The Profitable Creative

Send us Fan Mail PROFITABLE TALKS... On this episode of The Profitable Creative, host Christian Brim sits down with Christopher Lochhead, entrepreneur, bestselling author, and co-creator of the Category Design movement. Christopher shares why legendary businesses don't compete for existing demand—they create entirely new categories. The conversation explores how language shapes markets, why most companies struggle to define the problem they solve, and how category designers create different f...

Send us Fan Mail PROFITABLE TALKS... In this episode of The Profitable Creative, Christian Brim interviews Nic Taylor, Head of Product & Growth at Livid, an emerging ad-free video hosting platform positioned as an alternative to Vimeo. The conversation explores why creators choose platforms like Vimeo over YouTube, the market disruption caused by Vimeo’s acquisition by Bending Spoons, and how Livid plans to serve creators and small businesses with a leaner, creator-focused approach. Chris...

Send us Fan Mail PROFITABLE TALKS... In this episode of The Profitable Creative, Christian Brim sits down with Michael Keenan, founder of Peak Content, to discuss the rapidly changing world of content marketing, entrepreneurship, and designing a business around the life you actually want. Michael shares his unconventional path from freelancing out of a van and writing $25 articles to building a lean content agency serving major software companies. The conversation dives deep into AI’s impact ...

Send us Fan Mail PROFITABLE TALKS... In this episode of The Profitable Creative, Christian Brim sits down with Ryan Chute of Wizard of Ads to unpack the psychology behind “externally triggered grudge purchases” — the unavoidable services customers don’t want to buy but absolutely need. Ryan shares his journey from working in his family’s furniture business to becoming a partner at Wizard of Ads, where he now leads an eight-figure agency helping service-based businesses grow through relationa...

Send us Fan Mail PROFITABLE TALKS... In this episode of The Profitable Creative, Christian Brim sits down with author and voice actor Aaron Ryan for a wide-ranging conversation about creativity, storytelling, voice acting, AI disruption, unions, intellectual property, and the mindset required to turn artistic passion into sustainable income. Aaron shares how Lord of the Rings, childhood writing clubs, and a second-grade novella sparked his love of storytelling, eventually leading him into a c...