Fresh & Fit - How To Get Started In Content Creation w- Donovan Sharpe

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00:06:47.000 What's up, guys?

00:06:47.000 Welcome to Freshman Podcast, man.

00:06:48.000 It's Money Monday.

00:06:49.000 We're here with Donovan Sharp.

00:06:49.000 We're going to be talking about a couple things.

00:06:51.000 One of them, a lot of you guys want to get on the internet and make some money.

00:06:53.000 So we're going to be helping you guys out with that.

00:06:55.000 I thought, you know, why not bring Donovan Sharp?

00:06:56.000 The guy's been in the game for damn near a decade plus doing this.

00:06:59.000 So obviously stood the test of time and been able to make content.

00:07:02.000 And, you know, we'll give our tidbits as well.

00:07:04.000 And then we got some after hours as well.

00:07:06.000 As you guys know, I went ahead and I did my stream earlier.

00:07:08.000 We talked about a bunch of different topics.

00:07:10.000 Mostly Hassan being a loser.

00:07:14.000 Yeah, he's a fucking loser.

00:07:15.000 And then now we're going to do, obviously, the Money Monday, and then we're going to go ahead and have After Hours for you guys as well.

00:07:19.000 I anticipate that one will probably be somewhere around 10.30 or 11 start time.

00:07:23.000 But, Donovan, welcome back to the show, man.

00:07:24.000 It's always good to have you.

00:07:25.000 Can you introduce yourself to the people?

00:07:26.000 Yeah, so yeah, my name is Donovan Sharp.

00:07:29.000 I've been in the Manosphere.

00:07:32.000 My 11-year anniversary is going to be coming up on March the 14th.

00:07:35.000 That's when I wrote my very first article on Return of Kings.

00:07:38.000 And I've been on YouTube since Labor Day of 2017. So, 25, yeah, so I've been on YouTube for almost 8 years now, and yeah, so, you know, I'm still doing it, still going.

00:07:51.000 I still enjoy what I do.

00:07:52.000 I'm very fortunate that, you know, I've reaped the financial benefits, you know, to the point to where I don't really have to worry about money anymore, so even though my channel is, you know, pretty much dead, you know, I keep going.

00:08:04.000 Yeah, I mean, that's good.

00:08:06.000 You know, it's crazy that, you know, it's, are you like, shuttle ban, or what the hell's going on with that?

00:08:12.000 I'm everything, man.

00:08:14.000 I mean, I can't figure it out, but I don't really worry about it too much.

00:08:19.000 We'll probably implement different strategies, try to get up in the algorithm.

00:08:23.000 I'm actually going to move my regular podcast to nighttime because nighttime seems to be when podcasts do the best.

00:08:31.000 Obviously, you guys, the late, great Kevin Samuels, Pearl, the rest of that.

00:08:36.000 Does Pro still go live or does she just pre-record?

00:08:38.000 No, no, man.

00:08:38.000 And it was funny because I was talking to her the other day.

00:08:42.000 And she was talking about her show, The Pregame, and I think she did it for a year, and that was all it took.

00:08:48.000 That was all it took.

00:08:49.000 And it's interesting, like, the fact that you guys have stood the test of time, because interviewing girls on a nightly basis, it's not easy.

00:08:56.000 And, you know, you learn about female nature, how flaky they are, etc. 1.00

00:09:00.000 Tipped $100.

00:09:02.000 Good to see Donovan back on F&F for the 10th plus time.

00:09:06.000 Hopefully we'll see these 304s get cooked on after hours. 0.99

00:09:11.000 Shout out to the TSO gang.

00:09:12.000 Shout out to you, Dr. B. Longtime supporter of both platforms.

00:09:17.000 Thank you so much, Doc.

00:09:18.000 I've been on like 35 times.

00:09:19.000 I think this is like number 36. Hey, man, we gotta always platform the people that put us on, right?

00:09:25.000 There would be no Fresh Phil without Donovan Sharp.

00:09:28.000 That is true.

00:09:29.000 That is very true, man.

00:09:30.000 Sorry, you were saying...

00:09:31.000 No, no.

00:09:32.000 Yeah, so...

00:09:33.000 Yeah, listen, I still enjoy doing what I do.

00:09:36.000 Oh, yeah, talking to girls every night.

00:09:37.000 Yeah, yeah.

00:09:37.000 Talking to girls every night.

00:09:38.000 It wears on people.

00:09:40.000 And I remember Rolo actually called it.

00:09:41.000 He said that Pearl's gonna be out by August, and he damn near called it.

00:09:48.000 Interviewing girls on a nightly basis, it takes its toll.

00:09:51.000 And the fact that you guys are still able to do this at a high level, again, speaks to your consistency, your professionalism, because there have been a lot of imitators.

00:09:59.000 There have been a lot of other fresh and fits, but can't nobody do it like you guys do it.

00:10:03.000 Appreciate that, man.

00:10:05.000 So, Donovan, it's a new year.

00:10:07.000 Can you start?

00:10:08.000 This is someone that wants to get into content creation, right?

00:10:10.000 Yeah.

00:10:11.000 How should they start on YouTube, at least?

00:10:12.000 Oh, wow.

00:10:13.000 You would say.

00:10:14.000 Oh, my God.

00:10:14.000 Where do I start?

00:10:15.000 Thumbnails.

00:10:16.000 Oh, boy.

00:10:16.000 Content.

00:10:17.000 How should they start?

00:10:18.000 I would suggest because, boy, so the first mistake I think that most new content creators make is they get a little too ambitious at the start.

00:10:28.000 We all want a million subscribers.

00:10:30.000 We all want views, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.

00:10:32.000 But I think one of the biggest mistakes that a lot of fledgling beginning content creators make is that they do too much too soon.

00:10:40.000 They're like, all right, I'm going to go live five days a week.

00:10:42.000 Now, if you can do that, that's fine.

00:10:44.000 But if there's any doubt...

00:10:47.000 As to how much you can do and how long, I would suggest start off doing it once a week.

00:10:52.000 Do that for a month, and then after a month, maybe do it twice.

00:10:56.000 Let's say for month one, you do it every Monday.

00:10:58.000 Then month two, you do it every Monday, Wednesday, Friday.

00:11:00.000 Month three, maybe you do Monday through Friday.

00:11:02.000 But the point is that you have to start slow.

00:11:06.000 And I would suggest that you almost I would suggest that you record like up to 10 videos of whatever your content is.

00:11:13.000 That way you have like a backlog.

00:11:14.000 Right.

00:11:15.000 So because I mean, I'm sure you guys have probably experienced this to some degree.

00:11:18.000 You know, a lot of content creators hit the wall very, very early.

00:11:21.000 And the reason why they hit the wall is because they get out and they they're going full throttle and they get burned out and then they're here today, gone tomorrow.

00:11:27.000 But I think as long as you pace yourself, as long as you know what you're doing and you pace yourself, I think you're all right.

00:11:33.000 OK.

00:11:33.000 Yeah.

00:11:34.000 Good.

00:11:35.000 So in this case, for example, let's say I'm going to start today for you to for let's say.

00:11:40.000 I want to be a creator for dating, right?

00:11:42.000 Okay.

00:11:42.000 That's the R lane.

00:11:43.000 Okay, yeah.

00:11:44.000 Should I start with dating, showing receipts?

00:11:46.000 Or should I start with actually giving information and data on dating itself?

00:11:50.000 Information and data first.

00:11:52.000 You really have to show that you know what you're talking about.

00:11:56.000 Because one thing about the audience here is they're not stupid.

00:12:00.000 We've seen a lot of guys come into the manosphere calling themselves Red Pill.

00:12:04.000 I'm a dating expert, dating guru.

00:12:06.000 I think we have one of the most educated audiences on the internet.

00:12:11.000 I think...

00:12:13.000 It's not easy to be in this space, for sure.

00:12:17.000 But if you don't know what you're talking about, you will get flushed out very, very quickly.

00:12:21.000 And it's interesting, I would actually submit to you guys that the audience, maybe five years ago, collectively...

00:12:28.000 Probably knows a lot less than the audience now, because there's a lot more information out there.

00:12:32.000 Anytime someone tunes into your show, my show, for the first time, they're a lot more educated.

00:12:36.000 They know a lot more than they used to.

00:12:38.000 And so if you don't know what you're talking about, and I guess receipts would be a good way to start, but anybody can make up receipts, right?

00:12:48.000 I mean, if being a dating expert just required receipts, then everybody would do it.

00:12:53.000 No, you have to be able to explain things in a way that people can understand.

00:12:58.000 And in content creation, you have to be educational and you have to be entertaining.

00:13:03.000 If you're educational, you're not going to get anywhere.

00:13:06.000 If you're entertaining, you'll certainly get somewhere.

00:13:08.000 But if you're entertaining and educational, I think that's the mix.

00:13:10.000 And that's what you guys do.

00:13:12.000 It's a good point.

00:13:13.000 Especially nowadays where streaming is a new thing now where being a moron will get you way more views than being educational.

00:13:23.000 If you look at the top streamers...

00:13:25.000 Every single one of them is kind of more on the entertainment side versus the education side.

00:13:30.000 So, especially if you want a younger audience, right?

00:13:33.000 You're going to have to be, you know, you look at people that watch like Kai Sinan, FaZe, or any of this other stuff.

00:13:38.000 It's a lot of that moronic, self-degradation, you know, self-deprecating content, right?

00:13:45.000 It's not really educational to any degree, but if you want to bring in the people, you have to do that.

00:13:49.000 So it's kind of like where you have to kind of almost have a blend of like...

00:13:52.000 The Jerry Springer ridiculousness, but at the same time, you have to be able to teach people stuff because what I've noticed is that people really fuck with you when you help them change their life.

00:14:00.000 It's one thing if you're entertaining, but it's nothing if you keep them from making a really bad decision or you help them make some money or whatever, then they really stay low and say, damn, these guys helped me out with that.

00:14:09.000 But you've got to get the eyeballs in because there's a lot of people out there that are really smart and good at what they do, but they're boring and people don't want to watch them.

00:14:16.000 Right.

00:14:16.000 That's the thing.

00:14:17.000 I mean, you could be an adjunct professor.

00:14:19.000 You could be a rocket scientist.

00:14:20.000 If you can't be entertaining while you educate, you will not make it in this business.

00:14:26.000 It's just like you said.

00:14:27.000 You could know everything from A to Z. You can know how to explain.

00:14:30.000 You can know how to teach.

00:14:31.000 But if you don't have that entertainment element, then you're not going anywhere.

00:14:36.000 And I agree with you.

00:14:37.000 I think today's audience, I mean, today's audience, their attention span is like this.

00:14:40.000 If you can't capture the audience just like that, like right at the beginning, I don't think you have much of a chance.

00:14:46.000 But, I mean, listen, some people have broken through, but I know this is true.

00:14:50.000 There's no such thing as a boring, successful content creator.

00:14:53.000 Yeah, that's a good way to put it.

00:14:55.000 Yeah, no, absolutely.

00:14:55.000 And the shadow bans as well, man.

00:14:58.000 That's another thing, too, I've noticed.

00:14:59.000 Obviously, the other thing you get to deal with is fucking mass censorship.

00:15:02.000 Oh, yeah.

00:15:03.000 Which, you know, obviously you're dealing with that now, right?

00:15:06.000 I've been with it for years.

00:15:06.000 Yeah, as far as, like, how would you say people should combat dealing with the censorship?

00:15:13.000 Rumble.

00:15:14.000 That's it.

00:15:15.000 Rumble.

00:15:17.000 And it's interesting.

00:15:18.000 My YouTube rep...

00:15:19.000 I've asked my YouTube rep this.

00:15:20.000 Hey, what's going on?

00:15:21.000 Well, there's no such thing as shadow banning.

00:15:23.000 Yeah, it's a lie.

00:15:24.000 Right, of course it's a lie.

00:15:25.000 And he'll give me all of these reasons.

00:15:26.000 Well, YouTube is purging old subscribers and this and that and a third.

00:15:32.000 I have accepted the reality.

00:15:35.000 And so if they want to combat...

00:15:37.000 If they want to combat shadowbanning, you've got to go to a platform that's not going to shadowban you.

00:15:43.000 Rich Cooper says this all the time.

00:15:44.000 YouTube is the best place to grow the furthest, the quickest, and when you get to a certain point...

00:15:54.000 When you get to a certain point, you know, the shadow banning is going to come, especially if you tell the truth. 0.62

00:15:58.000 You guys know how it goes.

00:15:59.000 I can come on.

00:16:00.000 I mean, we got bitches who have YouTube channels with a million subscribers. 1.00

00:16:03.000 You know, niggas ain't shit.

00:16:04.000 But as soon as you talk about unfluttering truths about women, that's when the shadow ban comes. 0.97

00:16:09.000 There are a lot of channels that should be, I guess, quote-unquote, shadow banned, but...

00:16:12.000 Again, if you tell the truth about women, that's normally when it comes. 1.00

00:16:15.000 But by the same token, if you don't tell the truth about women, then you're not going to get anywhere. 0.90

00:16:19.000 So it's a delicate balance.

00:16:21.000 I don't know.

00:16:22.000 Maybe if somebody knows Mr. YouTube or something like that, I think that's probably the cheat code.

00:16:26.000 But I would advise guys that you have to...

00:16:30.000 And I think another element is this.

00:16:31.000 You gotta love what you do, man.

00:16:33.000 You gotta love what you do.

00:16:34.000 And I remember a long time ago, I forgot who said this, but there are a lot of guys, like men, we tend to be entrepreneurial, right?

00:16:40.000 And I had a guy in my group say, hey, Donovan, you know what?

00:16:43.000 I'm thinking about starting a business.

00:16:45.000 Where should I start?

00:16:46.000 I said, that's the mistake right there.

00:16:47.000 You don't sit down, okay, I wanna be an entrepreneur.

00:16:50.000 What business should I start?

00:16:52.000 No, if you are passionate about food, if you love to cook, if you love to make people happy, The natural path is to open a restaurant.

00:17:00.000 If you love the law, if you love legal crime, whatever the case may be, then you talk about it.

00:17:06.000 And so you have to love what you do because hard times are going to come.

00:17:11.000 And the difference between people who love what they do and people who don't is your response to adversity.

00:17:16.000 I lose subscribers every day.

00:17:19.000 I mean, I genuinely love what I do.

00:17:21.000 I actually had a consultation client on Sunday.

00:17:23.000 I was on with him for about an hour.

00:17:24.000 And right at the end, the guy literally cried.

00:17:27.000 He literally cried.

00:17:28.000 He says, Donovan, like, look, man, you changed my life.

00:17:30.000 You know, I got, he said he was recently divorced.

00:17:33.000 And he went through it with his ex-wife.

00:17:35.000 And he said, man, you know, I thought I was worthless.

00:17:37.000 And this guy's a multimillionaire.

00:17:39.000 He says, when I got divorced from my wife, I thought it was over.

00:17:41.000 And, you know, I thought I was worthless.

00:17:43.000 But, you know, you put me on that path.

00:17:45.000 That's why I do what I do is for comments like that.

00:17:49.000 So if you want to get into the dating and relationship sphere, the manosphere, so to speak, you have to love it.

00:17:54.000 Because if you don't, you'll get sussed out very quickly.

00:17:56.000 Yeah, and I do think that that content, I mean, we kind of knew this was coming, that they would start shadow banning, suppressing content like that, you know, because we've definitely dealt with the shadow banning and the restriction.

00:18:06.000 We used to be all over the place, and now, like, they're definitely not recommending us as much.

00:18:11.000 No, of course not.

00:18:11.000 For obvious reasons.

00:18:12.000 So I do think that they're clamping down on the pro-masculine content, etc., on YouTube especially.

00:18:18.000 But that's kind of what it is, right?

00:18:19.000 Like, you know, Andrew Tate had that meteoric rise.

00:18:22.000 He blew up.

00:18:22.000 And then they said, whoa, we've got to reel this back in.

00:18:24.000 And then they started banning all of this stuff all over the place because the truth, a lot of the times, is, you know, considered hateful or misogynistic or whatever they want to call.

00:18:33.000 And they're like, no, this is not what we're going to do.

00:18:35.000 And, you know, they always pull it back.

00:18:36.000 And that's what happens, unfortunately.

00:18:38.000 But, you know, but at the same time...

00:18:41.000 Lying isn't going to help you either, right?

00:18:43.000 You could go ahead and take the Matthew Hussey, Derek Jackson approach and lie, and yes, you'll get a more mainstream audience, but who are you going to get?

00:18:50.000 You're going to get women as your customer base, and I don't think, I mean, if you want to make a lot of money, that could be the way to go, but no one's going to take you seriously either, or a scandal will come up like Derek Jackson, right, where they find out that he was cheating, and then bam, cooked, right? 0.97

00:19:04.000 Because it's like, you're over here simping for women, pedestalizing and whatever, but you're doing the same thing that you were Criticizing men for doing forever.

00:19:12.000 And that really hurt them.

00:19:13.000 So, yeah, man.

00:19:15.000 Being authentic is the way.

00:19:16.000 Right.

00:19:16.000 And I think the formula to blow up on YouTube is you have to lie to women.

00:19:21.000 I mean, women buy when you lie, right? 0.99

00:19:23.000 We all know women don't want the truth. 1.00

00:19:24.000 They say they want the truth.

