This was a wholesome video to watch - your energy was radiating out of the screen. Also, I really want to appreciate you for putting in the effort to reply to every single comment on this video - most creators don’t do that. 🥺 Stay happy!
I am slowly slowly slowly building up to monetization. It is an emotional rollercoaster!! I have 700 subscribers but less than 2k watch hours. Trusting the process....😂
This was so refreshing to watch. I've been thinking of filming a video like this on my channel. I've been monetized for a few years now (started my channel in 2016, met the old monetization reqs, got hit by the Great Demonetization when the changed the reqs, then finally met the new reqs and got monetized again). I primarily make writing focused vlogs in the writer/authortube space, so not a super popular niche. UA-cam is indeed very fickle. My revenue started going up last summer, peaked at about $150/month in September and then started slowly going down throughout the autumn. December was just $95. This was (milldly) disappointing because in the US there's a $100 threshold to meet before YT releases payment, so that was the first month in the previous 5 that I didn't meet that threshold. Just as you start to get used to something or sense a pattern, it can change. I thought December would be a big month because I did Vlogmas and was releasing a video every day. Watch time and views were up but CPM and RPM were way lower than previous months. That's continued into 2023. So far this year I've been averaging $50/month. Which is fine, I don't do this for the money, but it does prove your point that YT is fickle and unless you're getting hundreds of thousands or millions of views and a ton of watch time, you're not going to make a high value of steady income. Unfortunately a lot of creators get pulled in by analytics focused videos that make it look easy to get monetized and make money when the reality is some people will spend months or years just getting monetized and then still won't earn that much. Creators can burnout fast if revenue is their main goal. I started my channel as a hobby and now I'm just happy that my hobby makes me a little bit of money each year and can pay for things like my Epidemic Sound subscription or a new vlogging camera. Anway, sorry for the long comment. I've been watching since the London flat tour (I love London content lol). Just thought I'd share my experience as a fellow small creator in a different niche. It was interesting to see how our revenue lined up. I have about 3.6k subscribers, so a similar size channel. :)
Very insightful! Thanks for sharing your personal experience, Andrea. I'm considering starting out myself and have been watching a LOT of videos on this now.
@@MarkingIt starting my channel 7 years ago was the best thing. My only regret is not starting sooner. But the revenue is a bonus, not my driving motivation. ☺️
super interesting, thank you so much for sharing Andrea 💘 particularly interesting about vlogmas as well, i always wonder if i was able to post more, how much of a difference it could make 🤔 loved reading your comment !! wishing you all the best with your videos, and i hope they continue to be a hobby that brings you joy (even if the analytics is fickle) ✨
i am on a youtube analytics research kick and just stumbled across your page. the design/editing and your vibe are INCREDIBLE. you really stand out georgia - im rooting for you!! hoping 2024 brings major growth for you, keep doing your thing
I love this Georgia! My exact sentiments as well -why I started my youtube channel. Working in healthcare so draining that I just needed some creative outlet. And the same, I love watching your vidoes bc its lowkey like catching up with a friend! This excites me and motivates me to make more videos, not because of the clout but just the feeling of creating something. All the best, G x
Also, can I just say, your editing and creative skills are *chefs kiss*! The fonts, the transitions... and you looo very comfortable talking in front of the cam x Well done ❤
aaaah, i’m so glad this resonated with you & thank you for your kind words !! wishing you all the best with your channel and i hope it continues to be a creative outlet for you 💘
I just want to say I’m so glad you started a UA-cam channel. I’ve been watching design content on here since I was in college, so well over a decade by now🤣. It’s been great to see so many of the creators grow, but as my own career has grown I don’t find many people focusing on what I do, which is also strategic design. I know that isn’t exclusively what your content here is about, but when you do share about that I really enjoy it. I’ve been self employed since 2017 and love it, but one of the things Ive challenged myself to do more this year is to talk more about what I do. Listening to you speak on your work has helped me a lot to think of how I’d like to discuss my own. Doing these things for others/ clients is easy, but doing it for myself was always much more difficult. I think that’s probably true for many creatives. Thanks for sharing what you do and I hope you continue to grow and most of all continue to enjoy creating here!
hello !! i love meeting other strategic designer’s, i’m so glad you’re here 👋 that’s a great challenge you’ve set for yourself, i’m really glad i started putting my thoughts down and i hope you find the right outlet to do it too ✨ thank so much for your support 💘
Very interesting, thanks for sharing. 😊 I already said it in the comments under another video, but I want to say it again: I really, really enjoy your videos, very good quality, interesting, positive, you seem to be a very kind and friendly person and I really enjoy to listen to you. I hope to see many more videos in the future. 💐🤗 Love from germany, H. 😊
Hello from NYC! This video really inspired me, Georgia. After watching 2+ hours of videos on how to get started becoming a UA-camr, the simplicity and overall feel of this one really resonated with me and I just want to say thanks and keep up the good work!
