Should I create content in English, Spanish, or another language as a Puerto Rican creator targeting local opportunities and potential US move?
Create content in every language and on every platform, then test to see what works. For example, try YouTube in English for 30 days, then YouTube in Spanish, or Portuguese on TikTok—track results daily to gather solid data. You don’t need to decide in advance; let the data tell you which language and platform give the best return.
You have almost 1,000 subscribers off 37 videos — that's genuinely great, nothing wrong with your content. A few concrete critiques: don't reuse the same face photo for every thumbnail, it makes videos hard to tell apart; watch your title length, going over roughly 60 characters gets it cut off in feeds; and make sure thumbnail text is actually legible in a small feed view (some of the small/green text wasn't readable). On prioritization: you have a strong roadmap already because you can adapt content that's been pre-validated to work in English into Arabic — that's roughly an 80/20 opportunity. I wouldn't start marketing the school community yet though; I didn't start marketing mine until I was over 10,000 subscribers, and you're at about a tenth of that (though the Arabic and English markets differ). Beyond that, I don't build big strategies — I just do the same thing every single day for a long time until it becomes illogical not to make money eventually.
Honestly, probably yes — I've actually considered brushing up my own Bulgarian (currently conversational, kid-level) and going all-in on that market myself, since it's light years behind what everyone else is doing content-wise. But realistically it doesn't make nearly as much money as the American market where I already have a foothold, which is why I haven't. For you, I think it's worth trying — just make sure you're already making money through outbound first, before focusing on inbound/content, since inbound takes a while to scale, potentially months before you see a dollar even if you post daily from day one. Outbound is a lot more consistent in the meantime.
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Focus on your local market first – Saudi Arabia or the UAE. The cost of living and average service rates are higher there, so you can charge more. Once you have traction locally, you can expand to other markets. Keep in mind time‑zone differences make remote work with North America challenging.
Yes, the business model is absolutely viable in France. In fact, it's a competitive advantage because you have an intrinsic understanding of the market and the language. You can take the English email templates I've developed and run the exact same campaign in French instead of English. By doing so, you will get significantly higher response rates on all your campaigns because the market is far less saturated—there are far fewer people doing this in France compared to the English market. So you should definitely jump on this, especially if you're a forward thinker willing to experiment. My recommendation: set up a campaign to pitch to French people. You can copy one of my campaigns, but don't just use Google Translate; sit down and translate the concepts and ideas, paying attention to tone of voice and cultural differences. Then launch it and report back—let me know when you book meetings, for example. There are already many people doing this in French, as well as in Dutch and German. After that, I shift to discussing brand stats and brainstorming. I note that we've had a rough day with slow growth, likely sub‑1K subscribers now, and the massive boost we received is declining. I wonder if I'm no longer ranking for certain terms or if my current strategy is causing stagnation—I'm still gaining watch time and revenue, but audience growth feels limited. I feel the need to create new content that pushes further than most people think. I also mention being called smart and sexy, looking at automation tools, checking out Jay in my community, exploring YouTube automation videos, noting the prevalence of sponsored posts, and observing that YouTube automation is popping off. I consider making more YouTube automation videos, eliminating shorts from my feed, and looking into AI automation. I comment on competitors like Liam Molly crushing it with high views, and note that getting a 19x return is rare for a channel this size. I also browse other creators, see thumbnail styles, and conclude that I should make some YouTube automation videos, perhaps revisiting an early Redditology channel that scraped Reddit and used AI voiceovers. I think YouTube automation could be a tangential side niche alongside general automation. I also mention agents—while I don't yet believe in agents, I acknowledge others are crushing it with agent videos and maybe we should explore that. Finally, I decide to stop brainstorming because it's getting boring and the lights are coming off, wishing everyone a lovely rest of the day.