Life has been busy and I took a short break from social media, but I’m getting back into it with some new ideas. I’m a mechanic content creator on YouTube and I’m trying to move away from mostly AI voiceover shorts into more long-form “authority” style content explaining how things work (engines, AWD systems, maintenance, etc). I just bought a new car so some content will be around that specific niche too. The biggest challenge I run into is the editing and visuals. Writing the script and explaining concepts is the easy part for me, but finding B-roll, animations, or clips to match everything I’m talking about can get tedious compared to just editing a short. For those of you who edit long-form content: How do you approach visuals for educational videos when you don’t have footage for everything? I don't always have time (or money) to buy things or do things on the cars to film myself. I typically do the script first and build the visuals around it, but making the information the focus instead of crazy editing. Do you mostly: - Pull B-roll from YouTube and transform it (this is what I usually do) - Use stock footage libraries - Create diagrams / motion graphics - Or build a reusable B-roll library? My upcoming content idea is buying an action camera and mic to just do POV drives to talk about anything while driving. Would love to hear how you guys approach this.

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Time for our weekly Social Media Growth Day!! ✅ To Recap: Every week we'll have a SOCIAL MEDIA MARATHON 🏃‍♂️💨 AKA I will follow EVERYONE on that specific social platform AND... everyone else should do the following: 1. Follow your fellow Fight Club members 2. Like at least 3 of their posts 3. Comment something thoughtful on at least 1 of their posts 🚨 Today's platform is... INSTAGRAM 🚨 👉 FOLLOW ME → instagram.com/palassis

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If anybody is kind enough to watch a portion of it, to see if I'm on the right track. And maybe if any of it taught you something new! This style of video is leading towards my Skool content also. Plus repurposing it for reels. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EvVQNvpE8M&t=1s