WEBVTT 00:00:00.041 --> 00:00:02.192 Thanks to HubSpot for sponsoring this video. 00:00:02.252 --> 00:00:05.457 So naturally, a lot of people think that to get a high income job, 00:00:05.457 --> 00:00:06.631 you need to go to university. 00:00:06.673 --> 00:00:09.300 Now, there is nothing wrong with going to university. 00:00:09.551 --> 00:00:12.775 I think if you're doing something that requires a university degree, 00:00:12.775 --> 00:00:14.209 then, of course, you have to go to university. 00:00:14.209 --> 00:00:15.015 It makes a lot of sense. 00:00:15.015 --> 00:00:18.184 But I also like to make the case that you can make money 00:00:18.184 --> 00:00:19.602 without having to go to university. 00:00:19.602 --> 00:00:21.241 And I'm the prime example here. 00:00:21.241 --> 00:00:23.606 I'm someone who is not going to university, is not going to college. 00:00:23.898 --> 00:00:26.109 And I've been able to build income streams, 00:00:26.109 --> 00:00:28.737 I've been able to build businesses that can make me serious money, 00:00:28.737 --> 00:00:30.864 more money than most 9 to 5 jobs. 00:00:30.905 --> 00:00:34.492 I feel like we're also very lucky where we live in this digital age, 00:00:34.492 --> 00:00:37.746 where you can make a business just by sitting behind your computer. 00:00:37.871 --> 00:00:41.291 It blows my mind and it's exactly the type of businesses I've built. 00:00:41.416 --> 00:00:43.918 So in this video, I wanted to share some business ideas 00:00:44.085 --> 00:00:46.337 that you can start, that are actual proper businesses. 00:00:46.337 --> 00:00:47.922 They don't have to just be side hustles 00:00:47.922 --> 00:00:49.007 that make a little bit of money. 00:00:49.007 --> 00:00:51.593 They can be grown into fully fledged businesses. 00:00:51.634 --> 00:00:53.053 The other great thing about the businesses 00:00:53.053 --> 00:00:55.388 that I'm going to be covering is that they don't require 00:00:55.388 --> 00:00:56.890 a ton of money to get started. 00:00:56.890 --> 00:00:59.350 You can usually get started with what you already have, 00:00:59.559 --> 00:01:00.518 and they also provide 00:01:00.518 --> 00:01:03.021 a lot of flexibility and freedom, which is important to me. 00:01:03.229 --> 00:01:06.458 The whole idea, the whole point of me starting online businesses 00:01:06.458 --> 00:01:09.027 and doing online businesses is so that I have freedom. 00:01:09.069 --> 00:01:11.237 So number one is, of course, content creation. 00:01:11.237 --> 00:01:14.414 So I have turned content creation into a full time business. 00:01:14.414 --> 00:01:17.494 A lot of you that are watching this channel may not already know 00:01:17.702 --> 00:01:19.537 that I actually have another YouTube channel. 00:01:19.537 --> 00:01:21.122 I have a tech YouTube channel. 00:01:21.122 --> 00:01:23.291 I also make content for Instagram and TikTok. 00:01:23.500 --> 00:01:24.626 I make content for all sorts, 00:01:24.626 --> 00:01:27.003 and I had be making content for over ten years now. 00:01:27.045 --> 00:01:30.381 Content creation for me has unlocked so many different opportunities. 00:01:30.507 --> 00:01:32.293 And now with the position that I'm in, 00:01:32.293 --> 00:01:34.010 I run a couple of YouTube channels. 00:01:34.177 --> 00:01:35.785 I'm starting new YouTube channels, 00:01:35.785 --> 00:01:37.181 I have Instagram, I have TikTok, 00:01:37.181 --> 00:01:38.598 I'm making content for brands. 00:01:38.890 --> 00:01:41.017 There's just so many different ways that content creation 00:01:41.017 --> 00:01:43.103 has helped me make a lot of money. 00:01:43.103 --> 00:01:46.356 I think the best thing about content creation is that you can turn things 00:01:46.356 --> 00:01:48.274 that you already love doing into content. 00:01:48.274 --> 00:01:50.104 It is very easy to get started. 