Brian Moran

Co-Founder & CEO

Your ad costs are not the problem.

If you're spending $50 to get a customer who spends $50, do NOT shut off your ads. 

Add one upsell and that $50 customer becomes a $70-85 customer on day one. 

You don’t need to be spending less on ads, just make each customer worth more.

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Founder of SamCart • Scaled to $300M. Acquired Typeset ($75M valuation). Watch me sell them for $1B.

Helping 100,000 creators sell $7B+ with SamCart. Focused on making it easier for creators to launch & grow.

If nobody has ever complained about your price, your price is too low.

Cheap pricing doesn't attract more customers, it attracts worse customers. The people who haggle over $50 are the same people who will drain your support team, leave bad reviews, and churn in 30 days.

Price with confidence or don't price at all.

Worst niches to print money 

- Gaming 
- General lifestyle 
- Travel guides
- Anything targeting 16-22 year olds (they’re broke)

Best niches to print money 

- Fitness (especially women's)
- Finance/Investing 
- Business Education
- Health & Wellness

Study what people with real disposable income buy, then build an offer around that.

6 marketing skills to scale past $10K/month...

1. MARKETING EMAILS

Email is still the most reliable lever in digital products. Period. 

Promotions, newsletters, nurture sequences. Even if you’re not actively posting, you can get repeat buyers without paying for every single click. Worst case, your audience trusts you more. 

Your email list is one of your greatest assets. 

2. DIGITAL ADS

This is how you buy attention, fast. 

You can run ads on websites, social platforms, or search to get in front of new people.

But the real value is the data. Reporting shows what creative works, who’s engaging, and when they convert.

Ads turn marketing into a scoreboard.

3. ORGANIC SOCIAL MEDIA AND BLOG POSTS

You can pay for attention (ads), or you can earn it by posting on social media. 

Social posts educate and build trust with your audience. You can launch a product and they’re already ready to buy. 

It’s time-consuming, but it’s an audience you own. 

4. BRAND WEBSITES

It doesn’t even need to be a full website.

Just one landing page that convinces strangers to buy from you. No “about us” page needed.

If you do it right, it will do all the selling while you sleep. 

5. GRAPHICS AND INFOGRAPHICS

People online like to skim. 

They decide to engage with content within less than a second. 

Great visuals convey ideas faster. 

You can turn abstract concepts into something that can be easily understood and shared without a single word. 

6. WHITE PAPERS AND CASE STUDIES

White papers let you educate and frame the problem. 

Case studies show your audience you know what you’re talking about. 

Both help justify the purchase, especially when your product is higher ticket. 

The best way to get people to buy is proof.

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♻️ Repost if someone you know needs to learn these skills

Paid subscription communities are the biggest scam in the creator economy and nobody wants to say it.

Here's what actually happens when you launch one.

Month 1: 100 members, you feel like a genius.
Month 3: 65 active subscribers, you're on a hamster wheel trying to get back what you had constantly.

A recurring subscription is harder to sell than a high-ticket product because you're not asking for money once, you're asking someone to commit to paying you forever.

And when your community eventually dies (it will), everyone can see it. A dead Skool group is public and that kills your brand.

If you want to argue with me on this, please name one major entrepreneur who built their fortune on a paid recurring community. You can't.

Marie Forleo, Hormozi, Jeff Walker, Ryan Deiss, all of them made their money the exact same way: low ticket products on the front end, high ticket on the backend. One-time purchases.

We watched membership sites die in 2010 and we're watching the same thing happen with Skool in 2026.

The model is simple. 

Cheap product to build a buyer list, high ticket offers for the people who already like you.

The stuff that changed my life the most is stupid simple: 

> My dad always had a side-hustle but family came first no matter what. 
> Playing baseball taught me more about business than any book.
> Mastering self-talk has created every positive result I ever got. 
> Scaling SamCart from 0-$300M with my brother Scott. 
> Kids changed everything. My net worth 10X’d since having them.
> Lastly wife. Nothing else on this list comes close.

DUMBEST ways to use AI to PRINT $$$:

- Run 15 different SaaS tools 
- Code 15 apps in a weekend
- Act like every new feature is the next big thing 
- Spin up 14 businesses (stupidest thing in the world) 

BEST ways to use AI to PRINT $$$:

- Focus on one business (unless you’re Elon) 
- Speed up your workflows 
- Treat it like a crazy smart assistant to help your business.
- Use it for things that actually generate revenue: product, copy, content, etc. 

