0:00 - Intro 0:40 - The 18-year-old making zero on YouTube 1:13 - His Ivy League acceptance that changed everything 1:56 - The pivot strategy that transformed his income 2:10 - $85k monthly earnings while still in college 2:57 - The backend monetization secret most miss 3:25 - Easter egg technique that filters serious buyers 4:13 - Why his age became his biggest advantage 4:41 - The time machine exercise that reveals niches 5:16 - Premium consulting vs cheap course strategy 5:41 - How being young became his superpower 6:30 - First month breakthrough to $10k 7:02 - Five lessons from his transformation 8:01 - The busy student's delegation solution 8:55 - Final thoughts on taking action 9:38 - Exclusive audit offer for action-takers ---------- SALARY DISCLAIMER: All income figures presented in this video are sourced from Glassdoor reports as of 2025. These represent reported salary ranges for full-time positions, which may differ from freelance, contract, or part-time opportunities discussed. Actual earnings vary significantly based on experience, location, skills, hours worked, and current market conditions. The figures presented represent potential earnings according to third-party sources, not guaranteed results.
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Meet Waqeen. He went from making
basically zero dollars on YouTube to
making $85,000 a month. And I started
working with him when he was just 18
years old. Now, Waqen helps
international students get into Ivy
League universities. And his spots are
always sold out. And here's the crazy
part. Waqen is an international student
himself. And he got into Upin Warden,
which is the most prestigious business
school in the world. And now he teaches
other students how to do the same thing.
And he completely changed his YouTube
strategy. He pivoted his entire niche
and built a business that most adults
only dream of. And he did it all at 18
years old. And by the way, if you want
to learn how to build a profitable
YouTube channel like we check out the
link in the description for a free
strategy call with my team. Now, when I
first met Waqen, he was just 18 years
old. He had a small YouTube channel and
he was making videos about engineering
concepts and he was teaching study
techniques. Good content, smart kid, but
there was one problem. He wasn't making
much money from it. Pretty much zero
dollars.
Hey everybody, my name is Ha Nell. I am
the founder of an educational consulting
group for high school students called
Grizzly Elite. Ever since I started
working with Shane on creating YouTube
content, he's giving me some excellent
actionable points. That's right. He's
the founder of Grizzly Elite, but back
then he was just a teenager with a
YouTube channel going nowhere. Now,
here's where things get interesting. We
had something special. He was an
international student who got accepted
into Upin Wharton. Do you know how hard
that is? It's not easy at all. Thousands
and thousands of international students
applied, but only a handful got in, and
Waqen was one of them. So, Waqen had
cracked the code. He knew exactly what
it took. And after we had a
conversation, I basically told him like,
"Listen, there's about a thousand other
channels making productivity content,
and your content is good, don't get me
wrong, but why would they listen to you
over someone like Ali Abdal?" So, he
went over his backstory. We talked about
what his strengths, his weaknesses were.
We talked about problems that he'd
solved in the past, and we came to a
decision. Forget engineering videos,
forget general study tips. Let's help
international students get into Ivy
League schools.
I actually, ever since I started working
with him, he told me to pivot away from
a certain style of content and onto a
more effective style later on, as well
as gave me some of the roots by which I
started to develop a method. And this
pivot changed everything. Within a short
period, we went from making nothing to
making over $85,000 a month. Let that
sink in. $85,000
per month as a teenager in college. And
the funny thing is he was likely making
more than the president of his
university as a teenager. And his
consulting spots are always sold out.
Students are begging to work with him.
Why? Because he delivers results. He
helps international students achieve
their Ivy League dreams. And I love
working with people like Waqin who give
massive amounts of value to the market,
but they didn't quite know how to
position themsel and they didn't quite
know how to create the right content or
monetize it effectively. And that's what
I helped him do. So if you have
specialized knowledge like ween, you
could be sitting on an absolute gold
mine. So again, book a free call through
the link in the pin comment below. Now
we success wasn't just about the pivot.
It was about the strategy. Notice what
he said here. Ever since I started
working with Shane on creating YouTube
content, he's given me some excellent
actionable points that I've applied on
all of my videos, which has helped
improve my views, but also get more
higherp paying customers and leads
towards my business. Not just more
views, more high-paying customers. And
this is crucial. Views are nice, but
high-paying customers change your life.
Now, here's something genius that we
does. He hides Easter eggs in his
videos. Little secrets that engaged
viewers can find. One of which was the
actual Easter eggs which you can find on
my channel at walkingello and it's
basically a way to get users interested
into my content. They find these Easter
eggs throughout my video. They apply
that and then ultimately they get into
my funnels and and this is brilliant and
it separates casual viewers from serious
students and the students who find the
Easter eggs are the ones who pay
attention. They're the ones who will
invest in consulting and most YouTubers
focus only on views. But we learned
something different. One of the things
that Shane emphasizes is not only the
type of content to drive views and gets
clicks, but also how to monetize it in
the back end. Front-end content give a
massive amount of value there and then
backend monetization. This is how you
build a real business on YouTube. Now,
here's why we business works so well.
He's not just teaching theory. He's
lived it. He was an international
student. He applied to Ivy League
schools. He got rejected by some, but he
got accepted by Upin Wharton. and he
knows every step, every challenge, every
trick. And when he tells students what
to do, they listen because he's proof
that it works. This isn't some
50-year-old who got accepted like 30
years ago. This is someone who just got
into the school just a few years ago.
