YT Episode 17

Nate and Julia are talking through common thumbnail mistakes they see and how to learn from them as a creator. Main Topic: The Biggest Thumbnail Mistakes 01:15 Learning from Mistakes 02:20 When to Produce Your Thumbnail 09:31 Planning Your Idea 14:58 Imagery 20:30 Design Mistakes 25:00 Refreshing the Format 26:00 Post-Publishing 31:20 The 5 S’s

Nate & Julia are discussing the selection and defining of your niche. Whether you’re picking your first niche or looking to pivot an existing one, this episode with talk you through some considerations and recommendations. Main Topic: Defining Your Niche at Any Stage 00:46 Picking a Niche 03:01 Monetizing a Personal Interest 08:18 Determining Niche…

Nate debunks myths about commenting on other YT channel’s videos and discusses circumstances where this actually could be helpful. He also talks about finding and using your unique advantage or circumstance as a creator. Main Topic: Comment Exposure 00:25 Commenting on Other Videos 03:30 Authentic Bridge Building 05:58 Commenting for Exposure 08:33 Comment Favoring 13:27…

It’s not very often that Nathan and Julia find themselves on completely opposite sides of a YouTube discussion, but that’s exactly how this topic started. Listen in as they discuss the one thing they wish they knew when starting on YouTube and how the solution is really the same thing. Main Topic: What I Wish…

We’re back from VidSummit with loads of information to share with you! In this episode Nathan and Julia discuss some of their key takeaways and lessons learned. Main Topic: VidSummit Recap – Our Biggest Takeaways 00:31 Host Q&A 01:46 Daily Hack: Interviews at Industry Events 06:04 P24 Question: Using Music Clips in Videos (see post…

Nate is out to do some Myth-Busting on the relevancy of click-thru rates. Together with Ricky and our newest team member, Julia, they’ll discuss why your click-thru rate may not be telling you what you think. They also discuss potential pitfalls in promoting videos externally and copyright considerations in collaboration videos. Main Topic: CTR is…