Hello, everyone, and welcome back to “The Jim Kroft Podcast”, where creativity meets solopreneurship.
This week's special guest is Arnulfur Hakonarson, aka "That Icelandic Guy," who has grown his YouTube channel to 170K subscribers and his Instagram to over 300K.
IN SHORT:
📈 Arnulfur’s strategy for searchable, impactful YouTube content.
🧠 Mindset, consistency, and the journey from zero to viral.
🎭 The blend of education and fun in his content creation.
🚀 Launching and scaling a channel with strategic insights.
💡 Generating ideas and overcoming the saturation in digital platforms.
Today's episode is a comprehensive guide on starting YouTube, packed with Arnulfur's unique insights—from Titles and Thumbnails to content batching, using bullet points instead of scripts, finding your niche, and juggling YouTube with family life.
During it, he grills me on my own YouTube channel with hilarious (and encouraging!) tough love -
“…push out content, learn from your mistakes and do it again!”
The episode is especially inspiring for anyone who’s older or feels they are coming too late to the creator economy:
“…today is the best day to start!”
My conversation with Arnulfur is a rip-roaring masterclass on YouTube, the digital economy and Solopreneurship, and will leave you feeling like everything is possible.
Are you ready? Then, let’s dive in!
Your host, Jim
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