Yes.... 6 years ago things were different.... but now the algorithm is very specific and you literally have to push to the same audience over and over again.... if you create a different video, you get punished right away... I see it with my channel very clearly
It would be interesting to see a chart from RUclips on how many people are creating content vs how many are making money and the subset of people who are actually making serious money. While everyone may have a dream to make money as a content creator I suspect the percentage of people who make money is smaller than we would believe. This will be a hobby at best for me. I am OK with this and will continue to create for fun, self improvement and influencing the small audience which do watch my videos.
@@PawFromTheBroons just spent some time researching this and it looks like between 5% and 8% make any money at all. In addition the RUclips pay ranges from $4 to $15 per 1000 views which means you need to generate a ton of good content and have other ways to make money. This is why I believe there are an increasing number of channels which imbed "advertisement/endorsements" in their content as RUclips seems to be more the platform but as Sean outlines you need to have a business plan which generates income from other sources to make this work financially as a job. Luckily I am retired so I don't have to make money, its just a fun hobby - although I would love to make some money.
This is super interesting actually! Yeah money from youtube alone would be very difficult to sustain a career. I feel like I get a fair amount of views per month and Adsense money wouldn't cover anything really. I also see a lot of channels including my own getting less than $4 cpm and $15 would pretty much only be for finance channels. Building a brand and multiple revenue streams is essential :)
When this introvert was told that I needed to turn my stories into videos for RUclips, I reluctantly did so just because I was asked. My niche isn't sexy. I never thought of it as a money generator. I just hoped it would help people. Even with that goal, all of your advice is on point to help grow the channel to try to help more people.
I just love listening to people encourage each other to grow. I'm just starting my channel but I definitely am taking seriously. So thanks for affirming it.
What a great video. I’ve been sitting on my channel for two years. Just really hitting a point to really provide info about spiritual and herbs. So I am about to really get busy. Titles and niche types of things is really where I’m struggling. Thanks for this info.
Ok so my content is basically going to be selfcare for moms/ how to do things as a mom so should I put “as a mom” “for moms” “as a mom of 5” in all of my titles? I also don’t want my channel in a box but I guess that’s how the yt game is played now?
@@seankitching I have done a lot of research and thinking since last night. I want to get it right before I change direction, not a big change. More direct focusing on a particular demographic.
Great video! I'm curious your thoughts on people like Niklas Christl who teach that you shouldn't niche too much since that limits your content and who you are. He says you should be the niche yourself and make videos about yourself in various ways (he does some filmmaking, some self improvement and running marathons or fitness too) His content is all over the place but because its about his journey he says "instead of focusing on a topic you focus on yourself and you can make videos about whatever you want" Obviously both avenues have worked for various people (and technically his thing is niching too in a way), but my question is how do you think this relates to building an 'advertisable' brand to companies and making yourself profitable from solely a business sense.
Yeah its a super good point. I do think that you need to focus in a general area though unless your content is purely focus on you being you. In my opinion focusing on a broad area but making yourself the unique aspect, or "niche" is the way to go. Even with someone like him, his content and channel definitely have a cohesive general niche. He wouldn't post some video of him learning fishing or becoming a knitting expert haha
I really agree with your perspective on this one, Sean! Our beliefs shape our reality. The sooner we start treating our pages like successful businesses, the easier it will be to manifest this reality. Great video.
One of my biggest early mistakes was using audio I couldn't monetize. If you ever get monetized those videos have to be redone to make money on them. I use epidemic sound, but there are others, and it gives you way more to choose from than youtube's audio. It also applies to my monetized content on Facebook & Instagram. Unfortunately not Tiktok. they're not with it yet, drives me crazy..
Im still gonna act like a small RUclipsr in the sense that im still searching and trying and learning by doing. If im gonna put a bigger label on it im sure ill over think my abilities and eventually freeze and not upload anything. Im choosing the small steps and hope it will work in the long run. 😅
I have been trying to implement most of the things you talked about for quite some time, although I need to improve my efficiency. Just a question if you don't mind: are you a solo creator or you already have a team? For me, I'm just thinking... I started my channel as a solo creator project (as probably many people start) and doing everything alone gives me the feel of freedom, although I know that having other people working with me will make me more organised, but, somehow, the idea of getting others onboard gives me the feel that I'll somehow loose that freedom. I don't know if I'm explaining that correctly but, let's say a painter just wants to paint. He starts painting all his ideas - landscapes, still life and so on - and at some point he has to get others help him with the painting process. How do you keep that feeling when you have to have at some point a team? Thanks for your insights 🙏😊 ~Philip
@@VladimirKostek Probably... and it seems that you have to become more of an entrepreneur and at some point you find yourself to be just a manager in an office. I just wander how to combine these two sides without loosing the initial spark.
