1 00:00:00,041 --> 00:00:02,192 Thanks to HubSpot for sponsoring this video. 2 00:00:02,252 --> 00:00:05,457 So naturally, a lot of people think that to get a high income job, 3 00:00:05,457 --> 00:00:06,631 you need to go to university. 4 00:00:06,673 --> 00:00:09,300 Now, there is nothing wrong with going to university. 5 00:00:09,551 --> 00:00:12,775 I think if you're doing something that requires a university degree, 6 00:00:12,775 --> 00:00:14,209 then, of course, you have to go to university. 7 00:00:14,209 --> 00:00:15,015 It makes a lot of sense. 8 00:00:15,015 --> 00:00:18,184 But I also like to make the case that you can make money 9 00:00:18,184 --> 00:00:19,602 without having to go to university. 10 00:00:19,602 --> 00:00:21,241 And I'm the prime example here. 11 00:00:21,241 --> 00:00:23,606 I'm someone who is not going to university, is not going to college. 12 00:00:23,898 --> 00:00:26,109 And I've been able to build income streams, 13 00:00:26,109 --> 00:00:28,737 I've been able to build businesses that can make me serious money, 14 00:00:28,737 --> 00:00:30,864 more money than most 9 to 5 jobs. 15 00:00:30,905 --> 00:00:34,492 I feel like we're also very lucky where we live in this digital age, 16 00:00:34,492 --> 00:00:37,746 where you can make a business just by sitting behind your computer. 17 00:00:37,871 --> 00:00:41,291 It blows my mind and it's exactly the type of businesses I've built. 18 00:00:41,416 --> 00:00:43,918 So in this video, I wanted to share some business ideas 19 00:00:44,085 --> 00:00:46,337 that you can start, that are actual proper businesses. 20 00:00:46,337 --> 00:00:47,922 They don't have to just be side hustles 21 00:00:47,922 --> 00:00:49,007 that make a little bit of money. 22 00:00:49,007 --> 00:00:51,593 They can be grown into fully fledged businesses. 23 00:00:51,634 --> 00:00:53,053 The other great thing about the businesses 24 00:00:53,053 --> 00:00:55,388 that I'm going to be covering is that they don't require 25 00:00:55,388 --> 00:00:56,890 a ton of money to get started. 26 00:00:56,890 --> 00:00:59,350 You can usually get started with what you already have, 27 00:00:59,559 --> 00:01:00,518 and they also provide 28 00:01:00,518 --> 00:01:03,021 a lot of flexibility and freedom, which is important to me. 29 00:01:03,229 --> 00:01:06,458 The whole idea, the whole point of me starting online businesses 30 00:01:06,458 --> 00:01:09,027 and doing online businesses is so that I have freedom. 31 00:01:09,069 --> 00:01:11,237 So number one is, of course, content creation. 32 00:01:11,237 --> 00:01:14,414 So I have turned content creation into a full time business. 33 00:01:14,414 --> 00:01:17,494 A lot of you that are watching this channel may not already know 34 00:01:17,702 --> 00:01:19,537 that I actually have another YouTube channel. 35 00:01:19,537 --> 00:01:21,122 I have a tech YouTube channel. 36 00:01:21,122 --> 00:01:23,291 I also make content for Instagram and TikTok. 37 00:01:23,500 --> 00:01:24,626 I make content for all sorts, 38 00:01:24,626 --> 00:01:27,003 and I had be making content for over ten years now. 39 00:01:27,045 --> 00:01:30,381 Content creation for me has unlocked so many different opportunities. 40 00:01:30,507 --> 00:01:32,293 And now with the position that I'm in, 41 00:01:32,293 --> 00:01:34,010 I run a couple of YouTube channels. 42 00:01:34,177 --> 00:01:35,785 I'm starting new YouTube channels, 43 00:01:35,785 --> 00:01:37,181 I have Instagram, I have TikTok, 44 00:01:37,181 --> 00:01:38,598 I'm making content for brands. 45 00:01:38,890 --> 00:01:41,017 There's just so many different ways that content creation 46 00:01:41,017 --> 00:01:43,103 has helped me make a lot of money. 47 00:01:43,103 --> 00:01:46,356 I think the best thing about content creation is that you can turn things 48 00:01:46,356 --> 00:01:48,274 that you already love doing into content. 49 00:01:48,274 --> 00:01:50,104 It is very easy to get started. 50 00:01:50,104 --> 00:01:52,237 Now, of course, it's not easy to grow, 51 00:01:52,237 --> 00:01:55,070 but I think with the way the Internet is right now, 52 00:01:55,070 --> 00:01:56,658 you can make content really about anything. 