I don’t want family and friends to even know about my channel 😂. But you’re right no one watches and they definitely don’t comment. Consistency seems to work out eventually. It just takes time. Honestly I don’t even want to rush it cause I have to get thicker skin for the mean folks that will undoubtedly come.
Yes, you raise an excellent point! Thank you. That's definitely the benefit to obscurity when your channel is small -- you don't have to worry about what your friends and family would think (which a lot of people do starting out). And yes, getting that thicker skin is so important.
7:38 I tend to call this "lowering your activation energy". It's especially true when neurodivergence comes into play - it's just all too hard to find energy to get down to doing something. Meow :)
It's an inner game and journey. When we seek the dopamine high give yourself the love you desire and be your own biggest cheerleader. I tell myself all the time I've got this, Great job today. I love batching videos I do a month's worth in one sitting and 50 shorts and then go from there. Remember we can make the unfamiliar familiar and familiar unfamiliar so give it all time and progress over perfection. One step at a time.
Yes, we should only post because we love our own small (film) masterpieces. Small, but full with creativity. Then we are happy. What comes next? No expectations. And this is the hardest part for all of us 😊 Much love 💕 Matthias 👋
Yes, focusing on only thinking about the parts of the process you can control (whether you post or not and what you post) is SO key -- versus obsessing over the bits that aren't in your control, which can exhaust you so fast!
I taught myself to be on my own. I don't rely on family or friends bcoz I have seen them, they become so bored when I talk about youtube support. They even watch videos, they say data is expensive. I m sooooooo disappointed in them.😢😢😢
the cat training analogy is so funny but real that it’ll actually help me remember the advice, thank you! I was a little dubious about clicking on a growth vid with so few views, but taking the chance was worth it! I’ve watched several of your vids now. you’re pretty chill and your friendly outro is nice, like you really are just chatting with us. and more importantly, you’re realistic, encouraging, and give a lot of useful advice, some of which I’ve heard much bigger channels also recommend, but you do so in a more distilled video with less visually loud editing, haha. thanks for sharing!
Thank you! So helpful for a noob like me. It can be really hard to get good info bc UA-cam is flooded with huge channels saying stuff that's only relevant to other large channels
Oh yeah -- that'll trip you up every time. I used to have a really tough time... I'd go on Reddit and read about people talking about their stats, and I'd compare myself to what they were saying and get really discouraged. But I kept going and was confused when my first channel started to take off (this is my second one), because my stats shouldn't have been good enough for that to happen? Going by the people on Reddit who were giving advice... But then I stumbled on to some videos where small channels who had broken out were sharing their stats -- and it became VERY CLEAR that some of these people "helping" on Reddit weren't telling the truth. And that helped me a lot. I might make a video on it later. But in any event, it's VERY EASY to compare yourself and your UA-cam journey to other people -- but I find it rarely to be helpful to me. (And it can even hurt.)
@@ByPageTurner Omg I am guilty of doing the same thing 😂🫣 it is definitely harder now I feel like. UA-cam has changed so much from before and the gurus on UA-cam don’t really help much 🥲 All I can say is I’m really happy I found your channel 💓 Looking forward to your next upload 🌷
Thank you Page, for giving actual, practical, real-life solutions. I absolutely love the batching idea, that’s definitely going to save a lot of time! 🙏🏽 many thanks.
Aw you're welcome! Batching is definitely an intermediate technique, and it can take some adjustment to get used to -- but it's a definite game changer. Glad you found the video helpful!
😅You know... being an armadillo is not the worst analogy... It reminds me of how freaking out as a creator can be counterproductive? I'm thinking about how armadillos defensively will jump in front of cars (which would work to scare off a predator in the wild) when it probably would be better to lay low and chill out. Or at least that's my lay understanding of them. I have very limited experience with armadillos.
