A Junk Removal Owner Turned Old YouTube Videos Into Daily Shorts With OpusClip (2023)
Junk removal owner Ricardo Hernandez told OpusClip in 2023 that editing one short by hand took at least 30 minutes, and with OpusClip about 5 minutes produced 6 shorts. He says customers find him faster.
Who this is about: Junk removal business owner (JunkGuy), interviewed in 2023
What it takes
- Cost
- Free planOpus Clip: Free plan with 60 credits a month, watermarked. Starter is $15 a month (monthly only), and Pro is $29 a month or $14.50 a month billed yearly. Business is custom.Price checked Oct 17, 2026 on opus.pro. Prices change; check before you buy.
- Setup time
- Under an hourOur estimate from the source, for one business.
- Skill needed
- No codeApps and settings only.
Explain it simply
Many service businesses already have long videos on YouTube. OpusClip picks the strongest moments, adds captions and makes them vertical for phones. The owner keeps the good clips, deletes any with old prices, and posts one or two a day.
What was done
He pasted links to existing YouTube videos into OpusClip, let it pick and caption the moments, and posted the best shorts.
How it went
He told OpusClip: "To edit one short, it takes me at least 30 minutes. But now with OpusClip, oh man, it's like 5 minutes, and I will have 6 short videos." He declined to share revenue.
- This interview dates from August 2023; no 2025-2026 local-business result with numbers was found.
- OpusClip also reports his subscribers growing from 11,000 to almost 18,000 in weeks; that is the vendor's claim.
Prompt
Context: You are an owner of a local service or coaching business with old YouTube, Facebook or Zoom videos and no time to edit shorts.
CLIPANYTHING PROMPT (paste after adding the video link):
"From this video, find [NUMBER_OF_CLIPS] clips for local customers of a [BUSINESS_TYPE] in [SERVICE_AREA]. Prioritize moments where I: (1) show a before-and-after or finished job, (2) give one practical tip about [TOPIC], (3) answer a common customer question such as [COMMON_QUESTION], (4) mention what we charge or how to book only if it is still true today. Each clip: [MIN_SECONDS]-[MAX_SECONDS] seconds, starts on a hook in the first 3 seconds, makes sense on its own. Skip anything mentioning [OUTDATED_INFO]."
BEFORE POSTING (owner checklist):
1. Delete clips with old prices, old phone numbers or staff who left.
2. Fix caption spelling of [BUSINESS_NAME] and local place names.
3. Add your call to action: [CTA].
4. Post [POSTS_PER_DAY] per day; note views and enquiries weekly.Our template, written from the source and the vendor's help pages; the source did not publish its own prompt. Replace the [brackets].
Business fit
Who this helps, and how:
Trades and local services: turn old how-to and before-and-after videos into a steady supply of shorts.
Local & serviceCoaches and trainers: clip tips from long sessions you already recorded.
Creators
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