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This Boring YouTube Strategy Made Me $1.2M in 3 Months — Transcript

by Ed Lawrence Experiments · 1,972 words · 273 segments · language en · Watch on YouTube

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  1. 0:00Most businesses waste their time and
  2. 0:01miss out on a ton of consistent sales
  3. 0:03from YouTube because they overlook the
  4. 0:05six critical steps for generating leads
  5. 0:07and income that should be baked into
  6. 0:09every single video that you make. So, in
  7. 0:11this video, I'm going to show you the
  8. 0:12exact sales system I use to drive
  9. 0:14thousands of leads, calls, and make $1.2
  10. 0:16million in the first 3 months of 2025
  11. 0:18alone without any ads. And oh, yeah,
  12. 0:21it's going to get you more views, too.
  13. 0:22Okay, so to start, you need to
  14. 0:24understand the strategy we're going to
  15. 0:25use to generate sales and why it is so
  16. 0:27powerful. So, let me show you behind the
  17. 0:29scenes of my channel now so that you can
  18. 0:31see how this works. All right, so check
  19. 0:33out this views per hour metric down the
  20. 0:35side here. You'll have it, too. And then
  21. 0:37notice how three or four videos are
  22. 0:39pulling in 70 to 100 views an hour all
  23. 0:42the time on the channel. That's what we
  24. 0:43want to see. But to some of you, that's
  25. 0:44going to feel like a lot. To others, not
  26. 0:46that many. But the reason having
  27. 0:47multiple videos pushed at the same time
  28. 0:49like this is a complete gamecher for a
  29. 0:51business, even if it's 10 views an hour
  30. 0:53or 10,000 views an hour per video, is
  31. 0:55because all YouTube wants to do is keep
  32. 0:57people on the platform watching. So when
  33. 0:59someone discovers one of your videos,
  34. 1:02YouTube is keeping track of what else
  35. 1:04you made that they clearly enjoyed. So
  36. 1:06if it works out that four of your videos
  37. 1:08have created high viewer satisfaction
  38. 1:11with viewers, it will try to get more
  39. 1:13people to watch those four. So you can
  40. 1:16see on this graphic here, this is what's
  41. 1:18happening on my channel. A new viewer
  42. 1:19discovers a video. So let's say it's
  43. 1:21this video. And then YouTube recommends
  44. 1:23they watch one of these four others
  45. 1:25because its data tells them people like
  46. 1:28them. So it keeps pushing them. The
  47. 1:30thing is once someone's watched one of
  48. 1:31the four videos YouTube keeps pushing,
  49. 1:33it will keep showing them the other
  50. 1:35three they've not seen, too. So these
  51. 1:38four videos are basically referring each
  52. 1:41other all of the time. And that's why
  53. 1:43they're generating 70 to 100 views an
  54. 1:45hour because they work as a team like
  55. 1:46this. But that's not the best thing
  56. 1:48about this for businesses because
  57. 1:50imagine if each of these videos was
  58. 1:51optimized to generate sales and leads as
  59. 1:53well. So they didn't just get views,
  60. 1:56they grew your business harnessing this
  61. 1:58system 24/7 on autopilot. That's exactly
  62. 2:00what I'm going to show you how to build
  63. 2:02right now with a very simple six-step
  64. 2:04strategy, which is harder to say than it
  65. 2:06is to do. All right, so step one, this
  66. 2:07is really important because if this
  67. 2:09fails, you can't really start the system
  68. 2:10in the first place. And all you need to
  69. 2:12do is three very specific things in your
  70. 2:14intro. So, let me show you how this
  71. 2:16works. So, here's my script and I'm
  72. 2:18going to read it out and then I'm going
  73. 2:19to pull out what those three things are.
