Meet Sold

Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Sold. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.

Sold, so good to have you with us today. We’ve got so much planned, so let’s jump right into it. We live in such a diverse world, and in many ways the world is getting better and more understanding but it’s far from perfect. There are so many times where folks find themselves in rooms or situations where they are the only ones that look like them – that might mean being the only woman of color in the room or the only person who grew up in a certain environment etc. Can you talk to us about how you’ve managed to thrive even in situations where you were the only one in the room?

I’ve been working as a content creator for almost seven years now, and through this entire time, I’ve never really had any in-person colleagues. In my experience, this comes with two primary downsides. Firstly, improvement is a lot slower than if you were among peers. I don’t want to sound pretentious here, but there’s an old African proverb that goes “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together”. And it definitely holds true. Sure, there’s some advantages to a solo act, but in the end, the person who’s obsessing, creating, and learning with four other people doing the same is usually going to do better than the one person giving it everything they got.

And secondly, not having a work community just sucks. It can be very easy to lose motivation without any co-workers or people to talk about your industry with. To remedy these two things, what I’ve found works best is to accept them as facts and be aware of them. Know that you’ll be working harder, and know it’s easy to slip into de-motivation (try to avoid it).

However, minimizing how much you’re “the only one in the room” is also beneficial if possible. Going to meet-ups, trying to talk to others online, and/or receiving advice is super helpful. I know this question is about “being the only one in the room” but I can’t recommend this stuff enough if you can. The true best advice I can give you if you’re “the only one in the room” is to GET OUT OF THAT ROOM.

Thanks for sharing that. So, before we get any further into our conversation, can you tell our readers a bit about yourself and what you’re working on?

Hello! I’m Travis (known online as Sold), and I’m a content creator who focuses on animated film commentary, facts, and reviews. I was introduced to YouTube at a very young age, and the concept of it hooked me. Even though I wasn’t old enough to create a YouTube account at the time, I would commonly ask my parents to record my Beyblade battles and upload the video to their YouTube channels. When I eventually turned thirteen (old enough to create an account), I started making Fortnite videos with a custom lego tripod holding my phone to record my Nintendo Switch’s screen. They were really rough videos, but it’s what made me fall in love with it. Now, nearly seven years later, I’ve finally completed my childhood dream of doing content creation full time (there’s just a little less Fortnite in it than thirteen year-old me thought).

If you had to pick three qualities that are most important to develop, which three would you say matter most?

These might not apply to everyone, but for me, these are the three biggest things I’ve learned in my career so far:

1. Try and love the work. At the end of the day, the time you have on this planet is some of the most precious stuff you have. I’ve seen so many people chase my job of being a “YouTuber” because of fame, wealth, or whatever – but they hated the editing, thumbnail design, or some other element of production. Many of them burnt-out or quit. Make sure you love the work, not “having done” the work.

2. Socialize. Unfortunately, the quality of your work isn’t the only thing that matters, people seeing that quality is what actually has an effect. I didn’t really lean into “networking” for the longest time – but “knowing people” genuinely provides so many more opportunities than being “really good”.

3. Psychology. This last one here might play more into my whole social media thing, but knowing the viewer/consumer is so much more important than knowing the technical jargon. There was a period of my life where I was consumed with optimizing SEO and retention graphs to try and succeed, but this was very faulty logic. At the end of the day, knowing your audience trumps anything else by a mile.

How can folks who want to work with you connect?

If you’d like to reach out to me for business or collaboration inquiries, you can contact me on practically any platform. Doing different collaborations and working with tons of people is one of my favorite parts of this job!

soldofficialbusiness@gmail.com
Instagram – @soldofficialyt
X – @soldoffical

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