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I Cloned a $54,227/Month Faceless Channel Only Using Claude + Sollo AI

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Summary

Dave demonstrates how to recreate a $54k/month faceless YouTube channel in under 15 minutes by combining Claude AI for market analysis/obscure research with Sollo AI for scripting, visual asset creation, performance diagnosis, and digital product monetization.

It establishes that new content creators do not need existing subscriber bases or production teams to build high-revenue YouTube channels if they leverage structured AI workflows and multi-stream monetization.

Section summaries

Introduction & Challenge Setup

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Dave introduces the goal of the video: cloning a $54,227/month faceless channel called 'Extinct Zoo' in under 15 minutes using Claude AI and Sollo AI. He presents his credentials as a veteran faceless creator running multiple channels that earn tens of thousands monthly, along with running a creator-focused venture capital fund. He outlines a 9-step workflow designed to take a creator from niche selection to monetized video production without showing a face or hiring a team.

Faceless YouTube channels can generate over $50k/month in high-interest niches like prehistoric animals.
The complete AI pipeline demonstrated uses Claude AI and Sollo AI across a 9-step structure.

Provides the premise and creator credentials, but core technical execution starts in later sections.

Proof: Subscribers Do Not Matter

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Dave breaks down multiple real-world examples of brand-new faceless channels gaining massive traction within 15 to 60 days of launching. He showcases channels with zero subscriber history achieving over 500,000 to 1,000,000 views on their first or second upload. He emphasizes that YouTube's current algorithm prioritizes individual video metrics over channel authority, rendering old subscriber counts irrelevant for viral potential.

YouTube's algorithm ranks videos based on content packaging and engagement rather than channel age or subscriber count.
Brand-new faceless AI channels are reaching $5k-$50k/month milestones within 30-60 days.

Offers crucial proof and mindset shift regarding algorithm behavior for new channels.

Claude AI Setup & Obscure Detail Prompting

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The workflow begins inside Claude AI by creating a dedicated project and loading custom prompt templates from a Notion document. Dave attaches screenshots of competitor channels' top videos to reverse-engineer title frameworks and underlying viewer psychology. To prevent generic AI outputs, he prompts Claude to generate 10 obscure, unknown facts about the chosen topic ('sea monster that hunted the megalodon') to feed into the scripting stage.

Use Claude project instructions to keep the LLM contextualized to your specific channel niche.
Reverse-engineer competitor thumbnail and title skeletons instead of inventing titles blindly.
Inject obscure, non-generic research points into your prompt to keep audience retention high.

Demonstrates essential prompt engineering steps required to generate differentiated content.

Scripting & Bulk Visual Scene Generation in Sollo

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Dave transfers the obscure facts and topic framing into Sollo Script Writer, selecting a YouTube-optimized engagement structure, target writing style modeled from an existing video URL, and setting video duration up to 10-16 minutes. Once the script is generated, he copies it into Sollo's Visual Studio Scene Generator, selects 'Cinematic 2D Animation', and bulk-generates 50 consistent visual scenes aligned sequentially with the text.

Model video style and tone directly by pasting reference video URLs into the script generator.
Generate 50+ bulk visual assets in a unified artistic style matching script timestamps.
Targeting longer video durations (10-16 minutes) yields better retention and ad placement options.

Core step-by-step tutorial on generating scripts and coordinated visual assets.

Voiceovers, CapCut Editing & Thumbnail Creation

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This section covers audio generation, timeline assembly, and thumbnail design. Dave reviews Sollo's voiceover options but advises creators to consider using their own voice for higher authenticity and connection. He imports generated scene assets and audio into CapCut, aligning numbered scenes to the timeline. Finally, he uses Sollo Thumbnail Maker to modify high-performing reference thumbnails based on text suggestions from Claude.

Using a unique real human voice can outperform stock AI voices by building better viewer rapport.
Sollo scene files auto-number sequentially (scene 1, 2, 3) for fast drag-and-drop assembly in CapCut.
Model top-performing thumbnails by modifying text and graphics based on AI recommendations.

