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🎙️🗣️Check out Danny's 'Art of Interviewing' Course: https://artofinterviewing.com/ (Use Code "Jeremy" for 10% off) Today I talk to Danny Miranda, a 28-year old with a Microphone and a big dream: to one day become the first podcaster to sell out Madison Square Garden. 3 years ago he started a podcast in his bedroom with 0 listeners, and today his podcast has gotten over a million downloads, and he’s landed legendary guests like Alex Hormozi, Andy Frisella, and Seth Godin. In this episode you’ll learn: 1. How to make a full time living as a podcaster starting from 0. 2. The exact networking tactics that Danny’s used to land A-list guests for his podcast 3. The surprising business opportunities that came from a $50 dollar microphone. 4. And every single growth tactic Danny’s used to grow from 0 listeners to over 1M downloads Check out Danny Miranda's social pages: https://tapistr.ee/heydannymiranda 📲 Follow @backstagecareers on Instagram to get clips & highlights from the latest episodes: https://www.instagram.com/backstagecareers/ SHOW NOTES: 01:30 - How Danny’s Podcast Journey Began 04:50 - Trusting Life to Provide Money 05:23 - Where Danny Was When He Began His Podcast 08:13 - How ‘The Surrender Experiment’ Influenced Danny’s Mindset to Money 10:24 - The Importance of Setting Big Goals 12:02 - Why People Support Those With A Big Vision 14:50 - How Many Downloads Has Danny Had So Far? 19:00 - Getting Offered Jobs from Having a Podcast 22:09 - Fighting Depression to Keep Going 25:30 - The Importance of Volume 28:41 - What Were Danny’s Key Growth Inflection Points? 30:09 - Hiring an Editor Changes Your Life 32:12 - How Danny Works With His Editor (And How Much He Pays) 36:21 - The Importance of Big Guests for Growth 38:39 - How Danny Makes Money 47:16 - How Danny Charges for Podcast Consulting 50:19 - Danny Process To Built and Sell A Podcasting Course (And How Much It’s Made) 50:59 - Lessons Included in Danny’s Interviewing Course 55:34 - How Danny Books Famous Guests 1:04:39 - What Software Does Danny Use to Track Guest Booking 1:06:11 - Danny’s Best Story of Booking a Huge Guest 1:12:29 - Advanced Twitter Strategies (And Booking Gary Vee) 1:16:57 - Danny’s Weekly Calendar 1:24:14 - Final Thoughts: ‘Find What You’d Do For Free’ ABOUT THE PODCAST: Backstage Career is a podcast where I interview the linchpins who are working behind the scenes with some of the biggest creators and entrepreneurs out there! My goal with these interviews is to give you an idea of what it’s like to work with these influential people, and to help you land a job working with someone you look up to and want to apprentice under. 🎯 Upcoming Interviews Target List: 👉 Tim Ferriss' research assistant 👉 GaryVee's DRock 👉 Patrick Bet David's Content Strategist 👉 Jaime the producer of the Joe Rogan Experience 👉 The Content Strategist for MrBeast 👉 Alex Banayan Author of "The Third Door" 👉 Ryan Holiday who apprenticed under Robert Greene 🔔 If you're hyped about that list you should subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEfQeaiXKSSONQXqhyMWtig

📺 Watch the episode on YouTube if you want to see all the screen recordings: https://youtu.be/SRQtZeP_bj0 Oliver Gilpin is a British entrepreneur, building Telos Media. A holding company scaling a new YouTube channel every month. With the creative vision of his business partner Alvaro Calmet - they've gone from 0 to 10M subs in 2.5 years, earning $1m per year, with 90 team members. In this episode, I talk to him about: 1. How he runs so many channels without being involved with any of them… 2. Oliver’s hiring secrets to find operators who will run his YouTube channels for him 3. The exact company structure behind all of his channels (with over 80 employees) 4. And for the first time ever, Oliver opens up his books and shares all of the financials behind running a faceless animation channel RESSOURCES mentioned in the episode: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1SaeCWdnXe4dzwvcT7DwieyknbHsrLZ20?usp=sharing https://nowcreatives.notion.site/YouTube-Team-Compensation-Methods-Tips-and-Principles-a7534f08a68649458c2d9527c6e9d8b4 🖥️ Follow Oliver and his work online: https://twitter.com/oligilpin https://www.linkedin.com/in/oliver-gilpin/ Telos.so 📲 Follow @backstagecareers on Instagram to get clips & highlights from the latest episodes: / backstagecareers TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:02:16 - Dropping out of high school to start an agency 00:04:06 - Why start an animation channel? 