Im happy to say I am a completely solo creator :) I have had some video editors along the way for less than 5% of my journey. I think its an interesting one, I have the same thing where I like to do everything myself but it becomes so much work. A lot of it being tedious work that isn't creative or anything. Even with my editors I have had they do the first 70% of the edit and I finish them to the way I want them. I will say, having help actually creates more freedom, because instead of waisting your time on non creative back end stuff you can free up time to focus on the areas you do care about.
Thanks for this. I’m a new channel and all these tips hit home a bit haha. Got my first affiliate link the other day though for a bouldering book in sydney!! Buzzin 😊
My niche is what we do for our business. Real Estate. So it became straightforward for us to do. (ok for me - one person team hihihi) I have been doing (and I did not want) videos of properties - because of all the work involved in doing a good video, but when I understood what I could do with this channel, it was a game changer; I am posting almost 3 times a week, I am getting better at editing, but I don't tell a story - at least not at the moment. I am experimenting a lot with videos, the thumbnails, the music, and talking versus not talking in the videos; I am not in my latest videos in any Arolls, doing nothing but Brolls at the moment. (a bit faceless) I will begin to do more videos with my face and talking. Also, I think I am going to start experimenting with my face in the thumbnail ( I am not famous, I don't want to be). I tell you guys, all I want to do is videos of real estate, that is all I want to do now, I don't even want to sell the properties anymore, I just want to do videos. am I crazy?
Don't... It only doenst work when you give up, keep going until it works and do your best to enjoy the process along the way. I made videos for years before any success at all but I only had one plan and that was to keep going until it did.
I do enjoy watching your videos and you give some great advice. For me it is more like a hobby doing airline and lounge reviews now when I am retired but it is quite annoying that I am not monetized yet when some of the videos gets between 6 to 45 thousand views. One little tip of advice from my side is to listen to your customers, pose the question, “what can I do to make my videos even better?” In my case I wanted to get bang for my bucks for my subscription at Artlist and I had way to much music in my vids, or as one of my subscribers elegantly put it, “we dont want that f#%&#”& music, we want to hear the engines roar and feel the ambience on board!”
This is such a good perspective. Defiantly get the thought process and I think these days raw content works really well. Those natural sounds are so much more real than playing some music over it hey
What if people like different videos that I make? Different niches! I have a channel in my native language (not this second channel which is an international channel that is focused just on travel, walking videos) and people love some gaming videos but also love sneaker content. Is it ok to post both? Or I should only post just gaming? I like to post gaming in general but sometimes I like to post these other types of content here and there.✌️🙂
I think as long as you don't build two separate audiences on one channel there is no harm. Making yourself an aspect of the channel can help and maybe get people interested in both topics too. If there could be any way of having the content be cohesive with each other that would be ideal :)
umberella niche: electronics avenues: coding, cameras, retro consoles, helping older people, linux, hacking, web administration possible content: I coded for an hour everyday How to debloat windows in 3mins how I learned docker in a day I got free stuff for coding(legit)
Thanks! What about a wireless lab setup? Pretty versatile and cuts a lot of the background noise for things like street interviews. I use the rode wireless 2 but the lark mini ones are cool too
I'm just above 1k subs but I think it's also important to realize that even if you act like a big channel, it doesn't mean you will necessarily become one before you run out of saving money like I did. Now I wish I could be more consistent posting often but the fact I need to work other jobs to pay the bills prevents me from doing so.
Yeah completely true but I think it helps put you in the right mindset. I had to work a full time job as a videographer for about 5 years while building my channel spending as much if not more time on it than a regular full time job 🙈
@@seankitching yeah for sure and then it us also sometimes the relationships in our life and what we then choose to prioritize. In any case those are great tips!