  74. 2:20So, it says, "Most businesses waste time
  75. 2:22and miss out on more consistent sales
  76. 2:24from YouTube because they overlook the
  77. 2:25six critical steps for generating leads
  78. 2:27and income that should be baked into
  79. 2:28every video you make." So, in this
  80. 2:30video, I'm going to show you the exact
  81. 2:31system I use to drive thousands of
  82. 2:32leads, calls, and make $1.2 million in
  83. 2:34the first 3 months of 2012 alone without
  84. 2:36any ads. And oh, yeah, it can also get
  85. 2:38you more views, too. So, the first thing
  86. 2:40you have to check off is why someone
  87. 2:41should care about the coming content,
  88. 2:44which I did right here in this first
  89. 2:46line where I set up the problem. And
  90. 2:47then in the second line, I did it too,
  91. 2:50where I said what they would learn if
  92. 2:52they stuck around. That's it. Now, the
  93. 2:54next thing every intro needs is just to
  94. 2:56show that you are credible and worth
  95. 2:58listening to, which I did here in the
  96. 3:00second line where I talk about some of
  97. 3:01my accolades. And then the third step is
  98. 3:03just to try and keep this thing under 15
  99. 3:04seconds. That's it. If you can tick off
  100. 3:07all those three things, the referral
  101. 3:09network's going to work really well for
  102. 3:10you. When that moves us on to step two,
  103. 3:12which is going to rehook viewers, and
  104. 3:14it's going to get them past the first
  105. 3:15third of a video. So, when people get
  106. 3:17past the first third of a video, they're
  107. 3:19just more likely to stay to the very
  108. 3:20end. And the end is where the sales and
  109. 3:23leads magic happens. So, we really need
  110. 3:26to get them there. So, for this step,
  111. 3:27what you want to do is you want to ask
  112. 3:29yourself, what's my most killer insight
  113. 3:33that I want to talk about in this video?
  114. 3:35and then frontload it right after your
  115. 3:37intro. So, a killer insight is simply
  116. 3:39putting what you think your best point
  117. 3:42might be for your target audience early.
  118. 3:45I mean, it makes sense, right? If the
  119. 3:46viewers are instantly blown away,
  120. 3:48they're going to listen to everything
  121. 3:49else that follows, even if those points
  122. 3:51are maybe not quite as strong. Which
  123. 3:53moves us on to step three, which is the
  124. 3:55bridge from views to leads and sales.
  125. 3:57And it works like this. So, have a look
  126. 3:59at these two videos. The first one here
  127. 4:01has significantly more views yet fewer
  128. 4:04link clicks and leads. The second one
  129. 4:06has less views overall, yet it brings in
  130. 4:09way more clicks and leads. Why is this
  131. 4:11happening? Well, it's because I use step
  132. 4:13three of the system and I just ask
  133. 4:15viewers to click the link to sign up to
  134. 4:17my email in the first 90 seconds of a
  135. 4:20video. That is it. Asking sooner just
  136. 4:23makes all the difference. So, imagine if
  137. 4:25every video in your referral network did
  138. 4:27this. If you're getting hundreds of
  139. 4:28views an hour, you're going to be
  140. 4:29funneling a huge amount of people into
  141. 4:30your email, which is a complete
  142. 4:32gamecher. And that brings us on to step
  143. 4:34four of the system, which is the
  144. 4:36solution to a massive problem all of us
  145. 4:38face. So, YouTube and the internet have
  146. 4:40been around forever now. And because of
  147. 4:41that, the chances are your viewers have
  148. 4:43already heard the same tips a thousand
  149. 4:46times over. So, if you give them things
  150. 4:48they already know, it kind of wrecks
  151. 4:50your content, which wrecks the referral
  152. 4:52network system because they get bored
  153. 4:53and they leave. But how can you possibly
  154. 4:55know what viewers already know to get
  155. 4:57around this? Well, you can't. But that
  156. 4:59doesn't matter if you do what I did in
  157. 5:02this example that you can see on screen
  158. 5:04right now. So, you've probably watched
  159. 5:06videos where someone says, "You need to
  160. 5:08increase your sales page conversion."
  161. 5:09And it's like, "Yeah, duh. Of course,
  162. 5:12that makes sense." Like, it's not that
  163. 5:13useful. The thing is, I wanted to make
  164. 5:15that point in a video. So, in this
  165. 5:17example, instead of just repeating the
  166. 5:18obvious that everyone's heard said a
  167. 5:19million times before, what I did was
  168. 5:21create a simple spreadsheet where I
  169. 5:23loaded in the amount of views a channel
  170. 5:25had and then showed the viewers how many
  171. 5:27sales that they could expect based on
  172. 5:30the different conversion rates of the
  173. 5:31sales page. What that meant was viewers
  174. 5:33could now see the problem for themselves
  175. 5:34in a unique way that made the
  176. 5:36information feel new. I also told
  177. 5:38viewers that they could access the sheet
  178. 5:40for themselves using the link below the
  179. 5:42video, which doubled up as a lead magnet
  180. 5:44and generated thousands of emails as a
  181. 5:46result. So, the secret to driving people
  182. 5:48from one video to the next and creating
  183. 5:50the referral network is making your
  184. 5:51information feel new. So, even if people
  185. 5:54have heard it before, they remained
  186. 5:56hooked. But, do you have to build a
  187. 5:58spreadsheet like I did? Well, no. Making
  188. 6:00information feel new can actually be a
  189. 6:01lot simpler. So, for example, in this
  190. 6:03other video here, I made a triangle to
  191. 6:04help people understand the different
  192. 6:06types of YouTube creators they could be.
