Would you like to spend more time doing the things you love while working less and making more from YouTube? 

For many years, I was hustling on YouTube, uploading three videos a week, but now I only upload once a week and have less stress, more time, and make more money.

In the video below, you’ll learn how I work less, but make more from YouTube so I can spend more time doing the activities that I love, such as cycling, spending time with family and traveling.

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Why I do less to make more from YouTube
Doing less allows me to focus on high impact tasks to get better results. This means creating content for my target audience and not wasting time on content my audience is not interested in. I also have less stress, which leads to a lighter workload and unleashes my creativity By doing less, I can spend more time doing the other things I’m passionate about.

10 ways I do less and make more from YouTube 

1. Plan Ahead
I set yearly a monthly goals on how much I want to make for my YouTube channel and how to do it, which I’ll talk about later. I also keep a running list of new video ideas using the Notes app on my iPhone. Most good ideas usually come to my mind when I go for a walk or a run. Otherwise, I’ll research the ideas in YouTube analytics or answer questions from my video comments. 

2. Batching.
I usually batch script, batch film, and batch edit my videos. Instead of writing one script and filming one video, I’ll write 3 scripts and film 3 videos at once. I can then schedule them to be published on YouTube at different times. This allows me to publish my videos even when I’m not at the computer attending a video conference, going on vacation or when I’m just not feeling well.

For example, when I attended the VidSummit conference in Dallas Texas, I made sure that I had a video already scheduled for that week. It certainly relieves the stress of publishing a video on schedule.

3. Focus on what matters most
f you want to work less and make more money, you’ve got to leverage the power of the 80/20 rule. Perreto’s principle says 80% of your results come from 20% of your efforts. This means you need to cut out unnecessary things and focus on what matters most. For example, 80% of my YouTube traffic comes from the top 20% of my videos. When I double down on the videos that are generating the most traffic, it helps grow my channel.

4. Use Time Blocks
Have you ever started your day checking your social media sites and emails, then 3 hours later, realize you haven’t got any work done? I use focused time blocks to get my most important stuff done.

For example, if I need to write a video script, I’ll set the timer for one hour and eliminate all distractions. When filming a video, I’ll film it in 30 minute increments, following the bullet points on my script.

Using time blocks keeps me on track for the tasks I need to do for the day. When I’ve finished all the tasks for the day, I usually go for a run or ride the local trails.

5. Work during your most creative time
My most creative and productive time is the first thing in the morning. Usually, I’ll create a list of tasks the night before that I need to accomplish for the next day. When I sit down in front of my computer in the morning, I already know what I need to get done for the day. It might be coming up with new video ideas, writing a script, filming a video, or editing a video.

Editing videos usually takes the longest, so I’ll spread this out over several days. By lunchtime, which is usually around one or two o’clock, I’ll have completed my work for the day,. then usually go for a long bike ride. This helps me to relax, unwind, have fun, as well as come up with new video ideas.

6. Automate As Much As Possible
Instead of doing everything manually, you can save a ton of time using tools and software. For example, you can use the TubeBuddy Keyword Explorer Tool to research keywords that will rank in the search engines. You can also use the TubeBuddy AI title generator to generate a bunch of titles. You can also use TubeBuddy’s suggested shorts tool to repurpose long form content into Shorts. For thumbnails. You can easily modify the templates that are included with the free image editor called Canva.

For script writing, you can use Chat GPT. If you want to create a video from an article, you can use Kapwing.com. It’ll also help you to automatically remove the silences from your video. It’ll also help you repurpose your content to other platforms.

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If you want to schedule your videos or images to be published on YouTube, you can use the scheduling feature that comes with YouTube. This means you can schedule a video or image several weeks in advance. The more tasks you automate, the more time you have to unleash your creativity. 

7. Repurpose Your Content
When you repurpose your content to other social media platforms, you expose your content to a wider audience. For example, you can repurpose a segment of your longform video into a short, then upload it to YouTube. You can even link that short to your original longform video.

Other places you can share your content include LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Facebook groups, your blog and your email list. I use Kapwing to repurpose my content to share on social media sites. It quickly creates multiple short clips from my long form content.

8. Build A List
The purpose of building a list off YouTube is that you own the list and you can promote your products and services outside YouTube. You don’t have to rely on the income that’s associated with displaying ads on your videos. Instead, you can promote your products and services to the people that have subscribed to your list. You can use YouTube to build your list by offering a free lead magnet, such as a report, ebook, or template that people can download in exchange for their contact information.

I use the software called AWeber to automate my list building.  It stores my contacts, provides landing page templates to collect contact information and automates the sending of emails to my list when I want to promote a product or service.

As your list grows, so will your income. 

