How many hours per week does the speaker say creators typically spend editing?

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Comment "Workshop"

16 Aug 2024 · 1 min

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This YouTube clip (Comment "Workshop" by Eric Deeran - Master Filmmaker) gives practical advice on outsourcing video editing. The speaker argues that creators often spend 20–40 hours per week editing—a low-value task—and recommends hiring inexpensive editors to reclaim time for revenue-generating activities. The speaker also mentions an accompanying chart that will compare hiring options, time returned, and hiring costs.

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"Anywhere between 20 and 40 hours per week"

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So role number one is pretty obvious. But you need an editor. So number one, you need an editor. You need somebody to take that off your plate. Because if you look at what you're really doing, you're probably spending anywhere between 20 and 40 hours per week doing all the editing. And editing is one of the lowest value tasks. You don't need to be editing. You can hire people for very, very cheap to do all the editing for you, and then that way you can buy your time back so you can work on more revenue generating activities. Now, the reason this is so important is because we're going to look at, on this char, who we're hiring and then how much time it gets us back, and then how much money it costs to actually hire that person.