TubeTalk: Your YouTube How-To Guide

Send us Fan Mail These common content mistakes are ones that MANY creators find themselves making. Some of them are obvious and others, not so much. As always when it comes to YouTube, the easiest answer to any question is, "it depends." However, the common mistakes we cover in this episode are ones that any channel can find themselves making, and ones that *most* channels would likely f...

Send us Fan Mail Sometimes you just never know which one of your videos will be the one to take your channel to the next level. This week we spoke to JONK, who just last month only had a few hundred subscribers and got roughly 200 views on any given video. Now, JONK has over 30,000 subscribers, has reached YouTube monetization, and even his "less popular" videos get thousands of views. T...

Send us Fan Mail Steve Dotto understands that having a YouTube channel is just the start when you're looking to build out your business as an entrepreneur. Steve Dotto is a business owner who got his start on television back in the 1990's. Today Steve teaches others how to build their own communities, grow their own YouTube channels, and promote their products and services. He understand...

Send us Fan Mail Getting your first 1,000 subscribers on YouTube is a major milestone and one that can also take creators months, if not YEARS to achieve. Over the course of his history on YouTube, Alan Spicer has managed to accumulate thousands of subscribers on a number of YouTube channels. In this edition of TubeTalk, we'll cover the entire spectrum of YouTube growth. Everything from getti...

Send us Fan Mail It's never too late to start your YouTube journey, and if today's guest can teach us anything, it's that even the most popular niches can still be a great place to get started! Nick Farzy recently hit his stride on YouTube launching his channel to over 100k subscribers! While it did take years of testing various types of Minecraft videos, the majority of his growth...

Send us Fan Mail There are a multitude of ways to create revenue streams as a content creator on platforms like YouTube. You can start paid memberships, turn on AdSense, sell merch, the list goes on. Through a company known as Semaphore, Mike Bienstock (today's guest), helps creators launch themselves to the next level by creating products and building brand deals. If you're a creator wh...

Send us Fan Mail Growing an organic community around your YouTube channel is an important step, regardless if your goals are to go full-time, or just have a thriving channel as one of your hobbies. David runs a channel on YouTube called Mr H and Friends where, as a citizen of the UK, he explores American culture. His channel is built around comedy and reactions and currently sits at over 50,000 su...

Send us Fan Mail There are SO many tools that creators can use to help with every aspect of the video creation process. In this episode, Aurelius Tjin outlines his favorite ones! The tools we discuss today range from thumbnail creation, and content planning, to products that can even help you build out your mailing list. In recent episodes we've talked about the importance of things like havi...

Send us Fan Mail Taking your YouTube channel from hobby to CAREER could be possible sooner than you think! Ryan Walsh has a YouTube growth channel with over 20,000 subscribers and he's taking them on his journey to become a full time YouTuber while documenting his experience along the way. In this episode of TubeTalk, we discuss the ins and outs of how to go full time on YouTube, as well as w...

Send us Fan Mail How do you grow your YouTube channel beyond your first 1,000 or even 100,000 subscribers and turn it into a thriving business? Daniela Ali is the founder of Oni Studios, a company whose goal is to invest in rising talent and help creators turn their hobbies into full blown careers. Daniela's experience is specific to gaming but Oni Studios plans on reaching creators across va...

Send us Fan Mail Block Facts explains how he managed to take his Minecraft channel and reach 1 MILLION subscribers in just 6 months. Spoiler Alert: It has something to do with YouTube Shorts. Not just #Shorts though... Block Facts has a recipe to this wild success which involves a commitment to his brand, style, and content. Each Block Facts video is about Minecraft and facts about various blocks,...

Send us Fan Mail This week Desiree Martinez (host of the Women of YouTube podcast) breaks down how small businesses can leverage YouTube to build an audience organically and generate more leads in the process! Follow Desiree here: Desiree's Website Desiree Martinez on Instagram Desiree Martinez on YouTube The Women of YouTube Podcast Follow  vidIQ here: https://vidiq.com https://twitter.com/v...

Send us Fan Mail Do you need subscribers before you get "real" views? How big of a role does LUCK play in getting discovered? Does YouTube give preferential treatment to longer videos? Nate Black joins Rob and  Dan to discuss these incredibly common myths and misunderstandings about YouTube. Nate runs Channel Makers, a YouTube growth channel helping creators conquer their fears, build a...

