He Built A $600,000 One Person Business (with video editing)
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 21. 07. 2024
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Here's how Scott went from freelance video editor to running a $50,000/month company in 1 year.
0:00 - Intro
0:27 - The business
0:47 - Type of clients he sells to
1:18 - What makes a valuable product
1:50 - Scott's early days
2:36 - Dropping out of college
3:17 - Building a resume
4:02 - How he started video editing
4:42 - Going from $50K/year to $50K/month
5:35 - How to turn your passion into a business
6:36 - Business Ideas
7:25 - The best business model
8:25 - Building a team
8:46 - Hiring overseas
9:17 - How to find good talent
9:41 - Costs + Techstack
10:47 - How to build an audience
11:17 - Advantages of a niche
11:56 - Advice for beginners
12:19 - Work setup
12:48 - Growing the biz to $50K/month
13:43 - Pivoting + Revenue in early days
14:14 - Finding clients
14:37 - Cold outreach + Cold email example
15:40 - Sales funnel (secret sauce)
16:27 - How to learn about business
17:24 - Daily routine
18:26 - Working on weekends
18:50 - Vacations as an entrepreneur
19:26 - Advice on passion
Scottâs Socials
đŠ Twitter - / scottcmillard
đ„ CZcams - / @scottmillard
Subscribe for weekly videos: / @starterstory
I don't think there's other content on youtube that tells business building stories this well
THANK YOU
We're just getting started!
I 100% agree
@@starterstory this is an awesome start and it's gonna get better just. keep producing such quality content, â€ïž
O.o Unfortunately, he doesn't practice good posture by not using his laptop at eye level. Lol đ. That's very common, unfortunately. Aside from that, great stuff! Hehe. I was born and raised in infamous Miami, FL, USA, and thankfully live away from all three of those places. Lol. I've been in the Philippines, and looking to move pretty soon.
:3 Yes, exactly, just hit many with a DM, and see who bites. Twitter allows like 2k messages a day per account.
This channel is gonna be huge the interviewer is asking ALL THE RIGHT QUESTIONS such a relief
KEEP PRODUCING CONTENT LIKE THIS! THIS IS SO VALUABLE! LOVE IT!!
Hey Starter Story, I see your channel growing, you're doing a great job!
Wow! Example of a video I thought I would quick click in and out of and just got sucked in to the entire thing - great quality content in here!
ye. this is one of the top 3 video I watched this year 2023. and thanks to scott for sharing everything, a huge doze of knowledge.
This video and the starter Channel Is GOLD!
Such good valuable videos and very inspirational in all the right ways, thank you for your channel and for the people who shared their starter stories đđ»
I loved his transparency. You asked very good questions too. Keep it up đđ
Outstanding! Thank you.
Save your passion for what you want to do outside of work. Follow what you're good at and what you like doing."
Wow! Incredible story and video! Huge inspiration
Greatest video on all of CZcams. We basically have the same story but for me it was with photography a few years back! The level of like mindedness is crazy. Can't tell you how glad I was to click on this
Subbed for this one. Currently in limbo with my own video company loved this insight
bro i just stumbled across your channel and its the best channel an inspiring entrepreneur can find
Thank you :) What makes it the best?
Great video. Lots of wisdom from leaders who know how to strategize & articulate their wisdom. Subscribed â
Thanks Erica!
Great interview, thanks for sharing! đ
The boy Scott is on my recommended page, LFG
great story with great storytelling!
really interesting, thank you ! implementing.
honestly, this man has brought quality and informative content on youtube. He is going to be a successfull youtuber!!
i am sure he will interview me someday :)
Incredible content. Learned so much! Love your channel, man!
Awesome, thank you! đ
This channel is gonna blow up
thank you this is really insightful
When Pat allowed us to feature our story on his website, we were so humbled đ
Very Informative Video LOGAN đ
The best thing about Scott is that the video isn't about him, he completely focuses on the entrepreneur and no bs of his own
that was a very good video! for the second time
ARE U KIDDING ME!?!?
Flight of the Conchords @12:20!?!?âŠ.. FLIPPIN AWESOME !!!
Great stuff! Very inspiring :)
Great advice, really enjoyed this interview đ found you through TikTok - keep up the inspiring stories!
Awesome! Thank you! â€
I like how these are evolving from the tiktoks/short-form media. Also this guy is awesome. Clearly knows his shit but humble enough to share đ€
Thanks Ronit. Scott is the GOAT!
