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0:00I'm going to show you how I built a
0:01digital product business that does
0:03$500,000 a month and exactly what I do
0:06if I had to start over and get back here
0:09so you can run the same playbook. And
0:12the thing that made it work wasn't a
0:13better product. It was that I stopped
0:16guessing. Now, you should probably
0:18listen to me on this, to be honest. If
0:19you don't know me, my name is Richard
0:21Yu. I sold my first digital product in
0:23university, a $500 productivity course.
0:26It did about $500,000 in 8 months. And
0:29since then, my digital products have
0:31done over 32 million in sales. And to
0:34prove it's not just one person who got
0:36lucky, here are three of my clients.
0:38Lila, a university student, did over
0:40$12,000 in total sales completely
0:42faceless. [music]
0:43Priscilla, a stay-at-home mom with two
0:45kids, made over 20 grand in her second
0:47month. And Shawn, working 80 hours a
0:50week as a full-time nurse, made over
0:52105,000 in sales [music] in a little
0:54over 4 months. Now, to be clear, those
0:57are sales, not profit, and they're also
0:58not typical. Your results are going to
1:00vary depending on your effort, your
1:02offer, and your market.
1:03>> [music]
1:03>> I'm showing you these so you can see the
1:05real steps in a real working business,
1:09not a promise of what you'll make. So,
1:11here's exactly what I'm going to walk
1:12you through. First, how to find a
1:15product that people already want to buy
1:17and prove it before you build anything.
1:19Second, how to package it so people pick
1:22yours over everyone else's. And third,
1:25how to deliver so well that your buyers
1:27come back for more. Fourth, how to turn
1:30attention into buyers without your
1:33content feeling like an advertisement.
1:35And fifth, how to use your numbers to
1:37keep hitting winner after winner. I'll
1:39give you the mistakes that I've seen
1:41thousands of students make [music]
1:43and exactly what I do in order if I had
1:46to start from zero tomorrow. And I'll
1:49cover both paths, making your own
1:51digital product if you want to sell your
1:52own, and selling someone else's product
1:55for commission if you don't want to make
1:56your own product yet.
1:57>> [music]
1:58>> Most people think that the hard part of
2:00digital products is making the product.
2:02It isn't.
2:03The hard part is that almost [music]
2:05everyone is guessing. Every step in this
2:07video replaces a guess
2:09with evidence. If you're here for a
2:11quick hack,
2:13this is not that video.
2:15If you want to know what to build and
2:17why, [music] then make sure you stick
2:18around. So, step one is to find a
2:20product that people already want to buy.
2:23If you've ever built something, launched
2:25it, and heard nothing back, this is
2:28usually why.
2:29Most people start like this.
2:31>> [music]
2:31>> They pick something that they know. They
2:33spend a month building a course around
2:34it, and then they post about it and hope
2:36the right people show up. That sounds
2:39logical. It's also how you spend 3
2:41months on a product that nobody buys.
2:44You see, knowing a topic doesn't prove
2:46anyone will pay for it. You need [music]
2:48evidence before you can build. And
2:50here's how I found mine without even
2:52realizing it.
2:53>> [music]
2:54>> In college, people kept coming up to me
2:56with the same questions. Richard, how
2:59did you raise your grades from last
3:00semester?
3:01How are you waking up so early at 4:00
3:03or 5:00 a.m. in the morning? How are you
3:04so disciplined? You take cold showers.
3:06You stick to your routine. How are you
3:08this disciplined? And back then, I hired
3:09my first business coach, my first
3:11business mentor, and he said, "Okay, why
3:13don't you make a digital product on it?"
3:15And I never really seen it that way. The
3:17questions that my friends, my roommates,
3:19they asked [music] me, those questions
3:20weren't small talk. They were actual
3:23real demand. People were asking me over
3:25and over. They were telling me that they
3:27wanted to learn from me before I had
3:29ever built my own digital product. So, I
3:32took the knowledge I had and I packaged
3:34it into a simple productivity course,
3:36priced it at $500, and in 8 months, it
3:38did half a million in sales. Now,
3:40listen, I did not guess the topic. The
3:42market told [music] me first. So, here's
3:45the first question you need to ask
3:46before you build anything. What evidence
3:49says that there are already buyers who
3:51want this?
