Small Youtube Channel Monetization Analytics for a GenXer
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- Опубліковано 13 лип 2024
- In this video I continue my challenge to monetize my small UA-cam channel as a Generation X creator by my 55th Birthday. I discuss my latest analytics.
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Also, check out Jen’s channel, @silverandsolo to see who inspired me to start my own monetization challenge.
The UA-cam educators mentioned in this video:
@vidIQ
@RobertBenjaminChannel
@ThinkMediaPodcast
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In this video, I share with you the steps I took to improve my UA-cam analytics and grow my subscribers, as well as my plans for continued growth in the future as a Gen X creator.
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I just posted this on Silver and Solo's channel thinking it was your channel, but what I have to say is actually for you both. You are doing amazing! Congratulations! I started my channel back up in September 2023 and I'm just now hitting 428 subscribers. It's been a long tough road. I will say I have learned a lot with making videos, editing, posting, analytics and SEO. My goal was to get to a thousand subscribers by the end of this year, but sooner would be better as I just lost my job on April 30th due to the company closing. I worked at home. No one wants to hire a 59-year-old woman. I just keep getting no's. I have wanted to quit my UA-cam channel so many times and I am struggling right now, but you give me the inspiration to keep going and pushing through. I hope you meet your goal, but I'm sure you'll have no problem!
Thanks for your support and kind words. 🙏💕. I’ll share a tip…Don’t reinvent the wheel. Regarding UA-cam, learn from the leaders in the industry and follow their tips because, as I’m finding out, they work! Your drive to succeed and have fun will guide you. As Dr. Seuss said, “Think of All the Places You’ll Go!” 💕💕💯🖐️🙏🏼
Don't quit my friend... Keep going... You will reach your goals for sure!
Great content, stuff that small and big channels can actually use- thank you!
Thank you Lisa! I’m glad this was helpful for you. 🙏
As soon as I saw you, I knew you were a teacher! Fellow former teacher here, best to you and your endeavors, especially if they are to leave teaching. I left in 2021.
I’ll be teaching for at least another 3 years…but most likely 8 more…unless UA-cam can replace my income before that! 😉. What did you teach? Thanks for being here! 💕🙏
You've already done the hardest part - you started. Keep going to keep growing. As a teacher, you have to follow the same advice you give your students. You spend every workday supporting and motivating them; you have to do the same for yourself. Remember too that your channel is also a teaching tool. You are teaching us now. As our teacher, I know you aren't going to let us fail, right?
Well said!
You are already almost at 200 this week!!! 🎉🎉🎉 I’m celebrating YOU now and my next video I’ll be chatting about your channel.
I love your point of view, I tend to look at the negative, I need to flip a switch. I compare and then feel less than, all your tips are sinking in. I’ve been way too critical of myself.
Yes! I love all your changes. I love the vlogging because I love to know about people and everyone has a story to share. You are brave for starting a channel. I’m over here cheering you on every step of the way. We got this Jen, let’s keep going. I’m learning from you by simply watching you grow and listening to the changes you make each week to get closer to your goal.
My heart is full. 💕🙏. Thank you sweet Tracie! I can tend toward negative thinking easily…partly a manifestation of ADHD and being criticized so much when I was a kid. It takes EFFORT to flip the switch…but at this age…I’m wiling bc I want to have this next half of my life to be JOYOUS!
@@beautifullifesageg.3951 count me in on our second half being joy filled!
I SUBSCRIBED... Great video that resonates. I'm 60 and I started my UA-cam channel yesterday with a crazy 8 week goal of being monetized! ☮️✌️✌️
You got this! Piece of advice for you..learn from the experts! I’ve been a teacher for 25 years and I know not to reinvent the wheel. So I spent and still spend half of my UA-cam work on learning how to be successful in this medium. There’s so much to learn..but it’s all valuable and necessary to your success! 🤩💯☀️
@beautifullifesageg.3951 Thank you. Great advice thst I will follow!
I'm SO happy for all your WINS ❤ You are doing a great job with your channel, I still haven't started mine...but I really want to now😊
You can do it! I’ll be your first subscriber! You can do this. Thank you for your encouragement, engagement, and always kind words. 🙏💕
@@beautifullifesageg.3951 🥰 ohhh , thank you! ( You've got 198 subscribers!!! )
You have inspired me to add content to my channel (that I have not started yet)! I'm writing a book, where I have interviewed 100 former teachers and I need to start the channel that corresponds with these experiences. Thank you for being brave and going for it!