53 00:01:56,658 --> 00:01:58,409 You can find niches everywhere. 54 00:01:58,409 --> 00:02:01,037 If you love doing something, if you love sharing something, 55 00:02:01,287 --> 00:02:04,541 there will be other people out there who also love that same thing. 56 00:02:04,582 --> 00:02:07,335 For me, it was tech, it was gadgets, it was design, 57 00:02:07,335 --> 00:02:08,794 sort of those things mixed together, 58 00:02:08,794 --> 00:02:10,652 especially product design and things like that, 59 00:02:10,652 --> 00:02:13,250 all of that mixed together, that's what I loved, 60 00:02:13,250 --> 00:02:15,343 and that's what I made a YouTube channel about. 61 00:02:15,343 --> 00:02:16,803 And it's growing really well. 62 00:02:16,803 --> 00:02:17,720 It's doing incredibly well. 63 00:02:17,720 --> 00:02:19,764 It's making an incredible amount of money for me 64 00:02:20,056 --> 00:02:21,766 and it's just been such a great way 65 00:02:21,766 --> 00:02:24,394 for me to turn something that I love into a business. 66 00:02:24,435 --> 00:02:26,729 The other great thing about content creation and social media 67 00:02:26,729 --> 00:02:28,898 is that it's not just about you. 68 00:02:28,940 --> 00:02:30,900 I think a lot of people fall into the trap of thinking 69 00:02:30,900 --> 00:02:32,819 that they have to make content where they're in it, 70 00:02:32,819 --> 00:02:34,404 when they're doing the voice overs, 71 00:02:34,404 --> 00:02:36,239 where their face is on camera and stuff like that. 72 00:02:36,239 --> 00:02:37,031 Not at all. 73 00:02:37,031 --> 00:02:38,741 You can really do all sorts of stuff. 74 00:02:38,741 --> 00:02:40,743 You don't even have to do content creation for yourself, 75 00:02:40,743 --> 00:02:42,245 you can do it for other businesses as well. 76 00:02:42,245 --> 00:02:44,318 If you are interested in social media trends, 77 00:02:44,318 --> 00:02:48,334 HubSpot have put together a social media trends report and expert panel. 78 00:02:48,376 --> 00:02:50,003 If you want to follow in my footsteps 79 00:02:50,003 --> 00:02:52,297 of making a business out of content creation, 80 00:02:52,463 --> 00:02:54,424 one thing I would highly recommend 81 00:02:54,424 --> 00:02:57,177 is just keeping up with social media trends and seeing what's trending. 82 00:02:57,218 --> 00:03:00,221 Of course, the one issue is how do we know what's actually trending? 83 00:03:00,346 --> 00:03:02,974 Because things are moving very, very fast in the social media world. 84 00:03:03,016 --> 00:03:05,338 But I have just the right resource here 85 00:03:05,338 --> 00:03:07,729 to help stay on top of this year's trends. 86 00:03:07,937 --> 00:03:09,814 HubSpot's Social Media Trends Report. 87 00:03:09,814 --> 00:03:11,941 It's an e-book that covers a wide range 88 00:03:11,941 --> 00:03:14,476 of social media trends, including community building, 89 00:03:14,476 --> 00:03:16,065 social commerce, influencer marketing, 90 00:03:16,065 --> 00:03:19,949 content creation, AI, and platform specific strategies. 91 00:03:19,991 --> 00:03:21,797 There's a whopping 40 pages 92 00:03:21,797 --> 00:03:24,204 of insanely valuable information in this e-book. 93 00:03:24,204 --> 00:03:27,498 It's a vital resource for anyone who wants to take social media seriously. 94 00:03:27,540 --> 00:03:29,838 It covers important metrics, goals and challenges 95 00:03:29,838 --> 00:03:31,413 faced by social media marketers, 96 00:03:31,413 --> 00:03:34,339 providing benchmarks and insights to measure success. 97 00:03:34,339 --> 00:03:37,634 Understanding user behaviour trends highlighted in the report enables 98 00:03:37,634 --> 00:03:41,054 tailored content strategies, ensuring content resonates 99 00:03:41,054 --> 00:03:44,136 with audiences and drives meaningful engagement. 100 00:03:44,136 --> 00:03:45,740 By anticipating future trends 101 00:03:45,740 --> 00:03:48,180 and staying informed about competitors strategies. 