Hola from Argentina! I think you should know that from this side of the planet there's people waiting for you to upload a video. Thanks for everything!
this was super interesting! maybe you could do a video condensing the info you got from all that binge watching videos about making videos? or just your experience as a small creator in the first year or so of your channel - what works, what doesn't, what you'd do differently, etc. that would be so helpful for anyone starting out ! xx
@@georgiadoust I think you are talented and I love to watch your videos for inspiration. I especially go back often to your Oslo travel video - it is very comforting to me. Have a lovely week :)
This is one of the channels that gave me the courage to start my UA-cam channel 5 months ago about self development. Now I have 343 subs and almost > 100 hours of watch time. I know it’s not comparable with others but I’m still proud I started because I’ve been learning so many lessons that I couldn’t have learned without getting started in the 1st place.
good luck recording your first video :) I think editing is where a lot of the magic happens to make it more engaging for people to watch but that's not to say you can't upload without editing!
you are so inspiring...I've been 3 weeks and I'm trying to share my journey of paying off $124k of debt in just 16 months back in 2020 and I have remained focused towards retirement goal and increased rental property and maintain modest lifestyle financially and became a minimalist... 71 subscribers and 55 video..mostly shorts, but I really just can't figure this thing out because I want to share that journey to hope others could use to help them❤❤❤
Hello fellow London UA-camrs :) I love your colleague's advice - I feel like whenever people bind their entire identify to work it can quickly lead to burn out / feeling overwhelmed. Well done on making it this far, love your videos and subscribed to follow the journey. Let me know if you ever want to get a coffee together to talk video making and so on!
This is one of the channels that gave me the courage to start my UA-cam channel 7 months ago about self development. Now I have 725 subs and > 200 hours of watch time. I know it’s not comparable with others but I’m still proud I started because I’ve been learning so many lessons that I could haven’t learned without getting started in the 1st place.
@georgiadoust Whoever you are, I don't know you personally but I can say that you're one of the non-judgmental and open-minded people who is not fixated on tangible or external factors in order to learn from someone like me. Just because someone doesn't have a piece of paper as a credential, doesn't mean that person is not entitled to share personal experiences with the hope & intention to inspire others. Keep up with whatever it is that you're doing to improve mankind or improving your life even to a slight degree each day. This is just one part of a bigger puzzle for creating my UA-cam channel about holistic health. I literally could have died back when I was 14 years old due to major depression but here I am right now replying to you, a UA-camr, who's full of fulfillment and dedication to help others to be a better version of themselves. I ain't better than anyone else but my old self. That's all that really makes this UA-cam thing more meaningful and enjoyable. Thanks so much for your support! I am hoping that you can join me with this endless personal development journey! :)
Hi, thanks for the information..if someone just views for example one minute of the video or skips parts of it, does it still count as a view? and if the same person watches the video more than once, does it still count as one view? Thanks
hey there, thanks for watching :) I'm not totally sure about this but I believe if they watch for at least 30 seconds it counts as a view! When it comes to refreshing, I'm pretty sure youtube would think it's a bot and probably not count those views? But not 100% sure so if anyone else has a response, drop it here :)
Do you get paid from this back in Australia? I want to start a channel / side hustle but assumed I couldn't earn money while on a visa in the UK, but maybe I can in a business account in Oz? Obvs won't take your word as gospel but would be a good reference!
adsense/youtube pays me in the uk :) however, i set it up back home so it was initially going to pay to my australian account but i switched it over to the uk (so i guess theoretically you could make it work?) but they also send a code to your mailing address so yeah not too sure, could get tricky 🤗 all the best for starting your channel !!
This was a wholesome video to watch - your energy was radiating out of the screen. Also, I really want to appreciate you for putting in the effort to reply to every single comment on this video - most creators don’t do that. 🥺 Stay happy!
oh, this was so nice to read !! thank you so much for sharing, i appreciate your kind words ✨
I am slowly slowly slowly building up to monetization. It is an emotional rollercoaster!! I have 700 subscribers but less than 2k watch hours. Trusting the process....😂
wishing you all the best for your monetisation journey 💫
Inspiring and perfect timing, I was thinking "I could do that" for the last month, after years of intensive youtube watching, like you said. 😉
so glad, you should totally go for it!!
