11 days in the new year, started great :D Chaos of end of the year accounting season, where no one cares about their firm except the accountant because government has deadlines and you don't want them to get fines.
Mixed with 3 days of not eating because of some nasty stomach virus. Not that 3 days of not eating would be bad form me, there is enough of me for my body to feed on, for more than 3 days :) but being able to drink water to not get terrible headache and dream about drinking water feels important.
Dreaming about drinking water because your brain tries to remind you you should happened to me only one time before. And it is semi connected with the video i am sharing. I will just say that happened because Rakija and Pelinkovac should not be mixed. Details of the story should probably not be on the blockchain forever :D But they did happen on this kind, but a bit less extreme sledding event :)
This was the first peace of content that made me money, and i am pretty sure it is still the most amount of money i ever made from online content.
And this put that annoying bug in my head that you could earn money from filming stuff. Well it mostly didn't go great after that, but :D
It was one of the first videos i published on youtube. Filmed with a potato Canon PowerShot A590IS 8MP Digital Camera with 4x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom :). it was out for few months and had maybe 200 views on it. More or less dead in the youtube sphere. I can't remember how did they get my email. But i got a massage saying they are interested in paying me to use part of my video in a show.
?
Do i want to get money for a random video? Well it must be a scam, but it is not Nigerian Prince writing and they are not asking for anything so Yes i want to get money for my random video.
So because i said yes, he send my mail to some lady who contacted me and asked if i could send them the original file for an compensation of 200 American dollars. And if they decide to use it in a show, she will send me an email so we can arrange the payment.
Yeah someone wants to pay me $200 (at that moment pretty close to monthly salary in my country) if i gave them permission to use part of the video... Well it is sure a scam, not a good one as i don't see how they will scam me but a scam.
I was excited for few weeks, then few months passed and i forgot about it. After almost 6 months i got and email again. They are using it in a 4-5 episode of the show, will air in January and we need to arrange the payment. Paypal would be great. But Paypal and my country were not on good terms, so i was not able to receive money on my paypal account, i was only able to pay with it (i mean i didn't even have an account).
Well that sucks. But they could send me a check. WTF, they would send a check from US to Serbia, by mail? And WTF should i do with a American check? Well it still felt like a scam, but i shared my address and got a tracking number. The thing was flying all over the world, stopped in Germany and said delivered?
This is the worst scam ever!
But i did get an apology for the mix up and a new tracking number. And 3 days later a Fedex delivery guy showed up. With an envelope and a smile on his face. Delivery guys don't have smile on their faces and are not happy to wait around. But his one did, because i was probably his only delivery for the day :) I didn't see Fedex deliver for years after that. At the time i had no idea they even work in out country.
I suck at throwing things out, and i spend 10 minutes and managed to find the envelope. I am actually surprised :)
Finding a bank that can actually cash in the check, the process of it (waiting a month because they send checks to US once a month) was a whole different story. Imagine who easy is it now with Bitcoin or even easier with Hive.
"We like a clip you posted, we want to use it, here is 200HBD" 3 seconds later. "Wow i got 200HBD, nice"
They did use maybe 15-20 seconds of the video, with some "funny" commentary on top of it. One of those classic fail compilation video TV shows. I have it downloaded somewhere on an old old hard drive.
I could be wrong, but i think there is no one who would pay 200$ for that now
Those 200$ are still the biggest payment i ever got from an online content. Not sure does that shows something about my content creation :D
This is a hilarious story. And the video is funny too, dumb and dangerous, just like tv wants 🤣
Sometimes i do wonder how we managed to survive those without any broken parts 😂
Yeah the video is funny
The story just made my day
Lmao the video is funny
I see nothing wrong in Americans sending a check via mail, when Electronic Arts has to pay me for a tournament, they sent a check via mail and arrived with FedEx too, then to get the money I had to open a bank account and deposit it 😑
i do understand that people are sending checks to pay it was just surreal at the moment. and finding a bank that would know what to do with it was a quest :D
Hehehe this one is hilarious! Yeah the scams or at least the ideas of it... oopsie!! Love the fact this written tekst shows up.