102 00:03:48,186 --> 00:03:51,407 Those who take social media seriously can maintain relevance, 103 00:03:51,522 --> 00:03:53,441 optimise advertising campaigns, 104 00:03:53,441 --> 00:03:56,444 and can stay ahead in the landscape of social media marketing. 105 00:03:56,444 --> 00:03:59,781 Content creation for me has been the biggest driver for my business. 106 00:03:59,822 --> 00:04:01,532 It's how I've been able to give myself 107 00:04:01,532 --> 00:04:03,534 the freedom, freedom to grow my business. 108 00:04:03,576 --> 00:04:06,913 This e-book does a great job of demonstrating that content creation 109 00:04:06,996 --> 00:04:09,745 can be a huge driver of new customers and revenue 110 00:04:09,745 --> 00:04:11,501 for pretty much any type of business. 111 00:04:11,626 --> 00:04:13,002 So make sure to check it out. 112 00:04:13,002 --> 00:04:14,629 It's completely free to download. 113 00:04:14,629 --> 00:04:17,423 Next up is short form content and repurposing. 114 00:04:17,715 --> 00:04:21,135 So if you have any sort of skill when it comes to video editing, 115 00:04:21,135 --> 00:04:23,842 which I think is actually fairly easy to pick up, 116 00:04:23,842 --> 00:04:25,014 this is such a great business. 117 00:04:25,014 --> 00:04:27,433 This is such an easy way to make some money. 118 00:04:27,433 --> 00:04:30,895 But growing a business like this for a lot of people can be quite difficult 119 00:04:30,895 --> 00:04:33,106 and it's because they go about it in the wrong way. 120 00:04:33,106 --> 00:04:36,025 What I've noticed is that a lot of editors that are making shorts 121 00:04:36,401 --> 00:04:37,432 don't really have a style, 122 00:04:37,432 --> 00:04:39,701 and they're also not really seeing what's trending 123 00:04:39,701 --> 00:04:42,090 on the social media sort of landscape, you could say. 124 00:04:42,090 --> 00:04:44,118 They're not seeing what other types of clips 125 00:04:44,409 --> 00:04:46,202 people actually want to see. 126 00:04:46,202 --> 00:04:48,748 So I find a lot of these short-form editors, 127 00:04:48,748 --> 00:04:50,700 they're just trying to make as many clips as possible 128 00:04:50,700 --> 00:04:51,833 just to get the job done. 129 00:04:51,874 --> 00:04:53,383 However, if you wanna make big money, 130 00:04:53,383 --> 00:04:55,862 proper money when it comes to making short form content, 131 00:04:55,862 --> 00:04:57,941 editing short form content for businesses, 132 00:04:57,941 --> 00:04:59,841 for creators, whatever it might be, 133 00:04:59,841 --> 00:05:02,802 it's all about coming up with clips that will either go viral 134 00:05:02,802 --> 00:05:05,555 or can actually make money for the end client. 135 00:05:05,763 --> 00:05:08,057 A lot of people don't seem to really be focusing on that. 136 00:05:08,057 --> 00:05:10,184 Like I said, they're just trying to make as many clips as possible. 137 00:05:10,476 --> 00:05:12,103 But if you can prove 138 00:05:12,103 --> 00:05:13,938 that your clips are either going viral 139 00:05:13,938 --> 00:05:16,899 or they're bringing conversions, you can charge a lot more money. 140 00:05:17,066 --> 00:05:19,436 I would happily pay for a short film editor 141 00:05:19,436 --> 00:05:21,446 who I know can regularly get me 142 00:05:21,446 --> 00:05:23,489 hundreds of thousands of views, or millions of views 143 00:05:23,489 --> 00:05:25,783 or who can sort of figure out 144 00:05:25,950 --> 00:05:27,702 what's trending, what's not trending. 145 00:05:27,702 --> 00:05:29,078 Look at my videos and stuff. 146 00:05:29,078 --> 00:05:32,573 See where they could see a clip maybe potentially going viral 147 00:05:32,573 --> 00:05:34,826 or maybe for other parts of my business 148 00:05:34,826 --> 00:05:36,419 so that it helps drive revenue. 149 00:05:36,419 --> 00:05:38,379 If they can prove all those sorts of things, 150 00:05:38,379 --> 00:05:39,889 I'm happy to pay them big money. 151 00:05:39,889 --> 00:05:42,675 They're obviously being able to deliver the results, 152 00:05:42,675 --> 00:05:44,802 I want to be able to reward them for those results. 153 00:05:44,802 --> 00:05:46,679 And I know there are short form editors out there 154 00:05:46,679 --> 00:05:48,890 who are making well over five figures a month. 