@@seankitching just to do the math, a full time job is 8 hours per day, more hours would be 9. So 8 + 9 = 17 hours. That leaves 7 hours for sleeping, eating, cleaning. How is that even possible? Maybe that would be a useful video to know how to do that without loosing your girlfriend and friends.
This is exactly me right now, working full time, any spare time I have I try to put work into my new channel - hoping one day it will pay off 😁 @@seankitching
I am a newbie, and I must say it's not easy at all.. But, I keep encouraging myself to keep pushing, till I surpass the 1000subs and the 4000 watch hour milestone.. We, new RUclipsrs can do it.. 🙂👍
@seankitching Honestly!!! This first 1000 is like climbing the highest mountain in the world... I'm moving gradually, in my 700+ now.. Hmm!! Thanks for your kind words🙏
Getting the first 1,000 subscribers was really hard, especially because I actually do everything wrong on RUclips 😂 no regular videos, no special content, etc. But filmmaking is my passion 😍 best cinematic greetings from 🇩🇪
Great tips as always!🫶🏼 I am still learning and I am also thankful for the feedback my viewers give us. It is hard to niche down with a common vlogg, but I try to keep a few topics and projects in playlists that we are passionate about and want to share/inspire.☺️
Thank you! Definitely with a vlog style channel I think you become a bit of the niche. People that resonate with you are generally interested in what you are doing. Definitely helps to have an area of content though to build that initial audience
Yes.... 6 years ago things were different.... but now the algorithm is very specific and you literally have to push to the same audience over and over again.... if you create a different video, you get punished right away... I see it with my channel very clearly
Yeah so true. I even experimented with creating some more passion projects on this channel and felt the repercussions immediately!
By different video, do you mean like a different niche or a different video than what you normally do?
Thank you so much Sean you earn a new friend . Congratulations.
This is facts you have to show up the way you want to be received.
So true man
It would be interesting to see a chart from RUclips on how many people are creating content vs how many are making money and the subset of people who are actually making serious money. While everyone may have a dream to make money as a content creator I suspect the percentage of people who make money is smaller than we would believe. This will be a hobby at best for me. I am OK with this and will continue to create for fun, self improvement and influencing the small audience which do watch my videos.
This study has been done, and published, multiple times over.
It's almost a yearly publication, really.
@@PawFromTheBroons just spent some time researching this and it looks like between 5% and 8% make any money at all. In addition the RUclips pay ranges from $4 to $15 per 1000 views which means you need to generate a ton of good content and have other ways to make money. This is why I believe there are an increasing number of channels which imbed "advertisement/endorsements" in their content as RUclips seems to be more the platform but as Sean outlines you need to have a business plan which generates income from other sources to make this work financially as a job. Luckily I am retired so I don't have to make money, its just a fun hobby - although I would love to make some money.
This is super interesting actually! Yeah money from youtube alone would be very difficult to sustain a career. I feel like I get a fair amount of views per month and Adsense money wouldn't cover anything really. I also see a lot of channels including my own getting less than $4 cpm and $15 would pretty much only be for finance channels. Building a brand and multiple revenue streams is essential :)
When this introvert was told that I needed to turn my stories into videos for RUclips, I reluctantly did so just because I was asked. My niche isn't sexy. I never thought of it as a money generator. I just hoped it would help people. Even with that goal, all of your advice is on point to help grow the channel to try to help more people.
You can do it. I am happy to subscribe :)
@@JK.Lets.Play. Thank you! ❤️
Well done for going for it anyway and I’m happy to hear the video was helpful!
So true! I totally agree with everything you said!
I just love listening to people encourage each other to grow. I'm just starting my channel but I definitely am taking seriously. So thanks for affirming it.
Love it! Good that you are taking it seriously from the get go. Hope you see some success!
What a great video. I’ve been sitting on my channel for two years. Just really hitting a point to really provide info about spiritual and herbs. So I am about to really get busy. Titles and niche types of things is really where I’m struggling. Thanks for this info.
Ok so my content is basically going to be selfcare for moms/ how to do things as a mom so should I put “as a mom”
“for moms”
“as a mom of 5” in all of my titles?
I also don’t want my channel in a box but I guess that’s how the yt game is played now?
MORE OF THIS PLEASE THANK YOU
WoW. I think you just caused me to have an epiphany. Thank you. Now to put things into place, I have a challenge ahead! 🙏
haha happy to help! Good luck applying it!
