This Boring YouTube Strategy Made Me $1.2M in 3 Months — Transcript
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- 0:00Most businesses waste their time and
- 0:01miss out on a ton of consistent sales
- 0:03from YouTube because they overlook the
- 0:05six critical steps for generating leads
- 0:07and income that should be baked into
- 0:09every single video that you make. So, in
- 0:11this video, I'm going to show you the
- 0:12exact sales system I use to drive
- 0:14thousands of leads, calls, and make $1.2
- 0:16million in the first 3 months of 2025
- 0:18alone without any ads. And oh, yeah,
- 0:21it's going to get you more views, too.
- 0:22Okay, so to start, you need to
- 0:24understand the strategy we're going to
- 0:25use to generate sales and why it is so
- 0:27powerful. So, let me show you behind the
- 0:29scenes of my channel now so that you can
- 0:31see how this works. All right, so check
- 0:33out this views per hour metric down the
- 0:35side here. You'll have it, too. And then
- 0:37notice how three or four videos are
- 0:39pulling in 70 to 100 views an hour all
- 0:42the time on the channel. That's what we
- 0:43want to see. But to some of you, that's
- 0:44going to feel like a lot. To others, not
- 0:46that many. But the reason having
- 0:47multiple videos pushed at the same time
- 0:49like this is a complete gamecher for a
- 0:51business, even if it's 10 views an hour
- 0:53or 10,000 views an hour per video, is
- 0:55because all YouTube wants to do is keep
- 0:57people on the platform watching. So when
- 0:59someone discovers one of your videos,
- 1:02YouTube is keeping track of what else
- 1:04you made that they clearly enjoyed. So
- 1:06if it works out that four of your videos
- 1:08have created high viewer satisfaction
- 1:11with viewers, it will try to get more
- 1:13people to watch those four. So you can
- 1:16see on this graphic here, this is what's
- 1:18happening on my channel. A new viewer
- 1:19discovers a video. So let's say it's
- 1:21this video. And then YouTube recommends
- 1:23they watch one of these four others
- 1:25because its data tells them people like
- 1:28them. So it keeps pushing them. The
- 1:30thing is once someone's watched one of
- 1:31the four videos YouTube keeps pushing,
- 1:33it will keep showing them the other
- 1:35three they've not seen, too. So these
- 1:38four videos are basically referring each
- 1:41other all of the time. And that's why
- 1:43they're generating 70 to 100 views an
- 1:45hour because they work as a team like
- 1:46this. But that's not the best thing
- 1:48about this for businesses because
- 1:50imagine if each of these videos was
- 1:51optimized to generate sales and leads as
- 1:53well. So they didn't just get views,
- 1:56they grew your business harnessing this
- 1:58system 24/7 on autopilot. That's exactly
- 2:00what I'm going to show you how to build
- 2:02right now with a very simple six-step
- 2:04strategy, which is harder to say than it
- 2:06is to do. All right, so step one, this
- 2:07is really important because if this
- 2:09fails, you can't really start the system
- 2:10in the first place. And all you need to
- 2:12do is three very specific things in your
- 2:14intro. So, let me show you how this
- 2:16works. So, here's my script and I'm
- 2:18going to read it out and then I'm going
- 2:19to pull out what those three things are.
