Doin' The Thing w/ Dillan Taylor

Dillan interviews Nate Solon—a chess coach, writer, and FM (FIDE Master) in chess. There are only about 9000 FMs in the world, which means Nate is in the top .3% of all chess players on the planet.
Nate writes the Zwischenzug newsletter, built a nice Twitter audience, made a few chess courses on Chessable, and even wrote a chess book. Nate uses his data science background in his content to help intermediate chess players study and improve at the game.
They discuss: how Nate revived his chess career after a long hiatus, how Nate grew an audience through long-form writing in a world of video content, Nate’s sales funnel for getting chess coaching students, how Nate builds Chessable courses, why Nate started and closed down a paid community, and at the end of the convo Nate and Dillan play a quick blitz game.
Nate's links...
Website / Coaching / Courses: https://www.natesolon.com/
Twitter / X: https://x.com/natesolon
Newsletter: https://zwischenzug.substack.com/
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Follow Dillan on the interwebs...

Twitter / X: https://x.com/dillanroytaylor
Newsletter: https://www.grindstone.coach/newsletter
Apply for Grindstone Coaching: https://www.grindstone.coach/Music by myboy.scoochy:
https://www.instagram.com/myboy.scoochy/

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0:00 Intro
1:37 Nate's chess career
5:05 What's an FM?
10:10 Why Nate started content
15:07 Can anyone make a chess course?
20:43 How Nate advertised
25:41 Types of chess content
28:11 Niche vs broad
35:54 Nate's ideal audience
39:27 Nate's paid community
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"I could use this time for short-term pleasure. I could watch a movie or go out drinking with friends...Or I could spend two hours really grinding every day and see what comes of it."
This is from Grindstone's January Creator Interview. Dillan interviews James & Anthony Deveney (@RaidersLostPod), hosts of Raiders of the Lost Podcast—the best TV/film podcast on the internet.
You'll learn: how they built a business from their passion for film, the difficulties of creating when no one is listening, how to take the leap into full-time content creation, how to overcome fear and bet on yourself, and how to diversify uploads on multiple platforms.
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Doin' The Thing is a show for creators and business builders who want to build their thing better and faster. It's hosted by Dillan Taylor—certified life coach, writer, and CEO of Grindstone. He tracks his journey of scaling his first company, tells stories from 2500+ coaching sessions, and interviews creators who are way cooler than he is...to help you grow an audience, make more money, and stay consistent in your work.
Follow Dillan Taylor on the interwebs:
Twitter / X | YouTube | dillantaylor.com
Theme song by: myboyscoochy

Dillan interviews Joe (@CupppaJoe5). He's a Call of Duty: Warzone creator and educator, helping his audience improve at the game. A year ago, he quit his 9-5 job to do content full-time.
They discuss: the best and worst parts of being a full-time content creator, why Joe started a brand new channel from scratch, why being stuck in a niche isn't a bad thing, what Joe learned from starting a new YouTube channel, how to script your videos in a way that attracts new viewers, the most valuable mistakes Joe has made, all of Joe's different revenue streams as a creator, why you should raise your prices, what Joe wishes he knew when he quit his job to do content full-time, and much more.
Joe's links...
Website: https://cupppajoe5.com/
Twitter / X: https://x.com/CupppaJoe5
YouTube main: https://www.youtube.com/c/CupppaJoe5
YouTube let's play: https://www.youtube.com/@CupppaJoePlays
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Follow Dillan on the interwebs...

Twitter / X: https://x.com/dillanroytaylor
Newsletter: https://www.grindstone.coach/newsletter
Apply for Grindstone Coaching: https://www.grindstone.coach/Music by myboy.scoochy:
https://www.instagram.com/myboy.scoochy/

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0:00 Intro
0:49 Easiest / hardest part?
7:53 Why Joe started a new channel
12:51 Being "trapped" in a nice
23:12 Lessons from the new channel
29:13 How to talk to new viewers
35:19 Joe's most valuable mistakes
39:23 Rev stream 1: YouTube adsense
42:45 Rev stream 2: streaming
49:32 Rev stream 3: coaching
54:36 Why you should raise your prices
1:01:36 Rev stream 4: TikTok
1:05:56 Rev stream 5: sponsorships
1:10:14 Joe's advice to his past self
1:15:28 Bye bye bye

My guest today is John Strasser—founder of the Insight Coaching Community (ICC).
The ICC is an online community and certification program for life coaches around the world. John is the best in the business when it comes to teaching coaches how to coach powerfully, how to market themselves authentically, and how to create paid clients and make a great living as a life coach.
I know all this because I run a life coaching business. I was trained and certified by John in the ICC.
He’s my coach, my mentor, and a friend. I owe my career to him, so it was a true delight and honor to be able to sit down with him and dive into all things coaching. If you’re interested in life coaching, if you’re trying to start or grow your life coaching business, if you want to make great money in a career that’s fulfilling and dedicated to helping others...this episode is for you.
John and I cover: what led to him living in a homeless shelter, whether the Law of Attraction is real or not, what people think life coaching is vs what it actually is, the most common mistakes coaches make when building their businesses, the 4 steps to creating paid coaching clients, how to get a life coaching certification, and why John thinks I’m the greatest coach who ever lived.
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Here are John's links...
ICC website—https://www.facebook.com/InsightCoachingCommunity/
Typical Life Coach Podcast—https://www.insightcoachingcommunity.com/podcast
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Get in touch with me!
YouTube—https://www.youtube.com/@youtubersguide
blog—https://dills.blog/
Instagram—https://www.instagram.com/dillanroytaylor/

Meghan Murphy is the editor of Feminist Current, a website and podcast dedicated to women’s issues and protecting female spaces. She also hosts The Same Drugs where she and her guests tackle topics like third-wave feminism, gender ideology, and cencorship.
Many people know Meghan as the woman who got banned from Twitter in 2018. She’s been on The Joe Rogan Experience a few times to tell her story. And she just got let back on the platform after Elon Musk bought the company.

As of this recording, her channel has 22k subscribers. Despite going through online cancellation, libel, and death threats, she manages to just have a great sense of humor about everything. She speaks her mind always and inspires others to do the same.
Meghan and I cover: the 3 tweets that got her banned from Twitter, what feminism really is, the overprescription of anti-depressants and ADHD medication, the pros and cons of being an independent creator, what it’s like to be “cancelled” and lose friends because of that, and finally, Meghan tells me what a woman is.
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Here are Meghan's links...
https://linktr.ee/meghanemilymurphy
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Get in touch with me!
YouTube—https://www.youtube.com/@youtubersguide
Blog—https://dills.blog/