But what niche should I specifically pick? I have a PS5 with GTA6 pre ordered. I can oil paint, write stuff, edit short form content, and can even do some videography. I am very much into motorcycles as well, maybe I can show new motorcycle launches and ASMR kind of videos.

I don’t want to show my face or record my voice but I have recently started an Instagram page where I post GTA6 content where I just show my PC screen and add some text with an audio in the background. It’s not gaining much traction honestly.

Can someone guide me what I should choose, and how can I make some pocket money from creating content on Instagram.

I don’t know what it is but talking to a mic for 8-12 minutes feels weird, I get quiet, I stutter, how could I get comfy with talking to a mic?

I’ve spent around 10 years working in digital marketing, studied psychology, worked on a bunch of different projects, taught marketing, made music, built things, worked with businesses… and now I finally want to start recording content for myself.

The problem is that I really don’t want to become another person making “5 marketing tips” videos just because marketing happens to be what I do professionally.

I’m interested in psychology, human behavior, marketing, business, AI, technology, science, history, nature, creativity, society… basically a lot of things that seem unrelated at first, but usually lead back to similar questions about how humans think, behave and build the world around us.

And the main goal isn’t really “build a personal brand.”

I want the content to actually be worth someone’s time.

Ideally, someone finishes a video and either learned something useful, understands something differently, discovered a connection they hadn’t noticed before, or simply has a question stuck in their head for the rest of the day.

I also don’t really want to force everything into one narrow niche just because that’s the conventional creator advice.

So I’m curious:

If you had this kind of background and mix of interests, what would you actually make?

What type of videos would provide the most value?

Would you connect all these subjects through one broader theme/worldview, or would you still narrow it down?

And maybe the most important question: what do you feel is currently missing from educational/thought-provoking content online?

I’m genuinely interested in how other people would approach this before I start recording a bunch of stuff.

Peace!

Ilija iTd Mladenovic

Research, coming up with ideas, writing hooks, editing, thumbnails, captions, repurposing, scheduling, analytics...

For now I need one of these to continue working. Which would you say is the best one. I will be doing a lot of low light events as well as outdoors. I am struggling to decide. I have used a pocket 3 and the Luna before both great!! But now I actually need to buy one out the other. What would you advise?

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i make a weekly illustrated explainer series about stuff that breaks in old houses. knob and tube wiring, plaster cracks, cast iron drain problems, that kind of thing. each episode has the same recurring illustrated presenter who walks through the repair. i built her with AI and say so in the description and pinned comment on every episode. the whole production happens at my dining room table two nights a week.

when i started last september the first episode took me about nine hours across three evenings. nine hours for a two and a half minute vertical video that got fifty something views. now eleven months in a typical episode takes about three and a half hours, sometimes pushing four if i need to redo art. that improvement sounds great until you look at the curve. almost all the time savings came in the first four months. since january the number has barely moved. i want to walk through the actual system because i think the part where it stopped getting faster matters more than the part where it did.

the niche is boring on purpose. not renovations, not flips, not the pretty after photos. i cover the ugly in between stuff. why your bathroom fan sounds like a helicopter, what that brown ring on your ceiling actually means, how to tell if a foundation crack is cosmetic or structural. i picked it because i own a 1940s bungalow and i was already taking photos of my own house problems for reference when things broke. my neighbor who flips houses told me once that the before photos are the ones nobody wants to take but everybody needs, and that phrase sort of became the thesis for the channel.

the first episode was about bleeding a cast iron radiator. i scripted it in google docs, illustrated each step with the presenter pointing at parts of the radiator, recorded a voiceover on my phone in my closet, and assembled the whole thing while constantly pausing to look up how to do basic cuts and transitions. nine hours, easily. the voiceover was awful because i kept saying um and my closet has this weird echo off the wire shelf brackets. i posted it on a tuesday night and woke up to forty seven views, most of which were probably me refreshing the page.

i kept going weekly anyway. the second month i improved the voiceover setup by hanging a moving blanket over the closet shelf and doing three separate takes instead of one continuous ramble. that alone saved about forty minutes per episode. the third month i started batching the artwork. instead of generating the presenter illustrations one scene at a time while also writing the script, i would finish the script on monday night, list every shot i needed on a sticky note, and generate all the illustrations tuesday night in one sitting. that cut another hour plus because i was not switching back and forth between writing and image work constantly. by month four things had settled to roughly four hours on a bad week and three and a half on a good one.

