It took 2 years and 2 months to monetize my channel. There were times I thought about quitting, but I always knew in the back of my head that this is a marathon and not a sprint. Every video is a new learning experience. My knuckle appeared consistently in what turned out to be my most viewed video to date which unlocked UA-cam Adsense monetizing the channel. Don't give up but more importantly enjoy the process.
sometimes I question whether it's something I'm doing wrong that's causing me not to see the results I want to see, but really good to know that I need to pace myself for that 3-year journey. appreciate the clarity, Ed. Back to my long grass home
This is absolutely genius! This is a summary of hundreds of other UA-cams on this same subject, but presented in a 1 -2-3-4 way! The viewer finds themselves in the definitions or better still....claims that they aren't a match to any of the four presented. I'm telling you, I love this video more than any educational marketing video I've seen this year! Super job...absolute standing ovation ! You reinvented the wheel!
I’m approaching that 1 year mark here soon! I’ve made a lot of progress, but it’s always so easy to look up and know how far you have to go and get discouraged when you slip back into a negative mindset. Definitely just forcing myself to keep going and improving for 3 years
This video is a very good explanation and an easy understanding of how this all works. you’ve described it in a very entertaining and cool way, thank you! will save this video and remember a lot of this information for so long.
This is so relatable man! Plus the editing part drains so much time and energy. But can’t give up yet. I am in for long time. My first paycheque is going to awesome editors so I can focus on making content.
Just starting this channel, and so glad I found your channel 🙌🙌 I can see why so many successful creators refer to your channel as their main source for what helped them grow.
Thanks Ed! Great advice. Having frameworks like this help a lot. I'm 3 years in an don't have a product. I had one but didn't like it and stopped it. I feel I need to grow more.
This is like my favorite book the tortoise and the hare! ❤😊 I really believe that slow and steady wins the race! UA-cam seems like more of a long term platform! ❤😊 Great advice once again! God Bless
I’m the gazelle and knew 3 years was my mark. Took me almost 18 months to narrow down my niche from prepping to homelessness. I wish someone would cover how to build a sustainable channel in the homeless niche, hard to monetize this audience.
@@GilgameschUruk I know right, still feels weird when I talk about it. I’m building a UA-cam channel to educate people how to be homeless, but I’d revenue isn’t doing it for me. I eventually want to get off the streets myself, how do you do that with the channel?
Well I'm definitly a Fawn Ed. But I'm now 2 years down the line and the income potential is starting to be realised. Its still baby steps but I have a good portfolio of evergreen videos and a loyal following. So your spot on with your advise - pacing and persistance are key to sucess. I'm looking forward to outsourcing the chores by the end of the year and working on my online courses and digital products. Thanks as always for a great video. 😃😃😎😎
I’m a proud fawn! 😂 I’m in the second year of my 3 year newbie period and really struggling to nail my audience… I make writing content for comic creators since most comic artists struggle with story writing, but my best performing videos are all over the place! Trying to work on committing to serve one kind of audience with a consistent style of content is hard when one 60k video is 50% of my subscriber base and it’s something I have NO interest in continuing. Onwards through the UA-cam long grass! 😅
Im using a new software because the demand was way higher than I expected. SO in theory yes...but theres a chance the tech screws me, so my fingers are crossed theres a recording
TOMORROW!!! (Thursday 20th)I have a free live workshop to help you guys follow a blueprint for growth and income generation on UA-cam. Sign up here film-booth.com/live-workshop/?el=cbvid31
Great content from one Ed to another 😊 I think our channel definitely a Gazelle Fawn. We have some things figured out but we have no product to sell. Where just entertainment and sometimes this can be hard to monetise without a million views. The journey continues 😅
Started my channel about a month ago after my 33rd birthday.. so far my two-figure subscriber count consists of family and friends of family 😅 been trying to figure out how to reach my target audience organically.. but I understand it’s a long term commitment and I shouldn’t get frustrated when I don’t see results right away.. 3 years seems like such a long time from now but not giving up!
Great video, thanks for the information. I feel motivated now. lol I have been at it for 2 years, although my views have been dropping the last 3 months, I will keep pushing lol
We make animation and it takes several days to make 30-20 seconds of animation i.e. it's impossible to upload videos frequently, but most tricks and tips aim at vloggers or similar genres. Our first goal is covering expenses let alone earning money. I would greatly appreciate any recommendation.