00:19:25.000 They don't really want the truth.

00:19:27.000 And so, I mean, listen, you have to make a choice.

00:19:30.000 At some point, you have to make a choice.

00:19:31.000 And it's funny.

00:19:32.000 I see a lot of creators who have tried to be like the next Derek Jackson.

00:19:35.000 And you can see in their face that they don't really believe what they're saying.

00:19:38.000 Right.

00:19:39.000 What they're doing is they're making a business decision.

00:19:41.000 They're saying to themselves, okay, this is, like, it's going to be, and I'll be honest with you, it is much more profitable to lie to women than it is to tell the truth to men. 0.86

00:19:51.000 That's why I say you've got to be passionate about this, because if you're not, you're going to get sussed out very quickly.

00:19:55.000 Also, the new meta now is to talk about other people, other creators, to gain monetary gain.

00:20:01.000 Now listen, I'm all for marketing and getting yourself out there, but let's say I'm a beginning YouTuber.

00:20:06.000 I don't want to get myself out there as a new... 0.98

00:20:08.000 Should I do collaborations?

00:20:10.000 Should I do marketing outside of YouTube?

00:20:11.000 How should I market my channel to grow, you'd say?

00:20:14.000 Collaborations is the key.

00:20:15.000 Get in front of new audiences.

00:20:18.000 I was actually talking to MLD the other day, and he's like, you know what, man?

00:20:22.000 He's like, I remember.

00:20:23.000 Shout out to him.

00:20:23.000 Yeah, he is awesome, man.

00:20:25.000 Probably one of the best mental guys in the space.

00:20:29.000 Moneymaker.

00:20:29.000 Yeah, yeah, yeah, for sure.

00:20:31.000 But he said, you know what, man?

00:20:32.000 During the glory days when we were all making the most money, you know what we all had in common?

00:20:35.000 I was like, what?

00:20:35.000 He's like, we were all working together.

00:20:38.000 I mean, we all remember the Red Man Group and all that good stuff.

00:20:41.000 That's when the community really sort of took a rise.

00:20:46.000 But there's a lot of infighting.

00:20:48.000 And you know what?

00:20:48.000 It's interesting.

00:20:49.000 I thought, and I know that there's infighting in every industry, but there is literally infighting in every industry, the restaurant industry, the medical industry.

00:20:59.000 In order to be, you just have to understand that with success in this business also comes failure.

00:21:06.000 You have to be prepared.

00:21:07.000 You have to be prepared for the slide.

00:21:09.000 You got to be prepared for the adversity.

00:21:11.000 Because I remember when I first started out, 5,000 subscribers, all the comments are positive, right?

00:21:16.000 And then I got my first negative comment, and I was...

00:21:18.000 Oh my god, I can't believe this dude said that.

00:21:20.000 But then somebody else said, yeah, once you start getting haters, that means you're definitely on the rise.

00:21:27.000 So I think being mentally prepared to handle success as well as the, I don't want to say inevitable failure, but at some point, you're going to reach critical mass.

00:21:36.000 More people are going to know about you, so you're going to get more haters, more videos about you.

00:21:40.000 But to go back to your point, I think the quickest way to grow is to do collaborations.

00:21:46.000 That's the way we used to do it in the old days.

00:21:48.000 Isn't that formula still works?

00:21:49.000 Now for you, as someone reaching out to you for a collaboration, how many videos should they have on our channel?

00:21:54.000 250. Okay.

00:21:56.000 Yeah, 250 videos.

00:21:57.000 Because if somebody reaches out to me for a collaboration, and I see they've done 10 videos, and I know...

00:22:03.000 I don't know.

00:22:04.000 Like, I get it.

00:22:05.000 I know they mean well.

00:22:06.000 I mean, they mean well.

00:22:10.000 But I'm not going to collaborate with someone if I don't know that they know what they're talking about.

00:22:15.000 And 10 videos is not a big enough sample size for me to judge whether or not I know what you're talking about.

00:22:21.000 If you've done 250 videos over the course of, I don't know, a year, I know you're consistent.

00:22:27.000 I know you're probably going to stay at it.

00:22:29.000 And I know that you probably know what you're talking about.

00:22:31.000 So I would say 250 videos is the minimum.

00:22:33.000 Good point.

00:22:34.000 Now, reaching out to other creators could be daunting for most people.

00:22:37.000 Obviously, it's a new endeavor because they never had to before.

00:22:40.000 How should they approach creators to not sound too...

00:22:43.000 Needy, but still want to add some value and give and take.

00:22:47.000 I think you've got to start small, and I would take the Myron Games approach.

00:22:49.000 I remember this guy used to be in my chat, right?

00:22:51.000 This guy used to be in my chat, and I remember he used to call into my show, and you have to add value.

00:22:59.000 That's how MLD got started.

00:23:00.000 We used to be on the Redman group, and MLD would call in.

00:23:02.000 Before we knew it, MLD was on the Redman group.

00:23:05.000 Again, you started out the same way, and of course then we started waits and dates and the rest is history, but I would advise content creators to start small.

00:23:13.000 You should not reach out to Fresh and Fit to do a collaboration.

00:23:16.000 You need to reach out to Red Pill adjacent content creators with about your same or more subscriber base, more videos, and then just kind of work your way from there.

00:23:26.000 I'm not saying don't swing for the fences, but by the same token, you have to be realistic.

00:23:30.000 That's a very good point.

00:23:31.000 Yeah, you also gotta understand kind of where you stand, right?

00:23:34.000 So, like, if you're, like, a small-ass channel with, like, a thousand subscribers, reaching out to someone that got a million and saying, yo, just put me on, like, it's not gonna happen.

00:23:41.000 Yeah, it's not gonna work.

00:23:41.000 No.

00:23:41.000 They're not gonna put you on, like, unless they know you or something like that.

00:23:44.000 Like, or unless you have, like, some extraordinary, like...

00:23:46.000 That skill set that that channel is actively looking for where you can give commentary on the topic as a subject matter expert, 9 out of 10 times they're not going to put you on.

00:23:54.000 So you've got to be able to add value in a way where it makes sense for them to do it.

00:23:58.000 And this is why I stress that you have to know what you're talking about because when you reached out to me, you didn't even have a channel.

00:24:03.000 You know what I mean?

00:24:04.000 You didn't have a channel, but I instantly know.

00:24:06.000 I was like, okay, this guy, as a matter of fact, I had to tell you, hey, start a YouTube channel, man.

00:24:10.000 You've got to quit your, what do we call it, your underwater basket weaving or your...

00:24:14.000 Yeah, underwater basket weaving job.

00:24:18.000 That was years ago.

00:24:20.000 It's amazing.

00:24:21.000 It really is amazing how far you guys have come.

00:24:24.000 You have to provide value.

00:24:26.000 You can't just say, hey, how about I reach out to you?

00:24:28.000 Just put me on.

00:24:29.000 I get so many DMs from randos on X or Instagram.

00:24:32.000 It's like, bro, you're on an Anon account.

00:24:34.000 What the fuck are you talking about?

00:24:35.000 That's another thing, too, I think that's really important for people to understand.

00:24:38.000 The days of having an Anon account and blowing up and just giving random commentary.

00:24:43.000 Like, Sandman or whatever?

00:24:44.000 Like, I think those days are done.

00:24:46.000 Yeah, it's over.

00:24:46.000 Like, you can't do that shit anymore.

00:24:48.000 It used to be you could get away with that.

00:24:49.000 Yeah, but people are more educated.

00:24:51.000 2010 to 2017 to 2018 even, but like now, that...

00:24:54.000 After the pandemic, after COVID, and everyone started using YouTube way more, YouTube is basically turning to TV now.

00:25:01.000 Yes, it is literally TV. You're competing with damn near broadcast networks because they all have YouTube channels now.

00:25:06.000 All the news channels are on YouTube.

00:25:08.000 So it's like, if you want to sit here and compete for market share where you're able to get attention from people, you need to be having stuff at the highest quality.

00:25:14.000 And unfortunately, having a random faceless commentary channel, that would have worked maybe 10 years ago.

00:25:19.000 But now, starting brand new?

00:25:22.000 Unless you already had a channel.

00:25:24.000 These channels like Blackie Speaks or these other niggas that don't even show their faces and they're just talking. 1.00

00:25:29.000 Bro, nobody's gonna give a fuck about y'all no more.

00:25:31.000 Oh, so how do you collab with that?

00:25:32.000 I mean, for example.

00:25:33.000 Yeah, like, if I don't know what you look like.

00:25:35.000 Bro, I don't even know who you are.

00:25:36.000 Yeah.

00:25:36.000 It's like, what the fuck?

00:25:37.000 I don't know, man.

00:25:37.000 That's why a lot of them showed their face.

00:25:39.000 Like, what was it?

00:25:40.000 Face to you, Zeus?

00:25:40.000 No.

00:25:41.000 He came out and showed himself.

00:25:42.000 Jamari does now, too?

00:25:42.000 Jamari showed his ugly-ass face.

00:25:44.000 So, like, these niggas, like, they had to come out and, like, reveal themselves because they realized, like, damn, like, I can't just sit here and hide behind an avatar in the shadows to talk shit anymore. 1.00

00:25:52.000 Like, Jamari's bitch-ass. 1.00

00:25:53.000 He's been doing that shit for years.

00:25:54.000 Right?

00:25:55.000 He should have stayed hidden, to be honest with you, who's a fucking weirdo.

00:25:58.000 But the point is that that whole faceless commentary shit, it ain't gonna work.

00:26:03.000 And then we got a lot of these dudes on Twitter as well that have big platforms, but nobody knows who they are.

00:26:08.000 It's like, bruh, you already have...

00:26:10.000 A tip against you being on X. Being on X and then trying to translate that over to YouTube is going to be very fucking difficult for you.

00:26:16.000 And then you're faceless?

00:26:17.000 Cooked.

00:26:17.000 They have a job and a family.

00:26:20.000 They want to protect.

00:26:21.000 So obviously I don't want to show my face because then I might get attacked.

00:26:24.000 But here's the thing.

00:26:25.000 No, no, you're right.

00:26:26.000 They actually might.

00:26:27.000 So at some point, you've got a choice to make.

00:26:30.000 If you want to be successful in this game, there are certain things you're going to have to give up.

00:26:34.000 And privacy is probably one of them.

00:26:36.000 Like it's just like you said, you can't be a faceless, you know, content creator anymore.

00:26:41.000 And I remember I collabed with one guy a long time ago.

00:26:43.000 He says, listen, people trust you more if they know what you look like.

00:26:46.000 Donovan, you can tell better than most people.

00:26:49.000 Tell me what it really means to be a creator.

00:26:51.000 The hate and the love.

00:26:52.000 Let's start with the hate.

00:26:54.000 The hate is inevitable.

00:26:55.000 Oh my God.

00:26:57.000 Yeah.

00:26:58.000 I mean, it's impossible to be a good content creator and not coexist with hate.

00:27:07.000 You gotta have thick fucking skin.

00:27:10.000 You've got to have thick skin.

00:27:11.000 And when we all start, we have thin skin.

00:27:14.000 But at some point, you kind of go through the fire.

00:27:16.000 I am nothing if not battle-tested.

00:27:18.000 The same thing as you guys.

00:27:19.000 I mean, you guys have had scandal after scandal with the Jensen.

00:27:22.000 You make me pregnant! 0.99

00:27:23.000 Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.

00:27:24.000 It's fucking weird, but this is sort of what comes along in content creation.

00:27:32.000 And you've got to make a choice.

00:27:34.000 You can't...

00:27:35.000 You can't dip your toe in the water.

00:27:36.000 If you really want to blow up, if you really want to get big, you really have to go all in.

00:27:40.000 Because if you don't go all in, you're not going to be successful.

00:27:43.000 That's the way I put it.

00:27:43.000 You know who I know is bad?

00:27:44.000 When I saw Steve Will Do It and Mr. Beast get hit.

00:27:47.000 Oh, yeah.

00:27:48.000 I was like, hold on.

00:27:49.000 These creators are selfless.

00:27:51.000 They give back to everybody.

00:27:52.000 They show a lot of love.

00:27:53.000 And it's like, they're getting hate from people online?

00:27:56.000 What is this?

00:27:56.000 So nobody's safe as a creator.

00:27:58.000 Right.

00:27:59.000 So that's the point.

00:28:00.000 I think it's part of the game, though, you know?

00:28:03.000 And, you know, I think getting hate, I think it's kind of a rite of passage, you know?

00:28:08.000 And it's funny.

00:28:09.000 The only hate I have ever gotten is online.

00:28:13.000 I get recognized everywhere I go.

00:28:15.000 And I have never had a negative interaction.

00:28:19.000 Dude, I get recognized by taxi drivers, people at the airport, on the way here.

00:28:23.000 Like, I was at the airport, freaking Uber driver, like, Donovan Sharp, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.

00:28:27.000 I've never had someone come up to me like, you suck, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, because number one, I, you know. 0.76

00:28:32.000 But I think what you have to understand about haters is that...

00:28:37.000 Haters are your biggest fans.

00:28:39.000 You know what I mean?

00:28:39.000 You guys know Abba and Leech or whatever the fuck those guys' names are.

00:28:43.000 Those guys love you, man.

00:28:46.000 It's almost like they treat you like a jilted ex-girlfriend.

00:28:49.000 All they do is talk shit about you.

00:28:51.000 And then there's Abba with those ridiculous facial expressions.

00:28:54.000 It's like they're trying to get your attention.

00:28:56.000 And haters thrive because they get your attention, but they really are your biggest fans.

00:29:01.000 And so you almost have to...

00:29:03.000 Yeah, for them to make 70 videos, that means they have to watch a lot of our shit.

00:29:05.000 Oh, dude.

00:29:06.000 No one knows more about you guys than they do.

00:29:09.000 I'm shocked that some of the shit that they clip, I'm like, wow, you have to have watched the full stream to find that.

00:29:13.000 Exactly.

00:29:14.000 You niggas are watching our shit to be able to find that. 1.00

00:29:16.000 Yeah.

00:29:18.000 And that's what they're saying.

00:29:19.000 No, it's our fans.

00:29:20.000 Shut the fuck up. 1.00

00:29:21.000 No, it's not your fans.

00:29:21.000 It's your research.

00:29:22.000 Your research guys and you as well because you have to watch it clearly to fucking make the commentary.

00:29:27.000 So it's funny because they clearly watch our shit.

00:29:29.000 They watch all of our videos.

00:29:30.000 They're tapped in for sure.

00:29:31.000 Listen, I think you need haters because But

00:30:03.000 Donovan, It's been a year and I'm getting too much hate.

00:30:06.000 Should I quit?

00:30:07.000 How long have you been in the game again, Donovan?

00:30:09.000 Oh my God, 11 years.

00:30:10.000 11 years.

00:30:10.000 And you never quit, right?

00:30:11.000 No, I'm never going to quit, man.

00:30:13.000 And the thing is, if somebody asks me that question, Donovan, I have a lot of haters.

00:30:18.000 Should I quit?

00:30:18.000 Well, you've already answered the question.

00:30:19.000 If you are questioning whether or not you should quit, you're in the wrong business.

00:30:23.000 This is all there is to it.

00:30:24.000 Good point.

00:30:24.000 Yeah.

00:30:25.000 Alright, Wilson, you got a question?

00:30:26.000 No, no, no, no, no, that's fine.

00:30:28.000 I can read some of the chats.

00:30:29.000 I think we're just making some audio fixes to fresh the mic real quick.

00:30:32.000 That's some good points, though, Dom.

00:30:33.000 What do we got here?

00:30:35.000 Look at the fire emojis in the chat.

00:30:37.000 And stay tuned, guys.

00:30:38.000 We're going to absolutely be giving you guys an after hours after this.

00:30:41.000 You know, the other thing, too, I think people need to also understand is if you're going to make content that's divisive in nature, whether it's politics...

00:30:49.000 Anything to do with race, anything to do with cultural stuff, like, you're gonna get a lot of hate by that, too.

00:30:54.000 Casey touched on this last time we had him, actually, but I want to go into this.

00:30:58.000 There's an entire infrastructure on YouTube, and you guys are gonna see where I'm going here in a second, where it's anti-masculine, anti-right-wing content, right?

00:31:07.000 And they just criticize it, right?

00:31:09.000 Whether it's bitch-ass niggas like Auburn Preach, Fillion, all these losers, their job, guys, is to be centrist, moist, critical, right? 1.00

00:31:18.000 Jamari, all these guys.

00:31:20.000 Like, their job is to be centrist, right?

00:31:23.000 And anyone that's far left or anyone that's far right, for them to go ahead and come in and criticize those people.

00:31:29.000 But they don't really stand for anything.

00:31:30.000 Because they have to stand in the middle, right?

00:31:33.000 To be able to make their content.

00:31:34.000 So, you don't even know where they align politically, ideology.

00:31:38.000 You don't know anything.

00:31:39.000 You just know that they're centrist to make the content that they make so that they can go ahead and give their unbiased take on shit.

00:31:45.000 But the reality is, is that they do that So that they can go ahead and make money off of shock jock content of whether it's right or leftist, right?

00:31:53.000 And what ends up happening is they're able to kind of pull people from both sides.