00:01:50.104 --> 00:01:52.237 Now, of course, it's not easy to grow, 00:01:52.237 --> 00:01:55.070 but I think with the way the Internet is right now, 00:01:55.070 --> 00:01:56.658 you can make content really about anything. 00:01:56.658 --> 00:01:58.409 You can find niches everywhere. 00:01:58.409 --> 00:02:01.037 If you love doing something, if you love sharing something, 00:02:01.287 --> 00:02:04.541 there will be other people out there who also love that same thing. 00:02:04.582 --> 00:02:07.335 For me, it was tech, it was gadgets, it was design, 00:02:07.335 --> 00:02:08.794 sort of those things mixed together, 00:02:08.794 --> 00:02:10.652 especially product design and things like that, 00:02:10.652 --> 00:02:13.250 all of that mixed together, that's what I loved, 00:02:13.250 --> 00:02:15.343 and that's what I made a YouTube channel about. 00:02:15.343 --> 00:02:16.803 And it's growing really well. 00:02:16.803 --> 00:02:17.720 It's doing incredibly well. 00:02:17.720 --> 00:02:19.764 It's making an incredible amount of money for me 00:02:20.056 --> 00:02:21.766 and it's just been such a great way 00:02:21.766 --> 00:02:24.394 for me to turn something that I love into a business. 00:02:24.435 --> 00:02:26.729 The other great thing about content creation and social media 00:02:26.729 --> 00:02:28.898 is that it's not just about you. 00:02:28.940 --> 00:02:30.900 I think a lot of people fall into the trap of thinking 00:02:30.900 --> 00:02:32.819 that they have to make content where they're in it, 00:02:32.819 --> 00:02:34.404 when they're doing the voice overs, 00:02:34.404 --> 00:02:36.239 where their face is on camera and stuff like that. 00:02:36.239 --> 00:02:37.031 Not at all. 00:02:37.031 --> 00:02:38.741 You can really do all sorts of stuff. 00:02:38.741 --> 00:02:40.743 You don't even have to do content creation for yourself, 00:02:40.743 --> 00:02:42.245 you can do it for other businesses as well. 00:02:42.245 --> 00:02:44.318 If you are interested in social media trends, 00:02:44.318 --> 00:02:48.334 HubSpot have put together a social media trends report and expert panel. 00:02:48.376 --> 00:02:50.003 If you want to follow in my footsteps 00:02:50.003 --> 00:02:52.297 of making a business out of content creation, 00:02:52.463 --> 00:02:54.424 one thing I would highly recommend 00:02:54.424 --> 00:02:57.177 is just keeping up with social media trends and seeing what's trending. 00:02:57.218 --> 00:03:00.221 Of course, the one issue is how do we know what's actually trending? 00:03:00.346 --> 00:03:02.974 Because things are moving very, very fast in the social media world. 00:03:03.016 --> 00:03:05.338 But I have just the right resource here 00:03:05.338 --> 00:03:07.729 to help stay on top of this year's trends. 00:03:07.937 --> 00:03:09.814 HubSpot's Social Media Trends Report. 00:03:09.814 --> 00:03:11.941 It's an e-book that covers a wide range 00:03:11.941 --> 00:03:14.476 of social media trends, including community building, 00:03:14.476 --> 00:03:16.065 social commerce, influencer marketing, 00:03:16.065 --> 00:03:19.949 content creation, AI, and platform specific strategies. 00:03:19.991 --> 00:03:21.797 There's a whopping 40 pages 00:03:21.797 --> 00:03:24.204 of insanely valuable information in this e-book. 00:03:24.204 --> 00:03:27.498 It's a vital resource for anyone who wants to take social media seriously. 00:03:27.540 --> 00:03:29.838 It covers important metrics, goals and challenges 00:03:29.838 --> 00:03:31.413 faced by social media marketers, 00:03:31.413 --> 00:03:34.339 providing benchmarks and insights to measure success. 00:03:34.339 --> 00:03:37.634 Understanding user behaviour trends highlighted in the report enables 00:03:37.634 --> 00:03:41.054 tailored content strategies, ensuring content resonates 00:03:41.054 --> 00:03:44.136 with audiences and drives meaningful engagement. 00:03:44.136 --> 00:03:45.740 By anticipating future trends 00:03:45.740 --> 00:03:48.180 and staying informed about competitors strategies. 