9. Create Multiple Income Streams
The revenue I receive from displaying ads on my videos is not enough to pay all my bills or make a living. Therefore, I bundle multiple income streams to boost my income. For example, I also generate income by promoting affiliate products in my videos as well as on my email list.

Here are the amounts I receive from TubeBuddy every month or every year by referring customers to them. I also sell my own digital products, such as the courses on how to grow on YouTube.

I also offer coaching services for video creators that need help to grow their channels. One of the most lucrative ways to make money from YouTube is to do brand deals or sponsorships. This is where you can review a product for a company in exchange for payment. Typically, my brand deals generate thousands of dollars, and as your channel grows, you receive more requests from companies to promote their products.

Watch this video to learn how to get brands to sponsor you on YouTube.

YouTube memberships and YouTube shopping are other ways that I generate income from YouTube.

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You’ll get exclusive members only live streams every month, get your questions answered live, get access to my members only Facebook group, get badges so your name stands out in the comments. You’ll also be supporting my channel, which helps keep it growing. Bundling multiple income streams helps increase the income I can generate from YouTube.

Keep in mind the affiliate products I promoted on my channel several years ago, still generate income every day on autopilot. When I want to scale my income, I just need to create and promote more products.

10. Open A Savings Account
The main benefit of putting your money in a savings account is that you receive compound interest. For example, if you deposit $10,000 in an account that earns 5% annual interest, you’ll earn $500 interest after one year. Thanks to compound interest, in year two, you’ll earn 5% of $10,500, which equals $525. You’ll receive the principle plus the interest. 

If you save some of the money that you earn from YouTube and place it in a savings account,. it’ll earn compound interest and work for you for years to come.

Bonus Tip – Invest In Dividend Paying Stocks.
This is where shares of public companies split the profits with their shareholders by paying cash dividends, and yield 2% and 6% per year.

The dividend you receive is based upon the number of shares that you own from the company. Buying stocks that pay dividends provides a reliable and growing income stream. Obviously, the more money you invest in stocks, the more money you’ll accumulate over the years.

This is how you can work less and make more because the money is working for you 24/7.

If you want to know how to make money from your YouTube channel without being a member of the YouTube partner program, watch this video on “10 Ways to Monetize YouTube channel without 1000 Subscribers” 

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A cockroach was crawling on my shoulder during my livestream.
I only knew about it because a viewer pointed it out to me on camera.

Keeping your viewers engaged during the first 30 seconds of your video
increases the probability of your viewers watching the rest of the video.

In the video below, I’m going to share the top 7 ways to engage viewers on YouTube.

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Use a strong hook
You can make a bold statement like YouTube receives over 50 billion views per day. You can start your video by asking a question like, what is the number one way to engage your viewers on YouTube? You can entertain your viewers by telling a short story like I did at the beginning of this video.

Alternatively, you can go straight into the content without giving an introduction.

Correctly structure your video.
As I mentioned previously, start off with a strong hook. then tell your viewers what to expect by watching the video. After you’ve done that, go straight into the meat of your content and end your video with a strong call to action.

For example, you can invite viewers to watch your next best video by linking to a video or playlist in the end screen. YouTube says “the longer you can keep people watching your videos or successive videos in a row, the higher the probability of a video being suggested by YouTube resulting in more traffic” So if a viewer binge watches multiple videos in a playlist, they’ll stay longer on the YouTube platform.

Instead of just using one hook at the beginning of your video, use multiple hooks throughout your video to reset the attention of your viewers. For example, you can tease viewers about what’s coming up later in the video, so they’ll keep watching to find out what it is.

Some other ways to keep viewers engaged throughout your video is to use jump cuts, transitions, and graphics.

A jump cut is where you jump from one scene to the other, therefore, resetting the attention of your viewer.

Transitions can be as simple as adding text on the screen or adding a motion graphic between the different points you wish to make in your video.

“Hey, Herman, what kind of audience retention should I be shooting for in the first 30 seconds of my video?” 

Aim for 70 to 80% audience retention in the first 30 seconds of your video. The higher the better.

For example, in this video it says 70% of viewers are still watching at around the 30 second mark, which is above typical.

If you want to check the audience retention for any of your videos on YouTube, click on the engagement tab in YouTube analytics and look under key moments for audience retention.

Use the community tab.
Use the community tab to engage with your viewers. between uploads. You can add images, image polls, text polls, quizzes, or even post your latest video. I find that polls and quizzes attract the most responses, so use them frequently.

Reply to comments.
YouTube is a social media platform, so make sure you reply to every comment on your videos. If a viewer makes the time to leave a comment under your video, then respect that viewer by replying to their comment.

Viewers often ask questions in the comments, so it’s a great opportunity to reply to their comment. You can even reply to a comment by making a Short, and that viewer will receive a notification that you’ve made that short.