00:31:58.000 To agree with them, because if they make fun of a feminist, they'll go ahead and get some right-wing support. 1.00

00:32:02.000 If they go ahead and make fun of someone that's super pro-masculinity, right, like me or Andrew Tate, whatever, they'll go ahead and get some people in from the left.

00:32:08.000 And that's what they do.

00:32:09.000 They sit in the center.

00:32:10.000 This is why you'll never see people like Abba and Preach, Moist Critical. 0.96

00:32:13.000 You don't know what they really believe.

00:32:14.000 They'll never, ever actually sit down and have a debate with someone that has a strong view on something.

00:32:19.000 You want to know why?

00:32:20.000 We saw it one time.

00:32:21.000 Sneeko absolutely made fucking Moist Critical look like a dumbass. 0.93

00:32:25.000 Yeah, he did.

00:32:26.000 Like, he embarrassed the fuck out of him.

00:32:28.000 And the reason why is because when you don't stand for nothing, right, you'll fall for anything.

00:32:33.000 Because you don't really know any of the real nuanced realities with the take that you're trying to give, because you've got to be center to make as much money as possible.

00:32:41.000 So a lot of these reaction channels, a lot of these, like, you know, center-right, center-left commentary channels, they don't know shit.

00:32:48.000 They just go ahead and sit there and criticize.

00:32:50.000 And then there's an entire industry of guys that'll sit there and attack anyone.

00:32:54.000 They call it like, oh, we gotta attack the alpha males, whatever.

00:32:56.000 When in reality, none of us are running around calling ourselves alpha males.

00:32:58.000 I've never once called myself an alpha male.

00:33:00.000 You haven't.

00:33:01.000 Freshers never.

00:33:02.000 But they go ahead and say, oh, look at these toxic alpha male podcast guys.

00:33:05.000 And it's like, bro, we've never once called ourselves fucking alpha males, dude.

00:33:08.000 To this day, I find it hilarious when people still make videos saying...

00:33:12.000 Talks to alpha male podcasters exposed or some shit.

00:33:15.000 I'm like, bro, we've never called ourselves alpha males.

00:33:16.000 What the fuck?

00:33:17.000 It's because the alcohol rewards keywords, for example.

00:33:20.000 Alpha male, anything bad with that after it gives them views and money.

00:33:24.000 Listen, and niggas gotta talk about us to get views, bro. 0.96

00:33:26.000 That's the crazy part.

00:33:27.000 I said earlier, you guys beat a lot of people, man.

00:33:29.000 Yeah, but it's more along the lines of like, okay, how do I monetize these guys that have content themselves for me?

00:33:36.000 I'm at home, by a computer desk, not doing shit.

00:33:38.000 I'm boring.

00:33:40.000 So what do I do?

00:33:41.000 I get my...

00:33:42.000 And listen, listen, let's keep it a buck.

00:33:44.000 It's a brilliant strategy.

00:33:45.000 It really is.

00:33:46.000 It's really smart.

00:33:47.000 I'll tell you this, though.

00:33:48.000 You know what's not smart?

00:33:49.000 When you lie to the audience about what you believe in.

00:33:51.000 That's right.

00:33:52.000 Listen, I'm sure that they believe some very similar things, but they don't want to say it on camera because they don't want to come off as offensive or, you know, one-sided, which I understand.

00:34:00.000 Yeah.

00:34:01.000 But then it's like, what are you getting at us for being truthful?

00:34:03.000 Well, this is why a lot of people, they make the business decision to be centrists, right?

00:34:09.000 Guys like Destiny, Abin Preach, you don't know where they stand because they're always right in the middle.

00:34:14.000 Well, Destiny's to the left.

00:34:16.000 He has the balls to actually debate people that he disagrees with.

00:34:19.000 A lot of people, you guys hate Destiny.

00:34:21.000 Look, I get along with him because at least he has the balls to come into the Lions Den and actually debate people that disagree with him.

00:34:28.000 These other niggas, they'll never do it. 1.00

00:34:29.000 They're cowards.

00:34:31.000 No, no, you're right.

00:34:31.000 You have to.

00:34:33.000 And this is why this is not for the week.

00:34:36.000 Because if you make a point and somebody challenges your point, if you can't effectively rebuttal that, again, you don't belong in the business.

00:34:42.000 And a lot of people are great at debating in the shower, pretending to debate.

00:34:46.000 I'm not a good debater.

00:34:47.000 I can have discussions.

00:34:48.000 I'm not a good debater.

00:34:49.000 That's why I don't debate.

00:34:50.000 But at the very least, you've got to know what you're talking about.

00:34:52.000 Because again, I believe that we have one of the smartest audiences on the internet.

00:34:58.000 And if you don't know what you're talking about, again, you'll get sussed out very, very quickly.

00:35:03.000 Good point.

00:35:04.000 Very good point.

00:35:05.000 We got some more chats here?

00:35:07.000 Also, speaking of which, I'm going to be on Culture War, speaking of debate, debating two liberals with Andrew Wilson.

00:35:12.000 Nice.

00:35:12.000 We're going to be talking to Luke Beasley and Josiah from Pondering Politics.

00:35:16.000 So you guys have been asking for me and Andrew to team up, so we're going to go ahead and team up and debate these guys on Friday on Culture War over on Temple.

00:35:25.000 Then you guys will see me on IRL after that.

00:35:27.000 So it's going to be Liddy, man.

00:35:30.000 It's going to be Liddy.

00:35:30.000 Good.

00:35:31.000 What do we got here?

00:35:33.000 Jabril.

00:35:35.000 Take that ugly ass Eagles hat off. 1.00

00:35:38.000 Gorums.

00:35:38.000 Highside Gorums.

00:35:39.000 Donovan looking slimmer, keep going brother.

00:35:41.000 Shout out to you Waylo.

00:35:42.000 Appreciate that man.

00:35:43.000 Appreciate it.

00:35:44.000 For real.

00:35:45.000 Mr. Sharp, it's my birthday this week.

00:35:46.000 Can I ask for a favor as an early birthday present asks you to make one of the 304's cry tonight? 1.00

00:35:51.000 Alright, guys.

00:35:52.000 You got it.

00:35:53.000 Xander Legal says, W. Donovan, I'm glad to see you back on.

00:35:55.000 It's a joy to see your lively spirit warm the studio again.

00:35:58.000 How's your wife?

00:35:58.000 And would you be willing to stay on for after hours?

00:36:00.000 We could use the WFNF. Don't worry, he's going to be on tonight.

00:36:02.000 Yeah, I will be here on after hours, for sure.

00:36:03.000 He's going to be here.

00:36:04.000 We're trying to talk him into staying for Wednesday as well.

00:36:06.000 Yeah.

00:36:07.000 For Womanizer Wednesday, a.k.a.

00:36:10.000 Red Pill shit.

00:36:10.000 You stupid!

00:36:12.000 My man Mo.

00:36:15.000 Actually, you know, if we can get Tommy to come down on Wednesday, that'd be lit too.

00:36:18.000 Man, that would be fucking epic.

00:36:20.000 Here, let me text him right now.

00:36:21.000 I texted him.

00:36:22.000 Yeah, I texted him, but I don't know.

00:36:24.000 You'll have to talk him into it.

00:36:26.000 He doesn't know that you're staying potentially on Wednesday, so let me ask him.

00:36:30.000 Punisher.

00:36:30.000 Don, I must say, I love your beanie.

00:36:32.000 I'm optimistic, but I don't want to screw up the juju.

00:36:35.000 Fly, Eagles, fly.

00:36:36.000 Kiss my ass, Mo. 1.00

00:36:36.000 Damn right. 1.00

00:36:38.000 Wait, wait, wait, hold on.

00:36:40.000 Kiss my ass, Moe? 0.99

00:36:41.000 I said this the day before the first yacht party.

00:36:45.000 Big Moe is the only figure in this community that nobody doesn't like.

00:36:49.000 I think that is literally the first negative comment about Moe in the history of everything.

00:36:53.000 Oh no, there's a couple.

00:36:54.000 That's actually the homie. 1.00

00:36:56.000 See that?

00:36:58.000 Even his trolls are his friends.

00:37:00.000 That was not...

00:37:01.000 Meant to be harmful, but there's some others.

00:37:03.000 666G says, Yo Myron, quick question off topic.

00:37:06.000 On the last half hours, there was a young lady whom said she had her own line of cosmetics, including cream of eczema.

00:37:12.000 My wife has eczema real bad. 1.00

00:37:14.000 Nothing's working.

00:37:15.000 Do you have her info?

00:37:16.000 Hopefully her products help.

00:37:18.000 Her IG should be on the last episode, bro.

00:37:20.000 So go ahead and reach out to her.

00:37:22.000 Stop! 1.00

00:37:23.000 She said for one of them it was, yeah.

00:37:24.000 Oh, you better stop.

00:37:25.000 He has titty milk, bro.

00:37:25.000 Oh, my God.

00:37:26.000 One of them was, yeah.

00:37:26.000 If it works, it works, though.

00:37:28.000 I mean, if it works, it works.

00:37:29.000 Have your wife reach out to her on Instagram, bro.

00:37:32.000 Her IG's there.

00:37:33.000 And yes, it was.

00:37:33.000 Go check her out.

00:37:34.000 Yes, it was.

00:37:34.000 Over there.

00:37:35.000 Yeah, Tiddy Milk.

00:37:35.000 Oh, God.

00:37:36.000 Phoenix Light Games.

00:37:37.000 Hey, you know what, dude?

00:37:38.000 I'll give her credit for that instead of being a fucking LF dot like these other three or four. 1.00

00:37:41.000 She's trying to leave. 0.84

00:37:42.000 She's helping people out.

00:37:43.000 XM is a real problem.

00:37:44.000 It is, for a lot of people.

00:37:46.000 Shout out to David Sharp for being on FNF. Always getting great advice.

00:37:48.000 I learned a lot from you, and I'm grateful to keep doing what you're doing.

00:37:51.000 And I promise to keep providing value to you as well.

00:37:53.000 Shout out to Phoenix Light.

00:37:54.000 Thank you, PLC. It's funny.

00:37:55.000 We had a Zoom call yesterday, and I brought up the idea of you doing content creation.

00:37:58.000 People loved it.

00:37:59.000 Because, you know what, Donovan's been in the game for 10 years plus.

00:38:01.000 He would know what to do.

00:38:02.000 Yeah, and you've had a lot of attacks people try to take.

00:38:04.000 Take your accounts down.

00:38:05.000 Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

00:38:06.000 Payment processors, all that.

00:38:07.000 Yeah, you've been banned.

00:38:09.000 Like, yeah.

00:38:09.000 So people sit there and say, oh, Donovan, his YouTube fellow, but it's like, bro, he's been shadow banned for years.

00:38:15.000 Yeah.

00:38:15.000 And so are you focusing on, like, building a Rumble up now?

00:38:18.000 Is that what you're mostly focused on?

00:38:19.000 Yeah, yeah, yeah.

00:38:20.000 Building the Rumble up.

00:38:22.000 Really?

00:38:22.000 Dude, Rumble is, like, literally, like...

00:38:24.000 It is the future.

00:38:25.000 And I remember when Sneeko was in here, and he said, Rumble is the future.

00:38:28.000 That's the first time I ever heard that.

00:38:30.000 But yeah, I'm making some minor content.

00:38:35.000 I'm going to start bringing on people that disagree with me so that I can learn.

00:38:39.000 I don't know that I'll ever be a good debater, but I figure there's no better way to learn than to bring people on.

00:38:46.000 I'm going to start live streaming at night.

00:38:50.000 Here's another tip for guys who want to be in the content creation game.

00:38:53.000 You have to be able to adjust and adapt.

00:38:56.000 Trees don't grow to the sky.

00:38:57.000 You can't do the same kind of content forever and ever and ever and continue to go up.

00:39:02.000 You're going to have to make changes.

00:39:04.000 You have to make strategy changes.

00:39:06.000 You're going to have to adjust and evolve.

00:39:07.000 You guys have done that plenty of times.

00:39:09.000 And I've been a little slow to evolve.

00:39:11.000 That's probably why I've fallen off a little bit.

00:39:12.000 Being shadow banned and reporting all that, that doesn't help.

00:39:15.000 But, yeah, I mean, I'll take some accountability for it.

00:39:17.000 And, you know, of course, I just made the move and everything.

00:39:19.000 So there are many, many factors involved.

00:39:20.000 But I think one thing that you need to be ready for is you have to be able to adjust.

00:39:24.000 You have to have a curveball, in other words, if that makes sense.

00:39:27.000 That's a good point.

00:39:29.000 All right, what's the next one?

00:39:33.000 Trevon Suki, we have here, he says, fantastic collab per usual.

00:39:39.000 Glad to see you on the podcast again, Mr. Sharp.

00:39:41.000 Thank you.

00:39:41.000 Appreciate the wisdom from y'all tonight.

00:39:43.000 It all made the YouTube journey slash dream less daunting and attainable.

00:39:46.000 Yeah, bro.

00:39:47.000 It's not easy.

00:39:49.000 It's not easy.

00:39:49.000 Like, listen, I mean, this shit is fucking hard, man.

00:39:56.000 It's so hard.

00:39:57.000 It looks easy on paper.

00:39:59.000 It does.

00:39:59.000 Oh, just get it from a camera.

00:40:01.000 Film some content.

00:40:02.000 If you have a smartphone and opinion, the only nigga I know that had nothing but a smartphone and opinion who grew up was Alpha Meal Strategies. 1.00

00:40:10.000 But he is the outlier.

00:40:12.000 And even he knew what the fuck he was talking about.

00:40:15.000 Guys, and I'm not trying to discourage anyone from doing what you want to do, but just understand.

00:40:21.000 I'm not going to use soft words.

00:40:23.000 No, this shit is fucking hard.

00:40:25.000 And if you ain't built like that, you're not going to last long.

00:40:29.000 So just understand.

00:40:30.000 You might be interested in this, but you're going to have to understand that this is not for most people.

00:40:35.000 Everybody wants to be a content creator until they're a content creator.

00:40:39.000 Yeah, there's a game being played at all times.

00:40:41.000 You've got to know how to play the game.

00:40:42.000 That's right.

00:40:42.000 That's exactly right.

00:40:43.000 Yeah, you have to know how to trust the right people and all that good stuff.

00:40:45.000 Yep.

00:40:47.000 What's the next one, Bills?

00:40:49.000 Ken Rose, 07. Hey!

00:40:52.000 Thumbs up.

00:40:53.000 All right.

00:40:54.000 He never says anything.

00:40:55.000 He always just, he just, he just supports.

00:40:57.000 Man, a few words, huh?

00:40:58.000 Yeah, yeah, yeah.

00:40:59.000 A few words, lots of emojis.

00:41:02.000 That's funny.

00:41:04.000 Yeah, that's very normal.

00:41:05.000 Yeah, yeah, typical.

00:41:07.000 Ken Rose is the man, dude.

00:41:08.000 Alright, that's it for now?

00:41:10.000 Alright, Donovan, so listen.

00:41:11.000 We covered the basis, for example, the beginning stages.

00:41:14.000 Alright, you need 250 videos minimum to the collaborations.

00:41:17.000 Have a schedule for content.

00:41:18.000 Yes.

00:41:19.000 Have things in place where you actually make the content you love and care about, right?

00:41:22.000 Now let's say, for example, how do I go to...

00:41:24.000 From, let's say, 5K subs to 10K, then 100K, then a million.

00:41:28.000 One word, consistency.

00:41:30.000 And I remember when Myron used to come on my show, he used to talk about fitness, and the one thing that always stuck in my mind, your plan has to be consistent, which causes adherence.

00:41:41.000 You have to have a schedule that you can consistently keep.

00:41:45.000 YouTube, Rumble, it prioritizes consistency.

00:41:48.000 People need to know when to find you.

00:41:50.000 They need to know where to find you and when to find you.

00:41:54.000 What you really have to do as a content creator is you have to create a schedule in your fan's mind, right?

00:42:01.000 Because all around the world there are different time zones, but if you're on at the exact same time every day, I think that's the quickest way to grow.

00:42:08.000 Because, dude, I did TSR Live at 4.30 Eastern for like three years.

00:42:12.000 That's when I shot to the top.

00:42:14.000 Then when things started to tail off, I moved it back a little bit, called TSR Prime Time.

00:42:17.000 Then I went up a little bit more.

00:42:19.000 I've never...

00:42:20.000 I've never done a late night show because I lived on the East Coast, but now I live in Reno.

00:42:26.000 I live on the West Coast, so now I can start live streaming at 6, which is 9 o'clock on the East Coast.

00:42:30.000 And again, I'm hoping that will sort of reinvigorate my channel, but the quick answer to your question, the biggest way to blow up is consistency.

00:42:37.000 You can't stream on Monday and then Thursday and then Tuesday.

00:42:42.000 No.

00:42:42.000 It's got to be the same time.

00:42:44.000 It's got to be the same day, the same time.

00:42:46.000 Absolutely.

00:42:46.000 It's got to be the same day, same time, all the time.

00:42:50.000 If you're clean, you make good content, and you're consistent, the algorithm will reward you for that.

00:42:56.000 The algorithm will reward consistency.

00:43:01.000 Not that it doesn't reward engagement and quality, but if you want a superpower in the YouTube game, consistency should be your superpower.

00:43:11.000 Good point.

00:43:14.000 Let's say, doing the beginning steps, doing that as well, Things are taking forever, bro.

