TubeTalk: Your YouTube How-To Guide

Send us Fan Mail We have all heard of niching down, but what about niching up?  This is just one technique that Braille Skateboarding used to get its channel to over 5 million subscribers! I chatted with Devin Weber, the CEO of Braille Skateboarding about the techniques they use to become a leader not only on YouTube, but in the skateboarding industry Devin shared with us how they found their audi...

Send us Fan Mail "I have listened to the expert's advice but my channel is still not growing - what am I doing wrong?" This is a common question that we often see during our vidIQ Training Livestreams.  On today’s episode of TubeTalk we address this issue. Why is your channel really not growing even when you listen to all the advice we give? The answer is actually not complicated so...

Send us Fan Mail Many of us create youtube videos when we have some free time. Since we don't have much time, we tend to rush in, put something together that will hopefully get us more views and more subscribers. But I wonder how much attention are we giving to the stuff that matters such as structure, the audience, and standing out in a saturated niche? On today's episode of TubeTalk, I...

Send us Fan Mail Today's topic is all about your Youtube channel page - are you set up for success or is it actually costing you views and subscribers? Are you using Playlists effectively to keep your audience engaged and watching more of your content? Your YouTube Home Page is the first impression of what your channel has to offer, what the viewer can expect, and why they should subscribe. I...

Send us Fan Mail We are constantly looking for methods to get our videos to rank on YouTube. The better the videos perform, the more views we get which then turn into subscribers. One tool that YouTube has is the automatic captioning tool.  This essentially puts into text the words you are saying in your video.  Besides that fact that that is not 100% percent accurate, does captioning your video r...

Send us Fan Mail "I have views on my videos but they are not subscribing" and "I have subscribers on my channel, but they are not watching my videos" - these are two common questions that I hear constantly when helping creators with their channels. Therefore, in this week's episode of TubeTalk, I chat with vidIQ's Rob Wilson and Dan Carson to understand what YouTubers...

Send us Fan Mail Take two YouTube channels with identical subscriber numbers and identical views creating content around the same topic.  Why does one channel leapfrog the other? What makes one channel more successful than the other? Why do brands want to work one channel more than the other? This is what we are going to be chatting about on this episode of TubeTalk with Richie Norton! Richie Nort...

Send us Fan Mail "I don't want to be pigeonholed" is something I hear often from YouTubers. I find this strange. Being pigeonholed essentially means that you are THE expert on a topic, why would you NOT want to be that? Being niche on YouTube means that you become known for that niche. So whenever people want that info, they instantly know where to look! But how do you dominate a ni...

Send us Fan Mail Most Youtube creators know that analytics are a critical part of growing your YouTube channel. We tend to focus on real-time views, watch time, retention but is that enough? Today on TubeTalk, Tim Schmoyer shares with us 5 Advance Analytics that every creator should be focused on in order to really take the channel to the next level! In this episode you will learn: How to use grou...

Send us Fan Mail Having conducted hundreds of YouTube Channel Audits, we get to see a helicopter view of what Content Creators are doing right and what they are doing wrong.  Today on TubeTalk, Travis McPherson and I share these mistakes with you so that you can fix these on your channel and set yourself up for YouTube success! In this episode you will learn: About bad thumbnails About bad titles...

Send us Fan Mail There is nothing I love more than attending YouTuber events around the world. This is not only a superb place to create network opportunities, but a space to learn from the best-of-the-best! One event I always look forward to is VidCon, a global content creator event that really does expose how creators are able to grow their audiences and monetize their various platforms. On this...

Send us Fan Mail There is so much information about YouTube and its algorithms. But what info is correct and what is false? I speak with Mark Robertson , one of the very first SEO industry leaders to go all-in on digital video and the first to coin the phrase “social video marketing”. With over 2 decades of experience in digital media, Mark is a pioneer, and a digital marketing expert who really u...

Send us Fan Mail As much as we love creating amazing videos and uploading them to YouTube, at a point we realize that being a creator isn't free. It costs money. Events, equipment, editing, tools, etc. Of course, YouTube ad revenue is superb but its only one source of revenue. today I chat with Marlene Mc'Cohen who runs the incredible bird channel . The channel has over 200 000 subscribe...

