I Made $10,000+ (in Three Months) After Less Than 10 HOURS of Study

You can do it too, without ANY prior knowledge of skill

I’m always trying to make money through writing, but this time I thought I’d use my writing skills to tell you how I make considerably more money every day than I ever will as a writer. YOU can do it too, if you have about 10 hours, a little creativity, and the drive to change your life. (Note: this is hard practical guidance shared through a personal story that can work for anyone, it ain’t clickbait).

Remember that scene in Good Will Hunting, where Will Hunting tells one of the Yuppie University students, Clark, about the futility of his College Education?

Will Hunting: “You dropped $150,000 on a college education you could have gotten for a dollar fifty in late charges at the public library.”

Slam!

But in Will’s day, with that buck fifty it would take months, if not years, to assimilate all that content. Who has time to visit the library, let alone read fifty books? No, today it’s MUCH faster. And the quality of the instructional content is far better.

You know the phrase, “A picture is worth a thousand words?” Well, the right how-to video can be worth thousands of dollars if applied correctly.

I will tell you how to make thousands and even hundreds of thousands in months, not decades.

I’ve done it.

Now, I run a successful branding agency (Ranked as one of the top 20 packaging design agencies in the world according to Clutch.co), so I often make thousands in a day already. But an extra couple of grand per month can be a huge motivator and a glorious opportunity for someone struggling to make ends meet or who wants to change their lives and financial status quickly.

So, let me tell you my story, and, as it unfolds, I’ll show you exactly what you’ll need to make it happen with Practical Applications.

My Story

A few years ago, I invented a fitness product that turns any backyard pool into a muscle-pumping gym. I gained 30 pounds of muscle in just three months and turned what was a skinny-fat body into a well-shaped machine while getting into the best cardio shape in my life (here’s the results). As a branding expert, I designed the logo brand, the actual design of the aqua fitness board, the product packaging, the website — all of it… except the video content. I had no clue how to do that, and the online documentation to learn a decent video program like Adobe Premiere looked more than daunting.

Practical Application: You will first need to purchase an Adobe CREATIVE CLOUD subscription, which will cost about $59 per month and way less for the student version. And it’s 50% off this BLACK FRIDAY!

I already had the full suite of Adobe products, since I use Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop all day. But Adobe Premiere, Adobe’s video offering, was foreign to me, let alone frightening. Instead, I hired videographers and editors to do all my video content for my fitness product AND my branding agency work. This cost between 500–1,000 a minute, and I spent a ton, often reselling with a reasonably minimal markup.

Money wasn’t the biggest obstacle. Time was far more vital. I’d request a quick video, and two weeks later, I’d get what I was looking for. Changes would take even longer. Yes, there are easy-to-use video systems like iMovie, but I wanted super high-quality work and content.

Finally, time and money collided. I’d had enough. I didn’t want to waste the dollars or be bound to the timetables of others. I opened Adobe Premiere and thought, “I’ll just learn this myself. I already know other Adobe Products; how hard could it be?” A decade ago, the answer would have been “really freaking hard.” I would have had to scour about 400 pages of exhausting tutorial content, only to maybe get enough info by page 50 to do the most rudimentary video project.

So, I jumped on YouTube.

First, I had to learn the basics:

Practical Application:| Search: “Adobe Premiere to beginners” and watch at least 2–3 videos. (Follow along in Adobe Premiere with each tutorial) Search: “Make your first Adobe Premiere video” and watch at least two videos. Search: “Using Effects in Premiere Video” and watch at least six videos Search: “Top 10 Adobe Premiere cool effects” and watch 3–4 videos Search: “Expert tools/strategies for Adobe Premiere” and watch 2–3 video Total time in videos: about 3 hours, with about 3–4 extra hours in hands-on application/follow-along.

Within 6 hours, I was designing my first videos, knew how to use most of the basic effects, and laid videos on each other for unique visual looks. Next, I needed to learn text strategies, “masking,” and how to master sound.

Practical Application: Search: “How to master text in Adobe Premiere” Search: “Masking basics in Adobe Premiere” Search: “Professional sound tutorials in Adobe Premiere” That took another hour or so.