Keep falling into the AI influencer hype and you'll still be poor in two years.

How to 10x your team's output with AI (without hiring more people): 

1. Fire anyone against AI use
2. Use AI to remove roles from your hiring plan 
3. Cut workload first
4. Document everything
5. Plug into AI model of your choice
6. Have each member find 5 AI use-cases per role in 7 days

AI doesn’t magically make you more money.

It helps you generate revenue faster and more accurately.

Why I decided to build in public for SamCart:

1. Forces clarity on why we build 
2. Trust compounds faster than numbers
3. Keeps me showing up like day one
4. Gain more affiliate partners
5. Reach better customers 
6. Stronger brand moat
7. Attract more A+ players 
8. Reminds me why I started
9. Forces us to build better software
10. Get more introductions from the right people 
11. Helps me live with balance and work with purpose

You don't need a new job. You need a bigger game.

Two roles. One engineer, one marketer. Both AI-native.

The kind of opportunity that makes you quit something good for something great. SamCart. $30M+ ARR. Nearly $100M raised. $7B+ processed. We're building something brand new inside of SamCart. The next era of eCom. AI that doesn't assist. AI that builds your entire business for you. I need two people who want to be at the center of it.

AI Engineer You've built AI products real people use. Production, not demos. You think like a founder. You ship fast and own the outcome. If you haven't written 500K+ lines with Claude Code or Cursor, don't apply.

AI Growth You've been THE person behind the growth. Not part of a team. THE person. If you haven't had AI managing your ads, spinning up creative, running your blog, writing your emails, and building your funnels, don't apply.

This is NOT a title play, a management role, or a 9-to-5.
This IS founder-level impact, founder-level comp.

You'll work with me daily. Small team. Massive mission. Hundreds of thousands of entrepreneurs are about to build businesses in a way that's never existed before. The hardest, most rewarding thing you've ever done.

Apply here → https://lnkd.in/g3MWDYk5 
60 seconds. No resume. Just proof.

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Me...

> Did the bare minimum in school
> Hated every job I ever had
> Took a paper shredding job for $15/hr & covered in dust 
> Living in a basement apartment
> Every waking moment I was trying to find a way out
> Studied online business relentlessly for a year
> Made my first sale
> By the end of the year I was doing $80k/month
> Didn’t quit my job because I was too scared it wouldn’t last
> Work found out and fired me on the spot
> Scaled to $100k-$150k/month fulltime 
> Got bored and had the idea for SamCart
> Dumped $1M of my savings into it
> Built SamCart to a $300M+ valuation 
> Building toward $1B exit

graphical user interface, text, application, email

20 y/o using AI:

- Actually uses it 
- Tries every tool out there
- Figures out what's possible in real time
- Spends 20 hrs/day learning thru YouTube

50 y/o using AI:

- “Too busy” to learn
- Barely understands it 
- Outsources it to low level employees
- Doesn’t watch YouTube/X so they stay ignorant

The people who dominate the future will treat AI like an advantage, not a passing trend.

Everyone’s asking me what to sell in 2026.

SamCart powered 75K+ businesses and processed $7B+ in digital product sales, so I never guess what's working or not. 

These 10 fitness digital products are printing money (they’re not slowing down):👇

1. 7-DAY MOMENTUM PLAN

People don’t need another pep talk. 

Build them a simple plan for the next 7 days: 

• Training
• Routine 
• Mindset 

They’ll stop starting over every Monday.

2. WEEKLY MEAL PLANNING SYSTEM

Healthy eating falls apart when it becomes a second job.

Makes eating clean easy with the right system: 

• Mealplans
• Grocery lists
• Macros/Calories 

Simple to deliver. Easy to recommend.

3. NO-GYM BODYWEIGHT PROGRAM

Convenience sells. 

Create step-by-step home workouts with beginner-intermediate progressions.

Zero equipment. Zero excuses.

4. PROGRESS TRACKER

Nothing kills progress faster than guessing. 

Create a central hub to track: 

• Workouts
• Habits
• Weight
• Measurements 

It turns “I feel stuck” into clear next steps.

5. AT-HOME STRENGTH SPLIT

Beginners quit when they’re forced to improvise.

A simple strength split with clear recordings will help people stick to their routine and use correct form. 

“Tell me what to do today” sells forever.