3:52If you answer that, then go find out.
3:54Three places that I look. One, the
3:56questions people already ask you.
3:58Friends, co-workers, your DMs. This is
4:00what happened to me. And if people
4:02around you keep asking you how you did
4:03something, write it down. That's the
4:05same signal that changed it for me.
4:07Two,
4:08go online and look for content that's
4:10already winning. Search your topic on
4:11Instagram or YouTube and look for
4:13outliers. An outlier is a post or a
4:16video that did way better than what that
4:18accounts videos normally do. If an
4:20account normally gets 2,000 views and
4:22then you see one post has 200,000 views,
4:24that's clearly an outlier. It tells you
4:26that that topic landed, not just the
4:28account.
4:29And then scroll down and read the
4:30comments underneath that video. People
4:32will literally type out the problem that
4:34they would pay to fix.
4:36Pay attention to the ones that have the
4:37most likes on those comments. And open
4:39that account and look for other winners.
4:41Follow the related posts on the app and
4:43do it again.
4:44A few hours of doing that and you'll
4:45have a list of what your market already
4:47watches and what it's already looking
4:50for. I call that a demand map. Now, you
4:53don't know what to search for? Just go
4:54and try ChatGPT or Cloud. Give me 30
4:56things that people search for in this
4:58niche. That's your starting list.
5:00Number three, products that are already
5:02selling. If people are already paying
5:04for something like it, that's the
5:05strongest evidence there is. That's
5:07exactly why selling someone else's
5:09product is such a good place to start.
5:12It's called product arbitrage. Uber, you
5:14see, does not own millions of cars.
5:17It's simply the app that connects riders
5:19with drivers.
5:20With product arbitrage, you don't make
5:22the products. You just connect a product
5:24that already sells with the people who
5:26want it. And you keep a cut of every
5:28sale. The testing's already done. And
5:30the cut can be quite big. You see, most
5:33traditional commission programs pay 3 to
5:3510%. Digital products pay 50 to up to
5:3885% commissions. On a $1,000 product,
5:41that's the difference between $50 and
5:43$500 on the the sale.
5:46Now, there's a trap here. Sometimes
5:48people need what you teach, but they
5:50don't want it yet because people buy
5:52outcomes, not methods. Look at my own
5:54store.
5:55Nobody asked me for a cold shower
5:56course.
5:57They asked how I got better grades and
5:59got locked in.
6:01The 4:00 a.m. wake-ups and the cold
6:03showers were just how I got there. The
6:05grades were what they wanted. Or take
6:07Lucas.
6:08He was a college student who played a
6:10video game called Rocket League.
6:12Teaching a video game sounds kind of
6:14like the last thing anyone would want to
6:15pay for money, right? Well, but the
6:17players, they don't want lessons. They
6:19want to win more games. So, that's
6:21exactly what he sold. In his first 40
6:23days of launching, he did over 31,000
6:26individual product sales. Obviously,
6:28that's not typical. He worked super hard
6:30for those results. But the rule is so
6:32simple. If people already want your
6:34topic, build around it. If they don't,
6:37change your topic or connect it to an
6:39outcome that they already want. But
6:41here's what surprised me when I started.
6:43Even when people want exactly what
6:45you're selling, most of them will still
6:47buy it from someone else. Step two,
6:50package it so people pick yours.
6:52Think about how you scroll. Dozens of
6:55posts go by. You stop on maybe one.
6:57Everyone else is lost. Demand gives you
7:00the opportunity.
7:01Packaging decides how much of it you
7:04actually get.
7:05Packaging is the promise you make and
7:08how you frame it. It's on your content.
