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Thanks to HubSpot[br]for sponsoring this video.

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So naturally, a lot of people think[br]that to get a high income job,

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you need to go to university.

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Now, there is nothing wrong[br]with going to university.

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I think if you're doing something[br]that requires a university degree,

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then, of course,[br]you have to go to university.

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It makes a lot of sense.

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But I also like to make the case[br]that you can make money

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without having to go to university.

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And I'm the prime example here.

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I'm someone who is not going to[br]university, is not going to college.

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And I've been able to build income streams,

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I've been able to build businesses[br]that can make me serious money,

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more money than most 9 to 5 jobs.

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I feel like we're also very lucky[br]where we live in this digital age,

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where you can make a business[br]just by sitting behind your computer.

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It blows my mind and it's exactly[br]the type of businesses I've built.

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So in this video,[br]I wanted to share some business ideas

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that you can start,[br]that are actual proper businesses.

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They don't have to just be side hustles

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that make a little bit of money.

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They can be grown[br]into fully fledged businesses.

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The other great thing[br]about the businesses

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that I'm going to be covering[br]is that they don't require

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a ton of money to get started.

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You can usually get started[br]with what you already have,

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and they also provide

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a lot of flexibility and freedom,[br]which is important to me.

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The whole idea, the whole point of me[br]starting online businesses

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and doing online[br]businesses is so that I have freedom.

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So number one is,[br]of course, content creation.

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So I have turned content creation[br]into a full time business.

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A lot of you that are watching[br]this channel may not already know

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that I actually have another YouTube channel.

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I have a tech YouTube channel.

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I also make content[br]for Instagram and TikTok.

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I make content for all sorts,

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and I had be making content[br]for over ten years now.

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Content creation for me has unlocked[br]so many different opportunities.

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And now with the position that I'm in,

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I run a couple of YouTube channels.

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I'm starting new YouTube channels,

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I have Instagram, I have TikTok,

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I'm making content for brands.

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There's just so many different ways[br]that content creation

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has helped me make a lot of money.

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I think the best thing about content[br]creation is that you can turn things

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that you already love doing into content.

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It is very easy to get started.

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Now, of course, it's not easy to grow,

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but I think with the way[br]the Internet is right now,

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you can make content[br]really about anything.

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You can find niches everywhere.

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If you love doing something,[br]if you love sharing something,

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there will be other people out there[br]who also love that same thing.

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For me, it was tech,[br]it was gadgets, it was design,

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sort of those things mixed together,

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especially product design and things like that,

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all of that mixed together,[br]that's what I loved,

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and that's what[br]I made a YouTube channel about.

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And it's growing really well.

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It's doing incredibly well.

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It's making an incredible[br]amount of money for me

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and it's just been such a great way

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for me to turn something[br]that I love into a business.

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The other great thing about content[br]creation and social media

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is that it's not just about you.

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I think a lot of people fall[br]into the trap of thinking

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that they have to make content[br]where they're in it,

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when they're doing the voice overs,

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where their face is on camera[br]and stuff like that.

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Not at all.

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You can really do all sorts of stuff.

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You don't even have to do[br]content creation for yourself,

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you can do it[br]for other businesses as well.

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If you are interested in social media trends,

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HubSpot have put together a social media[br]trends report and expert panel.

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If you want to follow in my footsteps

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of making a business[br]out of content creation,

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one thing I would highly recommend

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is just keeping up with social media[br]trends and seeing what's trending.

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Of course, the one issue is how[br]do we know what's actually trending?

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Because things are moving very,[br]very fast in the social media world.

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But I have just the right resource here

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to help stay on top of this year's trends.

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HubSpot's Social Media Trends Report.

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It's an e-book that covers a wide range

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of social media trends, [br]including community building,

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social commerce, influencer marketing,

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content creation, AI,[br]and platform specific strategies.

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There's a whopping 40 pages

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of insanely valuable information[br]in this e-book.

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It's a vital resource for anyone who[br]wants to take social media seriously.

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It covers important metrics,[br]goals and challenges

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faced by social media marketers,

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providing benchmarks[br]and insights to measure success.

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Understanding user behaviour trends[br]highlighted in the report enables

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tailored content strategies,[br]ensuring content resonates

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with audiences and drives[br]meaningful engagement.

