Alena's $6000 YouTube Success — Full Transcript & Summary

[00:02] was worried, I even cried that nothing was working out for me, I was so stupid. There were 70-10 covers there for a month . I always did this when I start something new, I talk about it everywhere. My God, what 15 dollars. What are you

[00:15] Suman, how much did you earn? More than 400. And I simply worked all my free time. But it’s also not possible to do this. Is this some key point of success? works at night. I am under a lot of

[00:30] pressure from the fact that I have to pay in installments. So, guys, hello everyone. Today Alena is with me. This is a student from the last Alena is with me. This is a student from the last cohort of HTTube who achieved a

[00:43] phenomenal, very outstanding result. This is the one we awarded at graduation. And, in general, a lot was done. And a lot of time has passed, more than six months already, since Alena came to study with us. And

[00:55] Alena came to study with us. And today we have gathered to analyze its success. She doesn't consider it a success. Well, I think this is a great success. So today we will be asking Alena questions. And together we will figure out how this was

[01:08] possible, how it can be repeated, what she did and what happened. Here. Alyona, Well, why don't I consider this a success? Because by some standards of mine, it would be from my channel. Yes.

[01:24] first place. Yes. And I think it And I think it came a little too easy for me. So there was some kind of luck, or something. That is , where I am, and I try to develop and

[01:39] try to have that kind of success, I haven’t been able to do it yet . Here. And where they didn't give up, things started to go well . It seems to me that this is also a very big science. and skills, and talents, and perhaps

[01:53] luck, for it to work out this way. That's why we'll look into it today. Please tell us about yourself, where you are from, what your request was, and how you found out about me. In general, if we go back six months, to last November,

[02:06] how did it all come together? My name is Alena. I am from Belarus, from the city of Gomel. It turns out I'm already 25 years old. Here. Yes, I am married and have turns out I'm already 25 years old. Here. Yes, I am married and have two children. And I came to training

[02:21] two children. And I came to training pregnant. I promised myself 2 days before I paid for the course that I would

[02:34] , I'm just on maternity leave and that's it. And then I accidentally came across your Instagram page. And after 2 days everything is fine, I’m completely foggy, I already want it. And somehow, first it turned out that I had some kind of

[02:50] free call, then I just talked with your manager there, and the call was planned for 20 minutes, but in the end it lasted more than an hour. I chatted him up there , basically, I created this fog, that is, the fact

[03:05] that you were like: “I don’t want to study in any way and in 2 days you’re already fitting in.” So what, how did this happen? Well, listen, in general, in life I always say that I don’t want anything. I'm tired. In general, I

[03:19] just want to sit on my husband’s neck, but somehow it turns out that it doesn’t work out that way. Yeah. You still move something yourself. That is, I say, but I do it a little differently. Why did I say that I don’t want anything? Because I went to

[03:33] study for a driver's license while I was pregnant. I passed my exams while pregnant and got my license, and it was think: “What’s so hard?” Well, everything is fine, everything is right the first time, everything is clear, everything is great. and I drive well too . But at that moment it

[03:47] seemed to me that it was very difficult. I decided that that’s it, I’m not stressing, and I’ll find out I’m pregnant, and then we’ll see . I don’t know why it somehow affected me in such a way, that some kind of magic happened.

[04:02] In general, I have wanted to change the type of my activity for a very long time. Yes. And all the cards just fell into place. I thought, damn, I'm going to have so much time to study. It was.

[04:14] It was. I also thought, what’s so difficult about it anyway? I made the first mistake there, the second one is simply fatal. And tell me, how did this happen? So let's do it this way . Your first

[04:26] emotions: you haven't yet chosen the cheapest tariff , far from the cheapest. What was your principle for choosing this and what were your first emotions when you realized that, well, planned it? I presented the training to my husband and asked

[04:40] the manager to send me the presentation. Here. He sent it to me, and we had a conversation that evening, after we put the baby to bed: “Is it worth it for me to go? If so, what rate do I get?” At first, he

[04:52] reacted to it a little bit, you know. Well, I didn’t ask in the sense of: “Was this possible ask for advice. What do you think? life. And maybe this is not where I need to go. Still, it seems like it's more

