Amanda Cerny - Dominating Instagram

Amanda Cerny is a highly successful actress and social media influencer. With more than 35 million followers across YouTube, Facebook and Instagram, she has emerged as one of the top five most viewed Instagram story accounts in the world. She has acted in films with Millennial Films, Lakeshore, Paramount, Universal, Comedy Central and NBC. She has also directed, written and produced more than 3,000 comedic skits and music videos featuring actors, top chart musicians, and the most influential personalities online gathering millions of views per video. Amanda currently has over 20 million Instagram followers, gains a million followers per month, and her stories are among the top 5 most viewed on Instagram. Her YouTube channel is one of the top 10 in the world. She has also worked as a model, fitness guru and philanthropist with previous and ongoing relief efforts in Haiti and Puerto Rico. Amanda helped raise over $100,000 to provide for disaster relief after Hurricane Irma. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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• 0:00Ed Mylett?

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• 1:01Speaker 01

  Mr. President, my company, for me, of the explosion on our rig.

• 1:05Speaker 02

  On October 2nd.

• 1:06Speaker 01

  Causing massive water displacement and triggering a tsunami. They all heap the blame on me.

• 1:11Speaker 02

  Tom Cruise is. Digger got us into this mess. And Digger's gonna dig us up. From the director of Birdman and the Revenant.

• 1:18Speaker 03

  What would happen if I stopped drilling? You stop, you freeze to death, that's what.

• 1:22Speaker 02

  With great power comes great deniability.

• 1:25Speaker 01

  I'm not the first nanny.

• 1:27Speaker 02

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• 1:35Speaker 04

  This is the Ed Mylett Show.

• 1:39Speaker 04

  Compete, lead, and win.

• 1:46Ed Mylett?

  Welcome back to Max Out with Ed Mylett. Fired up about today's program because of this lady to my left, who is, she is one of the most influential people in the world on social media, which makes you one of the most influential people in the world, ironically. So.

• 2:02Speaker 05

  That's awesome.

• 2:03Ed Mylett?

  So this is Amanda Cerny, everybody. Thank you for being here.

• 2:06Speaker 05

  No, of course. Thanks for having me.

• 2:08Ed Mylett?

  It's gonna be awesome.

• 2:08Speaker 05

  In the gym.

• 2:09Ed Mylett?

  We're in the gym. We're at Elevator Studios in Hollywood. My friend Dan Fleishman allowed us to be here today to take advantage of this space. So we're grateful to him as well. So fired up. I got a lot I want to ask you.

• 2:19Speaker 05

  Ooh.

• 2:20Ed Mylett?

  And a lot of people want to know more about you too, so.

• 2:22Speaker 05

  I love that. No, I'm ready.

• 2:24Ed Mylett?

  All right, let's do this.

• 2:25Speaker 05

  Yeah, let's get into it.

• 2:26Ed Mylett?

  So you may not know, just a couple of things. This is like bananas numbers, right? But you're talking about a person who has 20 million plus followers on Instagram. Shoot, her backup account has more followers than I have, right? Several million people on YouTube. About 35 million people engage with you somehow. Her stories on Instagram are like in the top five most watched stories on the planet on Instagram, which is just unbelievable, right? And so she's highly sought after person. And I think a lot of people out there want to know more about you that are fans of yours. She's also, by the way, one of the great actresses out here in the Hollywood area too that we're going to talk about those parts of your career too. But a lot of people want to know more about you. And I think the other part of it is people would like to know how to build some type

• 3:09Ed Mylett?

  of a following too on social media too, from the business space. So we're going to go at both angles.

• 3:13Speaker 05

  For sure.

• 3:14Ed Mylett?

  So you went to Florida or Florida State?

• 3:16Speaker 05

  So, no, I went to Florida State.

• 3:18Ed Mylett?

  Yeah.

• 3:19Speaker 05

  But before that, I went to UCF.

• 3:21Ed Mylett?

  You did?

• 3:22Speaker 05

  So, yeah. And in Florida, there's this thing called dual enrollment.

• 3:25Ed Mylett?

  Okay.

• 3:25Speaker 05

  So it's where you can take college courses while you're in high school.

• 3:29Ed Mylett?

  Okay.

• 3:29Speaker 05

  And then you get high school credit and college credit. And it's free.

• 3:32Ed Mylett?

  That's nice.

• 3:33Speaker 05

  Yeah. So I'm like, all right, get me in that for my junior and senior year. So when I went to school, I basically had my AA degree.

• 3:40Ed Mylett?

  You did already?

• 3:41Speaker 05

  Yeah. And then Orlando was closer, so I went to UCF for a year. And I was like, eh, didn't have the college vibe. So then I transferred to Florida State.

• 3:48Ed Mylett?

  You did. And did you, Florida State, is this what you wanted to do? Did you want to be an actress back then too? An influencer on social media? What did you think you were going to be doing?

• 3:55Speaker 05

  I didn't even know social media was a thing.

• 3:58Ed Mylett?

  You did?

• 3:59Speaker 05

  In college, no. I mean, I think we used MySpace.

• 4:02Ed Mylett?

  Yeah.

• 4:02Speaker 05

  Still, like at that time. And then Facebook was starting and people were using that more, but just to talk to friends and stuff. So, but when I was going to school, I wanted to do international business, so.

• 4:13Ed Mylett?

  Interesting.

• 4:14Speaker 05

  Yeah, my mom, I had this weird. Dream of being in the CIA.

• 4:19Ed Mylett?

  Yeah, I read that.

• 4:20Speaker 05

  Yeah. And so, like, school wasn't too difficult for me. It was mostly partying at Florida State. Like, that entertained me.

• 4:29Ed Mylett?

  A lot of people relate to that.

• 4:30Speaker 05

  Yeah, so it was college life.

• 4:32Ed Mylett?

  Were you like in drama or theater? Like, were you going to be an actress then?

• 4:35Speaker 05

  No.

• 4:36Ed Mylett?

  You're kidding me.

• 4:36Speaker 05

  No, I mean, I always had fun, you know, putting on shows and stuff for like my, with my sisters and my family, but it was never like a career goal for me.

• 4:45Ed Mylett?

  Are you serious?

• 4:46Speaker 05

  Yeah.

• 4:47Ed Mylett?

  Because I, now, I'm a lot older than you. You can't tell from looking at us, but I am. And, so, let me tell you who you remind me of. Because I think your, your social media stuff is brilliant, right? And we're going to talk about that. But also, I just believe you're a really gifted performer. Like, a really gifted actress. And who you remind me of, and then this, this is even older than me. But do you know who Lucille Ball is?

• 5:09Speaker 05

  Yes, yeah.

• 5:10Ed Mylett?

  Okay. Do you, have you ever heard that before?

• 5:12Speaker 05

  Yes.

• 5:12Ed Mylett?

  Okay, because I love Lucy. Like, I'd watch the, when I was a kid, it was already an old show. But she was amazing. And she was this beautiful woman who was like totally self-deprecating and like totally hilarious. And I think some of the most interesting, compelling people in life are people who show up totally differently than you think they're going to.

• 5:30Speaker 05

  Yeah.

• 5:30Ed Mylett?

