S
C
Creator Science
Login Join Starter Story
Source
Researched profile. Starter Story's AI research system compiled this page from 40 public sources — the founder didn't write it. Automated research can misread or misattribute a source, so treat figures as best-effort. How this works →
Creator Science logo

How Creator Science Grew

Community and resources for aspiring content creators

How did Creator Science grow?

Summary of the sourced claims below

Creator Science grew by using social media platforms such as YouTube, X, LinkedIn, Instagram, Threads, and TikTok to share free content and attract an audience. The audience was then directed to owned channels like a newsletter and podcast, which served as relationship-building platforms to share more free content and promote paid offerings. Email marketing was implemented through nurture flows using tools like Kit and RightMessage to engage subscribers and promote products based on their interactions. Additionally, a referral program was set up to encourage word-of-mouth growth by rewarding existing members for bringing in new members.

Channels

15 channels · grouped by how Creator Science grows

  • Craigslist

    · 2 mentions · 2 sources
    “Had one of our YouTube videos go really well, and that really boosted the channel, and that got us in front of a bunch of new people. Doing YouTube at all I think was probably one of the bigger inflection points for the show when we said, we're doing this audio show, but let's see if we can do it...”
    high
    Show 1 more quote
    “I was using affiliates through the links in the description and the comment feed for certain companies, telling people to use them. And then YouTube shopping comes out ... and all of a sudden I see my conversion rates or sales rates double or triple.”
    high

  • LinkedIn

    · 2 mentions · 2 sources
    “Jay uses social media to attract an audience - he shares free content on all the major platforms: YouTube (110K subscribers), X (50K followers), LinkedIn (48K followers), Instagram (8.5K followers), as well as Threads and TikTok.”
    high
    Show 1 more quote
    “I'm probably posting daily on LinkedIn, X, Threads, Instagram, starting to, so we're all over the place. Like we're publishing constantly, and it's not even as streamlined as you might expect.”
    medium

  • Video content

    · 2 mentions · 2 sources
    “I am in the top 250 YouTube shopping creators in the world. I would say parts, affiliates and Adsense are probably 80% of $1.8 million. The affiliate rates on YouTube shopping are amazing. Instead of getting 3% on Amazon, I may be getting 8%, 10%, 20% on very similar products.”
    high
    Show 1 more quote
    “I started with email. I added on podcasting. It built a really strong base. They're like the slowest, hardest platforms to grow, but it built a really strong base because the people who were there really wanted to hear from me.”
    high

  • Email marketing

    · 1 mention
    “Within the content of his newsletter, podcast, and website, Jay has implemented several nurture flows using a mixture of Kit and RightMessage. He uses RightMessage to encourage website visitors and email subscribers to complete a short survey. Similarly, Kit is used to send email subscribers rele...”
    high

  • Email List Growth

    · 1 mention
    “He directs that audience to channels that he owns, namely his newsletter (60K subscribers) and podcast (around 50K downloads per month).”
    high

  • Great customer service

    · 1 mention
    “And the margins on what we do are very, very healthy. Now, AdSense is robust. Part sales are robust. Affiliates are robust. I would say parts, affiliates, and Adsense are probably 80% of my 80% of $1.8 million. Somewhere around there is what I would hazard to guess.”
    high

  • Reddit

    · 1 mention
    “Jay uses social media to attract an audience - he shares free content on all the major platforms: YouTube (110K subscribers), X (50K followers), LinkedIn (48K followers), Instagram (8.5K followers), as well as Threads and TikTok.”
    high

  • Re-Engage Email

    · 1 mention
    “He directs that audience to channels that he owns, namely his newsletter (60K subscribers) and podcast (around 50K downloads per month). He regards these as his relationship-building platforms - sharing more free content, designed to build trust and make you aware of his paid offerings.”
    high

  • Distribution Partnerships

    · 1 mention
    “I was a beta tester for their entire program. I was paid by YouTube to introduce that feature on my channel because I had migrated from that weird square sub domain to Shopify, where I'm at currently and YouTube partnered with Shopify to be able to allow the YouTube shopping and API to interact w...”
    high

  • Podcasts

    · 1 mention
    “He directs that audience to channels that he owns, namely his newsletter (60K subscribers) and podcast (around 50K downloads per month). He regards these as his relationship-building platforms - sharing more free content, designed to build trust and make you aware of his paid offerings.”
    high

  • Mobile Marketing

    · 1 mention
    “We're talking two newsletters a week for eight years, a podcast a week for five years, and now YouTube's in the mix. It's just, it's just been a lot of that.”
    high

  • Advertising on social media

    · 1 mention
    “Jay uses social media to attract an audience - he shares free content on all the major platforms: YouTube (110K subscribers), X (50K followers), LinkedIn (48K followers), Instagram (8.5K followers), as well as Threads and TikTok.”
    high

  • TikTok User Generated Content

    · 1 mention
    “Jay uses social media to attract an audience - he shares free content on all the major platforms: YouTube (110K subscribers), X (50K followers), LinkedIn (48K followers), Instagram (8.5K followers), as well as Threads and TikTok.”
    high

  • SEO

    · 1 mention
    “For 90 days, here's my channel's numbers and again, I'm 95% long form content based, 32.1% of my views come from external sources. That's going to be 90% Google search. My second highest form of viewership is YouTube search and that's 27.2%.”
    high

  • Word of mouth

    · 1 mention
    “Another great source of new members can be referrals from existing members. Jay set up a referral program, using First Promoter, where a member gets 25% of that person's membership every time they renew.”
    high

How 2,678 businesses grow

Of businesses with mapped growth channels, the share using each — Creator Science’s highlighted.
  • Referral/Word-of-mouth
    68% ◀
  • Social media
    58% ◀
  • Search/SEO
    57% ◀
  • Email
    47% ◀
  • Community
    33% ◀
  • Content/Inbound
    31% ◀
  • Partnerships
    30% ◀
  • Paid ads
    24%
  • Events
    24%
  • Press/PR
    17%
  • Outbound/Sales
    16% ◀
  • Marketplaces/App stores
    8%
  • Brand Authenticity
    2%
  • Product expansion
    2%
S
Starter Story
Support Privacy Terms