Wow! Thanks for telling me this and sharing a bit about you. I will be a former teacher one day! 25 years in so far. I’ll teach at least 3 more years to secure my health benefits…then start exploring options. UA-cam is one of the options! I’ve subscribed to your channel in hopes of catching your FIRST VIDEO! The value you’ll bring here will be immense! Please create! 🙏❤️💕💯
Your video popped up on my homepage and I'm so glad I clicked on it:) I mostly follow smaller channels and I've noticed the ones that grow the fastest are the ones who post content consistantly and really engage with their viewers in the comments. I know, it takes a ton of time, but if you can keep this up, you will be successful in growing your channel! You have a calm and comforting personality, something that people crave these days. I also like how you 'keep it real' with content that is relateable and not over-produced. Good luck to you and I've subscribed! 💛
I love when the Universe guides me exactly where I need to go…and when it guides people to me that are exactly who I need to know! I am also a 2nd grade teacher, and secretly an artist (love creating mixed media abstract art) so YOUR CHANNEL is of GREAT value to me! I SUBSCRIBED to you as well. I can use your videos to help me teach quick art lessons to my kiddos! Thank you for all the lovely and kind words. You made my day! 💕🙏☀️🥰💐
Well done Jen!
💕🙏. Grateful!
Best of luck!! As a fellow newbie I’m getting tons of similar videos on channel growth being recommended to me. Love the positivity, I’m sure your channel will grow very well 😊
Welcome to UA-cam newbie! And thanks for the encouraging words! Remember to follow the advice of the experts in the field. Good luck to you! 😉
Thanks for sharing and fully watched. I resonated with you being silver myself, although my content is showing off the beauty of nature. #playlist❤
Just started watching your series. Found you from a comment on Silver and Solo. I too am a Gen X content creator and plan on starting this same type of series this week. I subscribed and am looking forward to following you in your journey.
Welcome aboard! And thanks for reaching out! Let me know when you upload so I can support you! 🙏
I'm doing the same. Hope we all get there.
Celebrating the little wins is such great advice. Growing my channel has been so fun yet vulnerable but getting 1% better each time. Love your channel and can’t wait to see you grow 👍
Thank you!💕 Glad to hear you’re embracing the 1% rule. I have a home and need to learn to garden. Glad you found me so I can learn from you! Subscribed! Isn’t it sweet how the people we need just fall into place at the right time?!💕😉☀️💐
@@beautifullifesageg.3951 yes it is amazing and needed 🥰
Wonderful wins 💜
Thank you 😁. I hope you’ll come back for Episode #4! 💕🙏
Hey Jen! so glad to find you. I am on the same journey and finally started last week! I am excited to see what the future holds. I subscribed to your channel. I look forward to watching you grow.
Thank you! I'm happy you're here. 😊. I subbed to your channel as well and am excited to watch your growth! You got this! 🙏👍
Progress over perfection! 🚀
Thanks for your thoughts!
Good luck with your goal and channel. Keep celebrating those wins and before you know it….
That's the plan!🙏🤩💯
I love everything about this, you are so sweet. I look forward to next week’s video ❤
❤️💕❤️💕🙏🥰. Thank you!
Keep going!👍🏽 you got this! ❤️😊
Thanks for the encouraging words! 🙏
By the way, your edits have improved and i like how subtle they are... Weldone ma'am! ✅
I appreciate that! 🙏🏼
I think it's more of a challenge for us Gen Xers have a bit more of a challenge on this platform. At least we're all finally getting our piece of the pie 😉
I agree with you. I’m not interested in all the fancy, fast paced, loud “in your face” style videos. This community of women I’ve found here are all deep thinkers and processing their transitions in life. It’s important that we grasp a piece of the UA-cam 🥧 pie to reach others. Our demographic gets forgotten about. I want to change that a bit. 🙏
I’m spirited by your success and I wish you so much more ❤
I appreciate your kind words! 🙏💕
Keep going!!!!!
Thanks! Will do! 🙏
🎉🎉🎉
Thank you! I subscribed to your channel. Your content is valuable to me. 💕🙏
@@beautifullifesageg.3951 Wonderful ! I hope to be of some help 💕
You’ve got this, beautiful ❤️❤️
Thank you so much!! I’ve subscribed to your channel. I think it’s great that you’re documenting your healing and I’m looking forward to being witness to it! 🙏💕
Nice. thank you
My pleasure!👋🥰
Woooow me too i will be 67 in august this year. I just started youtube 5weeks ago.
Yes! I’ve seen your videos! Keep up the great work!
