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Business Strategy and Operations of a YouTube Shorts Freelance Business

Business Model & Operations

The entrepreneur manages a large-scale YouTube Shorts operation with approximately 60 active channels/accounts spanning YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram Threads. The business operates like a “shorts factory”, heavily relying on freelancers for video production. This setup allows the founder to focus on operations, strategy, and channel management.

Key operational details include:

6 freelancers produce between 1 to 5 videos daily, covering all channels.
Communication with freelancers is primarily through KakaoTalk.
Freelancers are hired via popular Korean job platforms such as Albamoon, Job Korea, and Alba Heaven.
To manage scale and mitigate risk, only 2-3 channels are linked per phone. The business uses multiple inexpensive or used phones to avoid mass channel deletion risks.
As the business expanded, an employee was hired to assist with operations and freelancer coordination.

Content Strategy & Channel Growth

The founder emphasizes a data-driven approach over intuition, utilizing tools like Playboard to analyze trending content, subscriber rankings, and video popularity by category.

The content strategy involves:

Testing many channels and formats.
Identifying top-performing channels.
Pruning underperforming channels.
Doubling down on successful content.

Initial content focus includes:

“Ranking” style videos and healing/relaxation content, chosen for:
- Low production difficulty.
- Quick turnaround times (15-60 minutes).
- Low risk of violating YouTube guidelines.

Content creation workflow:

Scraping scripts using Google extensions.
Rewriting scripts with GPT for uniqueness.
Using AI voice tools (Typecast) for narration.
Sourcing background footage mainly from Douyin (Chinese TikTok).

The founder highlights the importance of developing an “eye” for good video content by watching many channels and following proven successful templates.

Systems & Tools for Scale

To manage the operation efficiently, detailed Excel sheets are maintained to track:

Channel login information, passwords, and AdSense connections.
Video upload dates, editors, video titles, and sources provided to freelancers.
Daily revenue per channel, freelancer costs, and net profit.

This system enables quick identification of:

High-performing channels worth scaling.
Channels to prune or pivot.
Profitability and operational efficiency metrics.

Additional operational details:

Use of foreign currency accounts for AdSense earnings.
Tracking of TikTok and Instagram revenue streams.

Example KPIs:

Total profit of about 150 million KRW (~$120K USD).
Recent shopping category channel profits around 1.9 million KRW.
TikTok shopping revenue of about 2.7 million KRW.

Hiring & Freelancer Management

Hiring freelancers presents challenges due to skill mismatches and expectations. The founder’s approach includes:

Keeping job ads minimal and appealing, emphasizing immediate pay and flexibility.
Training freelancers to handle basic editing and video production with clear instructions.
Focusing on operational management and strategic guidance rather than hands-on video editing.

Growth & Scaling

Plans for growth include:

Increasing the number of channels to test more categories and discover new winners.
Hiring more employees beyond the current one as the operation grows beyond a “factory” scale.
Pruning and pivoting channels based on data trends to ensure sustainable growth.

The founder believes the YouTube Shorts business remains a “blue ocean” with vast opportunities, despite perceptions of market saturation.

Entrepreneurial Insights & Recommendations

Success requires persistence and continuous experimentation; many quit too early.
The business model suits individuals who:
- Have creative ideas but lack video editing skills.
- Want a systematic, efficient business model.
- Seek to secure more free time through delegation.
The business has low startup costs and minimal financial risk, making it accessible.
Encouragement: “It’s not too late to start; the market is still very open.”

Frameworks and Processes Highlighted

Data-driven channel management: Using Excel dashboards to track revenue, costs, and channel health.
Freelancer delegation model: Outsourcing time-intensive video production, focusing on operations and strategy.
Content testing and pruning: Launch many channels, identify winners, prune losers.
Content research framework: Use tools like Playboard to analyze trending content and replicate proven formats.
Video production workflow: Script scraping → GPT rewriting → AI voice narration → sourcing footage → freelancer editing.

Key Metrics & KPIs

60+ active channels/accounts.
6 freelancers producing 1-5 videos daily.
Total profit approximately 150 million KRW (~$120K USD).
Shopping category revenue around 1.9 million KRW.
TikTok shopping revenue about 2.7 million KRW.
Cost of used phones: ~100,000-150,000 KRW per phone setup.
Operational focus on daily revenue per channel, freelancer costs, and net profit.

Presenters / Sources

Interviewee: Eunggeonju (CEO and founder of the YouTube Shorts business).
Interviewer: Unnamed host conducting the discussion and walkthrough.

This video offers a practical, scalable playbook for running a multi-channel YouTube Shorts business with freelancers, emphasizing data-driven management, operational systems, and iterative content testing for sustainable profit growth.