3 videos a week! Well done you 😊 loving your informative content. I hope you get this channel to grow nicely. I just about manage to get one video done a week right now but would like to increase it to 2 or 3 a week. Trouble is I work full time and my niche requires expertise and requires me to put a lot of time in behind the scenes (gardening at an allotment)
Yeah, it's definitely not good to sit in direct sunlight. In addition to things like sunburn, the bright light is harsh and washes out the colors on camera. (I'm always in the shade if I can help it.)
Hahaha -- yeah, I have random guest stars sometimes. Ah, the nomadic life (I'm traveling around in an RV)! Thanks for hanging out with the video anyway.
On the topic of feedback, it's important and even comforting to keep in mind that the ratio of likes and comments to views is very low. The ratio for likes is about 1 like to every 25 viewers, and for comments it's one in every 200! That's an average, but it will keep things realistic and keep us from feeling too discouraged when just starting out. After all, we ourselves don't like and comment on every video we watch; that doesn't mean it's not a good video.
Yes! You're right on about those ratios. I have also seen people get very frustrated because they'll get 100 views and "only" pick up 4 subscribers -- but that's actually a really strong ratio. It varies by niche, but apparently a new subscriber per every 200 views is average (similar to commenting). I'm amazed at how much all or nothing thinking happens in the UA-camr communities, especially among smaller creators. It makes it far too easy to get unhelpfully discouraged.
Oh gosh, yes. I used to HATE listening to my voice. I could actually make an entire video about that. (I might! thank you for the great question!) Short version is that it's horrible at first but I did get used to it eventually (I don't mind it anymore).
Great Video!! Fellow Small UA-camr here and new subscriber! 🙂 I also have a travel channel with my husband and at the moment we are living in our RV. Moving to Mexico soon!
I generally just think of it as a learning exercise to increase my UA-cam skills like video editing. I try not to worry about feedback at this stage and just take it as a bonus when someone happens to find me. Lucky for me I just have a lot of fun making videos so there is some enjoyment in the process outside of people. Great video page thank you for the insights.
I love your videos; they're simple and easy to understand. I'm trying to master scheduling and batching, but it's still not happening, so my consistency is suffering. I would love to have even three videos scheduled. So far, I've only managed to schedule two videos twice. How can I make it easier to improve a little bit every day? A content calendar is another hurdle I haven't mastered yet. Thank you. xx
It honestly took me a while to get the hang of batching! For a while, I was doing one video at a time, so don't be too hard on yourself. My big hurdle as a beginner was video editing -- I was a complete newbie til last year and I HATED it at first (I don't anymore). I made my goal to improve a little every video -- which was once a week for me when I started. And I would focus on something different every week. So one week, I might focus on doing a better job with scripting/outlining what I was gonna say. Another week I'd focus more on my thumbnails. Or my titles. Etc. And I would schedule a session once a week where I would make an effort to learn about that. So I'd search for UA-cam videos about writing good titles (as an example) and watch those and learn and bring it into my next video. Eventually I worked more on editing techniques once I stopped hating it so much. (It took me SIXTY HOURS to edit my first video and it's much simpler than the ones I do nowadays.) I think that's key too... balancing what you're focusing on improving as you go. So... not ALWAYS focusing on what you HATE, making sure you're working on improving aspects of the process you like and are good/okay at as you go along as well.
Hope that is a decent answer. I feel like it could be its own video! I might make something more detailed/demonstrative on it later, but those are my quick thoughts.
@@ByPageTurner Thank you so much for taking the time to reply. I can so relate with 60 hours editing LOL... I like what you are saying, focusing on one skill every week to improve on. I try to do too much at once then get frustrated and less productive. xxx
@@ByPageTurner More than decent, I really appreciate it... I wanted to ask if you could do a detailed video, but what you are giving us is already gold 🧡
There you go! Good resourcefulness. Yeah, on my other platforms where I'm much more established, it's my FRIENDS who read my work mostly. And like I said today, just some of them, and it only started AFTER my writing got popular.
