7 Harsh Truths Every Creator Needs to Hear (w/ Mario Joos) | 038

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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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