I Make $2.4M/Year With 6 YouTube Channels

This is Charlie, he

make

s $200,000 a month from six different YouTube

channels

and the crazy thing is he's actually an introvert. I flew to California to learn his story and ask him exactly how he got good at YouTube and the monetization strategy he uses to get better. $2.4 million a

year

, most of my money is made right now. Charlie started his journey earning $0 for months, then he learned a secret and created a video that would change everything in the video itself, we had a lot so this is how you get it. people to click on it and then watch the full video in this video, he breaks down the plan of how anyone can

make

$200,000 a month with YouTube, how to create videos that get millions of views, and his tips for all the new entrepreneurs just starting out .

Focus on not just making viral videos, but I'm Pat Walls and this is the opening story. Thanks for inviting me. Your place is amazing. Thank you. Thanks for coming. Tell me about yourself and what you built. I'm Charlie, I'm 31

year

s old. and I am an entrepreneur in southern California. I currently have more than six YouTube

channels

in a typical month, we will generate between 200 and 250 thousand income. We just had our best month this month, we'll make about 300k, that's for the YouTube channels and then for the staffing company that we started last year, it's a low six figure company right now, but I'm putting most of my energy on that one because we want to grow it and maybe be able to be acquired one day, if you can break through. down a little bit more about all the channels and all the businesses that he's created and how he makes money, so my main channel is just called Charlie Chang, my name we have, I think 1.1 million subscribers.

I have another channel called SARP. 50,000 subscribers and then we have Charlie Chang showing the penthouse. My first website is one we just started. He has like 600 subscribers right now. Most of my money is made through affiliate marketing. Right now, I would say between 50 and 55% of the total. The revenue that comes in we also do brand sponsorships so it's usually like 20 25% and then AdSense will also be 20 25% across all the different channels, yeah, so you're a subscriber to the initial story, right? Think about 6 months, well what do you like about it or what do you use it for?

I think a big part of how I was able to do it pretty well was because I spent a lot of my time brainstorming, learning, and seeing what other people do. So, yeah, I think I get a lot of value out of Star Story just because these are crazy case studies, it just allows me to stay on Trends, it allows me to see how other people do it. I see it as mentoring, yes. That's awesome, if anyone is looking for ideas for their own business, they can visit startupstory.com. Get insights from thousands of founders who are just a few steps ahead of you, people who haven't necessarily raised VC money or who you know have super-rich parents.

These are case studies of people who turned simple side projects or passive income streams into businesses that completely changed their lives, so check it out at the link in the description, tell me what life was like growing up and how you became an entrepreneur. I grew up in a non-business home, my parents really wanted me to be a doctor, I went to university not knowing what I was going to do after graduating, I couldn't find a job for life so I basically started working for myself I've done them all the hustle and bustle of the world photography video printing modeling and I like a little bit of acting I started a clothing brand I had a marketing agency real estate mortgages everything was definitely hard because when I graduated college I basically made $0 seeing all my friends with their jobs Well-paid accounting jobs didn't make me feel good, I felt like I wasn't successful, but I think there are a lot of people in this similar situation where they don't want to do it.

They go the traditional route, they don't want to do something their parents want them to do and if I could tell them one thing it's that with enough persistence and enough risk, you can pretty much do whatever you want after a little time. Little by little, I started getting more clients and things like that. I was making around $50,000 and then in 2020, that's basically when the YouTube channel started to take off. I think I made $750 in a single day with AdSense and that's when I thought, damn. This is, this could be something big, what did you do after that?

Basically, I started learning a lot about YouTube, how to monetize, how to make more content, I made a lot of ideas about what types of content I can make and they were working well at the time. I started making videos almost every day. I thought if I could make this opportunity work, it would change my life. The growth was quite fast, from 500 to 1000 subscribers per day. In terms of AdSense, we were making maybe 10 to 20 thousand a month. Yes, that was a big change for me. Wow, you were doing it all by yourself? So you said we, but was it just you?

Yes, that was completely me. I did everything myself. Yeah, how long did it take me to get good at YouTube? I would say a year or two ago I started creating finance content in 2018 and my first few videos were super bad. A big thing that made me pretty good at YouTube was just being able to present information in a way that made people want to stick around and stuff. In fact, they can understand that people who watch YouTube are not going to be super technical, so you have to break it down in a way that's easy to understand, even if you're super introverted like me, even if you don't have that natural ability.

In front of the camera, you can be good at little things that you would recommend people improve on as they continue making videos. I would say it's always important to improve the quality of your production or improve some aspect of your videos, whether it's narration or on-camera audio. stuff like that I think everyone needs to go into any business, especially YouTube, thinking that I just need to make enough videos until I get one that stands out. I also think it's very important to brainstorm and think about different potential pivots you can make, for example, when cryptocurrencies were booming.

I started creating cryptocurrency content when stocks were booming. I started making stock content when side hustles were booming. I started creating content about side hustles. I understand what kinds of things people search for and create content they don't need. be completely new to be relevant mhm how do you actually get views on YouTube? How do you make great videos that get millions of views? I focus on not only making viral videos but also making videos that people search for, one of my most popular videos just talks about my different sources of income, so something like that where you're at an age that people can relate to. a big number like 10 income streams like wo and then a dollar amount really makes them curious to click on that kind of Titles have been doing really well for me so a big part of my channel is Evergreen SEO content, for example, how to invest in stocks.

