Free hire-or-keep map

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Hire-or-Keep Map

Six steps run a faceless YouTube channel. Here is which ones to hand off and which ones to keep for yourself.

Keep niche and topicsSplit the scriptHire voice, visuals, editing, upload

The six steps

Tap Keep or Hire on each card to build your own plan. Your choices stay saved on this device.

Niche and topic choice

Keep

Write your own topic list. Ten ideas is enough for the first month.

My plan

Script

Split

Hire a writer for research and the first draft. Do the final pass yourself and add one example, opinion or piece of data only you would add.

My plan

Voiceover

Hire

A good narrator or a licensed AI voice. Check commercial rights before you order, because rights are often sold as an extra.

My plan

Visuals

Hire

Stock footage, AI clips and motion graphics. Ask for visuals matched to your script, not one template reused in every video.

My plan

Editing

Hire

Pacing, captions, music and sound design. Give the editor one reference video and a short brief. You review the final cut.

My plan

Upload and optimization

Hire later

Titles, descriptions and scheduling are easy to hand off once your process is stable. Keep the final title and thumbnail call until you trust the results.

My plan

The short version: you keep the niche and the final script pass. You hire voice, visuals, editing and, later, upload.

Ready to hire? Check three things

Write your answer under each one.

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Budget per video

Add up voice, visuals and editing for one video. If you can’t fund eight videos at that cost, start with one hired step, not four.

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Upload cadence

One video a week works with separate specialists. Three a week usually needs one seller running the pipeline.

Your topic knowledge

Know the subject well? Your script pass takes twenty minutes. If not, hire a stronger writer and spend your time on review.

One seller or separate specialists?

One seller

Simpler to manage
One brief, one invoice
Quality is only as good as their weakest step

Separate specialists

Higher quality in each step
Easy to swap one weak link
More coordination work for you

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Start here: one seller for two videos. If one step is weak, replace only that step with a specialist.

Before you order

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Look at what each package includes. Scripts, voice, visuals, editing and uploads are often sold in different tiers.
Ask for script samples.
Check the number of revisions.
Check whether pricing is per video or per month.
Skip any offer that promises guaranteed monetization or income. No seller controls YouTube’s review.
Message your top three sellers first. Send your topic list and ask how they keep each video original.

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