Here’s a hot tip.
Any question in your comments usually means that other people are asking the same question, so you can make a long form video or a short to reply to that comment. Another way is to keep to keep viewers engaged throughout your video is to ask questions.

For example, answer this question in the comments, what is the number one way you keep viewers engaged on your videos? If you want to get viewers to watch your next best video, pin a link to that video in the top of your comments. When viewers go to leave a comment to your video, they’ll see that link in the pinned comment.

You can also link to the next best video by placing that link within the first three lines of your video description. The first three lines is what viewers see while watching your video.

Another important thing to keep viewers watching is to use high energy in your video. If you’re really tired because you didn’t get much sleep, you’re depressed or not inspired, then it’s very difficult to deliver a high energy message throughout your video. If I’m very tired or uninspired, I’ll usually skip making a video.

Your viewers will know when you’ve forced creativity in your videos. If I don’t feel energized, I’ll leave my office and go outside to film the video. Alternatively, I’ll do some pushups, pull-ups or go for a run to get the heart pumping. If I’m batch filming multiple videos, I usually take a break between each video. This helps me to keep my energy flowing.

Attract different audiences with multiple formats.
Shorts are a great way to attract viewers that are scrolling through their phones using the Shorts feed. YouTube recently introduced the related links feature, which allows you to link from a short to a long form video.

For example, you can cut a segment from your long form video to make into a short. An attribution link will appear at the end of your shorts video, that links back to the original video.

Another format that works well is to go live on YouTube. This is a great way to engage with your viewers in real time because they can ask questions while you’re going through your presentation.

You can also repurpose the content for your live stream for YouTube podcasts, Shorts, long form videos, and even products. Here’s an important point to remember. Engaging viewers is an ongoing effort that requires building relationships and providing content that resonates with your audience.

Pay particular attention to YouTube analytics to see which engagement strategies are working best for your channel, then adjust accordingly.

For example, if you click on the audience tab in YouTube analytics, you’ll see videos growing your audience, channels your audience watches, what your audience watches, formats your viewers watch on YouTube, and when your viewers are on YouTube. 

To view the engagement metrics for individual videos, click on the engagement tab and look under “key moments for audience retention“.

Now you know the top ways to engage viewers on YouTube.

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Should you create a Brand account or a Regular, Personal account
when starting a YouTube channel from scratch? 

Which is the right one to use? 

In the video below , you’ll learn how brand accounts differ from regular YouTube accounts, how to check if you have a brand account, and if you should migrate a personal account to a brand account if you already have an established YouTube channel. Comment below if you have a brand account or personal account.

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What is a YouTube brand account? 
A brand account is an account that is specifically used for your brand. If you challenge link to a brand account, it means that more than one Google account can manage it. This means you and others can jointly manage the brand account through your own Google accounts. You don’t need a separate username and password, and you can have multiple owners and managers. One of the great benefits of having a brand account is that it gives your company a unique presence online separated from your personal profile.

For example, my YouTube brand account is drostvideo. If I were to create a personal account, I would use Herman Drost.

PewDiePie is a great example of a very popular personal YouTube channel. It’s run by Felix Kjellberg, a Swedish YouTuber who currently has over 111 million subscribers.

How To Identify a YouTube Brand Account?
For viewers, brand and personal YouTube accounts appear virtually the same. You can typically identify a brand account by how well the channel page identifies the brand itself. This can be found by clicking on the channel name, then go to the about page.

What is the disadvantage of having a Brand account? 
You’ll lose all your comments if you migrate a personal account to a brand account. If you just want to manage your account personally, then choose a personal account. Just keep in mind, if you use your name for a YouTube account, it can still be a brand account.

How do you check If you have a brand account? 
Go to myaccount.google.com/brandaccounts. Make sure you’re signed in first, then check on the brand accounts.

What is a personal YouTube account? 
This means only one person can manage a personal account, which is usually yourself. When you create a personal YouTube channel. It uses the same name and photo as your Google account. With a brand account, you can use a different name and photo from your Google account.

What are the disadvantages of creating a personal YouTube account? 
Only you can manage your channel. You can’t have multiple owners or managers. Your channel name is automatically the same as the one on your Google account. If you connect your YouTube channel to your Google account, only you can access your YouTube channel and you have to use your Google account. Just keep in mind, if you migrate your personal account to a brand account, you’ll lose all the comments you’ve accumulated on your videos.

How do you create a brand account? 
If you’re just starting a YouTube channel from scratch, you can set up your brand account immediately by going to youtube.com/account Click create channel. If you already have a channel, just click create a channel under all channels.

You can now create your channel name and set up your channel details.

