If I Was To Start Over Selling Beats in 2026, Here’s Exactly What I’d Do — Transcript
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- 0:00Look, I get it. Listening to beat
- 0:02selling advice on YouTube can sometimes
- 0:04feel overwhelming since the producers
- 0:06giving the advice are so far ahead from
- 0:08where you are currently at. It can feel
- 0:10really disconnecting and to be honest,
- 0:12I'm not much better. I'm always talking
- 0:13about how to get to 10k a month or even
- 0:1520k a month selling beats, but the vast
- 0:17majority of you guys are just trying to
- 0:19get that first sale. So, what I'm going
- 0:21to do in today's video is go over
- 0:22exactly what I would do if I had to make
- 0:25a full-time living selling beats again
- 0:27starting completely from scratch. No
- 0:29followers, no email list, no nothing.
- 0:31So, without further ado, let's get right
- 0:34into it. Now, everyone knows you need
- 0:35some form of traffic in order to get any
- 0:38conversions and you could do this by
- 0:40reaching out to upcoming artists on
- 0:41Instagram and hoping they want to buy
- 0:43your beats or you could do this by going
- 0:45to hashtags like upcoming artist,
- 0:47SoundCloud rapper, unsigned rapper, and
- 0:49independent artist. These are all really
- 0:51solid hashtags, but here's the problem
- 0:53with this. When you're going about this
- 0:55whole manual outreach method, you're
- 0:57getting results based on the time that
- 0:59you put in. Meaning, you can only get a
- 1:01certain amount of results for a certain
- 1:03amount of time that you put in, right?
- 1:05It's not very scalable. But, what if you
- 1:06could do something every single day that
- 1:08would guarantee compounding results
- 1:10instead of actually just putting in your
- 1:12time and getting one result back? You
- 1:14could put in the same amount of time,
- 1:16but get results coming in while you
- 1:18sleep. That would actually create an
- 1:20exponential curve because this is a
- 1:22compounding effect and that's exactly
- 1:24how you build a sustainable beat selling
- 1:25business. So, that's why I wouldn't do
- 1:27outreach and instead I'd focus on
- 1:29something that compounds and scales
- 1:31without me putting in more effort. Now,
- 1:33if you've watched this channel for even
- 1:345 minutes, then you probably know where
- 1:36I'm going with this. Yes, if I was
- 1:38starting out, I'd start a type B
- 1:40channel, but I'd go about it in a
- 1:41completely different way than what
- 1:43you've been told in the past. You see,
- 1:45you've been conditioned to believe that
- 1:46more views equals more sales and that
- 1:49can be further from the truth. Now,
- 1:51here's an example of one of my type B
- 1:52channels that got over 500,000 views.
- 1:55Now, you might be thinking, oh wow,
- 1:56500,000 views, I bet he made a boatload
- 1:59of sales." Well, believe it or not, but
- 2:01this channel made me $4,500,
- 2:03which is not necessarily bad, right?
- 2:05But, for 500,000 views, maybe you would
- 2:08have expected more, right? 160 items
- 2:10sold and $4,500 in that profit, which is
- 2:13not bad, but here's an example of one of
- 2:16my type B channels that got 70,000
- 2:18views, just a little over 10% of the
- 2:20views on the other channel, and this
- 2:22channel made me $5,000 in sales before
- 2:25it even got monetized, okay? Simply
- 2:26because of the niche that it was in. So,
- 2:28your niche really makes a difference. As
- 2:30you can see, 322 subscribers, 31 videos,
- 2:33and that made me $5,000 in sales. And
- 2:36that's exactly why if I was starting
- 2:38over selling beats, I would start what I
- 2:40call a micro niche type B channel. Now,
- 2:42what is a micro niche type B channel?