That wonderful information. Compassion for yourself. Keeping focus on what important in life also.
And all the little things you did adding up to making it better.
1% here %3 there all adds up. Great community. You have wonderful engagement.
One question. When you mentioned video blogging. I was interested what that meant? What platform app?
Thank you.
When I referred to vlogging, I just meant making that style of video here in UA-cam. I don't know if a specific app for vlogging. Making a Blog is another story and something I hope to consider too! But I have to do some more work research on getting started. 😊
Just a passing thought... For your captions, you should bring'em up a bit and add some strokes to them or add an overlay. That's what I would have done... Hope you understand?
That’s very helpful…yes. I’ve been trying to find out where to do that in the editing app I’m using. I need to look up a tutorial. Will add to my to-do list! 🙏🏼
New viewer here. Please stop apologising for everything 🌷 you’re doing great. I hope this doesn’t sound mean, but it makes me lose track of what you were saying 🙈
Not at all! It’s a bad habit I’ve had FOREVER! I appreciate your feedback. 🙏☀️
@@beautifullifesageg.3951 Looking forward to seeing your channel grow ☺️ you’re a beacon of hope for all of us who feel like it’s too late to start.
181!
199! I appreciate your presence here!
Hey when is your birthday? Let's do this together! I am a 6th grade teacher, and my birthday is also in August! :)
Hi Nyk! I watched your monetization challenge video and it made me so happy to know you’re doing the challenge! It’s helping me learn so much about YT and how it all works…AND how to make it work for ME! You’re a teacher too! YEA! My bday is 8/25. How long have you been teaching? Oh…I subscribed! I want to watch your journey too!
This is awesome! Your video popped up on my feed, and I’m so glad it did! I’m also trying to become a full-time content creator and get my channel monetized. I’m currently at 346 subscribers, and this is actually my second go-around with getting onto UA-cam.
I’m an independent singer/songwriter and a session singer, and I initially started my channel back in 2011 to get the attention of record labels. I was pretty consistent with making videos until about 2014 when I felt the conviction to stop and to then concentrate my focus on music ministry, which I did for eight years up until early 2022.
Once I got out of music ministry, I felt more of the conviction to go back into secular music and to get involved in session work, but I wasn’t sure how to go about it. It then clicked with me late 2023 that the best way to promote myself for session work was to get back onto UA-cam and start making cover videos again to showcase my versatility. Plus, it would also help grow my audience if I ever wanted to release original material, that way I would have a decent, consistent income from that, as well.
I then created my social media pages for my artist account in September of 2023 to promote my work and help build up hype for my re-launch, which has been helping out tremendously! I’ve mainly been posting short videos of covers because I had to get the room I can use for my home studio properly soundproofed to record audio for long-form videos, which is now complete for the most part. I started my LLC for my music/UA-cam business in January of 2024, and I’ve also been able to get my virtual tip jar set up, as well as my support page. I’m currently in the process of making four videos for a month’s worth of content before I re-launch, so I don’t have to worry about falling behind on the video schedule, or feel like I’m crunched for time, as I’m also a stay-at-home mom and work part time during evenings and weekends.
Best of luck to you on your content journey, and feel free to get in touch with me if you’d like! Creators have to stick together, and I’d love to connect with you to help give feedback, encouragement, etc! 🙂
Wow! You are a busy and inspiring person! My partner is a musician who is working on producing his music for Spotify. It's a grueling process from what I see. He also has a business he runs full time, so music is his part time gig. We are currently "competing" (I say that jokingly) to see who earns income from our creative ventures first! It's definitely keeping each of us on our toes! I'm rooting for you and sending you good vibes toward a successful launch! And yes...small creators need to stick together. I have some ideas for creating a community outside of YT...still working on the details though. 😀😉💕🔆
@@beautifullifesageg.3951 That’s awesome! Best wishes to your partner on his ventures, as well! 🙂
Something that’s worth looking into, which I’m not sure if you have, is to create social media pages for your channel, as well. That’ll help bring in even more traffic to your channel, plus it’ll give your viewers a chance to connect with you personally outside of your videos. Just something to think about. 🙂
@@RandyJanee that’s exactly what I’m considering! I’m waiting for my summer break to start from teaching so I’ll have some dedicated time to put some wheels in motion. I’m so appreciative that you are kind enough to share ideas. That’s what we do in the teaching profession. Share what’s working. Love this conversation and connection! 🙏😻💕
@@beautifullifesageg.3951 Awesome! And no problem! 🙂