- 2:20So, it says, "Most businesses waste time
- 2:22and miss out on more consistent sales
- 2:24from YouTube because they overlook the
- 2:25six critical steps for generating leads
- 2:27and income that should be baked into
- 2:28every video you make." So, in this
- 2:30video, I'm going to show you the exact
- 2:31system I use to drive thousands of
- 2:32leads, calls, and make $1.2 million in
- 2:34the first 3 months of 2012 alone without
- 2:36any ads. And oh, yeah, it can also get
- 2:38you more views, too. So, the first thing
- 2:40you have to check off is why someone
- 2:41should care about the coming content,
- 2:44which I did right here in this first
- 2:46line where I set up the problem. And
- 2:47then in the second line, I did it too,
- 2:50where I said what they would learn if
- 2:52they stuck around. That's it. Now, the
- 2:54next thing every intro needs is just to
- 2:56show that you are credible and worth
- 2:58listening to, which I did here in the
- 3:00second line where I talk about some of
- 3:01my accolades. And then the third step is
- 3:03just to try and keep this thing under 15
- 3:04seconds. That's it. If you can tick off
- 3:07all those three things, the referral
- 3:09network's going to work really well for
- 3:10you. When that moves us on to step two,
- 3:12which is going to rehook viewers, and
- 3:14it's going to get them past the first
- 3:15third of a video. So, when people get
- 3:17past the first third of a video, they're
- 3:19just more likely to stay to the very
- 3:20end. And the end is where the sales and
- 3:23leads magic happens. So, we really need
- 3:26to get them there. So, for this step,
- 3:27what you want to do is you want to ask
- 3:29yourself, what's my most killer insight
- 3:33that I want to talk about in this video?
- 3:35and then frontload it right after your
- 3:37intro. So, a killer insight is simply
- 3:39putting what you think your best point
- 3:42might be for your target audience early.
- 3:45I mean, it makes sense, right? If the
- 3:46viewers are instantly blown away,
- 3:48they're going to listen to everything
- 3:49else that follows, even if those points
- 3:51are maybe not quite as strong. Which
- 3:53moves us on to step three, which is the
- 3:55bridge from views to leads and sales.
- 3:57And it works like this. So, have a look
- 3:59at these two videos. The first one here
- 4:01has significantly more views yet fewer
- 4:04link clicks and leads. The second one
- 4:06has less views overall, yet it brings in
- 4:09way more clicks and leads. Why is this
- 4:11happening? Well, it's because I use step
- 4:13three of the system and I just ask
- 4:15viewers to click the link to sign up to
- 4:17my email in the first 90 seconds of a
- 4:20video. That is it. Asking sooner just
- 4:23makes all the difference. So, imagine if
- 4:25every video in your referral network did
- 4:27this. If you're getting hundreds of
- 4:28views an hour, you're going to be
- 4:29funneling a huge amount of people into
- 4:30your email, which is a complete
- 4:32gamecher. And that brings us on to step
- 4:34four of the system, which is the
- 4:36solution to a massive problem all of us
- 4:38face. So, YouTube and the internet have
- 4:40been around forever now. And because of
- 4:41that, the chances are your viewers have
- 4:43already heard the same tips a thousand
- 4:46times over. So, if you give them things
- 4:48they already know, it kind of wrecks
- 4:50your content, which wrecks the referral
- 4:52network system because they get bored
- 4:53and they leave. But how can you possibly
- 4:55know what viewers already know to get
- 4:57around this? Well, you can't. But that
- 4:59doesn't matter if you do what I did in
- 5:02this example that you can see on screen
- 5:04right now. So, you've probably watched
- 5:06videos where someone says, "You need to
- 5:08increase your sales page conversion."
- 5:09And it's like, "Yeah, duh. Of course,
- 5:12that makes sense." Like, it's not that
- 5:13useful. The thing is, I wanted to make
- 5:15that point in a video. So, in this
- 5:17example, instead of just repeating the
- 5:18obvious that everyone's heard said a
- 5:19million times before, what I did was
- 5:21create a simple spreadsheet where I
- 5:23loaded in the amount of views a channel
- 5:25had and then showed the viewers how many
- 5:27sales that they could expect based on
- 5:30the different conversion rates of the
- 5:31sales page. What that meant was viewers
- 5:33could now see the problem for themselves
- 5:34in a unique way that made the
- 5:36information feel new. I also told
- 5:38viewers that they could access the sheet
- 5:40for themselves using the link below the
- 5:42video, which doubled up as a lead magnet
- 5:44and generated thousands of emails as a
- 5:46result. So, the secret to driving people
- 5:48from one video to the next and creating
- 5:50the referral network is making your
- 5:51information feel new. So, even if people
- 5:54have heard it before, they remained
- 5:56hooked. But, do you have to build a
- 5:58spreadsheet like I did? Well, no. Making
- 6:00information feel new can actually be a
- 6:01lot simpler. So, for example, in this
- 6:03other video here, I made a triangle to
- 6:04help people understand the different
- 6:06types of YouTube creators they could be.