155 00:05:48,890 --> 00:05:50,025 They have a few clients, 156 00:05:50,025 --> 00:05:51,100 they don't have that many clients, 157 00:05:51,100 --> 00:05:52,685 maybe three or four clients, 158 00:05:52,685 --> 00:05:54,270 but they're regularly churning out 159 00:05:54,270 --> 00:05:56,314 good quality repurposed videos 160 00:05:56,564 --> 00:05:58,274 that are doing well for their clients. 161 00:05:58,274 --> 00:05:59,408 And that's the most important thing. 162 00:05:59,408 --> 00:06:00,651 Instead of just trying to figure out, 163 00:06:00,651 --> 00:06:02,862 I'm gonna make ten clips for like $1,000. 164 00:06:03,029 --> 00:06:03,404 No, no, no. 165 00:06:03,404 --> 00:06:05,573 And I think it's actually better to make sure 166 00:06:05,573 --> 00:06:08,117 that the clips you're making are actually going to do well. 167 00:06:08,159 --> 00:06:10,745 Another thing that I've noticed when it comes to short form content 168 00:06:10,995 --> 00:06:14,624 is that a lot of people try to overdo this sort of flashy ideas, 169 00:06:14,624 --> 00:06:17,126 try to do crazy captions or sound effects and things like that. 170 00:06:17,335 --> 00:06:20,797 But some of the most viral clips that I've seen online 171 00:06:21,130 --> 00:06:23,216 don't have any flashy editing at all. 172 00:06:23,216 --> 00:06:24,884 The person has just found 173 00:06:24,884 --> 00:06:28,515 a clip from a video or from a podcast or something like that, 174 00:06:28,515 --> 00:06:29,806 which they know will go viral. 175 00:06:29,806 --> 00:06:31,766 They've gone through the effort of figuring out 176 00:06:31,766 --> 00:06:35,095 what can work on places like Instagram and TikTok. 177 00:06:35,215 --> 00:06:35,927 Tutoring. 178 00:06:35,927 --> 00:06:38,686 So this is a perfect one for anyone who is also a student, 179 00:06:38,686 --> 00:06:39,734 because I've always said 180 00:06:40,024 --> 00:06:43,444 that the best person to teach another person is another person 181 00:06:43,444 --> 00:06:45,057 who's also learning that same thing, 182 00:06:45,057 --> 00:06:46,531 but are only a few steps ahead. 183 00:06:46,572 --> 00:06:50,701 I found that people who are already very, very knowledgeable in a subject, 184 00:06:50,701 --> 00:06:52,412 aren't actually great teachers, 185 00:06:52,662 --> 00:06:54,325 because they're already way too far ahead, 186 00:06:54,325 --> 00:06:56,376 maybe they've learnt the basics or something 187 00:06:56,666 --> 00:06:59,377 years ago, decades ago, and now teaching someone 188 00:06:59,544 --> 00:07:02,588 who is completely new to the subject can actually be very, very difficult, 189 00:07:02,630 --> 00:07:05,091 because they're thinking years ahead whilst this new beginner, 190 00:07:05,091 --> 00:07:07,301 this person is just starting to learn the subject, 191 00:07:07,301 --> 00:07:09,303 is trying to just learn the fundamentals and the basics. 192 00:07:09,345 --> 00:07:11,467 So it can be quite hard for those two people 193 00:07:11,467 --> 00:07:12,890 to really learn from each other. 194 00:07:12,890 --> 00:07:14,428 The best person to learn from 195 00:07:14,428 --> 00:07:16,686 is someone who's just a few steps ahead of you. 196 00:07:16,686 --> 00:07:18,031 And the great thing about something like this 197 00:07:18,031 --> 00:07:20,148 is that you don't need to be an expert. 198 00:07:20,148 --> 00:07:23,943 You don't need to know everything about a certain subject to teach it. 199 00:07:24,277 --> 00:07:26,311 And I think that's why tutoring 200 00:07:26,311 --> 00:07:28,364 is actually such a great way to make money, 201 00:07:28,364 --> 00:07:30,658 because a lot of people fall into the trap of thinking 202 00:07:30,783 --> 00:07:32,326 that they need to be an expert in a subject 203 00:07:32,326 --> 00:07:33,286 and they need to know everything 204 00:07:33,286 --> 00:07:35,621 about this certain subject to teach it to someone else. 205 00:07:35,913 --> 00:07:37,748 And yeah, it just really isn't the case. 206 00:07:37,748 --> 00:07:39,625 So if you're someone who's also a beginner, 207 00:07:39,625 --> 00:07:40,972 who wants to make some money, 208 00:07:40,972 --> 00:07:44,213 who wants to be able to-- You can make a lot of money doing this. 209 00:07:44,213 --> 00:07:46,966 You're in the perfect position to also teach someone else. 210 00:07:46,966 --> 00:07:49,927 The great thing about this is that if you want someone 211 00:07:49,927 --> 00:07:52,638 who happens to be at university and you're watching this video, 212 00:07:52,930 --> 00:07:55,266 you can be someone who's teaching multiple people. 