Revenue Upload w/Dan Currier

WEBVTT 1 00:00:07.280 --> 00:01:55.239 Pass what is going on everyone. Welcome back to another episode of creating daily. 2 00:01:55.799 --> 00:01:57.400 I'm your host, Billy Thorpe. If you've been here before, welcome 3 00:01:57.439 --> 00:02:00.040 back, welcome back. If you've not been here, than you are in 4 00:02:00.159 --> 00:02:04.680 for a treat. This is gonna be, I anticipate, one of my 5 00:02:04.719 --> 00:02:08.120 favorite episodes. I anticipate one of your favorite episodes, and Rafael de Fioria, 6 00:02:08.199 --> 00:02:12.240 that's already in the chat, is saying it's gonna be one of his 7 00:02:12.280 --> 00:02:15.719 favorite episodes. He's looking forward to the conversation. So Am I. I'm 8 00:02:15.759 --> 00:02:19.879 gonna Have Dan curier on in just a little bit, just a few minutes 9 00:02:19.919 --> 00:02:24.159 here, after I shout out some sponsor relationships and make sure that we are 10 00:02:24.319 --> 00:02:28.719 moving in the right direction that way. But we're gonna BE TALKING ABOUT UPLOAD 11 00:02:28.879 --> 00:02:31.240 Revenue. Now that's not my term. That's actually Dan's term, and I 12 00:02:31.319 --> 00:02:35.919 just steal stuff from other people, especially Dan, because I've been chasing around 13 00:02:35.960 --> 00:02:38.039 the Internet, I mean copying off his page, and I've been having some 14 00:02:38.080 --> 00:02:43.719 great success doing it when it comes to uploading content and making money, and 15 00:02:43.759 --> 00:02:47.199 particularly on Amazon live, which we're gonna talk about. So, speaking of 16 00:02:47.240 --> 00:02:52.080 amazonline live, I already see some people in the chat saying hey, look 17 00:02:52.120 --> 00:02:54.759 at that fancy new Mike. You can get this mic for a limited time 18 00:02:54.919 --> 00:03:00.479 over on my Amazon live page, Billy Thorpe dot live, and you can 19 00:03:00.599 --> 00:03:02.719 check it out. 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It's 29 00:03:32.560 --> 00:03:38.479 ritual motion dot Com and they got an n f t drop in called Block 30 00:03:38.599 --> 00:03:40.599 bots. I'll jump over here real quick. Um, I don't know what's 31 00:03:40.680 --> 00:03:44.479 dropping I think this month sometime it got a little bit delay, but you 32 00:03:44.560 --> 00:03:47.520 get a black bots dot io and it's B L O C K B O 33 00:03:47.639 --> 00:03:52.479 t z dot io. And if you're into the N F T, space, 34 00:03:53.000 --> 00:03:54.800 web three, all that fun stuff, you can go over there and 35 00:03:54.879 --> 00:03:59.840 check those guys out. See Chris P Giles hanging out in the chat with 36 00:04:00.159 --> 00:04:02.159 Chris. Good to see a man. Thanks for joining. And if you 37 00:04:02.159 --> 00:04:06.400 know anybody that is into Amazon live that wants to make money as a content 38 00:04:06.479 --> 00:04:11.000 creator, didn't hit do me a favor and just freaking hit that share button, 39 00:04:11.120 --> 00:04:14.080 because Dan and I are are gonna break it. I'm not gonna break 40 00:04:14.120 --> 00:04:16.279 it down, I'm gonna I'm gonna break stuff like I just did, but 41 00:04:16.720 --> 00:04:19.480 he's gonna break it down, we're gonna talk about it and I'm gonna ask 42 00:04:19.600 --> 00:04:25.360 all the questions that I've just been thinking about for months as I look at 43 00:04:25.399 --> 00:04:29.639 his page and follow his newsletter and getting Dy, gearing up. Just sent 44 00:04:29.720 --> 00:04:32.639 my Wifa Um message and say hey, can I go to people a video 45 00:04:32.959 --> 00:04:36.480 in in September? Like I'm just chasing this dude around. Maybe a little 46 00:04:36.519 --> 00:04:41.600 bit obsessed, but whatever, it's okay. So, anyway, I don't 47 00:04:41.600 --> 00:04:44.120 think I have any more other than that. I just want to say things 48 00:04:44.160 --> 00:04:46.959 to ritual motion and you can check it out on their the channel and you 49 00:04:46.959 --> 00:04:49.600 can come over there and be a part of the the conversation as well. 50 00:04:49.680 --> 00:04:54.800 If you want to be a chat or you can come on stage similar to 51 00:04:54.920 --> 00:04:59.639 clubhouse. Um. So that is that, and now I'm gonna shut up. 52 00:05:00.160 --> 00:05:03.000 Bring on, Dan Courier. Dan, what is going on, my 53 00:05:03.079 --> 00:05:08.879 man? How's it going? I'm doing well. How about yourself? I've 54 00:05:08.879 --> 00:05:12.160 had one too many energy drinks or one too many coffees, but I'm pretty 55 00:05:12.199 --> 00:05:15.519 excited to have you on and thanks for making this happen. Man, I 56 00:05:15.560 --> 00:05:18.759 know my original schedule wasn't in your in your schedule, but we made it 57 00:05:18.800 --> 00:05:23.319 work and I really appreciate you taking time after a long day of work to 58 00:05:23.399 --> 00:05:26.759 come on and be on the show. I really appreciate that. Happy to 59 00:05:26.800 --> 00:05:30.519 be here. Awesome, man. Well do let's get let's get into this 60 00:05:30.560 --> 00:05:32.319 thing and we could talk about, you know, we could go into the 61 00:05:32.360 --> 00:05:35.279 history of Dan and how you became a creator and all that fun stuff, 62 00:05:35.720 --> 00:05:39.879 or we can talk about what we're both obsessed with, which is making money 63 00:05:39.879 --> 00:05:45.759 with video. You're pick though, I'll let you pick. Uh. You 64 00:05:45.839 --> 00:05:47.680 know what, we might as well talk about making money. That's uh, 65 00:05:47.759 --> 00:05:51.519 you know, uh. That's what upload revenue is all about, is trying 66 00:05:51.560 --> 00:05:59.680 to find effective ways to trade less time for more money. That's certainly my 67 00:05:59.720 --> 00:06:01.160 goal with all of this. Is Uh, you know, a lot of 68 00:06:01.160 --> 00:06:05.240 people will call it passive income. Um, it's uh, you know, 69 00:06:05.279 --> 00:06:10.680 working smarter rather than harder. And and not that I'm all about uh or 70 00:06:10.720 --> 00:06:15.639 I have nothing against hustle, but I think the the UH, the better 71 00:06:15.680 --> 00:06:18.680 we are at finding ways to be more efficient in making that money. It 72 00:06:18.759 --> 00:06:21.680 really frees us up to do a lot of other things, be more creative 73 00:06:23.199 --> 00:06:27.920 or just find other ways to generate revenues. So, Um, that's definitely 74 00:06:27.959 --> 00:06:30.720 a passion of mine, Um, and that's what I've been trying to do 75 00:06:30.839 --> 00:06:33.959 in the past five plus years, since I started on Youtube and and have 76 00:06:34.120 --> 00:06:38.480 really started exploring the different ways, uh, that we can all make money 77 00:06:38.480 --> 00:06:41.759 as video creators. Yeah, man, I love it and you get and 78 00:06:41.800 --> 00:06:44.920 you're definitely paving the way for, you know, for guys like me who 79 00:06:45.199 --> 00:06:49.279 I've spent a decent amount of time behind a camera producing other people's content early 80 00:06:49.360 --> 00:06:54.519 on in my you know, my twenties or whatever, and then the passion 81 00:06:54.639 --> 00:06:58.000 was always to come back and work in the media space, but I never 82 00:06:58.040 --> 00:07:00.639 could figure out how do I make money doing that? Like I can never 83 00:07:00.680 --> 00:07:02.879 figure it out unless I went and work for someone else. And now, 84 00:07:03.360 --> 00:07:08.040 you know, this opportunity, or multiple opportunities really, and we're gonna mostly 85 00:07:08.040 --> 00:07:12.120 focus on Amazon live, but there's, you know, a lot more opportunities 86 00:07:12.160 --> 00:07:15.399 now to to really make a living and do this thing, you know, 87 00:07:15.480 --> 00:07:18.439 quote unquote, full time, Um, and not have to go punch a 88 00:07:18.480 --> 00:07:21.000 time card. Not that there's anything wrong with it. I know you still 89 00:07:21.040 --> 00:07:24.399 are like yeah, dude, that I would still love doing that. So, 90 00:07:24.920 --> 00:07:28.079 Um, so we can talk about that balance as well. Do. 91 00:07:28.240 --> 00:07:31.439 So let's let's go to let's talk about Amazon live. In from your perspective, 92 00:07:31.600 --> 00:07:35.439 I don't see you going live on Amazon. I literally just see you 93 00:07:35.519 --> 00:07:39.800 uploading videos. So can you talk to me a little bit about the reason 94 00:07:39.920 --> 00:07:45.240 behind that? Yeah, so, when I first started at Amazon, Um, 95 00:07:45.279 --> 00:07:47.519 I never, uh, and I still don't, look at Amazon as 96 00:07:47.519 --> 00:07:51.600 a way to further my brand. Um, there's the term out there that 97 00:07:51.600 --> 00:07:56.040 that they use on Youtube and other places, uh, and it's it's called 98 00:07:56.079 --> 00:07:59.920 cash cow, which is kind of a totally different approach to making content. 