I sat down with my friend Briar to discuss content strategy and why the content game has permanently changed. The supply of posts has exploded, attention is getting more expensive, and most creators are still running an outdated 2022 playbook. Then wondering why views are dropping. In this episode, we break down what’s actually happening in the market and why there’s still a huge window of opportunity for creators who are willing to reinvent, test, and treat content like a long-term compounding asset.

Briar also shares a practical framework: Content → Connection → Conversion. We get into what it really takes to stand out (without copying tired hooks), the formats working right now (green screen, whiteboards, Q&A, carousels, split-screen), and how to convert attention into business results. If you want to build a personal brand that drives real trust, real relationships, and real revenue. This is the new playbook.

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CHAPTERS:

00:00 — The new content era

00:18 — Meet Briar (social media isn’t dead)

01:15 — Reinvention wins

01:34 — Why views dropped

02:09 — Supply vs demand

02:50 — The 2–3 year window

06:19 — Think long-term

07:08 — 1% improvements

10:25 — Content fatigue

11:50 — 70/30 testing

13:03 — 5 winning formats

17:09 — Stop copying hooks

20:43 — Content → Conversion

37:33 — Follower quality

49:58 — Monetization playbook

I’ve spent the last seven years building a personal brand that actually attracts premium clients, and creates inbound demand. Most of the advice online is built for influencers. This video is different. I’m breaking down the new way to win online in 2026, using the exact framework I’ve used to build a multi-million-dollar brand and teach on paid stages across the country. This is the same playbook I recently shared with a live corporate audience and I’m walking you through it step by step here.

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I’m referencing a visual art piece that was created for me live while I taught this framework (which is so cool) it maps out the entire strategy and makes it insanely easy to understand. In this video, I explain how I’ve used content to speak to the “Not Yet” audience, why interruption marketing is dying, and how my MOVE Framework (Make them notice, Offer clarity, Create vibes, Enable action) turns attention into trust, and trust into clients. If you’re an entrepreneur who knows you’re meant for more and wants a brand that does the heavy lifting for you in 2026 and beyond, this is exactly how I’d start.

CHAPTERS:

00:00 – Why Most Personal Brand Advice Is Broken for Entrepreneurs

00:48 – The Feeling You’re Meant for More (And Why You Shouldn’t Ignore It)

02:05 – Making Cringe Content & Getting Past the Fear Phase

03:00 – The “Not Yet” Audience (The 90% Everyone Ignores)

04:10 – Why Selling Too Early Kills Your Content in 2026

05:00 – Permission Marketing vs. Interruption Marketing

05:52 – M: Make Them Notice (Why Observations Beat Declarations)

06:45 – Using Trends, Headlines & News to 10x Reach

08:23 – O: Offer Clarity (Why Showing Beats Telling)

09:10 – Using Visuals, AI & Infographics to Reduce Cognitive Load

10:57 – V: Create Vibes (Why Connection Beats Information)

11:50 – Showing Your Personality, Values & Real Life

13:05 – Building in Public & Sharing the Journey

15:24 – Why Sharing Mistakes Builds More Trust Than Wins

17:02 – E: Enable Action (Where You Actually Get Paid)

18:10 – Give Away the Blueprint, Sell the Implementation

19:19 – Creating the Right “Next Step” (Signals Over Sales)

21:57 – Why Long-Term Thinkers Win Online

26:42 – Taking Action at 70% Certainty

27:26 – Killing the “Someday” List & Making 2026 Your Year

In this episode, I’m sitting down with Chris from my Mastermind program to talk about the real reason most webinars flop and what to do instead if you want consistent sign-ups, higher trust, and more sales without living in your DMs. Webinars aren’t just “a training”… they’re one of the fastest ways to position yourself as the obvious choice and create momentum on demand. And the crazy part? You don’t need a massive audience, a perfect script, or some complicated funnel to make it work.

If you’re tired of feeling capped by 1:1 selling and you want a simpler way to scale, this episode will flip how you think about webinars. We break down the mindset shift that turns a webinar into a repeatable engine—one that gets easier, cleaner, and more profitable every time you run it. Watch this if you want a strategy that builds authority fast, creates demand before you pitch, and turns attention into action.