213 00:07:55,433 --> 00:07:57,226 So you can have your own class. 214 00:07:57,226 --> 00:07:59,645 You can teach multiple students, multiple people at the same time, 215 00:07:59,645 --> 00:08:01,646 and you can charge them all the same rate. 216 00:08:01,646 --> 00:08:04,650 Really sort of maximising your income, scaling your income. 217 00:08:04,775 --> 00:08:06,864 This is such a great way to scaling your income, 218 00:08:07,069 --> 00:08:09,280 having lots of people that you can teach at the same time. 219 00:08:09,280 --> 00:08:11,009 And then if you want to take it up a notch, 220 00:08:11,009 --> 00:08:12,492 you wanna take it to the next level. 221 00:08:12,492 --> 00:08:13,784 You can make courses. 222 00:08:13,784 --> 00:08:17,078 Digital courses especially are such great businesses. 223 00:08:17,078 --> 00:08:19,375 I know so many people who have digital courses 224 00:08:19,375 --> 00:08:20,833 that are teaching stuff online. 225 00:08:21,083 --> 00:08:22,793 They've put a curriculum together 226 00:08:22,793 --> 00:08:24,795 and they're making absolute bank. 227 00:08:25,046 --> 00:08:27,256 Because it's such a scalable business, 228 00:08:27,256 --> 00:08:30,218 you're not necessarily limited to a number of students in a class. 229 00:08:30,384 --> 00:08:32,595 You can really just sell it to as many people as you like. 230 00:08:32,803 --> 00:08:34,937 I have my own course, videocreatorcourse.com, 231 00:08:35,056 --> 00:08:35,890 and it makes great money. 232 00:08:35,890 --> 00:08:37,433 I sort of just have it sitting in the background. 233 00:08:37,433 --> 00:08:39,684 It's all about how to make high quality videos, 234 00:08:39,684 --> 00:08:40,895 not necessarily for YouTube, 235 00:08:41,145 --> 00:08:43,231 but just making high quality videos in general. 236 00:08:43,231 --> 00:08:44,713 And yeah, the great thing about it 237 00:08:44,713 --> 00:08:47,443 is that it's sort of just making money passively in the background. 238 00:08:47,443 --> 00:08:49,028 But there are creators out there 239 00:08:49,028 --> 00:08:51,656 who have turned courses into fully fledged businesses 240 00:08:51,656 --> 00:08:53,327 that are just making millions. 241 00:08:53,327 --> 00:08:55,351 Making millions is absolutely insane. 242 00:08:55,351 --> 00:08:58,621 Because people are willing to pay for knowledge. 243 00:08:58,621 --> 00:09:00,414 That's the most valuable thing about courses. 244 00:09:00,414 --> 00:09:02,875 If you can teach something that's valuable to other people 245 00:09:03,125 --> 00:09:06,337 where they can use it to maybe make their life better, 246 00:09:06,546 --> 00:09:08,256 maybe make relationships, love, 247 00:09:08,256 --> 00:09:10,299 whatever might better, make them money. 248 00:09:10,299 --> 00:09:13,219 Sort of those three things happiness, love, money. 249 00:09:13,261 --> 00:09:14,262 If you can teach something 250 00:09:14,262 --> 00:09:16,430 that takes advantage of one of those three things, 251 00:09:16,430 --> 00:09:17,765 you can make a lot of money. 252 00:09:17,765 --> 00:09:21,185 I found with courses the people who are looking to buy courses, 253 00:09:21,185 --> 00:09:23,420 that are looking to learn stuff from courses, 254 00:09:23,420 --> 00:09:26,063 they're looking for the money details, 255 00:09:26,063 --> 00:09:28,067 they're looking for the finier details in things 256 00:09:28,276 --> 00:09:30,861 because they wanna see how other people are doing it. 257 00:09:30,861 --> 00:09:33,336 They wanna see systems and processes in place 258 00:09:33,336 --> 00:09:34,991 that has worked for someone else 259 00:09:34,991 --> 00:09:37,660 and they wanna see if they can apply the same systems and processes 260 00:09:38,077 --> 00:09:41,080 to their own sort of way of life, their own way of doing things. 