[05:05] visible from the outside. During the process, he asked me such provocative questions, you know, like a person who is a good angel here. bad is bad. And I’m in the really didn’t want it and wasn’t interested, I would agree, but I’m

[05:20] like: “No, listen, look.” And she began, roughly speaking, to somehow persuade him. We started looking at tariffs and their occupancy. My husband simply said: "Damn, Alena, come on, baby, you can do it, let's just take what

[05:33] we can do as much as possible and that's it." That is, it was so easy in some way. I haven't had any thoughts or worries for a week. I didn't think about it for a long time. It was just in that moment. At that moment I watched your

[05:47] video, at that moment I called you. All this lasted just 1-2 days maximum. And I didn’t think about it for a day, I didn’t walk around, I didn’t rethink it, but I called, we talked, and I went about my business. Then in the evening, I needed to

[06:00] talk to my husband, I talked, and we immediately decided. There was a little bit, yes. [laughter] who will say: "Just do it, I support you in everything." Yes, in fact, probably,

[06:14] well, for the most part, what I achieved in my studies is his merit, because he supported me all the time , helped me, so I should say thank you to him, it’s with him that we should record a video, and not with me, [laughter]

[06:27] yes, an analysis of a family case, rather, how you built it all up and so on. Very cool. Well, I had this idea that I could find everything myself, I could figure everything out on my own. Uh, but in parallel with this opinion, I

[06:41] also had the opinion that, well, damn, this is just time that I’m wasting, and while I’m wasting this time, I can burn out on this. It won’t work out for me like a semi, . [clears throat] No, everyone should have a husband like that and everyone should have

[06:54] such a way of thinking about things. Not everyone has the feeling that okay, there is a response inside, I took out the tuition payment in installments. And we were also thinking, I say: "Buy right away right away." And I'm sitting there thinking: "Damn, I'll just take it right away, spend the money, and it'll be like I do

[07:11] n't have anything. But I wanted to recoup it, so to speak, right?" Here. And I think: "No, I'll take it in installments, it will put pressure on me. A picture with a bunny, two carrots, one in the back, one in the front.

[07:25] The one in the front is a motive, the one in the back is an incentive. And I thought, why not create some kind of artificial incentive for myself to get to Damn, it's really cool. What was your motive and what was the

[07:37] I always create an incentive for myself artificially. Some people have an incentive in general. They need money, yes. Well, it's trivial. Well, for me, the incentive was probably that I needed to change jobs, because it

[07:52] was too stressful. But at the same time, I could work on it. As if it's not really an incentive anymore . It's more like a motive. And is, I always set deadlines for myself. I was worried somewhere that I

[08:06] see the guys have some results , and I'm not here. And I'm kind of happy , and I'm not here. And I'm kind of happy for them, yes. But if not, well, I can't happy for them with all my heart. But somewhere inside I'm like, "Okay, wait, where am I doing

[08:21] something wrong?" In general, I just need to get over this for myself. That's it. Well, I don't know, maybe I just don't know how to work in a team , to develop, and I always want to be head and shoulders above. That's it. But

[08:34] . And at the same time, with this installment plan, yes, which I took, I also wanted to pay it off with the money I earned, but I thought that I would get such a coin quickly, my first video would fly, I would shoot

[08:49] super cool. In the end, I got two views. The moment that I need to pay the installment plan somehow morally puts a lot of pressure on me. It's hard for me to live with some kind of debt. And, probably, this was such a key

[09:02] incentive for me. I fundamentally did not I was just messing around, not paying, and just, like, with the you already paid off the installment plan completely? No, I put the money aside. Okay, let's get to the main intrigue. I

[09:16] think anyone who's been watching us for a few minutes is probably thinking, "What did Alena do that made her start to succeed?" And tell me more about your approach." It turns out that we tried both channels and monetization right away,

[09:29] most unobvious direction that the payback was revealed to you. Tell me more about this. I simply started creating content for my employer. At first, it was covers, then it became scripts, and

