Colin & Samir: How To Make $1M+ On YouTube
About This Episode
Sam Parr and Shaan Puri interview YouTube experts Colin and Samir to discuss their journey to nearly one million subscribers and the mechanics of the creator economy. The group explores how creators can transition into media makers by building scalable business models, focusing on content packaging, and leveraging long-term market presence.
Episode Description
Show Notes
- 03:55- Origin story of Colin and Samir
- 20:40- What should creators be doing that they're not?
- 25:00- How long did it take to get to 800k?
- 30:40- What are the table stakes for getting a channel to 200k?
- 34:45- What's your team for starting a YouTube channel?
- 39:20- Tools that you wished existed
- 43:35- Surprising creators
- 47:25- What do you think about TikTok?
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- Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more.
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- Additional episodes you might enjoy:
- #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits
- #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future
- #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto
- * #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett
- #218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates
- Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More
- How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More
Links
- * My First Million Clips contest
- * Colin and Samir
- * Ali Abdaal
- * Doug DeMuro
- * Blogilates
- * Yoga with Adriene
- * AmandaRachLee - Bullet Journal
- * Cloak
- * GFuel
- * UpOnly TV
- * Shelby Church
- * VidIQ
- * The Folding Lady
- * Shaan's Milkman Tweet
- * MFM TikTok Clips Contest Entry w/Neil Patel
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Key Takeaways
Master the 'packaging' of content by prioritizing high-performing titles and thumbnails to maximize click-through rates before starting production.
Adopt a 'Time in Market' philosophy to build unique authority and high-value industry relationships that eventually generate organic growth opportunities.
Diversify revenue by evolving from a 'filmmaker' to a 'media maker,' creating assets like newsletters or product brands that scale independently of the creator's time.
Business Ideas Mentioned
Multi-Creator E-commerce Retail Collective
E-commerce
Legal and Tax Services for Creators
Creator Tools
Collaborative Gaming Accessory Brand
E-commerce