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[Faceless Launchpad @facelesslaunchp]

a competitor's viral youtube video gives you more than a topic

here's what to pull from it before you write your version:

opening: what question does it make the viewer want answered?
structure: in what order does it explain the subject?
examples: what makes the explanation easy to follow?
packaging: what does the title promise, and what does the thumbnail add?

keep the useful structure. research your own subject and write an original script

the worksheet below is a worked example, so you can see what an actual research note looks like

[Faceless Launchpad @facelesslaunchp]

read that guide before asking for a full script

you're checking whether it learned the actual format, not just a few repeated words

keep your approved guide and references in the project, then brief each new topic there

bookmark this for your channel setup

[Faceless Launchpad @facelesslaunchp]

a useful way to set up this faceless youtube scripting system:

make a separate claude project for each channel

otherwise your documentary references and your finance references can end up teaching the same project two different voices

https://t.co/wJbhF5acG3

[Leo Grundström @grundstromleo]

🧵 keep getting asked how I actually write scripts for faceless channels now

not gatekeeping it, here's the exact system:

[Faceless Launchpad @facelesslaunchp]

then ask:

"build a script-writing guide from these references. cover the opening, structure, pacing, level of detail and narration style. show examples from the references. distinguish repeated patterns from choices that appear in only one video."

[Faceless Launchpad @facelesslaunchp]

this is exactly why we tell students not to panic when most uploads underperform in the first few months

2 or 3 videos carrying the month is the normal shape of a faceless channel, not a sign something is wrong. consistency in uploading is what gets you to the ones that actually hit

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[Leo Grundström @grundstromleo]

subscriber count means nothing on long form youtube

i've seen channels under 5,000 subs do $11,000+ in 90 days off view count alone

and the views don't come evenly. on a faceless channel 2 or 3 uploads a month go viral and carry it, the rest do average numbers

that's normal. stop checking the sub count every morning

[Faceless Launchpad @facelesslaunchp]

"looking for a talented video editor" tells a freelancer almost nothing

for a faceless channel, include:

- the reference video
- the finished length
- what you'll supply
- what they must create
- the budget and payment method

the reference is usually more useful than another paragraph about wanting "high quality"

[Faceless Launchpad @facelesslaunchp]

one video getting most of a channel's views isn't automatically a red flag

that's how a lot of faceless channels work

study what won. then look for other small channels getting views from similar topics

you're checking whether you can enter the niche, not whether every upload is equally popular

[Faceless Launchpad @facelesslaunchp]

a new youtube channel can be suppressed from upload one. the warm-up routine we give students before they upload anything:

1. if you have an old gmail that's been watching youtube for years, start the channel there. that account already carries the most trust you can get

2. starting fresh anyway? give it 1 to 2 weeks of normal use first. watch content 1 to 3 hours a day (background is fine), like some videos but not all of them, and comment on 1 to 3 videos a week. commenting helps the trust score a lot as long as you don't overdo it

3. stay inconsistent. different session lengths, different times of day. a perfectly regular schedule is exactly what a bot looks like

4. after your first two uploads, check the numbers. 1 to 50 impressions total, most of them from youtube search and nothing from browse, means the channel is suppressed. don't keep uploading into it, start a fresh one and warm that up too

some shadow bans are just random and no routine prevents all of them. this one covers the part you actually control

bookmark this before you need it

[Faceless Launchpad @facelesslaunchp]

a production system for a faceless youtube channel:

1. save strong reference scripts in a claude project
2. write and review the script
3. generate the voiceover in elevenlabs
4. give the editor the audio, visuals and reference
5. review the video, then approve it

keep the jobs on a board app so someone else can pick up the next step

OR, do it the smart way

all of our students use kloudboard to ensure all the above steps stay on one platform

stop using 10 different tools

https://t.co/73eY8qdG8R

[Leo Grundström @grundstromleo]

the faceless channels i break down that make real money post daily or every other day

to get to 30 grand plus you most likely need that kind of volume

don't start there tho

volume is hard to keep up until claude, an editor or a va and a board are running the production

[Faceless Launchpad @facelesslaunchp]

a faceless youtube niche that needs an editor can still be worth choosing

slightly harder production can mean fewer people copying it overnight. the question is whether your budget can cover that format consistently

easy to generate is only one thing to look at

[Faceless Launchpad @facelesslaunchp]

for a faceless youtube channel, use that test video to check the whole handoff

can the VA follow the reference, assemble the supplied audio and images, and return a usable file?

find that out before you plan a daily upload schedule

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[Leo Grundström @grundstromleo]

how i hire every VA for my channels:

1. post the job on upwork or https://t.co/j3M24osb3n, never fiverr

2. list it as long term work, not a one-off task

3. market rate is $5/hour. $15/hour is overpaying, $3/hour usually means bad work

4. negotiate everything in dms before hiring

5. always run one test video before committing long term

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[Faceless Launchpad @facelesslaunchp]

rpm decides how much a faceless youtube channel actually makes, and it changes a lot from niche to niche

rpm is what youtube pays you per 1,000 views. subscriber count is irrelevant for long form revenue. views times rpm is the whole formula

what moves it:

