Episode-2758- Building a Content Based Business for Lifestyle Freedom
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We had a great episode of Unloose the Goose last night talking about countering the technocracy with our own technology and our own lifestyle decisions. We discussed a variety of options including cryptocurrency, food production and a variety of other things. One thing we all agreed about though was entrepreneurship. It was actually the linchpin that made many other techniques doable.
Then today I saw this great video by Angler Up with Brant fishing with a fellow content creator known as Bama Beach Bum, it was a typical great vid on Brant’s channel but what got me most was the beginning when Bama was explaining to Brant how he used to watch Angler Up videos and dream of one day fishing for a living, which is now exactly what he does. This link goes to exactly the start of that short conversation. As simple as it is, it is one of the most inspiring things I have seen this year! If you love to fish by the way both Bama and Brant are worth following, links to their channels in the show notes.
Let me be clear this guy now charges people good money to do guided surf fishing trips, as in he sits on the beach with you and helps you catch fish. No boat, so no boat insurance, no risk in bad weather, no big giant gas bills to pay, no boat to break down, no real limit on number of anglers, etc. He gets about the same money a lot of boat based guides get.
This is a business I always hypothesized was possible and even have considered it being my “retirement business” some day. And here this you kid gets inspired by some videos, makes his own versions and does it in about a years time. How fricken bad ass is that?
Join Me Today to Discuss…
- Why business ownership is so powerful to countering statism and technocracy
- Completely changes the burden of taxation
- Your time becomes your own
- You chose the form/forms of your compensation
- No one can fire you
- The biggest unnecessary risks I see current online personalities taking
- Mega platform reliance
- Zero redundancy against platform losss
- Failure to monetize beyond the same shit everyone else does
- The lesson of the formula cycle and reality TV
- Lets start with the “fishing video formula” (Brant is largely responsible for)
- The timeline where a new formula works is inherently limited
- Those who innovate and create the next formula will become the next to “blow up”
- The formula is made up of
- The “script”
- The form of media
- The call to action
- The “stickiness” of the total system
- The forms or monetization
- The parallel niches
- The marketing methods
- Where to start
- Do what you love
- Do what is working for others
- Add to that and innovate
- Create a strong process/marketing funnel
- Be 10% better than the “competition”
- Care, I mean really care deeply about your supporters
- Things to not underestimate
- This is real work, may be more work then you have ever done
- Documenting what you do is more work then doing it
- Do not rely on platform itself or the form itself for success, MARKET yourself
- The cost of getting a really great business like this off the ground
- The value of sticking to a specific “vertical” market
- The sheer utter value of true fans and true friends
- Final Thoughts
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- Bama’s YouTube Channel
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Can’t wait for this one Jack!!! I don’t get to catch a ton of shows these days. But boy if people only knew, they’d be fighting people to do what I assume you’re talking about in this episode
FYI you get a shout out in it!
You’re right Jack, I’ll be listening to this one a few times.
I’ve always enjoyed the creative outlet of making videos, but after listening to the show all these years, two common themes emerged.
1. Whenever you mentioned writing a short essay about “my perfect day,” somehow aviation was always front and center in it. Not working as a commercial pilot, like I thought I wanted to do, just flying and enjoying it, being present in the experience.
2. The concept of monetizing your life. Live the life you want and earn at least a side income to help support it. It’s something you’ve mentioned before, but episodes with Brian Norton helped exercise the brain in that direction.
It’s not right for everyone, but I recognized that there was some room in my chosen space for another creator, especially from the Experimental aircraft/ homebuilder niche. (i.e. I tried to find videos on certain topics for my own research and couldn’t.) I’ve often thought that even if this isn’t the thing, the experience from doing this will be invaluable for the future.
So, I bought an airplane project and began the process of making it airworthy again, filming a lot of it from my garage. My YT channel is still tiny, my fault, but I’ve learned a lot along the way. I’m also not relying on it solely for when I do get some traction. There are other revenue streams I have picked out that the channel will help drive people to. (On Odyssee as well.)
Some things I’ve learned:
The 5ish minute long video you see on YT started as a 1 hour of footage and probably took over 6 hours to make. My editing time took weeks at first, but it does get faster with experience.
If youtube is your primary content delivery service, you have to put some out at least once a week. The algorithm actually favors and promotes more creators who upload multiple videos a week. I was doing pretty good with it, but took a couple months off to focus on family, and videos that were ranking for specific terms fell off the face of the earth. I’m back to regular uploads, and the other content has returned, but it’s something to be aware of going into it.
Look how much you have learned already, look what you are doing, that is fuckin awesome, good for you man, keep going.
Great info.
I’d love to hear a follow up to this. How to get started on being a content creator. What basic equipment, programs and whatnot you need to get started.
I know there’s tons of videos about it, not that that isn’t a good place to start researching, but I tend to trust your judgement better than most.
Thanks again Jack.
I not only knew how to draw it I wrote a program code to color animated that Van Halen logo on a Commodore 64 in my computer training class in vocational school. I think you forgot another very popular logo the double Z’s from Z Z Top
“I think you forgot another very popular logo the double Z’s from Z Z Top” ~ VALID