Send us Fan Mail Cory Crater founded his company, NewScape Studios in 2015. Since getting his start on YouTube, he’s launched multiple YouTube channels, with most of them reaching over 1 MILLION subscribers. Cory and his team of over 40 employees create content focused around video games, animation, machinima, and more. NewScape Studios is a media production company that now has 2 locations in the...

Send us Fan Mail This week, Jade Darmawangsa takes us on a journey that allowed her to not only monetize her YouTube channel, but eventually helped her rise to the level of CEO for her own company. In her own words, Jade is a millennial entrepreneur that is EXTREMELY obsessed with helping creators grow on social media. She’s expanded her business and is now the founder and CEO of X8 Media, which h...

Send us Fan Mail This week's guests are Ben and Mikayla Johnson, a husband and wife team who specialize in video production, especially as it pertains to YouTube! As creators, we're always looking for ways we can improve our craft. At first, a smartphone combined with a little bit of education can go a long way. However, as you get more serious about your channel, it's common for cr...

Send us Fan Mail Ben Leavitt has a YouTube channel where he helps people grow their business, brand, or even YouTube channel by using social media and podcasting. This week, Dan and Rob pick Ben's brain to better understand the various ways that creators could leverage various social media platforms to grow their YouTube channels today, in 2021. Find Ben Leavitt Here: Ben Leavitt on YouTube F...

Send us Fan Mail Dee Nimmin helps creators build their creative confidence—and their brand—while using their smartphone. With almost two decades of running a multimedia company that focused on video production and graphic design, Dee is now sharing his knowledge with other creators on YouTube. Rob and Dan ask Dee about all the ways creators can be making use of their phones, even if a phone is the...

Send us Fan Mail Can joining an app like Clubhouse grow your presence on YouTube and other social media platforms? The popularity of this app has raised a LOT of questions. Today, Dan and Rob interview JayJay and Hawa, two people with substantial knowledge and experience on Clubhouse, as well as up-and-coming apps like it. They've used Clubhouse to grow, and they've used it to help other...

Send us Fan Mail Famous for making insanely share-able Among Us Shorts on YouTube, Jake Fellman explains the ways in which he leverages the YouTube platform for maximum growth! In this episode of TubeTalk, Dan and Rob get to discuss short-form content on YouTube with someone who is, in their own right, a #Shorts expert by now. Jake's unique animation style and sense of humor, combined with tr...

Send us Fan Mail Desiree Martinez has taken her YouTube career to extreme heights and discusses how to successfully network with other creators in your industry, as well as ways you can utilize YouTube and social media to grow your business. This week, Rob and Dan ask Desiree to share her insights and strategies that have helped so many other creators turn their passions into careers. Desiree also...

Send us Fan Mail Big E is a full-time content creator who recently made the switch from doing regular Twitch streams to developing a content strategy for not one, but TWO different YouTube channels. This week, Dan and Rob sit down with Big E to discuss the various opportunities doing livestreams on YouTube can have for a creator. While Big E mainly focuses on gaming content, there are a number of...

Send us Fan Mail Family gaming channel Sopo Squad Gaming is on their way to their first million YouTube subscribers in less than a year's time. This week, Dan and Travis sit down with Lizzy to learn more about how a family gaming channel that has committed itself to Roblox has managed to see such incredible growth. The moral of this episode is that it's simply never to late to start your...

Send us Fan Mail Emily D. Baker, who is a former Deputy District Attorney, has taken her years of legal expertise and used them to find great success on YouTube! This week, Dan and Rob sit down with Emily to get her take on managing a YouTube channel while being careful not to fall into any legal trouble. This discussion dives deep into topics like Fair Use, taxes, and forming an LLC for your chan...

Send us Fan Mail Ed Lawrence of the Film Booth YouTube channel sits down to discuss ways in which you can grow as a personality while you work to master the art of making videos. This week on TubeTalk, Rob and Dan pick the brain of a video production professional who shares some incredible tips and insights for creating better YouTube content. While figuring out a YouTube home-studio is important,...