261 00:09:41,080 --> 00:09:43,332 Gym workouts are a perfect example of this. 262 00:09:43,583 --> 00:09:45,347 If you see someone who you think, 263 00:09:45,347 --> 00:09:46,752 "Wow, they look incredible," 264 00:09:46,752 --> 00:09:49,547 you might also be interested in "How can I look like that?" 265 00:09:49,797 --> 00:09:52,701 So if that person had a course, if they shared their gym routine, 266 00:09:52,967 --> 00:09:54,531 you're obviously going to look at it and you're going to think, 267 00:09:54,531 --> 00:09:57,163 okay, let's see what they're doing 268 00:09:57,163 --> 00:09:58,806 and maybe I'm missing out on something. 269 00:09:58,806 --> 00:09:59,994 Maybe I'm not doing something right, 270 00:09:59,994 --> 00:10:01,503 because clearly they're doing something right 271 00:10:01,503 --> 00:10:02,852 that I'm not doing right now. 272 00:10:02,893 --> 00:10:04,145 Social media management. 273 00:10:04,145 --> 00:10:06,110 So this is one I've covered in the channel before, 274 00:10:06,230 --> 00:10:08,232 but there are so many businesses out there, 275 00:10:08,232 --> 00:10:11,485 especially businesses run by older people, who you could say, 276 00:10:11,777 --> 00:10:13,696 who just have no clue about social media. 277 00:10:13,696 --> 00:10:15,529 They don't know anything about Instagram, TikTok, 278 00:10:15,529 --> 00:10:17,403 YouTube or any other sort of social platforms. 279 00:10:17,403 --> 00:10:19,970 They don't know what it takes to make content. 280 00:10:20,036 --> 00:10:21,370 They don't know how to publish content, 281 00:10:21,370 --> 00:10:23,497 they don't know what type of content to make. 282 00:10:23,497 --> 00:10:24,790 And it's not just older people. 283 00:10:24,790 --> 00:10:25,833 There are also people, 284 00:10:25,833 --> 00:10:28,836 young people who don't really have any idea of social media. 285 00:10:29,295 --> 00:10:31,297 These businesses, these sorts of people, 286 00:10:31,297 --> 00:10:34,508 they are usually willing to pay someone else to do it for them. 287 00:10:34,717 --> 00:10:35,676 And that's the whole point. 288 00:10:35,676 --> 00:10:37,637 If you can take the pain away from someone else 289 00:10:37,637 --> 00:10:40,264 and also make their lives better, make them more money, 290 00:10:40,514 --> 00:10:42,975 you can charge big money for social media management. 291 00:10:43,059 --> 00:10:46,187 The great thing about this business is that it is somewhat scalable. 292 00:10:46,395 --> 00:10:48,606 So if you have systems and processes in place, 293 00:10:48,606 --> 00:10:50,182 there's no reason why you can't have three, 294 00:10:50,182 --> 00:10:52,151 four, five businesses where you're charging 295 00:10:52,151 --> 00:10:54,528 maybe between 2 to $5000 a month, 296 00:10:54,528 --> 00:10:55,990 maybe even $10,000 a month, 297 00:10:55,990 --> 00:10:57,554 depending on how much you're doing for them. 298 00:10:57,698 --> 00:11:00,743 You can also hire other people to come in and help you with those things. 299 00:11:00,743 --> 00:11:02,370 It's such a great way to build a business 300 00:11:02,370 --> 00:11:04,580 that can make quite a lot of money quite quickly. 301 00:11:04,872 --> 00:11:06,707 If you're someone who is social media savvy, 302 00:11:06,707 --> 00:11:07,958 I think it makes a lot of sense. 303 00:11:07,958 --> 00:11:09,661 One angle that I would take with this, 304 00:11:09,661 --> 00:11:11,802 which is what I mentioned earlier on in the video, 305 00:11:11,802 --> 00:11:15,424 if you can show a client or a business, whoever you're selling your skills to, 306 00:11:15,675 --> 00:11:18,337 that you're either bringing in views or you're making them money. 307 00:11:18,761 --> 00:11:21,681 They're going to be more than willing to pay for your services. 308 00:11:21,722 --> 00:11:24,975 Next up, we have UI/UX design and website creation. 