  193. 6:07So, instead of saying you need to
  194. 6:08present like Mr. Beast, I showed them a
  195. 6:10triangle and said each corner was a
  196. 6:12different creator style, and you just
  197. 6:13need to lean into one of these corners
  198. 6:15more than another. Now, the next step is
  199. 6:17deceptively simple, but incredibly
  200. 6:19powerful. In fact, this tiny little
  201. 6:21tweak is the main reason why this video
  202. 6:23here got way more leads than this other
  203. 6:26one. What did I do differently? Well, by
  204. 6:28tracking my videos links and clicks and
  205. 6:30signups, I realized that all you need to
  206. 6:32do is at the end of your video, simply
  207. 6:35remind viewers to take the action you
  208. 6:36ask them to take in the first 90 seconds
  209. 6:38again. So, if you're promoting an email
  210. 6:41or a lead magnet, you say, "Don't forget
  211. 6:43to download my free planner before the
  212. 6:46video finishes." And if you really want
  213. 6:47to turbocharge signups in your videos,
  214. 6:49here's what else tracking my videos has
  215. 6:50taught me. You want to do three things.
  216. 6:52You want to ask people to take an action
  217. 6:53in the first 90 seconds, in the middle
  218. 6:54of the video, and at the end. That's it.
  219. 6:57And you don't even have to interrupt
  220. 6:58your video. I mean, look at this example
  221. 7:00on screen right now. I can just use some
  222. 7:02text on screen as that call to action.
  223. 7:04Now, imagine if all your videos in your
  224. 7:06network do this. Your leads just
  225. 7:08explode. Which brings us on to the next
  226. 7:10step. And it's the glue that holds the
  227. 7:12referral network together so you can get
  228. 7:13consistent views, leads, sales, and look
  229. 7:16what it's done for my own. It's crazy,
  230. 7:17right? Okay. So, it works like this. So,
  231. 7:19imagine you made a bunch of videos and
  232. 7:21you realize that one of them is amazing
  233. 7:23for generating emails and conversions.
  234. 7:25When you know this, all you do at the
  235. 7:28end of your video is tell viewers to
  236. 7:31watch it next by clicking your end
  237. 7:32screen. And if you have four videos in
  238. 7:34your evergreen referral network, all
  239. 7:36getting 100red views an hour, all
  240. 7:38pointing to this high converting video,
  241. 7:40you create this automated sales system
  242. 7:42that blows up your email list, calls,
  243. 7:44leads, and sales. So that's why tracking
  244. 7:46matters. Because if you don't know what
  245. 7:48your videos are doing, how can you know
  246. 7:50which video to point people back to
  247. 7:52that's going to grow your business? If
  248. 7:53you include these six steps in every
  249. 7:55video you make, I can pretty much
  250. 7:56guarantee you're going to grow your
  251. 7:58business. But if you don't know how to
  252. 8:00ideulate and plan and produce content
  253. 8:01your buyers actually want to watch,
  254. 8:03you're going to struggle gaining
  255. 8:04traction on YouTube. And that is why
  256. 8:05hundreds of businesses have joined Story
  257. 8:07OS. Inside, they are learning a proven
  258. 8:09content system that works for
  259. 8:10businesses, not entertainment channels.
  260. 8:12They're using purpose-built software to
  261. 8:14put what they've learned into action.
  262. 8:16They're using AI that helps them
  263. 8:17generate scripts and plan content
  264. 8:19faster. and they are submitting their
  265. 8:21channels and businesses to live reviews
  266. 8:22with myself where I dig deep, I identify
  267. 8:25what's holding them back, and I show
  268. 8:26them how to fix it. So, if you're
  269. 8:28serious about using YouTube to grow your
  270. 8:29business and want to follow a system
  271. 8:31that's already helped thousands of
  272. 8:32businesses generate more views and
  273. 8:33sales, click the link below to learn

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