Doin' The Thing w/ Dillan Taylor
Dillan Taylor
Doin' The Thing is a show for creators 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 the journey of scaling his first company, interviews top 1% creators, and tells stories from 3500+ coaching sessions...to help you make better stuff, grow an audience, and make more money.
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This Guy Got 4m Followers by Making Goofy Shorts (w/ Andy Arthur Smith) pt. 1 | 026
Doin' The Thing w/ Dillan Taylor
03/11/24 • 27 min
Dillan interviews Andy Arthur Smith (@andyarthursmith), a musician and certified goofball. He's crushing it online with over 4 million followers on all platforms, most notably on TikTok and Instagram.
You'll learn: why you should never give up when you think it's too late, the power of hiring a social media manager, why you should decide to go all in on content, what Andy would do if he lost all of his following, how to collaborate with sponsors, and much more.
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Doin' The Thing is a show for creators 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.
Want way more accountability and feedback for what you're creating?
Join Grindstone for 100% free:
https://www.skool.com/grindstonecreators/about
Follow Dillan Taylor on the interwebs:
Twitter / X | YouTube | dillantaylor.com
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011 - 10 YouTube Tips For More Views and Subscribers
Doin' The Thing w/ Dillan Taylor
03/05/23 • 11 min
New to YouTube or thinking about starting a channel?
Here are 10 tips for getting started and getting going.
Hiring a Social Media Manager (w/ Andy Arthur Smith) pt. 2 | 028
Doin' The Thing w/ Dillan Taylor
03/25/24 • 23 min
Dillan interviews Andy Arthur Smith (@andyarthursmith), a musician and certified goofball. He's crushing it online with over 4 million followers on all platforms, most notably on TikTok and Instagram.
You'll learn: how musical creators deal with copyright rules, Andy's recording process, how to find a trustworthy manager, Andy's history of being a weirdo, and what it's like to have your childhood hero follow you on Instagram, and much more.
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Doin' The Thing is a show for creators 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 3000+ 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.
Want way more accountability and feedback for what you're creating?
Join Grindstone for 100% free:
https://www.skool.com/grindstonecreators/about
Follow Dillan Taylor on the interwebs:
Twitter / X | YouTube | dillantaylor.com
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016 - Quotidian Writer | The Art of Storytelling, Viral Videos, and Inconsistency
Doin' The Thing w/ Dillan Taylor
05/01/23 • 67 min
Diane Callahan runs the YouTube channel Quotidian Writer. She’s a writer of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. She’s also the managing editor at Story Garden Publishing.
The Quotidian Writer YouTube channel is dedicated to helping writers tell better stories and inspiring them to keep writing. Some of her most popular videos include:
• How to Show, Not Tell
• How to Motivate Yourself to Write Everyday
• All About Writing in the Third Person
• 10 Common New Writer Mistakes
As of this recording, Quotidian Writer has 143k subscribers.
Diane and I cover: showing vs telling in a story, Diane's literary career, how Diane's channel became successful without her posting consistently, the downside of getting millions of views on your videos, how a single joke Diane made has led to thousands of unwanted YouTube comments, her process for creating her videos, the value of going back and redoing your titles, thumbnails, and even videos, what it was like when she got 100k subscribers, and much more.
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Here are Diane's links...
YouTube—https://www.youtube.com/@QuotidianWriter
website—https://www.quotidianwriter.com/
Instagram—https://www.instagram.com/quotidianwriter/
Twitter—https://twitter.com/QuotidianWriter
Medium—https://quotidianwriter.medium.com/
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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/
Setting Up Calls Without Being Creepy (Typical Life Coach Podcast) | 027
Doin' The Thing w/ Dillan Taylor
03/18/24 • 30 min
"It's okay if you're not feeling confident. Of course you're not if you've never done this. Of course you feel that way. But you can change that through your inputs and your effort."
Join Dillan (@dillanroytaylor) as he guests on The Typical Life Coach Podcast to share valuable lessons on starting a business, doing outreach without being creepy, and getting strangers to open up.