It's really funny -- I talked about this on another video on this channel (iirc it was the one about growing a channel from 0 followers), but one of my books is literally a memoir. And there are friends in my life who are actually CHARACTERS in the book who have never read that book. 😅 Meanwhile, a few strangers a day buy this book and read it. It's honestly hilarious to me.
Yes! Definitely don’t count on friends or family. If you do, it will just set you up for disappointment. My biggest fan is just some random guy who has fallen in love with everything I do. He really has given me the accolades that I was searching for. As always, thank you for your content. I really appreciate you!
Nice! Gotta love a superfan. That's wonderful! And awww, thanks! It's been a bit hectic posting videos on this new channel, but I'm having such a blast. Viewers like you are a big reason why!
I've used all sorts of editing software. I currently use Premiere Pro (because I had a subscription to the Creative Cloud already). I've also used Davinci Resolve in the past to good effect and will often use Clipchamp to trim longer videos before importing them into PP.
I am currently using Premiere Pro, but only because I already had access to Creative Cloud for other business stuff. I used Davinci Resolve when I first got started. Sometimes I do quick edits like basic trims in Clipchamp though to precut files a bit before bringing them into Premiere.
@@ByPageTurner awesome thank you for the advice! I love canvas as well but not so much for audio at the moment and CapCut feels so catered to tik tok 🤣😅
Yeah, I felt that way too about CapCut when I checked it out! The friend who recommended it to me was of course way into Tiktok (which just isn't my thing as a creator, or a viewer). I have found Clipchamp very user friendly and intuitive (if a bit limited/basic in some aspects). Davinci Resolve is somewhere in the middle for me? It's not as user friendly as Clipchamp but does pretty much everything you'd ever need (and the free version is quite good, as long as you have a computer that can run it). Premiere Pro was a nightmare to learn, but it's really powerful so it was more of a long-term project for me (I did a mix of UA-cam and Skillshare fo learn).
i just started using descript...i love how it shows the transcript of what i said and i can easily remove the uh's and words i don't want. i am still learning it though.
Came close to quitting. But your words were timely.
Aw I'm glad I got to you in time. It's so easy to be too hard on yourself.
heck yeah keep going!
I don’t want family and friends to even know about my channel 😂. But you’re right no one watches and they definitely don’t comment. Consistency seems to work out eventually. It just takes time. Honestly I don’t even want to rush it cause I have to get thicker skin for the mean folks that will undoubtedly come.
Yes, you raise an excellent point! Thank you. That's definitely the benefit to obscurity when your channel is small -- you don't have to worry about what your friends and family would think (which a lot of people do starting out).
And yes, getting that thicker skin is so important.
My thought about family too. I keep my youtube life and real life seperate 😂
@@adamlyttleapps Exactly…this experience is challenging enough!
@@ByPageTurner thank you for your content and for taking the time to respond. It means a lot.
Awww you're so welcome! I really appreciate your incisive comments :)
Hey! Great insight 😊 and I agree. I'm on the verge of quitting. But instead I'm going to put more passion into the content
That's the spirit!
7:38 I tend to call this "lowering your activation energy". It's especially true when neurodivergence comes into play - it's just all too hard to find energy to get down to doing something.
Meow :)
It's an inner game and journey. When we seek the dopamine high give yourself the love you desire and be your own biggest cheerleader. I tell myself all the time I've got this, Great job today. I love batching videos I do a month's worth in one sitting and 50 shorts and then go from there. Remember we can make the unfamiliar familiar and familiar unfamiliar so give it all time and progress over perfection. One step at a time.
Yes, we should only post because we love our own small (film) masterpieces. Small, but full with creativity. Then we are happy. What comes next? No expectations. And this is the hardest part for all of us 😊
Much love 💕
Matthias 👋
Yes, focusing on only thinking about the parts of the process you can control (whether you post or not and what you post) is SO key -- versus obsessing over the bits that aren't in your control, which can exhaust you so fast!
