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

Last week at VidCon YouTube announced a lot of new tools and features. We'll review each of them, but focus on the 3 new monetization features they're rolling out for creators, including ticketing, merchandise, and memberships. Leave your comments here: https://videocreators.com/reviewing-youtubes-3-new-monetization-tools-ep-128 SPONSORS ONLY: Go here to get the phone number to call-in to today's show: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcB3bcWy0_QK7uPQvTD0LwQ/community?lb=Ugyz4Q2trZp3RjnQ9Tx4AaABCQ STORIES DISCUSSED - Helping creators earn more money and build stronger communities: https://youtube.googleblog.com/2018/06/vidcon-2018-helping-creators-earn-more.html - YouTube Music and YouTube Premium launch in 17 countries: It’s all here: https://youtube.googleblog.com/2018/06/youtube-music-and-youtube-premium.html - A visual of what ticketing looks like: https://techcrunch.com/2017/11/14/youtube-partners-with-ticketmaster-to-sell-concert-tickets-on-artists-video-pages/ BECOME A COMMUNITY SPONSOR: Access speci

Last week Instagram announced IGTV! Instagram TV allows users to create a channel and upload videos up to 10 minutes in length. Videos can also be edited professionally and uploaded with a thumbnail, title, and description, all similar to YouTube. So what does this mean for us as YouTube creators? How do we leverage IGTV? In this live stream a former employee of YouTube, Rachel Melby, will join us to discuss her thoughts on the impact IGTV will have on YouTube, the differences between the two platforms, and some advice for creators who are wondering how to best use IGTV as part of their YouTube strategy. Leave your comments on our website here: https://videocreators.com/how-to-best-leverage-instagram-tv LINKS REFERENCED - Learn more about Instagram TV: https://instagram-press.com/blog/2018/06/20/welcome-to-igtv/ - Is IGTV a YouTube killer? https://medium.com/@catchfoot/is-igtv-a-youtube-killer-4745e56dba20 - Flowchart for creating a second Instagram account: https://mailchi.mp/9e77f335c06a/newinstagram - Mor

With everything else going on in life, being a YouTube creator is often a small part of what we do. There's plenty of other things demanding for our time and attention, like school, family, relationships, work, fitness, and other personal goals. Today we'll do some live Q&A on productivity and time management as a YouTube creator. Leave your comments on our website here: https://videocreators.com/live-qa-time-management-and-productivity-for-youtube-creators Check out Roberto's channel: https://www.youtube.com/robertoblake2 E-Myth: https://amzn.to/2lfasVo (affiliate) Turn YouTube into your Career: https://courses.videocreators.com/courses/turn-youtube-into-your-career/ 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://

A recent study shows that Facebook is continuing to decline among teenagers while YouTube continues to grow. In teens' list of top social networks, YouTube is #1, Instagram and Snapchat are #2 and #3, with Facebook dropping to #4. What does this mean for us as YouTube creators and how can we capitalize on the growth of YouTube among teenagers? That's what we'll discuss in this live stream with Benji Travis. Leave your comments on our post here: https://videocreators.com/growing-on-youtube-while-teens-abandon-facebook STORIES REFERENCED - Teens are abandoning Facebook in dramatic numbers, study finds: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jun/01/facebook-teens-leaving-instagram-snapchat-study-user-numbers - Facebook edged out of top 3 social networks by U.S. teens: https://venturebeat.com/2018/05/31/facebook-edged-out-of-top-3-social-networks-by-u-s-teens/ Check Benji out on YouTube: - Video Influencers: https://www.youtube.com/user/videoinfluencers - BenjiManTV: https://www.youtube.com/user/BenjiManTV

Starting a YouTube channel is one thing, but promoting it and getting discovered is something else. In this episode we discuss your questions about promoting your channel. Check Benji out on YouTube: - Video Influencers: https://www.youtube.com/user/videoinfluencers - BenjiManTV: https://www.youtube.com/user/BenjiManTV Leave your comments on our website here: https://videocreators.com/promote-youtube-channel-feat-benjimantv-ep-124 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://instagram.com/timschmoyer LISTEN TO THE VIDEO CREATORS PODCAST - iTunes: http://go.vcreators.co/vcTViTunes - Soundcloud: http://go.vcreators.co/vcTVSoundCloud - Stitcher:

