Why Most Influencers Fail (And How Kellan Ness Blew Up Instead)🔥EP126
The Money Mondays
Dan Fleyshman
4.3 • 483 Ratings
🗓️ 16 June 2025
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Most influencers never break past 50K. Kellan Ness didn’t just break through—he built a massive audience across TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram with no backup plan. In this episode of Money Mondays, Kellan shares exactly how he grew to over 9 million followers, landed major brand deals, and built one of the top influencer agencies. We get into what creators are doing wrong, how to monetize the right way, and why authenticity always wins.If you're serious about growing your influence and income, this episode is for you.---Who is Kellan Ness? 👇Kellan Ness is a digital creator, entrepreneur, and co-founder of Creators Inc., one of the world’s largest talent agencies for influencers. He built a following of over 9 million across platforms and now mentors creators on how to scale their brand and income with real, proven strategies.---Like this episode? Watch more like it 👇Making Money Online? Here’s What No One Tells You | Dion Pouncil & Brandon Bowsky: https://youtu.be/F3xUCSONZaEHow Celebs Lose Millions by Saying “No” | Ryan Schinman & DJ Irie: https://youtu.be/tewnDbAgohMWhy Your HOBBY Could Be the Secret to Making a Fortune w/ Josh Luber & Noah Neiman: https://youtu.be/WF2k8olReBUJoey Carson's Secret to Influencers Signing MILLION Dollar Contracts: https://youtu.be/lw3wpy-gv2wWatch ALL Full Episodes Here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLs0D-M5aH-0IOUKtQPKts-VZfO55mfH6k---The Money Mondays is a business podcast here to teach you how to make money, invest money, and donate money by showcasing some of the world's most successful people and how they do the same. Hosted by serial entrepreneur Dan Fleyshman, the youngest founder of a publicly traded company in history, this money podcast gives you an exclusive behind the scenes look at how the wealthiest celebrities, entrepreneurs, athletes and influencers make, invest and donate money.If you want to learn more business and investing while you work to improve your financial life, you're in the right place! Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@themoneymondays?sub_confirmation=1Dan Fleyshman,The Money MondaysLearn more here: https://themoneymondays.comWatch all the podcast episodes: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLs0D-M5aH-0IOUKtQPKts-VZfO55mfH6kLet’s Connect...Website: https://themoneymondays.comPodcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-money-mondays/id1663564091Twitter: https://twitter.com/themoneymondaysLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-money-mondays/about/TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@themoneymondaysFB: https://www.facebook.com/The-Money-Mondays-110233585203220/
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| 0:00.0 | For me, I grew my first following to 7.2 million followers with my ex on TikTok. |
| 0:06.0 | We grew to about 1.5 million on YouTube. |
| 0:08.0 | I got about 700,000 on Instagram. |
| 0:12.0 | And I am partnering one of the world's largest talent agencies for creators called Creators Inc. |
| 0:17.0 | Context and consistency. |
| 0:19.0 | I think those are the two most important things when it comes to |
| 0:23.1 | making content, relatable and raw content. I think that is very important as well, too. |
| 0:33.8 | Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Money Mondays. Typically, we film these inside of an RV motorhome, but we're in Miami. |
| 0:40.8 | I want to knock out six podcasts back to back to back to back. |
| 0:43.0 | So we're here at the Move Studio in Miami, and we have a very special guest. |
| 0:47.4 | He is deep into the influencer game, marketing game, and all things, social media. |
| 0:51.5 | So we're going to dive in and cover three core topics, how to make money, |
| 0:54.7 | and invest money, how to give it away to charity. But first, we're going to have you do a quick |
| 0:58.0 | two-minute bio, so we get straight to the money. Okay. What's up, everybody? My name is |
| 1:01.9 | Kellan Ness. I am a, okay, I'm a social media influencer, and I've been doing this, |
| 1:08.8 | man, since really the pandemic. I made a decision. I had no plan B and stuck |
| 1:15.7 | with plan A and it panned out pretty well for me. I grew my first following to 7.2 million followers |
| 1:21.6 | with my ex on TikTok. We grew to about 1.5 million on YouTube. I got about 700,000 on Instagram. And I am partnering |
| 1:30.5 | one of the world's largest talent agencies for creators called Creators Inc. And yeah, I lived in |
| 1:36.8 | Scottsdale for the last three years and I just moved to Miami here in January. |
| 1:41.3 | Very cool. Yeah. So what do you think makes people stand out? |
| 1:44.9 | There are tens of millions of people that are trying to be influencers, but very few get |
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