00:03:48.186 --> 00:03:51.407 Those who take social media seriously can maintain relevance, 00:03:51.522 --> 00:03:53.441 optimise advertising campaigns, 00:03:53.441 --> 00:03:56.444 and can stay ahead in the landscape of social media marketing. 00:03:56.444 --> 00:03:59.781 Content creation for me has been the biggest driver for my business. 00:03:59.822 --> 00:04:01.532 It's how I've been able to give myself 00:04:01.532 --> 00:04:03.534 the freedom, freedom to grow my business. 00:04:03.576 --> 00:04:06.913 This e-book does a great job of demonstrating that content creation 00:04:06.996 --> 00:04:09.745 line:1 can be a huge driver of new customers and revenue 00:04:09.745 --> 00:04:11.501 line:1 for pretty much any type of business. 00:04:11.626 --> 00:04:13.002 line:1 So make sure to check it out. 00:04:13.002 --> 00:04:14.629 line:1 It's completely free to download. 00:04:14.629 --> 00:04:17.423 Next up is short form content and repurposing. 00:04:17.715 --> 00:04:21.135 So if you have any sort of skill when it comes to video editing, 00:04:21.135 --> 00:04:23.842 which I think is actually fairly easy to pick up, 00:04:23.842 --> 00:04:25.014 this is such a great business. 00:04:25.014 --> 00:04:27.433 This is such an easy way to make some money. 00:04:27.433 --> 00:04:30.895 But growing a business like this for a lot of people can be quite difficult 00:04:30.895 --> 00:04:33.106 and it's because they go about it in the wrong way. 00:04:33.106 --> 00:04:36.025 What I've noticed is that a lot of editors that are making shorts 00:04:36.401 --> 00:04:37.432 don't really have a style, 00:04:37.432 --> 00:04:39.701 and they're also not really seeing what's trending 00:04:39.701 --> 00:04:42.090 on the social media sort of landscape, you could say. 00:04:42.090 --> 00:04:44.118 They're not seeing what other types of clips 00:04:44.409 --> 00:04:46.202 people actually want to see. 00:04:46.202 --> 00:04:48.748 So I find a lot of these short-form editors, 00:04:48.748 --> 00:04:50.700 they're just trying to make as many clips as possible 00:04:50.700 --> 00:04:51.833 just to get the job done. 00:04:51.874 --> 00:04:53.383 However, if you wanna make big money, 00:04:53.383 --> 00:04:55.862 proper money when it comes to making short form content, 00:04:55.862 --> 00:04:57.941 editing short form content for businesses, 00:04:57.941 --> 00:04:59.841 for creators, whatever it might be, 00:04:59.841 --> 00:05:02.802 it's all about coming up with clips that will either go viral 00:05:02.802 --> 00:05:05.555 or can actually make money for the end client. 00:05:05.763 --> 00:05:08.057 A lot of people don't seem to really be focusing on that. 00:05:08.057 --> 00:05:10.184 Like I said, they're just trying to make as many clips as possible. 00:05:10.476 --> 00:05:12.103 But if you can prove 00:05:12.103 --> 00:05:13.938 that your clips are either going viral 00:05:13.938 --> 00:05:16.899 or they're bringing conversions, you can charge a lot more money. 00:05:17.066 --> 00:05:19.436 I would happily pay for a short film editor 00:05:19.436 --> 00:05:21.446 who I know can regularly get me 00:05:21.446 --> 00:05:23.489 hundreds of thousands of views, or millions of views 00:05:23.489 --> 00:05:25.783 or who can sort of figure out 00:05:25.950 --> 00:05:27.702 what's trending, what's not trending. 00:05:27.702 --> 00:05:29.078 Look at my videos and stuff. 00:05:29.078 --> 00:05:32.573 See where they could see a clip maybe potentially going viral 00:05:32.573 --> 00:05:34.826 or maybe for other parts of my business 00:05:34.826 --> 00:05:36.419 so that it helps drive revenue. 00:05:36.419 --> 00:05:38.379 If they can prove all those sorts of things, 00:05:38.379 --> 00:05:39.889 I'm happy to pay them big money. 00:05:39.889 --> 00:05:42.675 They're obviously being able to deliver the results, 00:05:42.675 --> 00:05:44.802 I want to be able to reward them for those results. 