It's difficult to pivot your channel and still keep people engaged when they subscribed for one thing, but you no longer want to do that one thing. How do you change directions with your channel and still keep viewers on board? It's hard to do and depends mostly on how well you established your brand prior to the switch. In this episode we'll talk about how to make that shift to a different topic or niche with your audience. "Primal Branding," by Patrick Hanlon: https://amzn.to/2GCabEk (affiliate) Leave your comments on our website here: https://videocreators.com/pivot-channel-keep-viewers-engaged-ep-123 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 -- h

Last week YouTube announced some changes to their YouTube Red offering by renaming it and adding another offer! It looks like YouTube is feeling more comfortable charging people for using the service, which could be great for us as creators if our audiences feel like it's more natural to make a transaction on this platform. That may prove to be a necessary and valuable mindset shift with the inclusion of the new sponsors feature and more! Leave your comments on our post here: https://videocreators.com/people-are-getting-used-to-paying-money-for-youtube STORIES DISCUSSED - Introducing YouTube Premium: https://youtube.googleblog.com/2018/05/introducing-youtube-premium.html - YouTube Music, a new music streaming service, is coming soon: https://youtube.googleblog.com/2018/05/youtube-music-new-music-streaming.html - YouTube Shines a light on next generation of superstars with Artist on the Rise program: https://youtube.googleblog.com/2018/05/youtube-shines-light-on-next-generation.html - YouTube is working on

Creators who are frustrated with YouTube point to several indicators that the platform is dying, but is that really the case? I suppose it depends on your perspective and personal experience with YouTube. Let's look at some data and overall numbers, especially in comparison to Facebook, and see how YouTube is growing or declining, and what it means for us as creators. Leave your comments on our post here: https://videocreators.com/youtube-finally-dead-hardly-heres-2018s-stats-ep-121 STORIES DISCUSSED IN THIS LIVE STREAM - YouTube Is Growing Users Nearly Twice as Fast as Facebook: https://www.fool.com/investing/2018/05/11/youtube-is-growing-users-nearly-twice-as-fast-as-f.aspx - YouTube Feigns Interest In Your Digital Wellbeing With 'Take a Break' Notifications: https://gizmodo.com/youtube-feigns-interest-in-your-digital-wellbeing-with-1825980514 - YouTube Red Renews Cobra Kai for Season 2, Just a Week After Its Debut: http://www.adweek.com/tv-video/youtube-red-renews-cobra-kai-for-season-2-just-a-week-after

When Kelsey started her YouTube channel, she started with 0 views and 0 subscribers, just like everyone else. As she grew her channel, quitting her day job and going full-time on her channel was a major goal for her, so she started doing a few other things that would earn money besides waiting for the advertising dollars from Adsense to add up. Today she's full-time on YouTube and continues to do things that add value to her audience and earn money to make it sustainable for her. Leave your comments on our post here: https://videocreators.com/how-kelsey-launched-full-time-on-youtube-with-a-small-channel Hear Kelsey's top, pro tips for editing better videos with Premiere Pro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ti8oP1ixMjM Learn more about Premiere Pro with Kelsey at: https://www.youtube.com/premieregal Check out the course, "Turn YouTube into Your Career," at https://courses.videocreators.com/courses/turn-youtube-into-your-career/ Join our Patreon community and grow your channel with us! https://www.patreon.com/v

A few months ago a lot of channels lost a lot of videos, got community guideline strikes, lost monetization, and even lost their entire channels. Now YouTube is sharing a bit more of what happened, how many videos were effected, and are being more transparent about it going forward. We'll talk about what some of the impact was on creators and how you can see what impact your reporting has on YouTube as a whole. Leave your comments on our post here: https://videocreators.com/know-videos-flag-actually-removed-ep-119 LINKS DISCUSSED - An update on what we’re doing to enforce YouTube’s Community Guidelines: https://youtube.googleblog.com/2018/04/more-information-faster-removals-more.html - Your report history: https://www.youtube.com/reporthistory - YouTube Community Guidelines enforcement: https://transparencyreport.google.com/youtube-policy/overview - Google to improve YouTube Kids app to let parents control what children watch: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/apr/25/google-youtube-kids-app-parent-

