Why you should build your brand on YouTube with Cody Askins

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cody Askins is well known in the insurance industry, but his advice can help entrepreneurs across a plethora of industries. Cody went from the bottom, to making six figures by the age of 20. He realized that if he could do it, while all of these other people were failing, maybe there was something he could do to help. That’s when Cody decided to start a YouTube channel in 2015. He’ll be the first to admit that his first video was horrible, but we all have to start somewhere. Now, he has over 2,000 videos and over 80,000 followers. One factor of his success is that he found a way to grab people’s attention while staying true to himself. Now, he’s literally written the book on going from</span> <a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Zero-6-Figures-Broke-Earning-Figures/dp/1641846623"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Zero to 6-Figures</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">There are a lot of social media platforms out there, but Cody thinks YouTube is the best avenue for long-term growth. The first place people go when they want to learn something is Google, and with Google owning YouTube, videos are always at the top of the search results. Truly coachable individuals that want to learn something go to YouTube. Cody wasn’t always sold on this idea, though. For the longest time, he didn’t like social media and said he would never use it. After ignoring it for years, Cody decided to give it a try at the advice of a mentor. Utilizing the monetization feature, Cody has added over 2,000 subscribers and has been paid nearly $12,000 by YouTube in the last month. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A few years after starting his YouTube channel, Cody found himself at a conference, daydreaming of hosting his own someday. So, in 2018 he decided to do just that and founded 8% Nation, a movement that aims to connect an industry that’s otherwise divided. He chose the name, based on the fact, that 92% of insurance agents f