99 00:08:00.000 --> 00:08:03.839 It. You'll see that there's you know, you you'll recognize the youtube channels 100 00:08:03.879 --> 00:08:07.519 that kind of take that approach where it's faceless. They just do fun, 101 00:08:07.639 --> 00:08:11.480 light videos with maybe, you know, pretty pictures and words over them. 102 00:08:11.600 --> 00:08:16.600 Um, you know, I think bright is one of the ones on Youtube 103 00:08:16.600 --> 00:08:20.199 that does it. Uh. And when I first started on Amazon, it 104 00:08:20.240 --> 00:08:24.079 was actually my brother who brought it to my attention. He's like, wow, 105 00:08:24.120 --> 00:08:26.480 this is super easy. You just got to get at the time it 106 00:08:26.560 --> 00:08:28.240 was ten videos you had to get approved. Do Quick, you know, 107 00:08:28.439 --> 00:08:33.080 thirty second, one minute videos on products. You get them approved and then 108 00:08:33.360 --> 00:08:35.639 your videos start appearing on the product pages. I'm like, well, that 109 00:08:35.720 --> 00:08:39.720 sounds like a pretty good deal. Uh, let's give it a try. 110 00:08:39.960 --> 00:08:43.600 So, Um, that's how we started. We were doing, we weren't 111 00:08:43.639 --> 00:08:46.639 talking. It was just music and, you know, a demonstration. Uh, 112 00:08:46.679 --> 00:08:50.279 the way that I like to refer to it as just showing people the 113 00:08:50.320 --> 00:08:54.600 product out in the wild. Uh, you're not trying to throw them a 114 00:08:54.639 --> 00:08:58.720 sales pitch. These are people who, thank you Amazon, have already gone 115 00:08:58.759 --> 00:09:01.720 through most of the Bryan by process. They've decided they want something, that 116 00:09:01.759 --> 00:09:05.320 they've searched for the product, they've landed on the final page where they can, 117 00:09:05.639 --> 00:09:09.120 you know, push the buy now button or added to their cart and 118 00:09:09.279 --> 00:09:13.440 you get to slide in there with your video and show them a sixty second 119 00:09:13.519 --> 00:09:18.440 video that may answer some last minute questions, and then you're gonna get rewarded 120 00:09:18.600 --> 00:09:22.039 with a two to four percent commission just for doing that. I mean how 121 00:09:22.120 --> 00:09:26.679 perfect of a situation is that they're generating all the traffic and you just get 122 00:09:26.759 --> 00:09:31.039 to use the skills that you've developed on some other platform, whether it be 123 00:09:31.120 --> 00:09:35.559 youtube or other video platforms, instagram, facebook, what have you, and 124 00:09:37.159 --> 00:09:41.879 you get to apply those two do kind of the least amount of work in 125 00:09:41.000 --> 00:09:45.360 terms. We already know how to make videos. All of us that are 126 00:09:45.399 --> 00:09:50.879 in content creation have probably become really familiar with buying stuff on Amazon, so 127 00:09:50.399 --> 00:09:54.879 everything else is natural. It's just, Hey, what products do I have 128 00:09:54.919 --> 00:09:58.639 available? Let me make a video about them and uh, let me, 129 00:09:58.159 --> 00:10:03.000 let me squeeze is right into the almost before the last step of that process 130 00:10:03.399 --> 00:10:05.559 and get a commission for our effort. Yeah, man, you know it 131 00:10:05.639 --> 00:10:11.960 kind of felt when Monty and Chris and I started following you and Dil caster's 132 00:10:11.279 --> 00:10:16.399 Chris Stone and and Jim. I was like, how is this? This 133 00:10:16.480 --> 00:10:20.039 feels weird, like even the first time I ever made a shoppable video, 134 00:10:20.320 --> 00:10:22.879 which is a short form video for people who are like what does that mean? 135 00:10:22.960 --> 00:10:24.519 What? You will kind of get into it. But and then I 136 00:10:24.519 --> 00:10:30.320 started the next day Saul revenue being made off of that. I was like, 137 00:10:30.840 --> 00:10:33.679 okay, this feels weird and I come from the background of sales. 138 00:10:33.679 --> 00:10:35.039 So it's almost like somebody stepped in front of you like Hey, let me 139 00:10:35.080 --> 00:10:37.080 go ahead and grab a piece of that. You know, like wait, 140 00:10:37.080 --> 00:10:39.639 wait, wait, what is happening? This doesn't make any sense to me. 141 00:10:41.200 --> 00:10:43.600 Um. So so yeah, yeah, go ahead. I was gonna 142 00:10:43.639 --> 00:10:48.279 say when you start. So I've had Amazon affiliates for probably seven years now 143 00:10:48.320 --> 00:10:56.039 through my RV channel and my youtube channel related to to Youtube. Um, 144 00:10:56.080 --> 00:10:58.960 and you know, maybe maybe on a good month, that was a hundred, 145 00:11:00.120 --> 00:11:03.120 maybe a couple of hundred dollars. And then I started doing these videos 146 00:11:03.120 --> 00:11:07.840 and as soon as the product page Um placement started up, it was like 147 00:11:07.360 --> 00:11:11.480 five ten dollars a day. I was like okay, that's something, and 148 00:11:11.519 --> 00:11:13.559 then kept putting up videos and then it was a hundred dollars a day and 149 00:11:13.799 --> 00:11:18.440 and you know, it grew from there. So it's just a matter of 150 00:11:18.000 --> 00:11:22.759 uh, seeing that opportunity and realizing it's like nothing else we've done as content 151 00:11:22.799 --> 00:11:26.840 creators, at least myself up to this point. That, yeah, I 152 00:11:26.879 --> 00:11:28.559 was all in. I'm like, we got to create a course. My 153 00:11:28.600 --> 00:11:31.600 brother was like, no, you can't create a course. We don't want 154 00:11:31.600 --> 00:11:35.240 to tell anybody about this, like Amazon is some big secret Um and, 155 00:11:35.360 --> 00:11:37.399 you know, just to a certain degree, I I kind of agreed to 156 00:11:37.600 --> 00:11:41.480 with him, but I'm like this is, you know, there's it's two, 157 00:11:41.720 --> 00:11:43.399 because there's a street. Three strikes in your out rules. So you 158 00:11:43.440 --> 00:11:46.159 need to get your videos approved to show up on the product page and if 159 00:11:46.200 --> 00:11:52.360 they don't and you try three times as far as youtube's guidelines now or Amazon's 160 00:11:52.360 --> 00:11:54.080 guidelines, you don't get to try again, so you're out. So I'm 161 00:11:54.120 --> 00:11:58.159 like there's a space here for a video or for a course to put people 162 00:11:58.200 --> 00:12:03.840 on the right path, make sure they get approved Um and then send them 163 00:12:03.840 --> 00:12:07.320 on their way to to making as much money as they possibly can on a 164 00:12:07.360 --> 00:12:11.799 monthly basis, which has just been huge for a lot of creators. Yeah, 165 00:12:11.879 --> 00:12:16.039 men, I follow a lot of people in this space and and through 166 00:12:16.120 --> 00:12:18.759 different facebook groups, and some people, you know, like just share numbers 167 00:12:18.799 --> 00:12:22.639 and I'm like what, I'm like so blown away by it, you know, 168 00:12:22.799 --> 00:12:28.039 and being an entrepreneur, being a business owner of many years and understanding 169 00:12:28.080 --> 00:12:31.440 the work that it takes to make a transaction, to make a sale, 170 00:12:31.480 --> 00:12:33.840 to build a relationship, to do all these things, and then I'm like, 171 00:12:33.879 --> 00:12:39.480 wait a second, I can share literally my opinion about a product or 172 00:12:39.519 --> 00:12:43.200 whatnot. So so you said you started going hand like uploading video. How 173 00:12:43.200 --> 00:12:45.960 many videos have you uploaded? Do you imagine? Do You keep counting or 174 00:12:45.960 --> 00:12:50.360 you just keep dropping them on there? Um, I I certainly know people 175 00:12:50.399 --> 00:12:58.759 who have blown away my total. I'm probably somewhere between maybe like three videos 176 00:12:58.759 --> 00:13:03.039 at this point, UM, but I I've heard stories of people that dropped 177 00:13:03.039 --> 00:13:05.080 like hundreds of videos a month. So that blows my mind. I can't 178 00:13:05.080 --> 00:13:11.480 even imagine, Um, what that effort looks like. But uh, it's, 179 00:13:11.960 --> 00:13:15.200 you know, some of it is is quantity, some of it is, 180 00:13:15.559 --> 00:13:20.480 you know, Um, what I would probably call a little more advanced 181 00:13:20.480 --> 00:13:24.039 strategy of really thinking about and of course, Amazon handicaps is because they don't 182 00:13:24.080 --> 00:13:28.039 give us, Um, the analytics that we really need to make informed decisions. 