BRUTAL Youtube Advice for Beginner and Intermediate Creators
May 30, 2024
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Travis and Jenn provide brutal advice for small YouTube creators, discussing the importance of YouTube coaching, investing in yourself, creating engaging thumbnails, audience research, and not overwhelming viewers with calls to action. They emphasize creating content for humans, not algorithms, and the need for strategic engagement. The podcast touches on channel audits, burnout, and the sacrifices required for success as a content creator.
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Quick takeaways
Success on YouTube requires commitment and sacrifices to achieve goals.
Applying advice from live stream channel audits is crucial for sustained growth.
Thumbnails play a vital role in attracting viewers and should be visually compelling and informative.
Creating content for human viewers, not just algorithms, is essential for success on YouTube.
Deep dives
Creators' Challenge: Are You Willing to Sacrifice for Success?
Success on YouTube requires commitment and sacrifices. Travis shares his own experiences of working a full-time job, engaging in live streams, and creating content to achieve success. The key question for all aspiring creators is: Are you willing to make the necessary sacrifices to attain your goals?
Growing Through Learning from Live Streams and Feedback
While many creators hope to be featured in live stream channel audits for growth, Travis emphasizes the importance of actively listening and applying advice from such sessions. He recounts an anecdote where creators focused on getting picked but didn't apply key learnings, stressing the need to absorb information for sustained growth.
Thumbnails: A Critical Element for Video Success
Discussing the upcoming video on thumbnail critiques, Travis and Jen highlight the significance of thumbnails in attracting viewers. Their upcoming video aims to examine how thumbnails impact audience understanding and interest, emphasizing the need for visually compelling and informative thumbnails.
Prioritizing Human Connection over Algorithms and Metrics
In the world of YouTube, Travis underscores the importance of creating content for human viewers rather than focusing solely on algorithms and metrics. Despite the lure of vanity metrics, success is contingent on human engagement, a fundamental principle that creators should prioritize.
Navigating Burnout: A Real Challenge for Content Creators
Acknowledging the prevalence of burnout among creators, Travis reflects on the demanding nature of content creation that often leads to burnout. He hints at a future discussion on managing burnout, highlighting the need for self-care and balance amidst the challenges of being a content creator.
Encouraging Engagement and Understanding Metrics
Encouraging creators to seek audience interaction and feedback, Travis hints at future Q&A sessions and email interactions to enhance engagement. By delving into viewer responses and metrics, creators can gain valuable insights and improve their content delivery.
Promoting Intelligent Thumbnails and Content Choices for Success
Emphasizing the effectiveness of specific calls to action in videos, Travis and Jen discuss the power of engaging thumbnails and strategic content choices for viewer retention and growth. They stress the need for cohesive and purposeful content creation to drive success on YouTube.
Facing Challenges and Adapting: The Journey of a Content Creator
Highlighting the unpredictable nature of success on YouTube, Travis and Jen urge creators to persevere through challenges and adapt to the evolving landscape of content creation. Emphasizing the significance of consistency, resilience, and continuous learning, they encourage creators to navigate obstacles with determination and creativity.
In this episode, Travis and Jenn discuss some brutal advice for small YouTube creators. They address topics such as the repetition of growth channels, the value of YouTube coaching, the importance of investing in yourself, the myth of shadow banning, the challenges of creating thumbnails, the need for focus and audience research, and the reality that viewers on YouTube don't care about you as a creator. Travis and Jenn discuss the importance of not overwhelming viewers with too many calls to action in a single video. They emphasize the need to be specific and strategic when asking for likes, comments, shares, and subscriptions. They also discuss the importance of creating content for humans rather than algorithms, and the value of understanding your audience. The conversation touches on the challenges of getting selected for channel audits and the importance of actively applying the advice given. They also briefly mention the topic of burnout and the sacrifices required to succeed as a content creator.
This episode was hosted by Travis and Jenn of vidIQ. If you have any questions, please feel free to email support@vidiq.com
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