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CHAPTERS:

00:00 — Why webinars are still the fastest path to scale

01:48 — The real shift: stop selling your service, sell the next step

03:32 — Why most webinars fail (and what people get backwards)

05:10 — How to pick a webinar topic that actually converts

07:18 — Naming your webinar: clarity beats creativity

09:06 — The simple structure that keeps people engaged

11:22 — What actually drives results from a webinar (the real levers)

13:40 — How to build authority before you teach anything

16:05 — Creating demand without hype or pressure

18:27 — Turning a webinar into sales without feeling “salesy”

20:44 — Show-up rates: the biggest lever people ignore

23:02 — Traffic: how to get people in the room (even with a small audience)

25:36 — The follow-up piece that makes webinars print results

28:10 — Step 1: Driving traffic to the webinar

31:05 — Step 2: Doing a great presentation

33:45 — Step 3: Converting viewers into clients

In this episode, I share step-by-step actionable advice to build a personal brand that withstands the evolving challenges of digital marketing and business growth. With the rise of AI and increased competition, entrepreneurs need more than outdated strategies to transform their businesses and connect with a real, engaged audience. This is the strategy for entreprenuers in 2026.

I reveal the seven critical shifts you need to implement to thrive in 2026, covering topics like creating valuable platforms, leveraging short form content, attracting the right Instagram followers, and using marketing strategies that focus on both top-of-funnel and bottom-of-funnel content. Learn how to stop overthinking, take decisive action, and use powerful tools like the "set the date" formula to disrupt the noise and stand out online.

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CHAPTERS:

00:00 - The 7 Critical Shifts You Need to Make

00:45 - Shift #1: Stop Overthinking

04:16 - Shift #2: Content That Drives Results

08:19 - Identifying the Right Viewers

11:22 - Procrastination as Quality Control

14:25 - Build Your Own Creative Table

18:40 - Starting a Successful Podcast

21:45 - Pushing Through Challenges

25:45 - Learning from Failures

31:17 - Slow Progress to Rapid Change

34:59 - Importance of Feedback

35:00 - Deep Dive Topics

35:01 - Thanks for Watching

If you're trying to build a profitable personal brand in 2026, you can’t use a 2024 playbook and expect results. In this episode, Neel sits down with Nick Sakha (insurance agency owner & founder of Insurance Creators) to break down what’s actually working right now — from building trust in an era where audiences have a stronger “BS meter,” to creating content that generates real customers.

Nick shares how he built his audience for years on YouTube, launched a paid community, and generated $250,000 in its first full year, while also growing his core insurance business by 50% organically. Together, they unpack the real way personal brands create wealth today: not through AdSense or sponsorships, but through proof, packaging, and paid offers that sell implementation, not information. You’ll learn why communities are easy to launch but hard to sustain, how to price your offer to get better results for customers, and the shift toward selling accountability, proximity, and outcomes. If you’re serious about building a personal brand that makes money, this is the blueprint you need for 2026.

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CHAPTERS:

00:00 – Why a 2024 personal brand playbook fails in 2026

00:46 – Nick Sakha’s story + building a brand in insurance

01:25 – The “BS meter” is higher than ever (trust + authenticity)

02:14 – The 3-step framework: content → offers → conversion

02:59 – How Nick built a YouTube audience and monetized it

04:12 – Insurance Creators: 180+ members + $250K in year one

05:07 – Why AdSense & sponsorships are not the real money

06:53 – Proof beats hype: why most people launch too early

13:02 – Community reality: low-ticket = more work, less commitment

24:18 – What people buy in 2026: implementation, accountability & outcomes

31:15 – Why ads are cheaper when people already know your brand

35:20 – Sell the vacation, not the work (quality of life messaging)

38:11 – Pricing truth: charging more improves delivery + results

55:00 – Give concepts free, sell the “weeds” (implementation)

56:10 – Where to connect with Nick + closing message

If you’re building a personal brand in your 40s or 50s, I need you to hear this: you’re not late you’re actually right on time. In 2018, I was 38 years old, deep in debt, and honestly… I felt like a failure. I didn’t have a big following, I didn’t have some perfect plan, and I wasn’t “ahead.” But over the next seven years, my life changed completely not because I got lucky, but because I committed to building a real personal brand. And now I want to show you the exact blueprint I used so you can stop feeling stuck and start turning your experience, your story, and your expertise into momentum.

