YT Episode 81

Are you using the YouTube Community effectively? Nate & Julia talk about benefits and ways to use YT Community posts to engage with your audience. They also reveal the one post you should NEVER do. Main Topic: Getting Out of a Rut with the Community Tab 00:52 Broad Appeal Posts 02:31 Planned Community Posts 03:50…

Let’s go fly a kite! Nate presents a technique to use naturally rising “kite” videos to lift your channel. He answers questions about a YouTube monetization timeline and searchable tutorial video channels. Main Topic: Kiting & Monetization 01:07 Kite Videos 05:40 Planning Kite Videos 08:12 Call to Action 10:09 Value Proposition 12:17 P24 Question: How…

Feel like the idea well is running dry? This episode is for you. Nate & Julia talk through what it might mean if you find yourself running out of content ideas and how to break through and generate new content ideas for you channel. Main Topic: Running Out of Content Ideas 02:25 Using Up Good…

Nathan shares his secret to motivation and productivity on a small, personal channel. Main Topic: The First Half Strategy 00:00

Level up your video skills! Nate shares two simple editing and recording tricks that will you create more engaging videos. Main Topic: Editing & Recording Tricks 00:20 More Engaging Videos 01:04 What is Engaging 01:58 Adding a Secondary Camera 08:47 Editing 10:56 Jump-Cuts 15:16 Types of Channels

This week, Nathan and Julia discuss the lesser prioritized art of creating a good thumbnail, how much it should reveal, and ways to evaluate your thumbnail. Listen in and share your thoughts in the Community comments. Main Topic: The Complexity of a Good Thumbnail 01:23  Creating Good Thumbnails04:28  Over Explaining vs Under Explaining12:26  Scroll Stopping19:03 …