Content Inc. - The Podcast

AI is all the rage, but there could be an incredibly opportunity on the opposite side of this story. A Greg Isenberg AI prediction inspires this episode. Greg Isenberg's 2025 AI Predictions ------- Like this episode? SUBSCRIBE on Apple, Spotify or Google. See all Content Inc episodes at the Content Inc. podcast home. Get my personal newsletter today and receive my free goal-setting guide today.

I have no idea what 2025 holds for us content creators, but I gave it a try anyway. In this episode, I'm sharing my thoughts on Bluesky, X, Sports Gambling, Social Media and Bitcoin. Helpful links include: Michael Lewis Podcast Episode on Sports Gambling ------- Like this episode? SUBSCRIBE on Apple, Spotify or Google. See all Content Inc episodes at the Content Inc. podcast home. Get my personal newsletter today and receive my free goal-setting guide today.

If you want to be viciously mediocre as a content creator in 2025, I have the prescription for you. This includes: Don't Own Your Own Business Create Content on Three or More Platforms Develop Content in a Highly Competitive Area Put Your Money into Bonds and Stock ETFs Lean Heavily on AI Tools to Create Your Content ------- Like this episode? SUBSCRIBE on Apple, Spotify or Google. See all Content Inc episodes at the Content Inc. podcast home. Get my personal newsletter today and receive my free goal-setting guide today.

Should you care about Bitcoin? Now whether you own it or not, I think you actually should care. Bitcoin is important to our financial futures. As Bitcoin recently crossed the 100k mark, more people are talking about the cryptocurrency. Here's what you need to know. Bitcoin Bonanza Link from 2020 on Microstrategy ------- Like this episode? SUBSCRIBE on Apple, Spotify or Google. See all Content Inc episodes at the Content Inc. podcast home. Get my personal newsletter today and receive my free goal-setting guide today.

Marketing pros everywhere are talking about how AI can help you with your content creation to be more efficient and to be more profitable with your business. But what they aren't telling you is that AI agents in the future could be out to destroy your business. Here's how you fight back. ------- Like this episode? SUBSCRIBE on Apple, Spotify or Google. See all Content Inc episodes at the Content Inc. podcast home. Get my personal newsletter today and receive my free goal-setting guide today.

Did you accomplish your business goals this year? Sadly, most content entrepreneurs did not. It's possible that your business why is holding you back from success. Now is the time to get a new why. ----- Today's episode is brought to you by Memberful. Whether your passion is journalism, cooking, fitness coaching, teaching, or traveling — you can monetize your content with Memberful. Visit memberful.com/contentinc to get started building your membership business with a free trial. ------- Like this episode? SUBSCRIBE on Apple, Spotify or Google. See all Content Inc episodes at the Content Inc. podcast home. Get my personal newsletter today and receive my free goal-setting guide today.

When you look at the most successful content creators on the planet, they generally have at least one, sometimes more, books that they published. How important is it? Let's discuss. ----- Today's episode is brought to you by Memberful. Whether your passion is journalism, cooking, fitness coaching, teaching, or traveling — you can monetize your content with Memberful. Visit memberful.com/contentinc to get started building your membership business with a free trial. ------- Like this episode? SUBSCRIBE on Apple, Spotify or Google. See all Content Inc episodes at the Content Inc. podcast home. Get my personal newsletter today and receive my free goal-setting guide today.

Regardless of what happened to you in the past week, there are quite a few people in your life who are hurting right now. The decisions we make in the next few weeks to few months can change our lives and the lives of the people around us for the better. Know that this opportunity exists and is in front of you. ----- Today's episode is brought to you by Memberful. Whether your passion is journalism, cooking, fitness coaching, teaching, or traveling — you can monetize your content with Memberful. Visit memberful.com/contentinc to get started building your membership business with a free trial. ------- Like this episode? SUBSCRIBE on Apple, Spotify or Google. See all Content Inc episodes at the Content Inc. podcast home. Get my personal newsletter today and receive my free goal-setting guide today.