[09:42] eventually I moved on to full-fledged publishing with editing. That is, I took on all this routine work, creating covers, creating scripts,

[09:54] How did you come up with this idea? That okay, you're learning about channels without a face here, but happen for you, Match? And I just always, when I start something new

[10:06] came to training, and at work I said that I was currently undergoing training was about. The person for whom I made covers said that I had such-and-such a problem, and I agreed to him Just help. So, at first, I didn't

[10:20] have a plan, like, I'll start taking money from him and earning some money. I just decided to help him as best I could, and I thought I was really bad at it, but he liked it. And in the end, that led to, yes,

[10:34] you got settled again and you started getting better at it because you had a steady flow of orders. Good. So, at first, it , that you started expanding? In the process, I started generating some ideas for him

[10:48] . So, he's filming, let's say, he writes to me, and in a week I'm going to film a video on such-and-such a topic. I say, "Oh, cool, it would be cool to do it like this and like that." Or, well, that is, I started generating some ideas of my own. And it all happened

[11:00] very smoothly. I didn't understand how myself, but it flowed into me writing his first script. You could say that you actually earned several times more there. simply giving more than what was asked of you and where it wasn't asked?

[11:14] Yes. Yes. In fact, I think this is a key point of success - giving more. That is, when you give only what is asked of you, well, okay, you're a good specialist and that's it. And it's actually very easy

[11:27] to find a replacement for you. But finding a person who is passionate about what they do, and who gives more, who is interested in some kind of advancement, in something else, that actually hard to find. What can you say about your income?

[11:42] What have you managed to do? If we take this period, it turns out it was to start working? Well, you could say that yes. Okay, tell us, yes, it turns out, from January we'll talk more about your

[11:55] pregnancy. This is also a very important topic. There. Well, let's first talk about an even more important topic, about money, tell us how and how much Did you manage to earn money for it? It worked out for me for the cover, by the way, I also didn't know, uh, how much to bid

[12:08] , how to bid, uh, what amount to set. Artyom and you suggested it, and I thought, damn, I'll bid the maximum that's possible. Well, if they don't agree, I'll lower it. By the way, I think Artyom told me to bid

[12:22] $6 for the cover, if I'm not mistaken, huh, and I said 15. And they agreed. I was so shocked. That is, I said 15, so that later I could lower it to 10. Got it? Yeah. I think we told you 15. For some reason, I remember that.

[12:36] Maybe it's like you wanted to go cheap, and we told you to go higher, Yeah. It's just like... Yeah, I know, to be honest , my covers. Now I'm looking at the first January cover, and I'm

[12:49] What are you even talking about?" paid somewhere around 13-14 dollars for the cover . That's normal. We're like, "Give Doug 15." And now, now you're saying that's too little. You wouldn't have

[13:02] taken it just now. No, but I look at the covers I created at the beginning, and I realize it's a lot. I mean, I would Cool. And tell me what happened next, what you produced in the first month, how your

[13:15] We were still doing test work in the first month . That is, he gave me some covers. Damn, I don't even remember exactly how many. I mean, I didn't do much, this whole thing going. He started trusting me. He recommended me to his colleagues in the industry.

[13:31] And I started working with them too. At first, it was one person, then three more were added right away. And overall, I did 70-10 covers a month . And it became so automatic. I spent

[13:44] very little time on it. I'm a neural network guy, but I learned how to work with it. The first cover I did probably took me about three hours, then it was, well, 20 minutes. And where did you make the covers, in terms of the technical

[13:57] My problem is that I made the covers with faces in Photoshop, and in Canvas, I used IIS. We've counted the number of covers, and if we count the money, what do we get? How much did you earn, Marn

[14:11] More than 400. Okay. And how long did that take? January, February, March, April, May. Right? awesome result. And let's take into account this very important point: you

[14:24] did it. First, with a child in your arms, then with a child in your arms. Tell me more about that. How did you combine pregnancy and childbirth with the new field you'd entered, give birth? You shouldn't do it the way I did. I didn't

[14:39] sleep at night, and I started eliminating unnecessary things from my life. I got rid of Instagram, I got rid of all social media altogether. By the way, I stopped watching movies and TV shows like that there. And I just worked all my free time. But you

[14:54] I just worked all my free time. But you can't do that either.