183 00:13:28.080 --> 00:13:31.679 So it's a lot of trial and error and trying to see, you 184 00:13:31.679 --> 00:13:35.840 know, what's actually producing for us. But Um, you know, it's 185 00:13:35.960 --> 00:13:39.879 just a matter of trying different things, trying to understand how to if you're 186 00:13:39.919 --> 00:13:43.919 only getting two to four percent, you have to know that. The you 187 00:13:43.960 --> 00:13:46.480 know, if you're selling five dollar products, you're not going to make a 188 00:13:46.480 --> 00:13:50.440 lot of money. But if you start to get into the one products, 189 00:13:50.480 --> 00:13:52.759 then there's some opportunity to make some much bigger commissions. At the same time, 190 00:13:52.759 --> 00:13:54.879 there's more risk in that, especially if you're going to go out and 191 00:13:54.879 --> 00:13:58.759 buy a product like that. So you really need to do your research and 192 00:13:58.759 --> 00:14:01.320 try to make informed decisions on the products that you buy, uh, so 193 00:14:01.399 --> 00:14:05.360 you don't take a bath and just end up with some product that you may 194 00:14:05.440 --> 00:14:09.120 or may not have wanted. Um. But you have you have to be 195 00:14:09.159 --> 00:14:13.360 able to get that revenue back and the first time we did that, uh, 196 00:14:13.399 --> 00:14:16.000 it was for a kitchen item and it was three fifty dollars. My 197 00:14:16.000 --> 00:14:20.960 wife and I did the research on it and then I keep I kept track 198 00:14:20.039 --> 00:14:24.159 of how long it would take to earn that three fifty dollars back. I 199 00:14:24.200 --> 00:14:28.360 think it took like twenty days to get that money back, and that the 200 00:14:28.639 --> 00:14:35.360 that video had gone on to earn like two so it's like, you know, 201 00:14:35.679 --> 00:14:39.399 I wish every single product could be that good. But you know, 202 00:14:39.440 --> 00:14:43.240 we certainly tried our best to to see what was going to be popular and, 203 00:14:43.639 --> 00:14:46.480 Um, you know, what was going to potentially drive us the best 204 00:14:46.559 --> 00:14:50.720 revenue, and I think that, as a tip, the three dollar range 205 00:14:50.759 --> 00:14:54.799 is kind of like a nice place to be because it's not so expensive that 206 00:14:54.879 --> 00:14:58.480 it's a rare purchase for people. So the volume is going to be a 207 00:14:58.519 --> 00:15:03.159 little bit better than something that's maybe a thousand or fifteen hundred dollars. But 208 00:15:03.360 --> 00:15:07.799 also at three hundred dollars you're getting a fairly decent Um, you're getting a 209 00:15:07.840 --> 00:15:11.960 fairly decent commission on it. So if you pick that three product in a 210 00:15:11.000 --> 00:15:16.480 four percent category, then you're really going to maximize the potential there. You 211 00:15:16.519 --> 00:15:18.039 know, you get a good day or they promote that product and you sell 212 00:15:18.159 --> 00:15:22.159 ten or fifteen of them in a day, you have a really good opportunity 213 00:15:22.159 --> 00:15:24.840 to have a really good day. So so, man, when you guys 214 00:15:24.840 --> 00:15:28.279 were strategizing, and I love that you that you brought that up, because 215 00:15:28.320 --> 00:15:31.679 I had a product, a guitar, actually, a guitar that was sitting 216 00:15:31.679 --> 00:15:35.519 behind me before I put the screen screen up and it was sitting back there. 217 00:15:35.559 --> 00:15:37.519 One day I was like Oh, I should just make a video about 218 00:15:37.559 --> 00:15:41.440 it, because I traded or I sold a really expensive guitar I had for 219 00:15:41.480 --> 00:15:43.639 many years and then I just bought like a cheaper guitar because I was going 220 00:15:43.720 --> 00:15:46.799 to travel with it or whatever. and Um, and I made a video 221 00:15:46.799 --> 00:15:50.320 about it it, dude, not, I'm not even kidding you, like 222 00:15:50.360 --> 00:15:52.720 the next day it was just like Ding Ding, like I was in there, 223 00:15:52.759 --> 00:15:58.039 like what the heck, and so that's really what got me thinking the 224 00:15:58.120 --> 00:16:00.840 same thing, because I was making videos about and I still do, man, 225 00:16:00.879 --> 00:16:03.879 I'll make a video about my flip flops or about whatever. I don't 226 00:16:03.879 --> 00:16:06.840 care, like I'll just like if I'm sitting here, I got a pretty 227 00:16:06.840 --> 00:16:11.039 good system of creating quick videos, and so I'll just be like, okay, 228 00:16:11.120 --> 00:16:14.559 let'ten, just make it and go. But it did get me thinking 229 00:16:14.600 --> 00:16:17.879 a little bit of like, and I'm in the beginning stages. So you're 230 00:16:17.879 --> 00:16:19.240 like a year a half, maybe year and a half ahead of me, 231 00:16:19.320 --> 00:16:22.840 two years. I don't know how you've been on Um, but I've just 232 00:16:22.879 --> 00:16:26.559 started to focus on it in the last thirty days and so now I've burned 233 00:16:26.559 --> 00:16:30.279 insurance through all these products and doing some brand deals and and kind of getting 234 00:16:30.320 --> 00:16:36.080 my toes wet in some areas. But I've noticed the percentages of different categories 235 00:16:36.159 --> 00:16:41.919 and now and I've also noticed that one particular item has like been half of 236 00:16:41.960 --> 00:16:45.240 my revenue for the last thirty days and I'm like, holy smokes, and 237 00:16:45.279 --> 00:16:48.759 it's nothing that I even know Jack About, but I use in my yard 238 00:16:48.919 --> 00:16:52.279 every week in the summertime. You know. It's like a weed eater or 239 00:16:52.360 --> 00:16:55.480 a leaf blower, and I'm like, my mind is blown, dude. 240 00:16:55.519 --> 00:16:59.279 I'm like, I'm thinking this microphone or whatever is gonna pay the bills, 241 00:16:59.399 --> 00:17:03.399 and it's those stupid weed eater that I complained about four years ago about buying 242 00:17:03.639 --> 00:17:06.799 is now doing the trick and I'm like, all right, man, I 243 00:17:07.279 --> 00:17:11.079 get it, I see what's what's happening. So are you, now that 244 00:17:11.119 --> 00:17:14.519 you've gotten hundreds of videos up, are you now slowing down a little bit 245 00:17:14.519 --> 00:17:17.440 and analyzing those more and more and more, or you still just burn and 246 00:17:17.519 --> 00:17:23.480 churn and making product videos about anything and everything? The slowdown part is probably 247 00:17:23.519 --> 00:17:29.440 more so on the purchase than it is on the videos. We basically have 248 00:17:29.519 --> 00:17:33.599 a rule that anything we buy from Amazon now gets a video. Um, 249 00:17:33.640 --> 00:17:37.400 you know. So that's that's just how it works. Um, sometimes I'll 250 00:17:37.440 --> 00:17:41.599 prioritize based on I mean there's like some things I buy that it almost doesn't 251 00:17:41.640 --> 00:17:45.319 make sense to make a video because the you know, the commission is going 252 00:17:45.359 --> 00:17:48.920 to be like five or ten cents and I'm never gonna sell enough of those 253 00:17:48.960 --> 00:17:52.880 to worry about it. But Um, but yeah, there's definitely a a 254 00:17:53.000 --> 00:17:57.559 focus and an understanding every time we buy a product, whether it's, you 255 00:17:57.599 --> 