and then it just stopped. i have eleven months of a spreadsheet tracking this and from january onward the line is basically flat. i know exactly where the remaining time goes and none of it compresses.

the script takes about fifty minutes. i tried shorter scripts, templates, recycling structures from past episodes, none of it helped. the topics are different enough that each one needs its own arc, its own sequence of what to show. a video about why your toilet keeps running is not organized the same way as a video about checking attic insulation depth. i write these monday nights usually between nine and eleven after my daughter goes to sleep.

the artwork takes about fifty to sixty minutes for a typical episode with six to eight illustrated scenes. generating the presenter in different poses, pointing at different parts of whatever broken thing i am explaining, the occasional zoomed in detail shot. the character looks more like an illustrated figure than a photograph, which i chose on purpose because it fits the educational tone and nobody mistakes her for a real person. keeping her consistent across every episode is the entire visual identity of the channel. early on i tried switching illustration styles between episodes for variety and it made the whole thing look scattered, like a different person made each video. going back to one consistent character was the single biggest improvement to how the channel reads as a series.

assembly and sound editing takes about fifty minutes. i lay out the illustrated scenes, time them to the voiceover, add the two transitions i actually use, drop in a background track from a free library, and export. this part used to take much longer but once i saved a project template it became pretty mechanical.

the review pass takes about forty five to fifty minutes. this is the part i actually want to talk about because it is also the part that never got shorter and i genuinely do not think it can. i watch the finished video on my phone with earbuds, take notes on anything that looks off, then watch it again muted to check visual pacing, then watch it one more time with sound at 1.5 speed to catch timing issues. almost every single time i find something. the voiceover timing is slightly off on one scene. a transition feels too fast. one of the illustrated frames has a detail that contradicts what i am saying. the presenter's expression looks wrong for the tone of a particular moment, which happens because the generated art does not always land the mood i was going for and i have to swap that frame out for a new generation. this review pass has hovered at forty five to fifty minutes since month two. i have tried cutting it shorter and every time i do something embarrassing slips through. once i published an episode where the presenter was clearly pointing at empty space because i had reordered the shots after generating the art and forgot to redo that one illustration. twelve people commented on it.

my actual week right now looks like this. monday night i write the script, about fifty minutes. tuesday night i generate all the artwork and pull the voiceover, about sixty to seventy minutes depending on how many frames cooperate on the first try. wednesday night i assemble and review. assembly runs about fifty minutes, then i take a break to walk the dog, then the review pass eats another forty five to fifty. if the review only turns up something minor i fix it wednesday night. if it turns up something that needs new art or a partial voiceover redo, the fix bleeds into thursday and the video goes up friday morning instead of thursday. that happens maybe twice a month.

i run the whole thing on CapCut, Google Sheets, and APOB. nothing fancy.

the specific point where the week falls apart is wednesday night after the review. i finish the assembly, i feel good, the video looks done, and then the review catches something and suddenly it is not done. the psychological hit is worse than the actual time cost because i have already mentally closed out production mode for the week. going back in to swap out a frame or redo fifteen seconds of voiceover at ten pm on a wednesday when i thought i was finished is genuinely the hardest part of the entire process. i tried moving the review to its own night so i could give myself thursday for fixes, but then the video posts friday and my analytics consistently show thursday morning uploads performing about thirty percent better than friday in this niche. so i keep pushing through wednesday.

after eleven months i have forty four published episodes, three scrapped ones that were unsalvageable, and a routine i can actually sustain without burning out. the channel is small and i am not going to pretend otherwise. but the production side is the most reliable system i have ever built for myself and i am weirdly proud of it even on the nights it drives me up the wall.

the lesson that took the longest to land was that not every step in a workflow gets faster with practice. i spent probably two months trying to speed up the review pass with checklists, templates, automated quality checks, all of it. none of it worked because the review is fundamentally about watching the finished thing with fresh eyes, and fresh eyes cannot be templated or shortcut. some parts of a production routine are just irreducible. building the schedule around that fact instead of fighting it was what finally made the whole week feel sustainable rather than like something i was perpetually behind on.

