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Introducing the YouTube Creators Hub podcast - your ultimate destination for taking your YouTube channel to new heights, whether for business or personal growth! Join our host, Dusty Porter - a certified YouTube expert with a wealth of knowledge - as he delves into the fascinating world of online video creation every week. Dusty sits down with an exceptional YouTube Creator in each episode to explore their unique journey and share invaluable insights, strategies, and tips. If you're looking for practical guidance, inspiring stories, and expert tutorials, look no further than the YouTube Creators Hub podcast. Get ready to elevate your YouTube game!
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How Jerbob Used YouTube to Launch His Indie Game
How do you build an audience for a game you're still making? Jeremy from Jerbob joins Dusty Porter to share how a game jam prototype became Vampy's Big Day, a goofy vampire stealth game released on Steam …
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How do you build an audience for a game you're still making? Jeremy from Jerbob joins Dusty Porter to share how a game jam prototype became Vampy's Big Day, a goofy vampire stealth game released on Steam.
Jeremy breaks down the jobs his devlogs, Shorts, and livestreams each do. We get into visual hooks, writing scripts that sound like you, and using a Steam wishlist call to action before launch. Jeremy also shares what one Short earned at the time of recording and how he weighs sponsorship fit and audience trust.
CONNECT WITH Jeremy
Jerbob on YouTube /// Vampy's Big Day on Steam
CREATOR RESOURCES
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Building a YouTube Brand Beyond Views with Felix Davila of The Watch Bros
Felix Davila, co-founder and co-host of The Watch Bros, joins Dusty Porter to share how a niche watch channel became a broader brand and business. We talk about building a channel with a business partner …
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Felix Davila, co-founder and co-host of The Watch Bros, joins Dusty Porter to share how a niche watch channel became a broader brand and business.
We talk about building a channel with a business partner, creating a premium identity, and understanding what viewers actually want. Felix explains how The Watch Bros expanded into memberships and merchandise, why increasing uploads did not increase their revenue, and how he approached brands with a pitch centered on audience fit.
CONNECT WITH Felix
CREATOR RESOURCES
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Growing a Niche YouTube Channel While Working Full-Time with Simon Cator
Simon Cator runs Simon Says Home Assistant alongside a full-time eight-hour day job. His approach starts with a clear niche, a simple recording setup, and a willingness to keep putting useful videos into the …
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Simon Cator runs Simon Says Home Assistant alongside a full-time eight-hour day job. His approach starts with a clear niche, a simple recording setup, and a willingness to keep putting useful videos into the world. In episode 524 of YouTube Creators Hub, Simon joins Dusty Porter to explain how he turned an interest in home automation into tutorials, product reviews, and a livestream show with a collaborator in California.CONNECT WITH Simon
CREATOR RESOURCES
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AI Video Editing Without Giving Up Creative Control with Joe Wooten
Joe Wooten wants AI to do more of the editing work while he stays in the director's chair. In episode 523 of YouTube Creators Hub, the creator behind Woots Workshop joins Dusty Porter to explain the workflow he …
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Joe Wooten wants AI to do more of the editing work while he stays in the director's chair.
In episode 523 of YouTube Creators Hub, the creator behind Woots Workshop joins Dusty Porter to explain the workflow he has built with Claude: transcribing footage, refining rough cuts, adding motion graphics, directing speaker-focused edits, and working with music and sound effects.
His approach depends on feedback. Joe asks for previews, points out what feels wrong, and saves the resulting creative rules in a reusable editing skill. He describes using Claude Desktop to coordinate the work, with local tools and scripts doing parts of the processing, and discusses finishing edits in DaVinci Resolve.
The conversation also covers the creator skills that still matter: making a thumbnail and title work together, building a story around technical material, and approaching brands professionally. Joe shares how he started pursuing product partnerships at around 200 subscribers and why a solid pitch helped him begin those relationships.
CONNECT WITH Joe
CREATOR RESOURCES
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Audience Trust and the Long Game on YouTube with Frederick Dunn
Frederick Dunn has been sharing on YouTube since 2008. His channel evolved from chicken videos into a library of beekeeping education built around curiosity, careful observation, and a personal connection with …
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Frederick Dunn has been sharing on YouTube since 2008. His channel evolved from chicken videos into a library of beekeeping education built around curiosity, careful observation, and a personal connection with viewers.