Most content creators are selling their newsletter, podcast and website inventory the wrong way. By taking a limited-inventory approach, you can sell all your open inventory in a very short period of time. ----- Today's episode is brought to you by Memberful. Whether your passion is journalism, cooking, fitness coaching, teaching, or traveling — you can monetize your content with Memberful. Visit memberful.com/contentinc to get started building your membership business with a free trial. ------- Like this episode? SUBSCRIBE on Apple, Spotify or Google. See all Content Inc episodes at the Content Inc. podcast home. Get my personal newsletter today and receive my free goal-setting guide today.

Resistance is all around us, stopping us from creating great things. But one thing can stop the resistance. It's called habit...and creating habits is actually easier than you think. Let's find out more in this episode. ----- Today's episode is brought to you by Memberful. Whether your passion is journalism, cooking, fitness coaching, teaching, or traveling — you can monetize your content with Memberful. Visit memberful.com/contentinc to get started building your membership business with a free trial. ------- Like this episode? SUBSCRIBE on Apple, Spotify or Google. See all Content Inc episodes at the Content Inc. podcast home. Get my personal newsletter today and receive my free goal-setting guide today.

If you've been following my updates, you know how I feel about TikTok. What we feared was true is actually true. TikTok is significantly harming us and our children. And they knew about it the whole time. In this episode we go indepth as to what TikTok knew and when, and what TikTok actually does to those addicted to the application. Here's the NPR article on the TikTok findings. ----- Today's episode is brought to you by Memberful. Whether your passion is journalism, cooking, fitness coaching, teaching, or traveling — you can monetize your content with Memberful. Visit memberful.com/contentinc to get started building your membership business with a free trial. ------- Like this episode? SUBSCRIBE on Apple, Spotify or Google. See all Content Inc episodes at the Content Inc. podcast home. Get my personal newsletter today and receive my free goal-setting guide today.

Unfortunately, most content creators don't make it as content entrepreneurs. Sometimes it takes a different perspective and a minute to look around. And...it takes less than you think to follow the road less traveled. ------- Like this episode? SUBSCRIBE on Apple, Spotify or Google. See all Content Inc episodes at the Content Inc. podcast home. Get my personal newsletter today and receive my free goal-setting guide today.

I'm sure you are creating and distributing content everywhere. But is that the right move? Maybe your strategy should be more about no, than yes. In this episode we dive into the research to see what is really working in content creation and audience building. ------- Like this episode? SUBSCRIBE on Apple, Spotify or Google. See all Content Inc episodes at the Content Inc. podcast home. Get my personal newsletter today and receive my free goal-setting guide today.

Have you taken the time to go back and think about why you started the thing you are doing now? If not, or at least you haven't for a while, this episode might help. Maybe John Lennon can show us how. ------- Like this episode? SUBSCRIBE on Apple, Spotify or Google. See all Content Inc episodes at the Content Inc. podcast home. Get my personal newsletter today and receive my free goal-setting guide today.

The most successful content creators I know, the real, real content entrepreneurs, make it a point to get to events on a regular basis, speaking or not. Now is the perfect time to get your 2025 in-person events schedule in order. It will make all the difference. ------- Like this episode? SUBSCRIBE on Apple, Spotify or Google. See all Content Inc episodes at the Content Inc. podcast home. Get my personal newsletter today and receive my free goal-setting guide today.

You can have the best product in the world, but if it's wrapped in horrible content or worse yet, nothing memorable, what's the point? My friend and I toured Graceland, the home of the King, and learned an incredibly valuable lesson. ------- Like this episode? SUBSCRIBE on Apple, Spotify or Google. See all Content Inc episodes at the Content Inc. podcast home. Get my personal newsletter today and receive my free goal-setting guide today.

If you want to be financially independent, the formula is actually quite easy. It's just that 99 percent of Americans don't follow the plan. Make sure you do. ------- Like this episode? SUBSCRIBE on Apple, Spotify or Google. See all Content Inc episodes at the Content Inc. podcast home. Get my personal newsletter today and receive my free goal-setting guide today.

You might be doing all the right things with your content creation...but do you have your goals in order? Let's take a page from Jim Collins and review our BHAGs. ------- Like this episode? SUBSCRIBE on Apple, Spotify or Google. See all Content Inc episodes at the Content Inc. podcast home. Get my personal newsletter today and receive my free goal-setting guide today.