309 00:11:24,975 --> 00:11:26,850 So well before I started doing YouTube 310 00:11:26,850 --> 00:11:28,446 and started making money from YouTube, 311 00:11:28,446 --> 00:11:29,855 my main source of income 312 00:11:30,022 --> 00:11:32,983 was UI/UX design and making websites for clients. 313 00:11:33,401 --> 00:11:36,153 And let me tell you, I made a lot of money doing that. 314 00:11:36,153 --> 00:11:38,572 It was just one of the best things that I ever did, 315 00:11:38,572 --> 00:11:40,241 it's one of the best skills I ever learned. 316 00:11:40,241 --> 00:11:42,380 I made a lot of money very, very quickly. 317 00:11:42,380 --> 00:11:44,147 A few years into my career, 318 00:11:44,147 --> 00:11:47,248 I was charging $500 to $1000 a day 319 00:11:47,248 --> 00:11:49,208 for my services depending on the client, 320 00:11:49,208 --> 00:11:51,460 depending on the business, depending on what they needed. 321 00:11:51,460 --> 00:11:52,961 And I remember thinking at the time, like, 322 00:11:52,961 --> 00:11:58,509 "Holy moly, I can't believe I'm charging $1,000 a day for my time." 323 00:11:58,843 --> 00:12:01,804 Obviously I'm selling my time, but still, it's $1,000, 324 00:12:01,804 --> 00:12:03,848 like I was in my early twenties, mid twenties. 325 00:12:03,848 --> 00:12:05,683 And I think to myself, this is outrageous. 326 00:12:05,683 --> 00:12:06,851 $1,000 a day. 327 00:12:06,851 --> 00:12:08,853 I did have some imposter syndrome back then. 328 00:12:08,853 --> 00:12:09,809 So I was thinking to myself, 329 00:12:09,809 --> 00:12:11,605 I can't believe I'm charging $1,000 a day. 330 00:12:11,605 --> 00:12:12,865 But now when I think back, 331 00:12:12,865 --> 00:12:15,642 the reason why I was charging $1,000 a day 332 00:12:15,642 --> 00:12:19,134 was because those sorts of skills just wasn't that common. 333 00:12:19,280 --> 00:12:20,781 Not a lot of people had those skills. 334 00:12:20,781 --> 00:12:23,367 Not a lot of people had the style that I had when it came to 335 00:12:23,534 --> 00:12:25,327 UI/UX design and making websites. 336 00:12:25,327 --> 00:12:26,620 And that's the one thing I realised 337 00:12:26,620 --> 00:12:28,748 from nearly all of the clients that hired me. 338 00:12:28,914 --> 00:12:31,333 They were looking for my specific style 339 00:12:31,667 --> 00:12:35,640 and that's what's so important about UI/UX and website creation. 340 00:12:35,640 --> 00:12:37,173 Having a style that's pretty unique 341 00:12:37,173 --> 00:12:39,967 but also very refined and can deliver results. 342 00:12:39,967 --> 00:12:42,845 The other thing is most people just aren't that technical. 343 00:12:42,845 --> 00:12:44,241 They don't wanna be messing around, 344 00:12:44,241 --> 00:12:46,769 spending time learning how to use Figma, 345 00:12:46,769 --> 00:12:48,325 which is what I use to design, 346 00:12:48,517 --> 00:12:50,068 and using things like Framer 347 00:12:50,068 --> 00:12:52,271 or learning how to code to make websites. 348 00:12:52,271 --> 00:12:54,021 Just like with social media management, 349 00:12:54,021 --> 00:12:57,318 most businesses, they don't wanna be focusing on making a website. 350 00:12:57,318 --> 00:12:59,111 They don't want to be running a website, nothing like that. 351 00:12:59,111 --> 00:13:00,946 They would much rather pay someone else to do it. 352 00:13:00,946 --> 00:13:04,011 And the great thing about websites is that we know they make money 353 00:13:04,033 --> 00:13:07,369 They're a good face for a business, whether it's like a restaurant, 354 00:13:07,369 --> 00:13:09,288 whether it's an e-commerce store, or whatever it might be. 355 00:13:09,288 --> 00:13:11,248 We know it's a way for people to look 356 00:13:11,248 --> 00:13:14,168 for that business online and for that business to make money. 357 00:13:14,543 --> 00:13:16,921 And you could even take it a step further. 358 00:13:16,921 --> 00:13:18,341 You can go to the business and be like, 359 00:13:18,341 --> 00:13:20,800 "Look, I will make your website for free. 360 00:13:20,800 --> 00:13:22,730 However, any clients I get for you, 361 00:13:22,730 --> 00:13:24,790 any customers I get for you through the website, 362 00:13:24,790 --> 00:13:25,721 I take a cut." 363 00:13:25,721 --> 00:13:28,974 Maybe it's 5%, 10%, 20%, whatever it might be. 364 00:13:29,225 --> 00:13:31,602 That's such a good way to make a lot of money. 