My Recommendation
Here’s my recommendation if you’re debating whether to set up a brand account or personal account. Register your YouTube account as a brand account from the beginning even if you don’t plan to have multiple managers for your YouTube channel. It keeps your personal Gmail account safer in case your account is suspended, have an issue with trolls or if you decide to delete or change your account later.

Starting and growing a YouTube channel takes passion, persistence, and perseverance. Watch this video titled “10 Tips I Wish I Knew Before Starting YouTube“.

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The community guidelines warning below hits me every time I log into my YouTube dashboard, and it’s remained there for several years.

It’s given me some anxiety because if I get 3 community guideline strikes, my channel can be terminated. Fortunately, YouTube is making a big policy change, which will allow me to get rid of this warning for good.

Click here to get my video course. You’ll discover how to hook your viewers, get them to spend more time on each video and motivate them to watch more videos from your channel, so YouTube will recommend your content to a wider audience.

What is a community guideline strike? 
YouTube says this includes or is not limited to instances of nudity or sexual content, violent or graphic content, harmful or dangerous content or spam. For example, if you post a video that is meant to educate people about sexual health and it violates YouTube’s sexual content policy, you may receive a strike from YouTube.

Therefore, I highly recommend studying YouTube’s community guidelines policies, so you don’t have to put up with this hassle. Click here to read YouTube’s community guidelines.

Why is YouTube making this change? 
YouTube believes that most creators don’t want to violate YouTube’s policies. Therefore, they want to give them another chance,

“Despite the fact that they don’t re-offend, they sort of live in fear of re-offending, and we don’t wanna stifle creativity. Yeah, you know, we want creators to be able to express their creativity within the the boundaries of our rules.”

I asked my subscribers, “have you ever received a community guidelines strike on your channel?”
11% said yes, lost appeal, warning remains on my channel.

In the old system, whenever you received a community guidelines strike and didn’t win the appeal, you received a permanent warning on your YouTube channel.

In the new system, you can go through some training and get the warning removed. If you don’t violate the policies again in the next 90 days. YouTube says that 80% of creators who get a warning never go on to get a first strike.

For example, I received this warning on my channel several years ago and never received another strike. Now I can take a training course and have the warning removed.

What happens when you complete the course? 

• If you don’t violate the same policy for 90 days, the warning on your channel will be lifted.
• If you violate the same policy within 90 days, your video will be removed, but you’ll receive a strike on your channel.
• If you violate the same policy after 90 days, your video will be removed, but you’ll receive a warning on your channel. You’ll also have the option of taking a new training course.

Previously creators received one warning throughout the lifetime of their channel. Now they’ll get individual warnings depending on the policy that they violate. This gives you an opportunity to learn why your content may have crossed the line and be able to take multiple training courses at the same time.

Even if you receive a community guidelines warning in the future, you can get it removed by attending the training and then not violating the YouTube’s policies in the next 90 days.

Keep in mind, if you violated YouTube’s policies 3 times in the past, which resulted in your channel being terminated, this is not gonna provide a path to get your channel back.

When will YouTube be making this change? 
This change will be rolling out over the next several weeks.

How can you stop people impersonating your channel and stealing your videos? 
Watch this video on how to report an impersonator so they can stop stealing your videos

Click here to get my video course. You’ll discover how to hook your viewers, get them to spend more time on each video and motivate them to watch more videos from your channel, so YouTube will recommend your content to a wider audience.

The clickable links on all your YouTube shorts are being banned by YouTube from August 31st, 2023. That means Pinned Comments in YouTube Shorts or any other Shorts will no longer be clickable. It also means the clickable link in the shorts description or in the descriptions of any other Shorts videos will no longer be clickable.

What? 

Why is YouTube making this change which will affect millions of shorts videos that are already uploaded to YouTube? 

YouTube says it’s making this change to prevent users from being exposed to malware, phishing scams, and other harmful scam related content. Fortunately, the links in the descriptions and comments of your long form videos will still be clickable and remain unchanged.

In the video below, I’ll show you a solution to this change and how YouTube is introducing a new and safer way for creators to link their Shorts viewers to their other YouTube content.

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Which kinds of links are clickable on YouTube? 

• Channel profile links
• links placed in long form video comments and descriptions
• links placed in YouTube live chat mentions
• hashtags in Shorts comments and descriptions
• YouTube shopping affiliate program links
• Shorts green screen
• Rimix attribution links.
  The only links which are non clickable are the links in Shorts comments and descriptions.

Warning from YouTube
You can’t create external links that sends users to websites containing featured content that violates YouTube’s external links policies. Click here to read YouTube’s external link policy..

Here are the current clickable links that you see on a Shorts video.