NSYNC's "Bye Bye Bye" is blowing up the Top 100 charts again...and this after 25 years. You might not think so, but their little content play with Deadpool and Wolverine can work for you too. ------- Like this episode? SUBSCRIBE on Apple, Spotify or Google. See all Content Inc episodes at the Content Inc. podcast home. Get my personal newsletter today and receive my free goal-setting guide today.

Writing a crime novel was the most challenging creative and content event of my career. In this special episode, True Crime Reporter's Robert Riggs interviews me about my writing process for "The Will to Die" and how it was different from business writing. Subscribe to Robert's True Crime Reporter here. Get more information about Orange Effect Foundation here. ------- Like this episode? SUBSCRIBE on Apple, Spotify or Google. See all Content Inc episodes at the Content Inc. podcast home. Get my personal newsletter today and receive my free goal-setting guide today.

There are three key strategies you need to employ if you want a successful book launch, and each one happens WAY before you ever publish the book itself. ------- Like this episode? SUBSCRIBE on Apple, Spotify or Google. See all Content Inc episodes at the Content Inc. podcast home. Get my personal newsletter today and receive my free goal-setting guide today.

James Patterson is one of the most successful novelists of all time. I had the opportunity to spend an hour with him and Mike Lupica this week and received a number of takeaways and writing tips. Here they are. ------- Like this episode? SUBSCRIBE on Apple, Spotify or Google. See all Content Inc episodes at the Content Inc. podcast home. Get my personal newsletter today and receive my free goal-setting guide today.

Entrepreneur and content creator Marcus Sheridan says the most important thing we can do with our content businesses (and our lives) is to find the simple purpose behind what we do. Connect with Marcus Sheridan on LinkedIn here. Get the audiobook for The Content Entrepreneur here. ------- Like this episode? SUBSCRIBE on Apple, Spotify or Google. See all Content Inc episodes at the Content Inc. podcast home. Get my personal newsletter today and receive my free goal-setting guide today.

In this more personal episode, Joe talks about organizing his family renunion and how it took a change of behavior to make it happen. He thinks you'll relate. ------- Like this episode? SUBSCRIBE on Apple, Spotify or Google. See all Content Inc episodes at the Content Inc. podcast home. Get my personal newsletter today and receive my free goal-setting guide today.

Most of us aren't taking our newsletter seriously enough. Here are four things that can take your newsletter to the next level. ------- Like this episode? SUBSCRIBE on Apple, Spotify or Google. See all Content Inc episodes at the Content Inc. podcast home. Get my personal newsletter today and receive my free goal-setting guide today.

As content entrepreneurs (and human beings) we need to take "supposed to" out of our vocabulary. ------- Like this episode? SUBSCRIBE on Apple, Spotify or Google. See all Content Inc episodes at the Content Inc. podcast home. Get my personal newsletter today and receive my free goal-setting guide today.

If you want to be truly successful as a content entrepreneur, you need to strategically place content collaborations into your content business. Here's one example. Here's more on mxmtoon. ------- Like this episode? SUBSCRIBE on Apple, Spotify or Google. See all Content Inc episodes at the Content Inc. podcast home. Get my personal newsletter today and receive my free goal-setting guide today.

A special episode of Content Inc. talking about my experiences with Alzheimer's disease, spurred on by "Remembering Gene Wilder" the documentary. Today's episode is brought to you by Memberful. Whether your passion is journalism, cooking, fitness coaching, teaching, or traveling — you can monetize your content with Memberful. Visit memberful.com/contentinc to get started building your membership business with a free trial. ------- Like this episode? SUBSCRIBE on Apple, Spotify or Google. See all Content Inc episodes at the Content Inc. podcast home. Get my personal newsletter today and receive my free goal-setting guide today.

Too many content creators and entrepreneurs open up their sponsor opportunities to anyone and everyone. This generally doesn't work. Here's a better way to sell your content assets. ------- Like this episode? SUBSCRIBE on Apple, Spotify or Google. See all Content Inc episodes at the Content Inc. podcast home. Get my personal newsletter today and receive my free goal-setting guide today.