In episode 522 of YouTube Creators Hub, Fred joins Dusty Porter to talk about the choices behind that channel: long-form videos, simple thumbnails, personal comment replies, and a deliberate decision to skip mid-roll ads.
We explore the billboard test for packaging, matching your pacing to your audience, and using analytics while keeping your own goals in view. Fred describes how his title, thumbnail, and opening description paragraph work together, including where he uses AI to help with a first draft.
The conversation also covers the business of a seasonal niche. Fred discusses ad revenue, equipment links, older videos finding new relevance, and why the videos he works hardest on are not always the ones viewers respond to most. He gives approximate seasonal YouTube revenue examples of $1,600 in December and $4,000–$5,000 in stronger late-spring or early-summer months; those are his reported examples at recording, not a fixed monthly income or net profit.
In this episode:
- Choose the audience and experience you want to build around.
- Make the thumbnail and title complement each other.
- Follow through on the promise that earns the click.
- Respond to the real question behind a viewer's comment.
- Understand how seasonality affects a niche channel.
- Show the hands-on work your viewers want to see.
- Build useful videos that can keep serving people over time.
CONNECT WITH FRED
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FrederickDunn
About Fred: https://www.fredsfinefowl.com/aboutfred.html
The Way To Bee podcast: https://www.fredsfinefowl.com/podcastthewaytobee.html
CREATOR RESOURCES
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Turning a Personal Brand Into a Business on YouTube with Millie Adrian
Millie Adrian turned a love of making videos into Modern Millie, an educational channel that helps creators build a personal brand and a sustainable business. This week on YouTube Creators Hub, Millie joins …
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Millie Adrian turned a love of making videos into Modern Millie, an educational channel that helps creators build a personal brand and a sustainable business.
This week on YouTube Creators Hub, Millie joins Dusty Porter to explain how YouTube became the main funnel for her business. She breaks down six primary income streams: brand collaborations, online courses, YouTube monetization, memberships, digital products, and affiliate income. She also shares her reported YouTube ad revenue and explains why courses and brand deals are her largest income sources.
The conversation covers her return to content creation after a corporate setback, the first course launch that changed how she saw her business, and the value of starting with a focused audience. Millie shares how she hires to free up time, plans titles and thumbnails before filming, and gathers visual inspiration from other niches.
What We Offer CreatorsJoin Creator Communities. A place to gather with other creators every single day. This provides access to Our Private Discord Server, Monthly Mastermind Group, and MORE!
Hire Dusty To Be Your YouTube Coach
YouTube Channel Reviews (Audit): Get a 7-10 minute personalized video review of your YouTube channel with honest, actionable feedback for just $50.
Subscribe to our weekly newsletter: Each week I document what I'm doing in my business and creative journey, share new things I've discovered, mistakes I've made, and much more!
All Tools Mentioned On The Show: The Ultimate Entrepreneurs Resource. This is the spreadsheet where I keep all of the tools mentioned by all the guests on the podcast.
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Building Practical Engineering with Grady Hillhouse
Grady Hillhouse started making woodworking videos as a hobby while working as a civil engineer. That experiment eventually became Practical Engineering. This week on YouTube Creators Hub, Grady joins Dusty …
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Grady Hillhouse started making woodworking videos as a hobby while working as a civil engineer. That experiment eventually became Practical Engineering.
This week on YouTube Creators Hub, Grady joins Dusty Porter to share the decisions and systems behind his educational channel. He explains how his team pitches ideas, looks for compelling visuals, and mocks up titles and thumbnails before a video moves into production.
We explore the full workflow, from scripting and fact-checking to demonstrations, filming, editing, and motion graphics. Grady also talks about setting deadlines, keeping roughly five videos in progress, and treating YouTube like a day job so he can make time for his family.
The conversation includes the transition to full-time creation, improving on camera, learning from videos that underperform, and the business role of ads, books, and long-term sponsorships. Grady closes with advice that applies at any stage: enjoy the work itself and leave room to experiment.
What We Offer CreatorsJoin Creator Communities. A place to gather with other creators every single day. This provides access to Our Private Discord Server, Monthly Mastermind Group, and MORE!
Hire Dusty To Be Your YouTube Coach
YouTube Channel Reviews (Audit): Get a 7-10 minute personalized video review of your YouTube channel with honest, actionable feedback for just $50.
Subscribe to our weekly newsletter: Each week I document what I'm doing in my business and creative journey, share new things I've discovered, mistakes I've made, and much more!