• I’ve got my channel link…drostvideo
• the subscribe button.
• If I tap share, I can share the Shorts URL on my social media sites or copy the link.
• If I tap remix, I can remix a long form video into a Short. An attribution link will appear
  on the Short that links back to the original video

Here are some ways to direct viewers from your Shorts to other YouTube content.

Reply to comments with a Short.
– Tap on the comments to select a comment to reply to
– Tap on the comment
– Tap on the shorts icon. Now I can read the comment that I wish to reply to.
– Tap record. “Thanks for this comment. I wish you the best of luck with your YouTube video.
– Tap the check mark.
Now you can preview what you said. When viewers watch your short, they can go back to the original video it’s attached to. 

Once a Shorts video reply is posted, it’ll appear as a reply in the comments.

What’s the goal of highlighting comments in Shorts?
“The goal is to provide a way for creators to invite their viewers to participate in their content.”

How To Create Shorts from your own long form videos.

• Select one of the videos on your channel.
• Tap the remix button, so you can edit into a short, use the sound from this video or cut the video by using a segment from the video or use a green screen as a background.
• Keep in mind that the option to edit into a short is only available to you.
• Tap edit into a short.
• You can select 15 or 40 seconds..i selected 15 seconds
• Tap next
• Tap the back arrow.
  Now you can record a Short. So tap the record button. I’m recording a short, 
• Tap the check icon. 
• Tap Next
• Add your title
• Select visibility…public, private or unlisted
• Tap upload short.

Now you’ll notice that if I tap the link on my Short “created from drostvideo”, it redirects to my original long form video.

How to cut a segment from any video on YouTube to make into Short.

• Tap on the video
• Tap remix.
• I can use the sound from the video, cut it by using a segment from the video or use a video as a background. 
• Tap cut.
• I use up to 5 seconds.
• Tap next.
• Now I can record a 15 or 60 second shorts video. If I want  60 seconds Tap 15. I’m just gonna add 15, so I’m gonna tap 60. it goes back 15 seconds. Hey, I’m just adding another segment to this video.” 
• Tap the check mark
• Tap next
• Add a title.
• Select visibility…public
• Tap upload short.
• If I tap on the link “cut from parktool”, it redirects me back to the original video.

How to create content links in Shorts

YouTube is introducing a new and safer way for creators to direct Shorts viewers to other content on YouTube. When a viewer clicks on the content link in the shorts, it redirects them to the longer form content.

How to create channel profile links

Previously I mentioned channel profile links. Now you can showcase up to 14 links on your channel homepage, and the first link will be prominently displayed in the profile section next to the subscribe button. The remaining links will show when the viewer clicks to see more links.

Watch this video to learn how to create channel profile links that’ll replace the links that have been removed from your Channel Banner.

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Do you want to take your Shorts to the next level so you can grow your channel fast? 

YouTube shorts are now being watched by over 6 billion users every month, and YouTube is introducing 6 new ways to create shorts on YouTube.

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Here are 6 new ways to level up your YouTube Shorts.

1. Remix with Collab.
   Collab is a new creation tool that lets you record a short in a side-by-side format, using other YouTube videos or Shorts. 
   
   You just need to tap “remix”, then “collab” to remix an eligible video or short. 
   
2. New effects and stickers.
   YouTube has added dozens of new stickers and effects over the last few months, so you can add new creative effects to your shorts. 
   
   For example, they’ll soon start rolling out a new Q & A sticker so you can ask your audience questions and get responses right there in the comments. Keep in mind, you can also reply to comments with a Short. 
   
   Click here to watch my video on how to reply to comments using a Short. 
   
3. Go live and get discovered on Shorts.
   YouTube is testing a mobile first vertical live experience. This will allow creators to go live and get discovered right in the shorts feed. Viewers in this test will see previews of vertical live videos mixed into the shorts feed. If someone taps into this experience, they’ll be placed in a scrollable feed of other live videos.
   
   Just make sure that when you go live, your camera is in a vertical orientation. With this new live experience, you’ll be able to get discovered in more places.
   
4. Streamline your video creation with Suggestions.
   This new suggestion feature automatically bundles the audio and effect from the Short you are remixing. 
   
   From the shorts player, Tap the remix button, then tap “use sound”.
   
   YouTube will automatically surface the same timestamp from the short video you just watched, and the same effect as a creation suggestion. You can always mix and match to make it your own.
   
5. Save Shorts to playlists.
   YouTube recently introduced an option to save shorts to playlists, so if you find a shorts in your shorts feed that you really love, you can immediately save it to a playlist. This will make it easier for you to find that short or shorts that you’ve saved to the playlist, when inspiration strikes. 
   
6. Easily transform your horizontal videos into Shorts.
   Up to now, it’s been difficult to transform your long form videos into shorts using a remix tool, but YouTube is adding new recomposition tools.
   