00:18:02.039 know, for specific to make a video or just because it's something that we 256 00:18:02.119 --> 00:18:06.000 need. Um, when we're buying something like that, we will look at 257 00:18:06.039 --> 00:18:10.640 some of the the the traffic on that product to be like Hey, well, 258 00:18:10.680 --> 00:18:11.839 let's make a good video. So if you have the option to buy 259 00:18:11.839 --> 00:18:15.920 two different versions of something and one has like fifteen thousand reviews on it, 260 00:18:17.119 --> 00:18:19.359 we're probably going to jump on that one versus the one that had seems to 261 00:18:19.359 --> 00:18:22.359 have less traffic. Um, just for the idea that we want to get 262 00:18:22.400 --> 00:18:26.279 in front of as many people with that video and try to recoup some of 263 00:18:26.319 --> 00:18:29.359 that money. Yeah, man, that's a that's a great strategy and I've 264 00:18:29.359 --> 00:18:30.960 started doing that a little bit in the last couple of weeks to like really 265 00:18:30.960 --> 00:18:34.279 paying attention to, you know, different brands, but especially if a brand 266 00:18:34.359 --> 00:18:37.440 wants to offer me a product, I'll go look at their listing first and 267 00:18:37.480 --> 00:18:41.799 I'm like, all right, man, you're not doing anything and this is 268 00:18:41.880 --> 00:18:44.119 and you want to pay me four dollars. So I'm not gonna do it 269 00:18:44.559 --> 00:18:48.000 Um. So when you yeah the well go ahead, go for it. 270 00:18:48.160 --> 00:18:52.079 I was just gonna say the vast majority of products that people reach out to 271 00:18:52.119 --> 00:18:59.160 you and want you to to make videos on typically don't perform very well. 272 00:18:59.319 --> 00:19:03.359 So we were actually chatting about this before we started, and the idea is 273 00:19:03.440 --> 00:19:08.400 that Um, at least from my perspective, if it's something that is that 274 00:19:08.519 --> 00:19:12.119 has a high it's like a high ticket item, and it's something that that 275 00:19:12.279 --> 00:19:18.880 actually interests you, then maybe you would exchange that product for Um just for 276 00:19:18.000 --> 00:19:25.680 making the video. But understand that for the the vast majority of those, 277 00:19:25.720 --> 00:19:27.160 you're not going to make your money back on commission. So that's when you 278 00:19:27.200 --> 00:19:30.319 start to think about, hey, I need to start charging for my time. 279 00:19:30.359 --> 00:19:33.480 What does that look like? How much do I want to charge? 280 00:19:33.680 --> 00:19:38.440 How does my price change based on how much input the seller wants? You 281 00:19:38.480 --> 00:19:41.359 know, if they're just like here, make a video the way you make 282 00:19:41.359 --> 00:19:45.160 a video. That's one price. But if they are, Hey, uh, 283 00:19:45.319 --> 00:19:48.319 cover these ten bullet points. Okay. Well, now you're giving feedback. 284 00:19:48.559 --> 00:19:51.480 That's going to change my workflow. You'RE gonna pay more for that, 285 00:19:51.480 --> 00:19:56.160 that kind of thing. So, uh, there's definitely some some opportunities there 286 00:19:56.200 --> 00:20:00.440 to kind of reel that in to make sure that you're not over whelmed with 287 00:20:00.440 --> 00:20:03.559 a bunch of free products that you promised to make videos on. Yeah, 288 00:20:03.559 --> 00:20:06.240 I I learned that the hard way. Like the first week I was like, 289 00:20:06.279 --> 00:20:08.000 yeah, I'll take anything and everything to send it. Well, probably, 290 00:20:08.039 --> 00:20:11.000 you know, primarily because I'm trying to Figu out my workflow. I 291 00:20:11.000 --> 00:20:12.799 didn't even have a workflow because I just moved back from Puerto Rico, and 292 00:20:12.839 --> 00:20:15.640 so I was like, okay, well, I getta I gotta make. 293 00:20:15.920 --> 00:20:18.720 I don't have products and I'll buy a bunch of stuff because I don't even 294 00:20:18.799 --> 00:20:21.519 know if this is going to be, you know, viable. So when 295 00:20:21.559 --> 00:20:26.000 you're making these videos, and I know you come from Youtube World, where 296 00:20:26.720 --> 00:20:30.880 in my in my like you know, viewing stuff, like your youtube videos 297 00:20:30.880 --> 00:20:33.640 are like super well polished, they're super well done. You're sitting there and 298 00:20:33.680 --> 00:20:36.759 you're set most of the time. UH, any B roll stuff is like 299 00:20:36.799 --> 00:20:40.240 really well done and then over on Amazon it's a little bit more role. 300 00:20:40.319 --> 00:20:44.079 Can you talk about the differences of what Amazon wants versus what Youtube wants? 301 00:20:45.920 --> 00:20:49.440 So this is speculation, Um, just because, again, Amazon has not 302 00:20:49.519 --> 00:20:53.279 given us the analytics to really be able to to see what's going on, 303 00:20:53.319 --> 00:20:57.359 because we can't see conversions based on specific videos. You can kind of do 304 00:20:57.400 --> 00:21:00.880 a correlation if you've only made aid one video and it's a specific product, 305 00:21:00.920 --> 00:21:06.920 but if you've put out multiple videos on a given product, you can't see 306 00:21:06.960 --> 00:21:11.440 which one is performing better. So, Um, my approach going into this 307 00:21:11.880 --> 00:21:15.319 is that, again, going back to that, people want to see this 308 00:21:15.359 --> 00:21:18.480 out in the wild. They want to see real people using the product. 309 00:21:18.519 --> 00:21:22.480 And if you're, at least in my opinion, if your video looks too 310 00:21:22.519 --> 00:21:27.079 polished and looks too Um, like a like a brand spot, then like, 311 00:21:27.119 --> 00:21:30.400 what do we what do we think when we see those videos that are 312 00:21:30.400 --> 00:21:34.680 made by the brand? Anybody who's bought anything through the course of their life 313 00:21:34.680 --> 00:21:37.240 knows there's a little bit of bias in those. You know what I mean. 314 00:21:37.400 --> 00:21:41.400 So all the claims that they make in terms of what it can do, 315 00:21:41.480 --> 00:21:44.640 what it can't do, uh, you don't really want to emulate that. 316 00:21:44.759 --> 00:21:48.400 You want, Hey, my name's Dan, I've got this product. 317 00:21:48.480 --> 00:21:51.920 You know, it's bigger smaller than I thought it's it's a lot more sturdy 318 00:21:51.920 --> 00:21:53.839 than I thought. They want somebody, you know, a real person, 319 00:21:53.920 --> 00:21:59.640 to kind of give some feedback on, you know, what they there their 320 00:21:59.640 --> 00:22:02.920 first oppressions and what their experience has been with the product. And a lot 321 00:22:02.960 --> 00:22:04.839 of times it can be as simple as hey, they just want to see, 322 00:22:06.680 --> 00:22:08.440 um, the product in hand, because I you know, we've probably 323 00:22:08.480 --> 00:22:12.079 all seen, or have all seen, like the thing that comes to mind 324 00:22:12.200 --> 00:22:17.240 me always are the swimming pools they sell on on Amazon, where they'll superimpose 325 00:22:17.319 --> 00:22:19.559 an entire family of six in this pool and, you get it, it's 326 00:22:19.559 --> 00:22:23.160 like three FT wide, Um, you know. So those are the kind 327 00:22:23.160 --> 00:22:29.880 of things that that you're helping those, Um, those shoppers figure out before 328 00:22:29.920 --> 00:22:33.119 they actually make the purchase, and that's where I think the most power comes 329 00:22:33.480 --> 00:22:37.440 in terms of what you're providing. So, yeah, it's I have the 330 00:22:37.480 --> 00:22:41.880 ability to make a polished video, um, but I think it's the exact 331 00:22:41.880 --> 00:22:45.799 opposite of what you don't. You don't want it to be sloppy, you 332 00:22:45.839 --> 00:22:49.400 don't want poor audio. Um, you don't want low lighting, but aside 333 00:22:49.400 --> 00:22:52.839 from that, you definitely wanted to feel more organic. Yeah, yeah, 334 00:22:52.839 --> 00:22:56.960 I've noticed that too, man. I've seen the people I see doing that 335 00:22:57.039 --> 00:23:00.400 process. And once again, if you will go watch my videos, they're 336 00:23:00.400 --> 00:23:04.720 probably a little bit more polished, just because I'm shooting in studio and I 337 00:23:04.799 --> 00:23:07.640 have all this gear, because I'm like just the gear nerds. I'm like, 338 00:23:07.680 --> 00:23:10.960 I'm gonna use it. Sorry if it looks a little you know, 339 00:23:11.000 --> 00:23:14.319 maybe I should turn my lights off and like like rip my shirt or something 340 00:23:14.359 --> 00:23:17.160 a little like just cut the top, like put some dirt on my face 341 00:23:17.559 --> 00:23:19.480 and talked. But Um, but you know, when the one thing that 342 00:23:19.559 --> 00:23:23.119 I noticed with your videos, and because you know, when I started, 343 00:23:23.519 --> 00:23:26.279 you know, subscribe to your newsletter, Upload Revenue. I'm sitting here like 344 00:23:26.519 --> 00:23:30.480 okay, this guy is like really doing it, like this is real money, 345 00:23:30.599 --> 00:23:33.160 this is real income, and you know you're very generous with that newsletter 346 00:23:33.160 --> 00:23:37.640 and you share a lot of insights, and so success leaves clues, and 347 00:23:37.680 --> 00:23:40.400 so I was like, well, I'm gonna go see what he's doing. 