00:05:44.802 --> 00:05:46.679 And I know there are short form editors out there 00:05:46.679 --> 00:05:48.890 who are making well over five figures a month. 00:05:48.890 --> 00:05:50.025 They have a few clients, 00:05:50.025 --> 00:05:51.100 they don't have that many clients, 00:05:51.100 --> 00:05:52.685 maybe three or four clients, 00:05:52.685 --> 00:05:54.270 but they're regularly churning out 00:05:54.270 --> 00:05:56.314 good quality repurposed videos 00:05:56.564 --> 00:05:58.274 that are doing well for their clients. 00:05:58.274 --> 00:05:59.408 And that's the most important thing. 00:05:59.408 --> 00:06:00.651 Instead of just trying to figure out, 00:06:00.651 --> 00:06:02.862 I'm gonna make ten clips for like $1,000. 00:06:03.029 --> 00:06:03.404 No, no, no. 00:06:03.404 --> 00:06:05.573 And I think it's actually better to make sure 00:06:05.573 --> 00:06:08.117 that the clips you're making are actually going to do well. 00:06:08.159 --> 00:06:10.745 Another thing that I've noticed when it comes to short form content 00:06:10.995 --> 00:06:14.624 is that a lot of people try to overdo this sort of flashy ideas, 00:06:14.624 --> 00:06:17.126 try to do crazy captions or sound effects and things like that. 00:06:17.335 --> 00:06:20.797 But some of the most viral clips that I've seen online 00:06:21.130 --> 00:06:23.216 don't have any flashy editing at all. 00:06:23.216 --> 00:06:24.884 The person has just found 00:06:24.884 --> 00:06:28.515 a clip from a video or from a podcast or something like that, 00:06:28.515 --> 00:06:29.806 which they know will go viral. 00:06:29.806 --> 00:06:31.766 They've gone through the effort of figuring out 00:06:31.766 --> 00:06:35.095 what can work on places like Instagram and TikTok. 00:06:35.215 --> 00:06:35.927 Tutoring. 00:06:35.927 --> 00:06:38.686 So this is a perfect one for anyone who is also a student, 00:06:38.686 --> 00:06:39.734 because I've always said 00:06:40.024 --> 00:06:43.444 that the best person to teach another person is another person 00:06:43.444 --> 00:06:45.057 who's also learning that same thing, 00:06:45.057 --> 00:06:46.531 but are only a few steps ahead. 00:06:46.572 --> 00:06:50.701 I found that people who are already very, very knowledgeable in a subject, 00:06:50.701 --> 00:06:52.412 aren't actually great teachers, 00:06:52.662 --> 00:06:54.325 because they're already way too far ahead, 00:06:54.325 --> 00:06:56.376 maybe they've learnt the basics or something 00:06:56.666 --> 00:06:59.377 years ago, decades ago, and now teaching someone 00:06:59.544 --> 00:07:02.588 who is completely new to the subject can actually be very, very difficult, 00:07:02.630 --> 00:07:05.091 because they're thinking years ahead whilst this new beginner, 00:07:05.091 --> 00:07:07.301 this person is just starting to learn the subject, 00:07:07.301 --> 00:07:09.303 is trying to just learn the fundamentals and the basics. 00:07:09.345 --> 00:07:11.467 So it can be quite hard for those two people 00:07:11.467 --> 00:07:12.890 to really learn from each other. 00:07:12.890 --> 00:07:14.428 The best person to learn from 00:07:14.428 --> 00:07:16.686 is someone who's just a few steps ahead of you. 00:07:16.686 --> 00:07:18.031 And the great thing about something like this 00:07:18.031 --> 00:07:20.148 is that you don't need to be an expert. 00:07:20.148 --> 00:07:23.943 You don't need to know everything about a certain subject to teach it. 00:07:24.277 --> 00:07:26.311 And I think that's why tutoring 00:07:26.311 --> 00:07:28.364 is actually such a great way to make money, 00:07:28.364 --> 00:07:30.658 because a lot of people fall into the trap of thinking 00:07:30.783 --> 00:07:32.326 that they need to be an expert in a subject 00:07:32.326 --> 00:07:33.286 and they need to know everything 00:07:33.286 --> 00:07:35.621 about this certain subject to teach it to someone else. 00:07:35.913 --> 00:07:37.748 And yeah, it just really isn't the case. 00:07:37.748 --> 00:07:39.625 So if you're someone who's also a beginner, 00:07:39.625 --> 00:07:40.972 who wants to make some money, 00:07:40.972 --> 00:07:44.213 who wants to be able to-- You can make a lot of money doing this. 00:07:44.213 --> 00:07:46.966 You're in the perfect position to also teach someone else. 00:07:46.966 --> 00:07:49.927 The great thing about this is that if you want someone 00:07:49.927 --> 00:07:52.638 who happens to be at university and you're watching this video, 00:07:52.930 --> 00:07:55.266 you can be someone who's teaching multiple people. 