The Typical Life Coach Podcast is hosted by John & Natalie Strasser:
https://typicallifecoachpodcast.buzzsprout.com/
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Doin' The Thing is a show for creators 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 become a professional creator.
Want way more accountability and feedback for what you're creating?
Join Grindstone for 100% free:
https://www.skool.com/grindstonecreators/about
Follow Dillan Taylor on the interwebs:
Twitter / X | YouTube | dillantaylor.com
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She Almost Quit YouTube, Then She Blew Up (w/ Aprilynne Alter) | 039
Doin' The Thing w/ Dillan Taylor
11/18/24 • 55 min
Dillan interviews Aprilynne Alter (@AprilynneAlter), a beginner-friendly YouTube educator.
Aprilynne made a viral video in a niche she wasn't passionate about. It almost ended her YouTube career. But since then, she's taken off in a new niche she loves: helping others grow on YouTube.
They discuss how to avoid creator burnout, why Aprilynne quit her successful channel, how to choose the right niche, how to deal with online trolls and haters, how to make great thumbnails, how to be patient and persistent, and much more.
Aprilynne Alter's links:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AprilynneAlter
Twitter / X: https://x.com/AprilynneAlter
website: https://www.aprilynnealter.com/
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Doin' The Thing is a show for creators 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 3500+ coaching sessions, and interviews creators who are way cooler than he is...to help you make better stuff, grow an audience, and make more money online.
Are you a monetized YouTuber who wants to go full-time?
Join the free Grindstone community:
https://www.skool.com/grindstonecreators/about
Follow Dillan Taylor on the interwebs:
Twitter / X | newsletter
How to Keep Creating No Matter What (w/ Quotidian Writer) pt. 2 | 032
Doin' The Thing w/ Dillan Taylor
05/06/24 • 22 min
"No matter the circumstances. If you don't have time. If life is getting in the way. If you don't have the energy. If you don't think you're good at this...Just keep doing it."
Dillan interviews Diane Callahan—aka Quotidian Writer. She's a YouTuber and podcaster in the fiction writing world. Her aim is to help creators tell better stories and 'just keep writing.'
We discuss: balancing authenticity and professionalism, what to do when people don't take you seriously, why you don't need confidence, shortform vs longform content, Diane's #1 piece of advice to smaller creators, and much more.
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Doin' The Thing is a show for creators 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 3000+ 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.
Want way more accountability and feedback for what you're creating?
Join Grindstone for 100% free:
https://www.skool.com/grindstonecreators/about
Follow Dillan Taylor on the interwebs:
Twitter / X | YouTube | newsletter
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Winning the Internet (w/ Joe Previte) | 035
Doin' The Thing w/ Dillan Taylor
08/15/24 • 45 min
Dillan interviews Joe Previte (@jsjoeio).
He's a full-stack software engineer who has created tons of projects that live on the internet—including: courses for programmers, Spanish language programs, and most recently Cowork With Friends. He started his online career by sharing his travel lessons on his first blog, and has since grown a hefty Twitter audience.
We discuss: how Joe got 42,000 Twitter followers on accident, the power of sharing "How I" content instead of "How To" content, how Twitter has changed over the last decade, why people follow you, how Dillan and Joe met, Joe's biggest opportunities from having an audience, how Joe began monetizing his audience, the balance between creating for fun and creating for your audience, the best ways to use the internet to win, and much more.
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Doin' The Thing is a show for creators 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 3500+ coaching sessions, and interviews creators who are way cooler than he is...to help you make better stuff, grow an audience, and make more money online.
Want to become a full-time creator with a tribe of others doing the same?
Join the Grindstone community:
https://www.skool.com/grindstonecreators/about
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Follow Dillan Taylor on the interwebs:
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This Conservative YouTuber Went From 0-700k Subs Traveling the World (w/ RattlesnakeTV) | 040
Doin' The Thing w/ Dillan Taylor
11/28/24 • 69 min
Dillan interviews Jake Julius from RattlesnakeTV.
