We're gonna build a content team in-house."

Lol no you're not.

Almost nobody who says this actually does it.

And the ones who try usually burn 3 months and a pile of money finding out why.

Which is why I want to cover:

And if you want a real team behind your content, [book a call →]

Before you commit to building in-house, do one thing: run the actual math.

Add up all four roles strategist, scriptwriter, editor, and thumbnail designer at real salaries (I'll break them down below).

Then ask yourself two questions: Am I doing the volume to keep four people busy? And do I actually know enough to hire and manage them well?

If the honest answer to either one is no, in-house is a guess.

And it's an expensive one.

Here's what's really going on when someone says this.

They think YouTube is a staffing problem

If they just hire a few people, the content takes care of itself.

So they massively underestimate two things

Think about your own service.

You're great at it because of years of data and reps most people will never have.

YouTube is no different.

The reality is, most owners don't have the data or the experience to do this well and you can't hire your way around something you can't yet evaluate.

Let's say you do it anyway. Here's what a real team costs, and I'll assume you're hiring overseas and skipping a content manager to post:

Total: $118,000–$158,000/year.

That's roughly $9,833–$13,166/month — and that's the low end.

Now here's why it's backwards:

One — it takes forever to find the talent, because you're not an expert in the field and can't tell great from average.

Two — it costs more than most agencies who deliver the exact same thing, already assembled.

I know what most people are thinking as well, “oh well what if I replace some of them with AI”?

Yeah, even then you can maybe cut the cost in half

But, that’s still $5k-$7k + the cost to find, train, and manage the team.

To be fair, there are times it does work.

If you're doing $1M/month and posting across IG, TikTok, Twitter, LinkedIn, and YouTube go for it.

At that scale you've got the infrastructure to manage people and the volume to keep them all busy. In-house can absolutely be the right call.

But when I hear a business doing $50–200k/month say they're going to build this in-house?

I can't help but laugh.

The math doesn't work, and the timeline's even worse.

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Appreciate you stopping by,

Braden