Can you believe it’s 2019? Here’s a look at what went on at The Modest Man in 2018, including a detailed income report.

If we haven’t met, my name is Brock McGoff, and I founded The Modest Man back in late 2012.

I’ve been running TMM “full time” for a little over two years now. Every year presents new opportunities to grow and, of course, to make mistakes.

Let’s start with the good news. Here’s a quick list of wins:

? I got married!!! Also, I got to be best man in my brother’s wedding and groomsman in my other brother’s wedding.

? I honed my “fun uncle” skills with TWO new nieces, Avery and Chloe

? The TMM YouTube channel grew over 100% from 88k to 180k subscribers; views increased 57% percent over 2017 to over 7 million annual views.

? The TMM Instagram account saw more activity this year, growing to just under 20k followers by end of 2018.

? Man Camp 3.0 in LA was a huge success and included some awesome new members, including my podcast cohost, Jon Shanahan.

? Speaking of Jon, we got to hang out in real life a lot this year (we met online, so IRL hang outs are special).

? We published 38 new episodes of The Buttoned Up Podcast, including interviews with Dan Trepanier, Alex Costa and Sven Raphael Schneider.

? I traveled a lot, visiting LA, Ottawa, Atlanta, Austin, Cabo, Denver, Charleston and NYC.

Most of these things wouldn’t have happened without your support (okay, the nieces probably would have happened, but you get the point).

For that, I’m eternally grateful to you for reading, watching, commenting and following along. Thank you!

2018 Income Report

You may know that I published quarterly income reports here on The Modest Man.

In a world of sponsored content, paid reviews and questionable online “business” models, it feels good to be transparent about how I make money.