   Once you choose a long-form video to remix, you’ll be able to adjust the layout, zoom and crop of the video segment.
   
   Split screen Effects will also be available so you can preserve key parts of your long form content to create more engaging and original YouTube shorts.
   
   Watch this video to learn “How to Upload a Short From Your PC” It has accumulated almost a million views.

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Do you sometimes waste hours trying to come up with YouTube video ideas,
scripts, titles, descriptions, and want to find a solution?

Millions of people use chat GPT, or AI to make their life easier.

In the video below, I’ll show you 5 highly effective chat GPT Hacks to Grow Your YouTube channel.

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How to use Chat GPT to come up with YouTube video ideas.

I went to chat.openai.com and entered. “Give me 10 video ideas for how to get more views on YouTube”. Let’s see what it comes up with.

• Top 10 tips for YouTube success
• Behind the scenes of your channel
• Collaboration with other YouTubers
• Reacting to viral videos
• q and a with your subscribers
• Exploring trending topics, et cetera.

If you want to get 10 more ideas, just enter the prompt. “Give me 10 more”

Let’s see what it gets.

• Hacks and tips in your niche
• Mistakes to avoid
• Rapid fire q and a challenge
• Epic transformation makeover
• Exploring unique places or events

Within a few seconds chat GPT can spit out new video ideas that you may not even have thought of.

How to use chat GPT to write multiple video titles.

I chose the video topic, Top 10 Tips for YouTube success. I then asked chat GPT to list out 10 super engaging titles for top 10 tips for YouTube success.

Here are the 10 titles… 

• YouTube domination 1
• 0 proven tips for explosive channel growth
• Crack the code: 10 Insider Tips to Master YouTube success.
• 10 YouTube Secrets you need to Know for massive viewership. 
• From zero to hero: 10 tips for building a thriving YouTube channel

If I’m not happy with those 10 titles, I can ask ChatGPT to give me 10 more.

How to use chat GPT to write a video script within a few seconds.

I asked ChatGPT to write a script for a video titled YouTube Domination. 10 Proven Tips for Explosive Channel Growth.

Let’s see the results…

• Define your niche
• Tip two, compelling content creation.
• Tip three, optimize video SEO, 
• Tip four, consistency is key.
• Tip five, engage with community.
• Tip six, collaborate and cross promote.
• Tip seven, harness the power of social media.
• Tip eight, study analytics and improve.
• Tip nine, create eye-catching thumbnails
• Tip 10, stay true to yourself.

If I wanted to create a new script, I can ask Chat GPT to rewrite the script.

Instead of using the script as is when you film your video, try to include personal stories, facts, et cetera. This will help make your video content unique and keep your audience engaged.

How to use Chat GPT to create a super engaging video hook.

I asked chat GPT to give me 5 ideas for attention grabbing hooks for the first 10 seconds of a YouTube video titled YouTube Domination. 10 Proven Tips for Explosive Channel Growth.

Let’s see the results…

“Attention All Aspiring YouTube rock stars. In this video, I’m about to reveal 10 jaw dropping tips that will skyrocket your channel growth and turn you into a YouTube powerhouse.

That sounds pretty good, I think I’ll use that one.

Keeping your viewers engaged in the first 10 seconds of your video increases the likelihood of viewers watching the whole video, so it makes sense to create a strong hook.

How to use Chat GPT to create a search engine optimized description for a YouTube video.

I asked chat GPT to write a short search engine optimized description for a video titled YouTube domination. 10 proven Tips for Explosive channel growth.

Let’s see the results…

Want to conquer YouTube and see your channel explode with growth? Discover the ultimate roadmap to success with YouTube domination. 10 proven tips for explosive channel growth, Unveil insider secrets and battle tested strategies to skyrocket your views, subscribers and engagement.

If I want to make the description shorter, I can ask chat GPT to shorten it to 3 lines.

Let’s see the results…

“Crush YouTube with YouTube domination. 10 proven tips for explosive channel growth. Unveil insider secrets to skyrocket views, subscribers and engagement. Optimize SEO, and craft captivating content for ultimate success.”

In this case, it’s enough to just use the first two lines.

What if you want to use Chat GPT to identify your ideal viewer so you can target
the right audience with the right content? 
Watch this video titled, “Why Is It Important to Know Your Target Audience?“

Click here to get my video course: “Secrets To Increase Audience Engagement On YouTube” You’ll discover how to hook your viewers, get them to spend more time on each video and motivate them to watch more videos from your channel, so YouTube will recommend your content to a wider audience.

Do you spend hours filming, editing, promoting your video, but it only results in a few views? 

You’re probably targeting the wrong audience because the YouTube algorithm helps viewers find the videos that they want to watch based upon their browsing behavior.