Ed, I have a question which I hope you will see and let me know your thoughts. I’ve started my 4th channel about 3 weeks ago and after first five days the video views started to skyrocket - I’m talking 100K views per day for about 1 week. Next it all came down very quickly - I’ve checked all the videos and no signs that the AVD or CTR or Like/dislike ratio or anything else would have noticeable changed. Thus I’m just wondering if there is maybe a limit in impressions at the beginning for new channels and maybe in couple of days my views start to increase again? Any thoughts? Oh and I’m posting 1 video per day - during this time when everything was skyrocketing within first 24 hours my videos got around 20K views and now the latest ones getting less than 300 🤦♂️ however clearly people still like those as getting good amount of likes and CTR and AVD is high 🤷🏼♂️
Thanks for this Ted...Sorry, Ed - On the "Learn what your audience wants part" - I get the ask questions / polls etc but on smaller channels, or channels starting out, is it not fair to say, you're getting a skewed perception as the sample size is a lot smaller. Obviously, it's starting point, but curious if there's other ways you'd evolve this? Or ensure you're not pandering to the crowd who reply
9:55 I have a lot of respect for Tim S. And he inspired me when I first thought about starting a YT channel. BUT, in the last 2 years his channel has not done over 1k views on most of his videos, even after being sold to vidIQ. And now they haven’t uploaded in months. Can you comment on what your thoughts are on his channel in present day?
yes, he talks about this a lot. His podcast is what builds his business, his channel wasnt as effective and it didnt attract the right people. Dont let views distract you, for businesses believe it or not, other things cause more impact
~~~Work as Hard as absolutely Possible on your Channel~~~ Because we are in a UA-cam growth wave, and this opportunity is unprecedented. 🎖️ Good Luck on Your Journey 🎖️
Ed, I'm a bit of a Gazelle. However I have the experience and expertise in a specific area and want to create online products for people in that niche. I want to use UA-cam to share value, gain trust and promote said products. I started a hobby UA-cam channel (this account DeuceMania) for the purpose of learning how to edit. I accidentally gained over 5000 subscribers in 2 months 😮 - causing the hobby channel to become a distraction. Now back to the focus. All I have for my business idea is a domain name, a UA-cam channel started with no uploads yet, a little bit of simple branding, colors and name. What I need is to create videos and gather a following as well as create my digital products. Do I focus on the following first or the products first given the fact that I have neither? Furthermore, should I not turn my back on the seemingly simple 5,000 subscribers and try to double down in that hobby niche?
To add to this, the business idea is in the technical realm of computer science. The hobby idea is clearly professional wrestling, shorts and jokes. In which I have no product for yet and might be hard to monetize as it requires reusing content.
Very helpful video! I love the way you compare different YT creators with different animals, and some strategies for those types. I started a new channel that explores choosing love intentionally - and how it impacts our daily lives. It's presented in a very casual discussion type way, and Ed's videos have provided a lot of great advice over the years... If you're a small youtuber, drop your channel name in a reply to this, and I'll check it out! 🧡
I figured what your channel is all about in matter of minutes. Why does it take the mighty you tube algorithm 40 To 100 videos to figure your channel out. I hear this all over. Is something else going on. I think so. I think until you have a critical mass of content you tube files your channel into the oblivion category
Hello from Gatlinburg TN Smoky Mountains Park..We have 16 Mill visiting a year and people ask me for pics because of the channel..So I'm trying to build this The Gatlinburg Hussey brand ..I'm almost at 13k subs, 4mil views in 2 yrs ..so it's an up and down situation 🌄🐻🏞️
This is now my 4th (inconsistent) year on UA-cam and I can agree with Ed. It takes a lot of time. Pace yourself for a marathon.
It took 2 years and 2 months to monetize my channel. There were times I thought about quitting, but I always knew in the back of my head that this is a marathon and not a sprint. Every video is a new learning experience. My knuckle appeared consistently in what turned out to be my most viewed video to date which unlocked UA-cam Adsense monetizing the channel. Don't give up but more importantly enjoy the process.
Knuckle?
@@VioletEmerald Yes, part of my hand
sometimes I question whether it's something I'm doing wrong that's causing me not to see the results I want to see, but really good to know that I need to pace myself for that 3-year journey. appreciate the clarity, Ed. Back to my long grass home
You can't lose if you don't quit.
This is absolutely genius! This is a summary of hundreds of other UA-cams on this same subject, but presented in a 1 -2-3-4 way! The viewer finds themselves in the definitions or better still....claims that they aren't a match to any of the four presented.
