Sky King's Mental Playground
The Business Of Comedy Against The Algorithm with Brent Gill
Everyone chasing virality is optimizing for the wrong number. That's the case Brent Gill, a stand-up comedian, show producer, and 20-year veteran of a business built almost entirely on word of mouth makes across this conversation, and the evidence is his own life. The internet convinced creators that attention is the prize. Millions of views can mean almost nothing if you don't know how to monetize attention, build a real audience, or keep creating after the algorithm moves on. His philosophy is brutally simple: get good, stay solvent, keep showing up, and give yourself enough surface area for luck to happen. Listen to the full podcast: https://bit.ly/SKMPGILL Follow Brent: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iambrentgill TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iambrentgill Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BrentGill 07:49 20 Years, No Viral Clip 15:00 Dad's Zero-Dollar Bet 16:15 Every Failed Show Taught Him 23:53 Small Wins Compound 34:49 Audience Capture Explained 37:09 One Piece and Grief 39:15 Nolan and Analog Film 45:23 Monoculture vs Crunchy Culture 52:08 The Virality Burnout Curve 55:54 YouTube Is the Long Game 1:02:35 Why Hosting Is Everything 1:11:07 Mentoring Katie 1:22:34 The Paddleboard Knee Listen to the complete episodes of Sky King's Mental Playground, sign up at skmp.supercast.com Follow Sky on X Subscribe on YouTube Follow Sky on Instagram Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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