Covers final assembly steps and practical video production tips.

YouTube Performance Analyzer Tool

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Dave showcases a feature inside Sollo called the YouTube Performance Analyzer. By submitting a video URL alongside screenshots of YouTube Studio analytics (retention graphs and CTR), the tool evaluates audience drop-off, identifies missed revenue, and provides a clear diagnostic checklist of title, thumbnail, and content adjustments required to revive view counts.

Diagnose underperforming videos by combining video URL metadata with retention analytics screenshots.
Receive actionable checklists detailing specific thumbnail text and title tweaks to recover views.

Introduces a unique strategy for troubleshooting low-performing videos post-upload.

Monetization via Auto-Generated Digital Products

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The final section focuses on expanding earnings beyond AdSense. Using Sollo's Content Studio, Dave demonstrates how to automatically generate niche-specific digital products (PDF guides) by feeding in channel screenshots and target audience parameters. He presents real examples of faceless channels earning thousands in extra monthly revenue selling $17-$47 PDF downloads linked via Gumroad in video descriptions.

Faceless channels can multiply revenue by selling $17-$47 niche PDF guides through Gumroad.
AI can draft complete digital offers, sales page copy, and downloadable guides directly matched to channel content.
Place product links prominently in video descriptions and channel bio.

Presents a high-value monetization strategy beyond basic YouTube ad revenue.

Key points

Subscriber Count is Irrelevant for YouTube Discovery — YouTube's current recommendation algorithm prioritizes video-level packaging and early audience retention over a channel's subscriber history, allowing brand-new accounts to reach hundreds of thousands of views on initial uploads.
Two-Tier Prompting for Non-Generic AI Scripts — By first reverse-engineering high-performing title formulas in Claude and then explicitly querying for obscure, little-known details on a topic before generating the script, creators avoid repetitive, generic AI content that YouTube algorithms suppress.
AdSense Supplementation via Automated Digital Products — Faceless channels can auto-generate targeted PDF guides using AI based on channel analytics and target audience profile, then link them via Gumroad to double revenue beyond YouTube AdSense.
Data-Driven Troubleshooting via Performance Diagnosis — Combining retention analytics screenshots with automated video metadata analysis generates explicit optimization checklists that pinpoint why a video underperformed and how to fix thumbnails, titles, or pacing.

“Subscribers actually do not matter at all anymore.” — Dave

“In a sea of these professional voiceovers and everyone using AI for voices, you're really going to stand out, and people are really going to be connected to you.” — Dave

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I just want a faceless YouTube channel

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that's making almost $55,000

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every single month. And it made me

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wonder, can I actually recreate this

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same channel and same style of content

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with AI, but with one catch? I only have

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15 minutes. Can I actually do it? Let's

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find out. I'm Dave. I've been doing

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faceless YouTube for over a decade. I

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recently started a channel that made

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over 60 grand in its first 47 days. I

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also run a channel that makes over 27

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grand a month. And I run a venture

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capital that invests in YouTube

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creators. So, I literally have data that

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no one else has. So, if you want to

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learn how to automate content with AI

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and create a YouTube channel that can

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bring money from scratch without showing

0:37

your face and without hiring a team,

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then this video is for you. Today, I'm

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going to show you everything from

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finding the idea to creating a

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completely AI generated YouTube channel

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by just copy pasting using two of the

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most powerful AI tools of 2026, Claude

0:51

AI and Solo. And I'm also going to show

0:53

you how to use this new AI feature that

0:56

tells you exactly why your video flopped

0:58

and what you need to do in order to get

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views. So, if you're tired of not

1:01

growing fast enough, then that feature

1:03

will change everything. And I'll also

1:05

break down the entire workflow into nine

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simple steps that anyone can follow,

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even if you are a complete beginner. And

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although a lot of people believe for

1:13

some reason that AI cannot be monetized

1:15

on YouTube anymore, that's absolutely

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not true. And I'm going to show you

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exactly how to actually monetize a

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channel like this. So, make sure to

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watch this video until the end. All

