u/Empty_Yogurtcloset34

I was basically just a normal college student my whole life. Never really did anything crazy or special. I always wanted to make my own money, but I genuinely had no clue how people online were doing it. Most of college I just kept procrastinating and thinking “I’ll figure something out eventually.”

Around November last year I saw some random reel about people making money from clipping podcasts and streams. It looked simple enough, so I joined a Discord server and decided to try it for a month.

First month was horrible honestly. Nothing worked. Every clip I posted got no views and I was pretty close to quitting because it felt like I was wasting my time.

But I randomly decided to give it one more month.

One night I took an old Instagram account, turned it into a theme page, and started posting clips there instead. I also started spending way too much time watching big theme pages and trying to understand why their clips were blowing up.

Then one clip randomly took off.

It got around 80k views and that’s when I finally understood what I was doing wrong. I was choosing clips based on what sounded smart to me instead of what would actually make someone stop scrolling in the first 2 seconds.

That month I made my first $80. Which honestly felt insane because I was literally just sitting in my room clipping podcasts.

Next month I made around $430, then around $600 after that.

And like an idiot college student I spent most of it on a college trip without even telling my parents where the money came from lol.

Biggest things I learned:

1.Posting a huge volume of clips means nothing if the clips themselves are bad

2.Picking the right moment matters way more than editing

3.Retention graphs actually matter a lot

I probably won’t do clipping forever, but I think the biggest thing it taught me is that making money online really isn’t as impossible as it seems when you’re sitting there overthinking everything.

You just have to start something and stick with it long enough to get good at it.

If anyone has questions about I’d genuinely be happy to help.

I was basically just a normal college student my whole life. Never really did anything crazy or special. I always wanted to make my own money, but I genuinely had no clue how people online were doing it. Most of college I just kept procrastinating and thinking “I’ll figure something out eventually.”

Around November last year I saw some random reel about people making money from clipping podcasts and streams. It looked simple enough, so I joined a Discord server and decided to try it for a month.

First month was horrible honestly. Nothing worked. Every clip I posted got no views and I was pretty close to quitting because it felt like I was wasting my time.

But I randomly decided to give it one more month.

One night I took an old Instagram account, turned it into a theme page, and started posting clips there instead. I also started spending way too much time watching big theme pages and trying to understand why their clips were blowing up.

Then one clip randomly took off.

It got around 80k views and that’s when I finally understood what I was doing wrong. I was choosing clips based on what sounded smart to me instead of what would actually make someone stop scrolling in the first 2 seconds.

That month I made my first $80. Which honestly felt insane because I was literally just sitting in my room clipping podcasts.

Next month I made around $430, then around $600 after that.

And like an idiot college student I spent most of it on a college trip without even telling my parents where the money came from lol.

Biggest things I learned:

1.Posting a huge volume of clips means nothing if the clips themselves are bad

2.Picking the right moment matters way more than editing

3.Retention graphs actually matter a lot

I probably won’t do clipping forever, but I think the biggest thing it taught me is that making money online really isn’t as impossible as it seems when you’re sitting there overthinking everything.

You just have to start something and stick with it long enough to get good at it.

If anyone has questions about I’d genuinely be happy to help.

We're looking for clippers who understand hooks, pacing and retention to clip for a billion dollar fintech company — Slash.

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