  Right, and so, I mean, I can't really think of someone else who's got like real beauty, obviously, but such like freaking hilarious person too, right? So, that's who you remind me of.

• 5:39Speaker 05

  I appreciate that. That's a good compliment.

• 5:41Ed Mylett?

  It's really true. And so, and I, we're going to talk about some of your acting ambitions and all, all the success you've already had doing that too. But let's, so you, you get, you get out of college eventually. How does, people want to know this, because a lot of people watching this want to start careers, or they're entrepreneurial, or they're somehow engaged in social media. And it's probably going to show up differently than you think it's going to. Right, but your life shows up differently than you think it's going to.

• 6:02Speaker 05

  For sure, you can't map it out completely, you can't.

• 6:05Ed Mylett?

  So, you never mapped this part of it out, right? How'd this start? How'd this whole phenomenon of you begin and happen?

• 6:11Speaker 05

  So I was at college at Florida State and like I said, I had a lot of free time because courses, like everything, you know, it only takes so much time.

• 6:19Ed Mylett?

  Right.

• 6:20Speaker 05

  And I was on social media and one of my friends messaged me and they're like, oh, you should submit for Playmate for Playboy. And I was like, huh, no. Yeah, why would I do that?

• 6:30Ed Mylett?

  Mm-hmm.

• 6:30Speaker 05

  And then The Girls Next Door was on at the time.

• 6:32Ed Mylett?

  Yeah.

• 6:33Speaker 05

  And this was never in like, you know, my dreams or whatever. It was just so spontaneous. And then I was like, oh, well, there was Marilyn Monroe, you know, Cindy. Like so many actresses have done it and everything and have done the covers. So I was like, ah, it's cool. Like I'll just send them bikini photos. They're not going to respond or say anything.

• 6:53Ed Mylett?

  Right.

• 6:53Speaker 05

  And the next day.

• 6:54Ed Mylett?

  Yeah.

• 6:55Speaker 05

  They responded and they were like, we want to fly you out to California.

• 6:58Ed Mylett?

  The next day.

• 6:58Speaker 05

  Yeah, the next day. And I was like, um, okay. Like, sure. Um, but also at the time, like, I had to pay for everything on my own. Like growing up, like my car, my college, my phone, like any vacations or whatever I wanted to do. So I'm like, a free trip to California?

• 7:17Ed Mylett?

  Pretty cool.

• 7:18Speaker 05

  What? So I was like, okay, sure. And then they flew me out in October and I flew out and shot my, um, a test shoot and it was my first time ever posing nude for a centerfold.

• 7:31Ed Mylett?

  What was that like? What was it like?

• 7:32Speaker 05

  It was actually super comfortable. Like I came to LA, I got picked up by a limo, which I thought was super cool.

• 7:39Ed Mylett?

  Yeah.

• 7:39Speaker 05

  And then they brought me to the mansion and then I-

• 7:42Ed Mylett?

  You met Hef?

• 7:42Speaker 05

  Yeah.

• 7:43Ed Mylett?

  You did.

• 7:43Speaker 05

  I had to, but I wasn't prepared at all. I'm like, I didn't, you know, it was just so random.

• 7:48Ed Mylett?

  Right.

• 7:48Speaker 05

  And then I go to the mansion and then I'm wearing like no makeup, like the worst dress ever because I don't know, it's like a hand-me-down dress for my sister or something. And then I go in and I, um, they have me go into the kitchen. They're like, you have to meet Hef now. I'm like, oh, now?

• 8:03Ed Mylett?

  Oh, my gosh.

• 8:04Speaker 05

  And then, um, he comes down and then he's like, hi, I'm Hugh Hefner. So nice to meet you. And he was the nicest, like-

• 8:10Ed Mylett?

  Yes.

• 8:11Speaker 05

  Biggest gentleman ever. And then I just met him for that second and he went back upstairs and then I went to the guest house and then I was just there for a week just doing my test shoot and I had access to like the whole mansion grounds, like 24-hour chef.

• 8:25Ed Mylett?

  What a crazy, you're sitting like in college a week before and now you're-

• 8:28Speaker 05

  I'm like, why am I here?

• 8:29Ed Mylett?

  That's amazing.

• 8:30Speaker 05

  But it was amazing.

• 8:32Ed Mylett?

  That's like 2011-ish, isn't it? Somewhere around there.

• 8:34Speaker 05

  It was 2010.

• 8:35Ed Mylett?

  2010, okay. And then it came out in 2011, didn't it?

• 8:37Speaker 05

  Yeah, so I shot it when I was, because I was 19 at the time. And then that's when I shot my test shoot. And then they flew me back to Florida State. And I was back in Tallahassee. And I'm like, what just happened?

• 8:51Ed Mylett?

  What a mind trip that must have been. Like, now you're just back in life again.

• 8:54Speaker 05

  Yeah, for sure. It was crazy. And then I was like, alright, but they're not gonna choose me. So I don't have to tell my mom or dad or anybody.

• 9:00Ed Mylett?

  They didn't know yet.

• 9:01Speaker 05

  Yeah, I know. Because I think, you know, they trust me too. That I'm gonna do things that I either believe in or it's just like, I think is, you know, amazing and either a good experience or something really cool. I didn't see it in a negative way at all. Because I thought it was like empowering and it's beautiful and it's classic and timeless. So I was like, yeah, I'll do it. But then they called me and they were like, oh, you got centerfold for 2011. We're gonna publish it. You have to fly it back out here and do your centerfold shoot. And I'm like, how much does it pay?

• 9:31Ed Mylett?

  Right, right.

• 9:32Speaker 05

  Again, and then they're like, oh, it's 25,000 for the centerfold. And for me at that time, I'm like...

• 9:38Ed Mylett?

  Ton of money.

• 9:38Speaker 05

  Yeah, I was like, you know, I can buy a new car or something with that or, you know, pay for my apartment.

• 9:46Speaker 05

  But then I had to tell my parents. And my dad was like, well, if you want to be in the CIA.

• 9:51Ed Mylett?

  It's gonna affect the CIA.

• 9:54Speaker 05

  I'm like, yeah, you're right.

• 9:57Speaker 05

  So I had to debate whether I wanted... I was like, well, it's an opportunity. And it landed in my lap and it's meant to be. So I'm just gonna go for it.

• 10:05Ed Mylett?

  What a great lesson, by the way.

• 10:06Speaker 05

  Yeah. No, it's true. Just do it. If it feels good, do it. And then either learn from your mistakes or, you know, it's gonna be the greatest thing ever.

• 10:15Ed Mylett?

  That opens some door in your mind then to like, hey, maybe I like being in front of the camera. Maybe this is something... Is that when that started, literally at that time?

• 10:22Speaker 05

  For sure. Not for modeling, but more for acting. Because like... Me going out there, I just like saw the whole crew. I like met so many people in LA, even when I was there for that week. A lot of sketchy people and a lot of like legit people too at the same time. So, um, and I went to a lot of really cool parties in LA when I was there too. So this is awesome.

• 10:42Ed Mylett?

  Yeah.

• 10:42Speaker 05

  Um, but it's funny how things go full circle too. Cause when I was out there for Halloween, I met Paris Hilton and there was like her birthday or Halloween party or something. And I was like, oh, that's so cool. I get to meet Paris Hilton. And then now it's like I see her.

