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Nolan Molt · YouTube

I Made $13k This Week Posting Unedited YouTube Videos

Nolan Molt on 31 days of unedited daily uploads, the comments that proved nobody misses the editing, and the 30-day challenge he's launching next.

Posted

October 29th

3 days ago

Duration

05:38

Format

Talking Head

sincere

Views

1.9K

44 likes

Big Idea

The argument in one line.

Educational creators who want to grow a business on YouTube don't need editing; posting more often with simple, helpful, unedited video beats polishing fewer videos.

Who This Is For

Read if. Skip if.

READ IF YOU ARE…

A business owner or coach who avoids posting on YouTube because every video feels like it has to be heavily edited first.
An educational creator worried that raw phone or screen-recorded videos will make the brand look cheap or lazy.
Someone deciding how often to post and wondering whether a lower-effort daily habit can actually produce sales.

SKIP IF…

You make entertainment, cinematic or heavily visual content where editing is the product itself.
You want a detailed, repeatable revenue breakdown; the $13k figure is stated but not itemized.

TL;DR

The full version, fast.

Nolan Molt posted unedited YouTube videos every day for 31 days, shot on a phone, as screen recordings or in Loom, and says the last seven days produced $13,000 for his business. Viewer comments told him they came for the education and didn't miss the editing. He points to Dean Jackson, who posts raw phone videos daily, as proof, and predicts more business owners will adopt unedited daily content in 2027. His advice is to post more than you normally would, because lower expectations per video make consistency easier, and he's opening a 30-day challenge in November.

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Chapters

Where the time goes.

00:00 – 00:42

01 · The claim: 31 days unedited, $13k in a week

Molt states the experiment and the result, and tells viewers to stop overthinking and post.

00:43 – 01:58

02 · What commenters said about no editing

He reads comments saying viewers came for the education and didn't miss the editing.

01:59 – 02:26

03 · 30-day YouTube challenge pitch

He announces a challenge starting in November with a wait list link in the description.

02:27 – 03:46

04 · Dean Jackson: simple daily phone videos

Molt highlights Dean Jackson, who posts unedited phone videos daily, as the model.

03:47 – 04:45

05 · Prediction: raw daily video in 2027

He expects more business owners to post unedited daily content and explains how the challenge works.

04:46 – 05:38

06 · Close: be helpful, be real, keep posting

He wraps with a reminder that impact and helpfulness grow a business, plus the challenge CTA.

Atomic Insights

Lines worth screenshotting.

Viewers who click for a promised answer judge the video on whether it delivered, not on how much it was edited.
Posting more than you normally would lowers your expectation of each video, and that makes consistency possible.
For educational creators, helpful and straight-to-the-point content beats animation-heavy production.
Fear that unedited video looks cheap or lazy is a belief about your brand, and the comments on this video didn't back it up.
A phone and a wireless lav mic clipped to a shirt is a complete daily video setup.
A daily habit doesn't have to be daily for everyone: two to four posts a week still beats your usual pace.
In an AI-saturated feed, some viewers say they prefer raw, app-style videos because they feel real.

Takeaway

Post more and stop polishing first

WHAT TO LEARN

For educational content, helpfulness and consistency matter more than production value, and posting more often is what makes consistency easier.

Viewers who click for a specific promise judge whether you delivered it, so clear, useful teaching matters more than editing polish.
The fear that raw video looks cheap or lazy is mostly self-imposed; the comments Molt received said the opposite.
Posting more than you normally would lowers the stakes of each video, which makes it easier to keep going.
You don't need to post daily; two to four videos a week still builds momentum if it's more than your current pace.
A phone, a lav mic and a topic you can explain directly is enough equipment for a steady video habit.
Raw, authentic video may stand out more as feeds fill with polished and AI-generated content.

Glossary

Terms worth knowing.

Unedited video: A video posted as recorded, with no cuts, animations or post-production, such as a phone clip, a screen recording or a Loom.
Loom recording: A quick screen-and-camera recording made with the Loom app, usually shared as-is.

Resources

Things they pointed at.

02:00product30 Day YouTube Challenge Waitlist ↗

02:40channelDean Jackson

03:27channelAlex Hormozi (30 live streams in 30 days)

Quotables

Lines you could clip.

00:40

“Stop overthinking your content and just post.”

Short, direct permission slip with no setup needed.→ TikTok hook↗ Tweet quote

04:22

“The key is you want to post more than you normally would because then it lowers your expectation of what the video could be.”

A counterintuitive consistency rule in one sentence.→ newsletter pull-quote↗ Tweet quote

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Most people think you need to edit your YouTube videos. It has to be super high production value. You have to spend a ton of time on every single video.

And over the past 31 days, I've been posting unedited YouTube videos, sometimes on my phone, sometimes just screen recordings like this, sometimes just a loom recording. I've been getting views and in the last seven days have generated $13 ,000 for my business. So that's been my goal.