I'll do something like that, it's something people actively look for. I don't just focus on virality. I prefer to go the search route in terms of videos that do extremely well too, for example I made a video called asking Coachella VIPs what they do. I thought it was the perfect combination of an expert experience that most people don't get. having a good thumbnail was also trending because Coachella was happening at the time and then in the actual video we had a lot of narration, that's how you get people to click on it and then watch the full video, yeah, what kind of tools? and the software you use to run your business and improve it, so all of our content planning is click-based, we use frame.io to upload images and have our editors put drafts in there, we do review comments, things like that, There are tools like one. out of 10 and the creator engages Pro to generate thumbnail ideas and title ideas.

We now have a fairly large team for all team communication. We use slack, so it's been great in terms of managing a lot of our talent. We use Hubstaff, which is super good. time tracking tool and then in terms of AI tools we are using a good number of them to help with the content production process just to make it more efficient, for example for short form content we use submic descript and we use Opus, those really help us be able to get a lot of short form content out of our long form content, that's something I always tell people, if you create long form content, you can also break it down into short form content .

Well let's look at some of the financials behind the business how much does it cost to run this business and what is your team like for the media business currently we have 26 people there's me there's my coo who's the other guy that's local under him basically we have two or three different project managers each of those project managers works with a bunch of video editors, thumbnail people, a graphics person, a website person, a lot of diverse roles like that, in terms of the cost of run that team, it's about 20 $225,000 a month and that's because we're using a lot of foreign talent and how you can find a lot of these team members, a combination of Fiverr online jobs, but most of the members current ones on our team are actually from a couple, which is the overseas staffing company you're using your own app for, oh yes, 100% yes, it's the perfect match, yes, hiring overseas is great, but it's very difficult to find really talented people, so basically we have our local recruiting teams, they go out and select between 3 and 500 people, find one or two better people and then we introduce those people to you, so that's basically what what our service does and what kind of cost people would consider if they wanted to hire someone through your company.

Yes, so we charge a one time placement fee, we don't take money from the client and then pass it on to the talent it's a complete transfer that saves people a lot of money a full time person for most positions I would say it costs about $ 600 to $11,000 a month you have these successful YouTube channels and now you're starting a little different business, with your staffing company, why did you decide to start? I want to be more of a traditional entrepreneur where I have equity in a business and even though I have the channels behind me, the marketing makes sense. build something that can use my channels to help grow, so for anyone watching who wants to get into entrepreneurship, what should they do?

Surrounding yourself with content and people who are doing it just makes it seem like anything is possible, right? I would try to learn some kind of high-value skill. There are tons of skills you can learn in just a few months. I think you can start monetizing, they all build on top of each other and they all allow you to be better at Next, I have personally never built a business that requires a large amount of capital to start. I think doing some type of agency or service based business is the best way for anyone to get started for any of the viewers watching if If you want to get started with an agency or service model you can check out our 100 High Services products where you can Learn exactly how companies use the product service model, how much money they make, how they grew, how they got customers, in the link below.

In description, another thing I learned recently is that I don't try to do everything myself. I used to think I wanted to be a solar entrepreneur for the rest of my life, but after you hire the first person you realize, okay, this is what a real business is right because it's a business that can run without you. same, it doesn't need to always be there for it to work some people who might be watching this might be feeling a little bit of analysis paralysis about what idea they should start with, uh what's your answer? What I would say is just don't overanalyze it.

Choose something if it is the wrong answer. If it is the wrong thing to do, then they will just learn from it and not make that mistake if it is the right thing to do. So you made a quick decision, right? I think speed for successful people is a universal trait for anyone who thinks they are stuck or want to make a breakthrough. I would say one thing you can do is really change your environment. or change your routine completely and the same with the location if you are stuck in a city where you feel like you are not growing as much as you should, move to a different city, okay, tell me what day it is in the life.

For you, every day is quite different, which I think is the best part of entrepreneurship, at least for me, I usually get up between 5:30 and 6:30 am. m. I do a little morning routine, probably go to the gym, do a little work and then the rest. of the day is just work,How much do you normally work per day? I would say a typical work week will be 30 to 50 hours of actual work and then who knows how much brainstorming and thinking about it, so it's always on, I think I'm always on, it's like a lifestyle business, TRUE?

I try to make my life part of the business and I enjoy having that combination. Yes, what do you like to do for fun or leisure? I like it. exercise I like to watch Netflix with my girlfriend play Pickleball play music and this business also offers you some nice cars you have a car buying habit I would say it's a car buying habit but yeah I have three cars now I guess I have a van RV Sprinter we just bought. I have a Range Rover and I have a Ferrari. Why did you buy the Sprinter van?

With side jobs, what would it be? I think it would be carving out my own identity instead of trying to do things that are expected or that society considers normal, so I've been a people pleaser. I think my whole life I always felt like I was out of place because I wanted to do different projects and things that I couldn't really do. I have ever talked to other people who want to do something similar, moving here, meeting so many entrepreneurs, dedicating myself to entrepreneurship, it has really allowed me to grow as a person and be surrounded by the energy that I have always wanted to be surrounded by incredible gratitude .

For you, Charlie, it's my pleasure to follow this advice and you will be a billionaire doll and a billionaire YouTube channel in peace.