If you deliver the content your viewers want to watch, they’ll keep coming back for more, which results in the growth of your channel.

In the video below, you’ll learn how the YouTube algorithm works, how to quickly identify your target audience and the mistakes to avoid.

Click here to get my video course. You’ll discover how to hook your viewers, get them to spend more time on each video and motivate them to watch more videos from your channel, so YouTube will recommend your content to a wider audience.

How does the YouTube algorithm work? 

YouTube says, “Our algorithm doesn’t pay attention to videos. It pays attention to viewers. So rather than trying to make videos that make the algorithm happy, focus on making videos that make your viewers happy.” 

Keep in mind the YouTube algorithm follows the audience, what they watch, what they don’t watch, how long they keep watching, and if they return to watch more.

So your goal should be to help viewers find the videos that they want to watch keep viewers on the YouTube platform as long as possible, then get viewers to keep coming back for more of your content.

If people love your content, the YouTube algorithm will surface your content to a wider audience resulting in more views.

How do you identify your target audience on YouTube? 

One of the biggest mistakes YouTubers make is trying to appeal to everyone. If you try to appeal to everyone, you’ll appeal to no one. It’s like throwing mud at the wall, hoping some of it will stick.

Avoid uploading content that you want to make without considering the interests of your audience. Your audience consists of an individual viewer, which is sometimes called an Avatar, which represents your target audience. Ideally, you want to create content that you love to make and your audience will love to watch.

How do you identify your ideal subscriber that reflects the audience you wish to reach? 

Look at this Venn diagram to identify the personality of your ideal viewer. I call him Steve. Demographics refers to the age and gender of your ideal viewer.

Here’s how to find the demographics of the audience in YouTube analytics.

• Click on analytics in YouTube studio
• Click on the audience tab.
• Under top geographies, you’ll see the top countries where most of your audience watches your videos. You’ll also see the top languages and the age and gender of your audience.

According to my demographics, Steve is a male 34 years old that resides in the United States and speaks English.

Here’s how to get more insights about your target audience from YouTube analytics.

• Click on the audience tab in YouTube analytics.
• Look at videos, growing your audience channels your audience watches,. what your audience watches, formats your viewers watch on YouTube, when your viewers are on YouTube

You can also use the Research Tab to discover the top searches of viewers on your channel.

• Click on your research tab,
• Click on searches across YouTube.
• The research tab explores what viewers are searching for on YouTube.
• Use this tool to research some of the top searches from viewers on your channel and across YouTube in the last 28 days.
• Click on your viewers searches.
• Here are the search terms my audience is searching for on YouTube.
• If I click on all searches, then click on content gaps only and click apply, it shows the content gaps on my channel.
• If I click saved, then it shows the Keyword phrases that people are entering into the search engines. This gives me a clear idea what kind of content my audience is interested in.

After demographics, look at your viewers psychographics. While demographics are the external traits of a person, psychographics refers to the internal traits. This refers to the beliefs, values, attitudes, motivations, lifestyle choices, fears and vulnerabilities.

It’s what they’re most passionate about and drives them.

For example, Steve is passionate about growing his channel, impacting others, and generating revenue from his channel. His hobbies include traveling and spending time in nature.

One of the ways you can discover the psychographics of your ideal viewer is to survey your audience. You can add a poll or quiz to your community tab, study the recurring questions in your comments or in the comments of your competitors’ videos, or study the most popular videos of your competitors’ channels.

• For example, you create a list of 10 different channels that are in the same niche as your own niche.
• Go to the first channel click on the videos tab to sort the videos by the most popular. 
• Watch, the most popular videos that were uploaded to that channel over the past year.
• Study their titles, thumbnails, hooks, how they present their content, call to actions, and how many views and subscribers they were able to get.
• Do the same for all the other channels.

What you’re looking for are patterns in the content creation and in the audience’s behavior. This will help you to see what is currently working in your niche so you can create the right content on your own channel. If you have an email list, survey your list, or if you have a Facebook group, you can also add a poll. If you’re just starting out, just use yourself as your own target audience, what are your values, beliefs, burning questions, et cetera. You also want to write down the offline and online behavior of your ideal viewer, like where do they hang out online in other social media sites.

How To Use ChatGPT (AI) To Identify Your Ideal Viewer

For example, if I go to Chat GPT at Chat.OpenAI.com, I enter…

“My YouTube channel is about growing  your audience on YouTube. Write a viewer persona for a male 34 named Steve that lives in the USA.” ChatGPT spits out the answers in a few seconds.

For example, ChatGPT gives me the background, demographics, interests and hobbies, goals and challenges, and the preferred content. This will give you a great starting point if you don’t know your ideal subscriber.

