The Exclusive Credit Card Made for Creators | Eric Wei

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Eric Siu and Neil Patel

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🗓️ 10 January 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Eric Wei, co-founder of Karat, discusses the challenges that creators face in the financial ecosystem and how Karat aims to provide financial services tailored to their needs. Eric Wei also talks about the evolving landscape of the creator economy, the need for creators to experiment with new formats, and the importance of building deeper engagement with their audience. Watch the full interview here: https://youtu.be/xDnO-OtGjvc Don’t forget to help us grow by subscribing and liking on YouTube! Check out more of Eric’s content (Leveling UP YT) and Neil’s videos (Neil Patel YT) TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES: (00:00) Introducing Eric Wei, Co-founder of Karat – a financial platform for creators. (00:53) Many creators struggle to get business credit cards. (03:40) Karat focuses on organic marketing and trust-building. (08:09) ZHC, a top creator, became one of Karat's first clients. (08:59) Karat built credibility through multiple avenues to reach creators. (09:21) Karat is building a central ecosystem for creators' financial needs. (11:31) Trustworthy creators have direct connections to their community (13:53) Creators are creating newsletters for deeper engagement (18:08) Emma Chamberlain's evolution and monetization (19:20) Monetization strategies for different types of creators (21:26) Blurring the lines between creators and businesses Leave Some Feedback: What should we talk about next? Please let us know in the comments below Did you enjoy this episode? If so, please leave a short review. Connect with Us: Single Grain << Eric’s ad agency NP Digital << Neil’s ad agency X @neilpatel X @ericosiu See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0	All right, marketing school listeners.
0:03.3	This is a 20 to 30 minute segment of a full interview I've done with an amazing
0:10.2	founder, entrepreneur, creative, visionary.
0:13.5	You're gonna get a ton of insights from this.
0:15.9	And if you wanna listen to the entire thing,
0:18.3	go search for leveling up with Eric Sue.
0:20.6	That's the entire podcast that you're going to find so you get 20 to 30
0:23.9	minutes here and if you want the whole thing you can just search for leveling up
0:27.1	with Eric Sue and without further ado enjoy the episode.
0:35.0	What is carrot and where do you want to take it in the next 10 years? With my co-founder Will, we're building an entire financial system for creators.
0:40.0	So everyone today makes money through content including yourself and it's not just oh I'm a
0:45.6	YouTuber I make videos there are a lot of business people who realize the way to do marketing is by creating your own videos
0:51.6	Now the issue is the whole financial ecosystem
0:54.4	doesn't understand this business model.
0:56.2	So we have a lot of creators,
0:58.0	youtubers, for making millions of dollars.
1:00.0	They walk into a bank.
1:01.5	They can't even get a business bank account or a business credit card.
1:05.0	Or say that they do, but the limits are really low.
1:08.0	We just talked a bit about Alexandra Botas, who's a top chess streamer and creator who makes over seven figures, she was rejected for a business
1:15.4	credit card multiple times because they just had literally no idea what she's doing.
1:19.8	So our vision is we build an ecosystem with bank accounts, credit, payments, everything
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