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This episode is the content creation blueprint for the AI era.
Roberto Nickson (RPN) just hit $1.5M in revenue at 85% margins as a one-man creator army—and he's sharing everything.
2 hours of straight value, no gatekeeping.
Chapters:
00:00:00 Trailer00:01:35 How Roberto Makes $1.5M as a Solo Creator
00:04:22 Newsletter, Consulting & Building Owned Media
00:09:00 Landing Partnerships with Meta, Adobe & Spotify
00:11:15 The Metric Brands Actually Care About (Not Views)
00:14:40 Positioning = Pricing Power
00:18:49 The Infinite Content Machine: AI & Automation
00:24:04 Biggest Mistakes Creators Make in Brand Deals
00:30:26 Format is the Formula: Repeatable Systems That Scale
00:34:18 Balancing Organic Content vs Brand Deals (80/20 Rule)
00:39:06 Why Traditional Ad Production is Cooked
00:43:29 Inside Roberto's Workflow: Studio, Editing & AI Tools
00:48:59 Top AI Tools for Creators (Suno, Veo 3, Kling)
00:53:34 Why Ideas Are the Real Moat in the Creator Economy
00:57:44 Why Audio Matters More Than Visuals
00:59:46 Make Your Audience The Hero
01:01:59 What are the Key Elements that make a World-Class Short?
01:06:39 What Does Your Team Look Like?
01:18:05 The Formula on Building on Instagram Today?
01:22:05 What Social Media Will Look Like 2027
01:33:09 How Creators Can Start Using AI Today
01:35:31 Concerns and Promises of AI
01:43:06 Rapid Fire
🎙 Guest: Roberto Nickson (RPN), Content Creator & AI Strategist
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rpn/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@rpn
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@rpn
X: https://x.com/rpnickson
🔗 Links Mentioned
Suno: https://suno.com
Google Veo 3: https://deepmind.google/technologies/veo/veo-2/
Cling 2.1: https://clingai.com
N8N: https://n8n.io
Midjourney: https://midjourney.com
Nano Banana: https://blog.google/technology/google-deepmind/google-imagen-3/
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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rpn/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@rpn
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@rpn
X: https://x.com/rpnickson
🔗 Links Mentioned
Suno: https://suno.com
Google Veo 3: https://deepmind.google/technologies/veo/veo-2/
Cling 2.1: https://clingai.com
N8N: https://n8n.io
Midjourney: https://midjourney.com
Nano Banana: https://blog.google/technology/google-deepmind/google-imagen-3/
📬 Get in Touch
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/openresidency/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markmastrandrea/
Website: https://openresidency.com/
Email: info@openresidency.com
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