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By anticipating future trends

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and staying informed[br]about competitors strategies.

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Those who take social media[br]seriously can maintain relevance,

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optimise advertising campaigns,

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and can stay ahead in the landscape[br]of social media marketing.

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Content creation for me has been[br]the biggest driver for my business.

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It's how I've been able to give myself

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the freedom, freedom to grow my business.

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This e-book does a great job[br]of demonstrating that content creation

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can be a huge driver[br]of new customers and revenue

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for pretty much any type of business.

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So make sure to check it out.

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It's completely free to download.

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Next up is short[br]form content and repurposing.

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So if you have any sort of skill[br]when it comes to video editing,

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which I think is actually fairly easy to pick up,

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this is such a great business.

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This is such an easy way[br]to make some money.

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But growing a business like this for[br]a lot of people can be quite difficult

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and it's because they go about it[br]in the wrong way.

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What I've noticed is that a lot[br]of editors that are making shorts

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don't really have a style,

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and they're also not really seeing what's trending

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on the social media[br]sort of landscape, you could say.

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They're not seeing[br]what other types of clips

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people actually want to see.

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So I find a lot of these short-form editors,

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they're just trying[br]to make as many clips as possible

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just to get the job done.

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However, if you wanna make big money,

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proper money when it comes[br]to making short form content,

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editing short form content for businesses,

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for creators, whatever it might be,

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it's all about coming up with clips[br]that will either go viral

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or can actually make money[br]for the end client.

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A lot of people don't[br]seem to really be focusing on that.

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Like I said, they're just trying to make[br]as many clips as possible.

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But if you can prove

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that your clips are either going viral

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or they're bringing conversions,[br]you can charge a lot more money.

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I would happily pay for a short film editor

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who I know can regularly get me

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hundreds of thousands of views,[br]or millions of views

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or who can sort of figure out

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what's trending, what's not trending.

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Look at my videos and stuff.

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See where they could see a clip[br]maybe potentially going viral

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or maybe for other parts of my business

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so that it helps drive revenue.

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If they can prove[br]all those sorts of things,

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I'm happy to pay them big money.

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They're obviously[br]being able to deliver the results,

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I want to be able to reward them[br]for those results.

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And I know there are short form[br]editors out there

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who are making well over[br]five figures a month.

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They have a few clients,

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they don't have that many clients,

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maybe three or four clients,

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but they're regularly churning out

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good quality repurposed videos

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that are doing well for their clients.

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And that's the most important thing.

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Instead of just trying to figure out,

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I'm gonna make ten clips for like $1,000.

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No, no, no.

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And I think it's actually better[br]to make sure

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that the clips you're making[br]are actually going to do well.

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Another thing that I've noticed[br]when it comes to short form content

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is that a lot of people[br]try to overdo this sort of flashy ideas,

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try to do crazy captions[br]or sound effects and things like that.

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But some of the most viral clips[br]that I've seen online

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don't have any flashy editing at all.

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The person has just found

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a clip from a video or from a podcast[br]or something like that,

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which they know will go viral.

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They've gone through the effort[br]of figuring out

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what can work on places[br]like Instagram and TikTok.

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Tutoring.

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So this is a perfect one[br]for anyone who is also a student,

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because I've always said

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that the best person to teach[br]another person is another person

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who's also learning that same thing,

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but are only a few steps ahead.

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I found that people who are already[br]very, very knowledgeable in a subject,

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aren't actually great teachers,

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because they're already way too far ahead,

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maybe they've learnt[br]the basics or something

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years ago, decades ago,[br]and now teaching someone

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who is completely new to the subject[br]can actually be very, very difficult,

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because they're thinking years ahead[br]whilst this new beginner,

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this person is just starting[br]to learn the subject,

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is trying to just learn[br]the fundamentals and the basics.

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So it can be quite hard for those two people

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to really learn from each other.

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The best person to learn from

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is someone who's just[br]a few steps ahead of you.

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And the great thing[br]about something like this

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is that you don't need to be an expert.

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You don't need to know everything[br]about a certain subject to teach it.

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And I think that's why tutoring

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is actually such a great way to make money,

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because a lot of people fall[br]into the trap of thinking

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that they need[br]to be an expert in a subject

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and they need to know everything

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about this certain subject[br]to teach it to someone else.

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And yeah, it just really isn't the case.