• 10:57Ed Mylett?

  Yeah, all the time.

• 10:57Speaker 05

  Everywhere in LA. But, and that was in like 2010 or 2018 now, but.

• 11:02Ed Mylett?

  So you like, like that was like, that's a major life turning point then. So that shoot and that going out there and stepping into that door. Yeah, it's like, I think lesson for everybody that's out there too that are entrepreneurial or business minds, like, hey, when a door opens, if it feels like you need to step into that door, cause there aren't probably many more coming, right? Like if you don't do that, you don't step into that opportunity, you probably aren't in the CIA either, right? Your whole life is probably completely different from this point, right?

• 11:26Speaker 05

  You gotta choose your path.

• 11:27Ed Mylett?

  And think about like that one decisions, you've impacted like millions of people from that one decision. Do you ever get your head around that? I'm just curious, like, man, like I reach a lot of people with my stuff.

• 11:37Speaker 05

  Yeah, it's hard to wrap your mind around that. Cause you know, you're on social media, I'm posting videos and I'm reading comments. So I'm able to see engagement and you know, people's reactions to it, which is really cool. But at the same time, it's like, I can't picture a room with that many people. It's hard to like, you know, so it's like, that makes me be a little bit more conscious of the content that I'm putting out and.

• 12:03Ed Mylett?

  I was gonna say, you do that, like, I really respect that about you. Like, I think your content is a little bit edgy and it's funny. It's actually hilarious. I was telling you, one of the videos that you have on twerking, I walked in, my wife was literally crying, literally crying laughing, watching that video, right?

• 12:17Speaker 05

  The lack of skill for twerking.

• 12:20Ed Mylett?

  But it's like, but I do, I can tell when I watch your stuff, cause you could go in other direction with your stuff, right? Because you are so attractive, you have all these other relationships. It's like, there seems to me like there's a consciousness that you have about what you're producing and who sees it and kinda what represents. That's probably true, right?

• 12:37Speaker 05

  It's half of my responsibility, I think too. I mean, anybody that has influence, even for you, you know, you, you kinda wanna put your best self forward. And at the same time, it's a little bit different with. Comedy too is like, I just wanna make people laugh and smile and just like, get out of the world for a second, because it can be a dark place sometimes, but it's amazing to be able to make somebody smile. But at the same time, it's like, I wanna promote things, and that's why I love social media so much, is that I'm able to do comedy, but I'm also able to promote like, good causes, or promote like, positive mindsets, or, you know, and make sub-accounts for those certain things.

• 13:17Ed Mylett?

  That's why you're here, because like, I, there's other influencers that have been on my show, right? You're here because I do think that you've taken this platform, like, and we'll talk some of these things, like, some of the stuff you've done with orphans, or your vegan stance, and some things like that, like, I love that you've used this platform for such cool stuff, which we're gonna hopefully get into here, so, I wanna tell you something about you, that I think you're really gifted, though.

• 13:38Speaker 05

  Thank you.

• 13:39Ed Mylett?

  Like, the, like, you know, people ask me all the time, "How do you get bigger on social media?" There's gonna be some strategy to talk about, like, the bottom line of it is, your content has to be great for whatever your audience is, and like, your stuff is absolutely beautifully done, and it's like, you're so gifted and talented, like, I think your stuff is funnier and more entertaining than things I see on television regularly.

• 13:59Speaker 05

  Thanks, it's awesome, yeah.

• 14:00Ed Mylett?

  And I didn't know that, because I didn't know that much about you, oh, a few, several months ago, then you came on my radar screen, I'm like, "Wow, this lady's really..." Because I think in six, or eight, or 10 minutes on a YouTube video, with not all of like, the laugh tracks and these other things that people use in television, you gotta legitimately have good stuff, right?

• 14:17Speaker 05

  Yeah, and be entertaining every second, otherwise, people leave.

• 14:21Ed Mylett?

  They leave, right? And your stuff is like, one after the other, so good, and the stuff you do with your boyfriend, too, it's Johannes, right? What's his last name? So he's?

• 14:28Speaker 05

  Bartle, Bartle.

• 14:30Ed Mylett?

  And everybody, everybody, obviously, that knows you probably knows him, but at least, you're he's in a lot of it.

• 14:35Speaker 05

  And I butcher his name, too, so, don't feel bad.

• 14:38Ed Mylett?

  That's why I had you say it. So, so let's talk social media, so that life-turning event starts to happen, you obviously make a transition, then you blow up on Vine, then they yank that out from under you, right? So like, that platform goes away, so, let's talk a little bit about what's made you successful in this space. So, how much of it was you were lucky and it was timing?

• 14:58Speaker 05

  I would say there's also, it's a mix of everything. I would say it's luck, it's timing, it's hard work.

• 15:07Ed Mylett?

  Yeah.

• 15:07Speaker 05

  You know, it's when everything, but that's, you know, when preparation meets opportunity.

• 15:12Ed Mylett?

  Yes.

• 15:13Speaker 05

  So it's like, you gotta be, so I'm gonna backtrack a little.

• 15:16Ed Mylett?

  Yeah.

• 15:16Speaker 05

  So when I did the Playmate thing, I was like, okay, I had six months left of college. I'm like, you know what, I'm just gonna go for this. And I moved down to Miami Beach and my whole family's in West Palm Beach. So I'm like, I'm so close to family.

• 15:29Ed Mylett?

  Yeah.

• 15:29Speaker 05

  And then I went down there and I did live EDM event hosting.

• 15:34Ed Mylett?

  Okay.

• 15:34Speaker 05

  So in Miami, that's, if you go to Miami, yeah.

• 15:37Ed Mylett?

  Huge.

• 15:38Speaker 05

  Very limited acting there. I think they just filmed Ballers there and Pain and Gain. And I was in like the background scenes of that.

• 15:45Ed Mylett?

  Okay.

• 15:45Speaker 05

  But, um, so when I was out there, I was like taking acting classes and stuff. And then I started to realize, all right, I really need to be in LA if I wanted to do more acting. And I had really no social media following at this time, like none from being a Playmate centerfold. Like none from that, that didn't help me there at all. And then I was like, you know, maybe I can use that as a stepping stone to really push my career, you know, into acting. So then I moved out to Los Angeles and I knew some people out there from being back and forth sometimes.

• 16:15Ed Mylett?

  That was gutsy though. You chased your dream.

• 16:16Speaker 05

  Yeah.

• 16:17Ed Mylett?

  Like most people don't do it. You chased your dream.

• 16:19Speaker 05

  You have to go where the opportunity is too. So it wasn't in Miami unless I wanted to do music and I didn't. So, um, but then I moved out to LA and then I was trying to get management and representation out in LA. And literally everybody was like, all right, well, you're a Playmate and that's what you are. So we're just gonna focus on that. And like, no, that was so spontaneous. It's not what I wanna do. I've done the most in that world that I could ever do and, you know, be proud of. And from there, I just wanna build my career and do more. And I, the response was just always like, "No," or "This is what you are." And I'm like, "Okay, this is impossible." Like, I need to build a reel for myself and really show what I can do.

