The success stories are everywhere. Young guys driving Lambos on TikTok. Influencers who film themselves making a sandwich and get 10 million views. For some of us, however, it doesn't come easy. I've been internet marketing since 2011. Like many of you, all I ever wanted was to be "free". To "live life on my own terms". The only problem... Well, I was not very good at it. I was living in Las Vegas at the time and was making no money online, so I found a job on Craigslist doing phone sales. It was miserable, but I earned just enough to survive. I worked as hard as I could. I stayed up late reading sales books every night. Zig Ziglar, Dale Carnegie, Napoleon Hill, you know... all the classics. Those books became my bible. I practiced every day. Slowly, I started getting better. But... Turns out, the company I worked for was run by a group of folks with... Shall we say "questionable business practices". When I started to notice the red flags, I considered quitting, buuuut I didn't. I was finally starting to get good at sales. That was a big mistake. As I turned a blind eye, I also became complicit. The FBI raided that company in 2013, but they weren't after me. Afterall, I was just an employee... I walked out of there, and decided I would never work for a place like that again. I moved back to Reno and decided it was time to go all in on myself. I had my first success online in 2014 when I started an ecommerce business in the action sports niche. I used Instagram automation to drive sales. From there, I developed other businesses too. It was going well. I focused on social media, paid ads, automation, messenger bots, optimizing my sales funnels, and much more. I got good at it. All my dreams were finally coming true... Then, in 2016 there was a knock on the door. Next thing I knew, I was being interrogated by the FBI. Turns out, what happens in Vegas doesn't stay in Vegas... They were building a case on the Vegas fraudsters the whole time. I was indicted as a co-conspirator. You can see the full prison story here:

I genuinely believe SP is a far superior tool in comparison to all the alternatives such as Higgsfield, Magnific, Openart, etc. All of the Shortpulse workflows can be found in the classroom. >>> If you're new, here's the backstory <<< SP is a gen AI tool that has been in the works for a long time. It's finally here. There are obviously a ton of AI tools out there, and some of them are pretty good. But... Even though they claim to be "all-in-one" while some features are really good, other features were trash, which usually leads to more tools, more subscriptions, more wasted credits. ShortPulse is a true all-in-one tool for AI creatives. No overhyped gimmicky features that look cool on marketing videos, but in reality, don't do anything besides burn through credits with unusable results. SP is lean, and practical, while still offering the most efficient workflows for all of the best use cases. With that said, those other tools have countless millions in funding + huge tech teams. As of right now, SP has $0 in funding and a team of 2 (my brother and I) + his AI agents🤖. @Kirk Artman is the one who built everything. I'm just the marketing guy. I made this post, so you understand the context and hopefully bear with us as we work to improve the tool & fix the bugs as we're getting off the ground. Here's the main 3 things to know. #1 - There is an insane amount of tech behind the scenes that powers SP, and we need your help. We anticipate there will be unforeseen issues as you begin using the app. We will not know these bugs exist unless you report them. Here's how to report them. #2 - As early users, your feedback is going to help shape this tool as it evolves. Don't hesitate to speak up if you have opinions or ideas about what you think it's missing. As the popular saying goes in AI... This is the worst it will ever be.

I posted this on the Creator Secrets community board. I'm looking for existing instruction videos or other resources to narrow my experimentation. I'm on the verge of posting my first YouTube video for my new (and currently only) channel, Mindset Business Academy; a channel addressing financial concerns of financially established American seniors 55+. I have a mascot character, Boaz, a wise old owl. I'm soliciting ChatGPT for instructions on how I will overlay a speaking, moving Boaz who narrates my videos, and frequently makes on-screen appearances. I want to generate Boaz's motion clips with motion-matching-voice against a clean background from the start (most AI video generators let me specify this in the prompt) so I can overlay my character on videos as the narrator and instructor. That sidesteps the need for AI rotoscoping entirely and lets me use the simplest, free or paid tool (ShortPulse?, Adobe Premier, DaVinci Resolve, or CapCut, etc.) for the actual compositing. I will save the heavier AI-isolation tools for later if I end up with existing Boaz footage I can't regenerate cleanly. (The attachment is created with ShortPulse).

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