00:07:55.433 --> 00:07:57.226 So you can have your own class. 00:07:57.226 --> 00:07:59.645 You can teach multiple students, multiple people at the same time, 00:07:59.645 --> 00:08:01.646 and you can charge them all the same rate. 00:08:01.646 --> 00:08:04.650 Really sort of maximising your income, scaling your income. 00:08:04.775 --> 00:08:06.864 This is such a great way to scaling your income, 00:08:07.069 --> 00:08:09.280 having lots of people that you can teach at the same time. 00:08:09.280 --> 00:08:11.009 And then if you want to take it up a notch, 00:08:11.009 --> 00:08:12.492 you wanna take it to the next level. 00:08:12.492 --> 00:08:13.784 You can make courses. 00:08:13.784 --> 00:08:17.078 Digital courses especially are such great businesses. 00:08:17.078 --> 00:08:19.375 I know so many people who have digital courses 00:08:19.375 --> 00:08:20.833 that are teaching stuff online. 00:08:21.083 --> 00:08:22.793 They've put a curriculum together 00:08:22.793 --> 00:08:24.795 and they're making absolute bank. 00:08:25.046 --> 00:08:27.256 Because it's such a scalable business, 00:08:27.256 --> 00:08:30.218 you're not necessarily limited to a number of students in a class. 00:08:30.384 --> 00:08:32.595 You can really just sell it to as many people as you like. 00:08:32.803 --> 00:08:34.937 I have my own course, videocreatorcourse.com, 00:08:35.056 --> 00:08:35.890 and it makes great money. 00:08:35.890 --> 00:08:37.433 I sort of just have it sitting in the background. 00:08:37.433 --> 00:08:39.684 It's all about how to make high quality videos, 00:08:39.684 --> 00:08:40.895 not necessarily for YouTube, 00:08:41.145 --> 00:08:43.231 but just making high quality videos in general. 00:08:43.231 --> 00:08:44.713 And yeah, the great thing about it 00:08:44.713 --> 00:08:47.443 is that it's sort of just making money passively in the background. 00:08:47.443 --> 00:08:49.028 But there are creators out there 00:08:49.028 --> 00:08:51.656 who have turned courses into fully fledged businesses 00:08:51.656 --> 00:08:53.327 that are just making millions. 00:08:53.327 --> 00:08:55.351 Making millions is absolutely insane. 00:08:55.351 --> 00:08:58.621 Because people are willing to pay for knowledge. 00:08:58.621 --> 00:09:00.414 That's the most valuable thing about courses. 00:09:00.414 --> 00:09:02.875 If you can teach something that's valuable to other people 00:09:03.125 --> 00:09:06.337 where they can use it to maybe make their life better, 00:09:06.546 --> 00:09:08.256 maybe make relationships, love, 00:09:08.256 --> 00:09:10.299 whatever might better, make them money. 00:09:10.299 --> 00:09:13.219 Sort of those three things happiness, love, money. 00:09:13.261 --> 00:09:14.262 If you can teach something 00:09:14.262 --> 00:09:16.430 that takes advantage of one of those three things, 00:09:16.430 --> 00:09:17.765 you can make a lot of money. 00:09:17.765 --> 00:09:21.185 I found with courses the people who are looking to buy courses, 00:09:21.185 --> 00:09:23.420 that are looking to learn stuff from courses, 00:09:23.420 --> 00:09:26.063 they're looking for the money details, 00:09:26.063 --> 00:09:28.067 they're looking for the finier details in things 00:09:28.276 --> 00:09:30.861 because they wanna see how other people are doing it. 00:09:30.861 --> 00:09:33.336 They wanna see systems and processes in place 00:09:33.336 --> 00:09:34.991 that has worked for someone else 00:09:34.991 --> 00:09:37.660 and they wanna see if they can apply the same systems and processes 00:09:38.077 --> 00:09:41.080 to their own sort of way of life, their own way of doing things. 