6. MONTHLY RECIPE PACK

A monthly drop of clean, repeatable recipes makes healthy eating easy to maintain.

Works great as a recurring offer without relying on group chat hype.

7. 5–7 DAY FITNESS EMAIL SERIES

Give them daily workouts and a simple nutrition plan.

If you get them a quick win, the next offer becomes an easy yes.

8. HOME GYM STARTER BLUEPRINT

People waste money buying random, overpriced equipment.

Tell them exactly what to buy and how to train with it.

Clear path, strong perceived value.

9. WORKOUT VAULT ACCESS

Build a library of: 

• Past routines
• Challenges
• Recordings 

Consistency is easier when you’ve already done the planning.

10. 30-DAY WELLNESS JOURNAL

Fitness is bigger than workouts.

A daily journal that tracks sleep, energy, food, workouts, and habits helps people connect inputs to outcomes.

Better feedback loop = better adherence.

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People buy fitness products because they want to be told exactly what to do. 

Less thinking. More doing. Faster progress.

Package it like a system, not a pile of tips.

♻️ Repost if someone you know wants to print money in the fitness niche.

lies about internet money: 

- get-rich-quick coaches are grifters
- courses are pyramid schemes
- u need 10,000+ followers minimum 
- u need a perfect funnel before you can start

truths about internet money: 

- u only need 6 weeks if you execute
- outcomes & experience > information 
- it’s easier to sell to someone who bought
- human touch is MORE valuable than ever

Stop overthinking what to sell in 2026.

These 10 RELATIONSHIP digital products will print money:

(after processing $7B+ and powering 75K+ businesses with SamCart)

1. CONNECTION CARD DECK

Sometimes you’ve got nothing to talk about besides logistics.

Make a deck for couples, friends, or families:

• Light
• Deep
• The stuff people avoid

It turns, “so what’s new?” into actual conversation.

2. BOUNDARIES SCRIPT PLAYBOOK

People don’t struggle with having boundaries.

They struggle with setting them.

Give them a workbook that helps them:

• Name the line
• Say it clean
• Hold it when it gets uncomfortable

A great relationship starts with self-respect.

3. ATTACHMENT PATTERNS GUIDE

A lot of toxic relationships are the same fight on repeat.

Different person. Same pattern.

Teach the basics:
• How each style shows up
• Common triggers
• What to do instead

Help people label it so they can change it.

4. THE FIGHT FAIR CHEAT SHEET

Arguments go sideways when everyone’s improvising.

Create a one-pager for the moment things start heating up:

• De-escalation lines
• Reframes that work
• The next thing to say

Less fallout. Faster repair.

5. THE DATING PROFILE REWRITE KIT

Dating apps punish vagueness.

Build a fill-in guide that helps people:

• Write a bio that filters
• Pick prompts with intent
• Stop wasting time early

Better profile = better options.

6. LOVE LANGUAGE ACTION TRACKER

Knowing your love language is just trivia.

Doing it is the relationship.

Make a tracker that turns it into reps:

• What to do
• When to do it
• How often

Consistency beats intensity every time.

7. RELATIONSHIP RESET JOURNAL

If people don’t process after a breakup, they’re doomed to repeat it.

Build a guided journal that walks them through:

• What happened
• What they allowed
• What they’ll do differently next time

Help them stop dating the same person in a different body.

8. COUPLES ALIGNMENT WORKBOOK

Couples drift apart when there’s no shared vision.

Make a workbook that gets alignment on:

• Finances
• Travel
• Family
• The next 12 months

Do the talk now, not after arguing.

9. DEALBREAKER CLARITY WORKSHEET

Some people ignore dealbreakers.

Other people label everything a red flag and wonder why they’re still single.

Give them a worksheet to sort:

• Dealbreakers
• Growth areas
• Real examples

Better standards. Less chaos.

10. 7-DAY RECONNECT CHALLENGE

A lot of break ups don’t need to happen.

The relationship just needs a reset.

Create a 5 or 7-day challenge with daily actions:

• Connection
• Appreciation
• Quality time

Small moves are all you need to reignite that spark.

People buy relationship digital products because they want a plan they can follow.

Give them structure.
Give them prompts.
Give them reps.

That’s what they need.

♻️Repost the first post of this thread to help someone get rich in 2026

Most operators are losing 8-15% of top line revenue to random fees they don’t even know about. 

