Video Creators

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 t...

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 mo...

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 faste...

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...

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 ch...

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...

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 ass...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 VID...

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...

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 tha...

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 ou...

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...

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 wit...

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/...

You undoubtedly hear gurus telling you to fill up your video descriptions on YouTube. They say to give Google as much information about your video as you can and to use your keywords in there and other variants of your keywords. They encourage people to put a lot of links in there, too, because you never know which link someone will want to click on. But then you see that most of the top creators...

We see a lot of clients lose up to 50% of their viewers in the first 20 seconds of a video. Obviously, this is detrimental in getting YouTube to surface your content to a new audience, not to mention keeping your existing audience feeling like they're getting something fresh video after video.  But what's the difference between videos that feel like "nothing" is happening, but you're still intrigu...

Patreon can be a great way for YouTube creators to monetize their videos and grow a fan base of people who want to financially support the channel. However, many creators have attempted to launch a Patreon campaign to their subscribers and only get crickets. In this interview, we talk with an employee of Patreon about how to best set up your Patreon account and introduce it to your audience so it...

Many creators are taking advantage of an opportunity to repurpose their existing YouTube videos into other content on other platforms. They simply take their YouTube video, reformat it to fit the aspect ratios of other platforms, add a headline, burn-in some captions, and boom! Now your YouTube video is ready for Facebook, Instagram, Linked In, and other platforms. However, it's not quite as simpl...

There's a lot of conspiracy theories out there about YouTube. Everything from how the CEO keeps her job to why YouTube suppresses smaller channels to what you have to do to be picked up by the algorithm. Today's episode is a bit more fun where we kick back and get into some of the conspiracy theories about YouTube that you all submitted to us. We answer some of them, but others are just so far out...