I'm telling you, I love this video more than any educational marketing video I've seen this year! Super job...absolute standing ovation ! You reinvented the wheel!
Excellent content Ed as always
Eds back on it! 👍👍👍
3 months in. My thought is to not stop until 1 year and then reassess my life😅
I’m approaching that 1 year mark here soon! I’ve made a lot of progress, but it’s always so easy to look up and know how far you have to go and get discouraged when you slip back into a negative mindset. Definitely just forcing myself to keep going and improving for 3 years
@@NurseMichaelTravels I think that’s why discipline is so much more important than motivation. Your channel’s dope though keep it up!💪🏼
@@inked_icons very true! Appreciate it!
@@NurseMichaelTravelsjust subscribed! Looks like good info to know 👍
@@MarinoCustomWorks hey, I appreciate it!
This video is a very good explanation and an easy understanding of how this all works. you’ve described it in a very entertaining and cool way, thank you! will save this video and remember a lot of this information for so long.
Lots of key points.
One of the most valuable channels for creators. 🔥
This is so relatable man! Plus the editing part drains so much time and energy. But can’t give up yet. I am in for long time. My first paycheque is going to awesome editors so I can focus on making content.
Just starting this channel, and so glad I found your channel 🙌🙌
I can see why so many successful creators refer to your channel as their main source for what helped them grow.
Excellent information as always, Ed! I love the way you describe things. Helps to really understand certain principles and ideas.
Great video as usual. You've been making consistently impressive videos for a long time.
Ed is the man, always coming with the most valuable content! Thanks Ed!
ty for explaining, now my expectations more realistic knowing that overall i am begginer
A very useful channel for creators, I would say that its better than your previous, way more focused.
🏁 Learnings
- Dominate your niche
- Leverage growth systems
- Invest in time-saving strategies
You can’t lose if you don’t quit.
All of your videos are awesome, but this one was particularly fan bloody tastic! Love it. Thanks as always Ed!
This is so well explained, thanks Ed!
Thanks Ed. Great video as always.
Cheetah is closest to my situation I think. But- biggest reason I haven’t built an offer is because I spend all my time in post production 🤪
Thanks Ed! Great advice. Having frameworks like this help a lot. I'm 3 years in an don't have a product. I had one but didn't like it and stopped it. I feel I need to grow more.
I started last year March 2023 and I am still at 438 subscribers. Forward motion ever giving up is not an option.
Thank you, physician working 90 hours weeks here, is it possible to book a phone consultation with you?
Still working on carving out my space in the niche and figuring out who to serve. Great video :)
COme to my live event tomorrow!! (Hopefully) It'll help film-booth.com/live-workshop/
Ed, thanks for sharing your knowledge, I'm 11 months into this journey with so much more to learn.
...the gazelle fawn.... LOL That's awesome Ed.
Im 17 years in and I just got my 800th sub! Hard work pays off guys!
Snail build!
Absolutely brilliant summary of life on UA-cam
This is like my favorite book the tortoise and the hare! ❤😊 I really believe that slow and steady wins the race! UA-cam seems like more of a long term platform! ❤😊 Great advice once again! God Bless
I’m the gazelle and knew 3 years was my mark. Took me almost 18 months to narrow down my niche from prepping to homelessness. I wish someone would cover how to build a sustainable channel in the homeless niche, hard to monetize this audience.
„Monetizing the homeless niche“ is the funniest thing I‘ve heard all day
@@GilgameschUruk I know right, still feels weird when I talk about it. I’m building a UA-cam channel to educate people how to be homeless, but I’d revenue isn’t doing it for me. I eventually want to get off the streets myself, how do you do that with the channel?
Could become a realtor lol
@@FalloutUrMum why? The real estate market is crashing.
Well I'm definitly a Fawn Ed. But I'm now 2 years down the line and the income potential is starting to be realised. Its still baby steps but I have a good portfolio of evergreen videos and a loyal following. So your spot on with your advise - pacing and persistance are key to sucess. I'm looking forward to outsourcing the chores by the end of the year and working on my online courses and digital products. Thanks as always for a great video. 😃😃😎😎
cool channel
I’m a proud fawn! 😂 I’m in the second year of my 3 year newbie period and really struggling to nail my audience…
I make writing content for comic creators since most comic artists struggle with story writing, but my best performing videos are all over the place! Trying to work on committing to serve one kind of audience with a consistent style of content is hard when one 60k video is 50% of my subscriber base and it’s something I have NO interest in continuing.
