He STOPPED charging money, then he got RICH.

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Today we explore how one person turned a dull job into a goldmine by offering free lawn mowing services, leveraging the psychology of "Oddly Satisfying" content and the allure of watching timelapse transformations. Spencer B, of SB Mowing, capitalizes on this by tapping into basic human psychology to create a sense of accomplishment for his viewers. His strategy is simple: offer free services for untidy lawns, ensuring a constant flow of engaging content and lucrative ad revenue. We analyze how Spencer B has differentiated himself from his competitors, and what lessons can be learned by all up-and-coming youtubers.
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SOURCES:
Prof. Robert Colombo about Oddly Satisfying:
www.lemonade.com/blog/oddly-s...
Study on Warmth and Competence:
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17188...
Study on Mirror neurons:
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15217...
SB Mowing:
/ @sbmowingshorts
Tim the Lawn Mower Man:
/ @timthelawnmowerman
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MUSIC:
"Delusional (Instrumental)" by Spring Gang
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#lawnmowing #youtube #algorithm

[@DogWaterManGuy]

you forgot to mention that when boiling an egg you have to boil it for 5 minutes for a runny yolk, 8 minutes for a half-boiled yolk and 10 minutes for a fully boiled yolk. And don't forget to put your egg in ice water immediately after taking it out.

[@hassanmo610]

An actual helpful comment...interesting

[@DBD_Dan]

What does the coldness do, guessing to stop the heating of the yolk?

[@the_oofer]

Pro tip: if you are making hard boiled eggs from big birds set the timer after the water starts boiling

[@SootyPhoenix]

Runny yolk is the healthiest. If anyone disagrees, we shall engage in an egg fight.

[@Someguy1a]

True bro i love myself😊

[@MistressCha]

SPENCER! I've been subbed to him forever, both his lawn mowing and power washing! He's awesome. And it's so true. I can watch one of his videos and it gives me what I need to ping my ADHD to then go and do something organizational in my house, or to get a task done, that I normally wouldn't have done that day. I love his videos.

[@C_M_R]

(0:45) Not any dog, but Santa's Little Helper from The Simpsons.

[@wurdnurd1]

I believe you mean Santos L Halper. (Said in my best Comic Book Guy voice)

[@SICresinwrks]

Exactly what i said, thats what pulled in at least half the views im guessing

[@SICresinwrks]

​@@wurdnurd1😂😂

[@fenrirgg]

Must be bait. It's impossible that he doesn't know 😂

[@kyaksachan502]

@@fenrirgg maybe he's forgotten about the pets that family has. I remember once being very confused that they had both a dog and cat

[@vennix9792]

Honestly, Spencer is kind of a genius using the whole oddly satisfying genre to his advantage

[@samihamchev9528]

I've been on and off watching Spencer since last summer and I gotta admit, I admire both the work he does and the fact that he turned it into such a successful buisiness.

[@Merdragoon]

I have noticed TV channels are playing up with some of this content idea as well. Using the storytelling aspect more so than what it used to be. There was a marathon that mom and I were watching while she was doing chemo of "No Demo Reno" which was using a *lot* of story telling elements as well as some other youtube tricks such as termology from the Millenial/Gen Z and doing the pointing thing with words at certian points. And her long time goal is to show "You don't need to demo the origonal layout of the house to make the house even better than you had it before." Instead she opted to other problem solving methods to handling the issues the people had. This was on HGTV if you're curious to look it up yourself.

[@dizzyheads]

There's a hoof cleaning video where someone posts videos of cow hooves that grown too long or infected

[@sewwfffyhjijui]

The guy who bought a ghost town actually used money from investors to buy it. He burned down a building claiming that it burned by itself.

[@LN-kd5io]

Glad someone else is saying this!!!!

[@eliaspohl5741]

I love the idea of other mowing channels watching this and taking notes 😂

[@oblivion6308]

I’ve got all of andrei’s old rapping in different languages stuck in my head but can’t find em anywhere, it’s a real shame ahhh

[@PopBS]

Lots of love from Romania. 🇷🇴🇷🇴🇷🇴

[@GoingToAFuneral]

Bro is sending love from Romania to a Romanian 🇷🇴 🫂 🇷🇴

[@raulrus9026]

Nice Romaniaaaa

[@colleenorman7153]

I love SB mowing and SB power washing. It's so soothing 😊

[@San-li9ml]

Our psychology class watched this dude's video, the psychology teacher found the psychology behind this dude's success fascinating

[@Uniquenameosaurus]

Eeeeeey, its cool to see someone else make these observations and deep dive into these obscure content routes. User generated content is such crazy era.

