“It tells you… this piece of content isn’t optimized for an agent to read… it reduced your referrals by 65%.”
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Devin Kunysz
The CPG Guys ·
Tool reduced referrals by 65% Share this moment
“I can just say like, we're gonna, we're gonna start and grow a YouTube channel, right? Which is something that we should have done years ago in my business.”
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Preston Lee
Freelance to Founder ·
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“I love Gemini for Gemini gives you the most tokens, but I love it for multimodal. So we do a lot with video, obviously. And so Gemini is great for video, but also when we're analyzing our YouTube stats”
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Richard Gerhardt
Real AI Use Cases Business Owners Roundtable ·
“I’m going to sit down for two days and do two months worth of content and then use that schedule feature on Instagram.”
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Samantha Wills
The Pay Off with Sylvia Jeffreys ·
How they work 2 days to create 2 months worth of content Share this moment
“Another perhaps the most efficient of all when I occasionally dip into some industry research is YouTube. And you'd be surprised how many owners of X random type of small business have channels about what it's like to be in that business.”
JH
John Hyatt
Acquiring Minds ·
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“She suggests running a small event or content series as an MVP to test communication, trust, and outcomes.”
RH
Rosie Holt
Best Business Podcast with Rosie Holt ·
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