Gautam Madhavan's guest appearances

Gautam Madhavan

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Gautam Madhavan is the Founder &amp; CEO of Mad Influence, and he did the impossible task of brining India's biggest creators under one roof and helping them collaborate, create and celebrate the content space in India.   In this conversation with Vedant Rusty, Gautam speaks about his experience working with creators and growing his company, the role of his parents in his life and success, the future of influencers in India, earning money as a creator, talent, technology, competition and much more.   Watch till the end, like for more and tune in every week 5PM Friday for new episodes! 🎙️  #podcast #influencers #storieswithrusty  __ In this podcast:  00:00 // Guest Introduction 01:00 // Indigo flight ke boxes 02:20 // Organising the Biggest Creator Fest 10:10 // Inspiration behind “Creators United” 16:15 // Madhavan’s Role in the Agency 20:00 // Educating people about ‘Influencers 22:50 // Educating Creators 29:15 // Bollywood needs Influencers? 32:20 // Evolution of Creator Community 37:25 // Long form vs Short Form 43:50 // His MBA Experience 50:15 // Distractions are Growing 53:00 // Fascination for Watches &amp; Pens 56:20 // Hate for Real Estate! 58:40 // Relation with Parents &amp; Studies 1:01:15 // Advice to all Parents 1:05:15 // Work/Personal Life 1:08:50 // Spirituality (yes we do that too) 1:09:50 // Creators Market in Dubai 1:11:00 // TikTok Ban &amp; Short form Platforms 1:12:45 // Mad Influencer’s USP 1:16:15 // Selecting the Best Talents 1:15:15 // Are Award shows Rigged? 1:24:00 // Learning from the Creator’s Event 1:28:00 // Unethical things happening among Agencies 1:30:30 // Working of a Creator Agency 1:34:30 // Tech’s involvement 1:36:20 // Content Space from Rusty’s POV 1:38:45 // Wrap up! __  // Let's Connect  If you're the Instagram type, https://instagram.com/storieswithrusty  If you're the Twitter type, https://twitter.com/rustystories

Gautam Madhavan is the Founder &amp; CEO of Mad Influence, and he did the impossible task of brining India's biggest creators under one roof and helping them collaborate, create and celebrate the content space in India. In this conversation with Vedant Rusty, Gautam speaks about his experience working with creators and growing his company, the role of his parents in his life and success, the future of influencers in India, earning money as a creator, talent, technology, competition and much more. Watch till the end, like for more and tune in every week 5PM Friday for new episodes! 🎙️ #podcast #influencers #storieswithrusty __ In this podcast: 00:00 // Guest Introduction 01:00 // Indigo flight ke boxes 02:20 // Organising the Biggest Creator Fest 10:10 // Inspiration behind “Creators United” 16:15 // Madhavan’s Role in the Agency 20:00 // Educating people about ‘Influencers 22:50 // Educating Creators 29:15 // Bollywood needs Influencers? 32:20 // Evolution of Creator Community 37:25 // Long form vs Short Form 43:50 // His MBA Experience 50:15 // Distractions are Growing 53:00 // Fascination for Watches &amp; Pens 56:20 // Hate for Real Estate! 58:40 // Relation with Parents &amp; Studies 1:01:15 // Advice to all Parents 1:05:15 // Work/Personal Life 1:08:50 // Spirituality (yes we do that too) 1:09:50 // Creators Market in Dubai 1:11:00 // TikTok Ban &amp; Short form Platforms 1:12:45 // Mad Influencer’s USP 1:16:15 // Selecting the Best Talents 1:15:15 // Are Award shows Rigged? 1:24:00 // Learning from the Creator’s Event 1:28:00 // Unethical things happening among Agencies 1:30:30 // Working of a Creator Agency 1:34:30 // Tech’s involvement 1:36:20 // Content Space from Rusty’s POV 1:38:45 // Wrap up! __ // Let's Connect If you're the Instagram type, <a href="https://instagram.com/storieswithrusty" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://instagram.com/storieswithrusty</a> If you're the Twitter type, <a href="https://twitter.com/rustystories" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/rustystories</a>