00:05:42 - Oliver’s first faceless channel - $30,000 Mistake 00:07:15 - Oliver's 2nd Channel (and most successful) 00:09:44 - The 5 animation channels Oliver is running 00:12:29 - How to build a faceless animation team 00:14:03 - What to look for when hiring an operator 00:15:44 - Hiring tactics to find A+ talent oversees 00:24:58 - First key hires for YouTube Automation 00:26:06 - Org chart for Oliver's 30 YouTube channels 00:28:28 - How Oliver thinks about profit share and incentives for his employees 00:31:59 - Hiring Strategy #2 00:34:04 - Oliver's systems to manage a team of 80 employees 00:35:30 - What does Oliver do all day? 00:39:09 - How much money Oliver makes 00:40:51 - Starting 1 channel every month in 2024 00:45:01 - Breaking down the economics of his youtube channels 00:48:37 - Revenue from Merch 00:50:41 - Managing 25 Foreign Language Channels 00:53:32 - How to start a faceless animation channel 101 00:56:28 - Oliver's Mission - What drives him ABOUT THE PODCAST: Backstage Career is a podcast where I interview the linchpins who are working behind the scenes with some of the biggest creators and entrepreneurs out there! My goal with these interviews is to give you an idea of what it’s like to work with these influential people, and to help you land a job working with someone you look up to and want to apprentice under. 🎯 Upcoming Interviews Target List: 👉 Tim Ferriss' research assistant 👉 GaryVee's DRock 👉 Patrick Bet David's Content Strategist 👉 Jaime the producer of the Joe Rogan Experience 👉 The Content Strategist for MrBeast 👉 Alex Banayan Author of "The Third Door" 👉 Ryan Holiday who apprenticed under Robert Greene

⏲️ Timestamps bellow 👇 This is part 2 of my 2 part interview with  @AndrewKirbys  where we dive into Andrew's Backstory. In Part 1 I ask Andrew how he took  @Hamza97  from $20,000 to $200,000/month in under 30 days: https://youtu.be/I6ya9pe94zU ABOUT THIS EPISODE: In this episode I talk to Andrew Kirby who at only 23 years old has grown a Youtube channel to 600k subscribers, made his first million, retired from YouTube, and who’s now spending all of his time helping other creators grow and monetize their channels. He’s worked with some impressive clients like MrBeast, Alex Hormozi, and most recently Hamza who he helped scale from making $20,000/month to $200,000/month. In this episode we dive into Andrew’s story and the mindset that’s made him so successful at such a young age, but we dive deep into the tactics he’s using to help creators make more money. SHOW NOTES:  00:00 Andrew's background 01:50 The great online game 03:45 Andrew's "character evolution" 05:55 Building bridges 07:05 Apprenticeship 10:55 Building a relationship with Sam Ovens 13:05 Dropping out of college and early success on YouTube 14:35 His first year after dropping out 18:55 Getting back to experimenting with the online game 22:10 The Hamza bridge 23:50 Discovering Alex Hormozi 29:45 Working with Mr. Beast ABOUT THE PODCAST: Backstage Career is a podcast where I interview the linchpins who are working behind the scenes with some of the biggest creators and entrepreneurs out there! My goal with these interviews is to give you an idea of what it’s like to work with these influential people, and to help you land a job working with someone you look up to and want to apprentice under. 🎯 Upcoming Interviews Target List: 👉 Tim Ferriss' research assistant 👉 GaryVee's DRock 👉 Patrick Bet David's Content Strategist 👉 Jaime the producer of the Joe Rogan Experience 👉 The Content Strategist for MrBeast 👉 Alex Banayan Author of "The Third Door" 👉 Ryan Holiday who apprenticed under Robert Greene 🔔  If you're hyped about that list you should subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEfQeaiXKSSONQXqhyMWtig

⏲️ Timestamps bellow 👇 💸 If you have a YouTube channel with +100,000 subscribers, apply to work with Andrew here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1aS4j7pEkqJ_99sySVOJIp5VW2TG7TosdGztyw7u8ppw 📲 Follow @backstagecareers on Instagram to get clips & highlights from the latest episodes: https://www.instagram.com/backstagecareers/ Today I talk to Andrew Kirby who at only 23 years old has grown a Youtube channel to 600k subscribers, made his first million, retired from YouTube, and who’s now spending all of his time helping other creators grow and monetize their channels. In this episode we dive deep into the tactics he’s using to help creators make more money and specifically how he helped Hamza to go from $20k to $200k/month. SHOW NOTES:  00:00 Intro 01:05 How Andrew and Hamza connected 05:25 Taking Hamza from $20k to $200k/month  12:40 Andrew's 4-Step Monetization Protocol 19:30 Why Andrew helps creators monetize for free 21:00 Creators that Andrew is Working With 23:40 Creators Who Are Monetizing The Right Way 25:30 Valuable insights for growing your audience ABOUT THE PODCAST: Backstage Career is a podcast where I interview the linchpins who are working behind the scenes with some of the biggest creators and entrepreneurs out there! My goal with these interviews is to give you an idea of what it’s like to work with these influential people, and to help you land a job working with someone you look up to and want to apprentice under. 🎯 Upcoming Interviews Target List: 👉 Tim Ferriss' research assistant 👉 GaryVee's DRock 👉 Patrick Bet David's Content Strategist 👉 Jaime the producer of the Joe Rogan Experience 👉 The Content Strategist for MrBeast 👉 Alex Banayan Author of "The Third Door" 👉 Ryan Holiday who apprenticed under Robert Greene 🔔  If you're hyped about that list you should subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEfQeaiXKSSONQXqhyMWtig

⏱ Time stamps for the episode below 👇 ABOUT THIS EPISODE: Today I talk to Jamie Rawsthorne who at 25 had grown a YouTube channel to 900,000 subscribers (The Zack & Jay Show) with his best friend Zack. They were getting paid +$300k to make videos sneaking into some of the world’s most exclusive events.  But something wasn’t right with the YouTube fast life. Jamie started feeling burnt out and one day he decided to drop everything and move to Mexico to become a YouTube consultant instead My goal with this interview is to give you guys a realistic preview of what it’s actually like to run a YouTube channel: the good, the bad, and the ugly. We also get into some advanced strategies for getting in touch with influential people as well as what it’s like to be a YouTube consultant and tips to get started with that. SHOW NOTES:  03:00 The YouTube Startup Experience 06:06 The Video That Saved Their Channel 09:05 How Zack & Jay Collaborated On The Channel 10:35 How much he made the first 2 years on YouTube 11:10 Working with a YouTuber management company 13:40 The "highs" of YouTube 14:26 The "dark" side of YouTube 15:49 Why did Jamie leave YouTube? 19:55 How Jamie got into YouTube Consulting 22:55 How Jamie Cold DMs Influential People 24:33 The DM he sent Codie Sanchez 26:00 The DM he sent Austin Rief (Morning Brew CEO) 29:30 the DM he sent to the SOHO founder 29:55 Jamie's YouTube Consulting Process 31:14 How Jamie Researches Video Ideas For His Clients 34:00 exact tools & processes Jamie uses for his YouTube research 34:55 What's next for Jamie Links and Resources:  Follow Jamie on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jamierawsthorne Jamie’s Website: https://www.jamierawsthorne.com 📧 Subscribe to my newsletter for exclusive job opportunities to work with your favorite creators and entrepreneurs: https://sendfox.com/jeremyjohnmary 📲 Follow @backstagecareers on Instagram to get clips & highlights from the latest episodes: https://www.instagram.com/backstagecareers/

