[20M] just hit my first 1k as a broke college kid
honestly never thought i'd be writing one of these but here we are
quick backstory : i was the most average kid you can imagine. nothing special , decent grades , spent wayyy too much time scrolling. always had this thing in my head abt wanting to make my own money but i didn't had a single clue. prolly wasted my first 1.5 years of college just sitting on that feeling
then in november i was doomscrolling like usual and saw some reels about people getting paid to "clip" content.i clicked on it more out of boredom than anything. ended up joining a discord server that ran one of these clipping program figured ok, one month why not
first month was rough, like really rough.i was posting clips on yt and insta..getting absolutely nothing. like 200 views on a good day. was pretty close to calling it quit ngl. but i told myself one more month before i drop it for good
then one of my clip just hit 80k views on yt overnight..that's when something clicked - i had been picking clips based on what i thought sounded smart or impressive.but those don't hook anyone. the clips that actually pop are the ones where you litreally cannot look away in the first 2 seconds
made my first $80 from that. month after that $432. month after that $600. and like the genius i am, i blew all of it on a college trip without telling my parents lol. felt completely insane spending money i made from sitting in my room clipping podcasts.
stuff i'd tell anyone trying this:
- volume for the sake of volume is a trap. i wasted my first 2 weeks spamming posts thinking quantity = results. it doesn't
- picking the right moment to clip matters wayyy more than how clean your edit is. ive seen ugly edits do millions because the clip choice was good
- actually look at your retention graphs. like really look at them. if people are dropping at second 3 your hook is mid, fix it
- finding music that doesn't get your video muted is still the bane of my existence. if anyone has a real solution pls drop it in the comments
happy to answer anything if anyone's curious