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So if you're someone who's also a beginner,

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who wants to make some money,

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who wants to be able to--[br]You can make a lot of money doing this.

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You're in the perfect position[br]to also teach someone else.

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The great thing about this[br]is that if you want someone

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who happens to be at university[br]and you're watching this video,

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you can be someone[br]who's teaching multiple people.

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So you can have your own class.

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You can teach multiple students,[br]multiple people at the same time,

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and you can charge them[br]all the same rate.

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Really sort of maximising your income,[br]scaling your income.

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This is such a great way[br]to scaling your income,

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having lots of people[br]that you can teach at the same time.

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And then if you want to take it up a notch,

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you wanna take it to the next level.

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You can make courses.

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Digital courses especially[br]are such great businesses.

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I know so many people[br]who have digital courses

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that are teaching stuff online.

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They've put a curriculum together

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and they're making absolute bank.

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Because it's such a scalable business,

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you're not necessarily limited[br]to a number of students in a class.

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You can really just sell it[br]to as many people as you like.

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I have my own course, videocreatorcourse.com,

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and it makes great money.

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I sort of just have it[br]sitting in the background.

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It's all about how to make high quality videos,

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not necessarily for YouTube,

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but just making high quality[br]videos in general.

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And yeah, the great thing about it

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is that it's sort of just making money[br]passively in the background.

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But there are creators out there

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who have turned courses[br]into fully fledged businesses

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that are just making millions.

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Making millions is absolutely insane.

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Because people[br]are willing to pay for knowledge.

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That's the most valuable thing[br]about courses.

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If you can teach something[br]that's valuable to other people

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where they can use it to[br]maybe make their life better,

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maybe make relationships, love,

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whatever might better, make them money.

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Sort of those three things[br]happiness, love, money.

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If you can teach something

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that takes advantage[br]of one of those three things,

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you can make a lot of money.

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I found with courses the people[br]who are looking to buy courses,

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that are looking to learn stuff[br]from courses,

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they're looking for the money details,

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they're looking[br]for the finier details in things

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because they wanna see[br]how other people are doing it.

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They wanna see systems and processes in place

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that has worked for someone else

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and they wanna see if they can apply[br]the same systems and processes

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to their own sort of way of life,[br]their own way of doing things.

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Gym workouts are a perfect example of this.

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If you see someone who you think,

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"Wow, they look incredible,"

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you might also be interested in[br]"How can I look like that?"

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So if that person had a course,[br]if they shared their gym routine,

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you're obviously going to look at it[br]and you're going to think,

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okay, let's see what they're doing

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and maybe I'm missing out on something.

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Maybe I'm not doing something right,

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because clearly they're doing something right

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that I'm not doing right now.

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Social media management.

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So this is one I've covered in the channel before,

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but there are so many businesses out there,

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especially businesses[br]run by older people, who you could say,

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who just have no clue[br]about social media.

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They don't know anything[br]about Instagram, TikTok,

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YouTube or any other sort of social platforms.

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They don't know what it takes[br]to make content.

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They don't know how to publish content,

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they don't know[br]what type of content to make.

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And it's not just older people.

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There are also people,

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young people who don't really have[br]any idea of social media.

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These businesses, these sorts of people,

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they are usually willing[br]to pay someone else to do it for them.

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And that's the whole point.

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If you can take the pain away[br]from someone else

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and also make their lives better,[br]make them more money,

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you can charge big money[br]for social media management.

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The great thing about this business[br]is that it is somewhat scalable.

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So if you have systems[br]and processes in place,

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there's no reason why you can't have three,

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four, five businesses where you're charging

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maybe between 2 to $5000 a month,

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maybe even $10,000 a month,

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depending on how much you're doing for them.

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You can also hire other people[br]to come in and help you with those things.

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It's such a great way[br]to build a business

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that can make quite a lot of money[br]quite quickly.

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If you're someone[br]who is social media savvy,

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I think it makes a lot of sense.

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One angle that I would take with this,

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which is what I mentioned[br]earlier on in the video,

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if you can show a client or a business,[br]whoever you're selling your skills to,

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that you're either bringing in views[br]or you're making them money.

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They're going to be more than willing[br]to pay for your services.

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Next up, we have UI/UX design[br]and website creation.