An indepth interview between Simon Owens and me talking about how and why I started The Tilt and how I ended up selling it to Lulu. Special thanks to Simon for giving us permission to publish this podcast. Please check out Simon's media newsletter here. Today's episode is brought to you by Memberful. Whether your passion is journalism, cooking, fitness coaching, teaching, or traveling — you can monetize your content with Memberful. Visit memberful.com/contentinc to get started building your membership business with a free trial. ------- Like this episode? SUBSCRIBE on Apple, Spotify or Google. See all Content Inc episodes at the Content Inc. podcast home. Get my personal newsletter today and receive my free goal-setting guide today.

Social media algos have changed. Search engine optimization has changed. And now, AI content is creating the "one answer" philosophy for findability. How do we compete in this changing landscape? By creating content signals. ------- Like this episode? SUBSCRIBE on Apple, Spotify or Google. Get captions by watching and subscribing to my YouTube Channel. See all Content Inc episodes at the Content Inc. podcast home. Get my personal newsletter today and receive my free goal-setting guide today.

As a content entrepreneur, you have the power to choose where you engage/create, and where you won't. You don't have to be everywhere. Perhaps, you shouldn't. Ask yourself where you need to be, for yourself as an individual, and as a creator. Article Link: The Death of the Internet (again) ------- Like this episode? SUBSCRIBE on Apple, Spotify or Google. Get captions by watching and subscribing to my YouTube Channel. See all Content Inc episodes at the Content Inc. podcast home. Get my personal newsletter today and receive my free goal-setting guide today.

This week I had the pleasure of talking with my friends at Pace Communications about six things I'd be doing right now in content marketing. Hunting for Assets Grooming Employees as Creators Working on Pillar Content Projects Doubling Down on Print Diversifying Revenue Streams Launching Physical Events ------- Like this episode? SUBSCRIBE on Apple, Spotify or Google. Get captions by watching and subscribing to my YouTube Channel. See all Content Inc episodes at the Content Inc. podcast home. Get my personal newsletter today and receive my free goal-setting guide today.

My quick review (and some proof points) from CEX...and exactly how I know that YOUR content is making a difference in people's lives. ------- Like this episode? SUBSCRIBE on Apple, Spotify or Google. Get captions by watching and subscribing to my YouTube Channel. See all Content Inc episodes at the Content Inc. podcast home. Get my personal newsletter today and receive my free goal-setting guide today.

The new business model for full-time content creators looks eerily similar to the OG content entrepreneur business model from the 2000s. Listen to what you need to do next with your mini-media model. ------- Like this episode? SUBSCRIBE on Apple, Spotify or Google. Get captions by watching and subscribing to my YouTube Channel. See all Content Inc episodes at the Content Inc. podcast home. Get my personal newsletter today and receive my free goal-setting guide today.

It was a crazy week for TikTok. The President signed a bill that effectively creates an ultimatum for TikTok. What do you, as a content creator, need to do about this? Sign up for Content Entrepreneur Expo (CEX) here and use code TOM100 to save $100. Today's episode is brought to you by Memberful. Whether your passion is journalism, cooking, fitness coaching, teaching, or traveling — you can monetize your content with Memberful. Visit memberful.com/contentinc to get started building your membership business with a free trial. ------- Like this episode? SUBSCRIBE on Apple, Spotify or Google. See all Content Inc episodes at the Content Inc. podcast home. Get my personal newsletter today and receive my free goal-setting guide today.

It seems to me that the best business model for content entrepreneurs focuses on the creation, arrangement and distribution of words. Although most content creators don't see it that way, it doesn't mean it's not true. What do you think? Sign up for Content Entrepreneur Expo (CEX) here and use code TOM100 to save $100. Today's episode is brought to you by Memberful. Whether your passion is journalism, cooking, fitness coaching, teaching, or traveling — you can monetize your content with Memberful. Visit memberful.com/contentinc to get started building your membership business with a free trial. ------- Like this episode? SUBSCRIBE on Apple, Spotify or Google. See all Content Inc episodes at the Content Inc. podcast home. Get my personal newsletter today and receive my free goal-setting guide today.

