Hey, We’re Colin and Samir, YouTube creators and podcasters that break down the latest news in the creator economy from a creator's perspective. We have a long history building communities and brands through digital content. New episodes of The Colin and Samir show go live every Monday morning at 9AM EST on Spotify and YouTube.com/ColinandSamir.

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David Dobrik's $100 Million Dollar Deal with Spotify

February 15, 2021 0:39:45 38.46 MB Downloads: 0

Today we're talking David Dobrik's podcast views and why we think Spotify will acquire it like they did with Joe Rogan. Check out the pod channel on YouTube: https://bit.ly/2ZhGcgB

Elon Musk, Clubhouse and going to the Moon 🚀

February 08, 2021 0:53:11 51.38 MB Downloads: 0

Our thoughts on audio only voice app Clubhouse, Elon Musk's ability to sway markets, and Super Bowl 2021 commercials. Also check out our Podcast YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/a1UVrUnrf5k

How Graham Stephan makes $4,578,896.32 a year on YouTube

February 01, 2021 1:19:38 78.93 MB Downloads: 0

This week on the Colin and Samir Podcast, we’re Joined by Graham Stephan. Graham is a real estate agent turned YouTube creator who has amassed over 3 million subscribers across 3 YouTube channels. He’s been covered by CNBC, Bloomberg and a bunch of other outlets as the “Millionaire YouTuber” he’s very transparent about the money he generates through his YouTube Channels, which in 2020 was over $2M just from YouTube Adsense alone… and overall, well you’ll have to listen to the podcast to find out how much he made in total, but it truly is jaw dropping. Graham makes videos about personal finance, investing, stocks, and credit cards all with the goal of helping his audience become more financially literate. We talk about how he got into YouTube, and how he thinks about his channel, the strategies that have helped him get to over $2M in revenue from YouTube. If you’re listening to this episode, we do have a visual version of the podcast that’s available on YouTube - if you just search the Colin and Samir podcast you’ll find it - alright enjoy this weeks episode feature Graham Stephan.

How Mr. Beast turns $Millions into Billions

January 25, 2021 0:27:46 26.96 MB Downloads: 0

This week Colin and Samir talk about Mr. Beasts storytelling style and how he takes millions of dollars and turns them into billions of views  Watch the episode on the Podcast YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqGPn-NTBmUXcNWYf7uFvw

Reviewing our worst Brand Deals

January 18, 2021 0:38:29 37.27 MB Downloads: 0

Colin and Samir break down some of their worst influencer brand deal offers and talk about what makes a good creator brand partnership. Subscribe for new episodes every Monday: https://t.co/v37tvVx74T?amp=1​

Predicting the Biggest Creator Trends of 2021

January 11, 2021 0:43:10 41.62 MB Downloads: 0

Colin and Samir predict the biggest YouTube Creator trends of 2021.  We discuss the creator economy and big YouTubers like Mr Beast, Dream, David Dobrik, and Addison Rae.  Subscribe to our podcast YouTube Channel for new episodes every Monday: https://t.co/v37tvVx74T?amp=1​

Building a better world for Creators ft Joe Albanese

December 22, 2020 1:20:22 77.32 MB Downloads: 0

This week on the Colin and Samir Podcast we’re joined by Joe Albanese - Joe is the founder and CEO of Stir, a company that’s building tools & software that help creators run their businesses. Joe and his team have been making quite a few headlines this year to name a few - they’ve raised $4M dollars in funding for this project from firms like Ludlow ventures and creators like Casey Neistat, Joe was recently named to Forbes 30 under 30 list, and they’ve been trending multiple times for releasing a number of one-off “drops” such as Presubscribe.me which helps creators understand how many people who pay for their content, or OnlyTweets which creates a paywall protected twitter account for creators. On this episode we talk to Joe about his journey into the creator world, how we went from the founding team at YikYak to the product team at Facebook and then eventually why he took the jump to leave his stable job and pursue building Stir.

Making Music a Career with Henry Hall

November 12, 2020 1:25:21 82.18 MB Downloads: 0

This week we chat with musician Henry Hall about his path to pursuing music as a career, we also get a special performance from him at the end of the episode! 