7:11That's your hook. That's your first
7:12line. That's your cover. And on your
7:13product, it's the name, the promise, and
7:17the price. [music] This is where a lot
7:18of people go wrong. They see a post that
7:20went viral. They copy the words. They
7:22swap in their topic, and it flops. Don't
7:24copy the words. Figure out why people
7:27stopped to watch it. I'll give you an
7:29example. There's a framing that works
7:30over and over. How to get this result so
7:33fast it feels like cheating. I'm sure
7:35you've seen this all over YouTube. And
7:37why does this work? It's a result people
7:39already want faster than they thought
7:41possible, and it feels like an unfair
7:44advantage. If your audience wants a
7:46result badly and wants it fast, that
7:48framing fits. But, if your buyer is
7:50making a careful, serious decision, a
7:52flashy framing can push away the exact
7:55person you want. Same words, different
7:57audience, opposite results.
8:00This is also why I don't post the same
8:02thing everywhere. I'm on Instagram, I'm
8:05on YouTube, and each one gets a
8:07different format. On Instagram, a lot of
8:09what works is short reels, 7 to 14
8:12seconds. The only job is to stop the
8:14scroll.
8:15On YouTube, it's long videos, just like
8:18this one. The job there is to teach
8:20enough that you trust me.
8:22And inside each platform, not every post
8:25has the same job.
8:26Some content is built for reach, broad
8:28topic, big promise, made to get in front
8:30of as many new people as possible. Other
8:32content is built to convert, specific
8:35problem, real proof, a clear next step.
8:38It gets fewer views, but it's where
8:40buyers come from. Say you teach
8:42productivity.
8:43A reach post is something like, "How I
8:45wake up at 4:00 a.m. without an alarm."
8:48A convert post is, "The exact morning
8:50routine I'd give a student step-by-step
8:53and where to [music] get the full
8:54system."
8:55Most beginners, they only make one kind.
8:58All reach and they get views with very
9:01little sales. All conversion and nobody
9:03ever sees it. You need both. And before
9:06you post anything, test it.
9:08Put your hook or your cover next to the
9:11top posts in your niche and be honest.
9:14Would you stop on yours? Show it to a
9:16friend. And if the answer is no, fix it
9:19before it goes live. So, here's the
9:21question.
9:23Does this give the right [music] person
9:24a clear reason to pick mine over
9:27everything else in one glance? Now,
9:30let's say it works. They click, they
9:32buy. This next part decides whether
9:34that's the last time they ever buy from
9:36you. Step three, deliver so well that
9:39your buyers come back for more.
9:41The moment someone clicks, the question
9:44in their head, it changes. Before it
9:46was, "Well, which one should I pick?"
9:48After it's, "Did I pick right? Should I
9:50keep going?"
9:52Your opening has to answer that. [music]
9:55And there's a simple framework for it.
9:57Promise, proof, plan.
10:00Promise, repeat what they came for right
10:02away in the very first 5 seconds so they
10:04know they're in the right place. Proof,
10:07give them your best reason to trust you
10:09on this. This is the one that most
10:11people completely skip. Find your single
10:13reason and use it every time. And by the
10:15way, it doesn't have to be some huge
10:17social proof. I helped raise my own
10:18grades. I helped my first 10 friends do
10:20this. Whatever's true for you. And plan,
10:23show them where this is going. Clearly
10:25enough that they commit to the rest.
10:28And if that sounds familiar, it's
10:30because that's exactly how this video
10:32opened up. What I built,
10:34why you should listen, the five steps,
10:37that wasn't an accident. Here's what
10:38actually decides whether any of this
10:41works.
10:42The goal isn't views. It is not how long
10:45someone watches.
10:46The goal is satisfaction. Did they get
10:49what you promised or better? Every
10:51promise sets an expectation.
10:53If your post promises a raw,
10:55behind-the-scenes look, well, then give
10:57them raw.
10:58If your product promises a step-by-step
11:00system, well, give them steps, not a
11:03pile of motivation.
11:04I've seen this pattern across thousands
11:06of students. When someone has a refund
11:08problem, it usually isn't a product
11:11problem. It's a promise problem. The
11:14product was fine.
11:15It just wasn't what the post said it
11:17would be. And if you're selling someone
11:19else's product, this matters twice.
11:22A refund usually takes your commission
11:24back with it. Satisfied buyers come
11:27back.