- 6:07So, instead of saying you need to
- 6:08present like Mr. Beast, I showed them a
- 6:10triangle and said each corner was a
- 6:12different creator style, and you just
- 6:13need to lean into one of these corners
- 6:15more than another. Now, the next step is
- 6:17deceptively simple, but incredibly
- 6:19powerful. In fact, this tiny little
- 6:21tweak is the main reason why this video
- 6:23here got way more leads than this other
- 6:26one. What did I do differently? Well, by
- 6:28tracking my videos links and clicks and
- 6:30signups, I realized that all you need to
- 6:32do is at the end of your video, simply
- 6:35remind viewers to take the action you
- 6:36ask them to take in the first 90 seconds
- 6:38again. So, if you're promoting an email
- 6:41or a lead magnet, you say, "Don't forget
- 6:43to download my free planner before the
- 6:46video finishes." And if you really want
- 6:47to turbocharge signups in your videos,
- 6:49here's what else tracking my videos has
- 6:50taught me. You want to do three things.
- 6:52You want to ask people to take an action
- 6:53in the first 90 seconds, in the middle
- 6:54of the video, and at the end. That's it.
- 6:57And you don't even have to interrupt
- 6:58your video. I mean, look at this example
- 7:00on screen right now. I can just use some
- 7:02text on screen as that call to action.
- 7:04Now, imagine if all your videos in your
- 7:06network do this. Your leads just
- 7:08explode. Which brings us on to the next
- 7:10step. And it's the glue that holds the
- 7:12referral network together so you can get
- 7:13consistent views, leads, sales, and look
- 7:16what it's done for my own. It's crazy,
- 7:17right? Okay. So, it works like this. So,
- 7:19imagine you made a bunch of videos and
- 7:21you realize that one of them is amazing
- 7:23for generating emails and conversions.
- 7:25When you know this, all you do at the
- 7:28end of your video is tell viewers to
- 7:31watch it next by clicking your end
- 7:32screen. And if you have four videos in
- 7:34your evergreen referral network, all
- 7:36getting 100red views an hour, all
- 7:38pointing to this high converting video,
- 7:40you create this automated sales system
- 7:42that blows up your email list, calls,
- 7:44leads, and sales. So that's why tracking
- 7:46matters. Because if you don't know what
- 7:48your videos are doing, how can you know
- 7:50which video to point people back to
- 7:52that's going to grow your business? If
- 7:53you include these six steps in every
- 7:55video you make, I can pretty much
- 7:56guarantee you're going to grow your
- 7:58business. But if you don't know how to
- 8:00ideulate and plan and produce content
- 8:01your buyers actually want to watch,
- 8:03you're going to struggle gaining
- 8:04traction on YouTube. And that is why
- 8:05hundreds of businesses have joined Story
- 8:07OS. Inside, they are learning a proven
- 8:09content system that works for
- 8:10businesses, not entertainment channels.
- 8:12They're using purpose-built software to
- 8:14put what they've learned into action.
- 8:16They're using AI that helps them
- 8:17generate scripts and plan content
- 8:19faster. and they are submitting their
- 8:21channels and businesses to live reviews
- 8:22with myself where I dig deep, I identify
- 8:25what's holding them back, and I show
- 8:26them how to fix it. So, if you're
- 8:28serious about using YouTube to grow your
- 8:29business and want to follow a system
- 8:31that's already helped thousands of
- 8:32businesses generate more views and
- 8:33sales, click the link below to learn
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