@@seankitching I have done a lot of research and thinking since last night. I want to get it right before I change direction, not a big change. More direct focusing on a particular demographic.
Great video! I'm curious your thoughts on people like Niklas Christl who teach that you shouldn't niche too much since that limits your content and who you are. He says you should be the niche yourself and make videos about yourself in various ways (he does some filmmaking, some self improvement and running marathons or fitness too) His content is all over the place but because its about his journey he says "instead of focusing on a topic you focus on yourself and you can make videos about whatever you want"
Obviously both avenues have worked for various people (and technically his thing is niching too in a way), but my question is how do you think this relates to building an 'advertisable' brand to companies and making yourself profitable from solely a business sense.
Yeah its a super good point. I do think that you need to focus in a general area though unless your content is purely focus on you being you. In my opinion focusing on a broad area but making yourself the unique aspect, or "niche" is the way to go. Even with someone like him, his content and channel definitely have a cohesive general niche. He wouldn't post some video of him learning fishing or becoming a knitting expert haha
Great videos, and proof of your approach. Excellent!
Glad you like them!
Dude this was exactly what I needed to hear. Thank you!!!
Glad I could help! Keep smashing it!
I hope your channel continues to grow! Almost at 1K subs here - Thank you guys!
Loads of great tips. tHanks
Glad it was helpful!
I really agree with your perspective on this one, Sean! Our beliefs shape our reality. The sooner we start treating our pages like successful businesses, the easier it will be to manifest this reality. Great video.
Well said! Glad to hear you resonated with it ☺️
Thank you for all the tips. I just started my channel ❤
Good luck!!
One of my biggest early mistakes was using audio I couldn't monetize. If you ever get monetized those videos have to be redone to make money on them. I use epidemic sound, but there are others, and it gives you way more to choose from than youtube's audio. It also applies to my monetized content on Facebook & Instagram. Unfortunately not Tiktok. they're not with it yet, drives me crazy..
Thank you for the inspiration!✨ I learn new things all the time and I am excited to countine to fight for my dream of being a content creator🥰
Keep at it! Hope you see some success!
I needed this, thank you.
Seriously, same. I was just about to say just this.
Finding the niche is my biggest challenge, I am everywhere at the moment, just started a month ago.
Very nice work Seano. Good balance too
hi Sean, thanks for the helpful video. I like the fonts you used, can I ask what editing software you use? Thanks!
Great job Sean! Right on.
Thanks!
Im still gonna act like a small RUclipsr in the sense that im still searching and trying and learning by doing. If im gonna put a bigger label on it im sure ill over think my abilities and eventually freeze and not upload anything. Im choosing the small steps and hope it will work in the long run. 😅
I have been trying to implement most of the things you talked about for quite some time, although I need to improve my efficiency. Just a question if you don't mind: are you a solo creator or you already have a team? For me, I'm just thinking... I started my channel as a solo creator project (as probably many people start) and doing everything alone gives me the feel of freedom, although I know that having other people working with me will make me more organised, but, somehow, the idea of getting others onboard gives me the feel that I'll somehow loose that freedom. I don't know if I'm explaining that correctly but, let's say a painter just wants to paint. He starts painting all his ideas - landscapes, still life and so on - and at some point he has to get others help him with the painting process. How do you keep that feeling when you have to have at some point a team? Thanks for your insights 🙏😊
~Philip
I think about this some times too, I would imagine you lose some of the creative aspect when you have a team
@@VladimirKostek Probably... and it seems that you have to become more of an entrepreneur and at some point you find yourself to be just a manager in an office. I just wander how to combine these two sides without loosing the initial spark.
Im happy to say I am a completely solo creator :) I have had some video editors along the way for less than 5% of my journey. I think its an interesting one, I have the same thing where I like to do everything myself but it becomes so much work. A lot of it being tedious work that isn't creative or anything. Even with my editors I have had they do the first 70% of the edit and I finish them to the way I want them. I will say, having help actually creates more freedom, because instead of waisting your time on non creative back end stuff you can free up time to focus on the areas you do care about.
@@seankitching Thanks for your reply. 🙏Yeah, may be it's just a matter of a precise balance when having a team.
Great tips! Another very powerful exercise for which ”road” to choose is Passion/Talent exercise 🔥
So true! That’s a good idea actually
We are just starting and this video is so helpful 🙏🏻☺️
Glad to hear!