11:28They buy the next thing. They tell a
11:29friend.
11:30That's the flywheel.
11:32Editing, nice design, a fancy sales
11:34page, those help, but they cannot save a
11:37weak idea or an empty product. So, write
11:41your promise in one sentence, and then
11:44check that everything you deliver keeps
11:46it. Quick thing.
11:48I'm not here to entertain you.
11:49I'm here to show you how this actually
11:51works. If that's what you want more of,
11:54subscribe. That's the only time I'll
11:56ask. So far, you've got a product that
11:58people want, package so they pick it,
12:00deliver it so they come back. None of
12:02that matters if nobody buys, and this
12:04next step is where most people's content
12:07falls apart. Step four, turn attention
12:10into buyers.
12:12Views are nice, but views do not pay
12:14you. Here's how most people ask for the
12:16sale. Value, value, value, and then out
12:19of nowhere, link in bio, buy my course.
12:21It feels a little bit like a bait and
12:22switch, and people scroll right past it.
12:24The next step should feel like the most
12:26useful thing you could offer. Not a
12:28take, a give.
12:30Then right, people actually thank you
12:32for it.
12:33Here's the test that I use.
12:35Would an honest expert with nothing to
12:37sell still mention this because it makes
12:40the content more useful? If yes, mention
12:42it. If no, don't force it.
12:45This is where product arbitrage has a
12:47real advantage. If your post is about a
12:50problem, and the product you're selling
12:52solves that exact problem,
12:55mentioning it is not a pitch. It's just
12:57the answer. [music]
12:59And if your offer cannot naturally be
13:01the answer, extend the lesson.
13:03Give them the next piece they're going
13:05to want anyway. Here's what I do on
13:07Instagram.
13:08On some posts, I'll say, "Comment a word
13:10below, and I'll send you the breakdown."
13:12They comment, they get a DM with
13:14something useful, and now we're in a DM
13:16conversation. That's called a comment
13:18keyword. There are four ways to move
13:20someone from a post to a purchase, from
13:22simplest to most personal.
13:25The first is link in bio.
13:26They tap it, and they go straight to the
13:28checkout page, they buy. A comments, you
13:30reply to that comment and you point them
13:32directly to your product. A keyword,
13:35they comment a keyword and something
13:36automatically gets sent to them in the
13:38DMs. And a DM conversation, you actually
13:41talk with them on a one-on-one basis and
13:43get to know them and build a
13:44relationship. Start with the link in
13:46your bio. Add others as you grow. And
13:49here's the principle. Your content does
13:51not have to make the whole sale, it just
13:54has to make the next step obvious. Now,
13:57once the first sales come in, the
13:59question changes. It's not what should I
14:02make, it's what should I make more of.
14:05Step five, use your numbers to keep
14:08hitting winner after winner.
14:10Once something's live, it's evidence.
14:12Good or bad, it tells you what to do
14:14next. Most people here double down and
14:16they think, do the same thing again.
14:18That's not it. Doubling down means
14:20keeping the reason something worked and
14:22finding a new or better way to use it.
14:24Remember my productivity course? After
14:27it did over half a million dollars in
14:28sales, people started asking me a new
14:30question. Not how are you so
14:32disciplined, now it was Richard, how the
14:34heck did you make half a million with
14:36one single digital product? Same signal
14:39as before, people asking, so I didn't
14:41make productivity course number two, I
14:43followed that question. I started
14:45teaching people how to build digital
14:47products. That's the business that does
14:49$500,000 a month today.
14:52That's what doubling down actually looks
14:54like. You see it in practice, you've got
14:56these three moves. One, more content on
14:59the angle that worked. Same reason it
15:02worked, new framing, new format.
15:04Two, a second product for the same
15:07buyer. They trusted you once,
15:10what do they need next? Number three, a
15:13price ladder. A ladder just means offers
15:16at different prices for different levels
15:18of the commitment. Say, a a
15:21entry product, then a mid-price program
15:24for people who want more. Then,
15:26high-ticket hands-on help for the people
15:29who want the most. Same buyer,
15:32more ways to say yes. To know which move
15:34to make, track four numbers: views,
15:37clicks or comments, conversations, and
15:39sales.
