My last video went viral on TikTok with over 1.2 million views and counting in
the first four days alone,
I talked about how you can make $40 an hour by doing some simple services from
the comfort of your phone. And thus I turned that into a YouTube video.
So make sure you watch that after you get done watching this video.
So you might be asking, how can I top that?
Well,
I just had another video go viral yesterday on TikTok talking about how you
could make $400 an hour by just reading within the first 24 hours.
It had over 1.3 million views, 10,000 likes, 10,000 shares,
and hundreds of comments asking me to please do a more detailed video on how to
do this and make that money. Well, you asked for it. So here it is. They tuned.
What's going on fam?
Justin Houser here And welcome to the Justin Houser show.
Where I go over vital information in only 5 minutes on how to make you
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So let's get right into how to make $400 an hour by just reading a book with
over 7 billion people on the earth and 50% of them being online or three and a
half billion people.
It has never been easier to make money online than in today's society.
So today's video is about a website called audio book creation exchange,
or simply abbreviated as ACX. ACX was launched by audible,
which is owned by Amazon, in 2011. ACX is a marketplace where authors,
literary agents, publishers,
and other rights holders can connect with narrators, engineers,
recording studios, and other producers capable of producing audio books.
Um, I have no idea what you just said, Justin. Okay. To put in layman's terms,
ACX is a website that connects authors or publishers with people who are capable
of reading the book like you and I. ACX puts you in the driver's seat.
They are directly partner with Amazon and Apple and thus will make the audio
books available on audible, Amazon and iTunes.
I'm now going to go over the 10 easy steps to get you started making money fast,
but first let's go ahead and get that elephant out of the room.
Is it a scam and how can I get paid at to answer the first one? No,
it is not a scam. This is a company, as I mentioned before,
that is owned by Amazon.
That alone is proving its validity and number two,
there are two ways that you can get paid,
which I will go into detail later in the video.
The first way is what's called a per finished hour rate and the second is where
you share 50% of the royalty.
The Per finished hour rate goes up to $400 per hour and even sometimes $1,000
per hour.
The 50% of royalties is hard to predict as it could be tens of thousands of
dollars or even more. So how could it really be this much just to read a book,
if you remember when I said earlier that ACX is partner with Apple and Amazon.
Well,
this partnership creates an audience of over 150 million Amazon prime members
and audible members and 100 million iTunes or iPhone users. Yes,
a total of 250 million customers at your Beck and call note.
ACX created an ACX university that goes over everything that I'm about to
mention in this video, but in extreme detail,
they go over audio book performance production and marketing featuring
instruction from authors, narrators,
and studio pros at the top of the industry.
So make sure you check it out after this video. And now the 10 steps,
the first step to get and to make some money online is to create a profile.
Head over to www.acx.com click sign up now and then create your profile.
This part is the most crucial of the entire process as you are setting up your
profile that the authors or producers will be searching for.
So let's imagine that you just sign up for an online dating site.
How about your information, like your hobbies, interests, qualities, et cetera?
How about if you're applying for a job? How detailed would you make your resume?
How long would you spend making sure it is perfect in every way possible?
This same goes for this profile. Take your time.
So what information should you include and what makes a profile considered
strong? Make it as complete as possible. Do not leave anything blank.
Choose a professional headshot or company logo.
Provide detailed descriptions of your acting credits, awards, achievements,
and also provide your website if applicable.
The second step to get paid and make some money online is to upload your
samples.
So you might be wondering why would I want to do this and am I required to
providing audio samples of your work demonstrates your range and also could set
you above the pack. Are you required to? Yes,
you are required to include at least one sample that is tagged with an accent
and your vocal information.
ACX doesn't have a limit of how many samples that you can upload.
So my recommendation is to upload as many as possible to show the different
accents, genre and style. The more audio samples you include,
the easier it is for the authors. Define you.
Note that samples are listed newest to oldest on your profile,
so keep this in mind when uploading them.
And the third step you get paid and make some money online is to decide how you
want to get paid. As mentioned above,
there are a couple of different ways to get paid.
