'I should hit 6 figures, total, by Thanksgiving': A gamer's online side hustle becomes a booming business. (via Grow_mag)
The trailers were 60-second videos that could feature an intro from the streamer and clips from their favorite streaming moments. "That way, the viewer has a really good idea of who they are as a streamer," she says. In April she created a Fiverr gig offering to edit people's Twitch trailers, and "that really jump started" the business, she says.
Another component of Fiverr that Herring started to take advantage of was buyer requests, or advertisements from businesses and individuals in search of freelancers for particular projects. "This is how I got some of my first clients" for video editing, she says. "I have a client that I found at buyer requests that I still work with a year and a half later."
She spent about 1 to 2 hours a week combing through buyer requests to see if there was anything she was qualified for and could do. "I think that I got equal traction," she says, from adding video editing gigs to her page and responding to buyer requests.including general video editing gigs for $50 to $150, Twitch trailer gigs for $20 to $45, and even some voiceover gigs for $20. She has edited a variety of videos.
In July, her family moved to Orlando. "Moving to Florida was always my dream," she says. "I am a big Disney nerd, like, big Disney nerd, and I could never go as a kid ever. We couldn't afford it." Now, thanks to her growing business, she can.More from Grow:
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