00:09:41.080 --> 00:09:43.332 Gym workouts are a perfect example of this. 00:09:43.583 --> 00:09:45.347 If you see someone who you think, 00:09:45.347 --> 00:09:46.752 "Wow, they look incredible," 00:09:46.752 --> 00:09:49.547 you might also be interested in "How can I look like that?" 00:09:49.797 --> 00:09:52.701 So if that person had a course, if they shared their gym routine, 00:09:52.967 --> 00:09:54.531 you're obviously going to look at it and you're going to think, 00:09:54.531 --> 00:09:57.163 okay, let's see what they're doing 00:09:57.163 --> 00:09:58.806 and maybe I'm missing out on something. 00:09:58.806 --> 00:09:59.994 Maybe I'm not doing something right, 00:09:59.994 --> 00:10:01.503 because clearly they're doing something right 00:10:01.503 --> 00:10:02.852 that I'm not doing right now. 00:10:02.893 --> 00:10:04.145 Social media management. 00:10:04.145 --> 00:10:06.110 So this is one I've covered in the channel before, 00:10:06.230 --> 00:10:08.232 but there are so many businesses out there, 00:10:08.232 --> 00:10:11.485 especially businesses run by older people, who you could say, 00:10:11.777 --> 00:10:13.696 who just have no clue about social media. 00:10:13.696 --> 00:10:15.529 They don't know anything about Instagram, TikTok, 00:10:15.529 --> 00:10:17.403 YouTube or any other sort of social platforms. 00:10:17.403 --> 00:10:19.970 They don't know what it takes to make content. 00:10:20.036 --> 00:10:21.370 They don't know how to publish content, 00:10:21.370 --> 00:10:23.497 they don't know what type of content to make. 00:10:23.497 --> 00:10:24.790 And it's not just older people. 00:10:24.790 --> 00:10:25.833 There are also people, 00:10:25.833 --> 00:10:28.836 young people who don't really have any idea of social media. 00:10:29.295 --> 00:10:31.297 These businesses, these sorts of people, 00:10:31.297 --> 00:10:34.508 they are usually willing to pay someone else to do it for them. 00:10:34.717 --> 00:10:35.676 And that's the whole point. 00:10:35.676 --> 00:10:37.637 If you can take the pain away from someone else 00:10:37.637 --> 00:10:40.264 and also make their lives better, make them more money, 00:10:40.514 --> 00:10:42.975 you can charge big money for social media management. 00:10:43.059 --> 00:10:46.187 The great thing about this business is that it is somewhat scalable. 00:10:46.395 --> 00:10:48.606 So if you have systems and processes in place, 00:10:48.606 --> 00:10:50.182 there's no reason why you can't have three, 00:10:50.182 --> 00:10:52.151 four, five businesses where you're charging 00:10:52.151 --> 00:10:54.528 maybe between 2 to $5000 a month, 00:10:54.528 --> 00:10:55.990 maybe even $10,000 a month, 00:10:55.990 --> 00:10:57.554 depending on how much you're doing for them. 00:10:57.698 --> 00:11:00.743 You can also hire other people to come in and help you with those things. 00:11:00.743 --> 00:11:02.370 It's such a great way to build a business 00:11:02.370 --> 00:11:04.580 that can make quite a lot of money quite quickly. 00:11:04.872 --> 00:11:06.707 If you're someone who is social media savvy, 00:11:06.707 --> 00:11:07.958 I think it makes a lot of sense. 00:11:07.958 --> 00:11:09.661 One angle that I would take with this, 00:11:09.661 --> 00:11:11.802 which is what I mentioned earlier on in the video, 00:11:11.802 --> 00:11:15.424 if you can show a client or a business, whoever you're selling your skills to, 00:11:15.675 --> 00:11:18.337 that you're either bringing in views or you're making them money. 00:11:18.761 --> 00:11:21.681 They're going to be more than willing to pay for your services. 00:11:21.722 --> 00:11:24.975 Next up, we have UI/UX design and website creation. 