What Brands Actually Pay for a Sponsored Video in 2026 (w/ Chase Brogan)
This week I'm joined by Chase Brogan, who has built an 840,000 subscriber tech and gaming review channel and now works with 10 to 20 brands a week without ever pitching a single one. Chase breaks down...
21 Aug 33min
He Changed This Video's Title 9 Times Before It Took Off | Daniel Braun
Daniel Braun narrowed personal finance down to credit cards, points and miles, and built a 247,000 subscriber channel on the back of it. In this episode he is unusually open about the numbers: $12,000...
7 Aug 35min
How She Got Monetized in 19 Days on a Brand New Channel | Alexa Milmont
Alexa Milmont left a 12-year corporate marketing career, started documenting her reselling business on YouTube as a hobby, and was monetized in 19 days. Two months and 12 videos later she's past 14,00...
31 Jul 30min
How to Price Yourself So Brands Actually Pay You More | Spencer Pugh
Most creators are told to build an audience first and figure out the money later. Spencer Scott Pugh did the opposite — and it worked. In this episode, the tech reviewer behind Form and Function break...
24 Jul 37min
Three 100K+ YouTube Channels, One System: Inside Zealand's Creator Machine
He streamed to 10 viewers for two years. Now Zealand runs three 100K+ YouTube channels and a full-time team. He shares his real monthly numbers, his exact production system, why over-polished content ...
17 Jul 35min
What 6 Years of Weekly Uploads Actually Pays a YouTube Creator | Tasia Custode
Tasia Custode lost 90% of her video production business overnight when the pandemic hit. One weekly YouTube video later — every Thursday, for six straight years — and her channel (121K subs) is now a ...
10 Jul 37min
How to Pivot Your YouTube Niche Without Losing Your Audience (w/ Simple Lucas)
Lucas built a YouTube channel about barefoot shoes — then a video of him staring at a wall pulled 1.8 million views in four months and changed everything. In this episode, Lucas (Simple Lucas) breaks ...
3 Jul 28min
YouTube Brand Deal Negotiation: How to Charge What You're Worth (With AyChristene)
What's a brand deal actually worth and how much are you leaving on the table by saying yes too fast? This week, Dusty sits down with Christene of AyChristene, a creator with nearly 700,000 subscribers...
26 Jun 32min
