About Us

FOR THOSE THAT MAINLINE CREATIVITY.

This is an "About You" Page.

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This page acts as an "about you" page.

It's also acts as a "Start Here, Manifesto, Biography,

Virgil Abloh-inspired Lookbook, Mood Board" page.

Because why not?

WTF IS AN "OUTPUT" STUDIO?

And other FAQs...

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+ What is VOMP Studios?

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A creative output studio for the vandals, outlaws, misfits, and pirates of the internet.

It's a corner of the internet for the creatives, indie hackers, brand builders, content machines, marketers, and anyone who creates cool shit and sells like hell (or wants to start).

It exists to help you create cooler, build better, earn easier, and break all the rules.

+ Why an "output" studio?

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Because the internet allows us to do so much more than just 1-2 things at a time.

The work is the "output" and it includes everything from media and community to threads and services.

And also because when you build your own website you're allowed to write whatever the hell you want 😜

+ What does VOMP mean?

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VOMP stands for Vandals, Outlaws, Misfits, and Pirates.

We’re gonna redefine those words so we’re all on the same page and you know you’re in the right place.

Because you are. Right here, right now.

Vandal

Old: a person who deliberately destroys or damages public or private ~~property~~.

New: a person who deliberately destroys or damages public or private expectations

Outlaw

Old: a person who has broken the ~~law~~, especially one who ~~remains at large or is a fugitive~~

New: a person who has broken the “rules”, especially one who creates with reckless abandon

Misfit

Old: a person whose ~~behavior or attitude~~ sets them apart from others ~~in an uncomfortably conspicuous way~~

New: a person whose self-belief and creative capacity sets them apart from others

Pirate

Old: a person who attacks and robs ~~ships at sea~~

New: a person who attacks and robs the voice in their head that ever told them they couldn’t do something

+ How does VOMP Studios help me?

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The Mood Board:

An email newsletter for creators that gives free Wealth & Hellness advice. One guy said, "If Deadpool taught you how to build, create, and sell like hell... it'd be this newsletter.

Past Riffs Like These:

Pick A Brand Name That Doesn't Suck.

How To Pick Your Brand Archetype

Keep Your Damn Pantones On

Why Ben Franklin Was Right

How To Be A Lucky F*ck

The Creator's Club:

The Creator's Club is a digital community designed to help you build a creator brand and own your income infrastructure. Access:

Exclusive "Build In Public" Content
Marketing Masterclasses From The Real World
Million-Dollar Templates
Create, Build, & Sell Like Hell

Threads:

It's easy to get lost in the digital world. Threads are a creative pursuit into the tangible world without limiting output. We've got:

Shirts: streetwear made artwear
Hats: give your lid some love
Hoodies: for those that bump their AC all day

+ Who is VOMP Studios?

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VOMP Studios is the creative brainchild of me, Luke Bockenstette. (Full timeline below). Somebody once called me a Digital Architect so that's the title I'm running with these days.

+ Why is this important to you?

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I've always been a dude that hated being told to do things a certain way "because that's how it's always been done."

I think that's horseshit. I detest that notion with my entire being.

I dropped out of college and have become a self-taught creator, builder, and brand marketer since I was 16.

The internet has given us the tools to build whatever lifestyle we want through distribution, leverage, and community.

And I know how to do that.

So that's the goal - autonomy, liberation, and freedom of the creative spirit.

As Peter Parker says...

"When you can do the things that I can, but you don't and then the bad things happen, they happen because of you."

+ Do you still work with clients? I heard you charge $750 per email!?

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This is where the "creative studios" part comes in. This is usually a one-man shop unless a creative project calls for a team, then I bring in some of the best vibe cultivators and ink-slingers I know to sell like hell for top creators and brands.

We aren't taking any more clients on at the moment but you can check the page here if you're one of those people that enjoys teasing themselves. And yes, I do run $750 per inbox visit.

+ Are you the guy with the viral "whiskey dick" email?

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Yes.

A few years back, I had an email list that used "Whiskey Dick." as the subject line of the very first welcome email. It was the most successful email I've ever written. I brought that back in a special way inside The Creator's Club where you can find a full masterclass on creative copywriting.

+ Wait... I wanna write emails for people if I can get paid $750. How do I start?!?

