Hey, I'm Caleb Wojcik, a solopreneur building multiple businesses through video content creation, physical products, serving clients on retainer, and more. If you're a video content creator or creative entrepreneur, follow along as I share what I've learned running my one person business for 10+ years. Each week I'll share how I am using content, email marketing, digital courses, and social media to grow my online business to $500,000 in annual revenue. Watch the video version at YouTube.com ...
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Finding Clarity After Burnout: My 9 Year Entrepreneurial Story
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I get real about my burnout after finally achieving what I had worked for over the past decade. I had a family with three kids, paid off all my debt, and was running multiple successful businesses, but hit a wall. My story starts five years ago with the launch of SwitchPod on Kickstarter, where we raised over $400,000. Despite this success, persona…
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I'm excited to be back behind the microphone again after a long hiatus. The show will start with just me solo for a bit, but I plan to bring guests in from time to time too. I'll tell stories of failure and success. I will share real numbers and statistics. I'll laugh, but try not to cry. Next week, I’ll share my story of burning out and how I ende…
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#101 - At the end of every year I do an annual review and usually publish them too (like I did in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2018). And yes, I'm finally publishing this review in March because I took time off during Christmas break and played Playstation. That's the honest truth. The year before last, 2019, ended up being one of the biggest …
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What should I make next? (An Open Conversation with My Wife)
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#100 - Have you ever reached big milestone that shifts you to be more introspective? I'm talking something big like turning an age that ends in zero, getting out of debt, or having a child. This is what happened to me when it came to planning and recording episode 100 of my podcast. Not only did I start to question what episode 100 should be, but a…
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Choosing the Perfect Camera for You (At Any Budget)
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#99 - The most common thing people ask me online is, "what camera should I buy?” When there are new cameras being released from every brand multiple times a year, it is really hard to do enough research on your own to figure out which camera is right for you and what you’re going to use it for. In this podcast episode I chat with Greg Farnum all ab…
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Better Lighting for Your Videos On Any Budget
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#98 - In my opinion, lighting is one of the most underrated skills and underspent categories of gear when making high quality videos. If you understand how to light a video well and have the proper gear, your videos can even look better than someone that has a camera that costs 5 or 10 times as much as yours. In this podcast episode I chat with Tom…
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#97 - Everyone always wants to talk about the latest cameras that just came out, but the better way to spend your money is on making your videos sound better. And even if you don’t have any extra budget to put towards a better microphone or audio recorder, there are a lot of tips and tricks for capturing better sound. In this episode I chat with Cu…
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Money Lessons Learned from Getting Out of Debt Twice
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#96 - Most people are afraid to talk about money. If I had to guess the reason I'd say it is because they are truly embarrassed about where they are financially. They would rather flaunt flashy cars or homes the debt they owe a bank actually owns then discuss the deeper going ons of their savings for retirement or their net worth. “But Caleb, what …
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How to Get More Views & Subscribers on YouTube (The Technical Way)
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#95 - In this podcast episode I chat with Tom Martin about what a YouTube channel should do behind the scenes if it wants to get more views through search and suggested recommendations. Tom's experience working on large YouTube channels for companies like the BBC and advising smaller independent channels has led him to be a leading expert in the te…
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How Sarah Beth Turned Teaching Yoga on YouTube into a Six Figure Business
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#94 - In this podcast episode I chat with Sarah Beth, a yoga teacher on YouTube, about how she grew her channel to almost a million subscribers and built a thriving online business over a span of nearly ten years of uploading videos. We dive into everything she has learned about content strategy & release cadence on YouTube, figuring out which vide…
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How to Get More Traffic to Your Website from Google The Hard Way
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#93 - In this podcast episode I chat with Matt Giovanisci of Swim University & Money Lab about how to get more traffic to a website from Google. He shares what he’s learned from 10+ years of experience optimizing his websites for search engines, doing content audits, and creating epic content. We dive into what he does on his websites to drive more…
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Working with a Spouse, Friend, or Family Member
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#92 - Separating work from your personal life is hard enough already without partnering with, hiring, or working for other people close to you. When you work with your spouse, friend, or a family member, it can be a convoluted mess of emotions, tones, and debating. In this episode I talk with my wife Jen about how we work together on each other’s b…