⏱ Time stamps for the episode below 👇 📧 Subscribe to my newsletter for exclusive job opportunities to work with your favorite creators and entrepreneurs: https://sendfox.com/jeremyjohnmary 🖥️ Check out Noah's Course NexLev: http://nexlev.io ABOUT THIS EPISODE: Today I talk to Noah Morris who at only 19 years old is running 20+ profitable YouTube channels that are making him around $1M/year. He’s able to do that by building teams that run the channels for him… let’s find out how he does it! SHOW NOTES: 00:00 Intro 01:15 What is YouTube Automation 03:45 Noah shares one of his faceless channels 07:40 How Noah got started with YouTube 11:30 How to get a YouTube Job 15:25 About Noah's course 17:50 YouTube Automation 101 23:15 Step 2 of starting a Automated YouTube channel 24:10 How much Noah invests into a channel 25:15 problems with monetization 31:45 How does he manage the 40+ people that work for him? 37:30 what does Noah's week look like? 39:20 What does his team look like? 42:15 How much does he pay his employees (+ Revenue Share) 44:45 Noah's week (continued) 47:50 Noah's strategy for finding people to work on his channels 50:30 How much Noah pays his editors/youtube managers (continued) 54:10 How much can you make with a new faceless channel 55:45 why Noah doesn't share his YouTube channels 57:30 How much does it cost to run a faceless channel? 59:35 why you shouldn't invest too much $$ into new YouTube videos 01:00:45 Noah's plan to sell his channels for $10M+ to a Private Equity firm 📲 Follow @backstagecareers on Instagram to get clips & highlights from the latest episodes: https://www.instagram.com/backstagecareers/

⏱ Time stamps for the episode below 👇 📧 Subscribe to my newsletter for exclusive job opportunities to work with your favorite creators and entrepreneurs: https://sendfox.com/jeremyjohnmary ABOUT THIS EPISODE: Ivan Hidalgo sold his marketing agency for $3 million when he was just 21 to go work with the guys behind the Charisma On Command  YouTube channel. As the COO he's helped to grow the channel into a $3 million/year business in just 5 years.  In this episode we talk about the massive opportunity that’s opening up right now for any entrepreneur who wants to partner up with their favourite creators to start a business, the business model behind a $3 million YouTube channel and what the day-to-day of running a 45 person YouTube team looks like. SHOW NOTES: 00:00 Intro 00:44 Ivan's First Projects & Responsibilities 06:48 The Charisma on Command Business Model 12:50 Strategic Decisions Framework 17:06 The 40 Person Team Behind CoC 24:44 Ivan's COO Role 29:27 CoC's Company Culture 33:04 The Youtube COO Opportunity 37:09 Ivan's Salary 🤑 44:43 Outro 📲 Follow @backstagecareers on Instagram to get clips & highlights from the latest episodes: https://www.instagram.com/backstagecareers/

⏱ Time stamps for the episode below 👇 📧 Subscribe to my newsletter for exclusive job opportunities to work with your favorite creators and entrepreneurs: https://sendfox.com/jeremyjohnmary ABOUT THIS EPISODE: Billy Oppenheimer is Ryan Holiday’s book research assistant. Over the last 4 years Billy helped Ryan write 3 best selling books: Stillness is the key, Discipline is destiny, and Courage is calling. Today’s episode we’re going to dive into the exact strategy that he used to land his dream job with Ryan, how Billy and Ryan collaborate on a book and every single step of the book writing process from coming up with the idea for a book… to sending the book out to publishers and finally Billy shares what he learned working with Robert Greene on his book the Daily Laws. SHOW NOTES:  0:00 Intro 0:34 How Billy got a job with Ryan Holiday 07:28 Billy’s first projects and responsibilities 14:18 How Ryan writes books 21:36 Working with Robert Greene 24:38 Writing advice from Ryan and Robert 28:52 Ryan’s team 30:56 Ryan’s marketing strategy 38:45 Building your own newsletter 44:55 Outro 📲 Follow Billy on Twitter https://twitter.com/bpoppenheimer  📲 Follow @backstagecareers on Instagram to get clips & highlights from the latest episodes: https://www.instagram.com/backstagecareers/

