Today on Useful Creator we are answering the question: How do you grow your business…when people only trust you?

In this episode, I sit down with Conrad, the founder of Affordable Imports Studios and we unpack something most entrepreneurs don’t talk about:

How personal brand success can help your business grow while at the same time slow your business scaling.

We talk about:

- The moment he had to leave his job and go all in And the the sacrifices required to build something sustainable

- The difficulty of transferring trust from a person to a brand

- Why investing in people beats investing in systems

We also get into his honest opinions on content:

- And why community beats cold marketing almost every time

- Why for him word-of-mouth is still king

- And how problem-solving, not marketing, became the core of his business

If you’re trying to build a brand…If you’re wrestling with the balance between personal identity and company growth, You’re going to want to hear this one.

What if going viral is actually the worst thing that could happen to your content?

Today I’m talking with Kess Ramsey stand-up comedian and digital creator about how he uses content strategically to build real audiences and sell real shows. We talk about content, comedy, brand deals and what social media is really for.

In this episode We break down:

- Why you stop obsessing over views and follower counts

- The difference between being funny online…and being funny on stage

- Why creators should expect their first 100 videos to fail

- And how creating content the way he loves to do it, got him a brand deal

If you create content, want to create content, or feel stuck posting my conversation with Kess will change the way you think about it.

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Audio Only Podcast:

Apple:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/useful-creator-i-help-professionals-become-consistent/id1702087688

Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/show/1oRjO5e0HJCrnHXwLIXusl

In this episode I sit down with Brendon, founder of a high-energy experiential events company that’s now celebrating 20 years in business, long before Instagram, TikTok, or even real social media marketing existed.

We talk about:

→ How he discovered he was dyslexic and how that completely changed the way he learned and built his business

→ Why word-of-mouth built his company…but content is now essential for attracting the right kind of client

→ His strong opinions on behind-the-scenes content and why showing the human side of production matters more than polished highlight reels

→ And how he thinks about content as a way to pre-sell the feeling of an experience before a client ever meets him”

This is a conversation about growth, storytelling, and using content to attract alignment not just attention.

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Socials:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jumabannister/

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Audio Only Podcast:

Apple:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/useful-creator-i-help-professionals-become-consistent/id1702087688

Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/show/1oRjO5e0HJCrnHXwLIXusl