Thanks for this. I’m a new channel and all these tips hit home a bit haha. Got my first affiliate link the other day though for a bouldering book in sydney!! Buzzin 😊
Oh cool Im gonna check it out I love bouldering and probably spend too much time watching videos about it haha
Thank you Sean 😊 Your a wealth of knowledge brother 👌🏽 your vids are great.
My niche is what we do for our business. Real Estate. So it became straightforward for us to do. (ok for me - one person team hihihi) I have been doing (and I did not want) videos of properties - because of all the work involved in doing a good video, but when I understood what I could do with this channel, it was a game changer; I am posting almost 3 times a week, I am getting better at editing, but I don't tell a story - at least not at the moment. I am experimenting a lot with videos, the thumbnails, the music, and talking versus not talking in the videos; I am not in my latest videos in any Arolls, doing nothing but Brolls at the moment. (a bit faceless) I will begin to do more videos with my face and talking. Also, I think I am going to start experimenting with my face in the thumbnail ( I am not famous, I don't want to be). I tell you guys, all I want to do is videos of real estate, that is all I want to do now, I don't even want to sell the properties anymore, I just want to do videos. am I crazy?
Hmmm great tips. Thanks for thjs
I’ve been wanting to give up, videos like this help me push a little more 😮💨
Don't... It only doenst work when you give up, keep going until it works and do your best to enjoy the process along the way. I made videos for years before any success at all but I only had one plan and that was to keep going until it did.
I’m a new RUclipsr under 1k excited to grow and improve my channel
💜⭐️Very helpful xx Thank you so much ✨🪐⭐️
More great advice! Brand new channel here! Thank you 🙏🏼
I do enjoy watching your videos and you give some great advice. For me it is more like a hobby doing airline and lounge reviews now when I am retired but it is quite annoying that I am not monetized yet when some of the videos gets between 6 to 45 thousand views. One little tip of advice from my side is to listen to your customers, pose the question, “what can I do to make my videos even better?”
In my case I wanted to get bang for my bucks for my subscription at Artlist and I had way to much music in my vids, or as one of my subscribers elegantly put it, “we dont want that f#%&#”& music, we want to hear the engines roar and feel the ambience on board!”
This is such a good perspective. Defiantly get the thought process and I think these days raw content works really well. Those natural sounds are so much more real than playing some music over it hey
These are really great tips! Nice to stumble into a fellow South African on youtube :)
I love commenting here because it gives me hope that some day I might make some money from this!
Keep going! As long as you enjoy the process along the way!
Good stuff legend!
Appreciate it!
Thanks for this!
My pleasure!
Thank you
Great video! I have the the watch time just not enough subs.
They will come as thy enjoy your content more :)
Always love your videos! You’ve even got me considering a mist filter, lol
You should! haha thanks for the support though :)
What if people like different videos that I make? Different niches! I have a channel in my native language (not this second channel which is an international channel that is focused just on travel, walking videos) and people love some gaming videos but also love sneaker content. Is it ok to post both? Or I should only post just gaming? I like to post gaming in general but sometimes I like to post these other types of content here and there.✌️🙂
I think as long as you don't build two separate audiences on one channel there is no harm. Making yourself an aspect of the channel can help and maybe get people interested in both topics too. If there could be any way of having the content be cohesive with each other that would be ideal :)
Great video thank you! May I ask what audio recording device you are using the sound quality is really good
Glad you enjoyed it! It’s the rode wireless go 2 ☺️
@@seankitching thanks so much - a static mic has been killing my vibe with creating video and looking forward to using something i can be more mobile.
umberella niche: electronics
avenues: coding, cameras, retro consoles, helping older people, linux, hacking, web administration
possible content: I coded for an hour everyday
How to debloat windows in 3mins
how I learned docker in a day
I got free stuff for coding(legit)
Thank you. Great advice to act like you’re a bigger channel than you are 🎉
Happy to help!
Good topic, thx :)
well I have just opened my channel 3 days ago so I needed to hear this as well)
Good luck!
@@seankitching Thanks)
Class video mate
Thank you!
How are you creating those custom overlays ? Would love to learn how to make those!
