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No click-baiting. Straight to the point. I am grateful to Chris for always providing these kind of videos for free.

@thefutur

3 ай бұрын

Thank you

@kmgirouxflips824

Ай бұрын

For real, I love the way this guy thinks. He breaks things down to their simplest form

"God is a designer" Amen, how true it is!

@DeKombobulator

3 ай бұрын

A great designer of dead things ... Maybe you haven't noticed but everything drops dead after a while

@pijnacker01

3 ай бұрын

@@DeKombobulator through the sacrifice of his only begotten son, we have life. Any designer wants only the best for his creation. Our creator as well. Death was not in the original code, so to speak, but it entered via a Trojan horse. It will be defeated. Peace be with you 🙏

@DeKombobulator

3 ай бұрын

@@pijnacker01 suns, planets, stars far away,grass, trees .lizards...all die....got nothing to do with Jesus committing suicide on a piece of wood... ✌️

@pijnacker01

2 ай бұрын

@@DeKombobulator I understand the worldly view. That is logical. E=MC2 'energy can neither be created nor destroyed; it can only be converted from one form to another.' Yet. someone created it. We will all get 'converted' it's just being preemptive when choosing Jesus.

@DeKombobulator

2 ай бұрын

@@pijnacker01 Jesus is not the creator... I don't think it's a good idea to rely on some character from a Jew story that committed suicide to be your "god". Id prefer someone or something with a bit more talent... ✌️

Chris really nailed it with the passive income strategies, especially the part about leveraging digital products. For entrepreneurs looking to apply this, remember that creating evergreen content around your digital products can significantly boost passive sales, as it continues to attract and educate potential customers over time without additional effort.

🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: 00:00 💡 *Diversifying Income Sources* - Discusses the importance of having alternative income streams as a safety net in business. - Warns about the risks of relying on a single revenue source due to potential client loss, industry changes, or disruptive technologies. 02:03 📈 *Evaluating Business Growth and Decision Making* - Explores the decision-making process when an alternative business reaches substantial revenue. - Highlights the power of choice between focusing on new or existing business ventures. 02:30 💰 *Trading Time for Money vs. Money for More Money* - Discusses the common practice of trading time for money and introduces the concept of investing money to generate more money. - Examples include investing in stocks or real estate as means to grow wealth without direct labor. 06:01 🔄 *Reinvesting Surplus Money and Buying Back Time* - Focuses on making surplus money to buy back personal time, hiring others to perform tasks previously done by oneself. - Mentions practical steps and examples in a video business context, like hiring a video editor to save time and increase productivity. 08:37 💼 *Valuing Your Work vs. Standard Wage Jobs* - The discussion establishes the importance of pricing one's freelance work reasonably above standard retail or service jobs, like Starbucks, to ensure the work is financially worth the effort. - It emphasizes honesty in self-evaluation of earnings and the necessity to charge appropriately for one's services. 09:19 🎯 *Setting Financial Goals for Freelance Work* - Outlines the process of determining a daily earning goal that aligns with living expenses and ensuring freelance work meets or exceeds this goal. - Suggests setting clear financial targets for each project to justify the time and effort invested compared to conventional employment. 10:29 📊 *Market Rates and Outsourcing* - Provides an overview of average daily rates for professional editors in a specific market (Los Angeles) and uses this as a foundation to discuss outsourcing work. - Encourages the hiring of professionals to save personal time and increase productivity, using the spread between personal rates and market rates as a decision driver. 12:06 ⏳ *Buying Back Time with Money* - Explores the concept of using one's earnings to purchase time, essentially outsourcing tasks that one could do but might not be the best use of their time. - Highlights the critical shift from being a sole service provider to managing an agency model, focusing on delegating to competent professionals to leverage time more effectively. 13:41 🚀 *Transition from Freelancer to Entrepreneur* - Discusses the identity and mindset shift required for freelancers to evolve into business owners or agency operators. - Stresses the importance of moving from hands-on work to connecting buyers and makers, highlighting the role of an agency as a middleman that adds value by matching clients with service providers. 16:14 🌱 *Developing and Managing Talent for Growth* - Discusses the importance of identifying talented individuals and guiding them through mentorship and direct involvement in projects. - Highlights the process of gradually escalating responsibilities from shadowing to full-time employment, based on their performance and compatibility with the company's culture. 17:25 📈 *Promoting Leadership Within the Team* - Explains the strategy of appointing a team member to a leadership role to manage others, which is determined by their initiative, professionalism, and communication skills. - Focuses on maintaining a standard of quality and style through effective project management by newly appointed leaders. 18:20 🔄 *Identifying Essential Roles and Outsourcing* - Discusses specializing in key business functions such as lead generation, sales, and strategic planning while potentially outsourcing other roles. - Raises the possibility of shifting roles within the company so that those with production skills can focus on what they excel at, while someone else handles business operations. 19:43 🔍 *Evaluating the True Value in a Creative Service Business* - Addresses the reality that in service-oriented businesses, the true value lies in relationships rather than the brand or the company structure itself. - Illustrates this point through a story where a professional leaves a company, and the majority of clients follow, highlighting the importance of personal connections over corporate branding. 23:23 🛡️ *Safeguarding Business Interests* - Discusses the importance of protecting the business by implementing legal agreements such as non-disclosure, non-compete, and non-poaching clauses, especially when planning for staff to take on roles with significant client interaction. - Acknowledges the potential risks involved in this setup, including the possibility of losing clients if a key staff member leaves the company. 24:49 ⚖️ *Legal Challenges in Creative Businesses* - Discusses the difficulties and reliance on legal documents in maintaining client relations and safeguarding business interests when staff leaves. - Emphasizes the nature of creative businesses which are not primarily legal entities, hence the complexity in relying solely on non-solicitation clauses and the like. 25:30 🌐 *Building a Database of Freelancers* - Highlights the importance of building a diverse talent pool to ensure project needs are met, thus moving beyond reliance on a few individuals. - Suggests creating profiles for freelancers detailing their skills, cost, specialties, and availability for better project alignment. 26:42 📈 *Transitioning to a Product-Based Model* - Discusses the shift from a service-based model to creating a product or alternative income streams, such as content creation on KZread. - Encourages exploring passive income avenues and understanding the dynamics of online revenue generation through content views. 30:42 💸 *Exploring Affiliate Marketing* - Explores affiliate marketing as a lucrative alternative channel of revenue. - Details how affiliate commissions work, including cookie technology's role in tracking sales and earning potential from promoting products or services. 32:49 🚀 *Broadening Revenue Streams* - Introduces the concept of leveraging content creation beyond KZread to incorporate blogs for SEO and affiliate marketing purposes. - Emphasizes the strategy of using multi-platform content to drive audience engagement and generate income through various channels. 33:43 📈 *Leveraging SEO for Affiliate Marketing* - Discusses the effectiveness of consistent, quality SEO content for achieving high Google rankings. - Explains how this visibility can lead to increasing affiliate marketing earnings over time. 35:07 💡 *Maximizing Affiliate Marketing with Sponsorships* - Highlights a strategy to double-dip earnings by securing sponsorships in addition to affiliate marketing. - Encourages promoting only products you genuinely use and believe in to maintain consumer trust. 36:59 🌐 *Broadening Content Strategy Beyond KZread* - Explores enhancing SEO through diversifying content platforms, particularly focusing on websites and blogs. - Suggests using AI transcription services to efficiently convert video content to text for blogs, increasing accessibility and SEO performance. 38:37 🚀 *Building Relationships with Brands* - Discusses leveraging affiliate marketing success to establish direct partnerships with brands. - Suggests using proof of affiliate marketing success as leverage to secure sponsorship deals and potentially other collaborative opportunities. 39:20 💬 *Establishing Authority through Speaking Engagements* - Describes how solving business problems with creativity can lead to invitations to speak at events, establishing authority in your niche. - Introduces the 'stage effect' to explain how public speaking enhances personal brand attractiveness and leads to further professional opportunities. 42:15 🎓 *Leveraging Expertise for Consulting and Coaching* - Discusses how your expertise can solve problems for others, through one-on-one coaching or group sessions. - Introduces the concept that consulting typically commands a higher rate than coaching. 44:05 📚 *Documenting Insights for Authority and Product Creation* - Emphasizes the importance of documenting insights through writing, such as eBooks or white papers, to establish authority. - The process of documentation can lead to the creation of digital or physical products based on the documented expertise. 45:56 📈 *Product Creation and Offering Courses* - Highlights the transition from consulting to creating courses as a way to scale knowledge. - Courses can serve as a more affordable option for clients who cannot afford consulting rates, effectively packaging expertise. 48:00 🔄 *Utilizing Created Assets for Multiple Revenue Streams* - Discusses how every created asset, such as a document or tool, can act as a lead magnet and create multiple revenue streams. 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Everyone starting a business needs to listen to this. I've been in business since 1992 and there is a lot of value in this video. Thanks Chris.