00:43:20.000 It's been almost six months.

00:43:22.000 I'm still at 40k subs.

00:43:24.000 Is that all?

00:43:25.000 Six months?

00:43:26.000 Let me give you a little tip, man.

00:43:28.000 Listen, you've got to play the long game.

00:43:31.000 You've got to play the long game.

00:43:32.000 In order to be...

00:43:33.000 And I know the internet makes everything look microwave.

00:43:38.000 Like, overnight, no, nothing.

00:43:41.000 Like, it's funny.

00:43:42.000 They see an overnight meteoric rise.

00:43:45.000 Because...

00:43:45.000 You'll see a creator go from 10,000 subscribers to 50,000 in a month.

00:43:50.000 And people think that that's the norm.

00:43:52.000 But what you don't see is that person is grinding their ass off behind the scenes.

00:43:56.000 They're live streaming every day.

00:43:57.000 They know what they're talking about.

00:43:58.000 They're passionate about what they're talking about.

00:44:00.000 They genuinely want to help people.

00:44:01.000 But you've got to play the long game.

00:44:04.000 If somebody comes to me and says, Donovan, I've been at this for six months, what's the problem?

00:44:09.000 My answer is, like I said.

00:44:10.000 Is that all?

00:44:11.000 Because if you want to do this, you're going to have to understand that this is...

00:44:16.000 Honestly, it honestly might be a lifelong commitment.

00:44:20.000 You might not do it for a lifetime, but you've got to be prepared to do it for a lifetime.

00:44:25.000 I watched Mr. Beast's interview a couple months ago.

00:44:28.000 He spoke about doing YouTube for seven years before he blew up.

00:44:31.000 And I was like, wait, 70 years?

00:44:34.000 Yeah!

00:44:34.000 Good content, not getting no views.

00:44:36.000 And I'm like, alright, I don't know too many people that will stick through.

00:44:40.000 Yeah.

00:44:40.000 Through YouTube, getting no views for seven years.

00:44:43.000 That's him's commitment.

00:44:43.000 But then again, it paid off.

00:44:44.000 Look who he is today.

00:44:46.000 And the reason why he kept doing it, even though he was on YouTube for seven years, is because he loves what he does.

00:44:51.000 Exactly.

00:44:52.000 And listen, man.

00:44:55.000 The reason I do what I do is because I wish I had a Donovan Sharp when I was coming up.

00:45:01.000 That's the way I look at it.

00:45:02.000 And I derive immense satisfaction from people telling me, you changed my life.

00:45:08.000 Like, dude, you will never know.

00:45:10.000 Like, the money and everything is great, but you will never know the ecstasy that comes with grown-ass men telling me, hey, man.

00:45:17.000 You changed my life.

00:45:18.000 Or I've been watching you since 2017 or 2020. See, I'm always late.

00:45:23.000 I remember my very first appearance on Fresh and Fit.

00:45:25.000 I had no idea what cap was.

00:45:28.000 Oh, yeah?

00:45:28.000 Yeah, I remember.

00:45:28.000 I was like, yes, and don't cap.

00:45:31.000 I'm an old guy.

00:45:32.000 What are you going to do?

00:45:32.000 It works, man.

00:45:34.000 You make it work, bro.

00:45:35.000 I try.

00:45:36.000 So, listen, I'm all for staying in the game, keeping that longevity going, be consistent.

00:45:43.000 Now, let's bring in...

00:45:48.000 You need to look forward to the haters.

00:46:02.000 Because when people put out hit pieces about you, what do they do?

00:46:05.000 They come to your channel and they comment.

00:46:08.000 It doesn't matter what they are commenting.

00:46:11.000 The point is that you're getting engagement.

00:46:13.000 I would advise, guys, it's almost I don't want to say look for the haters or look for those hit pieces, but I'm telling you, when you get hit pieces done on you, you have made it.

00:46:26.000 You are worthy of someone taking the time to shoot, cut, and edit a video about you.

00:46:32.000 We just had this FS1 fallout with Joy Taylor and Skip Bayless and all that good stuff, right?

00:46:38.000 And Joy Taylor's show, Speak, is now one of the highest rated on FS1. Now, it's not going to be that for long, but...

00:46:44.000 But, I mean, and Joy Taylor should not be on TV, but it is what it is, right?

00:46:48.000 So I would tell guys, like, you really need to embrace the hate, because I'll tell you this, when a lot of people blow up when people start hating on you, right?

00:46:59.000 They'll talk shit about you and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, and you'll notice that you're steadily gaining subscribers.

00:47:05.000 Embrace the hate.

00:47:06.000 Listen, haters are your unpaid marketing team.

00:47:09.000 And you know what?

00:47:10.000 It's funny.

00:47:10.000 I was actually thinking about this the other day.

00:47:12.000 I was thinking to myself, you know, if I were advising someone, you know, to do like a YouTube channel, I don't know, maybe hire someone off of Fiverr and have them do hit pieces on you.

00:47:22.000 That's funny you said that.

00:47:23.000 You know what I mean?

00:47:23.000 If it bleeds, it leads.

00:47:24.000 People are more likely to watch a hit piece on you than to watch you until they actually watch the hit piece.

00:47:30.000 So I struggle to understand relevancy in certain departments because I'm like, why are some people more relevant than other people?

00:47:36.000 And they do almost the same thing, but you know what it really is?

00:47:38.000 It's the hate.

00:47:39.000 So imagine, right?

00:47:40.000 Your timeline's filled with people.

00:47:42.000 That are hitting on other people.

00:47:44.000 So let's say, for example, I forgot about Donovan Sharp.

00:47:46.000 Yeah.

00:47:46.000 While I was out of the blue, I'm on XR, I'm on YouTube, and I say, Donovan Sharp ends his YouTube channel.

00:47:52.000 Here's a video.

00:47:53.000 I'm like, oh shit!

00:47:54.000 Oh my god!

00:47:54.000 Oh Jesus!

00:47:54.000 That actually happened to me!

00:47:56.000 Click it!

00:47:57.000 Yes!

00:47:57.000 Oh, Donovan's still here!

00:47:58.000 Let me tap in.

00:47:59.000 Now people that forgot about you are kind of like, went away.

00:48:02.000 Oh, he's still here!

00:48:03.000 Yeah.

00:48:03.000 Let me go check him out.

00:48:04.000 Yeah.

00:48:04.000 Now, I got a friend, Casey Redbeard.

00:48:06.000 Yeah, yeah.

00:48:06.000 Oh yeah, I've known him for a year.

00:48:08.000 He does content all over the world with different girls.

00:48:11.000 And...

00:48:11.000 He got his first taste of viralness when Ivan Preach made a video about him.

00:48:16.000 What?!

00:48:16.000 Now, mind you, right?

00:48:18.000 He's like, oh shit, bro.

00:48:19.000 This is crazy.

00:48:20.000 I'm like, bro, watch what happens next.

00:48:22.000 So he had sales around a certain figure.

00:48:25.000 Sure.

00:48:25.000 It quadrupled after that.

00:48:28.000 And I was like, wow.

00:48:29.000 There's a lot of power in being hated.

00:48:31.000 Now, granted though, obviously you want to have some good in there too as well.

00:48:35.000 Sure.

00:48:35.000 But for the most part, being hated does lead to monetary gain, which...

00:48:39.000 And surprisingly, you know who kind of made that a whole stick?

00:48:42.000 Andrew Tate.

00:48:43.000 He turned that hate into money.

00:48:45.000 That's right.

00:48:45.000 Listen, man, I'll tell you this.

00:48:47.000 At the end of the day, if you're relevant, in the spirit of things, you can make money and make moves.

00:48:51.000 But if you're not...

00:48:52.000 You could be content, but nobody really cares.

00:48:54.000 You could be the world's greatest content creator.

00:48:57.000 If other creators are not talking about you, for better or worse, you will never make it.

00:49:03.000 Again, and the hate, sometimes in the beginning it used to suck, but you really have to understand that once you start getting haters, and people say it all the time, haters are your biggest fans, but they don't really believe it because when it happens to them, oh, what do I do?

00:49:19.000 No, no, no, man.

00:49:20.000 Embrace the hate.

00:49:21.000 Because if people are talking about you, that means you are relevant.

00:49:24.000 Perfect.

00:49:25.000 Okay.

00:49:26.000 Donovan, I've been through content.

00:49:28.000 I'm a consistent creator.

00:49:29.000 I'm doing all those right steps.

00:49:31.000 How do I monetize off the platform?

00:49:35.000 So the way I did it is...

00:49:38.000 So how to monetize up the platform?

00:49:40.000 I would do, like, Patreon or do your website.

00:49:43.000 You know, do, like, paid subscriptions.

00:49:45.000 You know, books, courses, etc., etc.

00:49:47.000 That's how I made my money.

00:49:49.000 You know, books, courses, and womanies, and things like that. 1.00

00:49:52.000 If you have a specialty in dating and relationships, if you do relationship management, I would highly, highly suggest doing books and courses.

00:50:01.000 Because if you're doing content, you can also do books.

00:50:03.000 And it's easy for me to write books because I type quickly.

00:50:06.000 But if I were advising someone, I would say that the best way to monetize off the platform is to go do multi-platforms, write a book, do a course, and create content that's not on any platform.

00:50:21.000 And then sell that offline.

00:50:23.000 I think that's the formula.

00:50:24.000 Good point.

00:50:25.000 Yeah.

00:50:25.000 I remember Steven Crowder got demonetized on YouTube.

00:50:28.000 Yeah.

00:50:28.000 And he went about it a totally different way.

00:50:30.000 He was like, you know what?

00:50:32.000 I got you guys.

00:50:33.000 And then, obviously, Rumble came along supporting him.

00:50:35.000 Shout out to Rumble, by the way.

00:50:36.000 Yeah.

00:50:36.000 The real bosses in the rich beach platforms.

00:50:39.000 And he started doing his own membership.

00:50:43.000 There we go.

00:50:43.000 And that covered more than YouTube revenue.

00:50:46.000 And more.

00:50:47.000 And way more.

00:50:48.000 Yeah, that's what you guys did.

00:50:49.000 Yeah, pretty much.

00:50:50.000 That's what you guys did.

00:50:50.000 If you guys make more money now, you guys were demonetized back in August of 21 or 22 or something like that.

00:50:56.000 You guys make more revenue now that you have been demonetized than you did when you were monetized.

00:51:02.000 And again, if you get demonetized, and see, this is the thing.

00:51:08.000 And I'm very, very fortunate.

00:51:09.000 I don't know how this is, but I'm still monetized.

00:51:13.000 I don't know how I'm still monetized, but I am.

00:51:16.000 So I'm one of the fortunate ones.

00:51:17.000 That's awesome.

00:51:17.000 Yeah, I mean, you know, but I know my time is coming.

00:51:21.000 I mean, at some point they're going to cut me from the partner program.

00:51:24.000 But yeah.

00:51:25.000 I mean...

00:51:26.000 I don't really think so, man.

00:51:27.000 I think you've got to be on their radar, I would say.

00:51:30.000 Yeah, yeah.

00:51:31.000 And I'm not on their radar anymore.

00:51:33.000 And I think that's probably the reason.

00:51:36.000 Which is fine with me.

00:51:37.000 I don't care.

00:51:38.000 Keep the super chats rolling in.

00:51:39.000 But this is a type of content that people don't really look into.

00:51:42.000 I think you have to build relationships outside of the content creation world.

00:51:45.000 Yes, absolutely.

00:51:46.000 And a lot of people, they just make content.

00:51:47.000 Okay, I'm a great creator.

00:51:49.000 I'm this and that.

00:51:49.000 But when it comes to making things happen, you know, for the platform itself, if you're not able to negotiate, Yes.

00:51:56.000 Yes.

00:51:56.000 or even be in certain rooms, but it's almost like they're gonna shut you out at some point.

00:52:01.000 So I think having that connection with people that are established in the industry helps a lot too.

00:52:05.000 For example, Rumble.

00:52:06.000 How much if you don't have Rumble?

00:52:08.000 Dude, I don't know where we would be without Rumble.

00:52:10.000 And, you know, I've said this for years.

00:52:12.000 Any man can do anything he wants to do.

00:52:15.000 You just can't do it alone.

00:52:16.000 Yeah, you need a team.

00:52:17.000 Yeah, like we need each other, man.

00:52:21.000 I don't think any of us would be where we are today if not for each other.

00:52:25.000 And I told you earlier, MLD, I was having a conversation with him.

00:52:28.000 He's like, dude, we all made the most money when we were all working together.

00:52:31.000 And I also think...

00:52:33.000 Relationships are probably one of the most important elements of content creation, to be honest with you.

00:52:40.000 And I know a lot of guys like to go solo and you don't want to have to rely on anybody.

00:52:44.000 And I get that.

00:52:46.000 But you've got to put yourself out there.

00:52:48.000 You have to build relationships.

00:52:50.000 Because if you don't build relationships, you're going to be on an island.

00:52:54.000 For example, I've been shadow banned and this and that and a third.

00:52:56.000 But I have a good relationship with you guys.

00:52:58.000 And this will help me to get subscribers and this and that and a third.

00:53:01.000 If you're shadow banned but you don't know anybody, you're a man on an island without a team.

00:53:07.000 So, I agree.

00:53:08.000 Alright, good points.

00:53:10.000 Alright, we can open up the phone lines, right?

00:53:12.000 For Castle Club members.

00:53:13.000 That's a live Q&A. Is that cool?

00:53:15.000 Let's do it.

00:53:16.000 Yeah, for Donovan.

00:53:19.000 I mean, we've got time now.

00:53:21.000 Do you want to do, or do you want to do Zoom call?

00:53:24.000 Castle Club Zoom call.

00:53:25.000 Alright, let's do it.

00:53:27.000 In the meantime, get some chats.

00:53:27.000 Two birds, one stone, man.

00:53:28.000 There you go.

00:53:29.000 Might as well add some more value.

00:53:32.000 Those are some very good points, by the way.

00:53:33.000 If you can add those points and write it down, that's a good formula to follow.

00:53:37.000 Yeah.

00:53:38.000 No, I totally agree, man.

00:53:39.000 And I think this is where...

00:53:42.000 I think this is where loving what you like.

00:53:44.000 I go back to the Mr. Beast thing.

00:53:46.000 The only reason why Mr. Beast was still doing YouTube, but nobody knew who the fuck he was after seven years is because he loved what he was doing.

00:53:53.000 And when you get into this, you will quickly find out whether or not this is for you or not.

00:54:02.000 If you've been at this for six months and things aren't going as quickly as you want them to, but you still wake up thinking of ways to improve your content, then this Business is definitely for you.

00:54:13.000 Good point.

00:54:15.000 Oh, cool, Luke.

00:54:16.000 1980s.

00:54:17.000 What do you say?

00:54:18.000 Eagles versus Bills.

00:54:20.000 Super Bowl, Donovan?

00:54:21.000 I would love to see the Eagles in the Super Bowl, but if I were a betting man, I'd have to say Detroit Lions and Kansas City.

00:54:29.000 Damn.

00:54:29.000 Yeah, I mean, listen, I hope the Eagles get to the Super Bowl.

00:54:32.000 I think we have the best roster in football, but I don't know.

00:54:35.000 They're really, really good up in Detroit.

00:54:36.000 And on the other side, I mean, until somebody...

00:54:39.000 Until somebody beats No.

00:54:40.000 15 in red at Arrowhead, it's going to be the Chiefs.

00:54:43.000 I don't even see Bills beating the Ravens.

00:54:47.000 Lamar Jackson and Derrick Henry are way too, like, on a roll.

00:54:51.000 Now, you know what?

00:54:52.000 That's actually a very good point.

00:54:54.000 And the Bills' defense is not that.

00:54:57.000 Like, the Bills' defense is not built like that.

00:54:58.000 I think they played the Lions and the Rams on back-to-back weeks.

00:55:02.000 You know, Josh Allen, you know, solidified MVP, 40 points a game.

00:55:06.000 They won those shootouts, but their defense was like a sieve.

00:55:09.000 And I agree.

00:55:10.000 Lamar Jackson and Derrick Henry have the potential to run through the Bills like a hot knife through butter.

00:55:14.000 That being said, the game is being played in Buffalo, and that crowd is raucous.

00:55:19.000 And if there's bad weather, I'm going advantage, Bills.

00:55:21.000 But it's snow out in Baltimore, too, so it's not like...

00:55:24.000 You're right, but the Bills are the only team that actually looks like they like playing in the snow.

00:55:28.000 It looks like they're playing backyard football.

00:55:30.000 They love it to snow.

00:55:31.000 I would agree with you.

00:55:33.000 If anyone's going to beat the Buffalo Bills, it's definitely the Ravens.

00:55:41.000 You make a good point.

00:55:42.000 Lamar Jackson and Derrick Henry are probably the second best quarterback, running back combination in football.

00:55:48.000 Of course, my guy Saquon.

00:55:50.000 They're not too far behind because Saquon got 2,000 yards.

00:55:53.000 Derrick Henry, almost 2,000 yards.

00:55:55.000 I think Lamar Jackson is probably the best.

00:55:59.000 Lamar Jackson is like a wide receiver when he carries the football.

00:56:01.000 Jalen Hurts is like a running back.

00:56:03.000 Jalen Hurts has tailback skills.

00:56:05.000 Lamar Jackson has wide receiver skills.