365 00:13:31,644 --> 00:13:33,521 This is also a very scalable business, 366 00:13:33,521 --> 00:13:35,176 because once you've made a website, 367 00:13:35,176 --> 00:13:36,732 you could just charge a retainer fee. 368 00:13:36,816 --> 00:13:39,777 You can also hire other people to come in to manage websites, 369 00:13:39,777 --> 00:13:42,071 to make websites with you, to make websites for your clients. 370 00:13:42,279 --> 00:13:43,864 It's just a very scalable business. 371 00:13:43,864 --> 00:13:46,033 And there are so many companies, so many agencies out there 372 00:13:46,033 --> 00:13:48,369 that we already know are making millions doing this. 373 00:13:48,369 --> 00:13:50,294 Another thing that's become very popular 374 00:13:50,294 --> 00:13:52,557 is just charging businesses on a monthly basis, 375 00:13:52,557 --> 00:13:53,999 a retainer, essentially. 376 00:13:54,250 --> 00:13:57,586 And Darrel, a designer who shares his work on Twitter, 377 00:13:57,878 --> 00:14:01,438 he runs a design agency called endless.design, 378 00:14:01,438 --> 00:14:04,426 where he charges $8,000 a month. 379 00:14:04,718 --> 00:14:07,930 And he's doing incredibly well from the info he's sharing on Twitter. 380 00:14:08,055 --> 00:14:09,981 And it's a simple retainer package 381 00:14:09,981 --> 00:14:12,685 that gives you basically one design lead, 382 00:14:12,685 --> 00:14:14,738 one senior designer five days a week, 383 00:14:14,738 --> 00:14:16,230 one request at a time, 384 00:14:16,230 --> 00:14:19,483 you get an unlimited amount of design work in that time. 385 00:14:19,692 --> 00:14:22,027 Dedicated Slack Channel, unlimited revisions, 386 00:14:22,236 --> 00:14:23,695 and a 48 hour delivery. 387 00:14:23,695 --> 00:14:25,155 And he's charging $8,000 a month. 388 00:14:25,155 --> 00:14:27,157 And you can see he only has one spot left already. 389 00:14:27,366 --> 00:14:30,494 So people are clearly paying for this and he's making a lot of money. 390 00:14:30,494 --> 00:14:32,705 And like I said, if you have other people in the business, 391 00:14:32,872 --> 00:14:34,301 you can have more and more spots, 392 00:14:34,301 --> 00:14:36,652 you can have more availability for clients. 393 00:14:36,792 --> 00:14:38,878 This is a fantastic way to make money. 394 00:14:38,878 --> 00:14:41,922 And like I said, it's how I used to make money 395 00:14:41,922 --> 00:14:43,075 before I made YouTube videos 396 00:14:43,075 --> 00:14:44,508 and I made a lot of money doing it. 397 00:14:44,508 --> 00:14:47,052 I made a couple of million doing this sort of thing. 398 00:14:47,094 --> 00:14:48,178 That's it for this video. 399 00:14:48,178 --> 00:14:49,763 Hopefully, you guys enjoyed it. 400 00:14:49,763 --> 00:14:52,558 As you can see, I am in a new setup. 401 00:14:52,558 --> 00:14:53,684 I have a completely new setup. 402 00:14:53,684 --> 00:14:56,061 This is in my new office in Dubai. 403 00:14:56,562 --> 00:14:58,230 I still have a few things I need to setup. 404 00:14:58,230 --> 00:15:00,265 I still have a few things I need to sort out. 405 00:15:00,265 --> 00:15:01,317 Like my microphone. 406 00:15:01,317 --> 00:15:03,994 I'm using this lavalier mic, a sort of DJI mic, 407 00:15:03,994 --> 00:15:05,067 instead of my podcast mic. 408 00:15:05,467 --> 00:15:07,406 I miss my podcast mic. I need it to come. 409 00:15:07,406 --> 00:15:09,283 I'm sort of just waiting for things to set up. 410 00:15:09,283 --> 00:15:11,994 I'm shipping a lot of things from the UK to Dubai, 411 00:15:11,994 --> 00:15:13,662 so I'm waiting for things to arrive. 412 00:15:13,662 --> 00:15:15,998 So yeah, things will go back to normal, 413 00:15:15,998 --> 00:15:18,163 the high quality Oliur will go back to normal. 414 00:15:18,375 --> 00:15:19,793 Hopefully, you guys enjoyed it. 415 00:15:19,793 --> 00:15:20,871 Follow me on Instagram and Twitter, 416 00:15:20,871 --> 00:15:22,465 where I'll be sharing a lot more updates. 417 00:15:22,620 --> 00:15:23,906 And subscribe for more.