@thefutur

3 ай бұрын

Thank you

These 52 minutes flew by and opened my mind about income possibilities BIG time.

I feel like Chris just drew out the entire business plan for The Futur. Thanks for the free info Mr. Do. You just earned a subscriber/Adsense ad viewer

@thefutur

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the sub! Welcome to the Futur

I love the direction the futur is going on

you know its worth it when you can seat and watch a whole video ( not skip the ads ) and gain so much knowledge from the master himself

I did this years ago and forgot about it since I wasn't serious about affiliate marketing, blog posting, and KZread content creation, yet I earned $10 today without even promoting my website, KZread, and the like. Time to get committed to this model; thanks, Futur!

As a mental health therapist, these videos help me so much. Helped me make the decisions I often struggled to make. Thank you!

You could invest in stocks, start a side business, or focus on advancing your career. It's important to set goals and make a plan. Remember, wealth can mean different things to different people, One thing i can say that helped me in life to reach my first million was starting early, i got curious and informed i became open to passive income, investments in equities , etfs and the likes. also sought help to handle my portfolio which was my foundation. i'm ever grateful to Anna Rounds Fay my FA.

@Morgansta

2 ай бұрын

That’s some good values. sounds like you got something going for you

@LucyMcCauley

2 ай бұрын

Did a quick search and found her webpage. I must say her resume is pretty impressive. will be writing her.

@meredithelbert6608

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the tip mister, i also reached out to her through her web and her responses were articulated. I'm more confident working with her now

@morindavis7756

2 ай бұрын

Appreciate this recommendation, hopefully I can get some insight to where the market is headed and strategies to beat the downtrend with when I hear back from Anna

Thank you The Futur 💫

bookmarked this and save it . If something bad happen tomorrow, at least we have good lecture and insight for rebuild our way . Thanks a lot @futur and especially you Chris . You`re the man !!!

Okay so im at 16:27 and Im staring at the agency plan I have on my wall and you're LITERALLY describing what I have planned once I have the capital to do so! It feels amazing to have a confirmation that I'm on the proper path! Love this!

This is an incredible espisode jam packed with high value contents. Thanks you Chris for sharing. Gonna rewatch it again!

Thank you so much Chris Do

Chris you guys are crushing it with all this content!!

Plethora of gold nuggets here. Thanks Chris!

That was insane!! I’m not a creative but the income options and business strategies look pretty good.

This is an entire blueprint from solopreneurship to business ownership succinctly presented in less than an hour. Lots of ideas are percolating now in my mind, I am inspired and fired up. Thank you!

@thefutur

Ай бұрын

Glad to hear. Take the next step

Incredible insight and takeaways that can be immediately actioned upon. Thank you Chris 🙏

I was worried this was going to be a super basic "investing 101" video at the start and then it turned into an absolute masterclass. Thank you for this video!

100% facts I’ve been business since 95 and I’ve always said I’m in the business of selling myself first

Really interesting story about the risk of hiring business leaders instead of creators, and how relationships are more powerful than brand in service-driven businesses. Super valuable insight

Fantastic presentation. Doing this with a “Creatives” POV is unique and much needed. More please! 🎉🎉🎉

Honestly such an incredible coaching session! Can't wait to apply everything that I learned. Thanks, Chris!

@thefutur

3 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

thank you for the time stamp 12:50 .. exactly what i needed to hear!!!!

Watched 14 minutes of it , and I’m into that. Gonna restart it with my wife .

@thefutur

3 ай бұрын

family that learns together, earns together.

Thank you, Chris. Great content, I’m extremely grateful.

THIS IS THE FUTUR. Always a insightful session from Chris. LET'S GO.

@thefutur

3 ай бұрын

Thank you

Love the content!!! So grateful to put it together & make it available to us!

Chris Do is the man!!!!

