Video Creators | Grow Your Youtube Audience, Get Subscribers, Tips For More Views, Strategy, And Make Money With Your Channel

We're all busy and there's a LOT of information out there about social media strategies. I mean, how many podcast episodes and YouTube videos do we have on this stuff? Too many, probably. So, how would someone like yourself just cut straight to what you actually need to know to grow on YouTube in 2022? Well, I want to share with you what those 5 things are. 0:00 | Podcast Intro 0:49 | Welcome to the podcast! 1:51 | Quick team catch up (there’s a good story in this one!) 8:21 | Creator Spotlight 15:04 | What we LOVE seeing in creators & what to do when you’re stuck 17:07 | The first strategy: titles & thumbnails 21:42 | The second strategy: let your thumbnail inform your title 26:27 | The third strategy: It’s ALL about the AI 34:32 | The fourth strategy: storytelling 41:42 | The fifth strategy: focus on keeping viewers on platform 49:45 | Power Tip CREATOR SPOTLIGHT - Julien Klepatch - EatTheBlock channel: https://youtube.com/c/EatTheBlocks Book a 1 hour call with us: videocreators.com/consulting You

This episode highlights some of questions you all have sent us recently via voicemail. We discuss the ideal video length for YouTube videos. Do 10 minute videos perform better than 2 minute videos? And what kind of impact do video chapters have on how a video performs and is optimized for YouTube? We also discuss if it's still necessary to ask people to, "Like, Comment, and Subscribe," and much more. CHAPTERS 0:00: Podcast Intro 0:49: Welcome to the Podcast! 3:00: Team catch up 7:04: Creator spotlight 10:20: An exciting announcement  12:51: What length of videos does YouTube prefer? 20:16: Should you use Chapters in your video? 27:03: Should you ask people to subscribe — especially if you’re under 1K? 33:07: A kind message from one of our subscribers 38:21: Power Tip ⚡️ CREATOR SPOTLIGHT Caroline Beck of, "Mediterranean Minutes," https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbem7mZCzat_gZmB532XoBQ VIDEO LABS: We'd love to coach you through our advanced YouTube growth training! It's like having a YouTube strategist in you

If you've poked your head into your YouTube analytics, then you know that it can be an overwhelming place to spend your time. On top of that, you've got a bunch of YouTube experts telling you what matters the most to YouTube - maybe you've heard that all YouTube cares about is watch time, or maybe you've heard that you need to get more people like & subscribe from your video in order to grow faster, or maybe you've even heard that your title & thumbnail make or break your channel so all you need to pay attention to is your impressions click-through rate to grow more. So, I want to help you narrow down what metrics you can totally disregard (and what to pay attention to instead), despite what the rumors may say. 0:00: Welcome to the Podcast! 0:48: Intro — meet D’Laina 4:14: Creator Spotlight 19:16: Why speaking to one is more effective than to everyone 21:13: Metrics you shouldn’t glorify 23:29: Metric 1: Watch time 29:36: What to look at instead of JUST watch time 32:52: Metric 2: When your viewers ar

When you first start your YouTube channel and your business, you're all excited to jump in! You have a great vision of what the future is going to look like: freedom, independence, spreading your message, changing people's lives, doing something you're passionate about, etc! And then you start making money and achieve the thing you set out to accomplish. But soon you find that the excitement gives way to a grind. It's a hustle mentality that you can't sustain at the same pace going forward into the future. You want to slow down, but you can't. The business requires too much from you. You feel stuck and disillusioned because the the life you thought your YouTube channel and business would provide ends up providing the same experience you had when working a 9-5. In this episode we're going to talk with the guys who own the financial advisory firm Tim Schmoyer uses. It's not who you'd normally think of when it comes to solving this problem of grinding, burnout, building a business around your passion, and gettin

