How Vinwiki Tells Car Stories and Reached 1.7M Subscribers - Ed Bolian

Imagine doing a hobby and earning a lot of money at the same time. Ed Bolian, a car guy since childhood, enjoys collecting cars and creating content while building an app that offers a free car database to the world. 

Vinwiki, a product of Ed Bolian’s passion for cars, is an automotive database app that allows its users to share their car’s story and documentation for everyone to know. Ed Bolian runs a YouTube channel with the same name with 1.7M subscribers and over 100M channel views and counting.

Ed Bolian talks about the beginnings of Vinwiki and its YouTube channel. How it sprouted from an idea into an actual app that collects data on cars. Ed shares the importance of your leadership when starting a YouTube channel and keeping your people motivated. He also shares how they jumped over the hurdles they had to face in order to have consistency in content.

If you are into cars and car collecting or just want to know how Ed Bolian grew his YouTube channel, you have to finish this episode!

Episode Highlights
[4:25] How the Vinwiki app was conceived into becoming the largest free automotive database in the world
[10:11] Building the right team for a YouTube production
[13:20] How YouTube drove users to the Vinwiki app
[15:36] Gain revenue in these 3 primary ways
[18:26] Ed’s sponsorship strategy for their contents
[21:29] How does Vinwiki’s team manage to release content almost daily
[24:12] Hiring and integrating editors with your vision
[31:20] How Ed’s life changed after creating Vinwiki
[33:20] Importance of collaboration with other creators in growing a brand
[36:15] Deciding on what content to put out on Youtube out of all the materials available
[42:20] Challenges Ed and his team face in content creation

Resources Mentioned
Vinwiki YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@VINwiki/
Ed Bolian's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/edbolian
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