[15:09] It ignited me, I liked it, and it was actually more fun for me to study, watch a lesson, make a video, than to just sit on Instagram We put the total income figure there with screenshots, so that there would be all the proof

[15:23] screenshots, so that there would be all the proof that we're not just making unfounded claims. And if we highlight some One thing, if you were to answer the question yourself, why did it work out for you What I wanted it to work out for me.

[15:35] I don't even have to add anything. Just nothing. I think that's one of the most important things, actually. Just a strong desire for it to work out. If you could tell yourself something, the one who starts to wish

[15:48] or convey or warn about something or advise something, what would it Don't work at night, approach this more wisely, because I just dove headfirst into some kind of whirlpool, and I didn't

[16:01] think about how this would affect me in a week, whether I had the strength to continue this in a month. And actually, because I didn't have a some kind of, you know, emotional swings. I was fussing a lot. I was

[16:14] didn't sleep properly. Today is December 5th, it's 2:42 PM. So for me The work process is in full swing, and it won't be over anytime soon. I'm

[16:26] eight months into my poverty with my second child. My first is two years old, so I'm also on maternity leave. It's such a roller coaster. It's really cool, actually. Just sit down for a bit , think about what you want, how long it will take you to achieve it, and

[16:42] just filter out all the fuss in your head, all these thoughts, little thoughts, and at the very beginning. So, the overall advice, if we were to generalize this, is to take care of your health and your routine and not make things more complicated. Well, another reason

[16:59] why I succeeded is the support of my loved ones; it's very important, support of my loved ones; it's very important, simply incredible. But, you know, on the other it's an incentive. I didn't have it. I didn't have it

[17:12] , and I wanted to prove that it would appear, to prove that I could, look. And then it appeared. And it's great that you were motivated by the situation, where you are supported right away. You don't have to

[17:25] receive an abundance of support , a return, and you can act on this ecological thing that can be. Okay, what can you say about the training? That is, I don't know, what helped you, what did you like

[17:39] in the process, what, I don't know, can you point out from everything that was covered together within the course, within the work, what influenced you most there. You know, since I've never bought training in my life and, in general, have never

[17:52] existed in such a community, I still had some expectations. I there would be a curator, Ugu. little questions there: "Okay, some kind of environment." And I didn't bet on this environment at all

[18:06] . I thought: "Well, okay, what difference does it make to me at all, what kind of environment is there?" Because I'm used to moving through life alone. I have I've never had a super-supportive, cool circle of people, except for my husband. It's just the

[18:19] [laughter] So. And I didn't count on that circle of people at all . But in fact, probably the main thing that played a role was that it supported me in moments when I was having a hard time, when I was burning out.

[18:35] that I couldn't do anything, that I was actually really inspired and supported by those around me. I even wrote in the chat: " Please share

[18:48] something positive, something positive, because, uh, I'm kind of having a hard time." So. And I realized that, overall, everything was going really well for me. You actually gave a huge amount of information beyond what you were supposed to

[19:03] give. And, probably, this can't go completely unnoticed, because, in fact, you were kind of overdoing it , to put it bluntly. Firstly, I even felt a bit sorry for this Artyom, because he was always available

[19:16] [snorts] for all questions, even for some , so to speak, stupid questions. He also answered them with such great care and patience, because I read the question and think: "Damn, so this is training." Well, it would be

[19:31] possible to watch it, to rewatch it. Here. And he, well, he's a sweetheart, you know, so understanding. Here. And this is also true. In fact, I would, let’s say, understand that I would never be a curator in my life, because I

[19:45] would freak out, but this is exactly what a curator’s job is. Yes, yes, it is not an easy job. Fine. Is there anything else you liked or would like to say? Oh, yes, I was really pleased that you gave me a bell. I really did

[19:59] n't expect that at all. So you wrote it like that, I wonder, what's the catch anyway? Well, that is to say, for me it was somehow too unexpected, because I’m not used to people treating me like that, and I did n’t have that. And this is what really won me over,