Appreciate you - gonna be posting a lot more if you wanna follow along
Great Video â€Thank You đŻ
This video was great value. Thank you
Glad it was helpful! đ
Really great video!! đȘ
Bro keep creating such content, we appreciate your efforts and love the quality content. You deserve millions of subs and im sure u will achieve them soon â€ïž
One suggestion: bro keep the thumbnails with a consistent design , branded, so in a glance one can know this videos's from your channel and must be valuable.
this has so much potential!
Harry from Marketing Examples in the house!! Thank you sire đ
Had a great time chopping it up with ya!
Legend đ«Ą Thank you.
Hey there Scott. You built a great business here. Can you mention the coach who helped you figure things out?
@@FitiMilele Client Ascension by Daniel Fazio (Cold Email Wizard)
What software do u use to edit your videos? that's very good and grab my attention along the videođ
Value from this video is crazy
Hey can you ask him which course he recommends? I would love to know which course he took.
The advice on packaging your skill set over selling the service is sikkkk
Thinking of doing the same?
Do it and never look back
@starterstory I currently operate a wrap shop so not sure how I can incorporate the concept to the business. However I'm starting a product-based business because it's more scalable
@@gsgcarreviews You're on the right track because product based has high leverage as long as you can get past the initial start up cost and managing inventory
@@gsgcarreviews wrap shop like car wrap? simple: 2 Door car wrap $xxx, 4 door car $xxx, etc.
Love the video, where did you get the visuals?
Wise kid. Lot's to learn from him.
Appreciate you tuning in!
Bro's literally a Digital Wolverine! đ„
LMAOOOO
keep these coming! đȘ
What do you wanna see more of??
just curios to know does Scott have any mentoring / coaching programs? id also love to know who he got coached by..
That was awesome! Very well put together đđœWould love to do a collab
What were you thinking?
7:17 Man muss nur (heraus-)finden, was du anbieten willst (+ die richtigen Kunden)
7:40 Get paid for your Expertise
8:22
13:44 Bundles sell better/quicker
18:59
19:31
dude , love your videos , i been a follower on istagram and tiktok for the longest time , this is some next level content right here
Thank you! We're gonna take this format to a whole new level. New videos every Monday hit that bell!!
â@@starterstory what's your Instagram?
Second video in a row Iâm watching from you đ
2:23 he did the legendary Tate Star Wars Tweet hahahaha
What a G
amazing content
Just amazing to see Wolverine doing so well in business
When I watch these videos Iâm like holy shit⊠this is free??
Great video content but a tripod and manual exposure throughout might help!
came from the short form stuff đ€â
Subscribed
Very helpful
This is amazing. Thanks for sharing. I noticed, that it seems that in order for you to make $50K a month, you can achieve that much easily by doing videos, or manage ads for companies. If you are a web developer, or software engineer or designer, it's much much harder to break even the $10K a month, let alone get $50K even you are an agency, unless you also sell software that is being used by big companies.
I guess it is as what they say, attention is the currency of the 21st century. Anything that pulls people from the social medias -> your product = $
So it's not really about your product, or how good it is.
I wouldn't say it's easy, I've been doing videos since 2016 and it takes a good amount of experience - the reason it works with videos is because its fixed scope compared to custom development work
this is a total limiting belief....there's a guy called Brett Williams who does 7 figures as a one person design agency. Starter Story even did a video on him.
Great vĂdeo want to do video editing myself only have davinci resolve but will try my best
I'm coming out with a course soon, sub to stay updated
DR is an incredible program even with just the free version. Plenty of solid CZcams videos out there to help you get started!
Iâm in the same part of life he was at where he was non-directional with videography. What coaching did he do to help find direction?
Look up Client Ascension
12:19 That music is either Flight of the Conchords or it was copied from them.
Great show.
I've been thinking of this exact business idea for over 6 months, (providing video production services to SAAS, as SAAS is growing faster than ever before, ai stuff etc) , i don't know, why i just dotn do itđ. Maybe, i don't have a lot of time as im already doing a remote job.
Do it you won't (you'll have to compete with me though)
What if you are good at your passion? Often your passion comes easy to you. That's why you like doing it. I suspect that he has to redefine the word passion, I think video and entrepreneurship are his passion!
Or maybe even person freedom
Great video!
Glad you enjoyed it đ
What did you like about it?
Nice video and good information, how I can contact the videography guy
Great video, bro is sitting like it's a photoshoot though lol
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Glad heâs kept busy since âWolverineâ.
So did he dropout of college or not?
