I feel like I can't make money because I don't have money.

[GuestUserx253]

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that was really helpful thanks

 

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[ygtrhos]

Whenever I find an idea I realize that the only reason I can't take action is because I don't have enough money. For example right now I have a YouTube channel idea, but I am not a native english speaker so I need to hire someone from fiverr for voiceover. I don't know how to edit videos to keep the attention of the audience so I need to hire someone to edit videos. I also need someone to design thumbnails. I know that it sounds like I am trying to find excuses but I am really trying my best. I feel like you can't escape the slowlane if you live in a third world country.

take this

It needs 250$, you can do it in any mother tongue, even if you speak Dzonghka because there are even businesses needing online marketing in Bhutan.

All you need is hustle.

 

[BrunoRastablasta]

Whenever I find an idea I realize that the only reason I can't take action is because I don't have enough money. For example right now I have a YouTube channel idea, but I am not a native english speaker so I need to hire someone from fiverr for voiceover. I don't know how to edit videos to keep the attention of the audience so I need to hire someone to edit videos. I also need someone to design thumbnails. I know that it sounds like I am trying to find excuses but I am really trying my best. I feel like you can't escape the slowlane if you live in a third world country.

You can, it just takes more time if you're from a third-world country (from Bosnia and Herzegovina here).

Keep doing your best and learn all the facets of your business, from making videos to copyediting to designing and it will happen. It just won't happen overnight.

Trust the process and work on it.

 

[WJK]

you might be right, thank you for your opinion.

do you think i can make money if i really try hard?

You have a 100% chance of failing if don't try and do nothing!

 

[GuestUserx253]

Sure it's hard, but not impossible

Suck at English? Learn it.
Don't have money? Get a job or side hustle.
You don't wanna learn English? Then make content for your mother tongue.

Bro, 13yo me created yt videos on a PLAYSTATION.
It's all excuses.

you might be right, thank you for your opinion.

do you think i can make money if i really try hard?

 

[GuestUserx253]

View: https://youtu.be/7KLnXjqKL5g


Sorry, I don't have the time to elaborate at the moment. But I'll just post this link because I think it will help a little

no worries, i am going to watch it. thanks

 

[GuestUserx253]

Also Google what a "minimum viable product" is and get creative from there.

thanks again!

 

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[GuestUserx253]

As long as you can speak well enough to be understood it is not necessary to be a native speaker.

Jake Tran does not speak like a native speaker. Not stopping him from getting millions of fans.

yeah this is actually not a problem for speaking, but writing video scripts is really hard since i only know basic words that are used in daily life. what do you think about learning skills in a year instead of using all my money to hire freelancers?

 

[GuestUserx253]

You don't need a LOT of money, but you can bootstrap what grows to an 8 figure business on a very LIMITED amount of money (we started with less than $2K). We needed to budget some for products, advertising and design work (and testing, testing testing). Not all products or ideas will grow to fruition and you gotta be very deliberate what to chop and what to keep investing in especially when you are short on funds.

Do whatever you got to do to start getting some cash flow in. A job, freelance work or hustles but def get some money rolling in to start setting up your business.

Good luck.

thank you for your advice. may i ask what's your business about?

 

[GuestUserx253]

Third world here (Venezuela)

You must accept your situation, leave the arrogance of wanting to do everything as you wish. There are people who have everything easy, and others who have to work 10x times to have only 10% of their results.

Your priority is not to start a business, your priority is move out to the first world.
Just F*cking Move out, you are not a tree.

"It's not easy" Of course not. Life is NOT fair, and you're supposed to know that. If you can't do YouTube, do something else. And if you don't wanna do something else, then don't complain and don't demand to achieve your dreams if you're not willing to make it happen.

Here in "third world shitty countries" we are experts at making excuses and playing the "poor me, poor me" victim. We are lazy and cowards. That is why in this side of the world nothing works, we are all broke and we have zero freedom.

"I dont have money to hire thumbnail designer and I don't wanna learn graphic design to make my own thumbnails" Dude, in Canva you can make thumbnails in 2 clicks. "But the templates are Premium" You can get Pro accounts for free (legal). Do you know what Google is?

"I don't speak English fluently", then learn it. I've been studying English for almost 10 years and I can't even F*cking speak like a normal person. Because I want to master this awesome and global language, and that can only be achieved by working and leaving excuses aside.

Nowadays fastlaners makes lazy people life more easier, so that's why you don't even need speak English.
You can use a site called "Eleven Labs" and you have very human-ish voices for free. But you didn't know that, because you spend 5 hours complaining, instead of looking for alternatives and researching to achieve your goals.

Go back to read books, research and even if you don't have any money, try to do something, if it's been 2 years with that business and you still don't make money, then come back to the forum to ask for help.

I don't understand why you are so anxious and arrogant to create or start something in which you have neither knowledge nor resources. If you are gonna start something because it's "Trendy and everyone it's doing it", better go watch Netflix, you will save yourself a lot of problems.

Do your Best or do nothing, that's how this world works, it's a blood ocean with sharks around you.
Because being average, mediocre, poor and lazy is very easy, fun and comfy.
Entrepreneurship and Business is not for everyone.

even though i see your point, all you did was to give 'just do this bro' advice. not helpful at all.

 

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[GuestUserx253]

whats stopping you to learn how to edit videos and design thumbnails? be honest.

of course this is a wall you need to climb up to but when you up there you can help others getting over the wall or going further.

do you realy think mj said back then:
„shit i don’t know how to code a website, i need to hire a full team of developers but i don’t have money so lets put this into trash and search for something easier“

no.

What did mj do? he learned the skills from books in library’s and just did it without looking to make the perfect product at the start. the important part is that he made a product and you should too! just start to make your first product and then adjust your first product with the skills you learning overtime.

Whats realy stopping you is your mindset.

Just start, put your videos out there and show us that you are taking steps to make good youtube videos.

you are right. i already started learning video editing.

 

[GuestUserx253]

None of your posts in this thread suggest that you have any significant difficulty in writing English - I am on many forums for various interests, and FB, and it'd be great if everyone born in the UK who writes and speaks English natively could do so as well as you seem to be able to. I can't tell how long it takes you to write each post, of course, and none of them look like a typical google translate output, so if you're slaving away for an hour on each reply, I withdraw my comment. But you seem to be OK, from what I can read.

If you're writing scripts for a voiceover person to read out for a video, I'd expect any kind of decent VO person would be prepared to smooth out any rough edges, though that might mean you can't use the cheapest ones.

thank you for your reply. i don't spend too much time thinking about what i'm going to write so reading that made me kind of happy. i found a website with realistic ai voices and i already know basic level of editing. is it okay for me to dm you to get a feedback when i publish my first video in a few weeks?

 

[Mike05]

View: https://youtu.be/7KLnXjqKL5g


Sorry, I don't have the time to elaborate at the moment. But I'll just post this link because I think it will help a little

Love this, sooo true.

 

[Nargiza]

View: https://youtu.be/7KLnXjqKL5g


Sorry, I don't have the time to elaborate at the moment. But I'll just post this link because I think it will help a little

That’ great video!!! Thanks for sharing

 

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