• 17:02Speaker 05

  And then I had some friends that did YouTube, just meeting through different people. And one of them was Jimmy Tatro. He does like, a lot of bro comedy. And he's an actor now as well. And he has his own Netflix show and everything, so he's killing it. But then I told Jimmy, I was like, "Hey, you have your YouTube show. If there's ever a moment where you need actors, I'm trying to build a reel."

• 17:23Ed Mylett?

  Got it.

• 17:24Speaker 05

  And then, um, he was the one that told me, "Oh, well, there's this app called Vine that you can get on and it's really great, because you need to learn how to edit, you need to learn how to shoot, and angles, and all that stuff." So it's like a simple app, it's only six seconds long, but comedy is like a huge thing on there. Um, he's like, "You're a funny person, you could do it." And I'm like, "Okay, I'll try." And then, so I started using Vine. And my first Vines ever were the worst things in the world, just because I didn't know how to, like, what I was doing or anything about, like, filming.

• 17:58Ed Mylett?

  I relate to that with my stuff.

• 17:59Speaker 05

  Yeah. So then I just started studying, um, Premiere and editing and just like, learning all that, because I didn't have a budget for, to pay people to do things. And, you know, I didn't have access to a whole team that nowadays I have, you know, more access to. So I started doing the Vines, and then there was, my Vine started getting more and more popular. And I noticed I was getting on like, the top pages, like, the more I learned about it. And then I was like, "Okay, this is fun, you know, making content." I didn't know, I saw there, there being an opportunity there, just because a lot more people were supporting me now. But not like, it was also a little bit of a battle on there also, because I was doing these Vines, and then some of the comments were super negative.

• 18:42Speaker 05

  And it kind of puts you down a little bit, if you're not used to that. And it was like, "Sla da da da." And I was like, "You know what, I'm just gonna..." And I was getting those comments when I was wearing like, you know, a tank top or something like that, you know? And I was like, "All right, I'm not gonna wear..." Any tank tops anymore, I'm just gonna solely focus on the quality of my comedy and just like, just cut that out from people's like vocabulary. And I started doing more of that and gaining more respect for the comedy. And then, at the same time, then I just started adding like different like sexy elements and anyway back in there. Cause I'm like, a woman should be sexy, you shouldn't have to hide that. And at the same time, so I started growing on there and started doing collaborations with other influencers,

• 19:23Speaker 05

  influencers on there, like my, who's my best friend now is um, this guy King Batch, he's hilarious and he's so funny.

• 19:30Ed Mylett?

  Yeah.

• 19:30Speaker 05

  And um, so we all just started doing collaborations like the top influencers on there and really built a community.

• 19:36Ed Mylett?

  So that was a big part of it. Your growth was, let's talk about two points you made there, I wanna hone in on them. So number one was the hater stuff. So, a lot of people on social media, like I, I just feel like I get some of that too. Like, how do you deal with that then and now? Like, it's just, it's just there? Cause you know, that holds a lot of people back.

• 19:52Speaker 05

  Yeah.

• 19:52Ed Mylett?

  What starts to happen, I think, is that people start to try to only make content that they think other people will like. And then they've broken the golden rule, which is being you, right? Don't you agree with that?

• 20:02Speaker 05

  Exactly.

• 20:02Ed Mylett?

  So how do you deal with the hater stuff? Or did or do?

• 20:05Speaker 05

  I um, at first I would cry.

• 20:08Ed Mylett?

  No, really? Did you? Did it really upset you?

• 20:10Speaker 05

  Well, there was only one time that I got like really emotional about it, cause I'm by myself out in LA. Like, all my family's back there. And I didn't really know a ton of people out here, and then I'm just reading all these negative comments. I'm like, why are you so mean? I'm just trying to do stuff.

• 20:24Ed Mylett?

  Right, right.

• 20:24Speaker 05

  And then um, but then you get over it, and then, and after a while, like you see a bunch. And then I was like, you know, I'm just gonna reply and see what they say if I reply. So I replied, "I'm so sorry you had such a hard day." And I remember doing this, and this was like in the beginning of "I" and then the people are like, "Oh my god, I'm so sorry, I had no idea you were gonna see this. I had a hard day. I was just taking it out on you and blah blah blah and da da da." And it just went on and on. I'm like... The psychology of it is just people have a computer that they can hide behind and just say the worst things in the world to people and feel like they're not even gonna see it or just get their anger out real quick.

• 21:01Ed Mylett?

  Can I tell you how amazing what you just said is? Just, I wanna jump in on something like, that is totally true, cuz I've done this, I don't respond anymore.

• 21:08Speaker 05

  Yeah.

• 21:09Ed Mylett?

  But I'm like, they do say to you like, "I didn't think you'd see it."

• 21:10Speaker 05

  Yeah.

• 21:11Ed Mylett?

  Like, it really almost has nothing to do with you.

• 21:14Speaker 05

  Yeah.

• 21:15Ed Mylett?

  Honestly, it has literally to do with the time your message found them.

• 21:18Speaker 05

  Exactly.

• 21:19Ed Mylett?

  Isn't that crazy? But I didn't mean to interrupt you, but like, I found the same exact thing.

• 21:21Speaker 05

  No, it's so true. And even after that, I just started ignoring it, and then the more I grew my fanbase, the less I got of that, and the more loyal people became and supportive.

• 21:31Ed Mylett?

  Yep.

• 21:32Speaker 05

  But also, and I got to a point where they were just sticking up for me and I didn't have to anymore.

• 21:36Ed Mylett?

  Same here.

• 21:37Speaker 05

  So I'm like, "Yeah."

• 21:38Ed Mylett?

  Yes, yeah.

• 21:39Speaker 05

  That's great. But then also, just not replying to them is the best thing that you can do too.

• 21:44Ed Mylett?

  Totally agree, I stopped.

• 21:45Speaker 05

  Yeah.

• 21:46Ed Mylett?

  Yeah, I totally agree, you gotta just stop, you know?

• 21:47Speaker 05

  Cuz there are other people are noticing, "Oh, they're getting attention for being mean, let me be mean."

• 21:51Ed Mylett?

  You got it. Now, the other thing you've done that's, and we'll talk about Vine to YouTube in a sec, cuz it is interesting if you have a platform, I think sometimes, what if they yanked Instagram from me? Like, am I prepared on other platforms, right?

• 22:02Speaker 05

  Right.

• 22:03Ed Mylett?

  For you business people that are out there. But the other way that you've, you just wanna touch on just critical points, the way I've grown my podcast, the way you grew your following, collaboration is so critical, isn't it? With doing well when collaborated with, but at any level you're at, maybe you can't go do this type of collaboration, but there are people in your space that are near your size or a little bit bigger that you should be seeking out. Do you wanna at least recommend this?

• 22:25Speaker 05

  Yeah.

• 22:26Ed Mylett?

  That you collaborate with to help build each other's followings and

• 22:29Speaker 05

  Yep.

• 22:30Ed Mylett?

  And the, I guess, the united energy of what you're producing together, true? No matter what the business is?

• 22:35Speaker 05

  Yeah, I would say that was the reason why so many of the Viners were so successful is because they put aside like, the idea of competition between each other and just collaborating more.

• 22:48Ed Mylett?

  Yep.