All Tools Mentioned On The Show: The Ultimate Entrepreneurs Resource. This is the spreadsheet where I keep all of the tools mentioned by all the guests on the podcast.
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Evergreen Videos and a Business Beyond Ads with Marco Bucci
Marco Bucci started posting art videos as an experiment. Over time, teaching became the foundation of a full-time creator business. This week on YouTube Creators Hub, Marco joins Dusty Porter to talk about …
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Marco Bucci started posting art videos as an experiment. Over time, teaching became the foundation of a full-time creator business. This week on YouTube Creators Hub, Marco joins Dusty Porter to talk about creating art lessons that stay useful for years and turning free teaching into trust. He explains how paid courses offer greater depth, where mentorship and sponsorships fit, and why YouTube ad revenue is only one part of his business. We also explore a tension many creators face: how much production is enough? Marco values highly crafted lessons, but says he would simplify his approach and publish more frequently if starting today. He shares his experience with niche boundaries, titles and thumbnails, stepping back from analytics, and staying connected with the people he teaches. What We Offer CreatorsJoin Creator Communities. A place to gather with other creators every single day. This provides access to Our Private Discord Server, Monthly Mastermind Group, and MORE!
Hire Dusty To Be Your YouTube Coach
YouTube Channel Reviews (Audit): Get a 7-10 minute personalized video review of your YouTube channel with honest, actionable feedback for just $50.
Subscribe to our weekly newsletter: Each week I document what I'm doing in my business and creative journey, share new things I've discovered, mistakes I've made, and much more!
All Tools Mentioned On The Show: The Ultimate Entrepreneurs Resource. This is the spreadsheet where I keep all of the tools mentioned by all the guests on the podcast.
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From Sewing Hobby to Full-Time Creator with Chelsea Swindle
Chelsea Swindle started sharing sewing projects online because she wanted something creative of her own—and a way to contribute to her family's income. That grew into She Sews Seams and a full-time creator …
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Chelsea Swindle started sharing sewing projects online because she wanted something creative of her own—and a way to contribute to her family's income. That grew into She Sews Seams and a full-time creator business. This week, Chelsea joins Dusty Porter to share how she moved from short-form videos to slower YouTube tutorials, found confidence in a focused niche, and built a community around making sewing approachable and fun. We talk about the preparation behind her tutorials, hiring an editor who keeps her humor intact, and earning through YouTube, Amazon, PDF patterns, sewing journals, and merchandise. Chelsea also explains why she has invested in an email list and why one long-form video a week is the pace she wants to maintain. What We Offer CreatorsJoin Creator Communities. A place to gather with other creators every single day. This provides access to Our Private Discord Server, Monthly Mastermind Group, and MORE!
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YouTube Channel Reviews (Audit): Get a 7-10 minute personalized video review of your YouTube channel with honest, actionable feedback for just $50.
Subscribe to our weekly newsletter: Each week I document what I'm doing in my business and creative journey, share new things I've discovered, mistakes I've made, and much more!
All Tools Mentioned On The Show: The Ultimate Entrepreneurs Resource. This is the spreadsheet where I keep all of the tools mentioned by all the guests on the podcast.
Connect With Chelsea:
Producer clarification: The future YPP entry changes discussed begin February 1, 2027. Details: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/12843009?hl=en. Instagram has offered monetization options such as Gifts and Subscriptions for eligible creators; Chelsea's platform experience is not a universal rule. Earnings in this conversation are personal estimates, not guaranteed outcomes.Better Titles, Thumbnails, and Hooks with Ian Lauer
You can spend days making a video—but will people click it, and will the opening make them stay? Astronomer and creator Ian Lauer joins Dusty Porter to explain how he turns specialized subjects into accessible …
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You can spend days making a video—but will people click it, and will the opening make them stay?
Astronomer and creator Ian Lauer joins Dusty Porter to explain how he turns specialized subjects into accessible YouTube stories. Ian shares his approach to finding ideas outside his niche, improving thumbnails, and writing hooks that confirm the viewer's choice while giving them a reason to keep watching.
We also explore why better pre-production saves him time, his path to full-time YouTube, and the different ways he earns through ads, affiliate links, digital products, and workshops. The conversation closes with his thoughts on authenticity and human connection in an AI-filled world.
In this episode:
- Find fresh video ideas by studying formats outside your niche.
- Use Ian's two-second test to check thumbnail clarity.
- Connect your title and thumbnail to the opening of your video.
- Build curiosity and give viewers a clear route through the story.