⏱ Time stamps for the episode below 👇 🚨 Apply for the 6-week Backstage Careers coaching program to land a job with your favorite creator: https://pullv8zgme5.typeform.com/to/d3DZ4Wza 📧 Subscribe to my newsletter for exclusive job opportunities to work with your favorite creators and entrepreneurs: https://sendfox.com/jeremyjohnmary ABOUT THIS EPISODE: Today I talk to Hayden Trowbridge, the 20-year-old YouTube producer behind Airrack’s viral videos. His job is literally to take Airrack’s crazy video ideas and make them a reality using only the internet, his phone, and his negotiation skills.  In this epic conversation, we discuss how Hayden landed the job with Airrack and his advice for anyone that wants to work with a big YouTuber, Hayden shares some of the craziest behind the scenes stunts and negotiations that he had to pull off in order to make some of these videos happen. And finally, we discuss what Airrack’s 20-person team looks like and the systems and SOPs they use in order to consistently put out million view videos at scale. SHOW NOTES:  0:00 Intro 0:38 How Hayden got a job with Eric Decker 05:57 The unusual job interview 08:25 Announcing the Backstage Careers Coaching Program 09:14 A two week internship that turned into a month 13:09 Hayden’s first videos and responsibilities 15:07 Backstory of “Cycling Across 38 Miles of Ice!” video  21:34 Advice for creators 24:00 Video process and idea development 29:12 Hayden’s role in ideation and planning 35:29 Pre-production process 38:04 Project management and tools 40:28 Airrack’s team 48:15 Producer Must-Knows 50:40 Hayden’s schedule and planning 51:34 Lessons from “I Bought Every Seat On An Airplane!” 59:39 Video budgets 1:01:14 Behind the scenes of “I Crossed America In A Perfectly Straight Line” 01:05:45 Day in the life of a Producer 01:09:39 Where you can follow Hayden 📲 Follow Hayden on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thehaydentrowbridge/ 📲 Follow @backstagecareers on Instagram to get clips & highlights from the latest episodes: https://www.instagram.com/backstagecareers/

⏱ Time stamps for the episode below 👇 🚨 Apply for the 6-week Backstage Careers coaching program to land a job with your favorite creator: https://pullv8zgme5.typeform.com/to/d3DZ4Wza 📧 Subscribe to my newsletter for exclusive job opportunities to work with your favorite creators and entrepreneurs: https://sendfox.com/jeremyjohnmary ABOUT THIS EPISODE: Today I talk to Ali Abdaal’s general manager, Angus Parker. Angus literally runs Ali’s $5M/year business, and manages the team of 13 people they have on staff, so Ali can focus on creating new income streams for the business. In this episode, we cover how Angus went from being a YouTube scriptwriter that just graduated from college 3 years ago, to managing a $5M/year business and a staff of 13 people.  Next, we dive deep into Ali’s business, and how they’ve managed to scale it from a small 3-person team to an 13 person hyper growth YouTube business. Specifically, we look at the numbers for “Part Time YouTuber Academy” which is the main revenue driver for the business. How they’ve scaled that into a $3M/year product, and the exact marketing funnels they're using. And finally, we also discuss the systems and SOPs that Angus and Ali use to manage their staff of 13 people to keep everyone productive and motivated. 