Episode
#240: Elliot Choy – Opening Up About 1 Million Subscribers
54:39
Published: Mon Jul 11 2022
Description
Elliot Choy is a YouTuber with more than 1 million subscribers. Over the past four years, his videos have been watched 91,000,000 times. He has recently moved into an apartment in NYC with his creator friends called Ur Moms House. In this interview, we spoke about going viral, his favorite book, meeting Gary Vaynerchuk, and what life is really like as someone who has 1 million subscribers. (0:00) Intro (0:52) Elliot’s early career choices (5:25) Gary V’s influence (6:47) Feeling cool (9:03) Colin & Samir video (11:41) Viral videos (15:23) First non-viral video (17:51) “10,000 views would feel terrible” (20:21) Grabbing attention (26:00) Meetup (28:03) Mission (29:54) Principles by Ray Dalio (32:05) Emotional maturity (34:51) ur mom’s house (44:25) Meeting Gary Vaynerchuk (47:23) Reading people (50:12) Mental exercise (54:10) Thank you, Elliot YouTube – @Elliot Choy Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/elliotchoy/ Colin & Samir video on Ur Moms House – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvtMJFPyiLM Continue the conversation with me... 🎙 Podcast: https://podfollow.com/1532160275/view 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda 🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda 🚨 Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.com/tuesday-treasure
Chapters
The speaker reminisces about the excitement he felt as a child watching the garbage truck pick up his neighborhood's trash.
00:00 - 02:17 (02:17)
Summary
The speaker reminisces about the excitement he felt as a child watching the garbage truck pick up his neighborhood's trash.
Episode#240: Elliot Choy – Opening Up About 1 Million Subscribers
PodcastThe Danny Miranda Podcast
The speaker explains how watching Gary Vee videos and the social environment of college inspired their entrepreneurial journey, citing garage sales and photography as examples.
02:17 - 08:56 (06:38)
Summary
The speaker explains how watching Gary Vee videos and the social environment of college inspired their entrepreneurial journey, citing garage sales and photography as examples.
Episode#240: Elliot Choy – Opening Up About 1 Million Subscribers
PodcastThe Danny Miranda Podcast
YouTube influencer reflects on the evolution of their content creation journey from viral video success to focusing on consistent content creation and finding demand for their niche.
08:56 - 15:24 (06:28)
Summary
YouTube influencer reflects on the evolution of their content creation journey from viral video success to focusing on consistent content creation and finding demand for their niche.
Episode#240: Elliot Choy – Opening Up About 1 Million Subscribers
PodcastThe Danny Miranda Podcast
YouTubers often feel pressure to maintain high view counts, but the reality is some videos will perform better than others, and it's important to balance attracting new viewers with keeping current followers satisfied.
15:24 - 19:36 (04:12)
Summary
YouTubers often feel pressure to maintain high view counts, but the reality is some videos will perform better than others, and it's important to balance attracting new viewers with keeping current followers satisfied.
Episode#240: Elliot Choy – Opening Up About 1 Million Subscribers
PodcastThe Danny Miranda Podcast
The host talks about the importance of taking care of the community and getting people attached to a creator as a person, in order to build a strong and supportive fanbase.
19:36 - 27:26 (07:50)
Summary
The host talks about the importance of taking care of the community and getting people attached to a creator as a person, in order to build a strong and supportive fanbase.
Episode#240: Elliot Choy – Opening Up About 1 Million Subscribers
PodcastThe Danny Miranda Podcast
The speaker talks about how she learned to trust her emotions and make decisions accordingly, by taking the wrong decisions and eventually realizing the importance of listening to her emotions.
27:26 - 34:41 (07:15)
Summary
The speaker talks about how she learned to trust her emotions and make decisions accordingly, by taking the wrong decisions and eventually realizing the importance of listening to her emotions. Moreover, the podcast discusses the limitations of probability calculations, and the value of using frameworks to understand one's life.
Episode#240: Elliot Choy – Opening Up About 1 Million Subscribers
PodcastThe Danny Miranda Podcast
The speaker discusses how they maintain weekly chapter meetings with their friends to address concerns and maintain strong relationships during quarantine.
34:42 - 41:42 (06:59)
Summary
The speaker discusses how they maintain weekly chapter meetings with their friends to address concerns and maintain strong relationships during quarantine. This strategy was facilitated by a safe space atmosphere, in which everyone felt comfortable speaking openly about their problems.
Episode#240: Elliot Choy – Opening Up About 1 Million Subscribers
PodcastThe Danny Miranda Podcast
The speaker shares insights on being open-minded and reflecting on their friendship, particularly when it comes to chapter-like traditions in fraternities and sororities.
41:42 - 48:18 (06:36)
Summary
The speaker shares insights on being open-minded and reflecting on their friendship, particularly when it comes to chapter-like traditions in fraternities and sororities.
Episode#240: Elliot Choy – Opening Up About 1 Million Subscribers
PodcastThe Danny Miranda Podcast
The industry of content creation can make it difficult to form genuine connections with people due to the pressure of having a large following.
48:18 - 53:49 (05:30)
Summary
The industry of content creation can make it difficult to form genuine connections with people due to the pressure of having a large following. It's important to remember to learn from your mistakes and believe in yourself, as it's easy to get caught up in the daunting goals.
Episode#240: Elliot Choy – Opening Up About 1 Million Subscribers
PodcastThe Danny Miranda Podcast
The host expresses gratitude for the guest's insights and ability to communicate self-awareness through conversation.
53:49 - 54:38 (00:49)
Summary
The host expresses gratitude for the guest's insights and ability to communicate self-awareness through conversation. The guest thanks the host for the opportunity to talk things out and organize their thoughts.