- Hear the tradeoffs behind Ian's move into full-time creating.
Find Ian: https://www.youtube.com/@ianlauerastro
Ian's website: https://ianlauerastro.com/
Star Stories: https://open.spotify.com/show/033qubUpO8G4AZWiz9uB41
Creator Communities: https://www.dustyporter.com/creatorcommunities
Coaching: https://www.dustyporter.com/youtubecoaching
Channel reviews: https://www.dustyporter.com/coaching/p/channelreviews
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How to Build a YouTube Audience That Stays | Matt Whitman
How do you build a YouTube audience that trusts you and keeps coming back? Matt Whitman joins Dusty Porter to share his approach to audience loyalty, Patreon, and a sustainable creator business. Matt creates …
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How do you build a YouTube audience that trusts you and keeps coming back? Matt Whitman joins Dusty Porter to share his approach to audience loyalty, Patreon, and a sustainable creator business.
Matt creates the Matt Whitman YouTube channel and The Ten Minute Bible Hour Podcast, and co-hosts No Dumb Questions with Destin Sandlin of Smarter Every Day. In episode 516, we discuss his path from a Wyoming church to online content, the first sponsorship payment that changed his outlook, and why he puts audience service at the center of his work.
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The Ten Minute Bible Hour Podcast
What We Offer CreatorsJoin Creator Communities. A place to gather with other creators every single day. This provides access to Our Private Discord Server, Monthly Mastermind Group, and MORE!
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Subscribe to our weekly newsletter: Each week I document what I'm doing in my business and creative journey, share new things I've discovered, mistakes I've made, and much more!
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YouTube Changed What Counts as a View | Here's What It Actually Means
YouTube now counts a public view from the moment a video begins playing, even from the first frame. Dusty explains what this means for long-form videos, Shorts, livestreams, analytics, monetization, sponsorship …
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YouTube now counts a public view from the moment a video begins playing, even from the first frame. Dusty explains what this means for long-form videos, Shorts, livestreams, analytics, monetization, sponsorship reporting, and the way creators should evaluate channel performance after August 24, 2026.
What We Offer CreatorsJoin Creator Communities. A place to gather with other creators every single day. This provides access to Our Private Discord Server, Monthly Mastermind Group, and MORE!
Hire Dusty To Be Your YouTube Coach
YouTube Channel Reviews (Audit): Get a 7-10 minute personalized video review of your YouTube channel with honest, actionable feedback for just $50.
Subscribe to our weekly newsletter: Each week I document what I'm doing in my business and creative journey, share new things I've discovered, mistakes I've made, and much more!
All Tools Mentioned On The Show: The Ultimate Entrepreneurs Resource. This is the spreadsheet where I keep all of the tools mentioned by all the guests on the podcast.
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What Brands Actually Pay for a Sponsored Video in 2026 (w/ Chase Brogan)
This week I'm joined by Chase Brogan, who has built an 840,000 subscriber tech and gaming review channel and now works with 10 to 20 brands a week without ever pitching a single one. Chase breaks down exactly …
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This week I'm joined by Chase Brogan, who has built an 840,000 subscriber tech and gaming review channel and now works with 10 to 20 brands a week without ever pitching a single one. Chase breaks down exactly what he charges for a sponsored video, why he hands brands unlimited usage rights for free, and the Amazon affiliate quirk that once paid him a commission on a $5,000 boat trailer. He also tells the story of getting hacked out of his own channel for six weeks, losing every brand deal he had, and the eight months it took to recover financially. If you want brands coming to you instead of you chasing them, this one is worth your time.
About Chase:
Chase Brogan is a YouTuber, content creator, and video producer who has built a major presence across the tech, gaming, and professional wrestling spaces. On his own YouTube channel, Chase reviews the latest technology, gaming products, and consumer electronics for an audience of 840,000 subscribers. Beyond his own channel, Chase has become one of the leading YouTube producers working in professional wrestling, helping established wrestling personalities build and grow their presence on the platform. He has worked with names including WWE and WCW stars Buff Bagwell, Perry Saturn, Mark Jindrak, and Tessa Blanchard, among others. Combining his experience as both an on-camera creator and behind-the-scenes producer, Chase specializes in YouTube growth, content strategy, audience development, and turning established personalities and brands into successful digital media properties.
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YouTube Channel /// Perry Saturn (produced) /// Mark Jindrak (produced) What We Offer CreatorsJoin Creator Communities. A place to gather with other creators every single day. This provides access to Our Private Discord Server, Monthly Mastermind Group, and MORE!