(Read this so you can save up to $240K-$450k/yr)

Your first sale is not revenue, it’s proof. 

Proof that someone in the real world will exchange their money for what you built. 

That changes everything because now the only question is how many. 

Not "will this work" but "how do I scale this." 

The problem is that people never make that first sale because they're still perfecting the thing instead of shipping it. 

Launch ugly, and just tweak it every single day based on DATA.

15 ways AI can save you hours every week (whether you run a business or not)

(P.S. Last tip will tell you how to make more money)

1️⃣ Run your calendar automatically
Schedules meetings, blocks focus time, detects conflicts.

2️⃣ Summarize long emails into 3 bullets
Key actions and decisions only. Reply in seconds.

3️⃣ Auto-generate meeting notes
AI joins calls, records decisions, sends summaries.

4️⃣ Build your to-do list from your inbox
Pulls tasks from emails, meetings, and notes. Updates as priorities shift.

5️⃣ Draft emails in seconds
"Follow up on the invoice" becomes a full email in your tone.

6️⃣ Generate personalized workout plans
Goals, schedule, fitness level. AI builds and adjusts the plan.

7️⃣ Track nutrition from a photo
Snap your lunch, get calories and macros instantly.

8️⃣ Brainstorm ideas on demand
Content, campaigns, product names. Creative partner in seconds.

9️⃣ Write reports in minutes
Tell AI the structure, give it data, edit instead of starting from scratch.

🔟 Research without reading 100 articles
Hours of research can be condensed into a clean summary.

1️⃣1️⃣ Get recipe ideas from your pantry
AI suggests meals from what you already have.

1️⃣2️⃣ Plan travel based on your preferences
Recommendations that match your style, adjusted in real time.

1️⃣3️⃣ Learn a new language with AI
Private tutor, real-time corrections, available 24/7.

1️⃣4️⃣ Detect suspicious financial activity
AI flags anomalies and learns your spending patterns.

1️⃣5️⃣ Build presentations without touching slides
Key points in, polished deck out.

And if you're a business owner or creator, AI goes even further.

At SamCart, AI creates your products, writes your copy, builds your site, and sets up your checkout. What used to take 40 people, AI handles for you now.

See what that could look like for your business 👇🏻
https://lnkd.in/gZijvnzW 

♻️ Repost if you're using AI for more than just ChatGPT prompts

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Creator Revenue Calculator — How Much Could You Earn?

“My market can’t afford high-ticket” > no u just suck at selling
“Nobody understands the value of my product” > no u just suck at communicating 
“People’s attention spans are down” > no u just suck at holding attention
“My following just wants freebies” > no u just suck at getting them to buy 
“Nobody wants to read our landing page” > no u just suck at writing copy 
“Organic content is dead” > no u just suck at making organic content
“My customers don’t buy software” > no just suck at building software
“Facebook ads don’t work for me” > no u just suck at Facebook ads

I've watched THOUSANDS of digital creators sell $7B in digital products on SamCart. 

The ones doing $1M-$50M/year sell these 10 business digital products: 

1. THE LAUNCH RUNBOOK

Build a step-by-step timeline for before, during, and after: 

• Email schedules 
• Post templates 
• Day-by-day actions

The creators doing this consistently treat every launch like a repeatable system, not a one time event.

2. THE BUYER INTEL KIT

I've watched creators build products nobody asked for and wonder why they're not selling.

Build a kit with: 

• Survey templates 
• Interview questions 
• Frameworks

Find what people will actually pay for. Stop guessing.

3. THE CLIENT INTAKE PACKET

The first 48 hours of a client relationship sets the tone for everything after.

Bundle everything into one reusable packet: 

• Welcome docs 
• Intake forms 
• Kickoff emails 
• Expectation-setting templates

The best sellers treat their process like a product.

4. THE CONVERSION PAGE FRAME

A blank page is the reason most people never launch.

Give them a proven layout with: 

• Copy prompts 
• Section structure 
• Headline formulas

We've seen what converts across $7B in transactions. Structure wins every time.

5. THE EMAIL CAMPAIGN VAULT

The creators burning out before their launch even closes are usually writing emails from scratch every time.

Bundle the templates they need: 

• Welcome sequences 
• Launch emails 
• Cart close copy

Build it once so they can use it forever.