348 00:23:40.880 --> 00:23:42.599 And then at the time, I think I reached out to you. At 349 00:23:42.599 --> 00:23:45.000 the time, you know, I had a business partner in this thing and 350 00:23:45.039 --> 00:23:48.599 we were, you know, debating like do we take a course? Do 351 00:23:48.680 --> 00:23:49.599 we not take a course? Do we do a workshop? Do we not? 352 00:23:49.640 --> 00:23:52.319 You know, what do we do? and Um, and so, 353 00:23:52.359 --> 00:23:55.440 anyway, I was like well, dude, we couldn't make a decisions. 354 00:23:55.440 --> 00:23:57.279 I'm like, I'm just gonna keep following Dan around the Internet and try to 355 00:23:57.279 --> 00:24:00.799 figure it out. and Um and man, I don't know that I've figured 356 00:24:00.960 --> 00:24:04.559 I definitely have figured out what you've figured out, but I've seen a growth 357 00:24:04.799 --> 00:24:08.640 just by kind of doing that. You know, rall live to drive. 358 00:24:10.240 --> 00:24:12.200 Like, let me just share my thoughts. This is billy having a beer, 359 00:24:12.279 --> 00:24:15.759 sharing it with a buddy Dan about this you know whatever, like the 360 00:24:15.799 --> 00:24:22.880 solar power generator. Like I'm not really talking about the science of the generator, 361 00:24:22.160 --> 00:24:26.160 I'm just talking about my experience with the generator, and I think that 362 00:24:26.240 --> 00:24:30.519 might be what I see on Youtube is a little bit more polished. We 363 00:24:30.559 --> 00:24:33.759 want to keep people longer, we want them to settle in, grab a 364 00:24:33.799 --> 00:24:37.279 cup of tea, watch this video, because we just put more ad revenue 365 00:24:37.319 --> 00:24:40.440 in front of them. All that kind of stuff, versus Amazon's like get 366 00:24:40.480 --> 00:24:42.240 to the point so they can hit the buy now button. Is that fair 367 00:24:42.279 --> 00:24:48.200 assessment? For the most part, yeah, you're you're simply trying to push 368 00:24:48.200 --> 00:24:49.799 them over the edge. But since you you mentioned youtube, there is one 369 00:24:49.960 --> 00:24:56.000 kind of insider, insider tip on this that that I highly recommend everybody does, 370 00:24:56.160 --> 00:25:00.920 and that is get in the habit create a you tube channel Um, 371 00:25:00.960 --> 00:25:07.839 specifically to upload your Amazon shoppable videos to after you load them to Amazon. 372 00:25:08.519 --> 00:25:12.920 Uh, go in there, put your affiliate link in the description and just 373 00:25:14.279 --> 00:25:17.079 make it a habit of uploading them to both places. And this does a 374 00:25:17.119 --> 00:25:21.480 couple of things for you. We've certainly seen that those videos can in fact 375 00:25:21.559 --> 00:25:25.880 get traction and can start to generate some some serious traffic. But it also 376 00:25:26.400 --> 00:25:30.240 gets them on Youtube so somebody else doesn't steal them off of Amazon and upload 377 00:25:30.319 --> 00:25:33.839 them to Youtube because you're first up there. It protects your copyright. It 378 00:25:33.960 --> 00:25:37.599 shows on a youtube that you own that content. So it uh, it 379 00:25:37.720 --> 00:25:41.960 kind of will eliminate or reduce that, because that's a really big thing. 380 00:25:42.000 --> 00:25:47.039 People are going out thinking they can steal somebody's content off of Amazon and then 381 00:25:47.079 --> 00:25:49.240 profit from it on Youtube. So if you take care of that yourself as 382 00:25:49.279 --> 00:25:55.200 you're making these videos Um, then you not only can protect yourself on the 383 00:25:55.240 --> 00:26:00.119 copyright side of things, but you can and will get to point potentially where 384 00:26:00.160 --> 00:26:07.000 you can monetize that channel above and beyond the Um the potential sales you might 385 00:26:07.039 --> 00:26:08.039 make off of your affiliate links, which are going to be less than what 386 00:26:08.079 --> 00:26:11.720 you're getting on Amazon, but hey, it's one more revenue stream to help 387 00:26:11.759 --> 00:26:15.160 add to the pile. Yeah, man, that that's what I'm talking about, 388 00:26:15.240 --> 00:26:18.319 Dan. All these streams of revenue keep the boat floating. If one 389 00:26:18.400 --> 00:26:22.359 dies or drops off, it's like, okay, we're not gonna sink. 390 00:26:22.279 --> 00:26:26.000 I learned that the hard way in the last business that we talked about pre 391 00:26:26.119 --> 00:26:30.640 show. Uh So, man, on that Youtube Channel doesn't have to be 392 00:26:30.759 --> 00:26:33.599 published shows, because I do upload all mine to a channel, but in 393 00:26:33.640 --> 00:26:37.359 full transparency, they're on draft mode. I haven't gotten I haven't taken the 394 00:26:37.400 --> 00:26:41.039 time to get back in there and publish and clean them up and all that 395 00:26:41.079 --> 00:26:45.640 kind of stuff. But does have to be published? I well, no, 396 00:26:45.920 --> 00:26:49.279 they wouldn't have to be published. I don't think to to protect on 397 00:26:49.319 --> 00:26:52.839 the copyright. But Um, if you're doing it on a separate channel, 398 00:26:52.920 --> 00:26:56.400 I wouldn't even worry about cleaning them up or polishing them. I would simply 399 00:26:56.640 --> 00:27:02.519 publish them, just just send them. I mean, nobody's gonna Stumble across 400 00:27:02.559 --> 00:27:04.759 this and go, yeah, I can't watch billy anymore, this is trash, 401 00:27:06.119 --> 00:27:08.240 you know. So it's just better to uh, it's better to put 402 00:27:08.279 --> 00:27:14.079 him out there and see what happens. Um Right. Yeah, I think, 403 00:27:14.119 --> 00:27:17.559 I think there's there's value there to just just just send them out there 404 00:27:17.559 --> 00:27:18.720 and see what happens. Just send it, man, I love it. 405 00:27:18.759 --> 00:27:22.559 Well, we get a question here in the chat, so I will I'll 406 00:27:22.559 --> 00:27:25.839 go over the rich Graham says. Do you make Oh, do you make 407 00:27:25.839 --> 00:27:27.960 it separate from your active channel, which I think you just may be? 408 00:27:29.039 --> 00:27:33.039 Answer absolutely. Yeah, yes, definitely, I would definitely. Well, 409 00:27:33.079 --> 00:27:34.279 for me, of course, because these are, you know, it's like 410 00:27:34.319 --> 00:27:38.799 a toaster one day and, you know, a tractor part the next day. 411 00:27:38.799 --> 00:27:41.720 and My channel is about, uh, you know, revenue streams. 