Onwards through the UA-cam long grass! 😅
Thanks Ed, another great video. It would be good to hear from James about the type of stuff you guys worked on to get his growth, is that possible?
Cheetah checking in lol working working working on it though 🤞
Amazing video Ed, and quite sobering as well. I’m definitely in the 4th category. It may take 3 years but I know it will be worth it
Thanks for video. Not related, but the microphone is a bit dirty
Hi Ed, I signed up for your live workshop but it's at the same time as the England game. Will it be available to watch afterwards?
Im using a new software because the demand was way higher than I expected. SO in theory yes...but theres a chance the tech screws me, so my fingers are crossed theres a recording
@@creator-booth🤞🏻
Valuable content as always, but it was hard to digest for me with the audio quality.
great content Ed - I guess I am a Gazelle - just got to keep on going
TOMORROW!!! (Thursday 20th)I have a free live workshop to help you guys follow a blueprint for growth and income generation on UA-cam. Sign up here film-booth.com/live-workshop/?el=cbvid31
Just remember the tortoise beat the hare. UA-cam is no different
Great content from one Ed to another 😊 I think our channel definitely a Gazelle Fawn. We have some things figured out but we have no product to sell. Where just entertainment and sometimes this can be hard to monetise without a million views. The journey continues 😅
Love the vids, man!
Learned about this channel on Adonis school and have been loving it.
Before then I’d only heard of film booth haha
Very helpful, thank you.
Started my channel about a month ago after my 33rd birthday.. so far my two-figure subscriber count consists of family and friends of family 😅 been trying to figure out how to reach my target audience organically.. but I understand it’s a long term commitment and I shouldn’t get frustrated when I don’t see results right away.. 3 years seems like such a long time from now but not giving up!
You could be playing video games as a hobby and learning nothing
I started a year ago and it does take some time to get started but if you stay consistent the growth absolutely will come!
@@FifiMangaka Thank you for the encouraging words :)
I like the animal comparison. Educational in many ways 👌
Bang on
How did you make that runner animation
Great video Ed!!
Thanks!
Great video, thanks for the information. I feel motivated now. lol I have been at it for 2 years, although my views have been dropping the last 3 months, I will keep pushing lol
Always on-point, Ed, thank you 📈
I would think about three years or so. Thanks for the content!
Totally the Learning is in the Doing and Experimentation ( FYI : 7:64 How to speed results up (for peregrine falcons) )
We make animation and it takes several days to make 30-20 seconds of animation i.e. it's impossible to upload videos frequently, but most tricks and tips aim at vloggers or similar genres. Our first goal is covering expenses let alone earning money. I would greatly appreciate any recommendation.
Excellent video, Ed. Hilarious runners. You're SO funny!!! 🤣
Thanks, I had to watch a few times because the naming of the types with animals threw me a little, but it was helpful
Ed, I have a question which I hope you will see and let me know your thoughts. I’ve started my 4th channel about 3 weeks ago and after first five days the video views started to skyrocket - I’m talking 100K views per day for about 1 week. Next it all came down very quickly - I’ve checked all the videos and no signs that the AVD or CTR or Like/dislike ratio or anything else would have noticeable changed. Thus I’m just wondering if there is maybe a limit in impressions at the beginning for new channels and maybe in couple of days my views start to increase again? Any thoughts? Oh and I’m posting 1 video per day - during this time when everything was skyrocketing within first 24 hours my videos got around 20K views and now the latest ones getting less than 300 🤦♂️ however clearly people still like those as getting good amount of likes and CTR and AVD is high 🤷🏼♂️
Life chaning results for me are 5 sales per month for a $20 ebook.. will it take me 3 years to reach that goal?
Thanks for this Ted...Sorry, Ed - On the "Learn what your audience wants part" - I get the ask questions / polls etc but on smaller channels, or channels starting out, is it not fair to say, you're getting a skewed perception as the sample size is a lot smaller. Obviously, it's starting point, but curious if there's other ways you'd evolve this? Or ensure you're not pandering to the crowd who reply
Yea the comments are one way and you're right they can cause a big issue, you learn from views, data, and researching your niche too
i have a channel and i cant withdraw 100usd from google adsense because they didnt send me the verification mail its been 2 months what should i do ?
What if you have some kind of deadline
Thank you so much
great video as always! end screen is missing though
Thanks!! Fixed
Hey, Ed, it seems the video you refer at the ending is missing. Some extra traffic lost!
Thanks! Fixed
2 years in and I’m burnt :( I did choose a physically demanding niche. Bad idea.
Another banger 💣
Why thanks!!
9:55 I have a lot of respect for Tim S. And he inspired me when I first thought about starting a YT channel. BUT, in the last 2 years his channel has not done over 1k views on most of his videos, even after being sold to vidIQ. And now they haven’t uploaded in months. Can you comment on what your thoughts are on his channel in present day?
yes, he talks about this a lot. His podcast is what builds his business, his channel wasnt as effective and it didnt attract the right people.
Dont let views distract you, for businesses believe it or not, other things cause more impact
@@creator-booth that makes a lot of sense. I appreciate you taking the time to reply!
Type S: The Hermit Crab. Tiny, difficult for people to see, and spends too much time in their shell.
7:40
Hey Ed!
I am getting 3 views per video 5:05.
Guess I am a cheetah. :'D
~~~Work as Hard as absolutely Possible on your Channel~~~
Because we are in a UA-cam growth wave, and this opportunity is unprecedented.
🎖️ Good Luck on Your Journey 🎖️
Wow that’s really good advice thank you! I’ll never forget that
didn't watch the whole video yet but it took me 2 months (and i dont have 4k watchhours lol)
@creator-booth The audio is peaking a little on this buddy.
When listening on mobile its critical to for the listener to hear. I think he's doing It right
@@WayOfTheZombie Interesting! might be my setup, other videos seem fine though.
Ed, I'm a bit of a Gazelle. However I have the experience and expertise in a specific area and want to create online products for people in that niche.
I want to use UA-cam to share value, gain trust and promote said products.
I started a hobby UA-cam channel (this account DeuceMania) for the purpose of learning how to edit.
I accidentally gained over 5000 subscribers in 2 months 😮 - causing the hobby channel to become a distraction.
Now back to the focus. All I have for my business idea is a domain name, a UA-cam channel started with no uploads yet, a little bit of simple branding, colors and name. What I need is to create videos and gather a following as well as create my digital products.
Do I focus on the following first or the products first given the fact that I have neither?
Furthermore, should I not turn my back on the seemingly simple 5,000 subscribers and try to double down in that hobby niche?
To add to this, the business idea is in the technical realm of computer science.
The hobby idea is clearly professional wrestling, shorts and jokes. In which I have no product for yet and might be hard to monetize as it requires reusing content.
The following first :) Following growth is much harder than business growth
I’m an overgrown gazelle fawn:)
I’m come back in 3 years
Yes 😮
Thank you for this video.. I think I'm the gazelle fawn😢
Working towards being a 🦂
Very helpful video! I love the way you compare different YT creators with different animals, and some strategies for those types.
I started a new channel that explores choosing love intentionally - and how it impacts our daily lives. It's presented in a very casual discussion type way, and Ed's videos have provided a lot of great advice over the years...
If you're a small youtuber, drop your channel name in a reply to this, and I'll check it out! 🧡
Ted wins the race any day, any time.
I think I am the gazelle, trying to make a filmmaking tech Channel 😢
My favourite
Nice one bro!! I am at 221 subscribers now and I believe that before get to 6 months on UA-cam, I’d get 1k subscribers ❤
Woah. Ted's pretty hawt with that face ferret! :P
I'm a black sheep.....don't seem to follow trends and get rich quick schemes .....but a sheep nonetheless.
( at least I'm warm in the winter...)
Do anybody need a video editor❓
I got to be more consistent
So many different cases of youchubers.
Blocked pipes galore here. Call the plumber!
how do I say ill help unblock your pipes without it sounding weird?
@@creator-booth Crack on, Mario.
3 years? 🤣 Try more than double that.
I figured what your channel is all about in matter of minutes. Why does it take the mighty you tube algorithm 40 To 100 videos to figure your channel out. I hear this all over. Is something else going on. I think so. I think until you have a critical mass of content you tube files your channel into the oblivion category
🖖🏻
Then who i am?
Who am you
Hello from Gatlinburg TN Smoky Mountains Park..We have 16 Mill visiting a year and people ask me for pics because of the channel..So I'm trying to build this The Gatlinburg Hussey brand ..I'm almost at 13k subs, 4mil views in 2 yrs ..so it's an up and down situation 🌄🐻🏞️
This is now my 4th (inconsistent) year on UA-cam and I can agree with Ed. It takes a lot of time. Pace yourself for a marathon.