6. THE CONTENT PIPELINE CALENDAR

Build 30-90 days of content ideas with: 

• Hooks organized by content type 
• Topics mapped to the buyer journey 
• Enough variety to stay consistent

The ones posting every day aren't more creative. They're more organized.

7. THE DM CLOSING SCRIPTBOOK

Closing in DMs doesn't have to feel like being a used car salesman.

Build fill-in-the-blank scripts for: 

• Discovery conversations 
• Handling objections 
• Following up without being weird

The best closers have a repeatable process.

8. THE BRAND BUILDER PLAYBOOK

People make a decision before they read a single word of your copy.

• Colors and fonts 
• Tone and voice 
• Positioning that builds trust fast

The sellers who look like real businesses get treated like real businesses.

9. THE LOW-TICKET OFFER STARTER

Every creator I've talked to has knowledge worth $27-$97. 

They just don’t know how to package it.

Build a mini-course that covers: 

• How to pick the topic 
• How to structure it 
• How to price and launch it

The first product doesn't even need to be good. It just has to exist.

10. THE NICHE VALIDATION WORKSHEET

The most expensive mistake I see is someone building a product for a market that was never going to pay.

Build a guided workbook to: 

• Pick a profitable niche 
• Define the exact buyer 
• Validate demand before building anything

♻️Repost this to help someone make more money in 2026

🔥 "I made $100K in the last 15 days mostly from the high-ticket YouTube funnel. Very glad you convinced me to do it this way." - Sean, YouTuber & Course Creator

When he first came to us, Sean was making $30K from his YouTube channel. But he was stuck creating videos that got views but weren't driving real revenue.

So we built a system where his content solved specific, high-value problems that connected directly to his premium offers.

Within 2 months of working with us, he scaled up to $180K/month. 💰

Now he's pulling in 7 figures annually and is on track to hit 8 figures this year.

He didn't need millions of views or subscribers to do it. What mattered was delivering the right content at the right time to the right audience.

👉 We work best with:

- Agency Owners & Service providers ready to leverage video content for lead generation
- Coaches & consultants looking to scale through YouTube
- Course creators seeking to build sustainable audience systems
- Established creators wanting to optimize their monetization

👉 If you're an agency owner, business owner, personal brand, coach, or consultant who wants to turn your YouTube channel into a lead and sales machine...


Message me here on LinkedIn.

Shane Hummus

I’ve met probably hundreds of YouTubers doing 6-8 figures a year, and have coached many of them

The ones scaling fastest all do these 8 things:

1. Pick Your Niche First

Use the "I help X with Y" framework. "I help accountants become financial controllers." "I help stay-at-home moms use AI to create passive income." "I help trades workers negotiate higher salaries." Run it through ChatGPT or a niche validator. Get a score of 8+ out of 10. Move forward once validated.

2. Just Start

You validated your niche. Now open the doors. You won't know which specific topics resonate, what angle people prefer, or what sub-topics get the most engagement until you actually upload. I started with "college and career advice." Posted videos and watched engagement. Noticed YouTube growth content exploded. Naturally refined to "helping people grow on YouTube." 

3. Find Winning Video Ideas

Look for videos with a small channel under 50K subs, massive views at 10X+ their subscriber count, and terrible quality like bad audio and poor editing. Then recreate that video for your own niche but in high quality.

4. Upload Consistently

A ceramics teacher split his class into two groups. Group A made as many pots as possible. Group B made one perfect pot. The best pots came from Group A. While Group B theorized, Group A made 100 pots and learned from each one. Post every week. Videos 1-5 you're learning. Videos 10-15 you're getting better. Video 20+ you know your audience. Video 50+ you're crushing it.

5. Optimize Titles and Thumbnails

Keep your title structure similar to the proven video you found. Don't reinvent it, just improve it slightly. Their title was "Most Worthless College Majors." My title was "Most Useless Degrees." Same structure, slightly cleaner. For thumbnails, cover the title and ask if someone can understand your video from just the thumbnail. If not, fix it.

6. Ignore Everything Else

Don't waste time on fancy cameras, perfect lighting, complex editing, SEO optimization, posting shorts, or studio setups. 

7. Batch Your Videos

Making videos one at a time means you pay the setup cost every single time. Pick one day. Set up everything once at 9 AM. Record 4 videos back to back. Clean up once at 11:30 AM. 4 videos in 2.5 hours. Content for a month. You're just grouping them so you don't waste time on setup and cleanup 4 separate times.