Luria was one of the very first online Internet celebrities. She grew a large audience around video podcasting in the tech world and saw a lot of success in her business. However, her personal life struggled. She ended up living her divorce publicly online and eventually gave up the business she built over 10 years online. But that didn't stop her from doing it again. Sometimes you have to let go of something that's successful to grow something that's healthy and serves both you and your audience even better than before. Leave your comments on our website here: https://videocreators.com/luria-found-success-letting-go-2m-followers-ep-118 Learn Luria's best pro tips for how to engage an audience with live streaming: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Md5amKV4WGU Follow Luria's live streaming expertise at: - Website: https://livestreamingpros.com - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LiveStreamingPros/ - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/DavidFosterChannel Join our Patreon community and grow your channel with us

Adblock and browser extensions like it block ads from appearing on sites across the Internet. Some consider this to be completely innocent while others say it's stealing, disrespectful, and harms the online ecosystem. Google is obviously not in favor of Adblock, so they've tried a few things to mitigate it's impact. Today we'll talk about one of the things they're trying that's not being implemented on YouTube yet, but maybe gives us an idea of something they're testing in determining it's effectiveness. Leave your comments on our website here: https://videocreators.com/youtube-may-beat-adblock-make-us-money-ep-117 LINKS DISCUSSED - Helping publishers recover lost revenue from ad blocking: https://blog.google/topics/ads/helping-publishers-recover-lost-revenue-ad-blocking/ - An Update on Our 2018 Priorities: https://youtube-creators.googleblog.com/2018/04/an-update-on-our-2018-priorities.html - YouTube Red: https://www.youtube.com/red Join our Patreon community and grow your channel with us! https://www.patr

When Antonio started his business, he was working a lot of hours and not really feeling like he had the freedom he wanted. Through the course of several traumatic events, he decided to focus on what mattered most to him -- his family -- and that's when his business and channel really started to grow the most. Today he has almost 2 million subscribers and spends only about 4 hours a month on it! Leave your comments on our website here: https://videocreators.com/roberto-blake-overcomes-youtube-roadblocks-ep-115 Watch Antonio's top tips for reaching 1.8M subscribers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAg_y1Af1Pk Check out Antonio's channel at https://www.youtube.com/realmenrealstyle Join our Patreon community and grow your channel with us! https://www.patreon.com/videocreators 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/

Every YouTube creator bumps into roadblocks and challenges when growing their YouTube channel. Every creator starts at 0 and grows from there. Roberto Blake is no different. He's faced many challenges on YouTube, both related to his channel and some related to challenges in real life. Here's his story of how he approaches challenges and overcome them on YouTube. Check out Roberto Blake's channel: https://www.youtube.com/robertoblake2 Leave your comments on our post here: https://videocreators.com/roberto-blake-overcomes-youtube-roadblocks-ep-115 SPONSOR: Check out https://customthumbnails.com to get professional custom thumbnails created for your videos! I've been using them for about 5 months and love it! Use coupon code VIDEOCREATORS to get 50% off your first order. Join our Patreon community and grow your channel with us! https://www.patreon.com/videocreators FREE EBOOK: "The Secret to Building your YouTube Audience" https://videocreators.com/product/secret-building-youtube-audience/ LET'S CONNECT! -- http

Peter Hollens grew his YouTube channel primarily with factors outside of YouTube's algorithm. Yes, metadata like titles, descriptions, and tags are important, but Peter found that relationships, collaborations, and creating solid content that people notice and watch are all bigger factors in growing a YouTube channel. Here's his story about how he went to being a full-time YouTube creator overnight. Leave your comments on our post here: https://videocreators.com/ignore-algorithm-grow-overnight-like-peter-instead-ep-114 LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS VIDEO - Hear Peter's story about how he grew his channel and went full-time on YouTube overnight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYXZoJbaQt4 - Hear Peter's pro tips for growing a music channel into a career: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOiCn0J9xms - Hear Peter's advice for how to turn Patreon into a full-time income: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RymAHaHJfQ&index=1&t=0s&list=PLvxDZJe1lbaZRSINBR8m23Y5PhJCB_nJ2 - Check out Peter Hollen's channel at: ht