Not to throw a monkey wrench into your plans but too often many small businesses promote the best worker to management and they fail. You have to realize that management and being a rockstar worker are completely different skillsets. This can easily become an issue with resentment and falling productivity for the group.

Outstanding value as usual!!

This was great! Very informative!

Chris, this is awesome. Love the view of the guys at the desk, feels like a bank heist planning scene haha

SO valuable... Thank you brother 🙏🏻

Fantastic info. Thank you!!

I dig the style of your presentation! Remember being at a show at LA convention, and you present live the exact same way. Awesome to see the transition from Blind Studios to The futur over the years. Cheers from one fellow Viet to another!

@thefutur

3 ай бұрын

I appreciate that!

The concept of building a company that generates revenue for you, independent of the day-to-day grind, is like planting seeds for a financial garden.

Gold, just gold. I have several of these in place and in the pipeline after this video, I am definitely doubling down. Thank you Chris!

@thefutur

3 ай бұрын

Right on!

I love these sessions!! ❤ So much to take away from this and so fun too. Learning tons.

What an amazing video! So much value! Thank you, Chris.

This video just blew my mind!

I love this!!!! I wish I heard this back in 2019/2020 when I took my Trucking company independent! Great info! New subbie! Thanks so much

@thefutur

3 ай бұрын

Welcome to the Futur.

Hey Chris, Have me hooked from a few videos I've come across on uTube. My mindset is shifting for certain (SA, Durban) Thank you for keeping “real” in this crazy world. God knows our journeys for certain.

@thefutur

3 ай бұрын

Welcome aboard!

One of the best videos to start up

Wallahi this is pure gold.

Subscribed, liked and commented. Your Video offers a lot of value and I appreciate very much your work. Thank you!

This whole video made me make my own illustration of passive income from Chris’s white board. but just to keep things simple, in order to buy more time it would be better to slip “connections” in the equation aswell, in order to leverage your business and get dat extra time, when you grow you need skilled people who you can trust to deal your issues and also they can trust you so that way there would be a win-win. I’m still learning alot from you and other finance/business channels so thank you🙏🙏🙏

Mountains of value, as always. Thank you so much, Chris. 💙

@thefutur

3 ай бұрын

My pleasure!

I clicked on this video because of the title and got waaaaaaay more in value. This incredibly good.

@thefutur

2 ай бұрын

Glad to hear.

Amazing.. learning is effortless when presented by the right teacher.. i subscribed immediately🙏

Came across your materials recently, have been close to online marketing for a long time. Thank you for your enthusiasm and helping me revisit many ideas.

@thefutur

20 күн бұрын

Glad you found us.

This is an unreal amount of quality valuable information. And so clear too. Thank you!

Something I like about Chris Do is that he teach us and show that a designer can also have sales skills and not just do design. Making it possible to increase how much we can get for our services and products. Sadly in my country, Portugal, Design isn't seen as something serious ike enginnering. Getting a decent job and salary in this field is very hard for now. Hopefully it will change.

@thefutur

3 ай бұрын

We have the same challenges here.

@rhizomorph-music

3 ай бұрын

It's serious, but it isn't as serious as engineering. If an engineer screws up, maybe a bridge collapses and people die. If a graphic designer fails, then... you get a bad illustration?

Second time listening to this. Time for notes!

Waw always value. It is really pleasure to reading you vidéo because you take the times to explain more and well. Iam francophone but i try my best to liseen it on english. I like it.

Thank you so much for what you have shared it's amazing, speechless.

I need to watch this a few more times. Thank you for the value!

@thefutur

3 ай бұрын

You're so welcome!

Love your videos, so much value

thx for the content - it helps me to get better as a maker

On the real bro. Your the man with this info. God bless.

You're giving the high quality content straight to the facts. This have helped me wrap my thoughts around a lot of info I've been consuming and executing. Now I'm able to discern better from different perspectives and I found yours straight to the core.

Goodness DOPE USEful Amazing info TY 💯💯🦈

Incredibly valuable content. Thank you!

@thefutur

3 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Finally, someone explained the whole creator economy and one person business models in an easy and digestible way! Thank you as always Chris and the Futur!

@thefutur

3 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Thank you sooo muchhh

Can’t wait for future me to reference what this video has done for my career 📓

I also want to thank you for your high value content. I find myself watching so many of your videos because you are consistent in bringing value and you seem to come from a very beautiful place of serving.

