Clipping sucks at first (but it's so worth it)

Your first 10 clips will suck. Here’s how to get through it...

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Hey Clippers
May 13, 2025

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Let’s be real… clipping is brutal in the beginning.

You don’t know which 20 seconds of this 3 hour video is gonna go viral.

Your timing is completely off and even worse, you get no views after hours of work…

But it’s important to know that no matter what you choose to do in life, it’s gonna start out terrible.

Clipping, like anything else that makes you money, is a skill.

Like lifting, coding, or speaking on camera, you only get better by doing.

Your first 10 clips will SUCK!

Clips 11–20? Slightly less embarrassing.

Clips 50+? Now you’re killing it!

Now, does that mean you need to do everything manually and suffer for months?

Not necessarily.

Tools like Klap can help you clip 1000x faster.

You put in a YouTube link or upload a long video and Klap finds the best moments, adds captions, tailors them for TikTok, Reels, or YouTube Shorts, and even gives you virality scores.

It doesn’t replace your eye for good content but it can help you skip the most frustrating part of clipping: finding the viral clips in hours of content.

So if you’re stuck, discouraged, or feeling like your work is trash… good.

You’re right on schedule.

Just don’t stop because each clip is one step closer to figuring it out.

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