Sending HBD for one of these things.i would totally be game. (Only the scam doesnt get less hahaha) but that is long time monetisation foe you already with the snaps and vids...a pioneer!
it felt unrealistic at the time. i am pretty sure it was close to an average paycheck then. And i did visit at least 5 banks where clerks just shrugged their shoulders before i managed to find one that kinda knew what to do with it 😂
You are the true OG, while you can't get the money from Google Ads, at least someone is willing to buy the video for 200 USD.
I wonder if the monthly salary is still the same now there, but it sounds like we have a similar monthly salary. haaah
that video, is dangerous for sure, but I bet you have a good laugh.
i think minimal and average doubled in the period. maybe even a bit more. but a lot for the average is in the capital. Have a feeling like half of the country is trying to move there.
that was more of the drinking and singing tradition in the old days. People would drive around with horses and sleds. Usually there was a guy with accordions and some mulled wine. Agricultural part (so no work while snow is there), and snows were bigger back then, no TV or internet, so people had to do something for fun 😂
We just modified it 😂
What a story! I was firmly convinced it is a scam 😅
Anyway, it's a cool thing that your work is appreciated and maybe it would worth giving it a try, if you have the time, try to shoot some funny videos.
I was also convinced it was a scam especially when the check got to Germany and didn't get to him😂😂
I had to keep reading to ensure the outcome of the story wasn't a scam
There are so many scams like this that we don't believe anything these days, without checking it 10 times :)
Actually the fact that someone just chatted him up about using his video then pay for it looks like scam
People keep scamming everyday hence the need to look at it 10 times before believing it
Internet scam is worrisome and heartbreaking
I love his zeal about him not loosing anything if it's scam or not.
One need to be careful online
i was too. Until i got the check :D
i am sure the "new generation" would have some crazy ideas, if they knew how the snow looks like :D We didn't have a decent snow for more than a day for 5-6 years now.
Regarding snow, we're not in a better situation either. We got snow once this winter, for like 5 hours and chances to get some are slim to none :(
we had it for 2 days :D but we did get few more cold days this year. we are in - now too. not sure we would get any more snow, maybe in late January.
Your video is very funny and do worth the amount. Had to calm down to read your post because i wanted to see the outcome of the payment.
Thank God you got the money and it wasn't finally scam like you thought. You can make more of those contents
Maybe someday someone can can decide to pay you $1k for your content.
Don't stop making contents as long as you enjoy doing it.
Keep doing what you like
Don't stop out of frustration
Keep up with the good work
Thanks :)
I started making photos and videos because i like doing it, still doing it for the same reason. Some money is just a nice bonus.
It's actually a nice bonus. Because some ain't making anything at all from their contents
Bonuses are motivations to creators.
Recently, I met someone that's into photography and video content creation. Was expecting to see similar stuff from him but his YouTube account got suspended.
Saw some of his work and they're very cool. Although his into traveling niche as a creator.
Thinking of introducing him to peakd here if he'll be interested though.
The goal is keep doing what you like
Don't stop till you get known in your category and the world at large.
Please keep posting your contents and also drop them here for us to laugh also
Thank you
i had some "test" accounts on youtube that got deleted for i am not sure even why :D
i have generally a problem of not having a niche and hate that social media generally does not like mixing niches.
Thanks.
To grow on any social media platform, you must pick a niche to master
When you master a niche, you have authority
Some time back, I was thinking I could do everything on social media as a content writer. Was writing about different topics and real time news. Did I grow? NO
That's because I loss my audience due to lack of consistency in a particular niche. As time went by, I lost the motivation to write daily, weekly, and then monthly. I lost everything.
Why did I loss the motivation?
That was because I was no longer getting the appropriate attention I do have before then
Who you gonna blame in that instance?
Sure you gonna blame me for not being specific to a particular niche.
That's what you get when you ain't picking a particular niche to master.
You have to create your contents based on your niche. Grow and become a voice in that niche.
When you enjoy doing it, you'll be consistent
When you're consistent, you grow
When you grow, you become a voice and a mentor to others. At this stage, You've your audience to yourself.
Maintain your niche and grow to the fullest. You gonna do well. Thank you
Wow
It’s funny how you thought it was scale and you finally got $200 from it
Keep doing more videos please
Your videos are cool
i was 100% sure it is a scam until i got the check :D
#hive #posh