It honestly hurts our hearts to see creators get burnt out because they're spending so time, money, and brain power on tactics & strategies that aren't getting them any closer to where they want to be. So, we want to bring some relief to your YouTube journey by sharing with you the top 5 strategies that are a wasting your time. Number 5 is probably going to throw you through a loop. Life Church channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/lifechurchtv Video Labs: videocreators.com/videolabs How to Make Any Story Interesting: https://youtu.be/NjbmUhKpp7k Using samples from long form content for Shorts content: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/10623810?hl=en&ref_topic=10343432

The YouTube and Business grind can get HARD... These two things that once felt so invigorating & passionate, can start to feel like more of a job. Why is that? We  discussed exactly that in a private conversation between, and we want to share that with you in hopes to enlighten and encourage your journey through business and YouTube. Enjoy! Every Good Endeavor by Timothy Keller: https://www.amazon.com/Every-Good-Endeavor-Connecting-Your/dp/1594632820/ref=sr_1_1?crid=32ZZMIIU97FCC&keywords=every+good+endeavor+tim+keller&qid=1643851884&sprefix=every+goo%2Caps%2C96&sr=8-1 Making Ideas Happen: https://www.amazon.com/Making-Ideas-Happen-Overcoming-Obstacles/dp/1591844118/ref=sr_1_1?crid=17LK34T5GWQC5&keywords=making+ideas+happen&qid=1643851943&sprefix=making+ideas+happen%2Caps%2C92&sr=8-1

If you feel burned out, stressed out, and overwhelmed with creating a sustainable business around your YouTube channel, that's unfortunately a very common feeling. Most creators think that if they just hire people to do some of their work for them that everything will be solved, but that's not true. The time your team frees up just ends up getting filled with other responsibilities, and that's assuming you even find someone in the first place who's can meet your expectations for quality work. It's hard! Grant Thompson started, The King of Random, and grew it to 6 million subscribers. He hit his max and then learned how to scale everything around his channel. When he passed away in 2019 his channel continued to grow even without him. Today his channel has new hosts and 13 million subscribers. Today I talked with his late wife about what life was like when he was stressed out on his channel, how he broke free from that stress, got back to 5 hour work weeks, and even left behind a channel that grows in his absen

Feeling like your channel is stuck? There's a solution! And it starts with some YouTube Analytics features that we know are the not-so-exciting ones. However, they are vitals parts of YouTube strategy that can answer so many questions you have about your channel. We've got 5 Analytics Features for you to that will help you craft a powerful, effective YouTube Strategy. For a deep dive into some the strategies we discussed in this episode, as well as guidance on how to actually implement a killer YouTube Growth Strategy, then you'll want to check out our next Video Labs session. It opens for enrollment on February 7th. Video Labs: videocreators.com/videolabs LEAVE A VOICE MESSAGE: Have comments, reactions, questions, a YouTube tip to share, or just want to say hi? Leave a voice message for us and we may use it in an upcoming podcast episode. https://www.speakpipe.com/videocreators

Paid membership programs are often promoted as really good, easy revenue for educators and entertainers alike on YouTube, but after launching 5 different paid memberships and doing everything we knew to do in order to grow it, eventually we ended up shutting every one of them down. Why? We just shut down our most recent paid membership effort, called The Growth Network, after a year and a half of giving it everything we had. But through that experience, I think we're getting closer to the thing that's actually going to work. In this episode I share what we tried, what happened, why I think it didn't work, and what we learned from it going forward for our business. Plus, I introduce you to a new platform we're using that's been incredible for our business. JOIN ME IN VOLLEY! And get free access to a mini-course that the co-founder and I put together to help set you up for success in using it to grow your business and your audience at the same time. Click here: https://hi.volley.app/land?tk=UmD8rkwMfnfPbyFunZ7a

As podcasting continues to grow on YouTube, it's a format that many of us can now consider as part of our YouTube strategy. So I sat down with my friend (and neighbor!) to talk about how podcasting works and how we can use it to compliment our YouTube strategy. Cliff shares more about what podcasting is and isn't, how to use it as a video podcast, and ways to use a video podcast on YouTube. LISTEN TO EPISODE 291: https://videocreators.com/breaking-news-youtube-is-developing-a-podcasting-update-ep-291/ CHECK OUT CLIFF'S PODCAST: https://www.cliffravenscraft.com/podcasts/podcast-answer-man LEAVE A VOICE MESSAGE: Have comments, reactions, questions, a YouTube tip to share, or just want to say hi? Leave a voice message for us and we may use it in an upcoming podcast episode. https://www.speakpipe.com/videocreators