This was so refreshing to watch. I've been thinking of filming a video like this on my channel. I've been monetized for a few years now (started my channel in 2016, met the old monetization reqs, got hit by the Great Demonetization when the changed the reqs, then finally met the new reqs and got monetized again). I primarily make writing focused vlogs in the writer/authortube space, so not a super popular niche. UA-cam is indeed very fickle. My revenue started going up last summer, peaked at about $150/month in September and then started slowly going down throughout the autumn. December was just $95. This was (milldly) disappointing because in the US there's a $100 threshold to meet before YT releases payment, so that was the first month in the previous 5 that I didn't meet that threshold. Just as you start to get used to something or sense a pattern, it can change. I thought December would be a big month because I did Vlogmas and was releasing a video every day. Watch time and views were up but CPM and RPM were way lower than previous months. That's continued into 2023. So far this year I've been averaging $50/month. Which is fine, I don't do this for the money, but it does prove your point that YT is fickle and unless you're getting hundreds of thousands or millions of views and a ton of watch time, you're not going to make a high value of steady income. Unfortunately a lot of creators get pulled in by analytics focused videos that make it look easy to get monetized and make money when the reality is some people will spend months or years just getting monetized and then still won't earn that much. Creators can burnout fast if revenue is their main goal. I started my channel as a hobby and now I'm just happy that my hobby makes me a little bit of money each year and can pay for things like my Epidemic Sound subscription or a new vlogging camera. Anway, sorry for the long comment. I've been watching since the London flat tour (I love London content lol). Just thought I'd share my experience as a fellow small creator in a different niche. It was interesting to see how our revenue lined up. I have about 3.6k subscribers, so a similar size channel. :)
Very insightful! Thanks for sharing your personal experience, Andrea. I'm considering starting out myself and have been watching a LOT of videos on this now.
@@MarkingIt starting my channel 7 years ago was the best thing. My only regret is not starting sooner. But the revenue is a bonus, not my driving motivation. ☺️
super interesting, thank you so much for sharing Andrea 💘 particularly interesting about vlogmas as well, i always wonder if i was able to post more, how much of a difference it could make 🤔 loved reading your comment !! wishing you all the best with your videos, and i hope they continue to be a hobby that brings you joy (even if the analytics is fickle) ✨
Thanks for your pov too
i am on a youtube analytics research kick and just stumbled across your page. the design/editing and your vibe are INCREDIBLE. you really stand out georgia - im rooting for you!! hoping 2024 brings major growth for you, keep doing your thing
Aw, thanks so much, that's v kind of you to say
I love this Georgia! My exact sentiments as well -why I started my youtube channel. Working in healthcare so draining that I just needed some creative outlet. And the same, I love watching your vidoes bc its lowkey like catching up with a friend! This excites me and motivates me to make more videos, not because of the clout but just the feeling of creating something. All the best, G x
Also, can I just say, your editing and creative skills are *chefs kiss*! The fonts, the transitions... and you looo very comfortable talking in front of the cam x Well done ❤
aaaah, i’m so glad this resonated with you & thank you for your kind words !! wishing you all the best with your channel and i hope it continues to be a creative outlet for you 💘
Very cool Georgia - found your channel a couple of months back and now look forward to your videos regularly!!!
ah, i’m so glad !! thank you ✨
Wow that’s great news ❤. We here to stay and watch you lovely content❤
awww, thank you so much 💘
Thats cool! Go girl❤
thank you !! 💘
Congratulations, wonderful channel. Love your Mallorca video. Thank you.
Thank you!
Thank you! I came from your Mallorca video but this is really interesting
thank you so much !! i'm so glad it resonated with you 💘
I just want to say I’m so glad you started a UA-cam channel. I’ve been watching design content on here since I was in college, so well over a decade by now🤣. It’s been great to see so many of the creators grow, but as my own career has grown I don’t find many people focusing on what I do, which is also strategic design. I know that isn’t exclusively what your content here is about, but when you do share about that I really enjoy it.