00:56:07.000 Derrick Henry is a sledgehammer, and Saquon Barkley is fucking Superman. 0.91

00:56:10.000 I just believe that the loss of Stephon Diggs is going to finally bite them in the ass, especially just deep into the playoffs.

00:56:16.000 That's my big question.

00:56:16.000 I love Stephon Diggs, but there's a saying in sports, sometimes it's addition by subtraction.

00:56:22.000 Love Stephon Diggs, but the Bills became a better team when he left.

00:56:26.000 Stefan does definitely dig.

00:56:29.000 Stefan digs.

00:56:32.000 Alright.

00:56:33.000 What do we got here?

00:56:36.000 That was it?

00:56:36.000 Okay, that was well.

00:56:38.000 Alright.

00:56:39.000 Zoom call.

00:56:41.000 Are we going to do one right now?

00:56:41.000 Yeah, yeah.

00:56:42.000 Let's do it.

00:56:44.000 Our link should be in Castle Club, right guys?

00:56:46.000 Yes.

00:56:47.000 And Noble, any announcements for the chat?

00:56:51.000 Yeah, give me one sec.

00:56:52.000 Cool.

00:56:53.000 Alright.

00:56:54.000 Yeah, the premium thing is sales done, guys.

00:56:58.000 If you didn't get in at 65, then I think Noble already closed it.

00:57:01.000 So it's going up to 98. So we'll go ahead and answer some questions here.

00:57:07.000 Let's do it.

00:57:07.000 Are we going to stay on stream and do this?

00:57:09.000 Yeah.

00:57:10.000 Okay.

00:57:11.000 This is my favorite thing to do, is to talk to the people.

00:57:20.000 This is my favorite element of this.

00:57:24.000 Love to livestream, love to educate people, but I love to talk to the people.

00:57:27.000 That's why I love doing this.

00:57:28.000 You know who does this very well, has been doing this for years?

00:57:31.000 I'm sorry!

00:57:33.000 Is that you?

00:57:34.000 Holy shit!

00:57:35.000 Yeah, they AI'd me.

00:57:36.000 Oh my god!

00:57:38.000 Scroll back up!

00:57:39.000 That looks just like you!

00:57:41.000 Yo, that is fucking classic!

00:57:44.000 Yo, that looks just like you!

00:57:47.000 They even got the nose right! 0.98

00:57:48.000 They got the nose right! 1.00

00:57:49.000 This is great!

00:57:50.000 Yeah, you can show it on the screen so they can see it.

00:57:52.000 Yo, that is crazy!

00:57:55.000 Yeah, that's in Castle Club, man.

00:57:56.000 I swear to God, y'all's audience is fucking creative, man.

00:57:59.000 They are.

00:58:01.000 We got one of the best audiences, bro.

00:58:03.000 Super based.

00:58:04.000 Super based, super funny.

00:58:06.000 And I like how our fans playfully troll us.

00:58:10.000 I love it, man.

00:58:11.000 Yeah, it's good.

00:58:12.000 It's definitely good.

00:58:14.000 Alright, so we got the Zoom thing ready?

00:58:19.000 Okay.

00:58:20.000 Put the headphones on so you can hear what's going on, too.

00:58:24.000 Go ahead, Noble.

00:58:25.000 Oh yeah, so the calendar is posted in the WAP for the rest of the month for the Zoom call schedule, so everyone who is in premium, go check that out.

00:58:34.000 And then, secondly, anyone who bought the annual for $8.99, you guys should have an email in your email from freshandfitmanager at gmail.com, and that will go and give you access to locals.

00:58:48.000 And then, lastly, we'll have instructions, a new set of instructions for the Discord posted after this show, because a lot of you guys were having trouble with it.

00:58:58.000 So, yep.

00:58:59.000 That's for Locals, by the way, the Locals Discord. 0.52

00:59:01.000 Awesome.

00:59:03.000 Alright, who's up first?

00:59:05.000 Oh, one second.

00:59:06.000 We got, uh...

00:59:10.000 Alright, we got...

00:59:11.000 Should've cast a clip, man.

00:59:13.000 Real shit.

00:59:13.000 On Locals.

00:59:18.000 Hey, what's up, guys?

00:59:21.000 How's it going?

00:59:22.000 What's up, man?

00:59:23.000 Good.

00:59:24.000 Donovan's here, so let her rip. 1.00

00:59:26.000 So I have a question for Donovan.

00:59:27.000 I remember you said that your wife built your app and your website.

00:59:32.000 Isn't that correct?

00:59:33.000 Yes, that's correct.

00:59:35.000 So I'm going into that field as well.

00:59:38.000 I was wondering from, like, your perspective, like, what is, like, the biggest, like, benefits and difference going from, like, not having that and doing it and running it?

00:59:50.000 Yeah, financially.

00:59:53.000 Fresh actually referenced this earlier.

00:59:55.000 What happens when you get shadow banned?

00:59:57.000 What happens when you're losing subscribers?

01:00:00.000 Having an app and multiple websites, that is what will carry you.

01:00:05.000 Because, listen, adversity is going to come.

01:00:08.000 And if you don't have your own app, if you don't have your own...

01:00:10.000 own.

01:00:10.000 You don't have to have an app and a website, but if you do, the advantages are innumerable.

01:00:15.000 Make sense?

01:00:22.000 Thank you.

01:00:23.000 I guess I answered this question.

01:00:26.000 Alright.

01:00:27.000 Who's next?

01:00:33.000 Also, remember guys, the link for the Zoom meeting, it is available pinned in the Castle Club news feed or the locals feed.

01:00:41.000 Joshua.

01:00:48.000 What's the problem, guys?

01:00:52.000 How are you guys doing?

01:00:53.000 What's up, man?

01:00:55.000 So, obviously, Fresh, you helped me out last time, and now we're talking about content creating?

01:01:02.000 Yes.

01:01:02.000 Do you think it's a good idea that I should try and do content creating for my budgeting thing to get myself more exposure?

01:01:09.000 110%.

01:01:09.000 And listen, you've got Donovan here to help you back it up, actually, with some actual strategy behind it, so ask away.

01:01:18.000 So, yeah.

01:01:20.000 Do you think I should try and have these things pre-thought out, or should I just do it on a fly, like doing it live, or should I try and do some...

01:01:29.000 So Donovan, he has a passion for helping people get out of debt and finance.

01:01:32.000 He wants to put it on YouTube to kind of express that and gain more customers and more following.

01:01:37.000 The answer to your question...

01:01:38.000 So ask your question one more time, and then I'll give you the answer.

01:01:42.000 Long story short, I'm trying to start a new business with budget coaching, helping others get out of debt and things of that sort.

01:01:50.000 And I want to try and not go through Google Ads and things of that sort.

01:01:55.000 So with the topic being on content creating, how should I go about it when it comes to trying to...

01:02:04.000 Gain more following.

01:02:05.000 Yeah, so in the beginning you asked, should I do freestyle, so to speak, or should I script it out?

01:02:13.000 The answer is yes.

01:02:14.000 You should absolutely do both.

01:02:16.000 You should have notes before you go live, have your talking points, and here's another tip I'll give you.

01:02:23.000 Your audience will give you your talking points.

01:02:25.000 You have to start off, you have to have a fire starter.

01:02:28.000 Have 9 or 10 bullet points of things you want to talk about, script it out.

01:02:31.000 But as you're actually doing something live, your audience will give you talking points to do.

01:02:39.000 So definitely script things out and freestyle at the same time because, again, if you know what you're talking about, you can do it pretty easily.

01:02:47.000 But pay attention to your chat because your chat will ask you questions.

01:02:51.000 Answer your chat's questions.

01:02:54.000 So we mean doing both at the same time.

01:02:57.000 Do you mean I should try and have topics and then freestyle on each topic?

01:03:02.000 Yes!

01:03:03.000 There it is.

01:03:04.000 That's it.

01:03:05.000 What he's saying as well, just understand it should be a part of who you are.

01:03:09.000 Right.

01:03:09.000 So it should be in you anyway to talk about it.

01:03:11.000 Some people bring up certain topics on stream or, for example, in comments, oh, I could talk about that too as well because I know about that.

01:03:18.000 And they build upon that.

01:03:20.000 Oh, sure.

01:03:21.000 And I guess one more thing to add to that.

01:03:24.000 I heard that on YouTube that I would need to have at least 1,000 subscribers to start YouTube live streaming, right?

01:03:31.000 Or is that any time?

01:03:33.000 I don't even know.

01:03:33.000 I think you can live stream.

01:03:35.000 The requirements do change depending on their guidelines.

01:03:38.000 That's a good question.

01:03:38.000 Let me double check that for you.

01:03:40.000 Yeah, I don't know.

01:03:42.000 That's a good point.

01:03:42.000 I don't know what the live streaming requirements are.

01:03:46.000 I think I've got six or seven channels, and they're all well over 1,000 subscribers.

01:03:52.000 Okay, it's a live stream.

01:03:54.000 You need 50 subs.

01:03:56.000 Oh, perfect.

01:03:57.000 And 90 days on your channel with no restrictions.

01:04:02.000 I think that's pretty much it.

01:04:05.000 Alright, thank you very much, guys.

01:04:06.000 I appreciate it.

01:04:07.000 Thanks for the questions, man.

01:04:09.000 Shout out to you, bro.

01:04:13.000 Oh, no.

01:04:14.000 You need 1,000 subs.

01:04:16.000 Oh, you need 1,000 subs.

01:04:17.000 For mobile, you need 50. You need 1,000 subs on the actual channel.

01:04:24.000 What's up, fellas?

01:04:25.000 Good to see y'all.

01:04:28.000 Again, bringing the wisdom here to the rest of us.

01:04:32.000 Mr. Sharp, I wanted to ask about idea generation.

01:04:36.000 Thinking about YouTube as a decade-long game.

01:04:39.000 How do you come up or continue coming up with ideas that maximize the amount of value you bring to your audience?

01:04:48.000 Oh my god.

01:04:50.000 Honestly, I don't know.

01:04:51.000 I really don't know.

01:04:54.000 It's got to be in you, man.

01:04:56.000 And I know that's not the answer that you're looking for, but well...

01:05:03.000 Listen, follow other creators.

01:05:05.000 Watch other creators that are in your space, in your field, and you will get ideas like that.

01:05:11.000 Try to come up with original ideas, but yeah, follow other creators.

01:05:14.000 Look on social media, Instagram, Twitter, etc., etc.

01:05:18.000 Also, if you want a following, open up a Discord.

01:05:21.000 And when you start getting fans, they'll send you videos, articles, websites, etc., etc.

01:05:26.000 If you start a Discord at a certain point, you will never run out of content.

01:05:29.000 That's true.

01:05:31.000 Okay.

01:05:31.000 Or Telegram.

01:05:32.000 Or Telegram, yeah, yeah.

01:05:33.000 Either or.

01:05:34.000 Create a community for the rest of them.

01:05:36.000 Okay, that makes sense.

01:05:37.000 Because it kind of piggybacks on what you said to the last gentleman, just now talking about your comments.

01:05:43.000 The comments from your viewers can help facilitate ideas.

01:05:46.000 And I'm just always thinking, like, I'm thinking super long-term, but I know that's a little fearful.

01:05:50.000 At the same time, like, am I going to learn other ideas?

01:05:53.000 But as I continue the journey, things will populate, huh?

01:05:57.000 Yes.

01:05:57.000 Once you get started, once you have that momentum, you will never run out of ideas.

01:06:03.000 It's literally impossible.

01:06:05.000 I appreciate that.

01:06:06.000 Yeah, man.

01:06:06.000 Of course.

01:06:07.000 Thanks for the question.

01:06:08.000 I mean, look at us.

01:06:08.000 We've been doing content for how long with no stop in sight?

01:06:13.000 The content being there nonstop?

01:06:15.000 Why is that?

01:06:16.000 Here's the thing.

01:06:17.000 It's because you have people on who have differing opinions.

01:06:21.000 It's the girls, right?

01:06:23.000 Pearl, the reason why she blew up is because she had people on that disagreed with her.

01:06:27.000 The late, great Kevin Samuels, same thing.

01:06:29.000 And I remember his form, he's like, listen...

01:06:30.000 Pull up if you have a disagreement.

01:06:32.000 That's how Average at Best got started.

01:06:34.000 Kevin started off, as we all know, as a men's image consultant.

01:06:38.000 And black women loved him because he was holding men accountable.

01:06:40.000 But then when he started holding women accountable, that's when he blew up.

01:06:44.000 Right, exactly.

01:06:45.000 But yeah, bring people on who have differing opinions than you, and you will never go wrong.

01:06:49.000 That's why you guys have been around for a while, because you don't only have people and guests on who agree with you.

01:06:54.000 You guys have differing opinions.

01:06:56.000 You guys have girls, literally, who have differing opinions.

01:07:00.000 That's why people tune in every night.

01:07:02.000 Alright.

01:07:03.000 Definitely don't want to be an echo chamber.

01:07:05.000 That's, I think, one of the mistakes that a lot of channels end up having is just becoming an echo chamber.

01:07:10.000 Yeah, of course.

01:07:15.000 Make sense?

01:07:16.000 Thanks for the question, man.

01:07:18.000 Oh, I didn't...

01:07:19.000 I had to unmute myself.

01:07:20.000 Yeah, that makes perfect sense.

01:07:21.000 Yeah, it's a good question.

01:07:22.000 It makes a good question.

01:07:24.000 Alright.

01:07:24.000 Who's next?

01:07:25.000 Riley.

01:07:26.000 Riley.

01:07:28.000 Hey, hey, how's it going?

01:07:30.000 Good, good.

01:07:31.000 I'm just a little bit sick.

01:07:33.000 Is this only for content creation or could I ask a real estate question?

01:07:37.000 If you're going to ask a real estate question, I think that's Myron's specialty.

01:07:39.000 Yeah, go ahead.

01:07:41.000 So how would I... Basically, my parents want to be able to provide me and my siblings with help for a down payment for a piece of property, but I obviously want to buy a duplex or more.

01:07:53.000 How would I go upon that with...

01:07:56.000 Then giving me money and not having to pay taxes on that.

01:08:00.000 Do you know?

01:08:02.000 Well, anytime you get money given to you for a down payment, it can be problematic, bro.

01:08:07.000 Because the bank is going to want to know the source of those funds because they're going to want to see how you got it.

01:08:12.000 So legally, families allowed to give their kids up to $18,000 a year per parent untaxed.

01:08:19.000 Do you suggest just collecting that for a couple years or is there any way that you could buy the property with?

01:08:25.000 Your family or a family member?

01:08:27.000 Well, it depends.

01:08:27.000 What kind of loan are you going to get?

01:08:31.000 Well, I guess it would just be a standard mortgage.

01:08:36.000 So basically, you're a 30-year fixed?

01:08:38.000 Probably lower than that.

01:08:39.000 I'll probably be able to put down at least 40% or 50%.

01:08:42.000 No, no, no, no.

01:08:43.000 The mortgage I'm asking.

01:08:45.000 You're going to get a 30-year fixed loan, right?

01:08:47.000 If that's the suggestion, I was going to try to go for 15. A 15-year, you know your mortgage is going to be significantly more expensive if you do that, right?

01:08:56.000 Like, double the price.

01:08:58.000 So might as well just get a 30?

01:09:01.000 I mean, again, okay, how much is a house and how much are you trying to put down?

01:09:06.000 Well, it's in between 6 and 7, and I'd like to be putting down about 250 or 300. God damn.

01:09:12.000 That's a hell of a down payment.

01:09:13.000 A $600,000 house?

01:09:14.000 It's a duplex?

01:09:16.000 It's a triplex.

01:09:17.000 Nigga, where you live? 1.00

01:09:18.000 Wow.

01:09:18.000 Nigga, where you live?

01:09:19.000 Reno.

01:09:22.000 He lives in my goddamn city.

01:09:24.000 I mean, $600,000 for a triplex isn't terrible.

01:09:26.000 Is it South Reno?

01:09:27.000 It's not terrible.

01:09:27.000 Yeah, but putting it down for a first property?

01:09:29.000 Do FHA. Yeah, I mean, that's the other thing I was gonna ask.

01:09:32.000 Like, are you planning to live in it or not?

01:09:33.000 You could do multiple.

01:09:34.000 Yeah, I'm gonna live in it for 12 months and then hopefully get the fuck out of it.

01:09:37.000 Yeah, if you're gonna live, then there's no point.

01:09:39.000 If you're gonna live in it, bro, then just put the bare minimum down and get another house.

01:09:43.000 Yeah, bro.

01:09:44.000 Okay, so do a couple properties at the same time?

01:09:48.000 That's actually the way I did it in Vegas.

01:09:49.000 Yeah, you're better off taking that capital and putting it into other houses if you're going to live in it.

01:09:55.000 If you're going to buy as an investor, then yeah, you've got to put your 20-25% down.

01:09:58.000 But if you're going to go ahead and live in it for a year, and you're going to get a triplex on top of that, which means you'll have two tenants to offset the cost of the mortgage, then yeah, dude, absolutely go with FHA. Put as little down as possible.

01:10:09.000 And that'll be better for you because then we'll scrutinize the funds as bad.

01:10:13.000 Okay, that makes sense.

01:10:15.000 Because I would want to do that and then immediately get a rental property after that, are you saying that I'd put the 20% down on the second piece of property?