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So well before I started doing YouTube

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and started making money from YouTube,

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my main source of income

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was UI/UX design[br]and making websites for clients.

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And let me tell you,[br]I made a lot of money doing that.

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It was just one of the best things[br]that I ever did,

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it's one of the best skills[br]I ever learned.

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I made a lot of money very, very quickly.

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A few years into my career,

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I was charging $500 to $1000 a day

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for my services depending on the client,

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depending on the business,[br]depending on what they needed.

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And I remember thinking at the time, like,

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"Holy moly, I can't believe I'm charging[br]$1,000 a day for my time."

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Obviously I'm selling my time,[br]but still, it's $1,000,

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like I was in my early twenties,[br]mid twenties.

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And I think to myself, this is outrageous.

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$1,000 a day.

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I did have some imposter[br]syndrome back then.

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So I was thinking to myself,

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I can't believe I'm charging $1,000 a day.

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But now when I think back,

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the reason why I was charging $1,000 a day

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was because those sorts[br]of skills just wasn't that common.

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Not a lot of people had those skills.

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Not a lot of people had the style[br]that I had when it came to

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UI/UX design and making websites.

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And that's the one thing I realised

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from nearly all of the clients that hired me.

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They were looking for my specific style

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and that's what's so important[br]about UI/UX and website creation.

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Having a style that's pretty unique

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but also very refined and can deliver results.

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The other thing is most people[br]just aren't that technical.

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They don't wanna be messing around,

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spending time learning how to use Figma,

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which is what I use to design,

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and using things like Framer

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or learning how to code to make websites.

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Just like with social media management,

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most businesses, they don't wanna be focusing[br]on making a website.

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They don't want to be running[br]a website, nothing like that.

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They would much rather pay[br]someone else to do it.

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And the great thing about websites[br]is that we know they make money

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They're a good face for a business,[br]whether it's like a restaurant,

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whether it's an e-commerce store,[br]or whatever it might be.

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We know it's a way for people to look

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for that business online[br]and for that business to make money.

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And you could even take it[br]a step further.

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You can go to the business and be like,

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"Look, I will make your website for free.

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However, any clients I get for you,

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any customers I get for you through the website,

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I take a cut."

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Maybe it's 5%, 10%, 20%,[br]whatever it might be.

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That's such a good way[br]to make a lot of money.

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This is also a very scalable business,

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because once you've made a website,

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you could just charge a retainer fee.

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You can also hire other people[br]to come in to manage websites,

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to make websites with you,[br]to make websites for your clients.

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It's just a very scalable business.

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And there are so many companies,[br]so many agencies out there

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that we already know[br]are making millions doing this.

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Another thing[br]that's become very popular

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is just charging businesses on a monthly basis,

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a retainer, essentially.

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And Darrel, a designer[br]who shares his work on Twitter,

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he runs a design agency[br]called endless.design,

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where he charges $8,000 a month.

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And he's doing incredibly[br]well from the info he's sharing on Twitter.

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And it's a simple retainer package

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that gives you basically one design lead,

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one senior designer five days a week,

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one request at a time,

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you get an unlimited amount[br]of design work in that time.

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Dedicated Slack Channel, unlimited revisions,

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and a 48 hour delivery.

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And he's charging $8,000 a month.

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And you can see[br]he only has one spot left already.

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So people are clearly paying for this[br]and he's making a lot of money.

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And like I said, if you have[br]other people in the business,

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you can have more and more spots,

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you can have more availability for clients.

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This is a fantastic way to make money.

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And like I said,[br]it's how I used to make money

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before I made YouTube videos

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and I made a lot of money doing it.

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I made a couple of million[br]doing this sort of thing.

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That's it for this video.

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Hopefully, you guys enjoyed it.

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As you can see, I am in a new setup.

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I have a completely new setup.

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This is in my new office in Dubai.

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I still have a few things I need to setup.

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I still have a few things I need to sort out.

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Like my microphone.

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I'm using this lavalier mic,[br]a sort of DJI mic,

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instead of my podcast mic.

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I miss my podcast mic. I need it to come.

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I'm sort of just waiting for things to set up.

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I'm shipping a lot of things[br]from the UK to Dubai,

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so I'm waiting for things to arrive.

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So yeah, things will go back to normal,

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the high quality Oliur[br]will go back to normal.

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Hopefully, you guys enjoyed it.

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