My new book, The Content Entrepreneur, is now available. And we are selling 100 percent direct to consumers. In this episode I review some of the main differences about why you would make a decision as an author to go direct. Buy the book here - https://www.joepulizzi.com/books/content-entrepreneur/ Sign up for Content Entrepreneur Expo (CEX) here and use code TOM100 to save $100. Today's episode is brought to you by Memberful. Whether your passion is journalism, cooking, fitness coaching, teaching, or traveling — you can monetize your content with Memberful. Visit memberful.com/contentinc to get started building your membership business with a free trial. ------- Like this episode? SUBSCRIBE on Apple, Spotify or Google. See all Content Inc episodes at the Content Inc. podcast home. Get my personal newsletter today and receive my free goal-setting guide today.

I talk about the five business-related books that have had the most impact on my career and life. Think & Grow Rich - Napoleon Hill Seven Habits of Highly Effective People - Stephen Covey Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert Heinlein IMC: Integrated Marketing Communications - Don Schultz David & Goliath - Malcolm Gladwell Buy my new book, The Content Entrepreneur, today! Sign up for Content Entrepreneur Expo (CEX) here and use code TOM100 to save $100. Today's episode is brought to you by Memberful. Whether your passion is journalism, cooking, fitness coaching, teaching, or traveling — you can monetize your content with Memberful. Visit memberful.com/contentinc to get started building your membership business with a free trial. ------- Like this episode? SUBSCRIBE on Apple, Spotify or Google. See all Content Inc episodes at the Content Inc. podcast home. Get my personal newsletter today and receive my free goal-setting guide today.

A very special episode courtesy of my friend Michelle Raymond. In this episode, Michelle and I talk about what makes a content entrepreneur successful, the importance of patience, and selling strategies to help a content entrepreneur both survive and grow. Please follow Michelle on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/michellejraymond/ Buy my new book, The Content Entrepreneur, today! Sign up for Content Entrepreneur Expo (CEX) here and use code TOM100 to save $100. Today's episode is brought to you by Memberful. Whether your passion is journalism, cooking, fitness coaching, teaching, or traveling — you can monetize your content with Memberful. Visit memberful.com/contentinc to get started building your membership business with a free trial. ------- Like this episode? SUBSCRIBE on Apple, Spotify or Google. See all Content Inc episodes at the Content Inc. podcast home. Get my personal newsletter today and receive my free goal-setting guide today.

What does it mean to be a full-time content creator? Is that a thing? If it is, it's probably something we don't want...because if we are a full-time creator, we can't be a content entrepreneur. Sign up for Content Entrepreneur Expo (CEX) here and use code TOM100 to save $100. Today's episode is brought to you by Memberful. Whether your passion is journalism, cooking, fitness coaching, teaching, or traveling — you can monetize your content with Memberful. Visit memberful.com/contentinc to get started building your membership business with a free trial. ------- Like this episode? SUBSCRIBE on Apple, Spotify or Google. See all Content Inc episodes at the Content Inc. podcast home. Get my personal newsletter today and receive my free goal-setting guide today.

AI is slowly taking over as the search engine of choice for more and more professionals. Are you ready for this? Most are not. The next 12 months are critical to make sure your story is told. Sign up for Content Entrepreneur Expo (CEX) here and use code TOM100 to save $100. Today's episode is brought to you by Memberful. Whether your passion is journalism, cooking, fitness coaching, teaching, or traveling — you can monetize your content with Memberful. Visit memberful.com/contentinc to get started building your membership business with a free trial. ------- Like this episode? SUBSCRIBE on Apple, Spotify or Google. See all Content Inc episodes at the Content Inc. podcast home. Get my personal newsletter today and receive my free goal-setting guide today.

Lexi Grant brings up a very tough topic: is it more difficult today to become a successful content creator? I think she's right and it is. But maybe there are things we can do now so we don't fall into the failure trap. Read Lexi's LinkedIn post here. Sign up for Content Entrepreneur Expo (CEX) here and use code TOM100 to save $100. Today's episode is brought to you by Memberful. Whether your passion is journalism, cooking, fitness coaching, teaching, or traveling — you can monetize your content with Memberful. Visit memberful.com/contentinc to get started building your membership business with a free trial. ------- Like this episode? SUBSCRIBE on Apple, Spotify or Google. See all Content Inc episodes at the Content Inc. podcast home. Get my personal newsletter today and receive my free goal-setting guide today.