I’ve been self employed since 2017 and love it, but one of the things Ive challenged myself to do more this year is to talk more about what I do. Listening to you speak on your work has helped me a lot to think of how I’d like to discuss my own. Doing these things for others/ clients is easy, but doing it for myself was always much more difficult. I think that’s probably true for many creatives. Thanks for sharing what you do and I hope you continue to grow and most of all continue to enjoy creating here!
hello !! i love meeting other strategic designer’s, i’m so glad you’re here 👋 that’s a great challenge you’ve set for yourself, i’m really glad i started putting my thoughts down and i hope you find the right outlet to do it too ✨ thank so much for your support 💘
Very interesting, thanks for sharing. 😊 I already said it in the comments under another video, but I want to say it again: I really, really enjoy your videos, very good quality, interesting, positive, you seem to be a very kind and friendly person and I really enjoy to listen to you. I hope to see many more videos in the future. 💐🤗 Love from germany, H. 😊
that’s so kind of you to say (again ☺️), thank you so much 💘 i’m so very glad that you enjoy the videos ✨
It’s actually so nice to watch an Australian version of this kind of video.
Oh, so glad! Thanks :)
Hello from NYC! This video really inspired me, Georgia. After watching 2+ hours of videos on how to get started becoming a UA-camr, the simplicity and overall feel of this one really resonated with me and I just want to say thanks and keep up the good work!
hello 👋 aw, that’s so kind of you to say, thank you, i’m so glad it resonated 💘
Do it, man!
I’ve loved following along and seeing your growth with these videos 💖 keep it up 👍
thank you so much, i’m glad you’re here 🙌✨💘
Hola from Argentina! I think you should know that from this side of the planet there's people waiting for you to upload a video. Thanks for everything!
woah, this brings me so much joy 💘 thank you so much !! ✨
yesss this is the first 1 of these types of vid's I've seen where its pounds not dollars (i got way to excited by that), thanks for sharing
hahahah, so glad !! £££
this was super interesting! maybe you could do a video condensing the info you got from all that binge watching videos about making videos? or just your experience as a small creator in the first year or so of your channel - what works, what doesn't, what you'd do differently, etc. that would be so helpful for anyone starting out ! xx
that’s a great idea, thank you for sharing! i’ll add it to the list ✨ & thanks for watching !! 💘
You're amazing love. Keep up the great work! Very inspirational!
Thank you so much!!
I love videos! And I especially love seeing them from smaller creators too! I'm loving your content!
so glad, thank you !! 💘
I always look forward to your new video :) I like the vibe ❤
aw, that makes me sooo happy, thank you ✨
Congratulations! I looove watching your videos!!
aw, thank you so much ☺️ glad you’re here 💘
@@georgiadoust I think you are talented and I love to watch your videos for inspiration. I especially go back often to your Oslo travel video - it is very comforting to me. Have a lovely week :)
Thanks for sharing this, it is always fascinating to know what other UA-camrs are making
So glad!
Nice to watch this journey from the beginnig!
aw, thank you so much for following along 💘
This is really helpful, thanks for sharing 🙏
glad it was helpful !!
New subscriber today. Really looking forward to more of your videos!
i'm so glad you're here, thank you !!
This was a nice breakdown of your analytics. It is really encouraging seeing small channels growing. Congratulations on your success.
Thank you so much!
Wow that's awesome 🎉🎉
Thank you so much !!
Thank you for sharing this and so well! You are so enjoyable to listen to. You will continue to grow as you keep creating 😊
Thank you so much!
You 👏can 👏do👏 that 👏 !! Love the vid 💕
Thank 👏 you 👏
wow that’s surprising ! 💸💸💸
indeed it is liam !!
Congratulations!
thank you 💘
Congratulations
thank you ✨
@@georgiadoust np
Great insights!!
Thank you so much ☺️
great job! I can totally relate to being on youtube for a creative outlet away from your work!
yes, so glad!
Thanks for showing those analytics
thanks for watching ✨
This is one of the channels that gave me the courage to start my UA-cam channel 5 months ago about self development. Now I have 343 subs and almost > 100 hours of watch time. I know it’s not comparable with others but I’m still proud I started because I’ve been learning so many lessons that I couldn’t have learned without getting started in the 1st place.
thank you so much!
You’re absolutely crushing it, love your content :) keep it up ❤❤❤
thank you so much 💘
You are so inspiring especially to me bcoz I m about to record my first video😥but I cannot edit. Can I upload it without editing it?
good luck recording your first video :) I think editing is where a lot of the magic happens to make it more engaging for people to watch but that's not to say you can't upload without editing!