📲 Follow Angus on Twitter: https://twitter.com/apmparker 📲 Follow @backstagecareers on Instagram to get clips & highlights from the latest episodes: https://www.instagram.com/backstagecareers/ SHOW NOTES:  0:00 Intro 0:46 How Angus got a job with Ali Abdaal 03:05 The cold e-mail he sent 06:48 Announcing the Backstage Careers Coaching Program 07:36 Applying for a job that wasn't listed 08:59 Getting a job with no work experience 10:56 Size of Ali’s team in 2020 11:45 Angus’ first job responsibilities 15:10 Why YouTube channels are the new Tech Startups 16:43 How many hours did Angus work in a week 17:17 Why you need to be a generalist to run a YouTube businesses 21:25 From Skillshare to launching their own course  27:59 Why Ali chose the YouTube niche 29:53 Cohort VS course businesses 33:26 Part-Time YouTuber Academy  36:21 From idea to launching PTYA in 1 week 43:30 Promoting the course on different platforms 45:16 Breaking down the PTYA marketing funnel 55:40 The e-mail marketing formula 58:47 Behind the scenes of running a cohort course 01:06:07 Size of Ali's team today and different roles 01:08:35 The challenges of scaling a team (had to let go of 5 people) 1:14:48 How to know if you actually need to hire more people 1:17:20 Angus’ role as the COO / Integrator  1:24:22 How much they spend on leadership coaching 1:26:40 How they run the business without goals and KPIs 1:29:14 Using 6-week "Sprints" to get the team aligned  1:36:41 Angus' goals of the Integrator 1:38:45 Why Angus prefers staying in the background 1:42:07 Imposter syndrome 1:43:42 How much is Angus compensated 1:45:48 Advice for people working behind the scenes 1:47:47 Where can you follow Angus 1:48: 33 Outro

⏱ Time stamps for the episode below 👇 In this episode I talk with Brian Moncada, the man behind some of the biggest YouTube Ads in the info business space who's spent over $40,000,000 on Ads over the course of his career as a marketer. The crazy part is that only 4 years ago, Brian was still a door to door salesman who was struggling to make ends meet. But then he decided that he needed to go work for a mentor; Someone who had already built a successful business and could teach him to do the same. When he read the book Millionaire Success Habits, he knew that the author, Dean Graziosi was the mentor he was looking for. So he cold emailed Dean, quit his job and packed all of his belongings to drive from California to Phoenix Arizona for an interview with Dean. He got the job on the spot, and the rest is history! In this episode we cover how Brian became one of the best in the YouTube Ads business, we talk about what it was like to manage a $30,000/day ad budget for Dean Graziosi, and how he’s built a successful YouTube ads agency with clients like Jordan Belfort, Frank Kern and Sam Ovens. SHOW NOTES: 0:00 Who is Brian Moncada? 0:44 How Brian got a job with Dean Graziosi 2:36 The best way to get a mentor 4:33 Working for a mentor VS starting your own business 7:58 Brian’s cold email to Dean 11:00 Mindset to crush the job interview 12:45 Job interview with Dean Graziosi 13:27 Brian’s first weeks on the job 17:02 What did Dean’s team look like 18:08 What was Brian working on with Dean 18:53 How did Brian learn Youtube ads from scratch 21:05 Valuable lessons from Tommie Powers 22:48 Why Dean filmed 123 YouTube Ads for 1 book 26:00 The most successful ad they ran 28:43 Why advertise a book with YouTube ads 33:09 Day in the life of working for Dean 37:04 The process of optimizing YouTube ads 42:25 Working with Tony Robbins for Mastermind.com 44:00 The launch of Mastermind.com 45:41 Why Brian left Dean 47:55 Biggest lessons learned from Dean Graziosi 51:53 Brian’s plan after quitting his job 54:00 Starting Adspend.com 57:44 The Adspend.com business model 1:00:24 Future plans for Adspend.com 1:01:49 What businesses should be running YouTube ads 1:05:09 YouTube Ads 101 - How to get started 1:06:56 The ideal structure of a YouTube ad 1:10:07 Key elements to improve the conversion rate of a YouTube ad 1:11:21 Free script template 1:12:04 Current YouTube ads trends 1:16:17 TikTok & Facebook Ads VS Youtube Ads 1:18:02 Outro 📧 Subscribe to my newsletter for exclusive job opportunities to work with your favorite creators and entrepreneurs: https://sendfox.com/jeremyjohnmary 📲 Follow @backstagecareers on Instagram