A special (longer) episode dedicated to how an author (or content creator) can build a successful content business with a book at the core. In this episode, Joe covers: Finding your sweet spot Tuning into your content tilt Building your base Growing your audience Creating and then diversifying revenue Exit or go big Use code JP100 to save $100 off Content Entrepreneur Expo (CEX). Today's episode is brought to you by Memberful. Whether your passion is journalism, cooking, fitness coaching, teaching, or traveling — you can monetize your content with Memberful. Visit memberful.com/contentinc to get started building your membership business with a free trial. ------- Like this episode? SUBSCRIBE on Apple, Spotify or Google. See all Content Inc episodes at the Content Inc. podcast home. Get my personal newsletter today and receive my free goal-setting guide today.

An important piece of advice from David Bowie gets us talking about if we are really taking enough risks and getting uncomfortable enough with our content to be successful. See David Bowie Discuss This Today's episode is brought to you by Memberful. Whether your passion is journalism, cooking, fitness coaching, teaching, or traveling — you can monetize your content with Memberful. Visit memberful.com/contentinc to get started building your membership business with a free trial. ------- Like this episode? SUBSCRIBE on Apple, Spotify or Google. See all Content Inc episodes at the Content Inc. podcast home. Get my personal newsletter today and receive my free goal-setting guide today.

How did Billy Joel, one of the greatest songwriters in history, come to hate the process of writing? It happens to all of us. But what he did to start loving the process again will surprise you...and it's something that all content creators and writers need to be doing. Today's episode is brought to you by Memberful. Whether your passion is journalism, cooking, fitness coaching, teaching, or traveling — you can monetize your content with Memberful. Visit memberful.com/contentinc to get started building your membership business with a free trial. ------- Like this episode? SUBSCRIBE on Apple, Spotify or Google. See all Content Inc episodes at the Content Inc. podcast home. Get my personal newsletter today and receive my free goal-setting guide today.

I had to make one key decision in the early days of my content creator model in order to succeed. It was extremely difficult to make, but that decision led to all my success. Unfortunately, most content creators won't make this change, and that is why they will fail. Today's episode is brought to you by Memberful. Whether your passion is journalism, cooking, fitness coaching, teaching, or traveling — you can monetize your content with Memberful. Visit memberful.com/contentinc to get started building your membership business with a free trial. ------- Like this episode? SUBSCRIBE on Apple, Spotify or Google. See all Content Inc episodes at the Content Inc. podcast home. Get my personal newsletter today and receive my free goal-setting guide today.

Here's a bonus episode that runs through (in a way) the eight best decisions I've ever made. These include: Set Goals. Create Habits. Get a Roth IRA Get a 529 Account Call Your Boss Hire a Scheduling Manager Spend Time with Your Kids Separately Assign Housework Get a Password Manager Today's episode is brought to you by Memberful. Whether your passion is journalism, cooking, fitness coaching, teaching, or traveling — you can monetize your content with Memberful. Visit memberful.com/contentinc to get started building your membership business with a free trial. ------- Like this episode? SUBSCRIBE on Apple, Spotify or Google. See all Content Inc episodes at the Content Inc. podcast home. Get my personal newsletter today and receive my free goal-setting guide today.

The incredible music executive Rick Rubin says that those who create art should NOT be creating that art for an audience. Art should be created only to satisfy the needs of the creator...and that's what will be best for an audience. This is great...except that content creators aren't creating art. It's commerce. Some entrepreneurs are confused by this. Don't make this huge mistake. Episode Links Rick Rubin Video on Creating Art Content Entrepreneur Expo (CEX) 2024 - Register Today ------- Like this episode? SUBSCRIBE on Apple, Spotify or Google. See all Content Inc episodes at the Content Inc. podcast home. Get my personal newsletter today and receive my free goal-setting guide today.

Here's a personal story about a day in the life of my content-creator journey. Everything changed that day. It was challenging, but I don't regret it. Hopefully this story will help you in your journey as well. ------- Like this episode? SUBSCRIBE on Apple, Spotify or Google. See all Content Inc episodes at the Content Inc. podcast home. Get my personal newsletter today and receive my free goal-setting guide today.