That's It, I'm Overhauling My Entire Strategy

YOUTUBE 📚 THE READING LIFE 📚 PATREON

📚 Hey! Time to win.

My YouTube upload consistency has been shameful, and I’ve been coming up short in a few other areas too, despite working very hard each day to finally crack the $10K/month barrier in my business.

I’ve never made any more than $5K in a single month, and I KNOW that I can scale way past that, but some things need to change.

Maybe this could help you too.

At the base of it, the problem is my systems, specifically my system for content creation, and my system for rest and recovery.

They both need work, especially if I’m going to step up and scale into unfamiliar business territory.

I’m trying to do everything every day from scratch, and that’s just the DUMBEST way to go about it.

I need to be batch-creating my content, something like this:

Monday: Script All My YouTube Videos

Tuesday: Record All My YouTube Videos

Wednesday: Work on Editing Videos / Outline Medium Articles

Thursday: Work on Editing Videos / Draft Medium Articles

Friday: Draft Weekly Book Breakdown

Saturday: Create All My Social Media Posts

Sunday: Wrap Up Everything / Get Set Up for Next Week

It’s a bit more complicated than that, and I’m not going to work 7 days a week forever - it’s just the business “season” I’m in right now.

How I’m doing it now is basically trying to script, record, and edit a YouTube video in the same day, AND publish some Medium articles from scratch, AND create social media posts…etc. MADNESS. Madness, pure and simple.

And of course my system for rest and recovery, which I won’t bore you with here. But that could be improved as well, and if you’re not the results you’re after, it’s probably got something to do with your systems, or lack thereof!

That’s not even including all the other stuff I do all day to maintain and grow my business, which is damn-near constant! I’m not complaining or anything - I’m just saying that there’s a better way to do it than throwing myself headlong into chaos each day, and that’s what I’m building now.

Hope that was helpful to you, too. Remember:

SYSTEMS…OVER…EVERYTHING!!!

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1. The YouTube Formula, by Derral Eves

2. Zero Resistance Living, by Dr. Maxwell Maltz

3. The Winner Effect, by Ian Robertson

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6. Retirement Money Secrets, by Steve Selengut

7. Three Feet from Gold, by Sharon L. Lechter and Dr. Greg Reid

Within My Direct Control:

Read 20 Books | 13 Books Left

Publish 8 New Time Mastery Videos | 8 Videos Left

Publish 31 YouTube Videos | 26 Videos Left

Publish 155 Medium Articles | 132 Articles Left

Completely Update My Social Media | Almost Finished

Completely Update My Patreon Page | Incomplete

Completely Update My Newsletter Platforms | Incomplete

Launch Affiliate Program for My Paid Community | Incomplete

Update 30 Patreon Book Notes | 30 Book Notes Left

Network with 500 New Authors | 403 Authors Left

Not Within My Direct Control:

Get Monetized on YouTube | 3,498 Watch Hours Left (12.5% Complete)

Negotiate 12 Newsletter Partnerships | 6 Partnerships Left

Organize 12 Instagram Collaborations | 10 Collaborations Left

Reach 118,000 Instagram Followers | 4,304 Followers Left

Reach 23,000 Threads Followers | 4,300 Followers Left

Reach 10,000 Twitter Followers | 2,267 Followers Left

Reach 4,000 Medium Followers | 2,059 Followers Left

Reach 2,000 Facebook Followers | 691 Followers Left

Reach 2,000 LinkedIn Followers | 1,169 Followers Left

Reach 10,000 YouTube Subscribers | 8,504 Subscribers Left

Reach 10,000 Reading Life Subscribers | 5,601 Subscribers Left

Reach 1,000 Competitive Advantage Subscribers | 459 Subscribers Left

Reach 50 Competitive Advantage Members | 12 Members Left

Reach 50 Patreon Supporters | 20 Supporters Left

Note: I’ll update follower counts once per week, since it’s such a waste of time to go through all of them every single night. Also, Threads annoyingly doesn’t give exact numbers. Oh well.

Read 7 New Books | 6 Books Left

Publish 2 New Time Mastery Videos | 2 Videos Left

Publish 7 YouTube Videos | 7 Videos Left

Publish 35 Medium Articles | 30 Articles Left

Upload New VSL for Skool Community | Editing Now

Upload Skool Community Testimonials | Gathering Now

Upload All Old Podcast Episodes | Almost Finished

Completely Update My Instagram Profile | Almost Finished

Completely Update My YouTube Profile | Almost Finished

Completely Update My Website | Almost Finished

Completely Update My Newsletter | Almost Finished

Completely Update My Patreon | Almost Finished

Update 15 Patreon Book Notes | 15 Book Notes Left

Network with 140 Authors | 110 Authors Left

Note: “Week Three” Runs From August 18th-24th

Woke Up: 12:00PM

Sleep Quality: 71%

Pages Read: 108

Workout: Shoulders + Arms

Went to the gym, but didn’t track my workout. I usually track it every time, but - and this is going to sound arrogant haha - but I was lifting even heavier weights than usual, just crushing it, so next time I’ll just go from the last shoulder workout I tracked, and if I don’t remember, I’ll add a few pounds to what I’ve got there. Excellent workout though! Felt great.

Work Completed:

Published 2x on Instagram

Posted 4x on Twitter

Posted 4x on Threads

Posted 3x on Facebook

Posted 3x on LinkedIn

Posted 1x to YouTube Community Tab

Published 1 YouTube Short

Published 1 Medium Article

Outlined 5 Medium Articles

Worked on Editing New YouTube Video

Worked on Updating My Various Platforms

Made Introductions to 5 New Authors

Sent The Reading Life Newsletter

Managed Paid Competitive Advantage Community

Completely Organized My Workflow for Tomorrow

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Today was wonderful in so many ways, and even though my systems DO need work, and I AM falling behind in a few key areas, I’m still making some excellent progress and BIG things are happening.

Now’s not the time to ease up, though. In the past, I’ve been bad for slowing down and tapering off my efforts when things start working, and I don’t want to do that again.

But hey, it’s 5:36AM here right now and I’m going to bed!

All the best,

Matt Karamazov

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