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Writing 300-500 words on a Google Doc half-buzzed in your underwear sounds fun? Obviously.

Getting paid $750 for those 13 minutes of work per client sound even better? Obviously.

I teach you how to do that in The 90-Minute Workday - an email-delivered masterclass on how to become a full-time, paid email copywriter that could make as much as dentists, doctors, and lawyers. Where?

In The Creator's Club.

+ Why do you cuss in your writing?

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The short answer? Because I can. The long answer? I use fuck-words when I speak.

Sometimes I use a f*cking asterisk in my writing and sometimes I don't. I write like I speak because our customers are real human beings that cuss too.

I've had the opportunity to meet quite a lot of people that I would personally call very successful. Almost every single one I know, even decently well, says fuck, shit, and drops the well-timed dick joke in conversation.

And I'm DEFINITELY not just talking about dudes, either.

+ What the f*ck does "mainlining creativity" mean???

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Let me start this by saying drugs aren't cool and I do NOT recommend you use them unless prescribed by a doctor (or whatever legal copy makes you listen to a medical professional and not me).

Mainlining means to inject a substance directly into your bloodstream via a needle. VOMP Studios is for those that feel they mainline creativity and without it feel like a fiend.

Again - don't do drugs, kids.

+ Okay... What does Wealth & Hellness mean then???

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Besides the obvious play on words, it's a line in the sand.

Creators have always been ridiculed as vandals or outlaws by minds who couldn't understand another soul's call for creation. So we lean into that creative uneasiness of society by calling it "hellness".

Through these creative efforts, we gain wealth.

Not just the monetary but the mental, emotional. and spiritual wealth we gain by not shying away from our truest selves.

+ Is it true you catfished Rob Dyrdek?

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No, not really. Well, kinda. But... not really.

Back in 2020, I was on Rob Dyrdek's Podcast, Build With Rob, with my best friend, Kaleb Fossum.

They wanted to interview operators so Kaleb and I whipped up a pitch deck and pitch video about a fake product. They loved it. Even when we told Rob it wasn't real but we explained what we were doing.

Here's what he said about us:

"As someone who builds brands for a living, these guys have the energy, drive, passion, and stop-at-nothing attitude. They're cut from the cloth it actually takes to create success."

Kinda rad because I've always loved his stuff.

+ This is a weird "about" page.

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No question? Cool.

This is an about-manifesto-bio-lookbook-inspiration page.

Because why not?

Scroll to read the manifesto.

Here's the deal: I write a lot - I love it.

This is an outlet for marketing, philosophy, creativity, dealing with the human condition, cocktail dinner questions, and everything in between.

... Because we can't build great, big, cool shit without a deep understanding and relationship with that roommate in our mind we call, "The voice in our head."

Life itself is the hardest endeavor we have... and then we also wanna be vulnerable, creative and all that jazz too?

That's a scary, lonely path.

It doesn't have to be - that's why this exists.

You're not alone.

We're not alone.

"THE PRINCIPLES"

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VOMP Studios is a creative OUTPUT shop for the vandals, outlaws, misfits, and pirates of the internet.

1 - We don’t chase happiness. We chase energy.

2 - We’re passionately curious and relentlessly learning.

3 - Be a kind motherfucker. Don’t be an asshole but don’t get walked over either.

4 - Write your own rules. Ethically break all the other ones.

5 - Create. Make stuff. Do things. Press upload. Ship it and see what happens.

6 - Our customers are human beings. Not data points with wallets. Treat them as such.

7 - Do what you say you’re gonna do. To everybody - but especially yourself.

8 - The way it’s been done is not the way it has to be done. Take risks if you believe in it.

9 - Profit pays the bills. Likes and page views don’t. Sell. Like hell.

10 - Escape competition through authenticity’s (listen to Naval).

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"THE HUMAN"

// MAINLINING CREATIVITY SINCE '96

"EVERYBODY FROM THE 949

PUT YOUR MOTHERF*CKIN' HANDS UP

AND FOLLOW MINE."

Hi, I'm luke bockenstette.

digital architect / BRAND GUY / INK-SLINGER / PLAYLIST CURATOR / YANKEE FAN / TACO LOVER / TATTOO CANVAS / MARIO BASEBALL KING / BELOW AVERAGE DANCER

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1996 - I'm born. Irrelevant but also the same year the Yankees won the World Series. And Derek Jeter (my favorite athlete ever) won Rookie Of The Year.