1. the niche. nature and entertainment content sits around $4 to $5. wealth, economics and education content attracts the audience advertisers actually want, and finance content made for older viewers can probably run $15 to $20

2. where the viewers are. a us-heavy audience pays more per view than the same video watched mostly in india, because that's who the advertisers are paying to reach

3. the format. long form can pay over $10 per 1,000 views. that's why we build long form only

same views, very different money:
2.5M views at a $5 rpm is about $12,500
1.4M views at a $10 rpm is over $14,000

one more thing. revenue estimate tools are not great at guessing rpm, so take a channel's views and multiply by a realistic rpm for its niche yourself

[Faceless Launchpad @facelesslaunchp]

the thumbnail and title decide whether a faceless youtube video gets watched at all. best content on the planet, weak thumbnail, nobody clicks

the packaging routine we give beginners, doable this afternoon:

1. open the biggest channel in your niche, sort its videos by popular, screenshot the thumbnails on the top videos. that's your reference, the niche's audience already clicks on those

2. recreate the strongest one with an ai thumbnail tool and change something real: the subject, the text, the colors. that one change is what keeps it compliant

3. generate a few variations instead of settling for the first idea. ai will out-ideate a fiverr designer you'd be paying real money for

4. put the variations side by side and pick before you upload. almost nobody does this because packaging is the last step and everyone is tired by then

the video itself can stay close to the proven concept. packaging is where you change things up

[Faceless Launchpad @facelesslaunchp]

our founder's full faceless youtube method, free, just under 20 minutes

the method isn't a secret. this is the same system we coach, the difference is you run it with him and the head coaches 1-on-1

if you watch one youtube video this week, make it this one

https://t.co/KNTKq2PKHn

[Leo Grundström @grundstromleo]

this guy just exposed how he made $1.7m from one faceless ai channel

bookmark this for later

[Faceless Launchpad @facelesslaunchp]

the script formula we teach for faceless youtube channels:

1. take your biggest competitor's most viral video and grab its transcript.

2. feed it to claude: "write a new script in the same tonality and voice as this transcript, changed up enough to be original."

3. match the length. 1,500 words comes out to roughly an 8 minute video. 5,000 words is roughly 30 minutes. write to your competitor's runtime, not a random one.

4. have it output plain text, no formatting symbols. the script goes straight into the ai voiceover from there.

on youtube you go with proven concepts. that video already went viral once. your job is a better-packaged version of it, not a brand new idea the market never asked for.

[Faceless Launchpad @facelesslaunchp]

"Waking up to $5K feels SURREAL"

this student started a faceless youtube channel on march 26. the screenshot is his first 2 days monetized: $766.84.

two weeks later, the channel had done $5,046.23.

speed like this is rare. most channels wait months for their first payout.

[Faceless Launchpad @facelesslaunchp]

how we teach students to hire an editor for a faceless youtube channel:

- skip fiverr. the good editors hang out in the big video editing discord communities. post your job there.

- your job post needs one thing above everything else: links to the competitor videos whose style you want copied. that matters more than the entire description.

- rate reality: around $2 per minute of finished video is the baseline. list a little higher so the moderators approve your post, then negotiate politely in dms.

- ask candidates for 1 to 3 relevant past edits. not their whole portfolio.

- always ask for a free 15 to 20 second sample, cut from your own script and voiceover. 95% of editors will do it. never pay for a sample. not once.

- collect samples from 20 to 30 editors, pick the best one.

it's a one-week process. then you never edit a video yourself again, which is the whole point.

[Faceless Launchpad @facelesslaunchp]

before you commit to a faceless youtube niche, run it through the checklist we give every student:

1. find channels in the niche with under 100K subs. you want proof small players get room here.

2. started in the last 1 to 4 months (stretch to 6 if needed). fresh channels winning means the niche is open right now, not two years ago.

3. at least one viral video over 200K views. that's the niche pulling views on its own, without a brand name attached.

4. growing and still uploading. one-hit wonders don't count, and a recent upload usually means the channel isn't demonetized.

5. content you can actually recreate. nobody is rebuilding mr beast videos on a beginner budget.

then the step almost everyone skips: copy the title of the niche's most viral video, paste it into youtube search, and study the smaller channels attempting the same content. small channels breaking through right now is the green flag. if every competitor has 500K subs, you're late.

this research takes hours, not 5 minutes. it's also the one decision that decides everything after it.

[Faceless Launchpad @facelesslaunchp]

our founder's if-i-started-over list

after coaching hundreds of students through this exact system: step 1 decides everything. niche research is where most people fail, and it's the one step you can't hand to ai

the other four just execute what step 1 got right

https://t.co/uDf0PAt3UH

[Leo Grundström @grundstromleo]

if i had to start all over in 2026 with $1,000, here's exactly what i'd do:

1. pick a proven niche under 100k subs with a video already past 200k views

2. claude for the script, rewritten from the winning video's transcript

3. elevenlabs for the voiceover, never touch the settings

4. a cheap editor from the video editors discord, free sample first, never pay for one

5. a simple board to track script, voiceover, editing and posted, so nothing gets lost in your head

that's everything you need. the rest is just consistency