The Basement Yard Co-Host Frankie Alvarez

My Social Life: How Content Creators Grow on YouTube & TikTok

You may know Frankie from The Basement Yard but do you know Frankie? Today on the podcast we learn who is Frankie Alvarez as we dive deep into his story. From growing up in Astoria with Joe Santagato, starting to be in Joe Santagato's early videos, and when he got asked to a co-host on The Basement Yard.

We also dive into The Basement Yard, Frank and Joe's approach to recording episodes, building their community, having a successful Patreon with almost 10,000 patrons, and more!

WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT
1:08 - Growing up in Queens and meeting Joe
24:19 - Going to college
28:05 - Being in Joe’s videos and becoming co-host of The Basement Yard
56:12 - Frank’s Twitch channel
1:07:02 - Videogames, movies, and collectibles
1:25:33 - Wrap up questions

FOLLOW FRANKIE
Podcast - The Basement Yard
Instagram - @TheFrankAlvarez
Twitch - TheFrankAlvarez

FOLLOW JACOB
https://www.jacobkelly.ca/
YouTube - Jacob Kelly
Instagram - @TheJacobKelly

FOLLOW MY SOCIAL LIFE
https://www.jacobkelly.ca/mysociallife

FOLLOW TRUFAN
https://www.trufan.io
Instagram - @Trufan.io

MUSIC

• Song: Tough Love - Joakim Karud
• https://soundcloud.com/joakimkarud
• https://www.facebook.com/joakimkarudmusic
• https://www.youtube.com/user/JoakimKarud
• Music from Soundcloud
• Music provided by RFM:
• https://youtu.be/jaoStyAQN4o