Video Creators

Growing a successful business around your YouTube audience requires a different mindset than just being a creator or an "influencer." Too many creators focus on the creator side of their business, but fail to recognize that they're actually a CEO and need to think like one in order to make money in their business. Today, Josh Zimmerman, The Creator Coach, joins us to share more about what that min...

When we evaluate our clients' videos that aren't performing well, there's several things we often see in common that are holding the video back. Fortunately, these are simple mistakes to fix if you know what to look for and what to consider as you're planning and shooting your videos. Today we'll share 5 of the most common things we see, as well as a few bonus tips to help people like your videos...

If you're a creator who shoots the video and then tries to figure out how to make it get views and subscribers on YouTube, you're doing it backwards. Videos often perform much better with some strategic planning ahead of time so you end up shooting exactly what you need to make the best video possible. CREATOR SPOTLIGHT: Remmington went through, "30 Days to a Better YouTube Channel," prior to crea...

Today we're talking with 7 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: - Pressure Wash Help - https://www.youtube.com/FCPWLLC - Multilingual Kids - AskTetsu - https://www.youtube.com/user/asktetsu - Nick Lituanio - https://www.youtube.com/nicklituanio - Fru...

Over the past few years I've started several online businesses. Video Creators itself has earned millions of dollars on YouTube and today I want to share with you the 5 sales tactics I used that allowed me to grow the business and serve an audience of YouTube creators better than ever before. Use these 5 principles to grow your own business on YouTube and increase sales so you can serve the people...

If you're using YouTube to grow your business or even create a business, we know you have all kinds of questions about what that looks like, what works best, and how to translate business practices to an online video format. After generating several million dollars on YouTube for my businesses, we're here to help you figure out how to do the same. In this episode we answer questions about selling,...

When you're a smaller channel, you typically follow a growth strategy that focuses on search, keywords, and making the content as short and to-the-point as possible. While there's nothing wrong with that, you'll notice that many channels with several million subscribers do NOT do that. They're not focused on keywords and there's a lot of "unnecessary" fluff. Why? If you already have some traction...

If you want to optimize your videos for growth, most people unfortunately focus primarily on the content itself: cool shots, fancy editing, and high energy. Those things can be nice, but they don't grow momentum on your channel as well as focusing on who the viewer is and what they want. Today, Liron from VidIQ joins us to talk through how we can get to know our target audience and its implication...

One creator asked us, "How do I optimize YouTube's ads to make the most money? Should I just select all the options and let YouTube pick? Should I disable certain ad formats and force others to run more? is there anything I can do to make more money from YouTube's ads on my videos?" Another creator asked us, "How do I double my channel growth with tips you've never shared?" This question usually p...

If you're a business on YouTube and are using your videos to drive traffic to your website, products, and service, there's a few myths these business creators often believe that hold them back from really seeing success on YouTube. Today, Dane Golden will join us to discuss those myths and give us practical advice for how we can overcome them and use our YouTube channels to grow our business. Lear...

Here at Video Creators, we receive over 100 email inquiries a day. As your channel and brand grows, it will start to feel unmanageable. But you MUST manage it for the sake of serving your audience and responding to business opportunities that arise. So here's how we manage it. This is our process and hope it helps you manage your community better, too. CREATOR SPOTLIGHT: Check out Changing Lanes o...

I sat down with a YouTube employee to discuss some of the things they see on their side that are mistakes that are holding creators back, what makes for a "good" video, how do we know if it's "good enough," and much more. Check out Creator Insider on YouTube for more behind-the-scenes updates from YouTube themselves: https://www.youtube.com/creatorinsider LOVE VIDEO CREATORS AND WANT TO GROW ON YO...

Yes, there's all the obvious skills like video production, editing, and YouTube strategy, but today we want to go beyond that. If your goal is to make money doing what you love and you're growing that business on YouTube, you need many more skills than video production. After over 10 years of growing online businesses and generating millions of dollars, these 7 skills are the essential ones you mu...

This episode is more for the business minded creator -- those who plan to turn their channel into a business or people who are growing a business with their YouTube channel. At VC, about 90-some percent of our revenue is funneled through our website. It's a very critical tool for us as we generate leads with YouTube, nurture those relationships with email, or even sell directly from our channel. T...

After working through our YouTube growth process in Video Labs for 8 weeks, these 6 creators share some of the top ideas, tips, tactics, and strategies that have helped them see their channels grow so that you can see the same thing happen on your channel. REGISTER FOR VIDEO LABS: https://videocreators.com/video-labs/ CREATORS IN THIS EPISODE - Dimitra's Dishes: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCk...

Some search queries have a lot of search volume that could account for a lot of traffic on your videos, but they also tend to have a lot of competition. How do you get your videos to outrank all the competition and become the #1 video that people watch when for a particular query? Well, our approach is a bit different than most. Here's what we've found to have the most success. CREATOR SPOTLIGHT:...

Books are an amazing resource of inexpensive, in-depth, detailed information. There's a few books that have been consistently influential in helping creators turn their channels into sustainable, full-time businesses as well as help them grow their channels' viewership. Today we'll review those books so you can be better equipped to get better results on your channel, as well. CREATOR SPOTLIGHT: G...

Everyone wants their videos to be discovered on YouTube, but many are misguided when it comes to the tactics they ned to implement in order to actually rank their videos in search, suggested, and home page. In fact, the approach completely all wrong. Today, we'll share what you're likely spending your time on to get your videos to rank that you can safely stop doing so you have time to focus on th...

Here at Video Creators, we have some favorite YouTube channels that we love to watch personally. Today we'll discuss the principles of what these creators do well that makes it so easy for us (and others!) to fall in love with their videos and want to watch more and more. YOUTUBE NEWS STORIES MENTIONED - Video Chapters coming to YouTube: https://youtu.be/BvyQ70PVI4s - Permission settings expanded:...

As your channel grows and turns into a business that generates income for you and your family, it's important to not get caught working in the business. Instead, you should be working ON the business. One of the first steps a lot of creators take to solve that problem is to start hiring other people who work in the business instead. Today we'll talk through a few ideas of how to determine what rol...

As we work with YouTube creators, we hear a lot of common questions that creators want to tackle that they feel are stunting their growth. Some of them are accurate, some of them are not. So, today, we want to dive into the top questions creators ask us about building momentum on YouTube and our advice for how to break through the roadblocks and move forward. CREATOR SPOTLIGHT: Our Wyoming Life ht...

As many of you are ramping up your efforts on YouTube with your new-found free time and declining bank accounts, we want to help you with your questions about how to turn that around. If you have questions about growing a business or making money on YouTube, bring them to us in today's live Q&A session and we'll help you do it faster. CREATOR SPOTLIGHT Wesrom: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJJ8...

If you've had some success with growth on your channel, but are still struggling with now to turn it into a business that makes money, before you jump to selling merch and setting up a Patreon account, listen to this. We'll walk you through the first steps you need to implement in order to make money on your channel that will serve your audience better while also earning more money for you. CREATO...

As more and more people are now working from home, many are finding the transition to be more difficult than they thought. How do you work, spend time with family, and be creative all in the same space? At Video Creators, we've actually been living this lifestyle for years and today we'll share some of our best tips and ideas for how to work efficiently from home without sacrificing your creativit...

If you have more time at home and are now planning to turn your channel into a business, there's a few skills you must have in order to make it successful. Today we'll discuss what those skills are, which ones can be taught and which one's can't so you can better setup your own business launch for success. Registration for Video Labs is now open: https://videocreators.com/video-labs/ Sign up for a...