After working here at Video Creators for the past 3 years, Lennon is launching out on his own business full-time. We'll miss him around here, but we're excited about what's to come for him. In this episode, he shares a bit about his journey in growing his business and how he came to understand when it's time to launch out on your own business full-time. There are also a lot of sentimental memories and reflections wrapped up in this final episode with Lennon, too. Follow Lennon's future at https://www.instagram.com/stopthestarvingartist/  LEAVE A VOICE MESSAGE: Have comments, reactions, questions, a YouTube tip to share, or just want to say hi? Leave a voice message for us and we may use it in an upcoming podcast episode. https://www.speakpipe.com/videocreators

Is it sometimes hard to know what you should do next on your channel to help it grow? Yeah, probably always. And that's probably because you haven't yet dug up all of the different corners of your channel to actually reveal the real areas of opportunity that will help you reach more viewers on YouTube so that you can grow your business and change people's lives. So, we want to help you do that in today's episode. CREATOR SPOTLIGHT: Check out Steve Porter's channel called, "Tronicsfix," here: https://www.youtube.com/c/Tronicsfix/videos REGISTER FOR THE NEXT SESSION OF VIDEO LABS: https://videocreators.com/video-labs/ POWER TIP: New "videos growing your audience," feature in the YouTube Studio: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/9072033 LEAVE A VOICE MESSAGE: Have comments, reactions, questions, a YouTube tip to share, or just want to say hi? Leave a voice message for us and we may use it in an upcoming podcast episode. https://www.speakpipe.com/videocreators

As we head into the new year, it's helpful to pause and reflect on everything that's changed on YouTube over the past year and use that history as an indicator to see what's to come in 2022. Today we discuss the top changes that occurred on YouTube last year, use that to predict what's coming in this next year, and most importantly, consider what implications it has for our content strategy going into the new year. We discuss YouTube Shorts, video chapters, community tab changes, hidden dislike counts, podcasting on YouTube, storytelling for educations, and much more! CREATOR SPOTLIGHT: Check out Bill Sweet's channel, "The Dad Bod," here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSrYXYezhDxRWxsc4kmi1BQ REGISTER FOR THE NEXT SESSION OF VIDEO LABS: https://videocreators.com/video-labs/ LEAVE A VOICE MESSAGE: Have comments, reactions, questions, a YouTube tip to share, or just want to say hi? Leave a voice message for us and we may use it in an upcoming podcast episode. https://www.speakpipe.com/videocreators

Today we take some of the most common advice that's given for, "How to grow your YouTube channel faster," and our panel of YouTube experts reacts to each one. Which are true, which are false, and which are a little bit of both? It's a fun time breaking down how channel growth works on YouTube!   CREATOR SPOTLIGHT: Check out Vegan Michele at https://www.youtube.com/c/VeganMichele   REGISTER FOR VIDEO LABS: https://videocreators.com/video-labs/   LEAVE A VOICE MESSAGE: Have comments, reactions, questions, a YouTube tip to share, or just want to say hi? Leave a voice message for us and we may use it in an upcoming podcast episode. https://www.speakpipe.com/videocreators

As we're growing our businesses on YouTube, it can easily start to feel like we're running out of video ideas. We'll hear a lot of creators say things like, "I feel like I've already made this video a thousand times!" The struggle is real! As creators ourselves who have made over a thousand videos talking about the same three things -- getting more views, subscribers, and money on YouTube -- today we'll talk about how to overcome that frustration. CREATOR SPOTLIGHT: Check out Laura Volpes's channel! https://www.youtube.com/c/LauraVolpes REGISTER FOR THE NEXT SESSION OF VIDEO LABS: https://videocreators.com/video-labs/ Use, "Answer The Public," to generate new video ideas: https://answerthepublic.com/ YOUR VOICE QUESTIONS Send us a quick audio clip asking us your YouTube question for future Q&A episodes: https://speakpipe.com/videocreators