[20:15] that you simply gave me a call, because, ah, you saw that I had given in a little somewhere, yes, that I had fallen out a little there, hadn’t responded a little there, and you simply talked to me, found out who I was, what I was, how I was moving, and

[20:31] supported me. It was just something wow for me. It really even thought about it, that it could have such an impact. There was no such motive. Cool. What are your plans now? for six months, a year. That is, what would you

[20:44] make possible? What are your goals Damn, to be honest, I set goals at the beginning of my studies, and I still have n’t changed them, although in fact

[20:57] coin. That is, in addition to earning money develop channels and reach monetization. Yes. But I want to have my own channel, right? And this is where I want to move forward. As for the fact

[21:13] that I do some services, provide them, I no longer provide them. So I did hire her after all. [laughter] Okay. Here. And my Jewish life lived a little, yes, it strangled me together.

[21:27] Wait, let me add some context. Alena and I had a call. It was there that services, to give up all her income, because she just wanted to focus on her channels. And then some Jewish or business-minded streak of mine

[21:41] says: “Ah, Alyona, why don’t you just delegate it? Just take someone who will do it cheaper than you, and take the difference for yourself.” It’s like the client pays this much, you pay the editing designer that much, and you have a difference. Alena

[21:55] says: “No, I don’t want to do this, I can’t. It’s like no one else will do it the way I do.” Please tell us in more detail how this happened. So what has changed? I'm telling you that I often say "No". And in the end it

[22:08] turns out that yes, I just thought, why not actually do giving up what I already have . And if I can simply delegate, I will already have my own, yes, small, but like an agency, yes,

[22:22] can it even be called that or not? I have my own agency. [laughter] I'm running the channels now. Uh, I don’t plan to develop my own mini-agency yet . Here. Well, no matter what,

[22:37] you said, you said the same thing in general, like, that I plan to close Now you already have an agency, okay. In short, in 4 days we expect you to have 10 more clients there. Oh, by the way, this is also new

[22:50] insider information. I partnered with some guys from my training, and we're having guys from my training, and we're having a call today at 10:00 PM, and we'll be launching the channel Channel without a face. Yes,

[23:03] probably the last question I would like to ask. What advice would you give to Buy training, the tariff under the wing is minimal. In general, you can simply not even think about it at all right away. I never thought so. The main thing is, don't think that it's easy. Well

[23:20] , I want to wish our viewers to have a lot of faith in themselves and not to clip their wings, which are already being clipped by us, and by our surroundings, perhaps our parents, our loved ones. That is, in

[23:35] fact, you need to somehow support yourself and lift yourself up. We are alone here. to set limits for myself, that, well, this is for me, yes, let's say, working, there, making covers - this is for me, but developing my own channels and reaching some

[23:51] conditional, well, let's say, 10,000 dollars from a channel, that's too He thinks that it just takes time, everything has its time. When I got pregnant, it was actually purely some kind of hormonal

[24:04] thing, but I felt like I had a lot more self- confidence inside. I don’t know, it’s still a mystery to me, I don’t understand at all where it comes from . I am a super insecure person. Well, for some reason it just happened that I got my license, I

[24:17] passed it easily, I went out and thought that everything was completely within my reach. That's just it. This is the mood with which everyone should move. Yeah, cool. Thank you very much for all these words. Thank you for being who you are,

[24:30] uh, for being so determined. I just came, decided cool case, I think. very many of those who watch us. We inspired you simply showed it with your example.

[24:44] By the way, although I haven't posted stories yet , I will do that soon I haven't studied the YouTube sphere, I've never been interested in it at all. And I just came across Valentin on Instagram at the right moment . It caught my attention with its

[24:59] simplicity. I became curious about what he was doing and how he moved. I signed up for his free trial and there was some kind of call. After this, the decision was made instantly to immediately go and study and trust him.

[25:12] I really enjoyed the training and it broadened my horizons. I threw a little bit to my mom, and she said that there is a girl, she will definitely make it to the video with you, and she answered, like she will definitely get through.

[25:25] answered, like she will definitely get through. That's what she said.