8. Monetize Simply

Skool community, elaborate funnel, or 17-module program. My brother's monetization is AdSense plus an affiliate link to a "learn trades skills" course. What feels elementary to you is completely unknown to your audience. That thing you figured out 5 years ago that feels obvious now? Someone is desperately Googling it right now. Write it down and sell a simple PDF. Or offer coaching calls. Or drop an affiliate link..

♻️ Repost this if you found value in it.

I Teach YouTube For Busy Business Owners | Creator of The 'Hybrid Personal Brand' Method™ | YouTube Growth Expert | The "Monetization" Guy

How to build a life you'll regret:

> Chase sexy businesses instead of boring ones that print money
> Stay at your job making $30K/month because you're scared the good times will end
> Keep your pharmacy license as a backup instead of burning the boats
> Spend 6 years building something and never let your safety net go
> Follow every guru who tells you to turn on settings that tank your revenue
> Obsess over fancy editing instead of strong ideas
> Wait until you feel ready to start
> Let your fear of losing what you have stop you from getting what you want

(this is actually my past life)

When I was broke, I was obsessed with money. 

That's all I could think about because I didn't have any. 

I wanted the watches, the cars, the stuff that would prove I made it.

Then I started making good money and I was still obsessed with it, but for a different reason. 

I was afraid the good times would end. I wanted to secure the bag while it was hot.

I was making over $10,000/month from my business and I still kept working as a pharmacist for two more years. 

There were months I made $20-30K from the business. Still didn't quit. I was that risk-averse.

I thought maybe it was just a pandemic thing. Maybe after COVID the income would disappear. 

I had all these thoughts in my head telling me to play it safe.

One of the biggest things I ever did was quit my job. Then I let my pharmacy license expire. 

That's a huge deal for a medical practitioner. If I wanted it back, it would take a year to get it reinstated.

Even after that, I was still living abroad in cheap countries. My cost of living was maybe $1,000-1,500/month. 

I was making $30K, $40K, $50K, then $100K, then $300K a month. Still living on almost nothing.

I got to a point where I realized I could go back to a $10K/month lifestyle and live happily for the rest of my life. 

Probably $20-30K/month and still be comfortable forever with what I saved.

That's when I actually secured the bag.

And that's also when I lost motivation around money.

I had to do some real soul searching to figure out what still drives me. 

Mastery. 

Just getting better at the game. 

Leveling up all the skills like Runescape. 

That's what's actually fun for me now.

Your breakthrough might be video 5, 50, or 200.

My brother's first video hit 812K views. 

A guy made Pickle Pepsi with a flip phone and got 1.8M views.

Quality comes from quantity first.

Perfecting video 3 < Shipping video 30

If I was stuck in YouTube Hell and wanted to break free, this is the first set of things I’d do.

5 hidden YouTube settings destroying your channel right now.

1. Auto-Dubbing (The Audience Splitter)

YouTube automatically translates your videos into different languages. 

Sounds helpful until you realize what happens. 

Your English content gets pushed to viewers in Brazil and India. 

They click, watch 30 seconds, and leave. Your retention tanks. Algorithm punishes you. 

One creator said every video tanked after YouTube turned this on in April. 

US viewers watched 4 minutes 33 seconds. Brazilian viewers watched 1 minute 10 seconds. 

Turn it off in YouTube Studio → Settings → Upload Defaults → Advanced Settings → Language Settings.

2. Restricted Mode (The Invisible Video Filter)

YouTube hides your videos from schools, libraries, and families without telling you. 

One creator was struggling with views since August. 

They tested their own channel with restricted mode on and a huge amount of their videos just disappeared. 

Thousands of potential viewers couldn't see their content. 

Check YouTube Studio → Settings → General → make sure Restricted Mode says Off.

3. Player for Education (The Silent View Killer)

My brother Zach turned this on because a guru said it would help his channel grow. 

His views immediately tanked. 

When videos are in education mode, watch time doesn't fully count, comments are disabled, likes are disabled, and subscriptions are disabled. 

The algorithm thinks your video is dead. 

Go to YouTube Studio → Content → Edit Video → Advanced Settings → Change Category from Education to something else.

4. Wrong Language Detection (The Wrong Language Trap)

YouTube uses AI to detect what language you're speaking. 

Sometimes it gets it wrong. 

One creator posted a video in English but auto-generated captions defaulted to Vietnamese. 