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He Changed This Video's Title 9 Times Before It Took Off | Daniel Braun
Daniel Braun narrowed personal finance down to credit cards, points and miles, and built a 247,000 subscriber channel on the back of it. In this episode he is unusually open about the numbers: $12,000 to …
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Daniel Braun narrowed personal finance down to credit cards, points and miles, and built a 247,000 subscriber channel on the back of it. In this episode he is unusually open about the numbers: $12,000 to $15,000 a month from AdSense, CPMs in the $45 to $50 range, two brand deals a month, and affiliate months that swing from below five figures to well into them. We also get into the fourth video that told him where his real audience was, the nine title and thumbnail changes it took to get one recent video working, and the technical script system he runs with a two person team. He closes with how his 37,000 subscriber newsletter became leverage for raising his brand deal rates.
About Daniel:
Daniel is a full time YouTuber and media business owner. He currently has over 245,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel and over 36,000 subscribers on his newsletter, Wiser Wallet. Across his platforms, he talks about credit cards, traveling for (nearly) free with points and miles, budgeting, and other personal finance topics. His mission is to help people optimize their everyday finances, save money, and live life to the fullest through travel and experiences that fit their budget.
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How She Got Monetized in 19 Days on a Brand New Channel | Alexa Milmont
Alexa Milmont left a 12-year corporate marketing career, started documenting her reselling business on YouTube as a hobby, and was monetized in 19 days. Two months and 12 videos later she's past 14,000 …
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Alexa Milmont left a 12-year corporate marketing career, started documenting her reselling business on YouTube as a hobby, and was monetized in 19 days. Two months and 12 videos later she's past 14,000 subscribers with a video sitting near 400,000 views. We get into the real numbers. Her first AdSense check, what affiliate links actually brought in, and why a cell phone lanyard outsold everything she tried to sell on purpose. She also shares the rule she made for herself after deleting the YouTube Studio app off her phone.
About Alexa:
Alexa Milmont is the creator behind Shop Style Cycle, where she shares her journey of leaving corporate to build a business on her own terms. Her content focuses on reselling, income transparency, and building multiple income streams, including YouTube, to inspire others to create more flexibility, freedom, and financial independence.
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YouTube What We Offer CreatorsJoin Creator Communities. A place to gather with other creators every single day. This provides access to Our Private Discord Server, Monthly Mastermind Group, and MORE!
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How to Price Yourself So Brands Actually Pay You More | Spencer Pugh
Most creators are told to build an audience first and figure out the money later. Spencer Scott Pugh did the opposite — and it worked. In this episode, the tech reviewer behind Form and Function breaks down how …
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Most creators are told to build an audience first and figure out the money later. Spencer Scott Pugh did the opposite — and it worked. In this episode, the tech reviewer behind Form and Function breaks down how one unpaid smart-ring review turned into $280K in sales for a brand, why he treats his channel as a marketing business instead of a personality play, and how he lands, prices, and negotiates brand deals that actually pay the bills. We get into product-first thumbnails, the pricing "three-package" trick, the brand deal that burned him, beating burnout with a team, and the one question every creator has to answer before anything else works. Honest, tactical, and refreshingly transparent.
About Spencer:
Spencer Scott Pugh is a Roanoke-based creative and product tech reviewer. He spent ten years in marketing and advertising before going independent to focus on his own brands—Spencer Scott Pugh and the more editorial Form and Function. He's a husband, father of two, and a man of faith who cares about craft, family, and doing good work with good people.
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YouTube Channel /// Website What We Offer CreatorsJoin Creator Communities. A place to gather with other creators every single day. This provides access to Our Private Discord Server, Monthly Mastermind Group, and MORE!
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Three 100K+ YouTube Channels, One System: Inside Zealand's Creator Machine
He streamed to 10 viewers for two years. Now Zealand runs three 100K+ YouTube channels and a full-time team. He shares his real monthly numbers, his exact production system, why over-polished content is dying …
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He streamed to 10 viewers for two years. Now Zealand runs three 100K+ YouTube channels and a full-time team. He shares his real monthly numbers, his exact production system, why over-polished content is dying, and the one DM rejection that fueled it all.
About Zealand:
I was a professional sports broadcaster who started streaming my Football Manager game play for fun in college. An FM website offered control of their 200 subscriber YouTube channel, I took over and started making FM guides. I fell in love with YouTube and have since reached 100k on three different channels, branching out into gaming and soccer.