You look amazing and your voice is very sweet . Thank you great video
Thank you so much :)
you are so inspiring...I've been 3 weeks and I'm trying to share my journey of paying off $124k of debt in just 16 months back in 2020 and I have remained focused towards retirement goal and increased rental property and maintain modest lifestyle financially and became a minimalist... 71 subscribers and 55 video..mostly shorts, but I really just can't figure this thing out because I want to share that journey to hope others could use to help them❤❤❤
Best of luck!
Hello fellow London UA-camrs :) I love your colleague's advice - I feel like whenever people bind their entire identify to work it can quickly lead to burn out / feeling overwhelmed. Well done on making it this far, love your videos and subscribed to follow the journey. Let me know if you ever want to get a coffee together to talk video making and so on!
hey there 👋 totally agree and thank you for your support 💘 yeah, if you're ever east let me know via email 😇
This is one of the channels that gave me the courage to start my UA-cam channel 7 months ago about self development. Now I have 725 subs and > 200 hours of watch time. I know it’s not comparable with others but I’m still proud I started because I’ve been learning so many lessons that I could haven’t learned without getting started in the 1st place.
Thanks so much!
@georgiadoust Whoever you are, I don't know you personally but I can say that you're one of the non-judgmental and open-minded people who is not fixated on tangible or external factors in order to learn from someone like me. Just because someone doesn't have a piece of paper as a credential, doesn't mean that person is not entitled to share personal experiences with the hope & intention to inspire others. Keep up with whatever it is that you're doing to improve mankind or improving your life even to a slight degree each day. This is just one part of a bigger puzzle for creating my UA-cam channel about holistic health. I literally could have died back when I was 14 years old due to major depression but here I am right now replying to you, a UA-camr, who's full of fulfillment and dedication to help others to be a better version of themselves. I ain't better than anyone else but my old self. That's all that really makes this UA-cam thing more meaningful and enjoyable. Thanks so much for your support! I am hoping that you can join me with this endless personal development journey! :)
You were doing so great, why did you stop? Burn out? It's harder to go from 0 - 1000, than 1001 - 100,000
Thank you for sharing 💫 Hoping to monetise someday 🙏 🙏
thank you for watching !! all the best for your monetisation journey 💘
Hi, thanks for the information..if someone just views for example one minute of the video or skips parts of it, does it still count as a view? and if the same person watches the video more than once, does it still count as one view? Thanks
hey there, thanks for watching :) I'm not totally sure about this but I believe if they watch for at least 30 seconds it counts as a view! When it comes to refreshing, I'm pretty sure youtube would think it's a bot and probably not count those views? But not 100% sure so if anyone else has a response, drop it here :)
thanks for your quick reply..so wishing to start youtube,just cant decide on which subject,@@georgiadoust
Of course, I think just go for it and film/upload something! You can figure out what you want your subject to be along the way :)
Still only at the 300 subs mark 😅any tips for UA-camrs who’ve just started out?
Keep going! Make content that brings you joy and add SEO tags while growing so people can find you :) Wishing you luck
Do you get paid from this back in Australia? I want to start a channel / side hustle but assumed I couldn't earn money while on a visa in the UK, but maybe I can in a business account in Oz? Obvs won't take your word as gospel but would be a good reference!
adsense/youtube pays me in the uk :) however, i set it up back home so it was initially going to pay to my australian account but i switched it over to the uk (so i guess theoretically you could make it work?) but they also send a code to your mailing address so yeah not too sure, could get tricky 🤗 all the best for starting your channel !!
@@georgiadoust thanks! I’m on a skilled worker visa so suspect I’ll get slapped with deportation but maybe I’ll do research 😅
Your channel works well for videos not shorts
i like this georgia ❤❤❤❤❤
thank you 💘
Try affiliate links
Wait. She said anyhoo 😮
haha, I sure did!
Really impressive considering youtube could be a passive income AFTER you done all the hard work, i.e you only have to upload 3 vids every 90 days
yes, fingers crossed 🤞 haha!
I found the same as I monetised. I got my 4000 hours way ahead of the 1000 subscribers.
Well done on your achievement.
totally !! thanks for watching and all the best for your channel 🎉
Let's collab 🔥
I was number 600 in likes, lol 😅
haha, nice!
That's so great, how do I contact you personally?
hey there, my email in the about section ✨
@@georgiadoust Okay, will message you there.