Nate and Julia are talking through common thumbnail mistakes they see and how to learn from them as a creator.
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
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Nate is back from VidSummit with fresh insights and updates on YouTube topics such as YT shorts, monetization, and music. Main Topic: Shorts, Music, & Strategy 00:38 Vid Summit 03:24 YT Shorts Monetization 15:06 Break Mode 15:42 Music Library 20:24 The Way to Success
Nate talks about tapping into new audience views using collaborations. He reviews the different types of collaborations and challenges members to implement one strategy in an upcoming video. Main Topic: Collaboration 00:24 Why Collaboration 06:38 Response Videos 08:21 Reaction Videos 08:57 Feature Videos 10:27 Direct Collaboration 11:47 Hybrid “Gift” Strategy 18:04 Challenge the Assumption 20:53 …
The YouTube Creator Studio is full of all kinds of metrics, but what do all these numbers mean? Nate and Julia dive in to what metrics matter and what to do if you find some are low. Main Topic: How to React to Your YT Analytics 00:00
In this episode Nate challenges how we think about the dreaded dislike button and viewer behavior. He also discusses industry audits and drafting in niches that may just be too small. Main Topic: How to Think About Dislikes and Channel Size 00:29 Dislikes on YT Thread 01:36 Indicators 03:02 User Behavior 05:53 Outside Audience Reactions…
Is it time to dust off your “Short” game? Fresh back from VidCon, Nate digs in to the current trends he is noticing on YT Shorts, as well as, when and how you might want to jump back in to creating YT Shorts. Main Topic: Are YT Shorts Still a Thing? 00:47 YT Shorts Backstory…
It’s easy to get stuck in the research phase. Let’s talk about how to get out of it and what it looks like for different types of channels – even entertainment channels! Main Topic: Defining and Executing the Research Phase of Video Production 02:26 Planning v. Research v. Ideation08:01 When to Move On11:41 Research Includes19:32 …