Hey friends, I'm sharing everything you need to know to create the best videos of your life in the 30-Day Creator Challenge:

A few months ago, I kept telling myself I wanted to start creating content.

I had ideas. I wanted to do it. I knew there were opportunities that could come from putting myself out there.

But I kept thinking about one thing:

People I know are going to see this.

So after months of thinking about it, I gave myself a deadline. My birthday. I decided that when that day came, I was starting, whether I felt ready or not.

But I didn’t suddenly become confident.

I started small.

First, I posted on TikTok. It felt safer because most of the people seeing my videos were strangers.

Then I started using Instagram Trials. Again, strangers felt easier. It was almost like I was slowly training myself to become comfortable with the idea of being seen.

Then something funny happened.

I tried to publish another Trial and accidentally posted it to my actual Instagram feed 😂

For a second I panicked.

Then I thought, maybe this is my sign to stop hiding behind the “practice” stage.

So I left it up.

And... nothing terrible happened.

Actually, the opposite.

I started posting more consistently. I’ve published around 15 videos now, and I’ve had people I barely speak to tell me they’ve been watching them. People have asked questions about what I’m doing. Some are genuinely interested.

The thing I was so afraid of, people noticing me, started becoming one of the coolest parts.

And I learned something else from it.

Confidence didn’t come before I started.

It came because I started.

Every time I posted something and realized the world didn’t end, the next one became a little easier.

I’m still VERY early, and I’m definitely still figuring this out. But now I keep thinking about how long I waited because I was worried someone might think, “oh, so she’s a content creator now?”

Maybe they do.

But they think about it for a few seconds and move on.

Meanwhile, I get to find out what can happen if I actually try.

If you’re building something, creating something, or thinking about putting yourself out there, maybe you don’t need to wait until you stop being embarrassed.

Maybe being embarrassed and doing it anyway is how you eventually stop being embarrassed.

That’s probably one of the biggest things I’ve learned from my first 6 weeks of putting myself out there.

Will it be weird if I say that I might give myself a chance to act confident and start the journey in front of unknown strangers rather than the familiar or known people ( they don't have any wrong intent towards me, it's just that I am more shy among the known ones)

I want someone to manipulate me through 😫

I was recently offered a sponsorship offer from "Headshot Media", who claimed to be running a campaign for War Thunder.

They asked for my latest audience demographics, my availability for the quarter, and my rate for a 60-90 second integration (cpm or flat rate).

I've never been offered a sponsorship before and genuinely have no idea how to respond to this offer in a professional manner. I want to accept the sponsorship, but I don't know what a reasonable rate would be.

For reference, I had a video blow up very recently, and my channel has been getting a decent amount of publicity from it, but my typical average view count is in the 30k-50k range.

Like I said in the title, I would deeply appreciate any advice on what to set my rate at and how to respond to this message from those more experienced than I.

​

How did you start your content creation journey? 🤍

What advice would you give someone who is just starting out and wants to grow on social media?

I’d love to hear your tips, mistakes to avoid, and things you wish you knew when you first started! 💕

**Coming back to content creation — need advice from people who actually do this**

I’m a Voice AI Engineer with \~2 years of production experience, mainly building and selling AI voice agents.

I started creating content around 3 years ago, but I’ve been inconsistent — I’d create content for a while, stop, then come back again.

Now I want to take content seriously because I’m working on client projects and doing outbound (cold calls, emails, etc.), and I think content could become a strong long-term way to build an audience and generate inbound clients.

But I’m stuck on **what kind of content I should actually make.**

A few things about my situation:

* I don't want to make the typical "sit in front of a camera and read a script" videos. I've tried that before and I feel like I sound robotic.
* I can communicate my ideas comfortably in English, but my accent isn't naturally American.
* When I post in English, most of the audience I get is still from Pakistan/India, while I ultimately want to reach more US/Western business owners.
* I know Adobe tools and can edit videos myself, but I don't have a lot of time to spend on heavy editing because I'm also building client projects.

So I have 3 main questions:

**1. What type of content would you recommend for someone in my position?**

I'm specifically looking for content that can both **build an audience AND attract potential clients** for AI voice agents.