412 00:27:41.720 --> 00:27:45.720 So that's kind of a disconnect for me. But Um, I actually just 413 00:27:45.799 --> 00:27:51.079 did for mine. I just made a youtube channel that that Um hinted at 414 00:27:51.119 --> 00:27:53.440 being Amazon theme, Um, you know. So it can be like a 415 00:27:53.759 --> 00:27:56.759 great deals you know, I don't know if you want to say great deals 416 00:27:56.759 --> 00:28:00.440 on Amazon for for you know, trade mark violation and all that, but 417 00:28:00.799 --> 00:28:03.440 something that gives people an idea of what the videos are about. Not that 418 00:28:03.480 --> 00:28:07.079 it really matters because the you know, the branding is not really what you're 419 00:28:07.119 --> 00:28:10.400 looking for. Um, but yeah, I get those videos up there and 420 00:28:10.960 --> 00:28:14.400 see what happens. Yeah, I mean I think you know, I saw 421 00:28:14.440 --> 00:28:18.400 somebody on instagram kind of doing this, uh, and maybe she's an Amazon 422 00:28:18.480 --> 00:28:19.839 influencer now, I don't know, but I know she was on instagram and 423 00:28:19.880 --> 00:28:25.119 she literally just started off by saying, Hey, like, here's a deal 424 00:28:25.160 --> 00:28:27.279 I found on Amazon. What did? She wasn't even associate or anything. 425 00:28:27.319 --> 00:28:32.400 She was just making content about deals that she found on Amazon. And she 426 00:28:32.480 --> 00:28:36.279 started doing that because she was like sharing with all her friends or her family 427 00:28:36.279 --> 00:28:37.400 and they're all like, dude, just leave us alone, like we don't 428 00:28:37.400 --> 00:28:40.400 care, and then she's like wow, I'm just gonna start my own channel 429 00:28:40.759 --> 00:28:42.519 and then, I think now she like crushes it with that. So, 430 00:28:44.000 --> 00:28:47.599 Um, that is a really good deal to kind of take that mentality and 431 00:28:47.640 --> 00:28:51.559 put it on Youtube, because it is still the biggest, large, third 432 00:28:51.640 --> 00:28:53.680 largest, second largest search engine in the world or something. I don't even 433 00:28:53.720 --> 00:28:59.039 know, but it's a huge number two to google to Google. Okay, 434 00:28:59.039 --> 00:29:02.279 Gotcha. I didn't know if to talk was still knocking on its door, 435 00:29:02.480 --> 00:29:04.079 knocked it off the podium or not. I don't know. I don't know 436 00:29:04.079 --> 00:29:07.680 if tiktok would be would qualify as a search engine. Um, and that's 437 00:29:07.680 --> 00:29:11.519 the other unique thing about youtube is that it is a search engine. So, 438 00:29:11.920 --> 00:29:15.000 Um, you know, there's a lot of people that go there to, 439 00:29:15.920 --> 00:29:18.200 uh, to solve problems and look for answers. So that makes it 440 00:29:18.279 --> 00:29:22.640 kind of unique. So there's a lot of opportunity on Youtube to approach it 441 00:29:22.680 --> 00:29:26.799 that way. If you, Um, you know, just want to pick 442 00:29:26.839 --> 00:29:30.599 a general problem and be the person who answers questions people have. There's a 443 00:29:30.640 --> 00:29:33.440 lot of opportunity there to to grow and you don build a brand for yourself. 444 00:29:34.559 --> 00:29:37.160 So so, man, what do you see like when you see people 445 00:29:37.200 --> 00:29:41.839 getting into this space, like new Amazon creators, and I know you're working 446 00:29:41.880 --> 00:29:45.640 with a lot of creators through your program and through, you know, coaching 447 00:29:45.680 --> 00:29:49.279 and doing different things? What's like the one mistake that you see people make 448 00:29:49.359 --> 00:29:52.480 over and over and over that you're just like, dude, if you stop 449 00:29:52.519 --> 00:29:55.519 doing this one thing, you would just kind of take off. or I 450 00:29:55.559 --> 00:29:56.559 mean, I don't know if there's one thing, but like what's the biggest 451 00:29:56.559 --> 00:30:03.599 mistake? I guess I'll simplify Um. Yeah, I mean that's hard to 452 00:30:03.599 --> 00:30:07.960 say. I mean probably that when it comes to to Amazon, Um, 453 00:30:07.079 --> 00:30:11.279 the biggest mistake that people, that I've seen people made, because it's kind 454 00:30:11.279 --> 00:30:15.640 of, uh, it's kind of a critical one, is not really understanding 455 00:30:15.079 --> 00:30:19.319 what the videos have to be before trying to get approved. Because, like 456 00:30:19.319 --> 00:30:22.519 I said, it's three strikes and you're out. So if you don't have 457 00:30:22.680 --> 00:30:26.519 an understanding of, Um, exactly what to make those videos and you just 458 00:30:26.680 --> 00:30:30.920 try blindly three times by yourself, without asking anybody else, you know, 459 00:30:30.920 --> 00:30:34.920 how they got approved, then you certainly run the risk of locking yourself out 460 00:30:34.920 --> 00:30:40.440 of the opportunity. Um, and then, yeah, and I do think 461 00:30:40.519 --> 00:30:44.440 to a certain degree, and some of this kind of there are certain rules 462 00:30:44.440 --> 00:30:48.160 on Amazon you can't do like screen prints of Amazon and things. So people 463 00:30:48.160 --> 00:30:52.079 who try to polish their videos a little too much Um and think they're making 464 00:30:52.079 --> 00:30:56.200 them look more professional by throwing in graphics and other things, they potentially could 465 00:30:56.279 --> 00:31:02.559 run the risk of of Um, kind of messing something up that works just 466 00:31:02.680 --> 00:31:06.000 fine if it's, you know, in its most simplest form. So, 467 00:31:06.759 --> 00:31:11.519 UH, once we get more analytics will know whether or not the Polish ads 468 00:31:11.640 --> 00:31:15.920 or hinders when it comes to conversions, but for now it's it's kind of 469 00:31:15.920 --> 00:31:18.799 all speculation and just trying to do what we think feels right and what generates 470 00:31:18.799 --> 00:31:22.880 sales. Yeah, Gotcha, man, and I think that's I think that's 471 00:31:22.880 --> 00:31:27.200 pretty true for the thumbnails portion of it as well. I've tried. I've 472 00:31:27.200 --> 00:31:30.480 been testing a little bit but, like you said, I can't. There's 473 00:31:30.480 --> 00:31:33.039 no real good analytics. So it's not like I'm I'm like, yeah, 474 00:31:33.079 --> 00:31:36.279 I know this video is crushing because my thumbnail was good, so I just 475 00:31:36.440 --> 00:31:40.400 gave up on him. I'm like screenshot and the best part of the video 476 00:31:40.599 --> 00:31:44.599 and sometimes my face is like like holding the product. So what's your strategy? 477 00:31:44.640 --> 00:31:48.240 There? And the same thing. The title is the same. It's 478 00:31:48.279 --> 00:31:52.519 the same thing. We can't we don't have enough information to make an intelligent 479 00:31:52.559 --> 00:32:00.319 assessment of what's best. What I my personal approach is to just provide the 480 00:32:00.599 --> 00:32:06.200 clearest Um, you know, the clearest image of the product or you know 481 00:32:06.400 --> 00:32:10.799 in whether I'm demonstrating it or whatever the case. Uh, and nothing else. 482 00:32:10.880 --> 00:32:15.279 I don't put I typically I have a few videos where I've tried some 483 00:32:15.359 --> 00:32:19.519 graphics, you know, some light graphics or words on the thumbnails, but 484 00:32:19.559 --> 00:32:23.119 generally speaking I just do Um, a screenshot from the video. Um, 485 00:32:23.160 --> 00:32:27.880 maybe I will edit it a little bit too kind of Um, you know, 486 00:32:27.880 --> 00:32:30.359 tweak the saturation, make it pop a little bit more than everything else 487 00:32:30.400 --> 00:32:34.359 that's in the carousel. Uh. And then for the title, I go 488 00:32:34.920 --> 00:32:38.839 is much on in line with the product name as possible, because Amazon will 489 00:32:38.880 --> 00:32:45.559 in fact show your videos on other related products. So if you are on 490 00:32:45.599 --> 00:32:47.880 a specific product and you're trying to go down to the carousel and scroll through 491 00:32:47.920 --> 00:32:52.079 real quick and you want to know something specific about the product that you're on, 492 00:32:52.599 --> 00:32:58.160 you know, the top five toasters as a title is not necessarily going 493 00:32:58.200 --> 00:33:00.000 to let you know that this video, know that you're about to click on, 494 00:33:00.079 --> 00:33:04.480 is for the toaster you're actually looking at. But if you you know, 495 00:33:04.559 --> 00:33:07.559 if it's like, you know, the toaster one thousand is in your 496 00:33:07.599 --> 00:33:10.960 title, then people know that this video is specifically what they're looking for. 497 00:33:12.000 --> 00:33:15.039 It's going to give them answers about the product that they're on right now. 498 00:33:15.640 --> 00:33:20.039 Uh. And that is why