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#91 - Working from home is way different than going to a separate physical location to work. You don’t clock in or out, no one is looking over your shoulder, and your normal routine of hygiene or commuting go out the window. And right now, a lot of people are being forced to work from home due to CO-VID19. In this episode I talk with my wife Jen ab…
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Personal Branding & Superhero Syndrome with Chris Ducker
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#90 - Whether you want one or not you have a personal brand. People want to follow and learn from other people online and even bigger brands “try” to act more like a person than a huge company. In this podcast episode I chat with my buddy Chris Ducker about how to build, scale, and monetize a personal brand, whether you should name your brand after…
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How to Build a Video Editing Business From Scratch (Without Leaving Home)
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#89 - If you have the ability and skills to edit video a great way to supplement your existing income is to do video editing for other people. Not only can some editing only projects help fill the gap between other clients or projects you have, you can get paid well doing so. In this episode I chat with Jacob Cross, who I’ve hired to help me film f…
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Surviving a Recession, Getting More Clients, & Growing a Team
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# 88 - If you’re running a service based company, like making videos for people, you need clients or customers to stay in business each month. And when there is a recession like what we’re currently going through during CO-VID19, sometimes your services are the first to go for a company looking to cut back. But now is an important time to focus on …
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#87 -If you're like me, you're overwhelmed with everything that is going on right now. The global pandemic is turning the economy into an unknown mess, we want to make sure our finances and our lives don’t implode, and there is an ever-growing pile of work to do to help your business survive all of this. But sometimes, what’s most important is to j…
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Tyler Stalman on Becoming a Full Stack Creator
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#86 - In this episode I talk with photographer and video creator Tyler Stalman about how important it is to become a “full stack creator”, his term for being able to do the multiple types of creative work needed in today’s competitive landscape. We discuss how to start a client business and scale it, the importance of setting up multiple revenue st…
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#85 - With the CO-VID19 coronavirus, the world is a bit crazy right now. But I wanted to do my part to share how I’m trying to weather this as an entrepreneur and small business owner and give you some tips for how to best spend your down time during any pandemic quarantines. Now is a time for getting prepared. Not just through buying toilet paper,…
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Life As a Full-Time YouTuber (ft. Thomas Frank)
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From Million Dollar T-Shirt Wearer to Selling His Last Name... Weird Business Ideas with Jason Zook
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Buying Elon Musk a Couch, Talking Tesla, & Growing as a Niche YouTuber (ft. Ben Sullins)
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How a Workaholic Ends Up Taking a Year Off (ft. Sean McCabe)
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You’re Doing It Wrong — Advice for Getting Un-Stuck
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How to Build a Wedding Photography Business from Scratch (with Jen Wojcik)
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Lessons from Inventing & Launching SwitchPod
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Building a Product Review Empire on Youtube — Dave Maze
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From Film School to YouTube — Kitty Peters
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From Vimeo Staff Pick to Full-Time Filmmaker — What it actually takes with Levi Allen
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Pat Flynn & How SwitchPod Fundraised $200,000 in 36 Hours
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YouTuber Roundtable #1 - Armando Ferreira, Matt D'Avella, Jason Vong, Greg Farnum, Josh Morgan
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10 Podcasts Filmmakers & YouTubers Should Listen To
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How to Make Quality Videos Every Month Even When You Have Day Job (ft. Satchell Drakes)
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Gear Envy, When To Upgrade, And When To Stop Buying
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Selling Physical Products on YouTube (ft. Study with Jess)
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Facelift Your YouTube Channel to Get More Views
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Standing Out on YouTube in the Video Game Niche (ft. Yungtown)
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Deadlines, Release Schedules, & Countdown Clocks
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Plan to Go Viral (How To Make Videos People Want To Watch)
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8 Mistakes Struggling YouTubers Make (ft. Tim Schmoyer)
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Sad YouTube Economics, Trademarking "React", and Rip Off Artists
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How to Get a Vimeo Staff Pick (ft. Levi Allen)
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How to Get 150,000 YouTube Subscribers in 1 Year (ft. Thomas Frank)
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How to Enter a Crowded YouTube Niche (ft. Dave Dugdale)
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