Can we gatekeep this please chat 🙏 forms.gle/vXvDZMkwrbxazp2z7

Ayyy lfg was nice to meet you my man

I hated working w one of my editing clients back in the day All because I didn’t say: “Hey I can’t do 3-day turnaround if you’re inconsistent” “Hey repurposing into a short is gonna be extra $100” “Hey I’d appreciate a 3-day notice before a new vid” Don’t be like me fr

Editors gets absolutely cooked by the parkinsons law “Work expands to fill the time available” I worked with an editor 1:1 and once he realized that $3k/month is $750 a week… Suddenly $300 vids started taking 3 days, not 7

I’m in Bali rn and here you always get your food delivered to you A few days ago, I spoke to a friend who’s been here for over a year and he loves it I said it kinda sucks that you have to meet the delivery guy every time and they can’t leave your food somewhere because of local dogs lol He said he lives on the 2nd floor so the delivery guy always leaves the food under his door That’s a silly example of a tiny thing that makes his daily experience slightly better But here’s the thing: Everything you do is made up of tiny things like that Editing, gym, whatever you do daily And these tiny things are UNCOPYABLE You can’t copy someone else’s editing workflow and expect it to make you faster You can’t copy someone else’s youtube video and expect it to perform well You can’t copy someone else’s business in a different niche and expect to make a bunch of money Been thinking a lot about this recently because every time I speak to someone I look up to I realize they figured out an approach that works for specifically for them

I was at $500 two years in as well Rooting for you bro 👊

You gotta make your editing repeatable I spoke to a business owner yesterday who always needs editors for his $20k clients: “My clients are posting 2-3x a week. The editor HAS to turnaround in 48h They gotta systemize their workflow or otherwise they’re screwed”

Do I start a daily tweet challenge while getting my steps in? Treadmill is goated when you have shit to do on your phone But sometimes getting back to messages is too jarring yk

Woah it’s crazy that this tweet is at almost 1k likes… An editor figured out how to automate repetitive non-creative tasks in his workflow, And everyone’s hating because they’re so insecure about their skill set… Funnily enough they’re the ones who’ll get replaced by AI 😂

I keep getting DMs like this from editors who follow @vfxmalice Sayeef doesn’t respond in the DMs so I’ll tweet it out: I’ve been in the editing lair (Sayeef’s program) 3 years ago, and we haven’t spoken since So no, I can’t tell you “how it is” 😂

editors don't pay NEARLY enough attention to: broll selection (a.k.a which part of which clip you use) makes such a huge difference to viewer experience (since viewers actually pay attention to what's happening on screen)

making your editing client look smart is underrated

appreciate all the love recently guys 🫶

Lfg Zakirrr 🚀🚀