Real Youtube Advice For Real Entrepreneurs (This will work) ft. Karlton Dennis | The Dept. #89
The Dept. w/ Omar El-Takrori
Omar El-Takrori
4.9 • 820 Ratings
🗓️ 12 September 2025
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of The Dept., Omar sits down with Karlton Dennis, tax strategist, entrepreneur, and content creator. To unpack how he built an eight-figure business by blending tax strategy with personal branding. Karlton shares how he grew his YouTube channel from zero to 100,000 subscribers in just three months, why content is the ultimate trust builder, and how he turned videos into both cash flow and clients. They dive into smart tax strategies for entrepreneurs, from when to move from an LLC to an S-Corp, to making your lifestyle legally deductible, to building wealth through real estate. If you want to grow your brand, pay less in taxes, and scale your business with confidence, this episode is packed with practical insight and inspiration.
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| 0:00.0 | I would create one video one time, but I could get paid every single day for it from making that content. |
| 0:05.9 | Those YouTube checks got bigger. Got up to 25,000, 30,000, 40,000. I just listened to my audience and |
| 0:15.0 | just only created what they wanted me to create. You just told me that this is your second year |
| 0:19.9 | doing eight figures in your business. |
| 0:21.9 | You're a tax strategist. |
| 0:23.1 | Yes, through and through. |
| 0:24.1 | Why YouTube initially? |
| 0:25.1 | YouTube is the perfect place to build a brand. |
| 0:30.1 | So if you want to compete with everybody, sure, just go make short form content on Instagram |
| 0:35.0 | and let that be the only thing you focus on. |
| 0:37.4 | But if you |
| 0:37.7 | want to build a moat, something that can't be messed with, go focus on YouTube because no one else is |
| 0:43.8 | doing that and go take up all of the real estate on YouTube. And this is what all successful people |
| 0:49.3 | have done. They've taken up the landscape. And that is what I've done. Am I the smartest tax professional in the world? No, but I definitely have more content than any other tax professional in the world. And I've done a lot to educate you. How are you monetizing? So yes, YouTube's paying you. Yes. But like what was in the description? Where were you sending people? Glad you asked that. Carlton, appreciate you for coming yeah man happy to be here |
| 1:14.2 | thanks for having me on welcome to Las Vegas bro it's hot here how do you guys |
| 1:17.9 | survive during these summer months this has been the coolest summer in 10 years |
| 1:22.1 | are you serious yeah I actually kind of like it right now if it gets any |
| 1:25.8 | hotter yeah I'm back to California or back to Florida. |
| 1:28.1 | I know. |
| 1:28.6 | Like, dude, O.C. is our getaway because it's a short flight, you know, and the weather's insane. |
| 1:34.0 | The water's insane. |
| 1:35.6 | But you just told me that this is your second year. |
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