Clipped: Your Content Creation Toolkit
Clipped brings you the tips, resources and people to help crush your content goals.
Each week, host Eric Montgomery, founder of The Podcast Haven shares actionable advice—solo or with expert guests—on how to start, grow, and monetize your content across platforms.
What You’ll Learn:
- SEO strategies to boost discoverability
- Growth tips for podcasts and YouTube
- Affiliate marketing tactics that work
- Time-saving tools, services, and workflows for creators
If you're building a brand, publishing online, or just trying to get traction with your content, this show will help you move faster with less guesswork.
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Episodes
189 episodes
Grow and Monetize Your Podcast Faster with PodUp | Featuring PodUp Founder Nathan Gwilliam
What if your podcast could run like a real business—not just a weekly upload?In this episode, we talk with the founder of podup, a platform designed to simplify everything from recording to growth and monetization. After building ...
Inside Urban One Podcast Network: How Top Marketers Scale Hit Shows ft. Walter Gainer II
Walter Gainer on building a content engine, making B2B content more creative, and why consistency matters more than doing everything manually.In this episode, Eric sits down with Walter Gainer to talk about content systems, podcast growt...
Model Citizen: How to Start a Merchandise Business: Branding, E-Commerce & Print-on-Demand Explained ft. Jess Thibodeau Part 2
Eric sits down with Jess, founder of Model Citizen, a creative branding agency specializing in custom merch, apparel, and e-commerce experiences. With over 20 years of entrepreneurial experience and...
No 9-5 Job Ever! How Jess Thibodeau Left a Successful Career Managing Prominent Bands To Launch a Branding and Merchandising Agency Part 1
What if never getting a real job was actually the smartest career move you could make?In this episode, Jess Thibodeau shares how he went from managing independent bands to building a career as an entrepreneur—without ever following the t...
How Meg The Creator Made $60,000 From ONE TikTok Shop Video
Eric sits down with Megan (Meg the Creator) to talk about her journey from a traditional 9–5 in Southern Virginia to building multiple online income streams—without a massive following.Megan shares how motherhood and a high-risk p...
12 Days of Christmas: Quick Content Creation Tips – Day 1: Use Music to Shape Tone, Vibe, and Identity
The 12 Days of Christmas series on Clipped wraps up the year with a creative reminder that often gets overlooked. Today is Day 1 of 12, the final episode of the year, and this episode focuses on why your content probably needs more mus...
12 Days of Christmas: Quick Content Creation Tips – Day 2: Vertical Video Won’t Grow Your Podcast—It’ll Grow You
The 12 Days of Christmas series on Clipped continues with a reality check that a lot of podcasters need to hear. Today is Day 2 of 12, and this episode focuses on why vertical short-form content won’t grow your podcast—but will
12 Days of Christmas: Quick Content Creation Tips – Day 3: Shoot Video With Your iPhone Not “Perfect” Gear
The 12 Days of Christmas series on Clipped continues with another practical reminder for creators who are overthinking their setup. Today is Day 3 of 12, and this episode focuses on shooting video with the camera you already have in yo...
12 Days of Christmas: Quick Content Creation Tips – Day 4: Use AI for Outlines and Drafts—Not Final Content
The 12 Days of Christmas series on Clipped continues with another practical tip to help creators work faster without losing their voice. Today is Day 4 of 12, and this episode focuses on using AI as a starting point—not a replacement f...
12 Days of Christmas: Quick Content Creation Tips – Day 5: Build Repeatable Series That Reduce Burnout
The 12 Days of Christmas series on Clipped continues with another practical tip designed to help creators stay consistent without burning out. Today is Day 5 of 12, and this episode focuses on building repeatable series and formats—one...
12 Days of Christmas: Quick Content Creation Tips – Day 6: Build a Content Folder for B-Roll & Faster Edits
The 12 Days of Christmas series on Clipped continues with another quick, practical tip to help creators stay consistent and speed up their editing workflow. Today is Day 6 of 12, and this episode focuses on building and maintaining a c...
12 Days of Christmas: Quick Content Creation Tips – Day 7: Better Mic Technique for Cleaner Audio
The 12 Days of Christmas series on Clipped continues with another quick, practical tip to help creators level up their content. Today is Day 7 of 12, and this episode focuses on better microphone technique—one of the easiest ways to dr...
12 Days of Christmas: Quick Content Creation Tips – Day 8: How Riverside Makes Editing Easier
The 12 Days of Christmas series on Clipped continues with another quick, practical tip to help creators streamline their workflow. Today is Day 8 of 12, and this episode focuses on using Riverside’s built-in editing tools to speed up post-produ...
12 Days of Christmas: Quick Content Creation Tips – Day 9: Easy Lighting That Instantly Levels Up Your Video
The 12 Days of Christmas series on Clipped rolls on with another quick, actionable creator tip to help you simplify your workflow and improve your content. Today is Day 9 of 12, and this episode focuses on one of the easiest upgrades you can ma...
12 Days of Christmas: Quick Content Creation Tips – Day 10: Capture Your Ideas Daily
Eric continues the 12 Days of Christmas series on Clipped—12 quick tips to help creators sharpen their workflow and head into the new year with a stronger content system. Today is Day 10 of 12, and this episode focuses on creating a daily captu...
12 Days of Christmas: Quick Content Creation Tips – Day 11: Use Templates for Faster Podcast Production
Eric continues the 12 Days of Christmas series on Clipped—a run of quick, daily tips to help creators tighten up their workflow. Today is Day 11 of 12, and this episode is all about using templates to speed up every part of your production proc...
12 Days of Christmas: Quick Content Creation Tips – Day 12: The Power of Batch Recording
Eric kicks off a special 12 Days of Christmas series on Clipped—quick, daily tips to help creators tighten up their workflows and head into 2026 with a solid plan.Today is Day 12, and the focus is on batch recording. Eric breaks down why...
Riverside Hosting Is Here: Kendall Breitman on Streamlined Podcast Workflows
Eric sits down with Kendall Breitman, Community Lead at Riverside.fm, to talk about her path from political journalism to working abroad in Tel Aviv and helping shape the platform’s newest creator tools. Kendall breaks down Riverside’s major up...
The Real ROI of Branded Podcasts: What Companies Should Actually Aim For ft. Cameron Stack
Eric and Cameron Stack delve into the evolution of marketing through social media and the transition into podcasting. Cameron shares his journey from experimenting with Facebook pages to becoming a podcast consultant, emphasizing the importance...
How to Get Into the TikTok Shop For Creators: Follow This Step By Step System and Start Earning Some Serious Cash!
The TikTok Shop is wild right now. I just joined the program and dropped my second video — people are genuinely pulling in solid side hustle money. In this episode of CLIPPED, ...
How To Diversify Your Business Revenue with Digital Products
When I used to launch shows for clients, naming was brutal — you’d have to check Apple, Spotify, YouTube, and domains one by one. So I built Podcast Name Checker, a free tool that ...
How I’m Monetizing Videos Smarter with Viral Vue + the Amazon Influencer Program
I’m giving you a behind-the-scenes update on where I’m at with the Amazon Influencer Program—what's working, what's changed, and where the real income is actually coming from. Spoiler: it's not just affiliate links anymore.🎥 Need B-Ro...
Netflix and Spotify Are Teaming Up — What This Means for Podcasters
In this episode of Clipped, Eric breaks down some breaking news that could reshape how we watch and distribute podcasts. Netflix and Spotify have officially teamed up to co-host video versions of top podcasts across both platforms....