YT Episode 112

Nathan & Julia share their takeaways from the VidSummit YouTube Conference earlier this month. They breakdown some different monetization options for any channel size. Nathan reveals a formula learned from PrestonPlayz on determining your sponsor rates. Main Topic: VidSummit Key Takeaways + A Monetization Formula for Any Size Channel 00:59  VidSummit Recap04:30  Strategy + Humanness10:28 …

Arche-what? Listen in as Nate digs into the different types of YouTube channels, why it matters, and how it impacts your channel, audience, & monetization. Main Topic: 3 Channel Archetypes 00:30 Channel Types 04:07 Information Channels 09:22 Entertainment Channels 16:25 Connection Channels 22:51 Hybrid Channels 25:49 Choosing Your Ratio 29:55 Transitioning Intentionally

The secret’s out! Julia is talking about a hidden metric in your YouTube Analytics that can tell you a lot about your channel. She also gives five ways you can improve this ranking. Main Topic: The Most Ignored Metric in Your Analytics 00:11  Average Views Per Viewer04:31  Ways to Improve04:35  Playlists07:46  Connection10:00  Library of Helpful…

VidIQ, TubeBuddy… which one is best? Nathan & Julia go a little deeper and share their thoughts accompanying a recent YouTube video and what we are recommending. They also test out podcast segments – what do you think? Main Topic: VidIQ vs TubeBuddy 01:33 Daily Hack 03:01 P24 Question: Unlisted Videos & the YT Algorithm…

YMYL topics, or topics that involve your money or your life/health, have some big barriers in blogging. Is the same true for YouTube? Nate & Ricky discuss how much YMYL matters on YouTube and what considerations you may want to make. Main Topic: YMYL on YouTube 00:30 What is YMYL?02:40 Importance on YouTube 10:04 Building…

For most people the most effective thing you can do right now to up-level your content for the time and effort that it will take is making better thumbnails. Julia walk through different exercises you can do to increase your understanding of good thumbnails & some “Rules of Thumb” (see what we did there?!) of…