to get clips & highlights from the latest episodes: https://www.instagram.com/backstagecareers/ 👨‍💻 Check out  @Brian Moncada on YouTube or on twitter: https://twitter.com/brianthefitpro 📊 Check out Brian's agency: https://adspend.com ABOUT THE PODCAST: Backstage Career is a podcast where I interview the linchpins who are working behind the scenes with some of the biggest creators and entrepreneurs out there! My goal with these interviews is to give you an idea of what it’s like to work with these influential people, and to help you land a job working with someone you look up to and want to apprentice under. 🎯 Upcoming Interviews Target List: 👉 Tim Ferriss' research assistant 👉 GaryVee's DRock 👉 Patrick Bet David's Content Strategist 👉 Jaime the producer of the Joe Rogan Experience 👉 The Content Strategist for MrBeast 👉 Alex Banayan Author of "The Third Door" 👉 Ryan Holiday who apprenticed under Robert Greene 🔔  If you're hyped about that list you should subscribe

⏱ Time stamps for the episode below 👇 In this episode I talk with Caleb Ralston who worked with Gary Vaynerchuk between 2018 and 2020 and who recently was hired by Alex and Leila Hormozi to run their content. Caleb was initially editing and shooting Gary’s daily vlog, but when Gary started going hard on TikTok he asked him to own the strategy and content creation for the platform and Caleb took Gary’s TikTok account from 300,000 followers to 1.5M. Today, Caleb just started working with Alex and Leila Hormozi as their Creative Director, which means he’ll be leading the content strategy and building a content team around them. SHOW NOTES:  0:00 - Who is Caleb Ralston? 1:00 - How Caleb got a job with Gary Vaynerchuk 5:00 - Caleb's work at PureWow 7:15 - Getting a job at Team GaryVee 9:50 - Caleb on reaching out to GaryVee 10:55 - Caleb's email to D-Rock 12:30 - D-Rock contacts Caleb 15:00 - VaynerX job interview 16:25 - Test videos for PureWow 20:20 - Hilarious first week at Team GaryVee 23:39 - First meeting with Gary 27:08 - First work for Gary 29:00 - What it's like to work for Gary 33:20 - About Team GaryVee 34:50 - How Team GaryVee Collaborates 39:00 - How Team GaryVee creates content 40:20 - Story behind Gary's blueberry clip 41:00 - Roles at Team GaryVee 41:47 - Caleb on managing Gary's TikTok 45:45 - Gary's busy schedule 47:20 - Biggest lessons working with GaryVee 52:40 - Quitting Team GaryVee 53:26 - Work at VaynerMedia 56:15 - Work at Constallation Brands 57:30 - How Caleb got a job with Alex Hormozi 1:00:26 - Working as Alex Hormozi's Creative Director 1:02:50 - Gary's Advice to Caleb Working with Alex Hormozi 1:04:26 - Difference between Alex Hormozi and Garyvee 1:07:58 - Team behind Alex Hormozi - Hiring! 1:10:00 - Work behind Alex Hormozi 1:14:24 - Leila Hormozi's A+ Onboarding Experience 1:16:44 - 12 month Vision for Alex Hormozi's Content 1:23:30 - How to get your dream job? 1:27:27 - Outro 📧 Subscribe to my newsletter for exclusive job opportunities to work with your favorite creators and entrepreneurs: https://sendfox.com/jeremyjohnmary 📲 Follow @backstagecareers on Instagram to get clips & highlights from the latest episodes: https://www.instagram.com/backstagecareers/ ABOUT THE PODCAST: Backstage Career is a podcast where I interview the linchpins who are working behind the scenes with some of the biggest creators and entrepreneurs out there! My goal with these interviews is to give you an idea of what it’s like to work with these influential people, and to help you land a job working with someone you look up to and want to apprentice under. 🎯 Upcoming Interviews Target List: 👉 Tim Ferriss' research assistant 👉 GaryVee's DRock 👉 Patrick Bet David's Content Strategist 👉 Jaime the producer of the Joe Rogan Experience 👉 The Content Strategist for MrBeast 👉 Alex Banayan Author of "The Third Door" 👉 Ryan Holiday who apprenticed under Robert Greene 🔔  If you're hyped about that list you should subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEfQeaiXKSSONQXqhyMWtig