Video Creators | Grow Your Youtube Audience, Get Subscribers, Tips For More Views, Strategy, And Make Money With Your Channel

We saw a lot happen in 2018, trends that impacted the way we all grow our audiences on YouTube. Today, some of those trends continue into 2019 and are important for us to consider as creators as we plan out next year's growth strategy. Reza Izad, the co-founder and CEO of Studio71, joins us to share what they see coming up in 2019 as industry trends we should be aware of in 2019, including platforms, business models and monetization, algorithms, OTT, podcasting, and more. Reza Izad is co-founder and global CEO of Studio71, a multi-platform media company that produces and distributes original entertainment programming. As global CEO of Studio71, he helms the most engaged digital network on YouTube with 1,300 channels driving 7 billion views a month. Check out Studio71 at https://www.studio71.com. BECOME A MEMBER OF MY CHANNEL: Access special community perks on our YouTube channel and support our trainings by clicking here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcB3bcWy0_QK7uPQvTD0LwQ/join FREE EBOOK: "The Secret to

YouTube has a lot of search and discovery features built into their "algorithm" because their goal is to surface the right video to the right person at the right time. Since YouTube WANTS to surface videos to people, it's up to us to make video that people want. There's a few ways we can measure that, which we'll discuss today, but we'll focus our time primarily on answering your questions about YouTube search and discovery, how to get found, and how to get people watching in the first place. Sign-up to get notified about the next Video Labs: https://courses.videocreators.com/courses/video-labs BECOME A MEMBER OF MY CHANNEL: Access special community perks on our YouTube channel and support our trainings by clicking here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcB3bcWy0_QK7uPQvTD0LwQ/join FREE EBOOK: "The Secret to Building your YouTube Audience" https://videocreators.com/product/secret-building-youtube-audience/ LET'S CONNECT! -- http://www.facebook.com/videocreators -- http://twitter.com/timschmoyer -- http://inst

When you tell a good, meaningful story, your audience retention goes up, you get more watch time, and your brand connects with people on a deeper, emotional level. Telling a good story, however, is much more difficult than it sounds unless you know the basic structure of of a good story. Once you know the basic elements, you can be more intentional about how you piece together your stories so that your videos perform better, reach more people, and have a higher potential to change their lives. Check out Joshua Gott's website for more information about him and his work: https://www.joshuagott.com BECOME A MEMBER OF MY CHANNEL: Access special community perks on our YouTube channel and support our trainings by clicking here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcB3bcWy0_QK7uPQvTD0LwQ/join FREE EBOOK: "The Secret to Building your YouTube Audience" https://videocreators.com/product/secret-building-youtube-audience/ LET'S CONNECT! -- http://www.facebook.com/videocreators -- http://twitter.com/timschmoyer -- http://ins

Hollywood has mastered the art of telling engaging stories. It's led to tremendous success for that industry, and it can lead to similar success for us as creators on YouTube. Jeff Bartsch, who edits TV in Hollywood, is joining us to share some of the secrets Hollywood uses to craft engaging stories that hold an audience's attention so that we can do the same with our videos on YouTube. Jeff Bartsch, Story Greenlight: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCS4I5wtqpPcGI3VuUnRLBYg BECOME A MEMBER OF MY CHANNEL: Access special community perks on our YouTube channel and support our trainings by clicking here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcB3bcWy0_QK7uPQvTD0LwQ/join FREE EBOOK: "The Secret to Building your YouTube Audience" https://videocreators.com/product/secret-building-youtube-audience/ LET'S CONNECT! -- http://www.facebook.com/videocreators -- http://twitter.com/timschmoyer -- http://instagram.com/timschmoyer LISTEN TO THE VIDEO CREATORS PODCAST - iTunes: http://go.vcreators.co/vcTViTunes - Soundcloud: http:/

It's difficult for some creators to take an educational channel and turn it into a storytelling channel that still educates viewers while also entertaining viewers and inspiring them with a meaningful story. Sierra is experimenting with integrating storytelling and narrative content into her channel while also staying true to her channel's overall value proposition, the value her subscribers expect to get from her videos. Today she'll share the behind-the-scenes story of how she started the, "Confidence Makeover," series, what she's learned from it, and advice she has for creators like us who find ourselves facing a similar challenge. Check out Sierra Schultzzie's channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyKlcayeNPgJ_05ItVRLy2g Here's Seirra's, "Confidence Makeover," series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZBTsMtQH5c&list=PLDf7atNag0SWU3hzHrbgexPFhrzN_W2t7 BECOME A MEMBER OF MY CHANNEL: Access special community perks on our YouTube channel and support our trainings by clicking here: https://www.youtube.

I've been doing several experiments on YouTube this year to test ideas and theories in how we can better engage audiences, get viewers to watch more videos, increase audience retention and watch time, and a lot more. Some of the experiments didn't make much of a difference, but a few of them did. Today I'll discuss some of the experiments I've tried that worked effectively and the impact they had overall so you can implement the ideas that make the most sense for you and see better results on your channel. #AlwaysBeTesting BECOME A MEMBER OF MY CHANNEL: Access special community perks on our YouTube channel and support our trainings by clicking here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcB3bcWy0_QK7uPQvTD0LwQ/join FREE EBOOK: "The Secret to Building your YouTube Audience" https://videocreators.com/product/secret-building-youtube-audience/ LET'S CONNECT! -- http://www.facebook.com/videocreators -- http://twitter.com/timschmoyer -- http://instagram.com/timschmoyer LISTEN TO THE VIDEO CREATORS PODCAST - iTunes: http

Today was an open Q&A live stream on my YouTube channel. We talked about a lot of different topics, including the best way to go full-time on YouTube, time management, thumbnail design, and more. I'm curious to hear what you guys think of this format as podcast listeners. Let me know! BECOME A MEMBER OF MY CHANNEL: Access special community perks on our YouTube channel and support our trainings by clicking here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcB3bcWy0_QK7uPQvTD0LwQ/join FREE EBOOK: "The Secret to Building your YouTube Audience" https://videocreators.com/product/secret-building-youtube-audience/ LET'S CONNECT! -- http://www.facebook.com/videocreators -- http://twitter.com/timschmoyer -- http://instagram.com/timschmoyer LISTEN TO THE VIDEO CREATORS PODCAST - iTunes: http://go.vcreators.co/vcTViTunes - Soundcloud: http://go.vcreators.co/vcTVSoundCloud - Stitcher: http://go.vcreators.co/vcTVStitcher - Google Play: http://go.vcreators.co/vcTVGooglePlay - Spotify: https://go.vcreators.co/vcTVSpotify Leave you

YouTube tends to go through trends of what's popular, what works, what doesn't, and the barriers creators need to break through in order to find success. There's two significant shifts happening on YouTube now that will impact who still has a thriving channel in a few years from now, so it's important that we learns to address these trends now before it's too late. EXAMPLES OF WHAT'S HAPPENING - Shane Dawson’s Jake Paul docuseries is an exhausting reinvention of YouTube norms: https://www.polygon.com/2018/10/2/17927810/shane-dawson-jake-paul-documentary-episode-3-backlash-apology - Casey Neistat on Shadowing Shawn Mendes for His YouTube Documentary: 'He Has This Singular Focus' https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8478137/shawn-mendes-casey-neistat-youtube-documentary - Shane Dawson and Jake Paul: How a YouTube series 'could be making millions' https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-45705129 - The Science of Storytelling: Why Telling a Story is the Most Powerful Way to Activate Our Brains: https://lifehacker.

Over time, some of your subscribers will become more passive and watch less and less of your videos. It's normal to have high sub counts and relatively low view counts as time goes on. Here's a few suggestions that can help mitigate that as much as possible, though, and it all has to do with how well we form a connection with the viewer through our videos. These five tips should help. BECOME A MEMBER OF MY CHANNEL: Access special community perks on our YouTube channel and support our trainings by clicking here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcB3bcWy0_QK7uPQvTD0LwQ/join FREE EBOOK: "The Secret to Building your YouTube Audience" https://videocreators.com/product/secret-building-youtube-audience/ LET'S CONNECT! -- http://www.facebook.com/videocreators -- http://twitter.com/timschmoyer -- http://instagram.com/timschmoyer LISTEN TO THE VIDEO CREATORS PODCAST - iTunes: http://go.vcreators.co/vcTViTunes - Soundcloud: http://go.vcreators.co/vcTVSoundCloud - Stitcher: http://go.vcreators.co/vcTVStitcher - Google Pl

I've been to many YouTube conferences and conventions, but they're not all created equal nor do they all provide similar value for creators. Here's my review of the 9 I've been to recently and some of my thoughts on on them. BECOME A MEMBER OF MY CHANNEL: Access special community perks on our YouTube channel and support our trainings by clicking here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcB3bcWy0_QK7uPQvTD0LwQ/join FREE EBOOK: "The Secret to Building your YouTube Audience" https://videocreators.com/product/secret-building-youtube-audience/ LET'S CONNECT! -- http://www.facebook.com/videocreators -- http://twitter.com/timschmoyer -- http://instagram.com/timschmoyer LISTEN TO THE VIDEO CREATORS PODCAST - iTunes: http://go.vcreators.co/vcTViTunes - Soundcloud: http://go.vcreators.co/vcTVSoundCloud - Stitcher: http://go.vcreators.co/vcTVStitcher - Google Play: http://go.vcreators.co/vcTVGooglePlay - Spotify: https://go.vcreators.co/vcTVSpotify   Leave your comments on our post here: https://videocreators.com/my-revie

