In this episode Mark interviews fellow tech YouTuber Patrick about his journey to building a successful solo channel. They discuss the challenges of juggling multiple businesses, keeping the fun in content creation, dealing with sponsor expectations, the emotional rollercoaster of relying on the YouTube algorithm, finding a community of fellow creators for support, and why hiding trolls is the best solution.

Patrick shares his top piece of advice for new YouTubers - find a small group of fellow creators at your level to collaborate with. He explains how invaluable it's been for him to have people to bounce ideas off of and vent frustrations to.

Make sure to check out Patrick below:

➡️ https://www.instagram.com/patrick_rambles/?hl=en-gb

➡️ https://www.youtube.com/@PatrickRambles  If you'd like to get in touch with Mark or enquire about becoming a guest on the Solo Club podcast, you can email him at mark@markellismedia.uk

Find out more about Solo Club here:

➡️  https://www.soloclub.online 

Mark and Matthew dive into the world of building a business as a solo YouTube creator, with Matthew drawing on his own experiences, transitioning from a production company to full-time channels. They discuss, the various revenue streams available and life coping with unpredictable sponsorship deals. Other topics covered include the importance of creator communities, their processes for making videos every week, the satisfaction of seeing an idea realized in a finished video and staying true to your creative mission and perspective despite the algorithm's ups and downs.

Make sure to check out Matthew using the links below:

🎥 YouTube: @matthewTobrien 📷 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/matthewTobrien ✖️ X: @matthewTobrien

If you'd like to get in touch with Mark or enquire about becoming a guest on the Solo Club podcast, you can email him at mark@markellismedia.uk

Find out more about Solo Club here:

➡️  https://www.soloclub.online 

In this podcast episode, I speak with Gaby Mendez, the mastermind behind the popular Talking Twenties podcast and annual Twenties Fest live event. Gaby shares the story of her journey from education to starting her own business and podcast. She offers a wealth of free advice on everything from building a team, creating content, working with sponsors, finding podcast guests and more.

If you'd like to check out the Talk Twenties Podcast, follow the links below! 

📷 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/talktwenties/

🎶 TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMRRmaVp3/

📧 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/talktwenties/

✖️ Twitter: https://twitter.com/talk_twenties

👥 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/talktwenties/

📹 YouTube: https://youtube.com/@talktwenties

If you'd like to contact or follow Gaby Mendes follow the links below:

📷 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamgabymendes/

🎶 TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMNXNhot1/

📧 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabymendes/

✖️ Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/iamgabymendes

Website: www.talktwenties.com

If you'd like to get in touch with Mark or enquire about becoming a guest on the Solo Club podcast, you can email him at mark@markellismedia.uk

Find out more about Solo Club here:

➡️  https://www.soloclub.online 

In this podcast, solopreneur Hayley Lampert shares her journey of building a business around her lifestyle as a motion designer. She started out freelancing and recognized the need for more open conversations around pricing work and finding clients.

This sparked the idea for Motion Hatch, which began as a podcast helping other motion designers with the business side of things. Motion Hatch has since grown into an online education company with courses, templates, and free resources like YouTube videos and podcast episodes to support motion designers and creatives with getting clients, pricing work, and building sustainable businesses.

Hayley gives advice on creating free content and resources to establish trust and reciprocity with your audience before monetizing. We also discuss the realities of content creation, maintaining consistency, time management tactics, the importance of exercise for productivity, and more insights from her experiences as a solopreneur.

Links

The best place to find Hayley is on the links below!

➡️ https://motionhatch.com

➡️ https://motionhatch.com/podcast

➡️ https://www.youtube.com/motionhatch

If you'd like to get in touch with Mark or enquire about becoming a guest on the Solo Club podcast, you can email him at mark@markellismedia.uk

Find out more about Solo Club here:

➡️  https://www.soloclub.online

In this podcast episode, I talk to writer Tom Kuegler about his journey from college to professional blogging and his experiences on platforms like Medium and Substack. We discuss Tom's background as a writer, the path to paid blogging, Tom's lifelong passion for writing, how changes on Medium have impacted writers' revenue, comparing Medium and Substack for writers, Medium's opaque guidelines and manual story boosting, why Tom left Medium for Substack, and his advice for aspiring writers looking to earn through blogging online. This is a great listen for any aspiring writer or content creator interested in learning how to monetize their work through blogging. If you'd like to reach Tom make sure to check out his newsletter below and you can also find him on LinkedIn. ➡️ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomaskue...

➡️ Substack newsletter: https://mindofawriter.substack.com/

➡️ Substack newsletter: https://findingtom.substack.com/

If you'd like to get in touch with Mark or enquire about becoming a guest on the Solo Club podcast, you can email him at mark@markellismedia.uk

Find out more about Solo Club here: https://www.soloclub.online

Join Greg Preece and I as we discuss the realities of being a solo entrepreneur or "solopreneur."

Greg shares his experience with the highs and lows - managing time, staying motivated, and dealing with loneliness. We also talk about the constant pressure creators face to produce content, hit stats, and deal with platform difficulties.

Aspiring solopreneurs will benefit from Greg's advice on consistency, focus, email list building, and achieving work-life balance.

Links

➡️ Best place to find Greg is on YouTube (Link below) where he shares his entrepreneurship journey!

https://www.youtube.com/@UCm9SCEqwQwPc8_nMHbkuy7Q 

➡️ Free Templates: https://www.youtube.com/@GregPreece/community

If you'd like to get in touch with Mark or enquire about becoming a guest on the Solo Club podcast, you can email him at mark@markellismedia.uk

Find out more about Solo Club here: https://www.soloclub.online

In this podcast, I talk to Hunter Bohm about the successful solopreneur business he's built while still studying. A master of audience building and Notion template selling (to name just two of his skills), Hunter has amassed so much knowledge already and happily shares many of his strategies in this episode. Not to be missed!

Links

• Hunter’s website: https://www.hunterbohm.me/
• Hunter on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheHunterBohm 

If you'd like to get in touch with Mark or enquire about becoming a guest on the Solo Club podcast, you can email him at mark@markellisreviews.com

Find out more about Solo Club here: https://www.soloclub.online

In this podcast, I talk to Roman Pikalenko about how to grow on LinkedIn, building a lifestyle business, how you can stand out if you have something of your own, how to find your niche and discover content ideas within your audience, and how to avoid burnout. And a lot more, besides! Enjoy!

Links

• Connect with Roman on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/roman-pikalenko/

If you'd like to get in touch with Mark or enquire about becoming a guest on the Solo Club podcast, you can email him at mark@markellisreviews.com

Find out more about Solo Club here: https://www.soloclub.online