1999 - My Pops put me in an organized baseball league for toddlers. It became the greatest love of my life.

2013 - I start blogging online and step into the world of digital marketing as my brother starts the supplement line, Transparent Labs.

2015 - I graduated high school on the Dean's List but choose to go to a community college because I was terrified of asking my parents to pay for college.

2017 - I drop out of college to start a DTC skincare brand. It fails and I lose almost $23,000 of my parents' money.

2018 - I intern at Common Thread Collective and get learnt real good from Taylor Holiday and Nick Shackelford. I work with brands like Lululemon, DIFF Eyewear, TheraGun, Wilson, Baden, QALO, Colour Pop, 47' Brand, and Smart Cups.

2019A - I get hired at 4X400, a DTC holding company and learn from guys like Andrew Faris and Josh Rodarmel. I become brand manager of Fielder's Choice Goods and the youngest employee on a team of 50+.

2019B - I get fired at 7am one morning 😂

2020 - I start Uncommon Ventures, a growth marketing freelance shop for personal brands. I start the Be Uncommon podcast with Kaleb Fossum and record 60+ episodes during COVID.

2021 - We get interviewed by Rob Dyrdek on his podcast, Build With Rob.

2023 - I move to Austin, TX and continue to run Uncommon Ventures working with creators like Jordan Palmer, Chalene Johnson, Matt Artisan, Brock Johnson, Mia Finnegan, Taylor Wittick, and more.

2024 - We're here. Re-branded as VOMP Studios with visions of growing into an all-encompassing creator brand with media, physical goods, and a digital community.

"WICKED SMAHT"

Rad AF Creators Have Said Kind Words.

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HELLO

MY NAME IS

ROB DYRDEK

CEO | The Dyrdek Machine

"As someone who builds brands for a living, Luke has the energy, drive, passion, and stop-at-nothing attitude. He's cut from the cloth it actually takes to create success."

HELLO

MY NAME IS

CHALENE JOHNSON

CEO | Team Johnson

"Simple and plain... Luke's a total baller. He goes about his work in his own way. He first got my attention by sending me a personal video of my business in his cold outreach."

HELLO

MY NAME IS

JORDAN PALMER

CEO | QB Summit

"Luke has a deep understanding of online business. His figure-it-outivness is one of my favorite things about him which is why we've worked together for the last 6 years."

HELLO

MY NAME IS

ADAM VON ROTHFELDER

CEO | Strong Coffee Company

"The Mood Board is fucking awesome. It's like The Hustle but an edgier and more creative vibe. Luke doesn't hold anything back and writes in a really compelling way that I really enjoy reading every week."

HELLO

MY NAME IS

BRANDON HAWK

CHO | UMAN

"This online stuff is Luke's zone of genius. You can see it in the pages he's created for us but you can see it on his face when he shows you. He breathes this stuff and literally can't wait to share it."

HELLO

MY NAME IS

BRADY HUTCHINS

CEO | True North

"I've been following Luke's journey since high school. He's always moving and pushing the brink of creation. I was one of the very first subscribers to the Mood Board and haven't missed one."

HELLO

MY NAME IS

JORDAN BOWDITCH

CBO | UMAN

"Luke was so excited to show us the website he built for us. Once we saw what he put together for us, we were blown away. He has a super unique way of attacking brand elevation."

HELLO

MY NAME IS

KALEB FOSSUM

CVC | Strong Coffee Company

"Luke connects the dots between creativity, copywriting, and culture to help brands and creators build and sell. I read every word he writes because I always learn something."

HELLO

MY NAME IS

BROCK JOHNSON

CEO | Insta Club Hub

"Luke inspires me every time he posts or releases content. He's easy to work with and never fails to send a happy birthday text. Dude is the absolute best and an all-star marketer!"

HELLO

MY NAME IS

NIKKI MITS

TSR | Sherwin-Williams

" Mood Board is the best newsletter I've ever read and I've subscribed to 100s. It's super educational but also wildly creative. It's my favorite thing in my inbox."

HELLO

MY NAME IS

CODY WITICK

CEO | Kynship

"I was introed to Luke a few years ago by another client of his. We partnered on a personal project and now he's my go-to for personal brand projects."