Doin' The Thing w/ Dillan Taylor
Doin' The Thing is a show for creators who want to build their thing better and faster. It's hosted by Dillan Taylor—certified life coach, writer, and CEO of Grindstone. He tracks the journey of scaling his first company, interviews top 1% creators, and tells stories from 3500+ coaching sessions...to help you make better stuff, grow an audience, and make more money.
Doin' The Thing w/ Dillan Taylor
This Conservative YouTuber Went From 0-700k Subs Traveling the World (w/ RattlesnakeTV) | 040
Dillan interviews Jake Julius from RattlesnakeTV.
Jake is a conservative analyst who breaks down clips, interviews, and debates from prominent thought leaders like Jordan Peterson, Vivek Ramaswamy, Charlie Kirk, and many more. His channel helps viewers stay "armed and dangerous" with sharper debating tools and techniques.
They discuss: how RattlesnakeTV creates content while traveling the world, the systems that help Jake and his brother post almost daily, how Jake handles getting demonetized, RattlesnakeTV's revenue streams, how Jake negotiates sponsors and brand deals, how to improve your debating skills as a creator, Jake's biggest business mistakes, the importance of making the most out of big opportunities, Jake's regrets on interviewing Vivek Ramaswamy, Jake's #1 piece of advice to aspiring creators, and much more.
RattlesnakeTV's links:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@rattlesnaketv
Twitter / X: https://x.com/jakerattlesnk
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rattlesnake.tv
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0:00 Jake's growth
2:41 RattlesnakeTV content
12:41 3 Types of audience
15:54 Getting demonetized
20:47 The price of success
26:23 Audience capture
31:33 RattlesnakeTV monetization
33:01 Why Jake blocks people
37:33 Negotiating w/ sponsors
41:22 Jake's business mistakes
44:51 How to improve at debate
51:40 Messing up big opportunities
1:04:41 Jake's #1 advice