The big issue with this business model is that it is very hard to automate and make passive. You have to be in constant communication with your clients and team. The marketing departments tend to want to be very controlling and neurotic
The big issue is that being a spoiled snowflake that finds big issue with actually needing to work to earn money is gonna be a big issue in actually earning money đ
@@chill29394 if you can't make money in your sleep, is it really worth your time
â@@jayzg60 yes, yes it is.
@@jayzg60 then just put your money into stocks that pays dividends.
If YOU can automate it, anyone can automate it.
That's why dropshipping is no longer really a viable business, because anyone can do it.
Yea, please show me that you have an automated business that gives you money while you sleeping!
the valley girl inflection is strong in this one.
Please include the socials of the guest. Great video!
@scottcmillard on all platforms
@@scottmillard Thanks!
I thought this guy would have like 300k followers
What video editing software do you need to know how to use to make these types of SaaS videos?
Not sure... I'll ask Scott.
@@starterstory I found the answer itâs all Adobe:
Illustrator
Premiere
After Effects
Yeah, Adobe After effects and Premiere pro
@@scottmillardcould you also share mentors that gave you good direction? And congrats on success awesome stuffđ
Did starter story actually check this guys numbers ?
His website doesnât even seem to be working
Good 1
A more detailed video, please
Will try. Thanks for watching đ
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918th sub let's goooo
Under 1K club đȘđȘ
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One person business with 4 people. Sure!
$2500 for a 20 second clip. Wow.
his website doesn't work đ€Šââ
Got my comment removed because I pointed out this guys business might not be real, or at least I could find it...
2:24 itâs Andrew Tate himself haha
If you have a car, youâre not broke đ€·ââïž
He said he was broke earning 50k a year lmfao
I know, what an idiot.
Thatâs decent tbh
Whatâs blowing my mind is that the people ordering it can get it on fiverrr for like $150 but theyâre too lazy đ
This is fundamentally not true, we are addressing customer pain points for a different kind of buyer than the one that would get a video on freelance sites for $150 - plus, those video are terrible quality in the first place
Fiverrr is trash. I canât tell you how many times if had clients come to me to fix one of those projects. Usually the client has their tail between their legs and says hey can you fix this?
@@scottmillard Iâve been in video production professionally for 15 years, anyone can have this made by a graphic artist for a small fraction of what youâre charging.
@@Guitarlvr01 Then go do it
@@scottmillard lol seeing that guys comment pissed me off. Bro I just watched this whole interview and Iâm creeped out by the similarities, especially when you said âI just got back from a week in Californiaâ because I literally just got back from a week trip in Santa Cruz visiting my uncle haha! Iâd love to connect sometime if you are down. Otherwise I really appreciated this man, Iâm around $12k per month rn so I got some work to do to catch up to you lol.
Tell him to get his foot off the coffee table.
Hi bro,
U need attractive CZcams thumbnail designer?
You are attractive.
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Of course he is out sourcing. This is what is actively destroying the creative industry in the US driving rates down
Could you explain this comment? I'm honestl y just curious how this works
@@PhilipClyde They do 20 - 60 second short form videos for social channels. They don't shoot any video for this. It's basically stock video, photos, client supplied screenshots mixed with text animation. I venture to say most of the animations are pulled from templates. Branding is usually supplied by the client. The work is done in countries that have inexpensive labour. Think $5 - $10 per hour for a very experienced animator. Once you work out a process from initial sales funnel to delivery combined with the cheap production staff you can run a fairly profitable business assuming you book enough clients.
It will be interesting to see how they do in a couple of years once generative AI platforms are integrated with design platforms. Canva, Adobe and Microsoft are all working on solution in that field targeting social channels.
I turned it off when instead of helping and employing his friends and fellow Americans he outsourced the work to children in foreign countries. This is the the problem with American today we applaud people like this for using labor exploits for their personal gain.
yeah this dude is a leech
Why do you assume theyâre children? Did he explicitly say that in the video?
And I donât see whatâs wrong with hiring people from other countries. Everyone deserves a chance and some countries have way less opportunities to get any type of job. Nothing is stopping Americans from building their own businesses or leveling up their skills to get higher paying jobs.
@@blairmackenzie898 What's stopping them, is the difference in cost of living. Both of you are right, and both of you can do nothing about it because rising tide (global economy) lifts all boats.
@@Nightman-eb8mj We can do nothing about what?
If you said minimum package is 2500$ why you did sell a 400$ package? 12:41 I think you are a lambo guru as well
Follow what you're good at and what you love doing đđ€Ą
Damn! Iâve been scaling my business. And this is some solid gold advice!
A+ tier content.
Thank you! đ€
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