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This week I'm joined by Chase Brogan, who has built an 840,000 subscriber tech and gaming review channel and now works with 10 to 20 brands a week without ever pitching a single one. Chase breaks down exactly what he charges for a sponsored video, why he hands brands unlimited usage rights for free, and the Amazon affiliate quirk that once paid him a commission on a $5,000 boat trailer. He also tells the story of getting hacked out of his own channel for six weeks, losing every brand deal he had, and the eight months it took to recover financially. If you want brands coming to you instead of you chasing them, this one is worth your time.
About Chase:
Chase Brogan is a YouTuber, content creator, and video producer who has built a major presence across the tech, gaming, and professional wrestling spaces. On his own YouTube channel, Chase reviews the latest technology, gaming products, and consumer electronics for an audience of 840,000 subscribers. Beyond his own channel, Chase has become one of the leading YouTube producers working in professional wrestling, helping established wrestling personalities build and grow their presence on the platform. He has worked with names including WWE and WCW stars Buff Bagwell, Perry Saturn, Mark Jindrak, and Tessa Blanchard, among others. Combining his experience as both an on-camera creator and behind-the-scenes producer, Chase specializes in YouTube growth, content strategy, audience development, and turning established personalities and brands into successful digital media properties.

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YouTube Channel /// Perry Saturn (produced) /// Mark Jindrak (produced)
 





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YouTube just made the first significant change to the Partner Program since 2018, and most of the internet is panicking about the wrong part of it. In this solo episode I walk through the official blog post line by line — the 8,000 qualified watch hours or 20 million Shorts views it now takes to get in, the 10 million qualified Shorts views every 90 days you need to keep earning on Shorts, and the change almost nobody is talking about: hitting the long-form requirements no longer unlocks Shorts monetization.
I pull up my own numbers to show what this actually costs most of us, and make the case that 8,000 hours is far more reachable than your feed is telling you. If you were close to the old bar, this one is meant to encourage you, not scare you.
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Daniel Braun narrowed personal finance down to credit cards, points and miles, and built a 247,000 subscriber channel on the back of it. In this episode he is unusually open about the numbers: $12,000 to $15,000 a month from AdSense, CPMs in the $45 to $50 range, two brand deals a month, and affiliate months that swing from below five figures to well into them. We also get into the fourth video that told him where his real audience was, the nine title and thumbnail changes it took to get one recent video working, and the technical script system he runs with a two person team. He closes with how his 37,000 subscriber newsletter became leverage for raising his brand deal rates.
About Daniel:
Daniel is a full time YouTuber and media business owner. He currently has over 245,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel and over 36,000 subscribers on his newsletter, Wiser Wallet. Across his platforms, he talks about credit cards, traveling for (nearly) free with points and miles, budgeting, and other personal finance topics. His mission is to help people optimize their everyday finances, save money, and live life to the fullest through travel and experiences that fit their budget.

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YouTube Channel /// Instagram /// Newsletter
 





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Alexa Milmont left a 12-year corporate marketing career, started documenting her reselling business on YouTube as a hobby, and was monetized in 19 days. Two months and 12 videos later she's past 14,000 subscribers with a video sitting near 400,000 views. We get into the real numbers. Her first AdSense check, what affiliate links actually brought in, and why a cell phone lanyard outsold everything she tried to sell on purpose. She also shares the rule she made for herself after deleting the YouTube Studio app off her phone.
About Alexa:
Alexa Milmont is the creator behind Shop Style Cycle, where she shares her journey of leaving corporate to build a business on her own terms. Her content focuses on reselling, income transparency, and building multiple income streams, including YouTube, to inspire others to create more flexibility, freedom, and financial independence.

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YouTube
 





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Most creators are told to build an audience first and figure out the money later. Spencer Scott Pugh did the opposite — and it worked. In this episode, the tech reviewer behind Form and Function breaks down how one unpaid smart-ring review turned into $280K in sales for a brand, why he treats his channel as a marketing business instead of a personality play, and how he lands, prices, and negotiates brand deals that actually pay the bills. We get into product-first thumbnails, the pricing "three-package" trick, the brand deal that burned him, beating burnout with a team, and the one question every creator has to answer before anything else works. Honest, tactical, and refreshingly transparent.
About Spencer:
Spencer Scott Pugh is a Roanoke-based creative and product tech reviewer. He spent ten years in marketing and advertising before going independent to focus on his own brands—Spencer Scott Pugh and the more editorial Form and Function. He's a husband, father of two, and a man of faith who cares about craft, family, and doing good work with good people.

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YouTube Channel /// Website
 





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YouTube Channel Reviews (Audit): Get a 7-10 minute personalized video review of your YouTube channel with honest, actionable feedback for just $50.
Subscribe to our weekly newsletter: Each week I document what I'm doing in my business and creative journey, share new things I've discovered, mistakes I've made, and much more!
All Tools Mentioned On The Show: The Ultimate Entrepreneurs Resource. This is the spreadsheet where I keep all of the tools mentioned by all the guests on the podcast.
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