The Creator Spotlight Podcast

Creator Spotlight

Every week we spend an hour in conversation with a notable creator, discussing their approach to audience growth, monetization, and content production.

Hosted by Francis Zierer (Twitter and LinkedIn).

New episodes every Tuesday.

This podcast is part of our newsletter, Creator Spotlight.

101 - Ep. 101: Building a 70k+ subscriber newsletter by word of mouth ft. Rachel Meade Smith

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The Creator Spotlight Podcast

Episodios

Ep. 101: Building a 70k+ subscriber newsletter by word of mouth ft. Rachel Meade Smith

Ep. 100: A $2.5M bet on quality food journalism ft. Caper

Ep. 99: How to build and sell to audiences online ft. Daniel Berk

Ep. 98 How he perfected short form content ft. Grant Beene

Ep. 97: “I’m not an influencer. I’m an artist.” ft. Lucie Fink

Ep. 96: How a local newsletter became a $100k+ business ft. Marissa Lovell

Ep. 95: He quit NBC to make YouTube videos ft. Fernando Hurtado

Ep. 94: 15 years of social media strategy advice in one hour ft. Jack Appleby

Ep. 93: He’s building a $10M+ creator business ft. Kallaway

Ep. 92: Creator economy lawyer reveals every creators’ biggest mistakes ft. Brittany Ratelle

Ep. 91: Three predictions for the creator economy in 2026 ft. Creator Spotlight Team

Fixing the Biggest Problem in the Creator Economy… Trust ft. News Creator Corps

Newsletters + Events = 6-figure creator business ft. Brett Dashevsky

How to build a local newsletter people actually read ft. Tomo Chien

He’ll teach you how to make $100k+ writing online ft. Nicolas Cole

Most creators will not make it 3+ years ft. Lia Haberman

Ep. 85: Why beehiiv is betting big on the "content economy" ft. Tyler Denk

Ep. 84: DIY YouTuber reveals her seven income streams ft. Nastja Mohren

Ep. 83: He left ESPN to make YouTube videos ft. Joon Lee

Ep. 82: The systems that made him a millionaire solopreneur ft. Ken Yarmosh

Ep. 81: Building a $500k+ local newsletter business ft. Geoff Sharpe

Ep. 80: How a YouTuber's study group grew into a profitable business ft. Kaelyn Grace Apple

Ep. 79: He had 15M followers, then he quit — here's why ft. Caspar Lee

Ep. 78: How to make $100k+ editing YouTube videos ft. Rachel Kisela

Ep. 77: She left the BBC to build AI for journalists ft. Sophia Smith Galer

Ep. 76: The 3 moves I’d bet my next 10 years on as a creator ft. Jordan DiPietro

Ep. 75: Investing $60m in creators (what to look for) ft. Billy Parks

Ep. 74: The creator making $100,000+ a year selling paper — here's how ft. Quynh Nguyen

Ep. 73: The truth about building a media business in 2025 ft. Stefan von Imhof

Ep. 72: Grow your audience like a $23B company ft. Jonathan Hunt

Ep. 71: Inside the inbox of 40,000 engineering leaders ft. Suraj Kapoor

Ep. 70: She's cracked the creator community code ft. Milly Tamati

Ep. 69: How to make a $100k newsletter business with no budget ft. Landon Huslig

Ep. 68: How to build a 6-figure newsletter business ft. Nathan May

Ep. 67: The future of creator journalism ft. Liz Kelly Nelson

Ep. 66: From 10k to 100k in 12 months — without growth hacks ft. Sydney Graham

Ep. 65: From side hustle to 500K+ followers and a global business ft. Tom Fishburne

Ep. 64: The strategy behind building a 80,000+ impact-driven community ft. Tiffany Yu

Ep. 63: The creator earning $250k+ posting on LinkedIn ft. Jayde Powell

Ep. 62: He can 10x views in any YouTube niche ft. Kevin Jon

Ep. 61: She lost her job. Then built a community of 10,000+ ft. Melanie Ehrenkranz

Ep. 60: Ex-YouTube employee reveals the secrets behind viral videos ft. Hayley Rose

Ep. 59: How his $40K side hustle became a full-time career ft. Colin Rocker

Ep. 58: Why Brazil’s Biggest Podcaster Is Going Viral in the U.S. ft. Chico Felitti

Ep. 57: She Listens to the Internet for a Living — Here’s What She’s Hearing ft. Jazmin Griffith

Ep. 56: Zero to Acquired: Building a $30K/Month Newsletter in 1 Year ft. Adam Biddlecombe

Ep. 55: Why creators make the best entrepreneurs ft. Jesse Feister

Ep. 54: She built a 150K-member, $1M/year community ft. Grace Ling

Ep. 53: How to Make a Living as a Creator — from a podcasting expert ft. Amanda McLoughlin

Ep. 52: 125 days to make $10k/month ft. Thomas Yeum