Connect With Zealand:
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What 6 Years of Weekly Uploads Actually Pays a YouTube Creator | Tasia Custode
Tasia Custode lost 90% of her video production business overnight when the pandemic hit. One weekly YouTube video later — every Thursday, for six straight years — and her channel (121K subs) is now a legitimate …
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Tasia Custode lost 90% of her video production business overnight when the pandemic hit. One weekly YouTube video later — every Thursday, for six straight years — and her channel (121K subs) is now a legitimate income arm of her company. In this episode, Tasia opens the books: what YouTube ad revenue actually pays at 121K subscribers, the "invalid traffic bug" that gutted her revenue for 14 months, and how partnerships (including ones that never touch her own channel) became her biggest creator income stream. We also dig into her all-Google production workflow, how she uses Gemini as a daily assistant without letting AI replace her voice, and why she says subscribers are a vanity metric — plus the one number she tracks instead.
About Tasia:
Tasia Custode is a TV Host and Video Producer with nearly 20 years of broadcast experience, honing her skills both in front and behind the camera. As Founder and CEO of Brio Media, she splits her time between business operations, story producing, directing creative, and editing. Tasia is also the sole content creator for her YouTube Channel: Tasia Custode, where she provides viewers with tech tips, app reviews, and a metric ton of Google content. When she's not producing videos, she can be found traveling the globe, listening to Taylor Swift, and cheering on the Montreal Canadiens.
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How to Pivot Your YouTube Niche Without Losing Your Audience (w/ Simple Lucas)
Lucas built a YouTube channel about barefoot shoes — then a video of him staring at a wall pulled 1.8 million views in four months and changed everything. In this episode, Lucas (Simple Lucas) breaks down …
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Lucas built a YouTube channel about barefoot shoes — then a video of him staring at a wall pulled 1.8 million views in four months and changed everything. In this episode, Lucas (Simple Lucas) breaks down exactly how he escaped the niche that grew his channel but boxed him in, how he engineered the "world's simplest productivity trick" video from thumbnail backwards, and why faking expertise got him called out by his own audience. We dig into his planning-heavy production process, the affiliate video that made him $1,000 off one piece of breaking news, and his three rules for creators that fly in the face of hustle culture: be inefficient, be human, and make things you like.
About Lucas:
The Simple Lucas channel is basically me - an employed, mid-20s, married guy - trying things out that could be useful to myself and my viewers alike. It's candid and human, and is about how we can realistically apply simple habits/systems to better our productivity and wellbeing.
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YouTube Brand Deal Negotiation: How to Charge What You're Worth (With AyChristene)
What's a brand deal actually worth and how much are you leaving on the table by saying yes too fast? This week, Dusty sits down with Christene of AyChristene, a creator with nearly 700,000 subscribers who's …
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What's a brand deal actually worth and how much are you leaving on the table by saying yes too fast? This week, Dusty sits down with Christene of AyChristene, a creator with nearly 700,000 subscribers who's built a full-time career on reaction content across gaming, animation, and TV. Christene breaks down the exact negotiation that turned a $1,000 offer into $5,000, why the biggest money in her business isn't AdSense, and the counterintuitive reason rushing to be "first" can actually hurt a reaction channel. If you've ever undercharged, undervalued your work, or hesitated to hit publish, this one's for you.
About Christene:
Today's guest is AYCHRISTENE — content creator, creator educator, speaker, and creator business advocate. She helps creators grow with confidence, understand their value, and build sustainable businesses through content, negotiation, and personal branding. She is also the creator of Empower Your Worth: The Ultimate Pricing Guide for Creators.
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YouTube Creator Q&A: Niche, Monetization, Burnout & Going Full-Time
In this special YouTube Creator Q&A episode, we tackle the questions creators are asking right now—how to choose a niche, grow consistently without burning out, and build a monetization plan that actually fits …
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In this special YouTube Creator Q&A episode, we tackle the questions creators are asking right now—how to choose a niche, grow consistently without burning out, and build a monetization plan that actually fits your channel. We also break down sponsorship pricing, what to focus on in 2026, and how to know when (or if) it's time to go full-time.