Send us Fan Mail Travel is one of the biggest and most competitive verticals on YouTube, with millions of videos around the topic being uploaded every day. But breaking through to become a successful travel-focused creator means exposure, brand deals, and the chance to break away from the 9-5 life. I chat with Bryce Jurgy, the dad from The Jurgys, on how his family's travel and adventure chan...

Send us Fan Mail Do you dream of your videos going viral on YouTube? Do you wish you could crack the code and find the secret formula for viral video success? On this week's episode of TubeTalk, we talk to Cory Williams, the "world's first professional YouTuber," with several billion views to his name. He's found massive success with multiple videos, and he's going to...

Send us Fan Mail Many creators tend to focus on one specific platform at a time, and that's often the right approach. However, that isn't to say that you can't successfully repurpose that content to build new audiences and communities elsewhere on the web. Or use that content to drive traffic to another property, such as a website. On this episode of TubeTalk, we talk to Stephen Far...

Send us Fan Mail Are you thinking of starting a gaming channel on YouTube? Or perhaps you've been gaming for a couple of years but now want to get serious about generating significantly more views and subscribers. vidIQ's resident online gaming expert Dan Carson is here to help you wherever you are on your YouTube journey. In this week's episode of TubeTalk, he walks us through the...

Send us Fan Mail There are no YouTube shortcuts. You have to up in the work and build an audience. With enough determination and laser focus on quality content, channels grow and thrive for years. Today, I chat with Justin who is a tech YouTube superstar and has been creating content for over 14 years! Over the years Justine has focused on aspects of the channel which helped her build an audience...

Send us Fan Mail We're all currently living through a brand new reality. We're on lockdown for both our own safety and that of our families, friends and wider community during this coronavirus pandemic. It's no wonder YouTube creators are finding themselves unable to be creative! So on this episode, we’re joined again by our friend Josh Zimmerman from Creator Coach who has already h...

Send us Fan Mail Name me a topic that you can’t find at least one video about on YouTube. Go on, I’ll wait. There’s unique, unusual, thought-provoking, and hugely entertaining content being uploaded to the platform every day, and creators are building significant views, subscribers and communities around it. Our guest on this week’s TubeTalk podcast we talk to Dan Markham of ‘What's Inside’ ,...

Send us Fan Mail YouTube is an amazing platform for viewers to find entertainment and information resources. It’s also an amazing platform for creators to earn revenue from ads run against that entertaining and educational content they upload. But what if revenue from Adsense isn’t an option? On this week’s TubeTalk we talk to Caleb Marshal , a fitness instructor with over 2.3M subscribers on YouT...

Send us Fan Mail As a YouTube creator, you have a huge number of things to take into consideration - your video and audio set up, keyword research, thumbnail design, content ideas, and SEO for example. But there’s another piece of the puzzle that all creators have to consider - the legal side of content creation. On this episode of TubeTalk we’ll focus on the legal aspect to brand and sponsorship...

Send us Fan Mail Listeners of TubeTalk know we love to dive into creator stories, to find out how they started their journey, and the steps they took to success on YouTube. In this week’s episode, we're joined by Chris Turner, who is a British comedian and a freestyle rapper. He has over 17M views on his YouTube channel , and his comedy gigs regularly sell out. He has created a successful You...

Send us Fan Mail How long viewers watch your content for is one of YouTube’s golden signals. So as content creators we know we need to hook attract viewers with engaging topics. But did you know that quality production values can also help your audience retention? In this episode of TubeTalk, we’re going to take a deep dive into audio specifically, and give you some must-know tips and tricks aroun...

Send us Fan Mail Raise your hand if you want to be a full-time YouTuber. If you’re listening to this podcast or reading this post, the odds are pretty good that you're trying to monetize your content on the platform and make being a YouTuber your career. But did you know there's more than one way of becoming a full-time YouTuber? As creators, we acquire a whole set of skills over the yea...