@@ByPageTurner Very true!
Thank you 👋
Such practical tips! Thank you!
You're so welcome! Glad it was helpful.
I really like this new creator , at the 8:40 mark I love how she talks about comfortability
Thanks!
I taught myself to be on my own. I don't rely on family or friends bcoz I have seen them, they become so bored when I talk about youtube support. They even watch videos, they say data is expensive. I m sooooooo disappointed in them.😢😢😢
That independence is key. Good job
So True!
That's true. I wondered why family and friends are not supporting me😢 Even my kids always say I m wasting data. Why?
The dog-training analogy hits hard! But totally necessary. Thank u!
Great information! Thanks for sharing!
You're so welcome. Glad you enjoyed it!
the cat training analogy is so funny but real that it’ll actually help me remember the advice, thank you!
I was a little dubious about clicking on a growth vid with so few views, but taking the chance was worth it! I’ve watched several of your vids now. you’re pretty chill and your friendly outro is nice, like you really are just chatting with us. and more importantly, you’re realistic, encouraging, and give a lot of useful advice, some of which I’ve heard much bigger channels also recommend, but you do so in a more distilled video with less visually loud editing, haha. thanks for sharing!
Glad you took a chance. The cat vs dog thing was a bit of an epiphany for me.
Thank you!
So helpful for a noob like me.
It can be really hard to get good info bc UA-cam is flooded with huge channels saying stuff that's only relevant to other large channels
Awww I'm glad it was helpful.
P.S. Love the cat in your profile pic!
My biggest hurdle is comparing myself to others. 😅
Oh yeah -- that'll trip you up every time. I used to have a really tough time... I'd go on Reddit and read about people talking about their stats, and I'd compare myself to what they were saying and get really discouraged.
But I kept going and was confused when my first channel started to take off (this is my second one), because my stats shouldn't have been good enough for that to happen? Going by the people on Reddit who were giving advice...
But then I stumbled on to some videos where small channels who had broken out were sharing their stats -- and it became VERY CLEAR that some of these people "helping" on Reddit weren't telling the truth.
And that helped me a lot. I might make a video on it later.
But in any event, it's VERY EASY to compare yourself and your UA-cam journey to other people -- but I find it rarely to be helpful to me. (And it can even hurt.)
@@ByPageTurner Omg I am guilty of doing the same thing 😂🫣 it is definitely harder now I feel like. UA-cam has changed so much from before and the gurus on UA-cam don’t really help much 🥲 All I can say is I’m really happy I found your channel 💓 Looking forward to your next upload 🌷
Beautiful content
Thank you Page, for giving actual, practical, real-life solutions.
I absolutely love the batching idea, that’s definitely going to save a lot of time!
🙏🏽 many thanks.
Aw you're welcome! Batching is definitely an intermediate technique, and it can take some adjustment to get used to -- but it's a definite game changer.
Glad you found the video helpful!
i love listening to you - great advice again. I am a cat person so relating to a cat type routine will be very easy for me. 💯💯🐈⬛🐈⬛🐈⬛🐈⬛
Yay! Yes, I adore cats.
Yes, Thanks for this video. It helps. It seems to take forever to get subs
Great. Now I'm a cat. Oh well, that's better than being an armadillo...
😅You know... being an armadillo is not the worst analogy... It reminds me of how freaking out as a creator can be counterproductive? I'm thinking about how armadillos defensively will jump in front of cars (which would work to scare off a predator in the wild) when it probably would be better to lay low and chill out.
Or at least that's my lay understanding of them. I have very limited experience with armadillos.
I love your honest conversations ma'am. I just subscribed. ❤❤
Thanks so much!
Another great video, thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Another great video. Looking forward to the next one. :)
Aww thank you so much! Glad you liked it.