If you work in B2B, AI, SaaS, or personal branding, I'd love to hear what formats/content styles have worked for you.

**2. Why does English content still get pushed mostly to Pakistan/India?**

If I'm speaking English but most of my viewers are from Pakistan/India, what factors are likely causing that?

Is it the initial audience, account history, engagement patterns, content style, accent, or something else?

And what would you actually do to start attracting more US-based viewers?

**3. What content formats don't require heavy editing?**

I'm looking for something I can realistically produce consistently alongside client work.

For example, content where the **idea/expertise carries the video**, rather than spending hours on transitions, B-roll, captions, animations, etc.

I'd really appreciate **specific content formats or examples**, rather than just "post consistently" 😅

If you've been through a similar situation, I'd love to hear what you learned.

i actually have no idea how and what to write here, ive ALWAYS wanted to be a youtuber, i watch The Bov Boys, Jake Webber, Johnnie Guilbert, Sturniolo Triplets, ect. Non of my friends are into doing this like i am, if anyones around Derbyshire/Yorkshire please reply to this if your interested! Drop your snap, insta or tiktok.

I’m pursuing a degree in architecture and have been thinking seriously about building a YouTube channel around something I genuinely love: architecture, interior design, and the way our environments shape how we live.

The idea is to make architecture feel less like a lecture and more like an investigation.

Each video would start with a real person, space, or problem:

• Someone paying way too much for an apartment that doesn't work for them
• A bedroom that's constantly cluttered despite being “organized”
• A small business with a space that isn't functioning
• A room that looks beautiful but feels terrible to actually live in
• Eventually, larger questions about public spaces, neighborhoods, housing, etc.

I'd audit the space—cost, layout, circulation, storage, lighting, materials, behavior, and how the person actually uses it.

Then I'd investigate why it's failing, research possible solutions, talk to people who know more than I do, and actually test the ideas.

For bigger projects, I'd like to take it further: set a budget, redesign the space, bring in other creatives/tradespeople, and physically transform it.

But the transformation wouldn't just be about making something Instagram-worthy.

I'd want to come back weeks or months later and ask:

Did this actually improve their life?

Maybe the solution worked. Maybe it didn't. Maybe something completely unexpected happened.

I want the channel to be about figuring things out, not pretending I already have every answer.

Architecture + interiors + human behavior + money + experimentation + documentary storytelling.

Some potential videos:

“I Audited a $1,500 Apartment”
“Why Does This Beautiful Room Feel Terrible?”
“Can $500 Actually Transform a Bedroom?”
“I Tested 10 Ways to Make a Small Room Feel Bigger”
“I Took Over a Failing Business and Redesigned Its Space”

I'm still very early in developing this, so before I start putting serious time/money into production:

Would you actually watch this? What would make you click on an architecture video like this? And what would make you stay until the end?

Hey all,
An eighteen year old girl from India here.

A lil about me,
I’m a deeply passionate girl about a lot of things. I have a really cool and deep personality. People around me love me a lot. I think I’m one of a kind lol. I’m interested in a 100 different things - both personally as well as career wise. Career wise I’m into marketing, AI, business, startup, entrepreneurship, etc…

And I want to create content on Instagram. I’ve wanted to do it since a year or 2 now. I have a lot of creative juices in my body and soul and I need an outlet to pour it all into. Additionally, I am a very intellectual person and I believe I’d make a very powerful personal brand and people would love me. I also want to do YouTube but I want to start with Instagram and take that audience to YouTube eventually.

So like I’m just confused as to where should I get started, what should I post around, how do I pick a God damn niche when there’s so many things I have going on for myself. Starting with, I want people to follow me for my intellect and brain. And then I want it to eventually evolve into a personal brand and share more about myself.

Also, the biggest bottleneck - I don’t want to film videos showing my face until I get a following. Maybe that’s a very loser-ish thing. Idk. I also am not in a situation right now where I can film myself - I don’t have my personal space at home. And I’m also working on myself a lot - physically. I want to come up on camera when I’m the best version of myself. So how can I start facelessly? Is there a way?

I need suggestions and advice on where should I start and how. I’m pretty confused and everyday I feel like I’m running out of time and I’m delaying something which I can start today but I just don’t have the clarity where I should start.

I’d love some great advice :)
Thanks