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right, first, let me show you the

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channel. It is called Extinct Zoo. It is

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currently estimated that they're making

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$54,000

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a month by making these very simple

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videos about dinosaurs and prehistoric

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animals. Their most popular videos have

1:36

over 10 million views. This is a

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completely faceless channel. Now, you

1:41

might be saying, "Yeah, Dave, but they

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have over a million subscribers. Of

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course, they get so many views." But I

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have great news. Subscribers actually do

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not matter at all anymore. And here's a

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lot of proof. This faceless channel

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actually started less than a month ago,

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and they already get hundreds of

1:55

thousands of views in their videos. And

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this is all AI generated. Here's another

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YouTube channel over here. These guys

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actually just started 15 days ago. Like

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you can go to their oldest videos and

2:03

you'll see that. Or this guy, for

2:04

example, who is also a AI character. So

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this is actually a faceless channel. He

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also started just 2 months ago. He's

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monetized and making 30 grand a month

2:11

already. And he just made this account 2

2:14

months ago. He literally started April

2:16

18th, 2026. Or here's another YouTube

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channel over here. They also just

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started 1 month ago. In their first

2:21

video, you go to their oldest ones, you

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see their first video got a million

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views. This proves that you really do

2:26

not need subscribers. Like he had zero

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subs when he posted this. And here's

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another channel also who also started 1

2:31

month ago. And their first video got

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300,000 views. Here's another one also

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that started just 3 months ago. And

2:37

immediately the second video got half a

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million views. This is an AI influencer.

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So this guy actually does not exist. And

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his first video got a million views. He

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started 30 days ago. Or this guy as

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well. First video on the channel,

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500,000 views. In fact, I have a list of

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over a thousand channels making between

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5 and 50,000 dollars a month. And most

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of them started around 30 to 60 days ago

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with zero subscribers. All right. Now to

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make things easier for you, I built an

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entire Notion document with all of the

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prompts you can copy and paste for free.

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You can find it inside of my free

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community. Just go to the classroom and

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then click on AI systems. And then try

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and find solo AI plus Claude and open up

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this Notion document. It is completely

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free to use. And the very first thing we

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got to do is we're just going to open up

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Claude AI in order to build our brain.

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We're going to do that in the projects

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and then click on new project right

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here. I'm going to call this one Extinct

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Boo. And I'm going to click on create a

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project. Now in the instructions box

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right here, you just want to copy and

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paste this prompt and just insert your

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niche. Now you don't have to directly

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copy this niche. You can do this with

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any other subject. But I'm going to go

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with dinosaurs and prehistoric animals.

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And I'm just going to click on save

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instructions. Now anytime we go back to

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this Claude project, it will know

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exactly what the channel is about. For

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the next step, just take a screenshot of

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their most popular videos, then simply

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attach that to Claude to the thread that

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we just created inside of this project,

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and copy this prompt from the Notion

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document. This is going to ask Claude to

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reverse engineer psychology behind why

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this works, and to give us unique video

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ideas based on their title skeletons.

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So, we're not making anything from

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scratch, we're not shooting blindly,

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we're actually following what is proven

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to get results, but we're just creating

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something that is unique, so we don't

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copy them word for word, because that's

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never going to work. Then, it's going to

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give you the title formulas, the reason

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why these thumbnails hit, and some

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different text that we can use, but more

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importantly, it's going to give us 15

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ideas with bigger gaps ranked by likely

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click-through rate. And if you look

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through these ideas, these are really

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good. What the hell? Like, I love these.

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It's going to be hard to pick just one.

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But, okay, let's pick this one, the sea

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monster that hunted the megalodon. All

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right, next up, we're going to make this

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video non-generic, because if you share

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the same stuff as everyone else, YouTube

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is not going to promote you. You're just

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not going to get views. Therefore, we

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have this prompt that you can copy and

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paste into Claude. It's going to ask

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Claude for obscure details on that

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subject that most people have not heard

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about before. So, we don't want to share

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generic info. We're going to paste the

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title here and just submit it as it is.