• 22:49Speaker 05

  So we all were like a cast with each other's videos, and that's why we grew, because, you know, even though my best friend was my best friend and we're in a lot of videos together, his content is different than mine because he creates differently than I do.

• 23:02Ed Mylett?

  Yep.

• 23:04Speaker 05

  He has a different following that crosses over to me and then mine crosses over to him. So if you're tagging each other, it really helps. And I've talked to so many different people about just social media in general. And you know, a lot of experts in the space and stuff too. And what they always say is just doing collaborations is the fastest way you can ever grow.

• 23:23Ed Mylett?

  Yeah.

• 23:23Speaker 05

  So that's why a lot of companies do influencer marketing.

• 23:26Ed Mylett?

  There you go.

• 23:27Speaker 05

  Because it's a big collaboration. And as long as it's organic and the influencer has believed in it and it's a good partnership.

• 23:33Ed Mylett?

  Yeah.

• 23:34Speaker 05

  It'll do well.

• 23:34Ed Mylett?

  It's amazing because like, this is such good content. Because people say, "I'm a social media expert." Well, you are a social media expert by... It's like when I go to a gym like this.

• 23:44Speaker 05

  Yeah.

• 23:44Ed Mylett?

  I want to be trained by somebody who's fit.

• 23:46Speaker 05

  Right.

• 23:46Ed Mylett?

  Right?

• 23:47Speaker 05

  Yeah.

• 23:47Ed Mylett?

  So if you're such a fitness expert, why are you...

• 23:49Speaker 05

  Why don't you?

• 23:49Ed Mylett?

  Or if you're such a social media expert, no offense, but why do I have more followers than you?

• 23:54Speaker 05

  Yeah.

• 23:54Ed Mylett?

  Like you dominate this space. You're clearly one of the five or seven experts probably on this earth right now in this space. And so, first thing I want to do for you is just want to point out to all of our young listeners and also just to you, just to acknowledge like, this story, you see the after.

• 24:11Speaker 05

  Mm-hmm.

• 24:11Ed Mylett?

  Everybody sees your after. You're in the midst of doing something great, but there's also this unbelievable story that's happened. But it started with like, the courage to go chase that first dream.

• 24:20Speaker 05

  Mm-hmm.

• 24:20Ed Mylett?

  Then to pack up and actually come out here and get all of that rejection, right? And then just keep swinging and keep fighting like, that's... You're gonna have all these doors close on you when you're chasing your dream.

• 24:30Speaker 05

  Yeah.

• 24:30Ed Mylett?

  And it sometimes isn't even a dream you completely get yourself. You kind of think you know what it is. And like, what I want everyone to know is like, and this happened with you is like, sometimes pieces of your dream and your vision and your destiny reveal itself as you're chasing it.

• 24:44Speaker 05

  Yeah.

• 24:44Ed Mylett?

  Like, you have to be in full speed chase and then these doors open and little elements happen. And like, boom, all of a sudden, you've got what you have, which is... And this is now, I know for you, we're gonna talk in a minute, it's gonna parlay into and has into more traditional media, into TV and movie. And someday you'll be leading some Marvel movie as the lead character or something, right? So like, so like, it's moved into that. You actually get more attention than many of the characters in those movies do on their social media already. So, they'd be lucky to get you, they'd even get more viewers.

• 25:11Speaker 05

  Thanks.

• 25:12Ed Mylett?

  So, that's actual fact. So, let's talk about some hardcore social media stuff. So you went from... Let's give some tips to people that are like, "I got 27 followers, I want 270."

• 25:21Speaker 05

  Right.

• 25:22Ed Mylett?

  Right, or "I want to move forward." So, what are some of the keys like... Let's talk platforms. So Vine got yanked from you when you were dominating there. And you've now managed to just parlay that into just, I mean, I read this thing, they got a million a month new follower on Instagram for you. That's just like unreal to me, right? So what would you say to somebody who wants to grow their following? Is there a particular platform you think is the best one? Should they be on all of them? What would you say to certain people?

• 25:48Speaker 05

  Be on every single one, be on the new ones, look in the App Store, see different ones that are coming out and semi-relevant. Not a lot of people know about it and be the first on that one, you know? It's a lot about timing. It's really hard to grow on Instagram now and Facebook, but you still can. But it's a lot harder than in the beginning because not many people knew to make video content. And I would say video content is the best form of content you could do. Besides audio as well, because a lot of people consume content.

• 26:21Ed Mylett?

  Audio wise, but on Instagram, I agree. Still photo versus video, video blows it away in terms of engagement. I totally get that, yeah.

• 26:28Speaker 05

  And a lot of relatable content, whether it be, depends what you want to do. If you're a business trying to grow, think of things that people struggle with or the solution that you have as a brand. Or look for other influencers if you have a budget to do influencer marketing. Like reach out to those people that have, you know, similar interests as your company. And so I would say it's consistent content and that's huge. You can't post once a month and expect to grow.

• 26:55Ed Mylett?

  What's consistent to you, something every day?

• 26:57Speaker 05

  Yeah, I would say you have to post every day. You really need to invest in your social media because now it's a huge part of every single business that's out there today. So I can only think of probably a small handful that it isn't relevant for.

• 27:12Ed Mylett?

  I know.

• 27:13Speaker 05

  So I would say really invest in your social media, your website. That's huge too, especially for search engines when people are trying to find things. Look into SEO, look for people that are very knowledgeable about social media as well and can help you with when people are searching for things. Run ads, ads are great.

• 27:31Ed Mylett?

  Yep.

• 27:31Speaker 05

  Because now they have it on when even just a Google search or in the App Store. Like you can put yourself as a banner. But if you don't have a budget, which a lot of startups don't really have, you've just got to think of innovative ways to make unique entertaining content. And if you have to make it yourself, like I did, then...

• 27:50Ed Mylett?

  That's the thing about your stuff. So there's a couple of things I noticed about you. So one, it's entertaining, number one. And people go, "Well, that's her space." No, all of your content has to be somewhat entertaining. But just, there's been a lot here, so I just want to go through this. One, it's consistent. Two, more video than just still stuff.

• 28:04Speaker 05

  Yeah.

• 28:04Ed Mylett?

  I watch people's feeds that are just still photos. It's like dead to me.

• 28:08Speaker 05

  Yeah.

• 28:08Ed Mylett?

  There's no, I don't understand that.

• 28:10Speaker 05

  People want to know and see and hear and really like be a part of it. Like with just the photo, it's something you see, you scroll, you forget. With the video, it kind of resonates and...

• 28:20Ed Mylett?

  That's huge.

• 28:21Speaker 05

  Yeah.

• 28:21Ed Mylett?

  And I know people out there like, "I can't create video content every day in my business." No, but you need to create some more than you do, right?

• 28:27Speaker 05

  Then again, they can, you know? At the same time, I, it's hard, it is a lot of work, but it's something, if I'm able to do it by myself and have no idea how to edit or shoot or anything and just do it on a phone at first, like if that's your style, do it and just start producing that content.

• 28:45Ed Mylett?

  I agree with you, by the way. I totally agree. Like, and by the way, the amount of work that goes into what you're doing, I have such admiration for because I know what it's like to produce content daily and really great content like you produce with the shooting and the editing and the concept and the writing and all the things that you do in your space are just, it's magnificent what you do. And I think the audience also appreciates to some extent the work you do. Couple of little things I noticed on your social that's interesting. I just want to know if you did this on purpose, so just for more tips.

