Episode
#133 - Sam's Black Friday Email Results, Lean Media Businesses That Make Millions, and Celebrity Death Match for Tik-Tok
46:05
Published: Wed Dec 02 2020
Description
Shaan Puri (@ShaanVP) and Sam Parr (@TheSamParr) discuss: - The Black Friday email Sam sent out - The controversies surrounding Drudge Report - Creating low-brow media companies like Media Takeout - The TV production business and Dave Chappelle's request to Netflix - Bringing back Celebrity Death Match for Tik-Tok? Thank you to our sponsor this episode, EPOS! EPOS are fantastic headsets that make it easy to work flexibly across situations and locations, with portable headsets including hassle-free device compatibility. If you are an IT manager running a big department or a head of a growing company looking to give your employees the best headset solution to work from home, check out eposaudio.com/millions for a free trial! Have you joined our private FB group yet? It's a page where people share each others million dollar ideas or what they're already working on: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ourfirstmillion. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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The speaker discusses the importance of not discounting trends in business and explains how discounting trends can lead to pricing errors and missed opportunities.
Episode#133 - Sam's Black Friday Email Results, Lean Media Businesses That Make Millions, and Celebrity Death Match for Tik-Tok
PodcastMy First Million
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02:53 - 05:11 (02:18)
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Episode#133 - Sam's Black Friday Email Results, Lean Media Businesses That Make Millions, and Celebrity Death Match for Tik-Tok
PodcastMy First Million
Recent allegations suggest that Drudge Report, a right-wing news aggregator, may have been bought by a left-wing billionaire and is engaging in questionable ad practices to inflate page views and ad impressions.
05:11 - 08:56 (03:44)
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Episode#133 - Sam's Black Friday Email Results, Lean Media Businesses That Make Millions, and Celebrity Death Match for Tik-Tok
PodcastMy First Million
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08:56 - 12:48 (03:52)
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Episode#133 - Sam's Black Friday Email Results, Lean Media Businesses That Make Millions, and Celebrity Death Match for Tik-Tok
PodcastMy First Million
The speaker discusses the prevalence of gossip websites and their use of sensationalist headlines to attract readers.
12:48 - 17:53 (05:04)
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The speaker discusses the prevalence of gossip websites and their use of sensationalist headlines to attract readers. They highlight how even their own family thread contains similar content.
Episode#133 - Sam's Black Friday Email Results, Lean Media Businesses That Make Millions, and Celebrity Death Match for Tik-Tok
PodcastMy First Million
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17:53 - 21:24 (03:31)
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Episode#133 - Sam's Black Friday Email Results, Lean Media Businesses That Make Millions, and Celebrity Death Match for Tik-Tok
PodcastMy First Million
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Episode#133 - Sam's Black Friday Email Results, Lean Media Businesses That Make Millions, and Celebrity Death Match for Tik-Tok
PodcastMy First Million
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29:04 - 32:20 (03:16)
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Episode#133 - Sam's Black Friday Email Results, Lean Media Businesses That Make Millions, and Celebrity Death Match for Tik-Tok
PodcastMy First Million
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32:20 - 35:46 (03:25)
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Episode#133 - Sam's Black Friday Email Results, Lean Media Businesses That Make Millions, and Celebrity Death Match for Tik-Tok
PodcastMy First Million
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Episode#133 - Sam's Black Friday Email Results, Lean Media Businesses That Make Millions, and Celebrity Death Match for Tik-Tok
PodcastMy First Million
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40:03 - 42:58 (02:55)
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Episode#133 - Sam's Black Friday Email Results, Lean Media Businesses That Make Millions, and Celebrity Death Match for Tik-Tok
PodcastMy First Million
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42:58 - 44:57 (01:59)
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