With the pilot season of The Backroad complete, Ethan talks about the effort that goes into creating his unique sketch comedy videos, and explores some of the obstacles that steal time away from him. Between wardrobe changes, a subtle speech impediment, and the challenges that come with learning a new skill, The Mainah Man videos take more time to complete than his average viewer may realize.

This week on The Backroad, Ethan recounts the many adventures of his recent business trip to Vegas with his sister. With an awkward massage, a beautiful round of golf, an International Pizza Expo, a week of glorious meals, and 100,000 steps behind him, Ethan teaches us how to go broke in Vegas, without gambling.

The Backroad explores how he navigates partnerships using his latest campaign with Waterfront Concerts at the Maine Savings Amphitheater as recent example. A lot of time, effort and energy goes into producing sponsored content, to ensure all brands walk away happy. Ethan also finally addresses the potential coming TikTok Ban, and how it affects both influencers and companies alike.

Bunkered down in a basement on an editing retreat, Ethan discusses the many perks of being self employed, and the belief system that has driven his career path. He also shares a few of the strong marketing principles that have backed his entrepreneurial efforts. Stay tuned to Waterfront Concerts social media for Caleb Sky The Concert Guy trailer and videos, releasing soon!

This week The Mainah Man had the opportunity to speak with highschool students as a guest speaker at Husson Alive, at Husson University. In this episode of The Backroad, Ethan revisits his conversation by tossing out a few helpful tidbits of information on marketing, hashtags, business, and messaging, and reveals the pros and cons of the career path. Plus, as to be expected at this point, Ethan expands upon his intentions and the philosophies that guided him through the lecture.

An excited and brain-tired Ethan reads an entry article titled "23 emotions people feel, but can't explain" from his journal. Activate your introspective side while Ethan defines, misprounces, and examplifies these emotions. The Mainah Man also goes on to give a greater look into his latest youtube video, "Viral & Vile: Interview with The Worlds Worst Robber,"a parody of dateline/60 minutes news, featuring Ethan's most successful character on TikTok, Bad Robber.

In celebration of 10 episodes, Ethan spills the beans on the strategies he personally used to build The Mainah Man. Ethan attributes most of his success on TikTok to algorithm manipulating posting patterns. With the best practices discussed in this episode, anyone pursuinig social media is guarenteed to see improvement.

After a week away to analyze the structure of The Backroad, the podcast returns with a new outline. An episode built for buding podcasters, The Mainah Man discusses the best practices on staring, improving and promoting an audio show, using The Backroad and The Boondock Perspective as examples. Stay tuned until the end of the episode for exciting updates on The Backroad's future.