In this episode, Nate and Anna answer some commonly asked drafting questions, including what size channel you should be drafting and what if there are no channels to draft.
01:40 Drafting Channel Size
02:21 Drafting for Marketing
05:35 Lateral Drafting
08:43 Adjacent Audience Clues
13:45 Drafting Videos
15:54 Associating Your Channel
21:01 No Channels to Draft?
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