YouTube showed their video to Vietnamese speakers who clicked, realized it was English, and left. 

Check YouTube Studio → Content → Edit Video → Subtitles → make sure the language is correct.

5. Made for Kids (The Engagement Assassin)

If you check this box when your content isn't actually made for toddlers, YouTube disables comments, limits recommendations, and removes personalized ads. 

One creator's daughter was checking this on every video. 

Channel wasn't growing at all. 

She stopped checking the box. 

Views went up immediately.

Kid-friendly does not mean Made for Kids. 

Only check this if you're making content for 4-year-olds. 

YouTube Studio → Settings → Channel → Advanced Settings → Audience → select "No, my content isn't made for kids."

My brother's views tanked because of one setting a guru told him to turn on. I help creators fix these mistakes and build channels that actually grow.

♻️ Repost this if you found value in it.

If I had a 9-5 again, here's how I would break out of it:

> Stop listening to gurus who overcomplicate everything
> Upload 3 videos a week minimum and let YouTube learn my audience
> Turn my struggles into content instead of hiding them
> Find videos with millions of views and make my own version
> Monetize before 1,000 subscribers with sponsorships and affiliates
> Push through ugly reps instead of perfecting one video for months
> Stay consistent until my breakout video finally hits

My brother Zach did this while working full time.

29 days after his first video, he got monetized.

Now he makes $520/day from YouTube.

Your 9-5 is the safety net and YouTube is the exit plan.

I've helped hundreds of creators build YouTube channels from scratch.

The ones who blow up fastest all avoid the same 7 mistakes.

1. Treating YouTube Like Social Media

YouTube is the world's second largest search engine, not a social media platform. Google owns YouTube. Videos that are clear and searchable get recommended. Think like a publisher. Every video needs a clear purpose before you film it. Ask yourself who this video is for, why they would click, and why they would stay until the end.

2. Thinking You Need Fancy Gear First

A channel called Retirement Survival films simple videos on a balcony with a phone. Started a few months ago. One video hit 1.2M views in 9 days. Now earns $8K-$25K/month from AdSense alone. You need the right idea, not the right camera.

3. Thinking Perfect Editing Is What You Need

"Just exist bro" got 2.8M views. Simple vlog filmed outside a home. A video about making every day fun without scrolling got 1.6M views. Basic outdoor vlog with minimal cuts. "When You Just Ain't Got it All Together" got 7.6M views. Filmed in nature with simple cuts. Strong ideas and titles that hook people in 3 seconds matter more than fancy transitions.

4. Following Random Gurus

One creator on Reddit admitted they panicked after a dip in views. They started making constant changes based on different gurus online. Each change made things worse. They almost quit YouTube altogether. My brother Zach turned on the "Player for Education" setting because a guru said it would help. His revenue tanked immediately. If it ain't broken, don't fix it. Test things carefully before making big changes.

5. Trying to Reinvent the Wheel

A creator made a video titled "You've consumed enough. It's time to start creating." 484K views with only 12.6K subscribers. Multiple creators took the same idea format, added their unique voice, and all got success. Copy the homework first. Find video ideas already working in your niche. Add your unique perspective. Innovate after you build an audience.

6. Having the Wrong Mindset

Dad Mode In Dark Mode posts raw, simple talking head content. He kept uploading knowing each video builds his catalog. Now his videos hit thousands of views and he makes $2K-$7K/month. One video about being 40 and wasting his life made $2,200. If you quit early, you'll never know which video could break through.

7. Not Having Clear Titles and Thumbnails

YouTube viewers make a decision in under 3 seconds. If your title says one thing and your thumbnail says another, nobody clicks. Your title and thumbnail must work together as one unit. Be clear, be direct, be congruent with your message. Don't be mysterious or overly clever. Clarity beats creativity every time.

My brother lost AdSense revenue because he followed random guru advice without testing it first. I help creators avoid these mistakes and build YouTube channels that grow.

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Beginner YouTubers do this after uploading:

> Stuff 10 links in the description
> Publish immediately after upload
> Enable Player for Education because a guru said so
> A/B test thumbnails with no impressions
> Ignore the community tab
> Never watch their video on phone or TV
> Let comments sit unanswered for days

Smart YouTubers do this instead:

> One link at the top of the description with a clear CTA
> Wait 24-48 hours before publishing so YouTube's AI can crawl the video
> Turn off Player for Education unless making classroom content
> Focus on making better thumbnails instead of testing with no data
> Post to community tab right after upload to drive initial traffic
> Watch on phone and TV to check viewing experience on both screens
> Respond to comments in the first hour to create engagement and notifications

My brother turned on Player for Education because a guru told him to.

