How can I monetize my podcast?

Um, you can monetize the podcast by, um, by marketing yourself, by also by reaching out to sponsor, potential sponsors, um, collab- as like a collaboration deals and seeking collaboration.

And you can also, like, charge people for wanting to come on your podcast.

For example, like, sometimes I'll get emails from, I'll get cold emails from people saying, "Hey, um, I'd like to have my guest on," and you charge your...

You charge them a sitting fee, like charge them a fee to come on the podcast.

Now, if it's somebody you invite onto your podcast, then, then you don't charge them.

But, like, you charge those people, and you charge brands for, for product placement and also for ad reads as well.

So now, um, now let's talk about, so what has been one of your biggest setbacks as a creator, and how did you move forward from it?

So has something a guest ever said completely changed the way you look at your own life?

Um, I remember a guest once told me that, um, they just show up.

You j- you, they, with them-- Actually, I take this back.

Um, a guest recently, I had them on.

They talked about their business, then they talked about how they had the mindset of everybody eats, meaning that everybody on their team is gonna eat, meaning everybody on their team is gonna win no matter what.

And that, that contrary with my side, I need to have the mindset of helping everybody that's working with me, helping them get to the point of their winning as well in whatever it is that they wanna achieve.

So my mindset now is, like, to help everyone eat, because it's a plenty of opportunities, plenty of money out here for everybody out here to win.

What has been the hardest part of building Liquid Talk, and how have you been protecting the original passion from becoming another responsibility?

So, what role does comparison play in mental health of people walking around? in the creator space because you are a creator a lot of times comparison is actually it exists so how does that affect Or what effect does it have on the mental health of creators?

Comparison is good just to help you keep your eye on what the competition is doing or keep an eye on what other creators are doing.

But it can get unhealthy if you're constantly checking what they're doing or checking to see what they're doing.

And then allowing some results to get to your head, you know, because sometimes people will look at creators and be like, okay, I'm not doing that or they're doing this or they're doing that.

And sometimes it's unhealthy to be looking at what other people are doing.

I get it.

You can check what other people are doing only for like to improve what you're doing.

disappointment so how have those experiences affected the way you handle stress so is it that when you're being rejected as a businessman as a creative a person in the creative space is it that you allow such rejection to cause a form of that is the word stress anxiety to you to make you to be mentally unstable?

ever a point when you question whether you should continue with the podcast

um yes there was a point i really questioned whether i should continue the podcast um that point was when um my first co-host originally quit on me so I questioned it for a little while, but then I was like, I had to tell myself that this is my vision and this is what I want to do.

And I can't let the fact one person quit on me.

I can't let the fact that this person quit on me determine that, you know, because if I stop podcasting, I subconsciously let them win.

And we can't do that because this is my vision and they were just a part of it for the journey.

Be okay with them not being a part of the journey.

What is one misconception people have about podcasting that you wish more people understood?

I wish people would understand that it's not just about turning on the microphone and doing your thing.

So can you tell us one of the conversation you still think about?

Um, a conversation I stayed thinking about was recently how I had a conversation with a sex therapist and they were talking about how people don't like, you know what I'm saying? Know how to take care of themselves and people don't know how to communicate their wants.

And it stuck with me.

It's like closed mouths don't get fed.

And it's just a small example of, hey.

people they got to speak up for what they want even in the bedroom so that's that's the conversation that stuck with me and also hearing stories of how people turned their life around from being in jail to now they're a multi-time book author now they're they're working on changing the system so that taught me that just because you might be in jail that doesn't mean that that's the ending of your story that's just a small chapter and you can overcome things

uh victor every uh creator eventually experiences rejection low numbers technical problems uh criticism or simply period where nothing seems to work what has been one of your biggest setbacks and how did you turn it into motivation

um my biggest setback is having my is falling out my first co-host and you know this was someone that showed me that they wanted to be around for a lifetime but me and that person kind of fell out because it's just we just had some differences of something minuscule you know that I looked back at it and I realized we could have talked about it.

Enjoy it.

Sometimes I feel like I'm just a hot air balloon Lifted up by the things that I want out of life Like, I want to be famous Famous and happy in that order And also, sometimes I kinda wanna die Does that count? I wanna get your number I wanna touch your shoulder I wanna get close to you I wanna get your number I wanna touch your shoulder I wanna get close to you I like mean women I like soft I like mean women I like soft men Sometimes I need to be alone I need to be alone I wanna touch your shoulder I wanna get close to you I wanna get your number

Slide like a marrow From a broken bone Tell me what to do Tell me what to, what to, what to, three, four I got your hands in your pockets I got my eyes on the floor Cut your digits on doorsteps I

got your brain in a jar I got you under me You kept up with the news I don't know how you stayed strong If I kept up like you do I'd put a bullet in my best worst enemy You leave me laid out, can't take you anywhere I got a friend, got a friend, and she's not from here I wish you'd tell me what you do when you're not here I wish you'd fa-fa-fa-fa-feral like a tiger in the heat I got fear drippin' off get close to you.

I want to get your number.

I want to touch Turn them back

And you have such a fascinating way of associating and writing, and there were people that were accusing you of using AI, and I want you to have an opportunity to respond.

Yeah.

So, I had a whole response planned, which was inclusive of, you know, points like AI being generative from, uh, lots of sources, which would turn out something a lot more lowest common denominator and generic than the whole idea that you hear something weird and quirky and you're like, "Oh, it must be AI." It's just a...

shows a fundamental misunderstanding of what AI is capable of in the modern era.

But I thought it would be a lot more fun, uh, to just pull up my notes app, um, and, uh, to prove that this is actually how my brain works.

So, I'd like to show Jon, just so this is not a magic trick.

These are many different dates from over the course of years, correct?

(laughs) Whoo!

Victor recently took over as school leader for Jorel, who now runs the entire collegiate network.

It's a beautiful thing.

(laughs) Uh, one of my favorite things about Carver.

It's one of things, but it is the fact that, like, to work at a school where teachers who work at that school will bring their kids to learn at that school, that is rare.

The fact that, like, so many of our teammates actually bring their kids to go to school here and that I've got to teach them (laughs), that they wanted me to teach their kid.

How you doing, sweetheart? You good? Good to see you.

It's, like, an amazing, like...

When I asked Victor what's the difference now compared to 10 years ago, he didn't hesitate.