• 29:13Speaker 05

  Yeah.

• 29:13Ed Mylett?

  Your website's beautiful, but when I went to your website, like immediately it showed me your social media stuff too.

• 29:19Speaker 05

  Yeah.

• 29:19Ed Mylett?

  So like you weren't wasting time with a bunch of BS. You're like, "Here's where else you can engage with me," right? And then also like your YouTube, right? When I go to YouTube, "Here's where else you can engage with me." Is that done tactfully and purposely?

• 29:29Speaker 05

  For sure. You're wanting to build a community and if somebody gets, is over a certain page or if they use another platform, why not follow you there? Because if you're having somebody that subscribes to your YouTube, they're probably gonna be interested in your Instagram and why not have them see you every day on Instagram as well? Because you're just building a stronger fan or an even stronger customer, you know.

• 29:50Ed Mylett?

  Do you release, last thing on social for now, but do you release at the same time? Like, I've noticed for me, like, not only is my group sort of expect me to release daily, but they kinda get used to about the time I release and the times I violate that window, my engagement level drops.

• 30:06Speaker 05

  Yeah.

• 30:06Ed Mylett?

  Is that true for you?

• 30:07Speaker 05

  It's huge, mostly for YouTube, I would say it's important.

• 30:11Ed Mylett?

  Yeah.

• 30:12Speaker 05

  For Instagram, I don't think so as much. It just depends. You have to look at your location where you're following us and post when people wake up, you know?

• 30:20Ed Mylett?

  Is that right? Is that wake up is about?

• 30:21Speaker 05

  Yeah, I mean, that was my strategy. Everybody has a different theory on it and honestly, when I'm posting on my accounts, I don't time out my Instagram posts. I just post it whenever I feel like it. Sometimes I post three times a day, sometimes I post one time a day.

• 30:35Ed Mylett?

  Okay.

• 30:36Speaker 05

  So, but I think it's different once you have grown that large following, then people just appreciate you posting in general. So, it's nice. You have to work for it. I remember on Vine though, when I first started posting, I was like, okay, I have to post at 3 a.m. every single day. So, I was posting at 3 a.m. making sure I was upsetting my alarm and posting. Because you couldn't, with Instagram, it was like the worst. You couldn't schedule anything. You had to edit like on a hack version of the app and yeah, it was just a pain.

• 31:04Ed Mylett?

  Yeah.

• 31:05Speaker 05

  But I would say time is important if you're new or using YouTube.

• 31:09Ed Mylett?

  Okay. Well, that's great stuff. Okay, let's talk about you now, a little bit. Now they all wanna know more about you. So, how do you determine like what you'll promote? So, you must get hit up constantly for promotional stuff. How do you determine? Obviously, part of it's money, I'm sure. But like, how do you determine what you'll promote, what you'll put your name on now?

• 31:27Speaker 05

  Well, no, especially because a lot of different brands do reach out to me now. I'm able to be super, super selective and I don't have that financial need that I needed when I was in college.

• 31:38Ed Mylett?

  Yeah.

• 31:38Speaker 05

  So, at the same time, I'm able to now really look at a brand and I don't really like doing one-off posts and one-off deals with brands just because it... It's as if I was following myself and I just saw me posting about a million things, like I would lose the trust in that person just because they weren't being organic and it's not loyal, it's not, you can see right through it, you know? And it's easy checks, but at the same time, I'm thinking long-term. So I'd rather do collaborations with brands that I'm either a part of or invested in and I truly 100% believe in. And otherwise, my audience knows me so well that they're gonna see right through that.

• 32:18Speaker 05

  If I'm going on there and promoting a chicken sandwich, like they're gonna be like, Amanda, really? Sell out. So at the same time, it's like you wanna, you wanna do things that benefits your audience, that they'd be interested in. You wanna do things that are great products, like, you know, things that you actually believe in and would use.

• 32:38Ed Mylett?

  Yeah.

• 32:40Speaker 05

  And I always try to get, like if I do a brand deal, I try to get a hookup for my fans as well, just because it's like me doing something nice for them also on a product that they would already wanna use.

• 32:51Ed Mylett?

  Yeah.

• 32:52Speaker 05

  So it's beneficial and they appreciate that.

• 32:53Ed Mylett?

  You also have done a lot of stuff, like philanthropic, like charitable stuff. I worked in a group home campus with my boys, were basically orphaned boys when I was young. That's how I started my business career.

• 33:04Speaker 05

  Wow.

• 33:05Ed Mylett?

  That's what I did. And so it's always sort of been my heart and calling to do stuff for kids. So talk about just a couple of the things like you're super passionate about that you've been doing too.

• 33:12Speaker 05

  Yeah, well, when I really first started getting into, you know, charity and just helping out, I was in Miami and some of my friends were going to Haiti a bunch and I was like, well, what are you doing over there? And it's like, well, with the earthquake and they told me all about it and I just got like super into it. And then, so I started doing like fundraisers and I didn't have a huge influence at that time, but I still could help just through who people I knew and just promoting it and, yeah, networking, I guess.

• 33:40Ed Mylett?

  Well, I love that, because people get really famous, then they're all of a sudden charitable, right? Like you did it not for your brand, you did it from your heart. So go ahead.

• 33:47Speaker 05

  Well, it feels good. I mean, I recommend everybody does something that helps others. The only way that you can truly be happy is if you're creating happiness in others. I mean, if you're just spreading, you know... Yourself or just negativities, you're not ever truly happy. But, um, so when I was in Miami, I was like, okay, yeah, I would love to do stuff. And I started getting donations and stuff and just giving it to the, you know, Michael Capone was one of the guys that was going back and forth to Haiti a bunch and Jack Mill. And then I was like, if there's any way I can help or if I can ever go, like, let me know. And then he's like, yeah, for sure, come. And the kids get so happy, especially, not only are you bringing like educational supplies and stuff, which is the most beneficial

• 34:29Speaker 05

  for children, I think, is just being able to provide them with education. That way they can self-sustain, you know? But, um, so I went to Jack Mill and the kids were so happy. The fact that people just go out there and spend time with them and that was like, it's like a little kid on Christmas Day getting like the favorite gift in the whole wide world was like how these kids acted every single day that they just saw somebody. So it really humbles you being able to go and I recommend it to literally everybody. But, um, that was something I started doing and then I moved out to LA to, you know, pursue my, my goals and make some money, because I needed to make some money too.

• 35:10Speaker 05

  And, um, so I moved out to LA and that was just so far, I couldn't fly back and forth from Miami. So I just started really focusing on work. And then when I started growing on social media and just being able to make some money as well, I'm like, all right, well, I would love to be a part of something and be able to give back with the audience that I have. And I've, I've done stuff, like things here and there for stuff in Haiti, like I went to Puerto Prins and stuff there and with the orphanage, they have the Tim Kitek orphanage, which is like, the kids are amazing. But, um, there's also what recently happened in Puerto Rico, which was, um, the hurricane and it just completely destroyed Puerto Rico. Like, they needed a lot of help and I was in New York when I, when I saw it on the news and just watching it and I was like, I wish I could.