His AdSense revenue dropped immediately.

These small things compound into massive differences over time.

9 small business ideas that are printing money right now.

1. Remote-Controlled Butterflies for Weddings

Buy RC butterflies for around $500. Fly them at wedding venues. Reach out to wedding planners so you don't have to find clients yourself. Average weddings cost $33K. RC butterflies are a fraction of that budget and make the event unforgettable. No feeding, no cages, no cleanup like real doves.

2. Selling Dehydrated Fruits

Buy fruit from Walmart, cut it up, dehydrate it, pack it, sell it to bars and cafes. David Blake on Instagram makes $12K/month doing this. A dehydrator costs $191 on Amazon. The machines do most of the work.

3. Pickleball Content

Building a pickleball court costs $33K-$36K. Or you could just make content about it. ThatPickleballGuy uploads 1 video a week and makes $2K-$5K/month from AdSense alone. He also has a course with 1.3K members at $39/month. That's roughly $25K/month total.

4. Floating Golf Hole-In-One Challenge

Amateur golfers have a 1 in 12,500 chance of hitting a hole-in-one. They keep trying anyway. Charge $50 for 50 balls. One guy with an iPad runs the whole operation. Estimated earnings: $300K-$500K/year net. It's basically an outdoor casino where math guarantees profit.

5. Miniature "Guy Dollhouse" Construction Kits

Hyper-realistic miniature houses built like real construction with framing, drywall, and nail guns. Kits sell for $500-$1,000+. The content sells the product because each build becomes an ad. StudsonStudio uploads every few months and still makes $1K-$4K/month from AdSense plus $3K/month from Patreon.

6. Porch Pumpkin Decorating Service

Started as a simple Instagram post that blew up. Customers pay $500-$1,500 per porch setup. Each setup takes about 1 hour. Runs only during fall but still hits 7 figures in 3 months. Pumpkins are reused and removal is an upsell. Net margins around 40-50%.

7. Luxury Picnic Planning

Picnic 'n Chill in San Francisco brings in $9K-$12K/month setting up decorated picnics at parks and beaches. No storefront, no lease, no employees. Just equipment you reuse over and over. Marketing is almost entirely TikTok and Instagram. Viral content leads to bookings.

8. Automatic Bicycle Washing

Velobrush is a fully automated bike washing station. Riders push their bike in, the system cleans it in 2 minutes. No staff needed. Charge $5-$12 per wash. If a station handles 20-40 bikes a day, that's $3K-$10K/month in mostly passive revenue. Machines in Germany reportedly paid themselves off within months.

9. Trash Company Without Spending a Dollar

Spencer Scott pre-sold 3 months of trash pickup in his neighborhood Facebook group. Raised $15K upfront before owning anything. Used a $40K Amex personal loan for a used truck. Payment was $700/month, covered by the subscriptions. Built routes of 400 homes per day. Churn is almost zero because customers only leave when they move.

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People often misunderstand TRUE ownership

They think ownership means acquiring - like

Cars
Watches
Properties
Status symbols

True ownership is having options.

It's being able to lose everything external and still be fine. 
It's having systems that run without you. 
It's having savings that let you walk away from anything that doesn't serve you.

I'm not super plugged into the info product and agency world. 
I know some heavy hitters and talk to them. But I don't go to their parties. I don't do the scene.

I haven't gotten the bug to collect watches and cars and flaunt stuff.

Maybe that changes someday. But right now, ownership to me means I could stop everything tomorrow and my life would still be good.

Quick banger YouTube content strategy below.

Focus on Formats That Work:

1. Listicles: Easy to make, high CTR
2. Explainers: Great for complex topics
3. Commentary/News: Good for timely content
4. Hybrid approaches combining multiple formats

Keep 80% of content in your main format. Example: If you do listicles, stick to them most of the time. Think of it like TV shows - people watch Breaking Bad expecting drama, The Office expecting comedy. Meet their expectations.

Production Focus:

- Entertainment vs Education ratio depends on your audience
- Sophisticated/B2B audience: 90-100% education
- Mass market: 70-80% education, 20-30% entertainment
- Quality threshold is more important than fancy production

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