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All right, next step, we need to write

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the actual script for this YouTube

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video. And by the way, I still have

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around 14 minutes left to finish the

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video. So, what I'm going to do is I'm

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going to open up Solo Script Writer, and

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this is where the channel shines,

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because it was trained on thousands of

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different successful videos from

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different niches, and it has frameworks

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and formulas that are proven to keep

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people watching. This is trained

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specifically for YouTube, therefore, I'm

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just going to paste what the video is

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about, paste my title, and when it asks

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me for details, I can attach different

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PDF documents on this subject, or

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different YouTube videos that talk about

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this, or I can add a text note. This is

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where I'm going to copy and paste these

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10 unique points that I have asked

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Claude for. So, that Solo bakes that

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into the script, and we actually share

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something that people haven't heard

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before. And then, when it comes to the

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style of writing, this is insane,

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because I can just model the style of

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writing from this channel or any channel

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that I like just by copying the link to

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it. So, just click share, copy URL, I

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paste that inside of this box, or you

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can also write a text description and

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describe how you would like it to be.

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And then, just select your monetization

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goal. If you're selling something,

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select that. If not, just select ad

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revenue, like maximizing watch time and

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engagement, and then bump up the length

6:17

of this video, because longer videos

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perform better. You can go up to 16

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minutes, though I'm going to do a

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10-minute video for now. I'm just going

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to click on generate script. All right,

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for the next step, we need to create

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visuals, and for this, we can literally

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just copy this script that was written

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for us with one press of a button, and

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then we can simply go to the visuals

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studio on the left side inside of Solo,

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and then we select scene generator. And

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this is insane, because you can just

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paste that entire script, and then on

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the right side, you can select how many

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scenes you would like to generate. Let's

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say I'm going to go with 50 scenes, and

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then click on cinematic 2D animation or

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any other style of your choice. There is

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a bunch of different options, though if

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I want to be as close to what they're

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creating, I'm just going to go with

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cinematic 2D animation, and then I'm

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going to click on generate bulk scenes.

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In the meantime, because I don't want to

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waste any time, I'm just going to go to

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the voiceover studio right here to

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generate a voiceover, though I actually

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recommend this part to be done manually

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by yourself. There's nothing wrong with

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doing AI voiceovers, like there's 9 1/2

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thousand different voiceovers here that

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I can pick and choose from, and I can

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just paste my script here and just click

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generate. But, if you record your own

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voice, it's going to be a lot more

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unique, and you will stand out,

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especially if you have an accent or you

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sound different, or you're not a native

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English speaker. In a sea of these

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professional voiceovers and everyone

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using AI for voices, you're really going

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to stand out, and people are really

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going to be connected to you. But, if

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you don't want to record your voice, you

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can just generate a script here, or

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generate a the

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And then, when it's done, you just click

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download. Now, very soon, there's going

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to be a feature inside Solo that just

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matches these scenes for you, so you

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don't have to put it together, but at

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the moment, you have to do it manually.

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So, you just open your video editing

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software. In this case, I'm using

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CapCut. I just click import, and then I

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import my voiceover to the timeline like

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this. And now, all of these different

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scenes are going to be generated for me

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in the same style and consistent

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characters that are showing up following

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the script itself. And now, all I have

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to do is just download this with one

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press of button, open up my video

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editing software, import all of these

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different scenes, and they're also

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tagged in line, so it's scene 1 2 3 4 5,

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so I don't have to figure out which

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scene goes where. And as you can see,

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everything is in the right order. Now, I

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just need to match it with the voiceover

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in the background. That part takes a

8:26

little bit of time, so I have about 5

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minutes left. Next thing we need is a

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YouTube thumbnail. So, what I'm going to

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do is I'm going to model these

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thumbnails simply by copying the link to

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one of these YouTube videos, and then I

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go to the AI visual studio inside of

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Solo. I click on thumbnail maker, and

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here I can either create thumbnails from

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scratch, or I can edit from YouTube just

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by pasting a YouTube link, and I can

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just insert what changes I would like.