01:10:22.000 Yes, I would.

01:10:23.000 You would have to.

01:10:24.000 Because if you're going to get the second house, right?

01:10:27.000 So let's say you buy the first house, you do your FHA, and you live in it for a year, right?

01:10:31.000 Another deal comes by.

01:10:32.000 And you're like, damn, this house is a good deal.

01:10:34.000 Well, you can't move into that one because you still have to meet the prerequisites of living in your first home for a year.

01:10:39.000 So, for that second house, you would have to put the 20% down.

01:10:43.000 Because you would have to buy that.

01:10:45.000 You would have to get that second house as an investor.

01:10:49.000 Okay.

01:10:50.000 Okay, that makes sense.

01:10:50.000 Does that make sense?

01:10:51.000 Yeah, that does.

01:10:52.000 This one is residential, so you can get it for 3.5% to 5%.

01:10:55.000 Then, while you're in that house, let's say a year hasn't elapsed, then you can go ahead and get the second house, but that second house you're going to have to buy as an investor, which means you've got to put 20% to 25% down.

01:11:07.000 Okay.

01:11:08.000 Okay, perfect.

01:11:09.000 Alright, that's just about all.

01:11:11.000 Thank you, boys, for always answering the questions.

01:11:13.000 No worries, man.

01:11:13.000 Let me just comment on this.

01:11:15.000 Anybody thinking about moving to Reno, don't.

01:11:17.000 It's a dump.

01:11:20.000 Why do you say that?

01:11:22.000 It's not.

01:11:23.000 I'm just trying to discourage people from moving to literally the best-kept secret in America.

01:11:28.000 Reno, Nevada...

01:11:29.000 I really fucking like to hear that, and if I can get a second, my parents actually are building a house up in Reno.

01:11:34.000 I live in Southern California, and right now I'm actually...

01:11:37.000 Renting one of my parents' house from them over on the beach.

01:11:40.000 Okay.

01:11:40.000 But it's fucking ridiculously expensive here and I'm not going to spend the rest of my fucking life here.

01:11:45.000 So I'd like to be able to, you know, kind of do my own shit.

01:11:49.000 And yeah, with the assistance of the parents, I still want to be able to grind it and do it myself too.

01:11:53.000 Absolutely.

01:11:54.000 How old are you, bro?

01:11:56.000 I'm 24. Oh, he's a young boy.

01:11:58.000 Okay.

01:11:58.000 He's a young boy.

01:11:59.000 Yeah, I will die.

01:11:59.000 That's a blessing, man.

01:12:00.000 I will die in Reno.

01:12:01.000 I'm never moving in.

01:12:02.000 That place is awesome.

01:12:03.000 So it looks like your family has some coins, so don't fuck it up.

01:12:07.000 Just pick up that first house, live in it, and then as far as the second house goes, depending on whether it's a year in or not, that will dictate whether you buy the second house as an investor.

01:12:17.000 But understand that when you buy...

01:12:20.000 If you're putting a big down payment on it, they're going to want to know where that money came from.

01:12:23.000 They're going to scrutinize you.

01:12:24.000 Anytime you get a loan from the bank, bro, they're going to want W-2s, tax returns, income.

01:12:29.000 They're going to want all that shit. 0.81

01:12:30.000 And even if you do get that money as a gift, it could still be problematic for you when you're getting a loan.

01:12:37.000 So keep that in mind.

01:12:38.000 Who else is on the Zoom call?

01:12:40.000 What's your name, sir?

01:12:41.000 My name's Donovan.

01:12:44.000 Donovan?

01:12:45.000 Okay, cool.

01:12:46.000 I'm going to follow you, Donovan.

01:12:47.000 I appreciate that.

01:12:48.000 It's good to hear that you like Reno up there.

01:12:50.000 Oh, dude.

01:12:51.000 Check him out on YouTube and on Rumble.

01:12:53.000 Just to update everyone, I moved to Reno from the Philadelphia area, and I can't even begin to describe the lifestyle change.

01:13:08.000 Dude, there's more space.

01:13:12.000 Like, the vistas are picture-perfect.

01:13:13.000 We have a mountain in our backyard.

01:13:16.000 Yeah.

01:13:17.000 Like, you could become a photographer living where I live.

01:13:21.000 It's just...

01:13:22.000 Nice.

01:13:22.000 Best decision I've ever made in my life.

01:13:25.000 Do you live in South or Sparks?

01:13:27.000 Oh, South.

01:13:28.000 No, no, no.

01:13:28.000 Definitely South Reno.

01:13:29.000 Definitely South Reno.

01:13:29.000 Okay.

01:13:30.000 Honestly, man, I don't go North 85, brah.

01:13:33.000 Okay, cool.

01:13:34.000 Yeah, my parents live off of Mount Rose Highway.

01:13:36.000 Oh, yeah.

01:13:37.000 Yeah, Mount Rose area, Galena, Damani Ranch.

01:13:40.000 Yeah, that area is fucking brilliant.

01:13:42.000 Nice.

01:13:43.000 Awesome.

01:13:43.000 Yep.

01:13:43.000 Thank you guys so much.

01:13:44.000 Yes, sir.

01:13:45.000 All right.

01:13:46.000 We'll try to keep it on topic, though.

01:13:48.000 Who's up next?

01:13:49.000 Ibrahima?

01:14:00.000 Oh! 0.60

01:14:03.000 That's Alchemist.

01:14:04.000 Oh, I did not know that.

01:14:06.000 Yo, Myron, can you hear me?

01:14:08.000 Yeah, we got you.

01:14:10.000 I just want to tell Myron, thank you for the last time.

01:14:15.000 I just found a job, so I'm working on a target right now, and I just monetize on this.

01:14:21.000 I just want to say that.

01:14:24.000 Alright.

01:14:25.000 You got a job quick.

01:14:26.000 Good job, man.

01:14:26.000 Yeah, good stuff, bro.

01:14:27.000 Good work.

01:14:28.000 Thank you so much, man.

01:14:30.000 That's it.

01:14:30.000 Alright.

01:14:31.000 Well, I'm glad that you were able to get yourself out of that situation, man.

01:14:34.000 And like I said before, man, fast money typically comes with slow problems.

01:14:37.000 So don't associate with those scammers ever again, bro, and just make your money legit and clean from this point forward.

01:14:43.000 Yeah, yeah.

01:14:45.000 Byron, AC469 says, who's Donovan Sharp?

01:14:48.000 Would you like to tell him who I am?

01:14:50.000 There would be no pressure without Donovan Sharp, guys.

01:14:52.000 So go check him out on YouTube and on Rumble.

01:14:55.000 That's who I am.

01:14:56.000 So just go check him out.

01:14:58.000 And it saved many lives.

01:14:59.000 Go watch his stuff.

01:15:02.000 Yep! 0.80

01:15:03.000 Womanese! 1.00

01:15:03.000 He'll help you out enormously, I promise you guys. 1.00

01:15:06.000 Is that a mistake that he's here?

01:15:09.000 Thank you.

01:15:09.000 I appreciate that.

01:15:10.000 Baith, Roel, go ahead.

01:15:12.000 No, go to Eddie.

01:15:14.000 You don't want to go to...

01:15:14.000 No.

01:15:16.000 He's been on before.

01:15:17.000 That's somebody new.

01:15:18.000 Okay.

01:15:19.000 Go to Eddie.

01:15:19.000 All right, go ahead, Eddie, and then we'll go back to Baith after.

01:15:24.000 Go ahead.

01:15:25.000 And just so you guys know, these are with our Castle Club guys, man.

01:15:27.000 So join Castle Club guys.

01:15:28.000 It's $35 a month and you get to fucking talk to us once or twice a week.

01:15:31.000 We had a Zoom call last night, too.

01:15:32.000 We've been giving you guys even more value, man.

01:15:34.000 It's like $1.16 a day, man.

01:15:36.000 Yeah, literally.

01:15:37.000 Damn, I didn't even think about that.

01:15:38.000 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

01:15:39.000 Just $35 divided by $30.

01:15:41.000 Yeah, just, you know.

01:15:41.000 Yeah, man.

01:15:42.000 You guys talk about free speech?

01:15:43.000 $1, man.

01:15:44.000 Basically $1 a day, bro.

01:15:45.000 Support free speech.

01:15:46.000 Support free speech, support us, and we support you guys back.

01:15:48.000 We give you guys fucking life-saving advice like this, like save you guys a bunch of money.

01:15:52.000 That dude was going to put 25% down on how he was going to live it.

01:15:54.000 One guy had five accounts for debt.

01:15:57.000 Like, really bad debt.

01:15:58.000 And he didn't know what to do.

01:16:00.000 We gave him some advice.

01:16:00.000 Holy shit.

01:16:01.000 Solving it day by day right now.

01:16:02.000 Oh my god.

01:16:03.000 Talk about a hole, man.

01:16:05.000 Holy shit, man.

01:16:07.000 Go ahead, bro.

01:16:07.000 Go, Eddie.

01:16:08.000 Okay, a zoom user.

01:16:12.000 Can you hear us or no?

01:16:21.000 Thank you.

01:16:23.000 Thank you.

01:16:24.000 Yeah, I can hear you.

01:16:25.000 There we go.

01:16:26.000 I just got a question.

01:16:27.000 I called in to Money Monday before Christmas.

01:16:31.000 I called in.

01:16:32.000 I was moving down to Miami.

01:16:33.000 And you guys told me to start networking in the Telegram chat.

01:16:37.000 And I actually just got kicked over the Telegram chat today because I was networking and teaching people actually how to trade.

01:16:43.000 And Noble kicked me out.

01:16:45.000 And I'm just wondering, is there anything you guys can do about it?

01:16:49.000 Because I'm actually giving heavy value in the chat and Trucker can vouch for me.

01:16:53.000 And a tooth can vouch for me, too, that I'm actually a real trader giving a lot of value.

01:16:57.000 And I'm just wondering if there's anything to either get you guys' approval.

01:17:01.000 I have receipts that I actually do withdraw from the market, five years, lots of hours in the market that I know what I'm talking about, and lots of client reviews.

01:17:10.000 A lot of people can vouch for me in the chat, and Noble kicked me tonight.

01:17:13.000 All right, this is going to be a public execution, bro.

01:17:16.000 Noble told you not to repeat soliciting people, right?

01:17:21.000 And you continued, right?

01:17:22.000 Is that not correct?

01:17:24.000 And also, you didn't confirm with us who you are or what you do.

01:17:29.000 You just, hey, do you want to learn how to trade?

01:17:31.000 I can teach you.

01:17:33.000 That's not cool, bro.

01:17:34.000 So Noble spoke to you because I told him to.

01:17:36.000 Hey, bro, chill with that shit.

01:17:37.000 You did it again today because people told me you did, by the way.

01:17:41.000 And I'm like, bro, who is this guy?

01:17:43.000 He didn't ask us.

01:17:44.000 He didn't ask for permission.

01:17:46.000 Nothing.

01:17:46.000 Now, you may be a great trader, nice guy, but it's our group, bro.

01:17:49.000 So unless you ask...

01:17:51.000 Don't do that, bro.

01:17:53.000 And that's why he kicked you.

01:17:54.000 Is there any way I can get permission?

01:17:56.000 Because I can legitimately prove I'm an actual trader.

01:17:59.000 A lot of these scammers out here, I can actually sit down one-on-one with my clients and actually teach them.

01:18:05.000 We have Rob, my guy Casper, that are verified.

01:18:08.000 I've been in for years.

01:18:09.000 Listen, you might be too as well.

01:18:10.000 But again, I'm actually coming to your house, right?

01:18:12.000 Making my own rules and says, oh, you know what?

01:18:14.000 I'm going to take my shoes off when I feel like in your own home.

01:18:19.000 That's what's happening here, bro.

01:18:21.000 And listen, we gave you a chance.

01:18:22.000 I said, you know what?

01:18:23.000 Don't get him out yet.

01:18:24.000 We'll tell him what to do so he doesn't, you know, I made that mistake again.

01:18:27.000 Yeah.

01:18:27.000 But you did it again, bro.

01:18:28.000 And I'm like, bro, why are you doing this?

01:18:30.000 Well, I wasn't, so listen, I was telling people if they need help, DM me because I can really help and if they want further instructions, let me get on a Zoom with you and then I can show you because a lot of people teach the wrong way.

01:18:43.000 Let me read this very clear, bro, right?

01:18:47.000 I got niggas everywhere. 1.00

01:18:48.000 In real life, in chats, and as well in membership, bro.

01:18:52.000 If you do some fuck shit, I'm gonna find out.

01:18:54.000 And I found out about your fucking ass, bro.

01:18:55.000 So don't come down, oh, nigga, you're done. 1.00

01:18:58.000 Yo, get him out of here, bro.

01:18:59.000 Go ahead.

01:19:00.000 Yeah, I think what is happening is...

01:19:05.000 He wants the audience, but he does not want to provide value.

01:19:08.000 He's saying, take my word for it that I know what I'm talking about.

01:19:11.000 You gotta show it another way, man.

01:19:13.000 See, I'm all for helping people out.

01:19:15.000 Of course.

01:19:16.000 And giving value.

01:19:16.000 Yeah.

01:19:17.000 But we need to go behind our back doing that shit.

01:19:18.000 It's weird, bro.

01:19:19.000 Yeah, it's like you're trying to take a shortcut.

01:19:20.000 And shortcuts don't...

01:19:21.000 That shit doesn't fly, man.

01:19:23.000 Bro.

01:19:25.000 Whatever, man.

01:19:26.000 Who's next?

01:19:28.000 Because imagine they lose money.

01:19:30.000 Yeah.

01:19:30.000 You know what I'm gonna say?

01:19:31.000 Oh.

01:19:32.000 Fresh and Fitz guy lost his money.

01:19:34.000 He don't even know who this nigga. 1.00

01:19:35.000 Who is this nigga, bro? 1.00

01:19:37.000 I don't know who this nigga is. 1.00

01:19:39.000 Do you know who he is?

01:19:41.000 I don't know who he is.

01:19:42.000 Yeah, that was weird.

01:19:43.000 Bro, and you know what's funny?

01:19:44.000 We warned him.

01:19:45.000 He messaged my guy and said, he said, bro, do you need help with trading?

01:19:49.000 I can teach you, bro.

01:19:50.000 Bro, my guy, yo, first look at this shit.

01:19:53.000 I'm like, nigga, you're done. 1.00

01:19:54.000 Yeah, two strikes and you're out, bro.

01:19:56.000 Yeah, I gave you a chance, bro.

01:19:57.000 That's some fuck shit, man.

01:19:58.000 Yeah, yeah.

01:19:59.000 He tried to take a shortcut.

01:20:01.000 And listen, maybe he does know what he's talking about.

01:20:04.000 We'll never know.

01:20:05.000 Well, too late now.

01:20:06.000 You scam us, bro.

01:20:08.000 Hell no.

01:20:10.000 Alright, who's next?

01:20:12.000 See, you didn't even know about that shit.

01:20:14.000 They came here trying to talk shit.

01:20:16.000 Alright, who's next?

01:20:19.000 Hey, what's up, man?

01:20:23.000 I have a question for Donovan.

01:20:26.000 Hey, I have a question.

01:20:27.000 Are there rules to content creation, bro?

01:20:29.000 Like, when you're creating content, are there any rules to it?

01:20:38.000 There aren't any rules, but I would say the most important elements of being a successful content creator is consistency.

01:20:46.000 Consistent?

01:20:47.000 Yep.

01:20:47.000 Look, if you are consistent, if people know when to find you and where to find you, you will be more successful than the greatest content creator who is inconsistent.

01:20:56.000 That is the key.

01:20:58.000 Okay.

01:20:59.000 And are you moving to AI content creation?

01:21:07.000 No.

01:21:08.000 No.

01:21:10.000 Because, like, I'm me.

01:21:12.000 Like, I'm the guy.

01:21:13.000 Like, I don't want AI talking for me or whatever the case may be.

01:21:16.000 Uh-huh.

01:21:18.000 Okay, yeah, that'll be all, man.

01:21:19.000 I appreciate your time.

01:21:20.000 No problem.

01:21:21.000 I think AI is better suited for editing.

01:21:23.000 Yes, there you go.

01:21:24.000 Yeah, yeah, yeah.

01:21:25.000 That's a very good point.

01:21:26.000 AI is good for editing.

01:21:28.000 Editing and small shit like that.

01:21:30.000 Scheduling, but not creating itself.

01:21:32.000 No, no, no.

01:21:33.000 Because anybody can do that.

01:21:34.000 Yeah.

01:21:34.000 Thank you.

01:21:35.000 No problem.

01:21:38.000 Good, Rob.

01:21:40.000 You said Rob Bass?

01:21:41.000 What?

01:21:42.000 Hey, yo, can you guys hear me?

01:21:44.000 Yes, sir.

01:21:45.000 Alright, what's up, Myron?

01:21:46.000 What's up, Fresh?

01:21:47.000 Shout out to you, Donovan, for just being an OG in the space, man.

01:21:50.000 Thank you, man.

01:21:50.000 Appreciate it.

01:21:51.000 Yeah, I've been around since the Redman group.

01:21:53.000 Wow!

01:21:55.000 That's way back.

01:21:56.000 Wow, well, thank you.

01:21:57.000 Way back, yeah, man.