When we're growing a business around YouTube, much of our time is focused on the efforts we feel are growing our business and channel. However, when we stop and look objectively at our business, often we find that the activities that are making us busy and not the same things that are making us money. What activities are we doing on our YouTube channels and in the business we're growing around that audience? Of those activities, which ones are making us money and which ones aren't. Which ones serve our audience and customers the best? Which ones don't? Often those two things are connected in some way. Where do we make the most profit? This isn't about extracting as much as we can from people, but rather, money is an indicator, it's one way to measure how well you're serving people. We wrestle with that question here today. CREATOR SPOTLIGHT: Check out Irene Bearly of, "Girl Talks Fish." https://www.youtube.com/c/GirlTalksFish REGISTER FOR THE NEXT SESSION OF VIDEO LABS: https://videocreators.com/video-labs/ C

We have several great questions from you all, our podience, about attracting the right viewers to your YouTube channel, if and when you should have multiple topics per video, how to tell a story in a video that has nothing to do with a story, and much more. If you want to submit a question for us to tackle in a future Q&A episode go to https://speakpipe.com/videocreators CREATOR SPOTLIGHT Check out Adam Vandergrift's channel here: https://www.youtube.com/c/HAXMAN YOUTUBE CONSULTING We'd love to dive into your channel with you for a one-on-one session and give you the next steps you need to go to the next level. Book a session with us here: https://videocreators.com/consulting

We have several interesting moves from YouTube this past year in regards to a podcasting update on the platform. They're making moves that indicate that podcasting will become a focus of the platform, which is very interesting for us as creators for many different reasons. What does all this mean for us as creators? If we have a podcast, what should be our next moves? Is it time to start a podcast? Is it time to move existing podcasts to YouTube? Same channel? Different channel? Should they be audio-only or video? The answers to these questions have significant implications for how YouTube crafts its product in the future, which will impact our own content strategy, as well. CREATOR SPOTLIGHT Check out Morgan Gold's channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjl3zDun9SazYI0UWWu6_1A YOUTUBE CONSULTING Schedule your one-on-one YouTube channel consultation with us here: https://videocreators.com/consulting YOUTUBE'S AUDIO PODCAST, "THE UPLOAD." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_PrJNerCD0&list=PLbpi6Zaht

Brad owns the channel, Fix This Build That, which has over 1 million subscribers and supports a successful business selling PDFs of his building plans. In this episode, he shares the behind-the-scenes principles that took him from a soul-sucking corporate job to doing what he loves: building in his garage. There are some big takeaways here, especially for creators who struggle to gain traction with a tutorial or educational-based channel. Brad's channel would be a tutorial channel by default, too, but he does some things that make it easier for people to come back and watch more, even if it's not a tutorial they feel like they need. You'll learn all about that as a part of Brad's story in this episode.   Check out Brad here: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHYSw4XKO_q1GaChw5pxa-w Website: https://fixthisbuildthat.com/ Sign up to get notified about Business Labs by registering for, "Product to Profit," here: https://videocreators.com/product-to-profit/

Today we're talking with several YouTube creators about not only their best tips for growing a channel on YouTube, but we're also taking time to answer your questions so you can grow, too. CHECK OUT THESE CREATORS HERE - Adam Visnic, P.I.: https://www.youtube.com/c/AdamVisnic - New Ed Tech Classroom: https://www.youtube.com/c/newedtechclassroom - Sam Gavis-Hughson: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWSYAntBbdd2SLYUqPIxo0w - Margaret Martin, Physical Therapist: https://www.youtube.com/c/melioguide   REGISTER FOR THE NEXT SESSION OF VIDEO LABS: https://videocreators.com/video-labs/