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Aaron Watson was invited to speak at the Pittsburgh Entrepreneurs Forum event “The Business & Influence of Digital Content Creators”. The panel was moderated by Tracy Certo (NEXTPittsburgh) and featured Aaron, along with Cooper Munroe (The Motherhood) and Day Bracey (Fresh Fest).
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Today on the Rundown, Aaron & HP discuss Kylie selling 51% of Kylie Cosmetics, the savagery dropped by Fedex CEO, & much more.
Kylie Jenner pockets $600m
FedEx vs New York Times
John Legere leaving T-Mobile
Axios & The Athletic raising $$$
Aramco lowers expectations on IPO
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Justin Moore is a Sponsorship Coach & Founder of CreatorWizard, a training program that teaches creators how to find & negotiate brand deals. With his wife April, Justin has been a full-time creator for nearly a decade and has been running an influencer marketing agency for over 5 years.
Justin and April started creating content back in the days before brands reached out to collaborate with influencers. They started with a cooking channel and a family vlog channel and did daily videos for several years, eventually growing their total following to over 1,500,000.
With more than a decade of experience in content creation, it is easy to see why Justin Moore is able to help creators find & negotiate their dream brand sponsorships.
In this episode, dive deep with Aaron as he and Justin discuss how a side hustle led to quitting his 9 to 5 job, managing his influencer marketing agency, and the opportunity on Amazon Live.
TIMESTAMPS:
0:00:00 How Justin started their channel
0:04:22 Becoming a Sponsorship Coach
0:10:49 What brands really care about when it comes to sponsorships
0:15:43 Developing and Scaling their offered services
0:22:00 Managing their Work-Life Balance
0:28:02 Things to focus on content creation
0:31:47 Narrowing Down to Sponsorships
0:37:15 Growing the Sponsorship Business
0:41:52 Listening to your target market
#sponsorship #contentcreator #socialmediamarketing
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Linkedin CEO steps down
EA's Microtransactions
NFLPA To Vote On 17-Game Schedule
YouTube Kids gets $100m
The Piper Rundown is sponsored by Catalyst-Go
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20-year-old phenom Hannah Phillips pitches Piper's Instagram service to Steve Shelton of the Trade Institute of Pittsburgh.
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We'd love to meet with you. We are looking for creative talent in Pittsburgh to join our growing team. Our DMs are open.
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Jeff Bezos is stepping down as CEO of Amazon and taking the role of executive chairman. Why would he step down, and what is he up to now?
Timestamps:
0:00 - Ad read
0:46 - Bezos steps down from Amazon
15:07 - Uber buys Drizzly
20:05 - IBM shuts down blockchain
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Aaron has an obsession with storytelling, business building, and creating media that leads to sales.
Aaron’s experience in media creation and strategy started at the age of 23 when he launched a podcast, Going Deep with Aaron Watson. In the subsequent 3 years, he has built a powerful network, executed profitable events around Pittsburgh, and started a paid public speaking career on the back of his digital media brand building.
As the co-founder of Piper Creative, Aaron is passionate about leveraging his expertise to help others build healthier company cultures, execute effective storytelling, and master the distribution of their content.
??Hannah Phillips, Chief Creative Officer of Piper Creative
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Hannah is our brilliant visual media artist that produces genre-defining work across digital video, photography, graphic design, and fine art.
From an early age, she developed a love for art and creating, and has grown those passions into hard skills that build businesses.
She started her first media company in 10th grade and was dedicated to growing it part-time throughout high school.
At Piper Creative, she guides and mentors the next generation of creatives while leveraging their skills to transform brands and drive business outcomes.
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Idea Foundry was founded in 2002 to help Pittsburgh take part in the next economic upswing. Mike Matesic runs the Pittsburgh-based, non-profit economic development organization and spoke with us about what he has learned.
His nonprofit is dedicated to creating living-wage, high-opportunity jobs and has invested in over 200 companies and projects to drive over $1B in direct economic impact.
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Piper Creative has been vlogging the growth of the company from its inception to give you an unparalleled look into startup life. Here are some of our greatest hits
We Pitched Shark Tank ~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7o9x4rb6LtU
Interview with Chance Humphrey (Top Pgh Instagrammer) ~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TZxnm81iW4
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Over the last quarter century Damion Lupo has started and owned more than 30 different companies including an insurance agency, a precious metals firm, a venture capital company, a financial consulting firm, and more than a dozen real estate investment and development companies. He’s also the founder of Yokido, his own martial art and holds 3 other black belts.
Damion has published 5 books and is a sought-after financial consultant for accredited investors and business owners. Using a vast knowledge of financial markets, money psychology and pattern recognition he’s an expert at quickly diagnosing hidden financial cancers with clients and their organizations and rewiring both for success. Damion’s personal philosophy centers on Self Responsibility and a conviction that the only path to freedom is through candor, growth and a big vision.
That big vision ideal is what drove him to found Total Control Financial in 2016 and design everything around 10X growth and 10X impact for the client, the team and the shareholders.
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