The first one is a per finished hour rate in the second is where you can share
50% of the royalties. So what does cost per finished hour actually mean?
Audio book producers are paid based on the length of the completed audio book
times the agreed upon rate.
So let's say the agreed upon rate was $400 per hour and the finished audio book
was 10 hours long.
You just got paid $4,000 not that bad of a payday for 10 hours of work.
So what does it mean to choose royalty option?
The terms and conditions of this is long and tedious,
so make sure you check out acx.com for the exact details. But in short,
you get between 25 to 50% of the world.
Royalties made from the sell of the audio book on all the platforms that I
listed above audible, Amazon and iTunes.
And the fourth step to get paid and make some money online is to audition.
Once the first three steps are complete,
you will go and search for the books that you're interested in narrating and
producing. You can search by genre fiction accents,
project length, compensation style, and over four different languages.
Once you find a book, you will then record a few minutes of the manuscript.
So now you might be wondering how long should I record a sample for?
You will need to record usually two to three pages of the manuscript,
totaling only about three to five minutes of you actually reading it.
So after you submit the sample you wait.
If you happen to be the right holder's top choice,
you'll receive an offer which leads us into the next step. Quick interlude.
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So let's hurry up and get through the final six steps.
The fifth step to get paid and make some money online is to accept the offer
when the rights holder and makes you an offer. You will agree on a few things.
The delivery date for the first 15 minutes of audio,
the delivery date for the final audio book, and also the payment terms.
The six step to get paid and make some money online is to start recording.
This is a really exciting part. This is when you will record,
edit and upload the 15 minute checkpoint of the audio book.
So what does this 15 minute checkpoint?
The first 15 minutes can be a portion of a chapter or a section.
This file doesn't need to be a full 15 minutes,
but it should be an accurate representation of what the rights holder can expect
when they receive the final audio.
The file should be fully edited and engineered to indicate the final quality.
Once you receive the rights holder will approve or provide feedback with the
sample when it's approved.
You can then start to record the remainder of the project.
The seventh step to get paid and make some money online is to work with other
studio professionals.
This is not necessary but it is a good idea if you want to broaden your
portfolio,
increase your chances of getting picked up for additional audio books and also
to get some crucial guidance from other audio book experts.
Note if you do want to do this step ACX has independent contractor agreements
that you can use.
The eighth step to get paid and make some money online is to finish the
recording,
upload each completed chapter of the audio book to meet ACX'S audio submission
requirements and production standard terms,
so what are these audio submission requirements? If you look here on the screen,
here are the requirements.
Pause the video if you want to and see them in detail or just go directly to
acx.com you're also on the screen are the production standard terms. Again,
pause the video if you want to see them in detail or just go to acx.com note
before the rights holder approves the entire audio book.
They do have the right to request changes if it doesn't meet their exact
specifications and the ninth step to get paid and make some money online is to
get paid. Finally, we made it. This is the step that we are all waiting for.
If you and the rights holder agreed on a pay for production fee,
you will be paid directly by the rights holder.
If you produce the audio book as a royalty share deal,
then you'll be paid 50% of the royalties on the sales and 50% of the $50 bounty
payment. So what are these bounty payments?
You earn a $50 bounty every time your audio book is the first purchase of a new
audible member.
And the 10th and final step to get paid and make some money online,
is to come back for more. Look, as mentioned previously,
ACX currently has over 2,500 titles to choose from,
which is also growing on a daily basis. So keep auditioning. Note,
if you're a narrator with at least 25 audio book credits to your name,
you can now apply to be an audible approved producer,
which is the cream of the crop.
These guys are in a different category of their own.
This is where you should work up to in order to get the best deals.
Most of these producers actually have to decline requests due to their plate
being so full. So there it is, how to make $400 an hour to just read a book.
Now it's time for question of the day.
Which payment method are you going to choose and why?
Please leave your answer below in the comments as I would love to connect with
you and remember, GOD sees you and HE loves you! See you on the next video.