EP173: Fins & Fury w/ The King of DIY Joey Mullen

The Pond Digger Podcast

Joey Mullen, the undisputed King of DIY, is here to make the aquarium hobby a lot more exciting with the upcoming charity boxing event – Fins N Fury. Joey details about the boxing match, a charity event for raising funds for late Brian Barczyk’s Legacy Aquarium. He also opens up about his long YouTube career and gives some gold nuggets about YouTube and content creation.

In this episode, they talk about:

• Joey’s YouTube journey over 16 years

• Struggles Joey faced with burnout, identity crises, and life challenges

• How Joey worked through that identity crisis and got back into the mindset shift

• Tragic incidents in his life that made him consider retiring from YouTube

• Eric’s experience with cancer in 2015 and keeping it private for years

• Joey’s journey to reaching 1 million subscribers on YouTube and the challenges and setbacks along the way

• Joey’s first meeting and collaboration with Dustin of Dustin’s Fish Tanks

• YouTube algorithm’s impact on content and visibility

• Advice to aspiring content creators who are looking to build their brand and channels

• Meeting Julian Sprung and innovations in saltwater aquariums

• How stingrays are often mis-cared for in freshwater aquariums

• Details about the Fins N Fury event

Mentioned:

The king of DIY on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thekingofdiy

Joey Mullen’s Linktree: https://linktr.ee/kingofdiy

Joey Mullen’s book The ultimate DIY handbook – for the DIY aquarist: https://diyaquariumbook.com/

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