They built in after effects. Might have something in the works showing people how it’s done 👍
I take my channel so seriously, act like a boss all day long
Just bossing it up! Nice though, its the way to go!
Lfg we can all make it happen ❤🔥
Couldn't be more true! Get it!
Enjoyed watching 😊 could you please recommend a budget mic for street interviews and vlogging please. The link in the description is broken
Thanks! What about a wireless lab setup? Pretty versatile and cuts a lot of the background noise for things like street interviews. I use the rode wireless 2 but the lark mini ones are cool too
@seankitching thanks Sean! I see they're on Amazon. I'll wait for the Prime-Day sales and get one haha 😄
We love your advice and just posted our best video yet! Would love some feedback on it
That is awesome to hear guys!
I'm just above 1k subs but I think it's also important to realize that even if you act like a big channel, it doesn't mean you will necessarily become one before you run out of saving money like I did. Now I wish I could be more consistent posting often but the fact I need to work other jobs to pay the bills prevents me from doing so.
Yeah completely true but I think it helps put you in the right mindset. I had to work a full time job as a videographer for about 5 years while building my channel spending as much if not more time on it than a regular full time job 🙈
@@seankitching yeah for sure and then it us also sometimes the relationships in our life and what we then choose to prioritize. In any case those are great tips!
@@seankitching just to do the math, a full time job is 8 hours per day, more hours would be 9. So 8 + 9 = 17 hours. That leaves 7 hours for sleeping, eating, cleaning. How is that even possible? Maybe that would be a useful video to know how to do that without loosing your girlfriend and friends.
This is exactly me right now, working full time, any spare time I have I try to put work into my new channel - hoping one day it will pay off 😁 @@seankitching
I am at 954 ❤❤❤ so close. Thank you for your advice 🙏
I'm 957!
@@JK.Lets.Play. thank youuuuuu 😍
@@micovamaria absolutely! i hope the rest come quickly i am barely starting out
@JK.Lets.Play. thank you and good luck 👌🏻🙏😉
You got this!
I am a newbie, and I must say it's not easy at all.. But, I keep encouraging myself to keep pushing, till I surpass the 1000subs and the 4000 watch hour milestone.. We, new RUclipsrs can do it.. 🙂👍
You can do it! Just keep advancing your skills and understanding of the platform. Remember the first 1000 subs is the hardest 1000 to get 🙌🏼
@seankitching Honestly!!! This first 1000 is like climbing the highest mountain in the world... I'm moving gradually, in my 700+ now.. Hmm!! Thanks for your kind words🙏
YES🤗
Struggling to get subscribers and views, it's frustrating.
How can I get impressions, meaning, whatever I do, I dont know if the content are good...😢
Just make as best content as you can and keep improving
Wow! Fake it until you make it. :)
❤❤I've been following you for a long time.😊
Awesome to hear :) Appreciate the support!
Got the sub but not watch time 😢
Still a good position to be in. Just work on your video structure over time and I am sure it will go up!
Great tips. I just started doing vlogs for my channel and in need of subscribers. Can I borrow some? 😀
You can do it! I subscribed so thats at least one more ;)
Me, under 4000h 😢
I am the first commenter ❤
Nailed it :)
@@seankitching thanks bro I am from india I learned very much from you . ❤
У меня меньше 1000 подписчиков
Getting the first 1,000 subscribers was really hard, especially because I actually do everything wrong on RUclips 😂 no regular videos, no special content, etc. But filmmaking is my passion 😍 best cinematic greetings from 🇩🇪
Yeah definitely the hardest 1000 is the first 1000. Glad to hear you pulled it off though! Hope you keep going!
Good insights but the light behind you is a distraction.
Ah you think so? I really like the light back there haha
Ha, now I can’t unsee it 😊
I didn’t noticed it until I read your comment 😂
@@ArtfulPagesStudio sorry 🤣
@@bajaboy29 no worries 😄It wasn’t bothering me. It’s just funny how I didn’t even noticed it 😅
Great tips as always!🫶🏼 I am still learning and I am also thankful for the feedback my viewers give us. It is hard to niche down with a common vlogg, but I try to keep a few topics and projects in playlists that we are passionate about and want to share/inspire.☺️
Thank you! Definitely with a vlog style channel I think you become a bit of the niche. People that resonate with you are generally interested in what you are doing. Definitely helps to have an area of content though to build that initial audience