01:21:58.000 Alright, so as somebody trying to make it in the RP space, I'm trying to create content for Asian guys.

01:22:03.000 My question is, what kind of content has worked best for you?

01:22:07.000 Was it reaction videos, call-in shows?

01:22:10.000 Like, were they, like, those politically charged videos?

01:22:13.000 Reaction videos.

01:22:14.000 Yeah, reaction videos.

01:22:16.000 Yeah, I blew up on YouTube when I started doing play-by-play breakdowns of the Netflix show Love is Blind.

01:22:23.000 That, like, that is literally the reason why I am where I am.

01:22:29.000 Because when you react to interpersonal dynamics between men and women, you're commenting on what is happening in real time.

01:22:41.000 That's my superpower.

01:22:42.000 It's my superpower.

01:22:43.000 I love to do it.

01:22:46.000 If you want to point out the RP, just watch and break down dating shows.

01:22:53.000 It's the gift that keeps on giving, man.

01:22:56.000 Yeah, man.

01:22:58.000 So, I guess this is kind of like a part two question, because, like, I mean, there's a lot of people, like, there's a lot of blue pill people in the space right now, and, like, they make some really whack dating content, so if I started reacting to that and kind of, like, being an enemy, sort of say?

01:23:14.000 No, you don't have to be an enemy, just be an antagonist.

01:23:16.000 If there's a blue pill guy giving blue pill dating advice, yeah, react to that and debunk their talking points one by one.

01:23:24.000 I'll give you an example.

01:23:25.000 Two days ago, we did a debate with LaCaro on Casey Redbeard.

01:23:28.000 Oh, yeah!

01:23:29.000 LaCaro did a reaction to one of Casey's videos, and he said, you know what?

01:23:32.000 I don't like this.

01:23:33.000 Yep.

01:23:33.000 Because XYZ. Yep.

01:23:34.000 And now they did a debate after that, so you never know what we could take here, bro.

01:23:37.000 Yeah.

01:23:38.000 Good point.

01:23:38.000 Yeah, react to it.

01:23:39.000 Like, react to Blue Pill content creators.

01:23:42.000 That's another great idea.

01:23:44.000 Dope, dope. 0.98

01:23:45.000 Good job.

01:23:45.000 That helps a lot, because I've just been shotgunning content out and seeing what kind of sticks, so I appreciate that, man.

01:23:50.000 Yeah, that is what will stick.

01:23:52.000 Awesome, awesome.

01:23:53.000 All right.

01:23:54.000 Thanks, guys.

01:23:54.000 Thanks for the support, man.

01:23:55.000 Appreciate it.

01:23:57.000 Alright.

01:23:58.000 One of the coolest things that people tell me is like, man, I've watched you since the Redman group, or I've watched you since 2020. Like, that's pretty cool, man.

01:24:04.000 That never gets old.

01:24:05.000 Alright.

01:24:07.000 Alright, what's up next?

01:24:11.000 Uh-oh.

01:24:12.000 Not this guy, man.

01:24:14.000 Not this guy, bro.

01:24:16.000 Uh-oh.

01:24:18.000 I know what you're about to say right now.

01:24:20.000 Go ahead.

01:24:20.000 I don't even need to say it.

01:24:22.000 You already know.

01:24:23.000 You're the king of ducking and dodging and catching those hands, man.

01:24:28.000 Okay, so let me explain what happened.

01:24:30.000 Here we go.

01:24:31.000 We played Smash Brothers, right?

01:24:32.000 You know, the video game?

01:24:33.000 Oh, yeah, yeah.

01:24:34.000 Okay, to be fair, he beats you sometimes.

01:24:37.000 Sometimes.

01:24:38.000 I've beaten you every time we've played.

01:24:40.000 You've won the one time I picked you around.

01:24:41.000 I won one time when I stopped playing this nigga. 1.00

01:24:44.000 You retired.

01:24:45.000 I already beat you, bro.

01:24:46.000 I don't want to play you no more.

01:24:46.000 I am tired, bro.

01:24:47.000 I'm retired.

01:24:47.000 I'm out.

01:24:49.000 I'm going to call her real quick.

01:24:51.000 Alright, what's the question, bro?

01:24:51.000 Go ahead.

01:24:52.000 This man, a bully, Casey and a smash.

01:24:54.000 We're scared to plug up.

01:24:55.000 Anyway.

01:24:55.000 He's stupid.

01:24:57.000 Anyway, I was just going to...

01:25:00.000 I mean, I guess it's not directly content creation related, but...

01:25:04.000 And I don't know if you, Fresh, or Donovan, or even Myron, a lot of people, I think, don't...

01:25:12.000 How can I say it?

01:25:13.000 They don't have a straight...

01:25:15.000 Like, golem on when it comes, like, passion or what they want to do.

01:25:18.000 So, basically, the question is, would you make a video or what is your quick advice or information on, like, the 4% rule?

01:25:26.000 Is that even a thing anymore?

01:25:27.000 If you, like, let's say just have a million, 500,000 or something like that, you know, and people, like, live off 4% of that, put it in a bank and just kind of live off the interest of that.

01:25:36.000 Is that even viable anymore and do you just put it all in one bank or is, like, kind of spread it out over multiple banks?

01:25:44.000 Because...

01:25:45.000 I don't know.

01:25:46.000 I don't have a real passion.

01:25:47.000 I do stuff here and there, but I'm like, okay, I might as well just get a bunch of money and just try to live off of that rather than trying to find a passion in something that doesn't pay as much because as I get older, these passion jobs don't really pay as much.

01:26:02.000 That's a financial question.

01:26:03.000 I think that's probably a question better suited for Myron.

01:26:06.000 I'm not in the financial field.

01:26:08.000 I would love to answer your question, but I just don't have the answer.

01:26:11.000 Is it more like you just want to make money?

01:26:13.000 And I focus on passion projects because they don't really pay how you would think they would pay?

01:26:18.000 Pretty, yeah, pretty much.

01:26:20.000 I'm a vet tech right now because, you know, I love animals and stuff.

01:26:23.000 Oh, wow, that's cool.

01:26:24.000 I deal with animals, but they don't pay a lot.

01:26:27.000 It's capped.

01:26:28.000 You only got really, like, technician and then doctor.

01:26:33.000 And technicians don't, you know, never going to make as much as a doctor, so...

01:26:37.000 I was thinking about going to IT, which I still plan on studying and doing.

01:26:42.000 It sounds to me like you need to find your purpose.

01:26:48.000 A lot of times, you don't find your purpose.

01:26:50.000 Your purpose finds you.

01:26:52.000 How old are you, bro?

01:26:55.000 I have a feeling.

01:26:56.000 Everybody asks me.

01:26:57.000 I'm going to tell you for sure, but how old do you think I am?

01:26:59.000 I get 28, 27. Let me just tell the chat, nigga. 1.00

01:27:03.000 I don't know.

01:27:03.000 I was just wondering because I was just...

01:27:05.000 I'm 32. I just turned 32. Cool.

01:27:07.000 Well, listen.

01:27:07.000 It took me, literally, 28 years to find my purpose.

01:27:11.000 Right.

01:27:11.000 Now, it could take you 40 years.

01:27:12.000 Yeah.

01:27:13.000 It just depends on the person and what's going on in their life.

01:27:15.000 But what I will say is that, like, you could go down two paths here, bro.

01:27:18.000 You could either focus on making money, stack it up, and then live off of that.

01:27:21.000 But I find that when you go down that path, you don't have a purpose-driven life.

01:27:25.000 Right.

01:27:25.000 And you kind of just, like, die out slowly and surely.

01:27:27.000 Yeah.

01:27:28.000 And it's not fulfilling at all for men.

01:27:29.000 But you can also go down the path of having a purpose-driven life and passion where you make money with your career and you love it.

01:27:36.000 And for example, let's say you don't make money in the very beginning.

01:27:38.000 Eventually you will because you love the passion, you love the drive, and it's very fulfilling for your lifestyle as well.

01:27:43.000 Now, and again, you don't know what that is right now.

01:27:45.000 Understandable.

01:27:46.000 But if you keep trying different things, you will find something that you do love and care about.

01:27:50.000 And again, listen, you're a vet tech now, but it doesn't mean you're going to stay there forever.

01:27:54.000 Try different things, bro.

01:27:55.000 Try IT. You actually might like it.

01:27:56.000 Or maybe you don't like cybersecurity, programming, whatever it may be.

01:27:59.000 Try different things.

01:28:00.000 But!

01:28:01.000 Don't give a whole yet, because I'll say this right now.

01:28:03.000 Making a lot of money is cool, but having a purpose behind what you do is ten times better, bro.

01:28:08.000 You ever hear someone say, oh, bro, I'm going to retire, live on a beach, and laptop lifestyle?

01:28:12.000 Right.

01:28:12.000 They die young, because there's nothing to do.

01:28:14.000 That shit is so played out and fake, bro.

01:28:16.000 I'm telling you right now, that shit does not work.

01:28:17.000 Listen, Clint Eastwood is 94 years old, and he is still acting and directing in movies.

01:28:21.000 He says, I'm going to die in the director's chair.

01:28:24.000 That's what you need to find.

01:28:26.000 Yeah.

01:28:26.000 Even for me now, bro, it's changed a little bit, but like...

01:28:30.000 My purpose that what makes me happy is going outside, meet people, and say, yo, bro, you changed my life.

01:28:35.000 Or for example, yo, bro, because of you, I made this connection at work, this networking event, and it changed everything for me.

01:28:40.000 So that, to me, turns me out.

01:28:43.000 So for you, I don't know what that is, but you gotta try different things, bro.

01:28:46.000 Yeah, a lot of people, you've heard this over the years, fresh is useless, da-da-da-da.

01:28:50.000 You guys gotta understand, man.

01:28:52.000 Fresh's superpower is networking, and is literally the reason why there are people here every night.

01:28:59.000 I appreciate the advice, man.

01:29:01.000 Next time I see you, log on.

01:29:03.000 You're going to retire?

01:29:04.000 You're going to put that undefeated record on the line, bro?

01:29:06.000 Listen, my purpose is not smash.

01:29:08.000 Nah, I know.

01:29:09.000 You got your one win.

01:29:10.000 We go!

01:29:11.000 We go!

01:29:12.000 Thanks for the advice, man.

01:29:13.000 No problem, bro.

01:29:15.000 It's all love here.

01:29:16.000 Just kidding.

01:29:16.000 I'm not going to fight you, bro.

01:29:17.000 Alright, who's next?

01:29:18.000 Nope.

01:29:19.000 We got Jarrell.

01:29:22.000 Hello, gentlemen.

01:29:23.000 How are you doing tonight?

01:29:25.000 Doing good, man.

01:29:26.000 I just want to piggyback off of Rob's question in regards to content creation, especially in the red pill space.

01:29:33.000 How do you balance anonymity with content?

01:29:38.000 You don't.

01:29:39.000 Listen, there is no balance with anonymity.

01:29:43.000 There is no such thing as a good anonymous content creator.

01:29:47.000 It's like a waterproof mop, a solar-powered flashlight, a good cheap mattress.

01:29:53.000 At some point, you have to make a choice.

01:29:56.000 If you want to be a successful content creator, you're going to have to understand that your privacy is out the door.

01:30:02.000 Is that worth it to you, yes or no?

01:30:04.000 That's the decision you have to make.

01:30:05.000 Wait a minute.

01:30:06.000 Nigga, why are you trying to hide? 1.00

01:30:08.000 Well, because...

01:30:09.000 He's going to be honest.

01:30:10.000 Well, I have a career.

01:30:11.000 I have a career with a company that I have a job that I love.

01:30:15.000 I work for a good company, but it's a company that is...

01:30:19.000 Very woke, very conservative, and even though the content that I want to start creating has nothing to do with what I do for a living, we always know that when you start talking about male-female interpersonal dynamics, especially with me, I'm someone who has been traveling internationally for years, and so I want to start doing content around that.

01:30:48.000 And it's also kind of controversial, especially when I sit back and I see all the mistakes that a lot of gentlemen make when they're dating and traveling internationally.

01:31:00.000 I'm from Philly, just like Donovan.

01:31:02.000 And I don't know how.

01:31:04.000 I'm in Texas now, and I am struggling out here, not being able to order Chinese at 1, 2 o'clock in the morning or missing my cheesesteaks and hoagies.

01:31:13.000 But that's another story.

01:31:16.000 But yeah, I started dating.

01:31:19.000 So I've been traveling for, you know, being in the military and traveling for decades.

01:31:26.000 And around 2018, I literally started dating exclusively internationally.

01:31:33.000 And so whether it's Canada, France, Colombia, DR, I've lived in over, what, almost a half dozen different countries, over a half dozen different cities, and dated.

01:31:46.000 Let's just say...

01:31:49.000 Let me cut you off right there.

01:31:51.000 Listen, I hear what you're saying, but nobody will believe you if they don't know what you look like.

01:31:56.000 That's the bottom line.

01:31:58.000 And listen, it sounds like you're passionate about this, but again, you're going to have to make a choice.

01:32:04.000 Listen, you can be an anonymous content creator.

01:32:06.000 Just understand it's not going to be a career for you.

01:32:08.000 It's going to be a hobby.

01:32:09.000 If you just want this to be a hobby, if you want to just inform people, cool.

01:32:13.000 But if you really want to blow up, if you really want to do this for a living, anonymity is not a luxury.

01:32:18.000 Yeah, because I'm thinking along the lines, I probably will end up retiring in the next, what, two to five years.

01:32:24.000 And so I figured, you know, just getting started and just putting things out there just so that when I do officially say, you know, hey, guys, you know, turning my paperwork, I'm retiring.

01:32:38.000 And then, you know, using that as a transition.

01:32:40.000 But yeah, I just see so many.

01:32:42.000 That's why I enjoy the content that Casey puts out when you do it. 0.98

01:32:45.000 But I see so many mistakes, especially when those WorldStar videos come out and dudes simping overseas.

01:32:52.000 And it's like, oh, come on.

01:32:54.000 Come on.

01:32:55.000 Yeah.

01:32:57.000 If you're going to retire in two to five years, that would be the time to show your face.

01:33:01.000 Nigga, show your face right now, nigga. 1.00

01:33:03.000 No, man.

01:33:04.000 It works for a super woke company, man.

01:33:05.000 You're trying to get this nigga fired, man. 1.00

01:33:07.000 Come on, man.

01:33:08.000 I'm kidding.

01:33:09.000 I'm kidding.

01:33:09.000 I really work for a Fortune 100 company.

01:33:11.000 And when I say it's very woke, it's not...

01:33:14.000 We believe you.

01:33:15.000 Oh, no.

01:33:15.000 We believe you.

01:33:16.000 Yeah, yeah.

01:33:16.000 Yeah.

01:33:18.000 One of my good friends, 10 years at the company, was doing YouTube videos.

01:33:25.000 It's unrelated to the company, and they found a reason to fire his ass.

01:33:30.000 And so it's like, nah, I'm not playing that game.

01:33:33.000 At least, you know, when I'm trying to work on getting my pension where I need it to be.

01:33:38.000 Well, bro, Donovan, tell you what you got to do, bro.

01:33:40.000 You got to show your face if you want to make that move, or just stay with company, bro.

01:33:42.000 You got to make a choice.

01:33:43.000 Yeah, listen, if you're...

01:33:45.000 And I get it.

01:33:46.000 Like, I understand you want to protect, you know, what you make.

01:33:51.000 But if...

01:33:54.000 If you work for this company and you're having hesitations or misgivings about doing this content, this might not be for you.

01:34:02.000 Well, thank you so much for the advice.

01:34:05.000 I'll keep you guys posted.

01:34:06.000 Also, I'm not going to lie, bro.

01:34:08.000 You sound sassy as fuck, man.

01:34:09.000 No one's going to take you seriously, bro.

01:34:12.000 Me just coming in and listening to you speak for a few seconds here, it's already bad enough you sound that way.

01:34:17.000 You have to speak with a little authority.

01:34:19.000 And a lot of guys think that to be a content creator, you have to have this booming, deep voice.

01:34:23.000 Dude, I have a high-pitched, nasally voice.

01:34:25.000 But when I speak, I speak with conviction.

01:34:27.000 You've got to speak with conviction, man.

01:34:29.000 I'm just being honest with you, bro.

01:34:30.000 You sound very flamboyant and feminine. 1.00

01:34:33.000 A lot of people are not going to take you seriously, especially if you want to be in a self-improvement space.

01:34:37.000 This is what I'll say for you.

01:34:38.000 This is my tip.

01:34:40.000 Get on Twitter.

01:34:41.000 Go ahead and use your Anon account on Twitter.

01:34:43.000 If you're not able to build an audience on Twitter, don't even fucking bother coming to YouTube if you're not going to show your face.

01:34:47.000 That's what I'll say as a litmus test.

01:34:49.000 Go ahead and put your ideas in the marketplace of ideas and let's see what happens.

01:34:53.000 Make a Twitter account.

01:34:54.000 Be anon on there because a lot of people are anon on Twitter.

01:34:57.000 If you go build a following on Twitter while being anonymous, then you can go ahead and try to transition over to YouTube.

01:35:02.000 But I'll be honest, bro.

01:35:02.000 If you're going to be in a self-help space, people want to know who the fuck they're listening to and who the hell they're getting advice from.