As your channel grows, you can refine your audience profile to make it more detailed. After you’ve researched all the characteristics of your ideal viewer, it’ll be easier to create the right content for your target audience. Every time you create a new video, look at the audience profile you’ve created so you know you’re targeting the right audience.

Mistakes To Avoid

Your niche is too broad.
If you try to appeal to everyone, you won’t attract your target audience.

For example, instead of having a general fitness niche, you could specialize in functional fitness for seniors. Instead of having a general travel niche, you could focus on adventure travel for families. When you narrow your niche, it’ll be easier to attract a target audience.

Lack of Patience
Sometimes a video doesn’t gain many views in the first few hours or days after you’ve uploaded it. This may mean that your video topic or content is not a perfect fit for your dedicated viewers, but is a good fit for new viewers.

For example, this video only received 200 views and one subscriber in the first 24 hours of uploading it in September 19th, 2019. If I select September 19th to October 19th, 2019, and click apply, it only received 326 views and 3 subscribers in a one month period.

If I select since uploaded or lifetime views, it says this video has gotten over 161,000 views since it was uploaded, It has accumulated one and a half thousand subscribers and generated revenue of over $1,000.

This is primarily due to the video ranking number 1 on YouTube search. It may take a while for the YouTube algorithm to match the new content with a new audience, so be patient.

Not tracking your traffic in YouTube analytics.
The 2 top metrics to keep an eye on is clickthrough rate and audience retention. To find the Clickthrough Rate for a specific video, click on the content tab in YouTube studio, then click on analytics for that specific video. Click on the reach tab and look under impressions and how they’re led to watch time. This video has a 9.1% click rate.

If you have a low click rate, it means that viewers are not motivated to click and watch your video because of your titles and thumbnails. If you have a low audience retention, it means that viewers are not remaining engaged throughout your video.

How To view Audience Retention

• Click on the engagement tab
• Look under audience retention.
• You’ll be able to see the intro top moments.. This is the part that kept your viewers watching for longer than usual.
• Dips mean viewers are abandoning or skipping certain parts of your video.

It could be that the content you’re presenting is not what was promised in your title and thumbnail. When you make your next video, try to improve your click through rate and audience retention.

Do you want to know the secrets to audience engagement on YouTube?

Click here to get my video course. You’ll discover how to hook your viewers, get them to spend more time on each video and motivate them to watch more videos from your channel, so YouTube will recommend your content to a wider audience.

YouTube’s video editor doesn’t allow you to combine 2 videos into one,  so in this video I’m going to show you how to merge 2 videos into one using a free online video editor called Kapwing.

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How To Merge 2 Videos Into One Video

• Create a free account at Kapwing.com.
• Click sign in
• Click create new project.
• Click add media
• Drag and drop your files or click to upload. I’m going to drag these two files.
• I’ve got my two video clips added over here in the add media section.
• Now I’m going to create my document.
• I’m going to click “Start with a blank Canvas” 16:9 is for YouTube, or you can do 1:1 for a square video, 4:5 or 9:16 which is a TikTok or Instagram story.
• Click 16:9.
• Drag the file onto the canvas. You can reposition it or enlarge it.
• Take the other video file and drag that to the canvas also next to the other one.
• You can put them side by side on the timeline.
• If you want to adjust the timeline, just move the slider to the left or right.
• Now you can see you’ve got the two clips here on the timeline.
• To trim the clips, you can just click on the clip, grab one end of it & move it to where you want it.
• To split the clip at a certain spot, just right click it then click split.
• If you made a mistake and want to undo it, just hover over where it says “Undo”.
• You also have the ability to add text subtitles, more videos, images.
• If you click on elements, then you can add any of these new elements.
• You can also add audio, sound effects and different music clips.
• You can also click record to record a screen,  camera or record audio. 
• If you click on more, you can do  shapes, emojis, sound effects.
• Click on the video clip to trim, crop, filter it, zoom or adjust the volume.
• You’ve got effects, transitions, all these different transitions and timing.
• Click “Export Project” after editing or rearranging your video clips or the timeline
• Click export as mp4.
• Now I’ve got the Pro version, so I’ve got faster processing and watermark free.
• You can also copy the link, embed it or you can download the file.
• You’ll also receive an email from Kapwing that your video is ready for download. 
• Click download file to download the file to your computer.

The FREE version gives you unlimited exports containing a watermark, and allows you to create videos up to 7 minutes long. If you upgrade to the PRO version, you get everything that’s in the free version plus many extra features.

CLICK HERE to get The FREE or PRO version of Kapwing, the online image and video editor

Keep in mind, you can add multiple video clips or images to the timeline to create your video.

If you want to know how to trim an existing video on YouTube without re-uploading it, watch this video on “How to use YouTube’s video editor to trim an existing video without losing views and comments“

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