Creativity, Video and the meaning of Life: The Evolution of Jack Coyne

October 27, 2020 1:21:06 78.08 MB Downloads: 0

Jack Coyne returns for a 3rd time on the show.

Making your own Market: Why Logan Paul Bought $200,000 in Pokemon Cards

October 21, 2020 0:31:25 30.27 MB Downloads: 0

Video Version of the Podcast: https://youtu.be/Ivo2vw1zXjc Check out our Online Storytelling Course: moment.8ocm68.net/keM6z This weeks episode we talk about Logan Paul & his recent endeavor into buying Pokemon Cards. We also touch on Mr. Beast and the Creator Games 2. 

VOTE: A conversation about Voting

October 15, 2020 0:17:28 16.82 MB Downloads: 0

Check out our Podcast Channel Here: https://bit.ly/3duRYKJ Information about Voting here: https://www.vote.org/

Our Thoughts on Casey Neistat's Return to Vlogging

October 11, 2020 0:37:42 36.39 MB Downloads: 0

Podcast Channel: https://youtu.be/sQ6o4XWZfZY This week we talk about Casey Neistat's return to vlogging and the impact Casey has had on the YouTube platform as well as our careers. We talk about where the platform was when he first started vlogging and where the platform is today and ask the question - is there room today for another daily vlogger? 

The Social Dilemma: A conversation

September 26, 2020 0:51:01 49.13 MB Downloads: 0

Watch our podcast channel: https://bit.ly/3mSXmMf Check out our online  storytelling course:  https://moment.8ocm68.net/keM6z Colin and Samir discuss the new Netflix film, The Social Dilemma and  give  their thoughts on the Attention economy and their role in it.  

What we want to do when we grow up

September 23, 2020 0:27:11 26.17 MB Downloads: 0

Check out the podcast channel: https://bit.ly/3032F1L Check out our Online storytelling course: https://moment.8ocm68.net/keM6z This week on the Colin and Samir podcast we talk about what we want to do when we grow up… Obviously right now we’re making videos, working with advertisers, uploading to this podcast and just being Creators and honestly it’s really fun - but is this what we want to do forever? Colin and I are both 31 years old, I’m getting married and we’ve been uploading YouTube videos for 10 years, so what’s next? We explore what it means to be career YouTuber Creators and what our dream scenario looks like as we move into the future. This episode is also up on our podcast channel right now if you want to watch it, head over there like it and we do ask a question at the end of this episode that we’d love to hear your answer to so even if you listen to the episode here, head over to the podcast channel, and leave a comment there, and subscribe if you haven’t already -  the thumbnail Colin made for this one is really great, so you’re going to want to check that out.

Actor, Farmer, TikTok Star - Pierson Fode's Life Story

September 16, 2020 2:07:50 122.98 MB Downloads: 0

Check out the podcast channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgqGPn-NTBmUXcNWYf7uFvw Check out our Online Storytelling Course here: https://moment.8ocm68.net/keM6z This week on the Colin and Samir Podcast we're joined by the multi-faceted Creator, Pierson Fode. Pierson is best known for being a twice emmy nominated actor, he's been on shows and movies across a wide variety of networks including the Disney Channel, CW, TruTv and recently booked the biggest job of his career - he's going to be starring in an action comedy movie alongside Kevin Hart and Woody Harleson called "The Man from Toronto" Pierson reached out to us a few weeks ago wanted to talk about YouTube - as the quarantine era began Pierson took his career into his own hands, creating content across social platforms and quickly growing a following of over 2M on TikTok, 70,000 on YouTube and almost half a million on Instagram. He's on the few actors in his age group to make the jump from Traditional media to digital creator and he's had so much success in doing so because he's got a pretty interesting and eclectic background. We absolutely loved chatting with pierson which is why this podcast is 2 hours long, we talk about everything from his early upbrining on a farm in washington to his big break in hollywood, dating a celebrity and dealing with papparazzi up to growing an audience on social as an actor. We did film this episode and it's up on our podcast channel right now so if you want to watch the episode you can head over there, subscribe to our new podcast channel and let us know in the comments what type of topics you want to see on the podcast and the podcast channel. Alright let's dive right in - I think you guys will really enjoy this episode of the colin and samir podcast featuring Pierson Fode.