TV is now YouTube's fastest growing market. Mobile is still growing, but more and more people are watching YouTube on their smart TVs. It's interesting to see people moving away from broadcast TV and streaming YouTube videos instead. In this live stream we'll discuss a few ideas for optimizing our videos and our content for television viewers so we can capitalize on this growing market. YouTube: TV is our fastest-growing market: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/sep/14/youtube-tv-is-our-fastest-growing-market Check out VidSummit: https://vidsummit.com BECOME A MEMBER OF MY CHANNEL: Access special community perks on our YouTube channel and support our trainings by clicking here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcB3bcWy0_QK7uPQvTD0LwQ/join FREE EBOOK: "The Secret to Building your YouTube Audience" https://videocreators.com/product/secret-building-youtube-audience/ Leave your comments on our post right here: https://videocreators.com/optimize-for-youtubes-fastest-growing-market-tv-ep-138 LET'S CONNEC

YouTube made an update about what ads are available to what creators and the result is that creators in the Partner Program can now earn more money with non-skippable ads. Plus, YouTube is rolling out some new tools for non-profits to use, as well as tools we can use for non-profits to help raise funds for our favorite charities. And much more! ARTICLES DISCUSSED TODAY - Want to earn more money from ad revenue? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bH4twWUw2OI - Introducing YouTube Giving: New tools for charitable giving on YouTube https://youtube-creators.googleblog.com/2018/08/introducing-youtube-giving-new-tools.html - Facebook rolls out its Watch video service worldwide: https://www.engadget.com/2018/08/29/facebook-watch-launches-worldwide/ - For IGTV, Instagram needs slow to mean steady https://techcrunch.com/2018/08/25/igtv-views/ BECOME A MEMBER OF MY CHANNEL: Access special community perks on our YouTube channel and support our trainings by clicking here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcB3bcWy0_QK7uPQv

A group of creators just finished 8 weeks of Video Labs Online! Together they'll share some of their best YouTube tips, ideas, and advice for how to grow your audience, reach more people, and have the impact you want your channel to have. If you're interested in joining the waiting list for the fall session of Video Labs, sign-up here: https://videocreators.com/product/video-labs/ CHANNELS IN THIS LIVE STREAM - Kids Toys Play Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmKsULSe7oGtdGcv3bz-_bw - freiundwunderbar: http://www.youtube.de/freiundwunderbar - Kristen Leake: http://youtube.com/kristenleake - James Dunne: http://youtube.com/jamesdunne - Nick Redmark: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCelBWcrP8AgasYKbwE9ihYA - The FilmMaker's Formula: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJtEkGYUbldWo8Lqo9MrKQw - Sean Chandler Talks About: https://www.youtube.com/user/KirkNeverDied - Buffalo and Brandy: https://www.youtube.com/user/buffaloandbrandy - SGTWOBBLE: https://www.youtube.com/sgtwobble - muchelleb: http://www.youtube

If you want a process for building a sustainable YouTube career, Ben Grubbs is here to tell us how to make money on YouTube and make our creativity last. Previously, Ben was the Global Head of Top Creator Partnerships at YouTube where he oversaw the strategy and investments driving the growth and sustainability of YouTube's top content creators. Now, with Next 10 Ventures, he's raised $50M to partner with creators, diversify their business, and pave the way to a long-lasting career. Ben has unparalleled expertise in the space and he loves discussing the wars going on between Twitch / IGTV / YouTube and how creators should be building their business. Check out Next 10 Ventures at https://www.next10ventures.com/ BECOME A MEMBER OF MY CHANNEL: Access special community perks on our YouTube channel and support our trainings by clicking here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcB3bcWy0_QK7uPQvTD0LwQ/join FREE EBOOK: "The Secret to Building your YouTube Audience" https://videocreators.com/product/secret-building-yout

In an effort to grow their channels faster, creators sometimes buy views and subscribers using various services that are available. Unfortunately, most of the time this can really hurt their channels despite claims and promises otherwise. In today's live stream I'll talk about the impact that buying views and subscribers can have, especially when it's fake views and subscribers, and what to watch out for in the promises many websites make about how they help you grow on YouTube. The Flourishing Business of Fake YouTube Views: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/08/11/technology/youtube-fake-view-sellers.html BECOME A MEMBER OF MY CHANNEL: Access special community perks on our YouTube channel and support our trainings by clicking here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcB3bcWy0_QK7uPQvTD0LwQ/join FREE EBOOK: "The Secret to Building your YouTube Audience" https://videocreators.com/product/secret-building-youtube-audience/ LET'S CONNECT! -- http://www.facebook.com/videocreators -- http://twitter.com/timschm