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He Makes $8K/Month on YouTube With Less Than 100 Videos
James Kelly doesn't even have 100 videos on his YouTube channel, but he's pulling in £5,000–£7,000 a month ($6K–$9K) from it. In this episode, the man behind some of the best-looking studios on YouTube (and Ed …
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James Kelly doesn't even have 100 videos on his YouTube channel, but he's pulling in £5,000–£7,000 a month ($6K–$9K) from it. In this episode, the man behind some of the best-looking studios on YouTube (and Ed Lawrence's longtime collaborator at Film Booth) breaks down exactly how a small channel funds a real business: high-ticket studio builds, £300 thumbnails, and one video idea that got him re-monetized AND landed 8 client calls in a week.
About James:
James Kelly helps business creators and experts build professional-looking YouTube studios that position them as authorities and attract high-value clients. A graphic designer turned filmmaker, James spent years as Ed Lawrence's right hand at Film Booth, co-creating Thumbnail University and the studio build courses, before relaunching his own channel as "the studio guy." He now offers everything from AI-powered Studio Vision Audits to full done-for-you studio builds worldwide.
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Quitting Your Job for YouTube: Pros, Cons & Runway With David Voorhies
What does it actually look like to leave a stable corporate job and go full-time as a creator? In this episode I sit back down with David, a returning guest and acrylic paint pouring artist who just walked away …
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What does it actually look like to leave a stable corporate job and go full-time as a creator? In this episode I sit back down with David, a returning guest and acrylic paint pouring artist who just walked away from his job as a product owner at a software engineering firm. Here's the part nobody says out loud: he's currently making three to four times LESS than he did at his last interview on the show. And he'd do it again in a heartbeat.
About David:
David is an acrylic paint pouring artist and full-time creator. What started as a blog in 2019 became a YouTube channel that now pulls in thousands of views per video (with a couple approaching a million), and after seven years of building on the side, he recently left his role as a product owner at a software engineering firm to go all-in. He's launching an AI-built app for acrylic pourers and building out a course and community alongside his channel.
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He Made a Video for His 90-Year-Old Mom. Now He Makes $100K a Year
On the Creators Hub podcast, Dusty Porter interviews YouTuber Rich Bowlin (over 200,000 subscribers with under 250 uploads), a retired attorney and CEO of a religious nonprofit whose channel began after making …
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On the Creators Hub podcast, Dusty Porter interviews YouTuber Rich Bowlin (over 200,000 subscribers with under 250 uploads), a retired attorney and CEO of a religious nonprofit whose channel began after making iPad tutorial videos for his 90-year-old mother; the episode is dedicated to her after her recent passing. Rich explains how early "wisdom" videos flopped but simple iPhone/iPad how-to content for seniors took off, leading to monetization at 1,000 subscribers/4,000 watch hours and a growing side hustle. He describes focusing on a clear niche, using analytics to refine topics, upgrading from basic iPhone filming to a home studio with multiple Panasonic Lumix cameras, and streamlining production with custom Claude-built apps, Final Cut Pro, and AI help for ideas and thumbnails. He shares revenue sources (ads, sponsorships, Amazon affiliates), lessons on underpricing sponsors, and encouragement that YouTube still offers major opportunity with perseverance and improvement.
About Rich:
Retired attorney. CEO of Religious non-profit.
My YouTube journey began when my siblings and I bought my 90 yr old mother and iPad. She struggled using it so I made a short tutorial for her to watch. That video got quite a few views so I ended up making a few more simple videos for seniors on how to use their iPad and iPhone. Should cross 200k subscribers this month. An amaziing journey.
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Is the Algorithm Broken? Real Creator Questions Answered (2026)
One of you asked if you should quit YouTube. Another's got 200 subs and feels invisible. Today I'm answering the real questions creators are asking about growing on YouTube in 2026 What We Offer Creators Join …
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One of you asked if you should quit YouTube. Another's got 200 subs and feels invisible. Today I'm answering the real questions creators are asking about growing on YouTube in 2026
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He Quit Corporate at 44 | Hit Full-Time YouTube in 12 Months
Episode 500! Ty Myers left a 20-year corporate career at 44 and hit full-time YouTube income in 12 months — with no prior video experience. He breaks down his $3,500 mentorship, why most creators spend their …
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Episode 500! Ty Myers left a 20-year corporate career at 44 and hit full-time YouTube income in 12 months — with no prior video experience. He breaks down his $3,500 mentorship, why most creators spend their time completely backwards, and the fastest on-ramp to leaving your 9-to-5.