- 2:44Well, a micro niche type B channel is
- 2:46just like any other type B channel, the
- 2:48only difference being that it targets a
- 2:50small niche of artists that actually buy
- 2:52beats, meaning you don't need 100,000
- 2:54subs to make a full-time living selling
- 2:56beats. With a micro niche type B
- 2:58channel, you can go full-time without
- 3:00even monetizing the YouTube channel. So,
- 3:02if I was to start from scratch all over
- 3:04again, that is the first thing I'd do. A
- 3:06micro niche type B channel would be my
- 3:08number one priority. But, after you set
- 3:11up a micro niche type B channel, now
- 3:12what? Well, that's where I'd implement a
- 3:14simple funnel that allows me to monetize
- 3:16my micro niche audience to its full
- 3:18potential. I'd build out an irresistible
- 3:21beat pack offer that is meant for my
- 3:23ideal customer, and since we already
- 3:25have a traffic source that attracts my
- 3:27ideal customer, we've already done 90%
- 3:29of the work. Now, the reason why we want
- 3:31to sell packs on top of the traditional
- 3:33licensing model is because we want to
- 3:35provide as much value as possible and
- 3:37build a funnel that doesn't rely on
- 3:38luck. We want to rely on strategy,
- 3:40because let's face it, the one who
- 3:42provides the most value wins, which
- 3:44leads me to my next point. Since we're
- 3:46not relying on volume to make money,
- 3:48every lead counts. So, we want to make
- 3:50sure we can remarket to every person
- 3:52that stumbles upon our micro niche type
- 3:54beat channel, which is exactly why our
- 3:56funnel would start with a free lead
- 3:58magnet. Now, most producers do this by
- 4:00giving away their beats for free on
- 4:01their beat store, but we want to do this
- 4:03with a beat pack, okay? This can be like
- 4:05five free beats in exchange for their
- 4:07email. And after they submit their
- 4:09email, we would then upsell them on a
- 4:11beat pack offer that has 10 times the
- 4:13value of the free pack. Because if they
- 4:15download your free pack and they're
- 4:16like, "Wow, there's so much in here. I
- 4:18actually feel really good about what I
- 4:19just got." And they're going to be like,
- 4:21"Wow, I can only imagine what's in his
- 4:23paid stuff." And look, I get it. This
- 4:24might be all way too over your head
- 4:26because these are the type of strategies
- 4:28that most successful businesses are
- 4:30using. But producers have never been
- 4:32able to apply these strategies to their
- 4:34own beat selling businesses. And it's
- 4:35not because they didn't want to
- 4:36implement these strategies, it's because
- 4:38they didn't know how to do it. And there
- 4:40was never any resources that made this
- 4:42process smooth. And that's exactly why
- 4:44I'm hosting the sell beats online
- 4:45challenge, where I'll show you how to
- 4:47create a micro niche type beat channel
- 4:49start to finish. And I'll show you how
- 4:50to implement all these advanced funnel
- 4:52strategies, start making a full-time
- 4:54income without needing to be famous.
- 4:56It's a completely free live event, and
- 4:58I'll leave the link to register down in
- 5:00the description below. Now, the next
- 5:01step is I would implement an email
- 5:03automation flow that would convert all
- 5:05the free downloaders into customers and
- 5:08start building relationships with these
- 5:09leads because like I said, every lead
- 5:12counts. You can do this with Mailchimp
- 5:14or any email marketing service you'd
- 5:15prefer. I think Mailchimp is the most
- 5:17user-friendly, but it's completely up to
- 5:19you. Now, remember, a channel with 500
- 5:22subscribers on the right niche is
- 5:24infinitely more valuable than a channel
- 5:26with 50,000 subscribers on a
- 5:29non-profitable niche. And a
- 5:30non-profitable niche is just a niche
- 5:32that targets a low-quality audience. You
- 5:34know, it could be like 16-year-old kids.
- 5:37For example, like Yeat type beats might
- 5:38target a lower-quality audience, whereas
- 5:41Meek Mill type beats or soul beats or
- 5:43beats that target just a more mature
- 5:45audience, that's usually a
- 5:47higher-quality audience that is more
- 5:49likely to buy your beats. Now, if you'd
- 5:50like me to go more in-depth on how to
- 5:52actually find a micro niche for your
- 5:54type beat channel, I can do that. Just
- 5:56comment down below and I'll make a video
- 5:57on it because that is where we're headed
- 5:59in the beat selling space, okay? Forget
- 6:01trying to get to 100,000 subscribers.
- 6:03Focus on getting 1,000 of the right
- 6:06quality subscribers and that will lead
- 6:08to creating an actual sustainable
- 6:10business that prints you money in your
- 6:13sleep. So, this is exactly what I do if
- 6:16I was to start over selling beats from
- 6:17scratch again. It's a very simple
- 6:19process and going into 2026, this will
- 6:22become the new trend for selling beats.
- 6:24You'll start hearing everyone talk about
- 6:26a micro niche type beat channel and of
- 6:28course, you'll see everyone doing it.
- 6:29So, don't wait until everyone's already
- 6:31doing it and getting the bag on it. Get
- 6:33early on it, okay? No one is doing micro
- 6:36niche type beat channels right now, but
- 6:37let me tell you a lot of people will
- 6:39because I'm making these videos. So, get
- 6:40on it early and that's why I really
- 6:42recommend that you sign up for my free
- 6:44event Beats Online Challenge because
- 6:46that is where I'm going to expose all
- 6:48the secrets for this and go in-depth on
- 6:50how to actually build a profitable beat
- 6:52selling business without needing a ton
- 6:54of YouTube subscribers. So, other than
- 6:56that, guys, thanks so much for watching.
- 6:58I'll see you guys in the next video.
- 7:00Have a good night.
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