[@DavidAnimates246]

Another great video by Andrei!

[@roohalji125]

Welcome back Andrei

[@quarklot]

The ad transition was nearly flawless

[@trustyl6609]

It's good to see content creators like you getting more recognition as time goes on, great videos, great content. Thank you for your work :D

[@inoretskas7136]

my day was going so horrible but it's like nothing happened when i saw Andrei post, yk the day gonna end up being great thanks

[@gggthsb]

The Ghost Town guy has pretty high paying investors, he has used his followers as unpaid labourers and there is a pretty good indication (in my opinion don't come for me) that the fire that burned down the old building (that he wanted to restore in order for it to be authentic) wasn't as much of an accident as he wants us to believe, so I think there are big differences in the two types of videos 😅

[@Rbxty]

We love the lawn mowing content

[@sidounboi]

The amount of research, time and effort Andrei puts in all his videos, is insane. Keep making such entertaining videos please :)

[@AnotherSwissYoutubeUser]

It would be interesting to see Spencer or Brent would respond to this video and give us more insight.

[@NotDeathsAngel]

Have he never watched simpsons? That's not just a picture of a dog. That was a perfect replica of the simpsons dog. 😂😂😂

[@moarmy6779]

Santa's Little Helper! 😊

[@Malsher]

Being an animator I'm sure he knows who Santa's Little Helper is

[@pivorocks]

Spencer is awesome.

[@jonasholm-mw5bn]

That ghost town is basically a scam. Maggie Mae fish have a video called off grid grifters where someone looked into him and he have a bunch of backing and the guy who “came to help him” have stake in the hotel they’re making where some old building just happened to burn down

[@Horopter]

Hi Andrei!!!

[@syrixbt69]

The man, the myth, the legend, HES BACK 🎉

[@CrisWVA]

now that s interesting

[@ThePiachu]

THere is definitely an appeal to seeing people do their jobs very competently. Not so long ago I stumbled on a channel of an aussie guy just unclogging pipes and it was both mesmerising to watch, plus his personality and accent made it even more amusing to watch. As for the ghost town guy, I heard about him, but not in a positive light. Someone did some deeper dive on him, about how he might've set some of that old town on fire just to clear it or how he used his viewers' labour possibly without proper compensation, so things sound a bit iffy there.

[@TheNonameHousehold]

There's also the potential of shaping the town into a theme♡

[@Scoob_455]

Love Your Vids!

[@deotv-ck8lj]

Lots of love from Nigeria 🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬

[@Nakki1305]

For the ghost town content, I think it comes down to motivation. We all have life goals we want to achieve and the only way to achieve our goals is through motivation. A lot of us tend to give up on our goals half way but those who do make it to the end are the ones who do feel a sense of accomplishment. The ghost town will take a long time to rebuild but the journey will be a life changing experience. There are always gonna be some challenges along the way but it will be satisfying once overcoming challenges. Unfortunately for some or most of us, we don't have that kind of motivation to achieve goals. It does inspire us but we just need a little push every now and then

[@epicstar86]

Amazing

[@_Sonata1]

Nice to see you back :D

[@Nat-ns2hc]

Hey Andrei, not sure what's happening but I am not getting notifications that you released videos, I find them completely by accident, a few days, sometimes a week, after you release it despite being subbed and having notifications on D: great video though as always!

[@hinata167]

3:16 reminds me of how I watch financial audit so I can be on top of my financials

[@ebelesaurus2]

lol how dare you andrei! that dog is santa's little helper from the simpsons! ones of the most iconic artstyles to even be seen!!

[@Malsher]

Pretty sure he knows, but not everybody else necessarily would

[@DakotaAP]

Thought you'd have mentioned the free power washer videos too 😂

[@Lumberjack_king]

3:28 it helps that he is also doing a good deed

[@Klemen1x]

Damn i know exactly who you're talking about. I've seen a couple of his shorts dude is super nice.

[@OrangeSheepPlayz]

Cool Video!

[@nevinjosekallarackal3722]

Didnt think id see the day this became a topic

[@primarybufferpanel9939]

That's why Primitive Technology is so great

[@Mazersherazi]

Which software is been used for making this video? If anyone know kindly let me know

[@G.GlovePoP]

Wow what a surprise of the day

[@solduf]

HOLY SHI I WAS JUST WATCHING A TIKTOK OF IT

[@solduf]

SB MOWING I THINK IT WAS

[@ParodyHat]

Fun Fact: For some reason a lot of illusory and visual tricks don’t work on me. For example, 99% of stuff like that doesn’t do anything to me.

