Pivoted - It worked and I just made an additional $15K

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So last year I was focused on a youtube channel and I developed tools to help creators find their niche and develop their channel and it featured AI integration to tailor the tool to the individual. It went NO WHERE. I had made videos about the concept, and created a free software tool with paid add on featuers. There simply did not seem to be an audiance for the tools I was making.

Now, this at first sound unrelated but it ties in... At the same time 5 seperate people asked me for help with something I had done in the past while I worked as a pilot. That is to develop a safety managment system for their company. The thing is, to do that you really need to know the individual company well.

So then I descided, what if I adapted my tool I made for YouTubers, but instead made a tool that asked aviation companies questions about their operation and helped them develop and run their own safety management system. There is a new deadline that requires a whole bunch of small aviations companies to have something by May 2027.

So I became super focused, I set up a formal company (FlyWise SMS), got my first client (who pays monthy for the service) and he was so pleased with what I provided that his company just asked me to help with another related task for an additional $15K. And I am getting other interest as well from other companies now.

FlyWise SMS actually resulted in 2 spin off projects (1 is a 2nd company in itself, and the other might become one too).

It required a lot of push, I had to teach myself some new programing skills, though I already had software developing experiance. I descided to hyperfocus on the development and stayed put on a 5 acre isolated property in the Philipeans and build the whole first pass of a multi-tenant software as a service tool in 34 days. I am a short sleeper and it is all I did (other than eat and sleep and adopt a stray kitten) for that time period and while I was developing it I made $0. But I stayed focused. There was still more to be done after that window of time but that was the big push.

As for YouTube, I do still eventually plan on make videos to support growth, but right now it is more a matter of focusing on other aspects first.

BUT learned sooo much from developing a failed youtube channel. Pivoting, adapting, feeling confident, putting many small peices into one big thing... so much helped. I think the biggest struggle that things at Creator Boost and Alexa's channel helped me overcome is feeling comfortable charging what I am worth. I also just really enjoy this community. It is comforting to know and communicate and interact with others out there growing from 0 to Winning! Good luck everyone!!!

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Pivoted - It worked and I just made an additional $15K