• 35:54Speaker 05

  Do something and I'm like, wait, I can.

• 35:58Ed Mylett?

  Wait, I can, right.

• 35:59Speaker 05

  So I just posted on my social media. I didn't know what I was gonna do yet, but I was like, I'm starting a GoFundMe. If you trust me with your money to go directly to this cause, like donate. And then I raised over a hundred thousand in like a week or, yeah, a week and a half. And then from there, I was like, okay, I have all this money and like now I need to find the best way to.

• 36:20Ed Mylett?

  I loved this.

• 36:20Speaker 05

  Yeah, give it to Puerto Rico or the people there and find out where it can be the most impactful. Instead of just sending things and not even knowing where it's going. So I had one of my, one of my friends in New York, Jack Morris, he's amazing, like had his, he owns his own hospital. And then, so he has a bunch of people that were able to volunteer and he's like, oh, that's your cause. I love that. And he's all about doing good. And I was like, yeah, if we could borrow your plane, because I met up with this guy, Jack Brewer, who has the Jack Brewer Foundation. He does a lot of charitable causes and even in Haiti. So I was like, hey, what's the best way? And then he knew Miss Puerto Rico. Awesome. So she connected us with like the town that needed the most help there and what they needed, which was water.

• 37:03Speaker 05

  And then Jack knew the water tablets, so we were able to bring more down than just gallons of water. Cause one like cleaned a whole gallon of water. So I was like, all right, this is great. So Jack told me where to put the money, where it was like the water tablets and, cause he had all the research on that and the generators. And then the other Jack donated, donated the plane and brought 12 physicians that were just gonna stay there and like help people. And then we just flew it down, like the next month, we like flew it down there and just went down for a whole day and just like distributed everything.

• 37:39Ed Mylett?

  Amazing.

• 37:39Speaker 05

  Yeah, and just came back and that was just.

• 37:42Ed Mylett?

  That was amazing.

• 37:42Speaker 05

  Yeah.

• 37:43Ed Mylett?

  I, I wanna just thank you for that. I'm grateful you did it.

• 37:46Speaker 05

  It felt amazing though.

• 37:47Ed Mylett?

  But you did something unique there. I want everybody to know this. Number one, you used your notoriety to one, get your connections, raise the money, but then you also showed your followers where their money was going.

• 37:56Speaker 05

  Yeah.

• 37:56Ed Mylett?

  So it wasn't some black hole of a charity we all hear about and 70% of the money goes to someone. It's like you said, hey, no, this is what we're doing with it. And you know, like those of you that are like chasing a dream, like. Who'd have thought when she leaves Florida, comes out here, everyone's like, "No, you're a playmate", blah, blah, blah, all these doors are shutting, that you'd find yourself six, seven years later, doing this with your notoriety. Like, you making your dream happen, you chasing your dream, impacts people's lives in ways you can't imagine right now, if you'll keep chasing it, right, if you'll keep getting after it. You're like such a cool example of that, so. And no one, this is like sides of you they don't see, because there's like this beautiful, funny, like, like, I want them to see this side of you, because this is what makes people successful. Not just notoriety, not just fame,

• 38:40Ed Mylett?

  but taking their great gifts and talents and making the world better.

• 38:43Speaker 05

  Yeah.

• 38:43Ed Mylett?

  That's what you're doing.

• 38:44Speaker 05

  And I would say also too, like, you know, just going back to business, just networking like crazy and finding like the people that you really like and enjoy and feel like, you know, a good person too. Because what I've learned, especially being out in Los Angeles. Yeah. Is that you really just want to work with people that feel, have good energy and just feel good to be around, because if you're not, it's just gonna just put you down and...

• 39:09Ed Mylett?

  So true. It's, well, this town swallows more people up that way than it elevates.

• 39:14Speaker 05

  Yeah, oh, for sure.

• 39:15Ed Mylett?

  And what is good about that, you make a great point though, is like, you do kind of know almost immediately when you meet the good energy people, because it's kind of rare, anywhere, but especially out here, right? Like, you, you know immediately. All right, let's get, we got a couple more, we got a few more things, so I want to like, ask you a few things that like, I'm curious with, for like, my daughter.

• 39:30Speaker 05

  Yeah.

• 39:30Ed Mylett?

  Okay, so, I have a 14-year-old little girl, and so, your followers are all kinds of people. There's dudes like me, and that we're laughing at videos and enjoying ourselves and being entertained. There's men that watch you, but there's a lot of young women who look up to you. Like, you're a role model, like, like a superhero, kind of, to a lot of young women. And so, I'm just curious, like, to young ladies out there who want to be somebody, want to be, like, what would you just, if you could say something to young women, just in general, about their lives, what would you tell them?

• 39:59Speaker 05

  I would say it's just really embracing who you are. It sounds so cliche, but it's so true. I've noticed a lot of young girls and guys even just want to be social media stars. They want to be famous on social media, and that is their goal. Like, for most kids nowadays, and I'm like, okay, but anytime somebody says that to me, I'm like, what do you want to do with that? Like, like, you want to be famous, cool, but what does that mean? Uh, because at the end of the day, like, I, if you're... Famous or successful, if you're not doing something that you love and you're not passionate about, you're not gonna be happy and honestly, you're just not gonna get there anyway because you're not gonna be successful doing something that you hate. But at the same time, so I'm like, okay, what do you want to do?

• 40:42Speaker 05

  And a lot of them just go blank. They're like, well, I don't know. I just want to be famous. Because there's so much work that goes behind it and it's not an easy process, especially now because there's so much content online. But if you want to be famous on social media, I want them to just stop saying that. I want them to say, oh, I want to create comedy videos, or I want to make people laugh, or I want to build a business. So like, okay, cool. Like, that's something I like to hear. But the only way you're gonna do that too is just being super, super organic. Stop watching videos of, you know, vloggers or whatever and trying to reenact what they're doing because it's not organic to who you are as a person.

• 41:24Speaker 05

  And really, and I think the young generations though, do what they do have a one up on is the fact that they care about the world a little bit more than, you know, the older generations. I think that's just because they're so well-educated in that and there's so much access to information. But just do something with that, like, yeah, I don't know. My advice is a little bit everywhere.

• 41:49Ed Mylett?

  No, it's great advice. It's the same advice as a 47-year-old male I would give somebody. Ironically, like, I would tell them like, hey, it's not going to get it for what the reason is. It's what you would actually do. It's the impact you can make. And it's also like, like honestly, you gotta be, you gotta chase your passions. You gotta use your natural giftedness. Like, if you're, you've leveraged some real natural giftedness and then worked super hard on that gift to make yourself successful. And so, it's exactly the same advice that I would give. It's really, it's really incredible that way. Now, I'm curious about you. I got two more things for you. I actually have like 17 more things for you, but I got time to ask you two more things. I want to be in your brain a little bit. What like drives you?

• 42:30Speaker 05

  Um, it's still, I'm just never satisfied, like it's maybe a bad thing, but I'm never fully satisfied.

• 42:37Ed Mylett?

  Are you happy?

• 42:38Speaker 05

  Yeah.

• 42:39Ed Mylett?

  Okay, that's what matters.

