With Thomas recently hitting the 2,000,000 follower mark on YouTube, we decided to go through some questions from a few of them.
Recently, Thomas hit the 2,000,000 follower mark on YouTube! To celebrate this uncommon occurrence, I thought it’d be cool to do a Q&A of sorts with a bunch of YouTube-related questions from all of you. Many of these answers might prove useful to you, particularly if you’re looking to start a YouTube channel of your own. If you do, good luck, and I hope I picked a question that you’ve been wondering about yourself!
Things mentioned in this episode:
This week’s episode is sponsored by:
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Other things we mentioned in this episode:
- Video Creators on YouTube
- Derral Eves on YouTube
- Mark Rober on YouTube
- Ali Abdaal’s Final Cut Pro course on Skillshare
- Samuel Suresh on YouTube
- Tony Santos on YouTube
- Ahrefs
- Charles Cornell on YouTube
- TierZoo on YouTube
- Linus Tech Tips on YouTube
- 13 Essential, Science-Backed Study Tips
- Online Classes: A Survival Guide
- How to Make Money on the Internet: 5 Different Methods
- Swim University – How to CLOSE an Inground Pool
- Wendover Productions on YouTube
- Real Engineering on YouTube
- PolyMatter on YouTube
- Markiplier on YouTube
- jacksepticeye on YouTube
Want more cool stuff? You can find all sorts of great tools at my Resources page.
Timestamps:
- 0:00:00 – Intro
- 0:08:12 – Best analytics to keep track of
- 0:19:20 – How often should you upload videos
- 0:28:48 – Sponsor: Brilliant (Learning problem-solving skills)
- 0:31:02 – Sponsor: Skillshare (Learning new skills)
- 0:32:49 – How often should you upload videos (continued)
- 0:36:32 – How to find your first followers
- 0:45:54 – Which gear did I start with
- 0:54:48 – What software to edit videos with
- 1:00:52 – Staying organized
- 1:06:34 – Getting the confidence to start
- 1:14:03 – Unexpected difficulties
- 1:19:32 – Biggest misconceptions
- 1:23:07 – Which factor helped me succeed
- 1:24:22 – Balancing a channel with a job or school
- 1:32:13 – Dealing with negative comments
- 1:33:20 – Showing or not showing your face
- 1:41:30 – Conclusion
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