I have tried to I've approached this very much 499 00:33:20.119 --> 00:33:24.200 from a Um, you know, being as ascinct as possible, trying to 500 00:33:24.200 --> 00:33:29.000 give them the information they need as quickly and straight to the point, without 501 00:33:29.079 --> 00:33:31.200 a lot of fluff Um. That's how I approached the whole thing. So 502 00:33:31.240 --> 00:33:37.400 it's title, thumbnail content is just get them the information, show them at 503 00:33:37.440 --> 00:33:40.319 out in the wild and, uh, hopefully that's enough to get them to 504 00:33:40.480 --> 00:33:45.039 buy the buy the product. Yeah, man, well, I love that 505 00:33:45.119 --> 00:33:47.400 strategy. Like I said, I've I've chased around the Internet for a year 506 00:33:47.799 --> 00:33:52.720 trying to like pick up the chromes and figure out the pieces. And so 507 00:33:52.880 --> 00:33:55.279 I know for some people listening they don't have my personality. They're not they 508 00:33:55.279 --> 00:33:59.480 don't have the tenacity to chase Dan around for a year and put, you 509 00:33:59.480 --> 00:34:01.599 know, like pick up all these little clues. And you have created a 510 00:34:01.599 --> 00:34:06.559 way for them to get direct access to you and to the your course, 511 00:34:06.720 --> 00:34:12.719 the influencer one hundred times, where you're literally saying I want to help creators 512 00:34:13.039 --> 00:34:15.800 one hundred times their earnings on Amazon. So tell me a little bit about 513 00:34:15.840 --> 00:34:19.679 that program and for somebody listening, and maybe they're new and they don't want 514 00:34:19.679 --> 00:34:22.400 to spend a year chasing around, which I don't blame them. They just 515 00:34:22.440 --> 00:34:24.960 want to spend some money, get in your world and learn what you know. 516 00:34:27.039 --> 00:34:30.960 Talk to us about that a little bit. Absolutely. So. The 517 00:34:30.000 --> 00:34:36.599 course is called influencer one x and the site is influencer one x, the 518 00:34:36.920 --> 00:34:42.599 number one hundred x course dot com. Uh, and it covers everything from 519 00:34:42.599 --> 00:34:45.000 getting approved for the Amazon influencer program, which you need to do, and 520 00:34:45.039 --> 00:34:50.960 what the requirements are, uh, in terms of having something established following on 521 00:34:51.000 --> 00:34:54.800 another platform. Um. And then it goes into exactly what you need to 522 00:34:54.880 --> 00:35:00.199 do to get approved. So the there's a process involving first three videos and 523 00:35:00.480 --> 00:35:05.280 what that process looks like in terms of what to put in your videos to 524 00:35:05.320 --> 00:35:08.920 give them the best possible chance to get approved, because those first three videos 525 00:35:08.920 --> 00:35:15.239 are a little more, Um, uh critiqued than the rest of your content, 526 00:35:15.599 --> 00:35:19.320 which I think is more automated, where those first three videos might have 527 00:35:19.400 --> 00:35:23.559 some manual intervention which leaves a little bit of subjectivity in their analysis. So 528 00:35:23.599 --> 00:35:27.760 you don't want to give them any reason to failure. Um. And then 529 00:35:27.760 --> 00:35:30.039 it starts. And then it goes into the process of trying to find ideas 530 00:35:30.079 --> 00:35:36.920 for products and how to pull your lifetime, you know, Amazon Order Report 531 00:35:37.039 --> 00:35:42.239 for inspiration in terms of UH products that you might already have around your house 532 00:35:42.280 --> 00:35:45.440 to make videos. Uh. And then it talks a little bit about what 533 00:35:45.559 --> 00:35:50.039 to look for, Um, in in what kind of products to to make 534 00:35:50.119 --> 00:35:53.599 videos. And we're also working on a kind of an advanced strategy that we're 535 00:35:53.599 --> 00:35:57.880 going to add to the course to anybody who purchases the course. Um, 536 00:35:57.960 --> 00:36:00.400 they will have continued access to that. So the advanced strategies come out, 537 00:36:00.760 --> 00:36:05.960 they will automatically have access to that additional information as well, where we're gonna 538 00:36:06.039 --> 00:36:08.639 kind of dive into a little bit of case study on some of the things 539 00:36:08.639 --> 00:36:14.960 that we've done to to generate more revenue, uh and talk about some different 540 00:36:14.960 --> 00:36:20.639 ways to to raise your monthly revenue. Um. So if you've hit a 541 00:36:20.639 --> 00:36:23.559 plateau or you're not seeing the growth that's maybe some other people have seen, 542 00:36:24.000 --> 00:36:29.199 uh, this will hopefully give you some ideas to Um, start to scale 543 00:36:29.679 --> 00:36:35.239 and uh kind of invest in the whole process to to get a more Um, 544 00:36:35.280 --> 00:36:38.519 a larger number as a monthly recurring revenue for for Your Business. Yeah, 545 00:36:38.559 --> 00:36:42.039 man, I love it, Dude. I think it's awesome. I 546 00:36:42.079 --> 00:36:44.880 need to look at it again because I'm sure there's more stuff that I have 547 00:36:44.960 --> 00:36:47.239 not unveiled about you, Dan, that I can't, that I can't, 548 00:36:47.480 --> 00:36:51.760 I can't just fine on the Internet. But but so, man, I 549 00:36:51.920 --> 00:36:54.639 really appreciate you, you know, being here talking about your your course, 550 00:36:54.760 --> 00:36:59.519 talking about how people because it literally has changed my life, like it literally 551 00:37:00.000 --> 00:37:01.760 there was some stuff that I was trying to do in the content creative space 552 00:37:01.840 --> 00:37:06.920 that just didn't make any sense for me and my personality, and then I 553 00:37:06.960 --> 00:37:12.199 found Amazon live influencer and it was people like you and Monty and deal casters 554 00:37:12.199 --> 00:37:16.039 that were posting the opportunity that kept it right here instead of down the road 555 00:37:16.239 --> 00:37:21.239 or later when I get back or whatever, and so it's literally been a 556 00:37:21.239 --> 00:37:23.480 game changer, you know, in my life. So I really appreciate you. 557 00:37:22.960 --> 00:37:28.679 You're putting these events together, you're putting together this course, and also 558 00:37:28.840 --> 00:37:31.360 right behind you as people of video coming up in September, and I know 559 00:37:31.440 --> 00:37:35.480 I'm asking you to promote two big things right in a row, but I 560 00:37:35.480 --> 00:37:37.400 want to, I want to kind of you know, I'm not that just 561 00:37:37.519 --> 00:37:39.440 like give back, you know, but I do want to give you opportunity 562 00:37:39.440 --> 00:37:44.599 on my show because you have been such an inspiration. So, Um man, 563 00:37:44.599 --> 00:37:46.519 tell us about people of video, tell us how we can get involved 564 00:37:46.599 --> 00:37:51.360 and why we need to book our flights right now to Albany New York for 565 00:37:51.480 --> 00:37:58.880 September. Absolutely so, people of video, is a concept that, um 566 00:37:59.079 --> 00:38:01.360 is near and dear to me, and that is bringing the video community to 567 00:38:01.440 --> 00:38:05.679 the East Coast. We're here in Albany New York and it's all about giving 568 00:38:05.679 --> 00:38:09.920 you the tools from the people that you followed for years on Youtube and other 569 00:38:09.960 --> 00:38:15.159 platforms who have taught you from afar about how to do things like growing your 570 00:38:15.199 --> 00:38:21.719 your influence and your following and and making more money and actually generating a business 571 00:38:21.719 --> 00:38:25.079 and revenue around your content. We're super excited. This is our second live 572 00:38:25.159 --> 00:38:30.920 in person event. Our first one got the old Kabash on it from from 573 00:38:30.079 --> 00:38:34.599 covid but, uh, we're super excited. This year we're sponsored by e 574 00:38:34.760 --> 00:38:37.239 Cam. Uh that it's a great relationship. That's you know what this live 575 00:38:37.280 --> 00:38:42.400 streams running on right now. They're fantastic, um. But more importantly, 576 00:38:42.599 --> 00:38:47.519 we are talking all things video and business and how to grow your revenue around 577 00:38:47.519 --> 00:38:52.159 that business. And we're also going to continue to increase our focus on Amazon 578 00:38:52.320 --> 00:38:57.519 video and Amazon live and we're going to have tracks, uh, and you 579 00:38:57.519 --> 00:39:00.280 you will probably see some people that you're from, mimiliar with in the Amazon 580 00:39:00.400 --> 00:39:05.679 space. Speaking from the stage this year we are thrilled to be able to 581 00:39:05.679 --> 00:39:09.480 bring everybody in and share their expertise and get more exposure to Amazon for for 582 00:39:09.679 --> 00:39:13.599 video creators as a whole. So you can grab your tickets at people of 583 00:39:13.679 --> 00:39:16.000 video dot com. Uh and yeah, we want to get everybody here in 584 00:39:16.039 --> 00:39:21.519 Albany, New York at September ninete and it's gonna be a party. We 585 00:39:21.559 --> 00:39:23.599 already have a lot of amazing people that we saw last year. They'll be 586 00:39:23.639 --> 00:39:27.599 coming back. We have a bunch of New People that have signed up and, 587 00:39:27.679 --> 00:39:30.360 like I said, that relationship with e Cam just makes it great. 