I landed in Bali at $0/month, now I'm at $3620/month 2 months later

Jul '25 • Posts

2 Months ago I landed in Bali with $500.

I'd just met

at the airport, I had a month of accommodation booked in the Bali slums, and I knew I had to make something work FAST.

The original plan was that I'd do "digital detox" coaching and Alistair would do acne coaching, which we'd both be promoting with long-form content.

But, a few days in, we realized there was no way to guarantee our success with that (in the span of a few weeks) so we started looking for new ways we could make money more quickly.

And after some back and forth with Jenna, and a few ideas I never acted on, we landed on the perfect business model for us at the time.

LOOMTUBE.

"Helping entrepreneurs turn looms into high quality YouTube videos."

It was perfect.

See, for a few months before Bali I was helping coaches with their titles, thumbnails and hooks, which meant I could handle the pre-production side of things.

And, Alistair had been editing his whole life, which meant he could spice up the videos to make them more engaging during post-production.

So for the next few weeks we put our heads down and worked as much as we could.

One demo video after another, videos for a new YouTube channel we made, and reaching out to anyone we'd ever even semi-connected with to see if they'd be interested.

The result?

Not much...

Jenna bought a YouTube hotseat session for $25, but that was where our success stopped at the time.

The reason?

We simply hadn't put in enough reps.

We'd been at it for a few weeks but if we wanted this to work, we'd need to do even more, for even longer.

So is that what we did?

Nope.

Because around that time...

We got lucky.

Sort of...

About a month into our journey, we signed our first big client at $2500, and before we knew it he decided to hire us full-time at $3000/month each.

The reason I say we got lucky, is because one client solved our income issues overnight.

But the reason I say "sort of lucky", is because of the following:

I've been learning about and trying to make entrepreneurship work since I was 15.
I've built up high value skills by learning about content creation and monetization vehicles.
I've shown up everyday for the past year, and made connections with people in the right places.
And finally, I was willing to take a massive risk that most people wouldn't even have considered.

But most importantly...

I had the right network and the right mentors.

And I think that's where the real secret lies.

The fastest way to skip ahead and get "lucky" is not just by putting in the work (lots of people do that), it's by putting in the work with the right guidance, and while being surrounded by the right people.

That's a big part of why I'm writing this post, to give a massive shoutout to

@Jenna Ostrye

Because that's exactly what she gave me.

There's absolutely no way I'd be where I am today with Jenna's guidance and the network she's created.

She's helped me with every bit of uncertainty, fear and doubt I've had over the past 8 months, and I can genuinely say she changed my life.

I really appreciate everything you've done for me Jenna.

And I just want to say thank you for everything! 🫶

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