For those of you that joined and have no idea who tf I am, let me reintroduce myself. My name is Ryan Roehl. I'm 21, running what I call a "sports marketing agency" - just me and my Philippine editors. Some numbers to show I'm not full of shit: - Hit my first $10k month at 19, purely through sports content (events, brands, etc.) - Record month was last summer - $45k at about 50% margin - Total 2024: ~$200k in revenue as a college dropout Numbers sound cool, but it's not all sunshine and rainbows. This past fall I took a nice hit. Went down to damn near zero due to some bad business decisions. During that low period I learned something: if I want to build a real lasting business as a creative with a sports background, I can't just make "cool" content. I need to build ecosystems that drive actual results for clients. So I started exploring the stuff I'd been avoiding - paid ads, funnels, the full marketing picture beyond just videos. And it changed everything. Here's what I realized: My eye for creative vision can be applied to way more than just content. I can combine creative abilities with marketing principles and become a machine that turns eyeballs into actual dollars for clients. Tactically it looks like this: Organic content + paid ads + funnels = $$ But here's where it gets interesting. When you learn this stuff, you escape the trap of trading time for a set rate. Instead, you trade your time for unlimited upside. Right now you probably charge a couple hundred, maybe a couple thousand a month for a set number of videos. You film, you edit, you deliver. End of the line. Meanwhile I made almost $8k off one client in January. Here's the real breakdown: Client A - January - Base pay: $2,000/mo - Rev share: 15% of revenue I generate - Deliverables: 30 posts/month minimum - Total payout: $7,974 That rev share exists because I can prove my work makes them money. So I take a cut of what I generate. So here's what's happening next.

For currently: Are you running your business full time? Are you working a 9-5 doing photo/video on the side? Are you new to it? Veteran? Let us know Where do you want to go: What does your DREAM LIFE look like? If you could be doing anything, living anywhere, making x amount. Tell us about it. Let's fire each other up and learn more about each other!

Hey guys, i’m new here. I just graduated high school and will be attending UCF in the fall and was wondering where to start to get on field access for football, baseball, soccer, really any game.

Just got my first gig helping someone edit their videos. Make connections, network, hustle and boom. Here we are. Let’s go!!

Lately, I’ve had a few teams and brands pass on my offers for photo/video work- even when I feel like I priced it fairly and showed up professionally. I’m still grinding and improving, but it stings a bit when you put in the effort and don’t get the opportunity. For those of you who’ve been doing this longer, how do you bounce back, and do you follow up later or just move on? Would love any advice from people who’ve been through it. Thanks!