[@randomperson8994]

did Andrei get hair in real life too like his character 🤔

[@LionTag]

Andrei, cat timp îți ia ca să faci un video?(animație vorbind)

[@Shillabritish]

I must be really out of the loop because I haven't heard of this lawn mower guy

[@splitsee2526]

here's a tip: this only works in the united states of america, this was patched in every other server in the world.

[@hitheremynameis]

THE KING IS BACK

[@jujhar.]

Add subway surfers split screen for higher retention

[@SICresinwrks]

The whole oddly satisfying thing honestly just shows how easy most people can be manipulated.

[@ThecoolDecent]

The title sounds like a Dhar Man video

[@tirramasu7948]

Bwahahah

[@FreeRide722]

Did andrei get a wig or hair transplant or since when he draws himself with hair ?

[@Pixelslayer]

Explains how so many cooking shorts took over my feed

[@vashlash6870]

We as human beings need to come up with systems that prevent psychopaths from taking over. I swear those in charge are NEVER based on merit just sheer desire to rule wins.

[@Dev-mh1zb]

No more outro? :(

[@CatGoatSafe]

0:44 Santas little helper from the Simpsons

[@adamramirez4524]

Only waited a month for this ❤

[@Dont_see_this_channel]

Always Remeber : " There is nothing impossible to those who try "

[@LIKHAN12]

Hi bro

[@joshuacoleman8000]

2:23

[@Pqtrick]

wow

[@strokeman32082]

Einölen Video

[@KICK839]

Never heard nor ever watch his video. Will keep it that way

[@lowenmoonlight382]

Hey, same, I had no idea who he was and I still do not care 😂

[@Cocreator2-gu3hs]

2:23. Use this to skip the Sponser

[@Desempleado666]

and the music outro T.T?

[@user-manujmeker]

Best romanian content

[@Serpent_LOrd]

thats not just any dog that's Santa's Little Helper from the Simpsons

[@raidknight]

I swear, I never had this on my 2024 bingo card 😂

[@mindblendr5602]

There's no outro now? 🥺

[@NaudVanDalen]

Not to mention that a dollar earned through KZbin is more rewarding than a dollar earned though a regular job because it's orders of magnitude harder to even earn a dollar on KZbin than it is to earn a dollar with a regular job (when you start).

[@ghostboy11]

After 10th,Which Entrance exam is necessary for animation?,❤.Please ajee to reply Kar do.

[@Bluesteelwolf]

It been 5 years the last time I saw one of his videos 😭

[@Khuzij-cool]

bro u should make a vid about the new boxing match coming up (mike Tyson and Jake Paul)

[@Mrtamps]

I like watching unsatisfying things, I guess I'm a psycho

[@whendii13]

The dog is Bart Simpsons dog...santas little helper!!!

[@thejwoom9912]

So the explanation is “he is literally me”

[@beboysub]

he's actually Forrest Gump

[@RobertGilbertFilm]

0:57 that is the dog from the simpson’s (santas little helper)

[@Malsher]

Haha, I'm neck deep down a Drain Cleaning Australia rabbit hole right now

[@fenrirgg]

We should charge for letting someone mow the lawn now 🤔

[@Fatty0298]

Why isn't the algorithm showing him anymore? He has 2m subs but only has 30k views here, why is that?

[@michelle6734]

the hell? That is Santa's Little Helper.

[@FloydTaylor]

Andrei. Tim the lawnmower man gets less views because he is in Australia 1/15/th the US media market. If you don't break through nationally, you don't break through internationally.

[@eerieeric834]

I know him

[@LouisLuzuka]

😮

[@cyaneye5098]

since when did his hair grow back?

[@bhavikgoyal6843]

Hey

[@viko1326]

Damm this video is kinda oddly... Satisfying

[@Shoby2749]

andrei de ce postezi asa de greu

[@slothbelly5332]

no dancing end-card?

[@stuffstudios3089]

Bet

[@user-tx2ez8pm5d]

40 min gang

[@AshleyWade]

It's the Simpsons dog lol

[@PolishEmpire1]

Bob

[@Parciwal_Gaming]

I've seen more pressure washing content than lawnmowing