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Podcast & YouTube Strategy Sessions

Bring the thing you're stuck on.
Leave knowing your next move.

Most shows stall out in the first couple of months. Usually the idea is fine—what's missing is a clear read on what to actually do next. That's what a session is for: one focused hour on your show, and a short list of moves you can start on right away.

Book a Session—$250 Or book a free intro call
The Real Problem

The idea is usually fine.
The hard part is knowing which problem is the real one.

You've probably already started—a few episodes recorded, maybe published. You've read the threads, tried the tools, and taken in more advice than you can act on. The raw material is there. Something just isn't turning over smoothly.

So you fix the email setup. Then the editing tool. Then the posting schedule. Each one feels like the thing that'll finally unlock the rest—and you can spend months playing whack-a-mole like that, busy the whole time without much actually moving.

Most of the time the real block is only one or two things, and they're rarely the ones you'd expect. Finding them now beats discovering them two years and a hundred episodes from now.

Usually it's not that complicated. Often it's just a matter of pointing it in the right direction—there was never really a roadmap to begin with.

Who This Is For

You're further along than you think.
You just need the right inputs.

A session works best when you've already got momentum—or the raw material for it. You'll recognize yourself in at least a few of these:

  • You have a show idea but no clear system for publishing consistently
  • You want to grow on YouTube but feel paralyzed by where to start
  • You've published consistently, but it isn't finding people—and nothing's converting
  • You keep fixing one thing after another and the wheel still won't turn smoothly
  • You've taken in more advice than you can act on and you're ready to actually make something
  • You have limited time and can't afford to keep working on the wrong things
  • You're the creative engine but need someone to think alongside you
  • You want to build something with long-term value, not content that disappears
Track Record

What the right work actually produces.

These aren't hypotheticals. This is what happens when the right inputs are applied consistently—with someone in your corner who's made the mistakes so you don't have to.

57 Days to go from 9k to 100k YouTube subscribers
13mo To reach 330,000+ subscribers from scratch
1M+ Podcast listens across produced shows

It comes down to one belief: if you give the algorithm the right inputs, it does its job. The hard part is knowing which inputs matter—and in what order.

The Session

One focused hour.
Built around what you actually need.

A session is one hour on your specific situation—your show, your constraints, the decision you've been sitting on. Here's how it goes.

01

Tell me what's stuck

When you book, you send a short note on where you are and what you want out of the hour. That way we spend the time on the actual problem instead of catching each other up.

02

We work through it live

We get on a call and go straight at it—packaging, positioning, format, whatever's in the way. You'll see how I'd think through it, and we pressure-test it together.

03

You leave with a plan

By the end you have a small number of concrete next moves—the two or three things that actually matter, in the order to do them.

04

You keep the recording

You get the recording and my notes, so you can go back to it while you execute instead of trying to remember everything we covered.

What We Cover

Bring one real problem.
We'll spend the hour on it.

Most people waste months because they don't know what to prioritize. An hour spent on the right question can save you a whole season of guessing. A few of the things people bring:

Packaging

Titles that make the right person raise their hand instead of describing the episode—plus the thumbnail and structure that decide most of who clicks.

Positioning

Who this is actually for, and how to say it so the right person recognizes themselves in it.

Whether to start

Format, platform, project selection—the early calls that quietly cost months, like betting on a video that ages instead of a post that dies by Friday.

Why it's not landing

You've published and it's not finding people—or the views come but no leads. We look at what's actually in the way.

Your back catalog

What you've already recorded is an asset. The strong ten-minute stretch inside a forty-minute episode can stand on its own.

Where this goes

A realistic path to listeners and the income that follows—often by cutting too many offers down to one clear next step.

Booking

Two ways to work together.
Start wherever fits.

Both are a real conversation about your show with someone who's done this before. The difference is dedicated time and how deep we get.

Core
Strategy Session
$250
one 60-minute session
  • A full hour on your specific situation
  • Live diagnosis of what's actually stuck
  • Packaging, positioning, and direction
  • A concrete plan of next moves
  • Recording and notes to keep
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Free Intro Call
Free
a shorter call to start
  • Talk through where you are
  • A read on your biggest bottleneck
  • One direction you can act on
  • You'll leave with something useful
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Early on, you just need to get it to the first point where it actually works. Once you feel that, it gets much easier to keep going.

Why This Works

The reason an hour goes further than you'd expect.

You only get 52 shots a year if you publish weekly. That's not Instagram, where you can post every day and let volume carry you. Every episode has to count—and knowing which decisions matter, in which order, is most of the game. Momentum is fragile too: a couple of small wins in the right order protect the confidence that keeps you publishing at all.

01

Context you can't get from tutorials

A YouTube tutorial doesn't know your constraints, your audience, or how your personal brand connects with your show. General advice applied to a specific situation often makes things worse.

02

You avoid the expensive distractions

Some decisions cost you three to six months. Project selection, format selection, platform selection—choosing the wrong thing early has compounding costs that aren't obvious until you're already behind.

03

The algorithm rewards the right inputs

YouTube isn't magic—it connects content to the people already looking for it. Packaging, positioning, and targeting are things you can actually control. You just need someone who's done it before.

04

You build something you don't hate

A lot of people grow into something they never wanted. Thinking a few steps ahead now means the success you're building toward is one you'd actually choose—three years from now.

You come with the problem.
You leave with a plan.

Bring the thing that's been sitting there—the decision, the stall, the show that isn't landing. We'll break it down and you'll leave with a clearer picture of what to do next.

Book a Session—$250 Or start with a free intro call

Podcast and YouTube strategy for creators who want to build something that lasts.

“There is an old two part rule that often works wonders in business, science, and elsewhere:
1. Take a simple, basic idea and
2. Take it very seriously.”

— Charlie Munger

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