15:41Every week, look at where people drop
15:42off. That's your bottleneck. Picture a
15:44bottle. It doesn't matter how wide the
15:46bottom is, everything pours out at the
15:48speed of the narrowest point.
15:50Here's what that can look like. You have
15:5230 posts, 1,000 views each, that's a
15:54total of 1,000 views that you've created
15:55through those posts. If 1% click onto
15:58the link in your bio, that's 300 clicks.
16:00And if 5% of those people buy, that's 15
16:03sales. That's just an illustration, not
16:04a guarantee. Your numbers may be
16:06different. The point is finding where
16:08they break. If the views are low, well,
16:10your topic or your packaging is not good
16:12enough. If you have views, but no
16:13clicks, it's your next step. If people
16:16click, but don't buy, it's your offer or
16:19your page. Fix the bottleneck that's
16:21holding you back first. Now, seven
16:24things I've learned the hard way fast.
16:26One, your most viewed posts can be your
16:28least valuable. If something goes viral
16:30on an off-topic idea, you'll track
16:32thousands, maybe even millions of people
16:34who will never buy what you sell.
16:35Your account is one campaign, not a pile
16:37of separate posts. Two, one viral post
16:40is a clue, not proof. Before you build
16:43around it, look for the same thing
16:45working again and again, especially on
16:46other people's accounts. Number three, a
16:49result can have more than one cause. A
16:51post might have worked because of the
16:53hook or because of how it was structured
16:55and delivered. Copy only the hook, and
16:58you might miss the part that actually
17:00did the work. Four, study what failed,
17:03not just what worked. If you only look
17:05at winners, you can prove any bad idea.
17:09Five, being specific costs you reach. Go
17:12as broad as you can, but never so broad
17:15that the right buyer [music] can't tell
17:17it's for them. Six, if a visual and
17:19edits or design choice doesn't make
17:21something clear, it's decoration. Cut
17:24it. And seven, everything you decide
17:27before you post is still a guess. The
17:29market gets the final vote. So, if I
17:31lost everything tomorrow and had to
17:33start from zero, here's exactly what I
17:35do in order. First, I write down every
17:38question people have ever asked me.
17:40That's my first list of demand. Then,
17:42I'd spend a few hours building a demand
17:44map, outliers, the accounts behind them,
17:47and the comments underneath them. If
17:49nothing I know has proof behind it yet,
17:51I'd start with product arbitrage. Find a
17:54product that's already selling in that
17:56space and connect it with buyers. Then,
17:59I make two kinds of content. Reach to
18:02get seen. Convert to get sales on the
18:04platform where my buyers already are. I
18:07put one link in my bio, then add a
18:09comment keyword. And every week, I'd
18:11write down four numbers. Views, clicks,
18:14conversations, and sales. And fix the
18:17narrowest one. No guessing at any step.
18:20All of this comes down to one idea.
18:23Better decisions come from better
18:24information and knowing how to read it.
18:27That's the biggest advantage I have.
18:29I've worked with over 3,000 students.
18:31What that number really means is this.
18:34I've watched thousands of people make
18:35these exact decisions. Which product,
18:38which promise, which post, which price.
18:40And then, I got to see what happened
18:42next. So, when I look at a new product
18:45or new niche, I'm not starting blind.
18:47I've usually seen that decision play out
18:49before. But, a good decision still has
18:51to get done every week. That's what
18:53turns this from a video you watched into
18:55a business you run. This isn't a magic
18:57button. You still post. You still help
19:00people. You just stop guessing. And if
19:02you want to see how all five of these
19:04steps connect into one system, I've
19:06recorded a free masterclass. Because
19:09once your product, your buyers, and your
19:11traffic are all connected? Each one
19:13feeds the next. It's the first link in
19:15the description. It's going to appear in
19:16the video right here as well. So, go
19:18ahead and tap on this right here and I
19:19look forward to seeing you on the other
19:20side.

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