In this episode I break down the five-step plan that helped me go from the middle muck to becoming the obvious choice in my market, and it’s a lot simpler than people make it. We’ll talk about how to position yourself, how to create content that actually builds authority, why picking one platform is everything, and how to build trust so people choose you when they’re ready — even if they’re not ready today. And yes, I’ll also show you how to sell behind the curtain (webinars, events, collaborations, email, DMs) without feeling salesy. Most importantly, I want you to remember this: money doesn’t care how old you are — and everything you’ve lived through has prepared you to win now.

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CHAPTERS:

00:00 — Why this video is for you (40s & 50s brand builders)

00:38 — My reality in 2018: 38 years old, debt, feeling like a failure

01:32 — The thing that changed everything: building a personal brand

02:18 — You’re not late — you’re exactly on time

03:05 — The 5-step personal brand plan (overview)

03:42 — Step 1: Define your position (what you want to be known for)

04:55 — Why “clarity” is the shortcut to growth

05:38 — Step 2: Content that builds authority (without sounding preachy)

06:55 — How to talk about what you know in a way people actually listen

07:52 — Step 3: Pick ONE platform and go deep

09:05 — Why spreading yourself across platforms slows everything down

10:12 — Step 4: Build a bridge, not a sales pitch

11:30 — The trust timeline: people follow before they buy

12:42 — How to stay top of mind for when they’re ready

13:40 — Step 5: Sell behind the curtain

14:55 — Examples: webinars, events, collaborations, email, DMs

16:05 — How your brand becomes your leverage

17:10 — The biggest mistake people in their 40s/50s make online

18:25 — “Money doesn’t care how old you are” (the mindset shift)

19:30 — What to do next: commit to the plan and start now

In this episode, Neel sits down withAndrew Flachner, founder and CEO of RealScout, to break down what it really takes to build a high-trust personal brand in 2026—and why the world’s biggest founders are investing in storytelling more than ever. Andrew shares how his business scaled into a multiple eight-figure company through relationships, and why launching a podcast became the most effective way to deepen connections, unlock partnerships, recruit talent, and create the kind of asymmetric opportunities that traditional marketing can’t replicate.

This hour is a dive deep into Neel’s frameworks for content strategy, including MOVE (Make them notice → Offer clarity → Vibes → Enable next step), along with tactical lessons on "news jacking", building a content team, incentivizing performance, and turning live events into content machines. If you're an entrepreneur, founder, or leader trying to grow influence without wasting time, this episode gives you the exact playbook.

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CHAPTERS:

00:52 – Why Andrew decided to invest in his personal brand + podcast now

01:28 – The underrated benefits: recruiting, retention, morale, and trust

02:29 – Content is relationship-building at scale (cumulative advantage)

05:13 – Podcasting = networking on steroids (unlocking higher-level relationships)

10:21 – Neel’s MOVE framework: Notice → Clarity → Vibes → Next Step

11:11 – Newsjacking strategy: how to use headlines + POV to spike views

16:58 – Punch above your weight class: “set your own table” strategy

29:40 – Hiring your first content person: Swiss army knife + performance incentives

42:07 – The wild personal story: the stranger who changed Andrew’s life

47:06 – The darkest founder moment: stepping down as CEO to save the company

In this episode, I sit down with Giselle Ugarte, a national speaker and expert in personal branding, to share actionable advice and proven strategies for creating a real, engaged audience on platforms like Instagram and YouTube. We explore step-by-step marketing strategies to help you stand out in a noisy digital world, grow your business, and transform your income through authentic connections.

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