I want to grow my business on YouTube. So here's what I want to tell you today is to stop overthinking your content and just post because this comment came on my video. If you haven't watched this video, I'll leave a link in the description.

I break down all the details, but I was talking about how. I have been scared to like ruin my brand by posting daily videos without editing and how I thought that it was going to make me seem cheap or lazy and how that ended up not being the case. And I talked about in making this video that this is a screwed recording with no editing.

And I got some really awesome comments. Aaron was saying he doesn't mind because in this AI world, he just doesn't mind that he likes the app style videos. This was an awesome comment.

Frugal, creative living. Shout out to you for commenting. Thank you.

I didn't miss the editing at all on this video because I was talking about how I don't edit my videos anymore. I was here for the education and the data and that's what you delivered. She clicked for the title of what I said I was going to give and I gave it and the editing did not matter.

And most of us think we need all this. Layla, just that's a great image. Sorry, Layla.

Most of us think we need all this editing. And I'm realizing you probably don't if you're an educational creator just trying to grow your business on YouTube. She said, I appreciate what you're doing on this channel and appreciate me sharing my faith, which I've been doing on Sundays.

And will I keep posting daily and keep posting on Sunday? Maybe. I don't know.

It's day 32 of posting every day. So here's my point. I also want to share with you this channel.

Yo, real quick. If you want to also post over the next 30 days, not daily, but maybe just two times a week, three times a week, and you want to start posting more content and get some momentum going for your business, maybe get a few sales to your business. I'm doing a 30 day YouTube challenge.

There's a link in the description to sign up for the wait list. And I would love to see you in there. We're going to be starting in November.

If you want to get on YouTube, now's the time. Okay. Back to the video because talking more.

some of you know uh talking more he's a business coach he helps coaches he coaches coaches okay anyways he uh mentioned this guy in his video because talking more has been posting every single day for like 20 days and he posted a video saying like daily videos suck i clicked on it watched it he mentioned this guy who's in his program and i was so encouraged by this guy dean Jackson.

I thought this is so sick that this guy has been posting. So a month ago he posted that he's been posting every single day for a hundred days right here. Super cool video if you want to go see it.

But I'm like, this is sick. And I go watch his videos and I'm not watching all of them, but like some of them I'm interested in the topic, you know, money maxing, lead maxing. Okay, cool.

And guy just makes helpful content. That's like straight to the point, super helpful. But here's the thing.

It's super simple. It's never edited.

It's shot on his phone with a wireless mic on a shirt every single time, whether he's in the car, he's at his office or he's at the coffee shop or wherever he's at. It is a daily video shot on his phone with no editing. And I, my prediction is this.

I really believe in 2027, there's going to be a trend and more and more business owners. We're already seeing it. Like Dean's been doing this for a hundred days.

Taki Morris started posting daily videos. There's a few other people. Alex Ramosi just did 30 live streams in 30 days in a row.

I think we're going to see more and more business owners posting more unedited, raw, authentic, daily type of content, whether that's on a second channel or on their main channel. Because I think people want real, authentic video. And like right now, I just know I'm not going to edit these videos because I post daily.

That's what I do. And if you commit, and I'm not saying you need to just start posting daily. But we're going to be doing a challenge in the next week, a 30 -day YouTube challenge.

There's a link in the description for the wait list if you want to sign up and be interested. And we're like gamifying this thing. Not everyone's going to be posting daily.

Some people are going to post twice a week or three times a week or four times a week. The key is you want to post more than you normally would because then it lowers your expectation of what the video could be. How cool if you could just pull out your phone, talk to people.

and grow your business. I'm like, that actually sounds better than trying to get the fanciest editing with animations and all this kind of stuff. At the end of the day, we just want to make an impact.

We want to be helpful and we want people to know who we are, what we do, and we want to help them. And that's how we grow our business. So I was encouraged by Mr.

Dean Jackson and these comments. And it's just a good reminder that, Hey, you don't need editing in your videos anymore. Can you?

Yeah. And are different niches different? Yeah.

But if you want to stand out, just start posting more on YouTube and being real authentic and sharing your journey. That's what I'm going to be doing. So let me know in the comments if you're interested in maybe doing a 30 -day challenge.

There's a link in the description. But yeah, I'm going to do it again. It's going to be fun.

So catch you guys tomorrow in the next video. Peace out, everybody.

The Hook

The bait, then the rug-pull.

Most people think a YouTube video has to be edited to death before it's worth posting. Nolan Molt spent 31 days proving the opposite, and says one week of it was worth $13,000.

CTA Breakdown

How they asked for the click.

VERBAL ASK

04:17product

“We're going to be doing a challenge in the next week, a 30-day YouTube challenge. There's a link in the description for the wait list.”

Pitched twice, mid-video and near the end, framed as a low-pressure way to post more rather than a hard sell.

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02:00product30 Day YouTube Challenge Waitlist ↗

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