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Creating content has never been easier—but breaking through the noise has gotten harder. The only reliable way to grow as a creator is through systematic observation, experimentation, and iteration. This podcast is your weekly guide to evidence-backed strategies you can test in your own business. Each episode features candid conversations with creators like James Clear, Ali Abdaal, Tim Urban, and Codie Sanchez. We explore what's actually working for them: the experiments they're running, the data they're tracking, and the frameworks they use to grow their audience, build trust, and increase income. We dig into why it worked, how you can adapt it, and what constraints or anti-goals helped them stay focused and avoid burnout. Hosted by Signal Award-winner Jay Clouse, this is a show about the business of content—from a place of curiosity, transparency, and a commitment to sustainable growth. It's growth for creators, down to a science.

  • #299: What Nobody Tells You About Publishing a Book—with Award-Winning Podcaster Eric Zimmer
    Eric is the host of The One You Feed, a podcast with over 500 million downloads.
  • #298: 9 Things I'm Doing Differently in My Business
    Looking ahead at the rest of 2026
  • #297: Joy Sullivan — How She Built A Living As A Writer On Instagram and Substack
    Joy Sullivan is a poet and the author of Instructions For Traveling West
  • #296: Meet The Man Who Solved YouTube (With Data)—Richard from 1of10
    Richard is the co-founder of 1of10.
  • #295: Community Building Trends for 2026 with Becky Pierson Davidson
    Becky Pierson Davidson is the founder of Affinity Collective
  • #294: Rob Walling — SaaS godfather turned creator talks team building and vibe coding
    Rob Walling is the founder of MicroConf, TinySeed, and formerly Drip.
  • #236: Mike Michalowicz – How the author of Profit First stays lean by licensing his ideas [Greatest Hits]
    An author with a unique business model I’m obsessed with shares what he’d do differently
  • #293: 12 Ways To Stand Out In 2026
    When content is abundant, what becomes scarce?
  • #292: Chenell Basilio — The state of email in 2026, growing your list without social media, and new predictions.
    Chenell Basilio is the creator of Growth In Reverse
  • #291: 48 Hours With Clawdbot: How I’m Using It and Initial Reactions
    My experience building a personal AI assistant
  • #290: Behind The Scenes: My End of Year Retro
    A look at my numbers and insight from December 2025.
  • #289: Paul Millerd — The Truth About Traditional Publishing (And The Deal He Would’ve Taken)
    Paul Millerd is the self-published author of The Pathless Path and Good Work
  • #288: He gained 190K Instagram followers in 508 days…but wouldn’t do it again | Yoni Smolyar
    Are Instagram followers overrated?
  • #287: Reflecting on a year of parenting (and how that’s impacted me as a creator)
    My interview on Web Design Business with Josh Hall
  • #286: How To LEGALLY Pay Less In Taxes (And Invest It Instead) — Ankur Nagpal
    Ankur Nagpal is the founder of Carry.
  • #285: Personal branding, building trust, and why most creators fail | Influence Anyone
    My guest interview on Influence Anyone
  • #284: I helped a YouTuber design his membership
    Watch me help Tommy Sikes redesign his offer suite in real-time.
  • #283: I’m launching my new offer TODAY!
    I just opened enrollment to my first-ever Signature Product Bootcamp.
  • #282: David Altizer — How to Make Great Thumbnails (For Non-Designers)
    David Altizer has helped his clients earn more than 350,000,000 views
  • #281: A question about the future of this podcast... [Voice Memo]
    A change I'm considering