@thefutur

3 ай бұрын

I appreciate that!

amazing video very helpful 👍🙏

Great content Chris

Awesome information.

Thank you Chris, I’m an agency owner and this is a great reminder !

@thefutur

3 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Great video!

Love you! You are my designer coach!!! ❤

@thefutur

2 ай бұрын

Wow, thank you!

Chris Do making us smarter again!!!!!! Love his content so much

@thefutur

3 ай бұрын

Thank you

Great session and looking forward to DOCUMENTING and putting myself in the hotseat soon!

@thefutur

3 ай бұрын

Have fun!

Great work as always bro

Hey Chris, your information is always super valuable. Thank you very much for all the effort you put in to put this info out into the world!

@thefutur

3 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

woah, I have learned so much from this. Thank you Chris for putting some real values out there. It will be a total waste if I don't apply these techniques. Currently, I'm a solopreneur and have been stopping myself from taking the path of being an Entrepreneur because of that risk factor. But now I think and feel I can.

Wow, this is so cogent. What an amazing flow from basics to high level productivity thinking. What a master class. I will definitely be rewatching over morning coffee tomorrow!!!

@thefutur

2 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Another great one, commenting to show support!

@thefutur

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the visit

I'm not sure if I like business (hopefully I do because I want to make a lot of money) but I think this is very interesting.

With the end of non-compete agreements, confidentiality agreements should be added to the list.

Have a sip and Thuy Minh brought me here🥰🥰

@thefutur

2 ай бұрын

Hello

To me passive income meets the legal standard of both unearned income and not substantional gainful activity under the law.

Absolutely brilliant session, Chris! Was glued from start to finish. Need to now focus on executing this in my business. Thank you!

@thefutur

3 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

perfect timing for my late-night lunch.

Regarding "you're leaving and taking clients with you," we usually have an NDA that prevents such behaviour. In such a situation, you can pay a fine or wait (up to one year) ...but no client will wait that long for you, no matter how good you are.

@ezioauditore5616

14 күн бұрын

how the company will know that the client went with you?

Chris, this is gold! It's amazing how creative you can be with your bizz when you zoom out and see the bigger picture. And then you can zoom in on each part to find patterns, and create processes and templates to make them automatic or semi-automatic (guess my engineering degree wasn't a waste of time 😂) Thank you!

@thefutur

2 ай бұрын

Haha. Thank you

Alot of good info here 👐 ty 😊

@thefutur

3 ай бұрын

You are so welcome

Let’s see how to make this work in South America, already thinking of some ideas after watching your videos

Sometimes I just feel like I know nothing after watching these videos. I am in my 50s - and want to know how you learned most of know your knowledge? Without saying "all of it", where did you learn so much, books, working experience, school? Thanks!

@thefutur

3 ай бұрын

David, thank you for asking this question. I've had the benefit of a few things happening in my life which have really helped me grow. 1. starting a business in 1995 (in my early 20s). lots of real world experience working as a director/designer in advertising. 2. hiring a business coach (13+ years) in the early 2000s 3. Teaching at ArtCenter/Otis for 15+ years 4. Producing content since 2014 5. Reading a ton of books 6. Interviewing thought leaders on my Podcast 7. Being crazy curious and observing things

After watching this video I feel like I owe Chris money!? Dis is sooo dope!!

@thefutur

3 ай бұрын

Share this video. That’s the payment

@Kelvinapplegate

3 ай бұрын

@@thefutur absolutely!

The amount of value in this video is insane. Appreciate this man

@thefutur

2 ай бұрын

You’re very welcome

Just to build on some information in the video (which is great by the way). The reason a stock goes up over the long term is based on its opportunity for growth and generating additional revenue. Over the short term (1-12 months roughly, but sometimes longer) the stock market is a voting machine. Generally the reason a stock goes up and down over the long term is based on the financial health and prospects of the business itself. So this is why tech stocks are volatile. It is easier for them to take advantage of new opportunities due to there being low barriers to enter new markets and such. I'm studied this personally and it made a huge difference to my investments and returns since making this shift in my strategies, so hopefully this can help others to invest better in future too.

i was supposed to be binge watching movies right now and now i see how this time turned out to be more than 2hrs of watching and trying to not down. Thank you Chris and team

@thefutur

3 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching MbonisiM