The Power of Authenticity, Narrative, & Breaking the Ad Model | Grant Williams & Ben Hunt
Hidden Forces
Demetri Kofinas
4.8 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 20 April 2020
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
In this Special Episode of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas releases the overtime segment to Episode 123 with Grant Williams and Ben Hunt. The three discuss the power of authenticity and narrative in an era of fake news and "ponzi people," what it's like to build a content business, what they've learned doing it, and what drives them to keep going.
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| 0:00.0 | Today's episode of Hidden Forces is made possible by listeners like you. |
| 0:04.4 | For more information about this week's episode or for easy access to related programming |
| 0:09.7 | visit our website at hidden Forces. I.O. and subscribe to our free email list. |
| 0:16.4 | If you listen to the show on your Apple Podcast app, remember, you can give us a review. |
| 0:21.5 | Each review helps more people find the show and join our |
| 0:24.9 | amazing community. And with that, please enjoy this week's episode. And the What's up everybody? No, I did not record another episode of Hidden Forces with Grant Williams and Ben Hunt, but most of you will not have heard this part of the conversation, because it was only made available on our overtime feed, |
| 1:04.0 | which has now surpassed 1,000 premium subscribers. |
| 1:09.0 | In fact, we've added over 150 new subscribers in just the last 15 days alone. |
| 1:19.4 | When I first made the decision to try and fund this operation entirely by building a base of premium |
| 1:26.1 | subscribers, I hoped that it would work. |
| 1:29.6 | I believed that it could work, but I didn't know for sure I didn't know how people would |
| 1:36.0 | ultimately react I am so happy with my decision I cannot tell you. I love this model. I love creating premium content, and I love |
| 1:47.2 | that there are thousands of you out there who are willing to pay for it. People like Grant and Ben whose newsletters I joyously subscribe to and who |
| 1:58.4 | use a similar model have been inspirations for me. I love how honest and straightforward this type of transaction is. |
| 2:06.5 | There's no hustle. If you like the show and you like the content and you want more of it, |
| 2:11.6 | or you just want to contribute something to help support the continuing |
| 2:15.7 | evolution of this podcast, which has been and always will be free to anyone, then you are |
| 2:22.2 | welcome to do so. In fact, I encourage you to do so right now. |
| 2:29.0 | And as an added incentive, I've recorded a nearly two hour long conversation with Castle Island Ventures partner Nick Carter, |
| 2:37.0 | but is available exclusively to Hidden Forces premium subscribers today at Patreon.com slash Hidden Forces. |
| 2:47.6 | I'm grateful that during a time of economic difficulty for millions we've been able to continue to put out meaningful |
| 2:56.7 | content that speaks to some of the most important issues of the day, and we've done it entirely with your support. And with that, please enjoy |
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