00:11:24.975 --> 00:11:26.850 So well before I started doing YouTube 00:11:26.850 --> 00:11:28.446 and started making money from YouTube, 00:11:28.446 --> 00:11:29.855 my main source of income 00:11:30.022 --> 00:11:32.983 was UI/UX design and making websites for clients. 00:11:33.401 --> 00:11:36.153 And let me tell you, I made a lot of money doing that. 00:11:36.153 --> 00:11:38.572 It was just one of the best things that I ever did, 00:11:38.572 --> 00:11:40.241 it's one of the best skills I ever learned. 00:11:40.241 --> 00:11:42.380 I made a lot of money very, very quickly. 00:11:42.380 --> 00:11:44.147 A few years into my career, 00:11:44.147 --> 00:11:47.248 I was charging $500 to $1000 a day 00:11:47.248 --> 00:11:49.208 for my services depending on the client, 00:11:49.208 --> 00:11:51.460 depending on the business, depending on what they needed. 00:11:51.460 --> 00:11:52.961 And I remember thinking at the time, like, 00:11:52.961 --> 00:11:58.509 "Holy moly, I can't believe I'm charging $1,000 a day for my time." 00:11:58.843 --> 00:12:01.804 Obviously I'm selling my time, but still, it's $1,000, 00:12:01.804 --> 00:12:03.848 like I was in my early twenties, mid twenties. 00:12:03.848 --> 00:12:05.683 And I think to myself, this is outrageous. 00:12:05.683 --> 00:12:06.851 $1,000 a day. 00:12:06.851 --> 00:12:08.853 I did have some imposter syndrome back then. 00:12:08.853 --> 00:12:09.809 So I was thinking to myself, 00:12:09.809 --> 00:12:11.605 I can't believe I'm charging $1,000 a day. 00:12:11.605 --> 00:12:12.865 But now when I think back, 00:12:12.865 --> 00:12:15.642 the reason why I was charging $1,000 a day 00:12:15.642 --> 00:12:19.134 was because those sorts of skills just wasn't that common. 00:12:19.280 --> 00:12:20.781 Not a lot of people had those skills. 00:12:20.781 --> 00:12:23.367 Not a lot of people had the style that I had when it came to 00:12:23.534 --> 00:12:25.327 UI/UX design and making websites. 00:12:25.327 --> 00:12:26.620 And that's the one thing I realised 00:12:26.620 --> 00:12:28.748 from nearly all of the clients that hired me. 00:12:28.914 --> 00:12:31.333 They were looking for my specific style 00:12:31.667 --> 00:12:35.640 and that's what's so important about UI/UX and website creation. 00:12:35.640 --> 00:12:37.173 Having a style that's pretty unique 00:12:37.173 --> 00:12:39.967 but also very refined and can deliver results. 00:12:39.967 --> 00:12:42.845 The other thing is most people just aren't that technical. 00:12:42.845 --> 00:12:44.241 They don't wanna be messing around, 00:12:44.241 --> 00:12:46.769 spending time learning how to use Figma, 00:12:46.769 --> 00:12:48.325 which is what I use to design, 00:12:48.517 --> 00:12:50.068 and using things like Framer 00:12:50.068 --> 00:12:52.271 or learning how to code to make websites. 00:12:52.271 --> 00:12:54.021 Just like with social media management, 00:12:54.021 --> 00:12:57.318 most businesses, they don't wanna be focusing on making a website. 00:12:57.318 --> 00:12:59.111 They don't want to be running a website, nothing like that. 00:12:59.111 --> 00:13:00.946 They would much rather pay someone else to do it. 00:13:00.946 --> 00:13:04.011 And the great thing about websites is that we know they make money 00:13:04.033 --> 00:13:07.369 They're a good face for a business, whether it's like a restaurant, 00:13:07.369 --> 00:13:09.288 whether it's an e-commerce store, or whatever it might be. 00:13:09.288 --> 00:13:11.248 We know it's a way for people to look 00:13:11.248 --> 00:13:14.168 for that business online and for that business to make money. 00:13:14.543 --> 00:13:16.921 And you could even take it a step further. 00:13:16.921 --> 00:13:18.341 You can go to the business and be like, 00:13:18.341 --> 00:13:20.800 "Look, I will make your website for free. 00:13:20.800 --> 00:13:22.730 However, any clients I get for you, 00:13:22.730 --> 00:13:24.790 any customers I get for you through the website, 00:13:24.790 --> 00:13:25.721 I take a cut." 00:13:25.721 --> 00:13:28.974 Maybe it's 5%, 10%, 20%, whatever it might be. 00:13:29.225 --> 00:13:31.602 That's such a good way to make a lot of money. 