And so, they know exactly what is
working right now. And by the way, with
a lot of my clients, I have them do this
exercise where I basically pretend that
they have a time machine. And I asked
them, if you could go back in time to
the younger version of yourself, what
would you tell them that would save them
a massive amount of time, effort, and
money? And about 80% of the time, one of
the answers to that question ends up
being the client's niche. And it makes
perfect sense. We was basically just
helping the younger version of himself.
He was making the content that the
younger version of himself needed, and
that's why the niche works so well. You
don't have to do market research when
the market research is just thinking
back to your past. Now, let's talk
money. $85,000 a month. How? Well, we
doesn't sell cheap courses. He offers
premium consulting. Think about it. If
you're an international student, getting
into an Ivy League school can change
your entire life. It can result in
multiple millions of dollars in extra
money throughout the course of your
career. So, obviously, these students
and the parents of these students are
willing to invest thousands of dollars
for that opportunity. And we provides
the roadmap. Now, some people might
think that being 18 is a disadvantage,
but it's actually your superpower in
certain cases. And this turned out to be
Walkin's secret weapon because he just
went through the process. So, everything
was fresh. And he speaks the students
language because he's in the same
generation as them. So, he knows the
exact problems they were having and he
knows the best ways to solve those
problems. Whereas older consultants
might have outdated advice, but we know
what works right now. Plus, students see
him and think, "If he did it, so can I."
Thank you to Shane though. I've been
able to dramatically improve my views
over the past few months, focusing
primarily on this type of niche content
and videos that's been working for me
towards my high school audience.
So basically, he's an inspiration to
them. Another way of saying this is he
inspires people because he's relatable.
Now, success didn't happen overnight,
but it did happen fast.
Throughout the entire progress, I made
over 10K in a month thanks to his
teaching. I would definitely recommend
Shane for helping you make any type of
YouTube content.
$10,000 in his first successful month.
Then it grew from there and after a few
months, he did a launch and he made
$85,000 a month and the spots were
always sold out. He had a massive weight
list of people who wanted to work with
him. So, if an 18-year-old can build an
$85,000 a month business, what's your
excuse? Book a free call through the
link below and let's unlock your YouTube
potential. So, what can you learn from
Walking Story? First, age doesn't
matter. Whether you're 18 or 80, if you
have valuable knowledge, you can
monetize it. Second, personal experience
beats credentials. We doesn't have
decades of experience. He has recent
relevant results. He went from broad
engineering and study content to
specific Ivy League admissions content,
and his income exploded. High ticket
offers change everything. One client
paying thousands beats a,000 clients
paying a few dollars. And we sells
transformations, not information. He
transforms average applications into Ivy
League acceptances. He doesn't just give
tips, he changes futures. And when you
sell transformation, price becomes
irrelevant because results are all that
matters. Now, here's something powerful
about story. He pivoted completely.
Engineering and study content to Ivy
League consulting, technical videos to
admissions coaching, and the pivot saved
his channel. The pivot built his
business. And if your current approach
isn't working, maybe you need a pivot,
too. Maybe your true niche is hiding in
your personal story. Now, another thing
I'll say about Waqen is he was very,
very busy. He double majored, but one of
his majors was engineering. So, he was
taking some insanely difficult classes.
Plus, he tutored on the side and he had
his YouTube channel. So, one of the
things I told him he needed to do
immediately was to hire somebody to help
him make the videos. And depending on
your situation, this can be a really
good choice for you as well because
YouTube videos reach thousands. And if
you're too busy to edit videos on your
own, just hire somebody else to do it
for you. And it's not that hard if you
know the right places to do it. And it
also doesn't cost that much because
every video is like a salesperson who's
going to work for you for free for the
next 20 years. And they don't sleep.
They work 24 hours a day bringing in
qualified leads, getting you views,
subscribers, and making you money. And
his spots stay sold out because demand
always exceeds supply. In fact, there's
been long periods where he just didn't
upload videos at all because he had a
massive weight list. And that is a
beautiful problem to have. So my final
thoughts here, we was 18, no business
experience. He didn't come from a rich
family. He just had a small YouTube
channel talking about engineering and
productivity. And within a short period
of time, he scaled all the way up to a
sevenfigure business and he is changing
lives daily. All because he pivoted. All
because he got the right guidance. And
all because he took action and got help.
So what is stopping you from doing the
same? Real talk. If you watch this
entire video, you've seen an 18-year-old
making more than the president of his
university. So you know that it's
possible. So why aren't you doing it?
Here's the truth. Most people will watch
this and do nothing. They'll make
excuses. They'll say they're too old,
too young, too busy, too whatever. But a
few people will take action. They'll
book a call and they'll get guidance and
they'll build something amazing. So,
which person are you? Now, for just this
video with the link in the description,
the first five people who click the link
are going to get a free audit. These are
audits we usually charge $1,000 for, and
they'll only be available until the end
of the week. And on this call, we'll
figure out where you are right now,
where you want to go, right? What your
goal is, we'll make a plan to get there,
and we'll see if we're good fit to work
together or not. and we can only work
with a few action takers at a time. So,
only book a call if you're serious about
growing and making money on YouTube.
Let's identify your unique advantage.
Let's find your profitable niche and
let's build your YouTube empire. We did
it at 18 years old. So, what's your
excuse? You can do it. And also check
out this video I did on Josh who was
able to get multiple offers from fang
companies, which are the hardest
companies to get into in the world using
his personal brand that he built on
YouTube. Then later on, he started
making side hustle money from YouTube
like $5,000 a month. than full income
money like $10,000 a month and then he
scaled all the way up to $186,000
a month. And you can check that video
out by clicking right here.