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Brendan Kane Explains The Fastest Way To Become Famous In Your Industry (And Make $1.1 Million)

The Calum Johnson Show

Show Notes

Brendan Kane is an Instagram expert, he has been studying viral content for 21 years. I call him the Instagram expert. His content frameworks have generated over 60M views & $1B+ in revenue for his clients. If you’ve been posting content with no clue if it’ll lead anywhere, this conversation was made for you. Brendan shares his proven 5-step framework to guarantee views & revenue from your content.

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Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

02:17 Master this skill if you want more views

06:41 How to become famous in your industry (zero experience)

11:01 What does "storytelling" actually mean for content?

19:10 The gold/silver/bronze method for studying content

27:28 The tactics that got this video 142M views

39:44 How to find a content format you love

52:01 How to brainstorm hooks

59:35 Why batch-producing content tanks your views

01:07:29 Remember these two truths to make $1.1M from content

01:12:34 Do this if you’re starting with zero followers

01:15:23 The full 5-step framework you can use forever

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