00:13:31.644 --> 00:13:33.521 This is also a very scalable business, 00:13:33.521 --> 00:13:35.176 because once you've made a website, 00:13:35.176 --> 00:13:36.732 you could just charge a retainer fee. 00:13:36.816 --> 00:13:39.777 You can also hire other people to come in to manage websites, 00:13:39.777 --> 00:13:42.071 to make websites with you, to make websites for your clients. 00:13:42.279 --> 00:13:43.864 It's just a very scalable business. 00:13:43.864 --> 00:13:46.033 And there are so many companies, so many agencies out there 00:13:46.033 --> 00:13:48.369 that we already know are making millions doing this. 00:13:48.369 --> 00:13:50.294 Another thing that's become very popular 00:13:50.294 --> 00:13:52.557 is just charging businesses on a monthly basis, 00:13:52.557 --> 00:13:53.999 a retainer, essentially. 00:13:54.250 --> 00:13:57.586 And Darrel, a designer who shares his work on Twitter, 00:13:57.878 --> 00:14:01.438 he runs a design agency called endless.design, 00:14:01.438 --> 00:14:04.426 where he charges $8,000 a month. 00:14:04.718 --> 00:14:07.930 And he's doing incredibly well from the info he's sharing on Twitter. 00:14:08.055 --> 00:14:09.981 And it's a simple retainer package 00:14:09.981 --> 00:14:12.685 that gives you basically one design lead, 00:14:12.685 --> 00:14:14.738 one senior designer five days a week, 00:14:14.738 --> 00:14:16.230 one request at a time, 00:14:16.230 --> 00:14:19.483 you get an unlimited amount of design work in that time. 00:14:19.692 --> 00:14:22.027 Dedicated Slack Channel, unlimited revisions, 00:14:22.236 --> 00:14:23.695 and a 48 hour delivery. 00:14:23.695 --> 00:14:25.155 And he's charging $8,000 a month. 00:14:25.155 --> 00:14:27.157 And you can see he only has one spot left already. 00:14:27.366 --> 00:14:30.494 So people are clearly paying for this and he's making a lot of money. 00:14:30.494 --> 00:14:32.705 And like I said, if you have other people in the business, 00:14:32.872 --> 00:14:34.301 you can have more and more spots, 00:14:34.301 --> 00:14:36.652 you can have more availability for clients. 00:14:36.792 --> 00:14:38.878 This is a fantastic way to make money. 00:14:38.878 --> 00:14:41.922 And like I said, it's how I used to make money 00:14:41.922 --> 00:14:43.075 before I made YouTube videos 00:14:43.075 --> 00:14:44.508 and I made a lot of money doing it. 00:14:44.508 --> 00:14:47.052 I made a couple of million doing this sort of thing. 00:14:47.094 --> 00:14:48.178 That's it for this video. 00:14:48.178 --> 00:14:49.763 Hopefully, you guys enjoyed it. 00:14:49.763 --> 00:14:52.558 As you can see, I am in a new setup. 00:14:52.558 --> 00:14:53.684 I have a completely new setup. 00:14:53.684 --> 00:14:56.061 This is in my new office in Dubai. 00:14:56.562 --> 00:14:58.230 I still have a few things I need to setup. 00:14:58.230 --> 00:15:00.265 I still have a few things I need to sort out. 00:15:00.265 --> 00:15:01.317 Like my microphone. 00:15:01.317 --> 00:15:03.994 I'm using this lavalier mic, a sort of DJI mic, 00:15:03.994 --> 00:15:05.067 instead of my podcast mic. 00:15:05.467 --> 00:15:07.406 I miss my podcast mic. I need it to come. 00:15:07.406 --> 00:15:09.283 I'm sort of just waiting for things to set up. 00:15:09.283 --> 00:15:11.994 I'm shipping a lot of things from the UK to Dubai, 00:15:11.994 --> 00:15:13.662 so I'm waiting for things to arrive. 00:15:13.662 --> 00:15:15.998 So yeah, things will go back to normal, 00:15:15.998 --> 00:15:18.163 the high quality Oliur will go back to normal. 00:15:18.375 --> 00:15:19.793 Hopefully, you guys enjoyed it. 00:15:19.793 --> 00:15:20.871 Follow me on Instagram and Twitter, 00:15:20.871 --> 00:15:22.465 where I'll be sharing a lot more updates. 00:15:22.620 --> 00:15:23.906 And subscribe for more.