Life & Work with Dime Dropper of Greater Los Angeles Area

Today we’d like to introduce you to Dime Dropper

Dime, we appreciate you taking the time to share your story with us today. Where does your story begin?
Covid put a premature end to my glorious college days at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 2020. I had no clue what I was going to do after. Job market was at its worst. Journalism (which I studied in college) was already competitive enough as is. So I started my own platform and Youtube channel. I’d had plans to start my own show or podcast for a year or so but never thought I’d expand to Youtube until my friend Jordan suggested that I put all my pods on Youtube for greater outreach.

Initially, I was supposed to be a channel that interviewed former and current hoopers, coaches, fans, and content creators to hear more about their stories and love of the game of basketball. I also wanted to be a hub of LA sports, LA basketball, and the NBA as a whole. People found me for being a passionate Clipper fan who looked at the Lakers objectively. But many stay for the love of the game they know I have. My ideas and visions have evolved a lot over the years. I’ve just been extremely consistent with posting every year and have never compromised my content for what I think people will click on. IT’s all authentically my idea. I could have had more subscribers and followers right now if I just spammed clickbait stuff that people want to hear. But the respect that I earn is more important to me than the sheer number of impressions. My guy Ricky G always says, “it’s not the amount of followers but who follows you.” I have some amazing follows on all platforms. I don’t feel like saying “where I am today” is some success story. I’m still nobody in the grand scheme of things.

Alright, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
It has definitely been a tough road. A lot of days and weeks where you don’t feel like it’s worth it. You post a video which only gets 100 views after you’ve seen your videos get thousands and question what the point is. You question if your channel will ever catch that kind of wave again. Does anyone actually care what you say? Do they want to listen to just a specific part of my content or do they truly care what I have to say overall? The truth is you have to start from somewhere. It won’t come all at once. Viral videos obviously boost your channel but it’s hard to go viral. IT’s hard to get the algorithms to push your stuff, especially at the start. It also depends on the content. Some is easier to get traction with. The toughest thing overall is to remember your end goal, and realize what you’re doing. Who are you doing this for? If you’re not doing it for yourself at all, maybe you shouldn’t be doing it. If it doesn’t feel like you are accomplishing anything that you value and just doing it for others, I don’t know if that is worth doing something you’re not FORCED to do. The toughest part is pushing out content even when your life isn’t going great. Real life things that affect your mental well being and pushing through those is the toughest part. Then you add in the haters and critics on every video that hate your guts and attack you personally behind a screen. Those people are the worst.

Can you give our readers an introduction to your business? Maybe you can share a bit about what you do and what sets you apart from others?
I’m an LA based content creator and youth sports coach who you can also find doing occasional PA announcing at Pepperdine University. I have a Youtube channel, podcast, and also run a separate channel & podcast for the Locked On Podcast Network. I specialize in NBA basketball, specifically LA basketball, and LA sports content. I’d say I’ve become known for my viral end of season rants on my beloved LA Clippers and how they always find new ways to let me down. People seem to resonate with the heartbreak of your favorite sports team failing. Some just like to watch to laugh. I also make videos at every sporting event I attend, vlogging my experience to share with the masses. This past season, as part of the vlogs, I even started interviewing fans after the game. I also specialize in studying the history of the NBA. A lot of people on Twitter know me as a young fan with an old soul who studies past eras.

What sets me apart from others? Easily my passion. People who don’t know me have zero clue what this game means to me and has done for me and continues to do for me. I truly haven’t met more than 5 people who like basketball more than me. EVER. I don’t know how possible it humanly is. Who is watching every single game available before they were born just out of curiosity? Who studies every year of the ABA just because they don’t want to be clueless about any part of NBA history? Who also has played their whole life and continues to want to? Who coaches youth basketball just to get his competitive fix and to be apart of a team with all that going on? I’m not sure if anyone can say ALL those specific things. I’m determined to know more about the history of the NBA than anyone my age or younger. It’s one of my many missions. I don’t care if it takes me a decade to watch all the games. Knowledge is power and too many people think they know it all when they really don’t know a thing.

What were you like growing up?
Oh god, a very outspoken outgoing kid who constantly got in trouble in class. I tried to have too much fun and had little respect for authority who didn’t respect me. I’d say I was fun. I had phases where I was way too mean and also where I was way too nice. I was never afraid to talk to people and fell in love with sports and basketball when I was 7 years old. Never looked back since.

Contact Info:

• Twitter: https://x.com/DimeDropperPod
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQuL4DC1ZogUv1zKKj5yPvA