By now, I was producing decent quality videos in what, 7 hours of study?

I was also hungry for more specialized content, and thankfully I found this guy.

Practical Application: Search: “Two minute Tuesday by Peter Mckinnon”

Once you have learned the basics and started to master effects, lighting, sound, and masking, Peter McKinnon will throw the coolest tutorials at you in, you guessed it, TWO-minute lessons! His other stuff is great, too, but these microwaved insights will take your video skills to the next level. Yes, after 7 hours, you will already have skills.

By now, I was producing my videos for Hydro Shred. Just a few days in. But did I have the skills to get paid professionally?

Practical Application: You’ll need to have GOOD video content, so I recommend a monthly subscription to ENVATO ELEMENTS, which will cost about $10 a month and has millions of videos, fonts, pictures, effects, and so much more to create incredible videos!

I already had a subscription to Envato Elements, so I just started grabbing video content, and snatching up clips for things like snowboarding, auto racing, hiphop dancing, etc. Anything that I could create to “stack” a portfolio with cool videos I didn’t have a few days earlier.

I went to one of my clients with ten videos in place, at a bunch of sizes and lengths. “Hey just so you know we now offer video services…” I said, hoping not to sound too uncertain. “Oh great! I have a video I need to be done right now!” came back the reply from one client the next day. It was a three-minute video for a Faith-based travel agency. Looking at standard rates, I charged $3,000 for the video. It took 7 hours to complete.

In the following three months, I produced:

Intro Web video and social media videos for a Protein brand: $2,500.00 Intro Web Video for an essential oil brand: $1,500.00 Video for a film label: $4,000.00 Intro Web video for a nutrition bar brand: $1,500.00 Intro Web Video for a Skincare Brand: $1,500.00

here’s a few videos completed during that three months:

I had the market already in place with my agency, but I’ll show you how to establish yourself as a Video Editor online.

Practical Application: Sign up for an Upwork account, about 15 per month, and set up your profile and add your new 6–10 videos you’ve created using your skills and video, images, and text you’ve grabbed from Envato Elements. Then, start bidding on projects.

Within a month, a little creative intuition (and most people reading here are creative thinkers) and shelling out about $80 a month in software and services, you can be making this kind of money. Plus, it is freaking fun! Now, freelancing, especially in certain states, comes with challenges, but you can easily make $500 — $2,000 a month of ADDITIONAL money if you just spend a few hours a night playing around after work. And I learn anything I don’t know in minutes with each new tutorial. (Including animation in After Effects and how to design Phone Apps without coding experience, but that’s ANOTHER story).

Can you make $15K in three months? Absolutely? I barely spend time creating videos, unlike the rest of the work I do at my agency. For those who want to do it full-time, you can make sizable money, well over what you can make at most service jobs, internships, or jobs that don’t require a degree. (and even with Degreed jobs, you can make more money quicker and with far more flexibility).

To recap, you’ll need:

1. A subscription to Adobe Creative Suite ($59 per month or less)

2. About 10 hours of study following my search terms (or start using your own)

3. A subscription to Envato Elements ($10+ per month)

4. A freelance platform, and I recommend Upwork. ($20 per month)

5. Motivation and some creativity

6. A willingness to continue always to be learning

In conclusion… but not the end.

A few years ago, a TV show launched called “Undercover Billionaire,” where men like Grant Cardone dropped into an unknown city with $100 bucks, a beat up vehicle, and a blank mobile phone. The goal was to create a company with $1M in corporate value in 3 months. He proved it was possible.

I have proven you can make 10K within months, if not in the first two.

This could be the thing that gets you out of your parent’s home, pays off student loans, and brings that Lexus you’ve been dreaming of. It could help pay off your home faster or fund your children’s college fund. I encourage you to let me know if you start, then hit me up again after you’ve mastered your first few videos. If you are motivated, you’ll reach out in a few weeks. I can’t wait to see what you’ve been able to do.

Maybe you’ll write a story even better than this…

Live Inspired.

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