• 42:40Speaker 05

  No, I'm really happy, well, when I say I'm not satisfied is like, I don't think I've done to my full potential what I can do.

• 42:47Ed Mylett?

  Yes.

• 42:48Speaker 05

  So that's why I'm just kind of like, I just, I have so much drive because I know I can do so much more.

• 42:54Ed Mylett?

  Yeah.

• 42:54Speaker 05

  And I have a goal of where I want to be and what I want to do, I want to build businesses, like I have these certain things that I want to do there, and I just acting, like I just either want to create my own shows for film and TV, and now the two worlds are merging so much, especially with like Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, like all those are kind of coming together, so it's joining the world's social media, who are talented actors as well, and traditional actors, and before at the time, no other, um, no other celebrities or anybody was using social media like we are, but now we have Will Smith on social media posting every day, just funny videos.

• 43:31Ed Mylett?

  Yep.

• 43:32Speaker 05

  So I'm like, it's obviously, it's so relevant now, but, and that just motivates me even more too, I'm like, I was doing that

• 43:38Ed Mylett?

  Right.

• 43:39Speaker 05

  before all them were doing that, so I'm on the right path here, like my mind's in the right place, um, but at the same time, like you said, rejection happens through your course of reaching your dreams, but for me, it still happens, you know, like I still like go into a casting room, or go in for an audition or something, and I won't get the role, and I'm like, oh man, you know, why not, but then, and it just wasn't right for me, but then, or, I'll have a meeting, and this was like two years ago, I would have meetings with producers and directors, it was like, back to 2011 again, when they're like, oh, but you're a social media influencer, you, that's what you do, I'm like, yeah, but I have this whole network of people that want to see me succeed, and appreciate my

• 44:22Speaker 05

  dreams, and that's what I'm aiming for, and they're like, yeah, but that's what you are, I'm like, don't tell me that, because now I'm gonna have to do this again.

• 44:30Ed Mylett?

  It's interesting you say that because I talk about living blissfully dissatisfied. So that means, I love the word that you use because I think there's no correlation between being happy and losing your drive. Like you can be completely happy and totally dissatisfied simultaneously, right? People confuse those two things like wow, if I let myself be really happy right now, I'm gonna lose all my drive and ambition, right? Or in order to be really successful, I need to restrain myself from being happy. The thing that strikes me about you is like, you're really driven, you're not satisfied, yet you're really enjoying your life, right? You're enjoying your friends, you're enjoying your relationships. The cool thing for you now, and this is why we'll make a clip out of this part too, but like, really the truth is, the worlds are converging now and crossing over the social media and traditional world.

• 45:12Ed Mylett?

  Like the biggest movies in the world, other than like The Avengers, is a guy like The Rock. Well, and Dwayne's a great guy, he's gonna be on the show, but I don't think that he's making the biggest movies in the world necessarily because he's that much better an actor than everybody else. It's because he's got this massive army of people rooting for him to do well. And so, producers would be fortunate to get somebody with such a massive army rooting for them in their pictures as well. So like, there's a benefit to that. Just like before, that's gonna cross over to where it's an advantage of yours. I was watching something last night with an interview, and the guy literally said someday, he goes, you know, the reason Trump got elected is he's got 25 million people on Twitter. The guy said, "Do you think someday, like, we're gonna literally elect presidents based on their social media following?"

• 45:55Ed Mylett?

  And the guy said, "It actually already happened once, and Obama defeated the guys." He was running against McCain because he had a social media presence initially too.

• 46:04Speaker 05

  Yeah, it's popularity.

• 46:05Ed Mylett?

  It really is becoming such a, it's like, you said, relevance. I think you're almost irrelevant without some presence there. So, my last question you kinda answered, but I'd just like it to be more, like, I'm gonna dig a little deeper. And so specifically, so that's what drives you. But like, if it was five years from now, I said, "You could wave a wand." Where would you be in your life and in your career? What would that look like? Are you in a specific movie? Are you playing a type of character? Are you married? Like, what would it be for you in five years? What's your dream life in five years? So then in five years, when we do this again, we can play this part of the tape.

• 46:39Speaker 05

  Very happy. Successful actress, having my own lead roles in large movies, whether they be in theaters, which not a lot of people go to theaters anymore, unless it's like one of those huge Marvel movies or something. Or my own series on Netflix or HBO. Just like those amazing ones that they always do. And even directing.

• 47:07Ed Mylett?

  You love to do that.

• 47:07Speaker 05

  I do, yeah. I have so much fun doing that. I've noticed, and I hear this a lot, is like, I am really passionate about it. So it's like I always end up either directing other people's skits or videos, and sometimes even like Friends music videos and stuff. So it's just like fun for me, because it's like putting a puzzle together almost in a creative way. So yeah, it's fun.

• 47:30Ed Mylett?

  I totally see that. Like, you're like an exploding star that's like still rising. Like if you were a stock, I'd buy you.

• 47:36Speaker 05

  Yay.

• 47:37Ed Mylett?

  Because I see those things happen. It's funny, just to confirm what you said, driving up here, I could see you in one of those Marvel movies, but I actually was driving, I think about my guests. I actually pray about them the night before, and then I think about them. And usually they come to my home. This is different today. And it was interesting, I was picturing a series with you. It's interesting. And I don't know if I was watching it in my mind on Netflix or what it was, but it was a series about you that like people were just enthralled with. Because there's an interesting charisma you have to have to be playing the character that is also you to keep it interesting. And you have that. I think you're wonderful.

• 48:09Speaker 05

  Thank you.

• 48:10Ed Mylett?

  I really do. Like, I really enjoyed today a lot.

• 48:12Speaker 05

  No, I did too. It was full of compliments for me. I'm like, yeah, feeling good.

• 48:16Ed Mylett?

  I only have people whom I respect, and that I enjoy what they do. So thank you so much for today.

• 48:21Speaker 05

  No, thank you.

• 48:22Ed Mylett?

  So everybody, where can they find you?

• 48:24Speaker 05

  Oh, yeah. You can find me on Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat.

• 48:31Speaker 05

  Yeah, oh, and Zeus.

• 48:34Ed Mylett?

  That's right. We didn't get to Zeus.

• 48:35Speaker 05

  It's fine, but I'll just give a little snippet. It's this new platform that I'm creating with two other influencers, and it's a VOD platform. And it's basically a series for influencers who want their own series or don't have access to productions to make cinematic content. So yeah, we're launching that very, very soon in July.

• 48:54Ed Mylett?

  Awesome. And you know where you can find me because you're watching this. And so you've already found me. I just ask one favor for all of you. I bring you some of the most amazing people on the planet. And we don't charge you anything for this because I just want to help change the world through these great people. I just ask that when you're watching this, that if you're watching it on YouTube, throw it a comment and a like. But if you're on iTunes, these other platforms, if you write a review, it helps us keep moving up. We were number one in the business space last month, and I'd like to stay there. And I want to remind all of you, I also run the Two Minute Drill on Instagram so that every time I make a post within the first two minutes, if you make a comment with a hashtag max out, I select a winner every day to get coached by me or gear from me or introductions like this from me. And so make comments as well there in the Two Minute Drill. God bless you, everybody, and max out.

• 49:36Speaker 05

  Bye, guys.

• 49:41Speaker 04

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