588 00:39:30.400 --> 00:39:34.639 It's an awesome, awesome live streaming community over there and we can't wait for 589 00:39:34.639 --> 00:39:37.920 everybody to get together in Albany. Dude, Heck Yeah, man, I'm 590 00:39:37.960 --> 00:39:40.760 excited. I put the request into the old wifee so we'll see what she 591 00:39:40.840 --> 00:39:45.920 tells me. Oh Man. So well then. I know I could probably 592 00:39:45.960 --> 00:39:50.480 ask you a million more questions, but I just wanted to give people kind 593 00:39:50.519 --> 00:39:52.599 of like a little, just a little taste of the icing on the cake 594 00:39:52.679 --> 00:39:55.960 here and and I want to encourage them to dive deep with you and and 595 00:39:57.000 --> 00:40:00.480 take the course and show up to people of video and really dive into it, 596 00:40:00.519 --> 00:40:04.000 because it is huge, live selling, and not just on Amazon but 597 00:40:04.119 --> 00:40:07.519 as more you know, companies roll it out in more opportunities. I know 598 00:40:07.599 --> 00:40:09.159 you're going to be in the front lines figuring it out and saying hey, 599 00:40:09.320 --> 00:40:12.960 check this out, do this. So, Um, the more you guys 600 00:40:13.000 --> 00:40:15.400 can get involved with Dan, do that sooner than later. Um. But 601 00:40:15.440 --> 00:40:17.800 man, any closing thoughts? Anything I didn't set you up to say that 602 00:40:17.800 --> 00:40:22.679 you'd like to to mention or or whatnot, and I'll promote your newsletter because 603 00:40:22.719 --> 00:40:25.000 I'm a huge fan of it. So I won't make I won't make you 604 00:40:25.000 --> 00:40:30.440 promote a third thing. I'll promote it at the end for you. Yeah, 605 00:40:30.519 --> 00:40:34.039 right now our focus is people of video and trying to make it the 606 00:40:34.079 --> 00:40:37.880 absolute best conference we can. We're excited to uh get it all planned out, 607 00:40:37.920 --> 00:40:40.480 where it's coming up, where I think we're like six weeks away now. 608 00:40:40.559 --> 00:40:44.480 So we are pumped and we want as many people there as possible. 609 00:40:44.519 --> 00:40:46.360 So if you have never been to a conference and you're on the fence, 610 00:40:47.039 --> 00:40:51.199 I remember when I went to my first first conference, I had a conversation 611 00:40:51.280 --> 00:40:55.320 with my wife very much like billy's referring to and and so I surprise she's 612 00:40:55.320 --> 00:41:00.320 like go for it, and it really did change the trajectory of what I 613 00:41:00.360 --> 00:41:01.880 was doing as a video creator, because when you get in a room like 614 00:41:01.920 --> 00:41:07.800 that, it is it's just transformative because you're surrounded by like minded people. 615 00:41:07.800 --> 00:41:09.960 It's not you trying to tell somebody in your family about video and they just 616 00:41:10.039 --> 00:41:14.280 roll their eyes and don't really get it. It's very uh. There's the 617 00:41:14.320 --> 00:41:19.440 synergy that's created by surrounding yourself with people who get it and can share what 618 00:41:19.480 --> 00:41:23.480 they've done to be successful. Is really powerful and it will totally change the 619 00:41:23.519 --> 00:41:27.880 path that you're on and and help you get closer to your goals. Yeah, 620 00:41:27.920 --> 00:41:30.800 man, well, Dan Uh, if you haven't figured it out, 621 00:41:30.840 --> 00:41:32.440 I'm a fan boy. So I really appreciate you being on the show. 622 00:41:32.480 --> 00:41:36.639 Man. It's a huge honor to have you and hopefully I will see you, 623 00:41:36.920 --> 00:41:39.800 meet you in person Um in Albany. Hopefully that that'll be a real 624 00:41:39.920 --> 00:41:44.480 reality for me and man, so high five, long existence. Thanks for 625 00:41:44.519 --> 00:41:46.599 being on the show and uh, and we'll catch it again. Well, 626 00:41:46.599 --> 00:41:50.559 you know what bring you back on and as this thing develops and as you 627 00:41:50.639 --> 00:41:52.360 are for running it and figuring it out for us. We can bring you 628 00:41:52.440 --> 00:41:55.599 on and do some updates about m anytime. So yeah, man, I 629 00:41:55.719 --> 00:41:59.920 really appreciate you. Thank you so much. Alright, yes, thanks. 630 00:42:00.519 --> 00:42:04.119 Yeah, man, absolutely. And that is it for creating daily today. 631 00:42:04.360 --> 00:42:07.480 If you didn't get something out of that, and once again it wasn't like 632 00:42:07.599 --> 00:42:09.159 having to bring him on and do a step by step, but it was 633 00:42:09.239 --> 00:42:14.599 just talking about the possibilities, a little bit of ticks, tricks, tips, 634 00:42:14.719 --> 00:42:16.480 strategies, all that kind of fun stuff. But if you want to 635 00:42:16.480 --> 00:42:21.639 get into Dan's world, go head over to Um. The link that I 636 00:42:21.679 --> 00:42:25.760 put in the in the description here is a link to like a his link 637 00:42:25.800 --> 00:42:30.719 page that shows always linked. He's got the people of video on there, 638 00:42:30.760 --> 00:42:34.960 he's got his latest youtube videos on there and he's got the upload revenue, 639 00:42:35.079 --> 00:42:38.360 which is the weekly newsletter. Now he's been busy with people of videos, 640 00:42:38.440 --> 00:42:42.280 so it might not be weekly, you know, until after that events over, 641 00:42:42.880 --> 00:42:45.079 but jump in there because there's gonna be stuff you pull from that email 642 00:42:45.119 --> 00:42:50.320 that's going to just take you to the next level of your Creator Journey, 643 00:42:50.400 --> 00:42:54.480 either on Amazon, on Youtube or other platforms where he's helping you monetize and 644 00:42:54.519 --> 00:43:00.280 create revenue into your Creator Business, and be sure to join me on Thursday. 645 00:43:00.400 --> 00:43:05.199 We're gonna be a regular time, four PM on Thursday. Uh, 646 00:43:05.320 --> 00:43:07.239 we're gonna be with Zach Mitchem. We're gonna WE'RE gonna talk about gear, 647 00:43:07.280 --> 00:43:09.400 we're gonna nerd out a little bit. I asked him to be on the 648 00:43:09.440 --> 00:43:14.800 show. He's another Amazon Creator and Youtuber and I asked him to be on 649 00:43:14.840 --> 00:43:17.280 the show and immediately our conversation went to gear and I was like, well, 650 00:43:17.280 --> 00:43:20.480 I guess I know what we're talking about. So if you're interested in, 651 00:43:20.920 --> 00:43:22.599 you know, podcast gear, livestream gear, what can you do? 652 00:43:22.639 --> 00:43:28.199 What little tweaks can you do to make your video pop um while you're making 653 00:43:28.239 --> 00:43:34.239 these videos for Amazon or you're making videos for Youtube or Tiktok or instagram or 654 00:43:34.239 --> 00:43:37.599 wherever you're creating video, there's gonna be some tools that are gonna help you 655 00:43:37.639 --> 00:43:43.719 out. So be back here Thursday at four PM. And once again I 656 00:43:43.840 --> 00:43:45.159 missed the Oh no, there's the end screen. All right, we'll see 657 00:43:45.159 --> 00:44:02.320 guys then.