Doing The IMPOSSIBLE w/ Gautam Madhavan 🎙️

Content is king! Today my guest is Gautam Madhavan CEO &amp; founder of Mad Influence and influencer management agency. They do more than just connect creators and brands. They do digital marketing, social media management, content authoring, and providing consulting services to businesses. They are trying to create the biggest content companies in the world. In this episode he talks about how he got this off the ground by seeing the shift from Blogging to Vlogging 2017/18, realising the power of video and was laser focussed on tiktok in the early days before it was popular.  He explains why you shouldn't plan too much when starting up. Talks about dealing with uncertainty in the early days and hiring strategies. Advice for all you budding social media creators (Don’t do it for the $$). Building an AI platform for content creators and why you shouldn't worry about the algorithms. Thoughts on Twitter for content creators. Talks about who are the upcoming social media influencers in India.  His favourite content creators. Talks about research, conversation rates and analytics. Talks about how they Influence the influencers and why you cannot learn this at University, it’s all about building relationships. And he gives great advice on building relationships (be transparent) and why they don’t poach clients/creators/staff. He talks about what he looks for when choosing social media influencers (it's not just the numbers) And finally we talk about his favourite campaign promoting the movie Bachchhan Paandey  which got a billion organic views which involved kidnapping a bunch of influencers on a train. In this conversation we also talk about:Running India’s &amp; Asia’s biggest content creator festival in Goa (2023)First mover advantage.Being down to earth and humble.Short video culture. What excites him most about building this company.Why he prefers content creators instead of social media influencers. Getting support from Mum and Dad. Bootstrappinghiring adviceAnd much more Links https://www.madinfluence.com/homeCheck out Skillshare. Skillshare is an online learning community with thousands of classes in design, business, tech, and more. Anyone can join the millions of members in our community to learn cutting-edge skills, network with peers and discover new opportunities. Join for free for 1 month and access all my classes!https://www.skillshare.com/en/r/user/neilpatel?gr_tch_ref=on&amp;gr_trp=onmusic by Punch Deck.https://open.spotify.com/artist/7kdduxAVaFnbHJyNxl7FWV

Content is king! Today my guest is Gautam Madhavan CEO &amp; founder of Mad Influence and influencer management agency. They do more than just connect creators and brands. They do digital marketing, social media management, content authoring, and providing consulting services to businesses. They are trying to create the biggest content companies in the world. In this episode he talks about how he got this off the ground by seeing the shift from Blogging to Vlogging 2017/18, realising the power of video and was laser focussed on tiktok in the early days before it was popular.  He explains why you shouldn't plan too much when starting up. Talks about dealing with uncertainty in the early days and hiring strategies. Advice for all you budding social media creators (Don’t do it for the $$). Building an AI platform for content creators and why you shouldn't worry about the algorithms. Thoughts on Twitter for content creators. Talks about who are the upcoming social media influencers in India.  His favourite content creators. Talks about research, conversation rates and analytics. Talks about how they Influence the influencers and why you cannot learn this at University, it’s all about building relationships. And he gives great advice on building relationships (be transparent) and why they don’t poach clients/creators/staff. He talks about what he looks for when choosing social media influencers (it's not just the numbers) And finally we talk about his favourite campaign promoting the movie Bachchhan Paandey  which got a billion organic views which involved kidnapping a bunch of influencers on a train. In this conversation we also talk about:<ul><li>Running India’s &amp; Asia’s biggest content creator festival in Goa (2023)</li><li>First mover advantage.</li><li>Being down to earth and humble.</li><li>Short video culture. </li><li>What excites him most about building this company.</li><li>Why he prefers content creators instead of social media influencers. </li><li>Getting support from Mum and Dad. </li><li>Bootstrapping</li><li>hiring advice</li></ul>And much more Links <a href="https://www.madinfluence.com/home" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.madinfluence.com/home</a>Check out Skillshare. Skillshare is an online learning community with thousands of classes in design, business, tech, and more. Anyone can join the millions of members in our community to learn cutting-edge skills, network with peers and discover new opportunities. Join for free for 1 month and access all my classes!<a href="https://www.skillshare.com/en/r/user/neilpatel?gr_tch_ref=on&amp;gr_trp=on" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.skillshare.com/en/r/user/neilpatel?gr_tch_ref=on&amp;gr_trp=on</a>music by Punch Deck.<a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/7kdduxAVaFnbHJyNxl7FWV" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://open.spotify.com/artist/7kdduxAVaFnbHJyNxl7FWV</a>