About Ty:
Ty Myers left a 20-year corporate career in late 2024 to go full-time on YouTube at 44. In 21 months, he's grown to 33K+ subscribers and built a coaching business around helping mid-life creators start, grow, and monetize on YouTube — without burning out chasing hustle culture.
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The Truth About Making Money on YouTube in 2026 | Josh Summers
In episode 499 of the Creators Hub podcast, Dusty interviews entrepreneur Josh Summers from the All Things Secured YouTube channel about building a nearly 431K-subscriber channel through steady consistency …
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In episode 499 of the Creators Hub podcast, Dusty interviews entrepreneur Josh Summers from the All Things Secured YouTube channel about building a nearly 431K-subscriber channel through steady consistency, incremental improvement, and testing, especially A/B thumbnail testing. Josh shares the origin of his security focus after being monitored and interrogated in China, and explains his current content strategy prioritizing long-form videos for consistent views and revenue, supplemented by monthly live streams and occasional Shorts. He breaks down how his workflow evolved to start with "packaging" (angle, title, thumbnail, and early payoff) before scripting, and discusses monetization shifts from affiliate-heavy income to primarily sponsorships, including building multi-touch packages. Josh also compares this to his smaller Bible memory channel, where he's building owned products, a paid community, and a live event.
About Josh:
Josh is an entrepreneur with multiple YouTube channels, podcasts and online communities. He lives and works remotely in Asia where he loves basketball and riding his motorcycle through the mountains.
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The YouTube Tools 90% of Creators Are Wasting
This week is a rare double-shot solo episode — two of Dusty's Creator's Corner monologues bundled into one main feed drop. Part one breaks down the underrated trio of end screens, cards, and pinned comments — …
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This week is a rare double-shot solo episode — two of Dusty's Creator's Corner monologues bundled into one main feed drop. Part one breaks down the underrated trio of end screens, cards, and pinned comments — why most creators waste this real estate, and the simple intentional shifts that turn them into watch-time and session-length engines. Part two introduces the four-part sponsor read framework (Signal → Bridge → Proof → Handoff) — the exact 15-to-30-second window where you either keep your audience's trust or lose it, and the one mistake that can tank credibility instantly. If you've ever felt your end screens, cards, or ad reads were just checkboxes, this episode rewires how you think about all of it.
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Ghost Hunters Creator: "I Would've Started YouTube 16 Years Ago"
What happens when the guy who created one of the most successful paranormal TV shows of all time walks away from network television and plants his flag on YouTube? In this episode, Jason Hawes — creator, lead …
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What happens when the guy who created one of the most successful paranormal TV shows of all time walks away from network television and plants his flag on YouTube? In this episode, Jason Hawes — creator, lead investigator, and original host of Ghost Hunters — sits down with Dusty to break down what 20 years of mainstream TV taught him about storytelling, why he let his YouTube channel sit dormant for 15 years before launching it, how he thinks about monetization (including why he removes 50% of YouTube's ads), and what's next for his channel "Unlocking the Unknown."
About Jason:
Jason Hawes is a paranormal investigator, television personality, and New York Times bestselling author best known as the creator and original lead investigator of Ghost Hunters, the series that helped bring real-world paranormal investigation into the mainstream. For over two decades, he has approached the field with a grounded, no-nonsense mindset focused on finding answers, not chasing hype.
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How This 33K Channel Makes $5K a Month (No Sponsors)
What does it really take to build a profitable YouTube channel in a niche everyone says is "too small"? In this episode, Cody Moneymaker pulls back the curtain on how his bluegrass guitar channel, just 33,000 …
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What does it really take to build a profitable YouTube channel in a niche everyone says is "too small"? In this episode, Cody Moneymaker pulls back the curtain on how his bluegrass guitar channel, just 33,000 subscribers, generates right around $5,000 a month in course sales, with zero paid ads and barely any sponsorships.
We get into the exact pivot that changed everything (hint: it wasn't about playing better), why his thumbnails look like a newspaper on purpose, how he plans his entire year around sales seasonality, and the mindset shift that keeps him from burning out. If you've got a small channel and you're wondering if the numbers will ever add up — this one's for you.
About Cody:
Cody Moneymaker is a bluegrass guitarist and educator based in East Tennessee. A graduate of East Tennessee State University's Bluegrass, Old-Time, and Country Music program, he has performed everywhere from Knoxville to Vietnam. His YouTube channel, Cody M. Music, has over 32,000 subscribers, where he shares lessons and insights into bluegrass guitar, gear, and ups and downs of being a local musician.
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