Growing a YouTube channel takes a lot of hard work. More and more full-time creators are quitting, burning out, and even experiencing some mental health issues along with some addictions for coping. There is a lot to manage when you consider what it takes to create videos, build a community, sustain the business, and put yourself out there emotionally on a regular basis. It's tiring, draining, and makes you want to quit at times. I'm no exception, but I have been doing this for over 12 years now. Here's what I do to avoid burnout and balance real life with YouTube life so I can continue to serve viewers the best way possible. Leave your comments on our website here: https://videocreators.com/burnout-how-to-stay-sane-with-crazy-youtube-demands-ep-133 ARTICLES REFERENCED - Why YouTubers are feeling the burn: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/aug/12/youtubers-feeling-burn-video-stars-crumbling-under-pressure-of-producing-new-content - Lucy Moon: I made a YouTube video about my alcohol problem: https:/

There's a lot of emphasis placed on search traffic, which isn't bad because it's a powerful traffic driver for a lot of channels. However, YouTube has some other traffic sources that should not be overlooked and can be even more powerful than search itself for a lot of channels. So today I want to talk about why it's been a few years since I've intentionally targeted search traffic and my approach that let's me not only continue to get views from YouTube search, but also get traffic from other sources, as well. Leave your comments on our website here: https://videocreators.com/why-i-dont-target-search-traffic-on-youtube-ep-132 BECOME A MEMBER OF MY CHANNEL: Access special community perks on our YouTube channel and support our trainings by clicking here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcB3bcWy0_QK7uPQvTD0LwQ/join FREE EBOOK: "The Secret to Building your YouTube Audience" https://videocreators.com/product/secret-building-youtube-audience/ LET'S CONNECT! -- http://www.facebook.com/videocreators -- http://twitt

YouTube updates where hashtags are positioned, giving them more visibility above the video's title on YouTube. This is very prominent placing and may influence how creators strategically optimize their videos for discoverability in terms of YouTube SEO and video optimization. Leave your comments on our post here:  https://videocreators.com/more-youtube-has…re-places-ep-131/ - Sponsors can call-in using the phone number here on this sponsor-only post: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcB3bcWy0_QK7uPQvTD0LwQ/community?lb=Ugyrm0bYBr7jxgL6fwZ4AaABCQ - YouTube support page on hashtags: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6390658 BECOME A COMMUNITY SPONSOR: Access special community perks on our YouTube channel and support our trainings by clicking here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcB3bcWy0_QK7uPQvTD0LwQ/sponsor FREE EBOOK: "The Secret to Building your YouTube Audience" https://videocreators.com/product/secret-building-youtube-audience/ LET'S CONNECT! -- http://www.facebook.com/videocreators -- http://t

There's a lot of common mistakes people make when it comes to growing their YouTube channel. Today we're going to discuss the top 3 quick fixes people can do that will grow subscribers, get more views, and help you become a more successful YouTube creator. If you're stuck at being a small YouTube creator with a small channel, these fixes may help you break through and achieve the growth you really want. Come learn my me and my team LIVE in Cincinnati this August 23-24! Apply at https://vclabs.com Leave your comments on our website here: https://videocreators.com/3-fixes-small-youtube-channel-ep-130 BECOME A COMMUNITY SPONSOR: Access special community perks on our YouTube channel and support our trainings by clicking here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcB3bcWy0_QK7uPQvTD0LwQ/sponsor FREE EBOOK: "The Secret to Building your YouTube Audience" https://videocreators.com/product/secret-building-youtube-audience/ LET'S CONNECT! -- http://www.facebook.com/videocreators -- http://twitter.com/timschmoyer -- http://

As YouTube continues to add monetization options for YouTube creators, Facebook has slowly working on some new tools that help Facebook creators do the same. Now they're becoming more accessible to more creators and the obvious question is, how do Facebook's new monetization tools compare to YouTube's monetization tools? And which tools will help creators best reach their audience, make money, and serve everyone best? Rachel Farnsworth is a full-time blogger who runs her Facebook page, "The Stay At Home Chef," which has almost 2.5 million followers. She's been using Facebook's monetization tools for a while and will share with us the good, the bad, the ugly, and how it compares to YouTube's monetization tools. Leave your comments on our website here: https://videocreators.com/facebooks-new-monetization-vs-youtube-ep-129 Check out our guest, Rachel Farnsworth, on, "The Stay At Home Chef" - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheStayAtHomeChef/ - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/thestayhomechef STORIES DISC