01:35:08.000 So, you know, it's already bad enough you sound this way.

01:35:11.000 The niggas can't see you either? 1.00

01:35:13.000 Hell no, bro.

01:35:13.000 That's not gonna fly.

01:35:14.000 So, get on X. Make some tweets.

01:35:16.000 See if you can build an audience there.

01:35:18.000 If you can't, this might not be it for you, bro.

01:35:21.000 Perfect.

01:35:21.000 Just being very honest with you.

01:35:22.000 I appreciate the constructive criticism.

01:35:23.000 Thank you so much.

01:35:24.000 Alright, man.

01:35:24.000 No problem.

01:35:25.000 Later.

01:35:27.000 Hey, somebody said it.

01:35:29.000 Yeah.

01:35:30.000 I don't know why I didn't tell them the truth, man.

01:35:32.000 I didn't even think of it that way.

01:35:34.000 It sounds nasty as fuck, man.

01:35:35.000 I didn't even think of it that way.

01:35:36.000 If y'all can tell by my facial expressions, I know Booth made out a point to look at my face, bro.

01:35:40.000 I was saying it.

01:35:41.000 It's interesting.

01:35:41.000 The reason I didn't pick up on that is because when I first started out, I was on SoundCloud, you know, and people talked about my voice.

01:35:49.000 But as soon as they saw what I looked like, that's when they started taking me more seriously.

01:35:53.000 So, you know, listen, you can't help what you look like, but you have to speak with a little more authority.

01:35:57.000 Yeah.

01:36:00.000 Alright.

01:36:03.000 We got Kaz.

01:36:04.000 Shout out to Kaz, man.

01:36:08.000 How's it going, gentlemen?

01:36:09.000 Can you hear me?

01:36:10.000 Yes, sir!

01:36:11.000 Awesome, awesome.

01:36:12.000 So, I had a question.

01:36:14.000 So, when you're first starting out, is it good to go ahead and go on a platform to go on live that's free and you can do it with, like, zero followers and then upload that video onto?

01:36:28.000 YouTube, somewhere that requires you to have a certain amount of followers before you can go live?

01:36:34.000 I would recommend being on as many platforms as humanly possible.

01:36:38.000 I think that's part of the formula.

01:36:42.000 Kevin Samuels used to talk about it all the time.

01:36:44.000 You have to be platform agnostic, and that means you've got to be on everything.

01:36:47.000 So the answer is yes.

01:36:49.000 Okay, sweet.

01:36:51.000 Thank you.

01:36:51.000 Much appreciated.

01:36:52.000 No problem.

01:36:52.000 But you've got to start, little bro.

01:36:54.000 Yeah, yeah, I gotta start it, I know.

01:36:57.000 We'll talk, we'll talk.

01:36:58.000 All right.

01:36:59.000 All right, Chris G, it's been a minute.

01:37:02.000 Okay.

01:37:03.000 Wow!

01:37:04.000 Is he here in Miami or is he still in Texas?

01:37:06.000 Let's ask him.

01:37:08.000 I can't see you guys on camera, but I just wanted to hop on and say hi real quick.

01:37:11.000 Hey, there he is!

01:37:13.000 What up, Chris?

01:37:14.000 It's been a while, man.

01:37:15.000 What's going on?

01:37:15.000 I know, man.

01:37:16.000 It's been a while.

01:37:17.000 I guess my question or I guess my commentary is one of the things that I've been trying to do on the side.

01:37:21.000 It's like doing resume and LinkedIn reviews, but also tying that into personal finance because I've noticed that if you're trying to better yourself with your career or your job or your professional digital footprint, you're typically trying to also improve on your finances.

01:37:35.000 And so that's something that I'm trying to maybe combine with.

01:37:40.000 I've had a couple of clients just on the side, and I guess if I'm trying to maybe do it more low-key as a side hustle and not necessarily blow it up, what would be you guys' Maybe advice for something like that.

01:37:53.000 Well, you want to start?

01:37:55.000 No, go ahead.

01:37:55.000 So this is what I'll do, Chris, for you in this position, right?

01:37:59.000 I'll focus on adding value from a standpoint of just finances and employment itself.

01:38:04.000 So what do you mean by that?

01:38:05.000 I mean, I'm going to talk about how to get a job, how to do a resume, naturally on YouTube, Rumble, Twitter, wherever I can.

01:38:13.000 I'm not even known as a guy that people can go to and ask a question, for example, how to do a resume.

01:38:18.000 And answer quickly like that, or I can do it for you personally for a fee or consult right off the bat.

01:38:24.000 Once I become that guy, and people know me from spreading this throughout all social media platforms, doing this consistently, now I have trust in the community.

01:38:33.000 At that point, when you make a post, or for example, you say, hey guys, I'm going to do, maybe you're going to do a free one-day resume review.

01:38:44.000 Oh my god, that's Chris from YouTube videos.

01:38:46.000 Of course, let's go do it.

01:38:48.000 So you're building out authority each and every post that you do, and at the same time you're building as well your credibility into space.

01:38:53.000 That's what I would do.

01:38:53.000 Another idea you could do is write like a mini e-book and put out there the five biggest mistakes you're making on LinkedIn.

01:39:00.000 That will definitely get you eyeballs. 0.99

01:39:04.000 What platform would I do the e-books on?

01:39:06.000 Because I've already got presentations that I've already put together.

01:39:10.000 Oh, wow.

01:39:11.000 I suppose you could do it on Amazon.

01:39:13.000 You could do it on your own website.

01:39:16.000 And what you want to do is you want to funnel people in, right?

01:39:20.000 And so on all your accounts, you know, use like a thumbnail, you know, five biggest mistakes on LinkedIn, and then have a link to go to the e-book.

01:39:28.000 Dude, there are so many white-label platforms.

01:39:31.000 I mean, dude, as a matter of fact, you can even just make it like a Google Doc and just give people access to the Google Doc with non-editing privileges.

01:39:38.000 You could do it that way.

01:39:40.000 The point is, is you just gotta get people there.

01:39:42.000 Doesn't matter to the platform.

01:39:43.000 Yeah.

01:39:44.000 Yeah.

01:39:45.000 And on the personal finance, I already have a super basic Excel spreadsheet that I've made.

01:39:50.000 I'm talking like it's very, very basic.

01:39:52.000 That I thought about maybe putting on one of those platforms where you can just buy it for like five bucks.

01:39:56.000 Yeah.

01:39:57.000 That could work.

01:39:58.000 See, you're already coming up with ideas.

01:40:00.000 Yeah, if you want guidance for it or a tutorial, then I can charge you and I'll send you the thing for free or something.

01:40:06.000 Listen, if you provide value to people and don't charge them, they're going to be much more willing to pay.

01:40:14.000 You have to prove to them that you know what you're talking about.

01:40:17.000 I remember a long time ago...

01:40:18.000 A guy was thinking about putting out a course, and he's like, well, Donovan, you said people don't pay attention unless they pay.

01:40:26.000 That's absolutely right.

01:40:27.000 But they don't pay attention until they know that you know what you're talking about.

01:40:30.000 So the onus is on you to prove to them that you know what you're talking about.

01:40:34.000 If they don't know who you are, they're not going to pay for your services.

01:40:36.000 So that's why I suggested that free e-book, The Five Biggest LinkedIn Mistakes.

01:40:44.000 Good to see you, Chris.

01:40:46.000 Good to see you, Chris.

01:40:48.000 It's been a while, man.

01:40:50.000 Yeah, cool guy, man.

01:40:52.000 Yeah, he's a good dude.

01:40:55.000 Leslie's...

01:40:55.000 Who that?

01:40:56.000 Yeah, hello.

01:41:04.000 Yeah, what's up, man?

01:41:05.000 Go ahead.

01:41:06.000 Good evening.

01:41:07.000 Thank you for the amazing content.

01:41:08.000 Thank you for taking my call.

01:41:10.000 I'm playing with the idea of...

01:41:12.000 Starting a podcast.

01:41:14.000 I'm thinking of covering, like, relationships, current event.

01:41:18.000 The bread and butter would be, like, relationships.

01:41:20.000 Sure.

01:41:21.000 Get some interactive calls in.

01:41:23.000 I'm still working out the blueprint to my head.

01:41:26.000 So, what would you guys, what would be a crude plan?

01:41:32.000 From starting from scratch, from the position where I am.

01:41:34.000 Well, I can't give you a plan from start to finish.

01:41:38.000 That's going to have to be something you do.

01:41:40.000 But you actually answered your own question.

01:41:43.000 Current events as they apply to relationships.

01:41:45.000 An example of what just happened at FS1 with the lawsuit with Joy Taylor and Skip Bayless and all that good stuff.

01:41:50.000 You can talk about that situation as it applies to relationships.

01:41:54.000 So, for example, Joy Taylor literally fucked her way to the top. 1.00

01:41:57.000 That's red pill as fuck.

01:41:59.000 She leveraged her sexuality to acquire resources. 0.97

01:42:04.000 Now, and the reason why there's not much pushback is because she's a woman. 1.00

01:42:07.000 Because in this day and age, women are allowed to leverage their sexuality to get resources, but men are not allowed to do the opposite.

01:42:13.000 That's why Joey Taylor is being exalted and the Tinder Swindler got a documentary made out of him.

01:42:17.000 So what I would do if I were you is I would talk about the current events of the day from a red pill dating perspective.

01:42:23.000 That's a good point.

01:42:24.000 Whatever's trending works very well.

01:42:26.000 Absolutely.

01:42:28.000 So he's saying comment on current events, relationships, put out daily content and slowly start building up like...

01:42:39.000 Not a fan base, but a following.

01:42:41.000 Yeah, absolutely.

01:42:42.000 And then interact with them slowly and build that up.

01:42:44.000 But just keep in mind, it's you and everybody else trying to do the same thing.

01:42:47.000 Yeah, you have to be able to separate yourself in some way, shape, or form.

01:42:51.000 Definitely.

01:42:51.000 I can't tell you how...

01:42:52.000 The thing is, is every...

01:42:54.000 Every successful content creator has that one ingredient that separates them from the rest.

01:43:01.000 And I don't know what your ingredient will be, but without that ingredient, you will not be successful.

01:43:06.000 That's just the bottom line.

01:43:08.000 Because it's just like Fresh said.

01:43:12.000 Everybody wants to start a podcast.

01:43:14.000 I mean, everybody wants to start a podcast until they actually start a podcast.

01:43:17.000 You have to make sure you're going to be built for this.

01:43:19.000 But again, make sure to just keep everything in perspective.

01:43:22.000 I can dig it.

01:43:24.000 Cool.

01:43:25.000 Thank you.

01:43:26.000 Alright.

01:43:28.000 AGK, OB. Yeah, hi.

01:43:37.000 Hello, good evening everyone.

01:43:38.000 No, we can end the stream soon.

01:43:40.000 Because we've got to set up for the next one.

01:43:44.000 Go ahead, bro.

01:43:44.000 Go ahead, we're listening.

01:43:45.000 So, my part is like, I think I can also call it self-improvement, but is fashion.

01:43:53.000 What would be your advice being that, because I know, I think my greatest strength will be coming mostly on TikTok, and now they're trying to ban TikTok.

01:44:05.000 Where would you suggest or what would you advise?

01:44:08.000 Everywhere else, man.

01:44:09.000 Do it again.

01:44:10.000 You have to be platform agnostic.

01:44:12.000 You got to be everywhere.

01:44:14.000 You got to be everywhere.

01:44:16.000 Okay.

01:44:19.000 All right.

01:44:22.000 I don't know if you have any other advice.

01:44:26.000 Ask another question.

01:44:27.000 That's pretty straightforward, bro.

01:44:30.000 Alright, thank you.

01:44:32.000 No problem.

01:44:33.000 I mean, that's it.

01:44:35.000 Alright.

01:44:37.000 We got...

01:44:38.000 Eddie?

01:44:38.000 I think what this goes to show is that if you're really good at what you do, you make it look easy.

01:44:45.000 You know what I mean?

01:44:46.000 And dude, look, shout out to these guys.

01:44:48.000 They want to hang their own shingle.

01:44:49.000 They want to do content creation because it can make you successful.

01:44:55.000 Guys, most people ain't built for this.

01:44:58.000 I'm just telling you right now.

01:45:00.000 Everybody wants to start a podcast.

01:45:01.000 Look at Hawk Tua.

01:45:02.000 Yeah!

01:45:03.000 Yeah, right!

01:45:03.000 You know what I mean?

01:45:04.000 It looks easy.

01:45:06.000 And I'm not trying to say that you shouldn't try to do this, but you just have to understand that this isn't for everybody.

01:45:14.000 It's just not.

01:45:15.000 Yeah.

01:45:18.000 That's the hard part about it.

01:45:20.000 Yeah, man.

01:45:20.000 And TikTok is...

01:45:22.000 Oh, boy.

01:45:23.000 TikTok is just weird.

01:45:25.000 Might be out very soon.

01:45:26.000 Who knows?

01:45:27.000 Yeah.

01:45:27.000 I think it will be.

01:45:29.000 Okay.

01:45:30.000 We're talking about Elon Musk.

01:45:31.000 Might require it.

01:45:33.000 That's interesting.

01:45:34.000 They got money and power.

01:45:35.000 That's right.

01:45:36.000 Go ahead.

01:45:37.000 We got Bathe, right?

01:45:38.000 Because he's been waiting for a minute, hasn't he?

01:45:39.000 Yeah.

01:45:40.000 We can do him again.

01:45:42.000 Unless you want to go to Chris G, or did we not just answer Chris?

01:45:45.000 Yeah, we did, Chris.

01:45:45.000 Okay.

01:45:47.000 We'll do these two, and then we'll get off air, because we've got to set up for the next show, guys.

01:45:52.000 Hey.

01:45:52.000 Sorry, that was the first one.

01:45:54.000 I forgot to unmute myself.

01:45:57.000 My follow-up question to Donovan was...

01:46:00.000 At what point do you recommend a content creator starting their own website or their own app or stuff?

01:46:07.000 Immediately.

01:46:08.000 You said it benefited yourself?

01:46:10.000 Immediately.

01:46:12.000 The two elements that helped me the most when I first got started is that people know...

01:46:18.000 I used to be on SoundCloud, but I didn't get anywhere until I had a website and if people knew what I looked like.

01:46:24.000 And dude, these days, it's easier than ever to build a website.

01:46:27.000 You know what I mean?

01:46:28.000 Dude, software, AI, there are companies that you can use.

01:46:32.000 But yes, I would suggest a website.

01:46:33.000 That's the best way.

01:46:35.000 You said it helped you with sales.

01:46:37.000 Is that because you do tax and stuff and everything on different platforms?

01:46:42.000 Yeah.

01:46:43.000 Well, if you make good content, people are going to find you.

01:46:47.000 Obviously, the more platforms you're on, the wider the net.

01:46:51.000 But if you don't have your own website, then that's definitely going to hinder your sales.

01:46:56.000 You have to.

01:46:57.000 Okay.

01:46:58.000 That's all.

01:46:58.000 Thank you, guys.

01:46:59.000 Okay.

01:46:59.000 No problem, man.

01:47:00.000 No, I was not a SoundCloud rapper.

01:47:04.000 I can't rap.

01:47:06.000 You sure?

01:47:07.000 No.

01:47:07.000 Hell no.

01:47:08.000 Actually, you ever heard Jay-Z's Bitches and Sisters? 1.00

01:47:11.000 No.

01:47:12.000 Oh my god.

01:47:13.000 So I'm gonna do like an adjacent called Brothers and Niggas. 1.00

01:47:17.000 See, the song that Jay-Z did was about bitches and sisters. 1.00

01:47:21.000 Basically, hoes versus good girls. 1.00

01:47:24.000 Chris Rock said it best.

01:47:25.000 I love black people, but I hate niggas. 1.00

01:47:27.000 And so I'm going to draw a dichotomy between brothers like you guys and niggas like, well, you know, niggas. 1.00

01:47:34.000 Okay.

01:47:35.000 Fair enough.

01:47:37.000 You know, and a funny-talking nigga like me doing something like that?

01:47:39.000 Oh yeah.

01:47:39.000 Yes, sir.

01:47:40.000 I can't wait.

01:47:41.000 It's actually going to be a fun project.

01:47:42.000 But yeah, that's what I'm going to do.

01:47:43.000 Some funny views right there.

01:47:44.000 Alright, guys.

01:47:45.000 This was a fire Zoom call.

01:47:46.000 Yep.

01:47:48.000 We'll be back in roughly, hopefully within the next hour, guys.

01:47:52.000 It depends on when Chris gets here and everybody here.

01:47:54.000 But we will be definitely live with some lovely ladies. 1.00

01:47:58.000 And yeah, guys.

01:48:00.000 Obviously, time stamps will be up soon.

01:48:01.000 Like the video.

01:48:02.000 Subscribe to the channel.

01:48:02.000 Go check out Donovan on YouTube and on Rumble as well, guys.

01:48:05.000 He's going to be back here.

01:48:07.000 I messaged Tommy, waiting on a response from him to see if we can make this thing happen for you guys.

01:48:12.000 Maybe on Wednesday.

01:48:13.000 But other than that, love you guys.

01:48:14.000 Peace.

Fresh & Fit - January 14, 2025

How To Get Started In Content Creation w- Donovan Sharpe

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