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Now, Claude has already told me what to

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put in my thumbnail. It says that I

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should put bigger than, so I'm going to

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say change the text to, and then click

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on edit thumbnail. And now, I have a

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thumbnail that I can download with one

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press of a button and use. Next up, what

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what if you're not getting views? Well,

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there is now this new feature inside of

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Solo called YouTube Performance

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Analyzer, where you can just copy the

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link one of your YouTube videos. You

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place here, you click collect data, so

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now it analyzes the video visuals, what

9:13

you're speaking about, it analyzes the

9:14

comments, and now you can also upload

9:16

your analytics. So, just go to the

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analytics page, and you can take a

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screenshot like this. You're going to

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paste that screenshot inside of this

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box. You can go back here, and the more

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engagement and the more analytics that

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you give it, the better and more

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accurate the assessment is going to be.

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Not only will it tell you why you're not

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getting views, but it's also going to

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give you a checklist of what exactly you

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you to do in order to get views.

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Something like this absolutely doesn't

9:38

exist anywhere else. So, now just click

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generate diagnosis. While we are

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waiting, this is still below 15 minutes.

9:45

So, not only does it tell me what I did

9:47

wrong, how much revenue I've missed, and

9:50

what I need to do, and also titles that

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I can test, and thumbnail text that I

9:54

can test as well. But, at the bottom, it

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gives me a checklist of exactly what I

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need to do. So, I can just follow this

10:00

checklist to actually get views, and I

10:01

can take the box anytime I complete each

10:03

of these. And when I'm done, I can just

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analyze another video. Also, another new

10:07

feature inside Solo is that you can

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start building digital products for your

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faceless YouTube channels. You can just

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go to the AI content studio, click on

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digital product, select auto, and this

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is where you can paste a link to your

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channel or any other channel of your

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choice. But, if it's yours, that's even

10:20

better. And then just paste the

10:21

screenshot of your videos, just so that

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Solo knows exactly who you're targeting.

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And that's pretty much it. You can just

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click build it for me, and it creates an

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entire digital product that you can sell

10:33

with this channel. This This is crazy.

10:35

It's doing the research, it's building

10:36

the offer strategy, and it's following

10:38

proven frameworks and formulas to create

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something that people actually want to

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buy. And if you're wondering, "Dave, but

10:42

who sells digital products with a

10:44

faceless channel?" A lot of people do.

10:46

Here's a faceless channel about

10:47

gardening selling a PDF guide through

10:49

Gumroad. It's being sold for $17. It is

10:52

a PDF download. Here's another faceless

10:54

channel about some Japanese methods. I

10:56

don't know. It's being sold for $26,

10:58

this PDF guide that they made. Another

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digital product being sold with a

11:02

faceless channel for $27. This guy is

11:04

also a faceless channel. This is an AI

11:06

influencer. His first video got a

11:08

million views, and he is selling

11:10

different digital products. If you click

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on see the manual, you'll see it costs

11:13

$47. And he's absolutely killing it.

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Like, this guy's making tons of money,

11:17

and he just started. I mean, not only is

11:19

he doing 16 grand from ad revenue, but

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probably another 20 grand from selling a

11:23

digital product. And by the way, once it

11:25

writes the entire guide and sales page,

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you can just download it with one press

11:28

of a button by clicking on download PDF.

11:30

And then you can sell it on any platform

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of your choice. For example, most of

11:33

them sell it through Gumroad because

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it's completely free. You just create an

11:36

account, you click on new product, you

11:38

add a name, you choose a price, let's

11:39

say $29, and then you just link it in

11:42

your bio like this guy, and then link it

11:44

in the description box of your videos.

11:45

Now, if you'd like to see how I actually

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grew my channel from zero to $60,000 in

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literally 47 days of starting, then make

11:53

sure to click this video next. You can

11:55

watch that right here on the channel.

11:57

It's pretty insane and it's also

11:58

step-by-step, so you're going to learn a

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lot for free. Just click here. I'll see

12:02

you there.

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