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Originally Posted by ChicagoRy
I disagree with some of your views on things FreakDaddy. You do make some good points about expectations and the results of what actually happens in many cases.
However, as a training site owner, it's your job, it's my job, it's Matt's job, Taylor's, Joe's, Hunter's, whoever else, to fight the fallacy of "getting rich" in many instances for making a few videos.
The truth is, that you need to explain to many people that they will get paid very well for making videos, for the time they are working on these videos.
And that last part is really key. Take a big name, have him make a 1 hour video once a week and have him put 3 hours into planning, editing and executing that video.
He's putting in 3 hours per week of work. So why would you allow him to falsely believe that he'll be a rich man for his 3 hour work week?
That's the gap that needs to be closed in many cases. And in many cases you'll find that people aren't interested. You'll encounter new hurdles, many of which will be fallacies that you need to work to disarm.
You have the same job for your customers and community. The same guys that complain that a coach has broke even for 3 months want you to hire the latest and greatest 1 month heater player.
It's hard at times, it's impossible at times (at least I feel that way in some cases), but like anything, you put in the work, keep an open mind and listen to other hard working people's experiences and you can largely reduce a lot of the problems you bring up in your post.
You're not disagreeing with what I'm saying. You're insinuating that training site owners don't do an adequate job of explaining the reality of creating training vids. That may be a fair point, but it doesn't change fact that most of the good content producers burn out really quick.
I've talked about this before with several of the owners you've mentioned. I don't think any of us, including myself make any "get rich quick" kind of promises. Since I don't know exactly what everyone says though, I can only speak for myself.
I personally go through extreme measures to spell out that you're going to get out of it what you put in. I even talk about why most video producers burn out. We make it as clear as you can make it that it's going to be a good amount of work, and you can expect to become Oprah rich from making a few videos.
However it seems to be a very similar pattern over and over regardless of the approach when you sign someone. Most have never done it before, so they are full of energy and passion to do it. BUT THEN, when they actually have to start putting a series or something together, that actually makes them have to commit to timetables, and takes some work... they burn out pretty quick. Just look at how many sites have more than 3 vids from REALLY good content creators (minus their founders). It's the exception and not the rule.
Just my experience, and I've been doing this for over 4 years now.