Last week there was a lot of controversy in the YouTube world regarding how YouTube's notifications work, the subscribe button, advertiser-friendly policies, and more. While the facts being discussed are true, the hype around it feels like it's based on a misunderstanding of what the subscription experience is really like for the viewer. So, let's discuss that here today as well as how we, as creators, should respond to it in order to best reach our audiences with our videos. Leave your comments on our website here: https://videocreators.com/ahh-controversy-youtube-notifications-ad-policies-ep-113 LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE - The original YouTube notifications comments: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgZ2ABxFp6g - YouTube Notifications in-depth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gd_J-5QBBhY - Notifications with Thumbnail Preview: https://9to5google.com/2018/03/30/youtube-android-test-thumbnail-preview/ - Ad policy checkbox: https://youtu.be/jd-aU41W_G4 - Advertiser guidelines discussion: https://www.yout

Sean Cannell grew his channel from 0 to over 30,000 new subscribers every month. That's around 1,000 new subscribers a day. It wasn't because he had a viral video. It was because he kept going, pushed himself, continued to learn, and was driven by a personal conflict that made it necessary for him to succeed. His story will not only help you grow your channel, but also grow it for the right reasons. Leave your comments on our website here: https://videocreators.com/sean-went-0-30000-new-subscribers-per-month-ep-112 SPONSOR: Visit http://www.customthumbnails.com to get clickable, custom thumbnails created for your videos. Get 50% off using PROMO CODE: videocreators LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE - Think Media TV: https://www.youtube.com/user/THiNKmediaTV - Video Influencers: https://www.youtube.com/user/videoinfluencers - Audible trial and free audio book: http://www.audibletrial.com/videocreators - Tim's family channel: https://www.youtube.com/schmovies - Pro Tips with Sean Cannell: Search for the video at h

I just finished 8 weeks in Video Labs with 20 creators! It was a blast! Some of them are here to share with you their top YouTube tips for growing on YouTube. Some of them are already experiencing great results with these tips. Others are about to start implementing them on their channels. Learn from what other creators are doing and thinking and take the ideas that make sense for your efforts on YouTube. Leave your comments on our site here: https://videocreators.com/top-13-youtube-growth-tips-13-youtube-creators-ep-111 Register for the next Video Labs session: https://courses.videocreators.com/courses/video-labs Check out each of the creator's channels in this live stream: - Jessica (Jess Creatives): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCis0sjz5ma8PQoztJm4Wmg - Kylie Carlson: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCspObHwy06AGKrF5OX-68Eg - Schellea (Fabulous 50s): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiWPU83VmOXjQ6xY0gIrhIQ - Kristen (GoodKnitKisses): https://www.youtube.com/goodknitkisses - Alex (Koaw Nature): https://

Like most creators, Grant Thompson hit burnout on his channel. He already had a lot of success and growth, but the demands of keeping up with all that was making him feel like he wanted to quit. That's a common feeling for a lot of us as creators who are just trying to keep up with all the demands of a YouTube channel, whether we have a small channel or a big one. Grant found a way to overcome the burnout and turn it into the most freedom he's ever felt while experiencing new levels of success. He shares what that is in his story here today. Leave your comments on our website: https://videocreators.com/grant-thompson-hit-burnout-recovered-9m-subscribers-ep-110 LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE - Check out Chelsea's channel at https://www.youtube.com/thekingofrandom - Check out the Video Creators channel at https://www.youtube.com/videocreators - E-Myth: Why most small businesses don't work and what you can do about it http://amzn.to/2uai4zS (affiliate) - Get one free audio book on Audible: http://www.audibletri

Chelsea started on YouTube five years ago and quickly grew, but now her interests have changed and she wants to go a different direction with her videos. She's working through how she does that, which isn't an easy thing to do. How do you keep your audience interested and get them to grow up with you when your own interests change? I'm going through something similar here at Video Creators, so it was good to have this discussion together. Leave your comments on our website here: https://videocreators.com/chelsea-crockett-helping-long-time-audience-stay-engaged-ep-109 Check out Chelsea's channel at https://www.youtube.com/beautyliciousinsider SPONSOR: Visit http://www.customthumbnails.com to get clickable, custom thumbnails created for your videos. Get 50% off using PROMO CODE: videocreators Join our Patreon community and grow your channel with us! https://www.patreon.com/videocreators FREE EBOOK: "The Secret to Building your YouTube Audience" https://videocreators.com/product/secret-building-youtube-audience/