Jake is a conservative analyst who breaks down clips, interviews, and debates from prominent thought leaders like Jordan Peterson, Vivek Ramaswamy, Charlie Kirk, and many more. His channel helps viewers stay "armed and dangerous" with sharper debating tools and techniques.
They discuss: how RattlesnakeTV creates content while traveling the world, the systems that help Jake and his brother post almost daily, how Jake handles getting demonetized, RattlesnakeTV's revenue streams, how Jake negotiates sponsors and brand deals, how to improve your debating skills as a creator, Jake's biggest business mistakes, the importance of making the most out of big opportunities, Jake's regrets on interviewing Vivek Ramaswamy, Jake's #1 piece of advice to aspiring creators, and much more.
RattlesnakeTV's links:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@rattlesnaketv
Twitter / X: https://x.com/jakerattlesnk
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rattlesnake.tv
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Are you a monetized creator who wants to go full-time?
Join the Grindstone community:
https://www.skool.com/grindstonecreators/about
Follow Dillan on the interwebs:
Twitter / X: https://x.com/dillanroytaylor
Newsletter: https://newsletter.dillantaylor.com/
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0:00 Jake's growth
2:41 RattlesnakeTV content
12:41 3 Types of audience
15:54 Getting demonetized
20:47 The price of success
26:23 Audience capture
31:33 RattlesnakeTV monetization
33:01 Why Jake blocks people
37:33 Negotiating w/ sponsors
41:22 Jake's business mistakes
44:51 How to improve at debate
51:40 Messing up big opportunities
1:04:41 Jake's #1 advice
7 Harsh Truths Every Creator Needs to Hear (w/ Mario Joos) | 038
Doin' The Thing w/ Dillan Taylor
11/14/24 • 67 min
Dillan interviews Mario Joos (@mariojooss)—a YouTube retention expert and YouTube educator. He helps YouTubers go from 1 million to 100 million subscribers. His past and present clients include: MrBeast, Brave Wilderness, Jose Zuniga, The Stokes Twins, and many more.
They discuss: the danger of obsessing over numbers, why creators shouldn't copy Alex Hormozi, the power of giving bad advice, the #1 video killer, how to give proper calls to action, why the viewer matters more than your artistic vision, the science of viewer interest, why anyone can get 1 million subscribers, and much more.
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Doin' The Thing is a show for creators 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 3500+ coaching sessions, and interviews creators who are way cooler than he is...to help you make better stuff, grow an audience, and make more money online.
Are you a monetized YouTuber who wants to go full-time?
Join the free Grindstone community:
https://www.skool.com/grindstonecreators/about
Follow Dillan Taylor on the interwebs:
Twitter / X | newsletter
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0:00 Intro
0:50 Obsessing over numbers
9:06 Alex Hormozi
18:00 Give bad advice
29:48 Confusion
35:21 CTAs
51:01 Viewer vs creator
53:54 Creator levels
59:11 Interest decay
1:02:05 Why not?
1:05:55 Bye bye bye
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FAQ
How many episodes does Doin' The Thing w/ Dillan Taylor have?
Doin' The Thing w/ Dillan Taylor currently has 40 episodes available.
What topics does Doin' The Thing w/ Dillan Taylor cover?
The podcast is about Tiktok, Entrepreneurship, Youtube, Youtuber, Content Creator, Podcast, Podcasts, Self-Improvement, Education and Business.
What is the most popular episode on Doin' The Thing w/ Dillan Taylor?
The episode title '012 - John Strasser | How to Build a Life Coaching Business Without Ads or Social Media' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Doin' The Thing w/ Dillan Taylor?
The average episode length on Doin' The Thing w/ Dillan Taylor is 46 minutes.
How often are episodes of Doin' The Thing w/ Dillan Taylor released?
Episodes of Doin' The Thing w/ Dillan Taylor are typically released every 10 days, 4 hours.
When was the first episode of Doin' The Thing w/ Dillan Taylor?
The first episode of Doin' The Thing w/ Dillan Taylor was released on Aug 7, 2022.
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