Episode 30
How To Utilize Diverse Channels Of Passive Income As A Content Creator - w/ Yudi
In this episode, featured not-expert is Pritesh Jagani. Known more commonly as Yudi J online, Pritesh has built and grown his youtube channel to over 280k subscribers - leveraging his knowhow and lived experience to share amazing insights on how to succeed in the US during and after getting your Masters degree .
First moves to steal
- Utilize Diverse Channels Of Passive Income As A Content Creator - w/ Yudi
- Known more commonly as Yudi J online, Pritesh has built and grown his youtube channel to over 280k subscribers - leveraging his knowhow and lived experience to share amazing insights on how to succeed in the US during and after getting your Masters degree .
- Yudi J shares the exact blueprint he followed to amass such a huge following - covering not just the highs but also the lows that are part of the journey but that not nearly enough creators talk about.
- We go over the importance of being authentic and consistent, essential steps creators must take to prevent stagnating and continue to accelerate their growth, and specific tools, methodologies and gameplans to scale your creator journey to finally achieve financial stability.
- Indeed, the part where Yudi talks about how much therapy helped him in times his mental health was taking a hit due to content creation is a stark reminder that even the very best need to take necessary steps to look after themselves - and it is a sign of strength and not weakness to do so.
- Resources: https://www.linkedin.com/in/priteshjagani/ https://kit.com/ https://www.beehiiv.com/ kajabi.com podia.com Timestamps: (00:00) Background + Introduction(02:47) Where does Yudi J come from?(04:36) Why did Yudi start making content?(09:16) Kickstarting creator journey on YouTube and finding a niche(12:05) Road to first 1000 subscribers(14:39) Dealing with “subscriber cycles” - THIS PART IS CRAZY(17:16) Study abroad creator to vlogger pipeline (cringe)(19:07) On (almost) giving up - therapy helps…(21:11) Stigma around therapy(22:29) Impact of meetups and personal interactions(24:15) Planning and logistics for “fan” meet-ups(25:57) Monetization woes on F1 visa (yes, it’s illegal)(27:19) Building a runway for financial stability(30:44) Baby Yudi(32:21) Does a strong online presence help with getting a job?(33:33) On launching courses as a means of passive income sources(36:24) Tools/websites for hosting courses(38:05) Why do ALL creators have newsletters?(41:43) Affiliate marketing(42:04) When should creators consider hiring a team?(46:04) Balancing revenue and investments as a mid-tier creator(48:13) Funneling views from Instagram reels to YouTube(50:17) Is the study abroad creator space saturated?(53:14) Yudi J’s YouTube creator inspirations(55:02) On Harnoor Singh(56:15) Outro + Gratitude
Transcript-backed moments
A few lines worth stealing before you hand over the full hour.
they will discover me they'll watch me they come here gone now I have to find a they come here gone now I have to find a new audience so is it true that if somebody is on their F1 Visa they're not
somebody is on their F1 Visa they're not supposed to monetize their YouTube channel somebody told me that they got low gr score and they could not get admitt because their consultancies is
admitt because their consultancies is saying that you will not get an Adit and saying that you will not get an Adit and that fired me up you from CH from a that fired me up you from CH from a Mumbai lower middle class family and you
Mumbai lower middle class family and you are now living an American Dream I wanted to become an actor when I was in wanted to become an actor when I was in 10th Grade do you think the
10th Grade do you think the international student Creator space is saturated I suffer through imposter syndrome a lot and I go through sell out syndrome a lot and I go through sell out and I'm actually doing therapy for that
Show notes
In this episode, featured not-expert is Pritesh Jagani. Known more commonly as Yudi J online, Pritesh has built and grown his youtube channel to over 280k subscribers - leveraging his knowhow and lived experience to share amazing insights on how to succeed in the US during and after getting your Masters degree .
Yudi J shares the exact blueprint he followed to amass such a huge following - covering not just the highs but also the lows that are part of the journey but that not nearly enough creators talk about. We go over the importance of being authentic and consistent, essential steps creators must take to prevent stagnating and continue to accelerate their growth, and specific tools, methodologies and gameplans to scale your creator journey to finally achieve financial stability. Indeed, the part where Yudi talks about how much therapy helped him in times his mental health was taking a hit due to content creation is a stark reminder that even the very best need to take necessary steps to look after themselves - and it is a sign of strength and not weakness to do so.
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Resources:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/priteshjagani/
https://kit.com/
https://www.beehiiv.com/
kajabi.com
podia.com
Timestamps:
(00:00) Background + Introduction(02:47) Where does Yudi J come from?(04:36) Why did Yudi start making content?(09:16) Kickstarting creator journey on YouTube and finding a niche(12:05) Road to first 1000 subscribers(14:39) Dealing with “subscriber cycles” - THIS PART IS CRAZY(17:16) Study abroad creator to vlogger pipeline (cringe)(19:07) On (almost) giving up - therapy helps…(21:11) Stigma around therapy(22:29) Impact of meetups and personal interactions(24:15) Planning and logistics for “fan” meet-ups(25:57) Monetization woes on F1 visa (yes, it’s illegal)(27:19) Building a runway for financial stability(30:44) Baby Yudi(32:21) Does a strong online presence help with getting a job?(33:33) On launching courses as a means of passive income sources(36:24) Tools/websites for hosting courses(38:05) Why do ALL creators have newsletters?(41:43) Affiliate marketing(42:04) When should creators consider hiring a team?(46:04) Balancing revenue and investments as a mid-tier creator(48:13) Funneling views from Instagram reels to YouTube(50:17) Is the study abroad creator space saturated?(53:14) Yudi J’s YouTube creator inspirations(55:02) On Harnoor Singh(56:15) Outro + Gratitude