3 videos a week! Well done you 😊 loving your informative content. I hope you get this channel to grow nicely. I just about manage to get one video done a week right now but would like to increase it to 2 or 3 a week. Trouble is I work full time and my niche requires expertise and requires me to put a lot of time in behind the scenes (gardening at an allotment)
Thankfully my setup is very easy, outdoors all the time! But I do need to be careful with my camera out in the direct sun
Yeah, it's definitely not good to sit in
direct sunlight. In addition to things like sunburn, the bright light is harsh and washes out the colors on camera.
(I'm always in the shade if I can help it.)
I was distracted by the guy yanking his kid into the trailer in the background 😂
Hahaha -- yeah, I have random guest stars sometimes. Ah, the nomadic life (I'm traveling around in an RV)! Thanks for hanging out with the video anyway.
I also will often have backup singers on my audio (birdsongs). I figure filming outside adds flavor. 😅
On the topic of feedback, it's important and even comforting to keep in mind that the ratio of likes and comments to views is very low. The ratio for likes is about 1 like to every 25 viewers, and for comments it's one in every 200! That's an average, but it will keep things realistic and keep us from feeling too discouraged when just starting out. After all, we ourselves don't like and comment on every video we watch; that doesn't mean it's not a good video.
Yes! You're right on about those ratios.
I have also seen people get very frustrated because they'll get 100 views and "only" pick up 4 subscribers -- but that's actually a really strong ratio. It varies by niche, but apparently a new subscriber per every 200 views is average (similar to commenting).
I'm amazed at how much all or nothing thinking happens in the UA-camr communities, especially among smaller creators. It makes it far too easy to get unhelpfully discouraged.
@@ByPageTurner We humans tend to think "all or nothing" about almost everything! 😂😂😂
Fair -- challenging that has been a lifetime quest for me, it feels like some days 😅
Can you talk about getting over resistance to filming and then editing (watching your face & hearing your own voice all day is driving me crazy!)
Oh gosh, yes. I used to HATE listening to my voice. I could actually make an entire video about that.
(I might! thank you for the great question!)
Short version is that it's horrible at first but I did get used to it eventually (I don't mind it anymore).
Thanks again for the great question! I had such a good time making an episode on it.
@@ByPageTurner yep I totally watched it and enjoyed it! Thanks so much ♥
It literally is a full time job isn't it? I have started a schedule and it is helping me to keep on track. Thanks for the information! 😊
It definitely can be! Glad to hear a schedule is helping. I'd be lost without a routine.
@@ByPageTurner ☺
Great Video!! Fellow Small UA-camr here and new subscriber! 🙂 I also have a travel channel with my husband and at the moment we are living in our RV. Moving to Mexico soon!
Niiiiice! Happy travels! What part of Mexico? (I love Mexico, have visited a few times, mostly Pacific side)
@@ByPageTurner Oaxaca 😊
I generally just think of it as a learning exercise to increase my UA-cam skills like video editing. I try not to worry about feedback at this stage and just take it as a bonus when someone happens to find me. Lucky for me I just have a lot of fun making videos so there is some enjoyment in the process outside of people. Great video page thank you for the insights.
You have such a great attitude!
Thanks so much for the kind words about my video.
Thank you again for all the great advice! I especially liked the video batching idea - very practical.
Sure thing! Batching has really upped my efficiency :)
I love your videos; they're simple and easy to understand. I'm trying to master scheduling and batching, but it's still not happening, so my consistency is suffering. I would love to have even three videos scheduled. So far, I've only managed to schedule two videos twice. How can I make it easier to improve a little bit every day? A content calendar is another hurdle I haven't mastered yet. Thank you. xx
It honestly took me a while to get the hang of batching!
For a while, I was doing one video at a time, so don't be too hard on yourself.
My big hurdle as a beginner was video editing -- I was a complete newbie til last year and I HATED it at first (I don't anymore).
I made my goal to improve a little every video -- which was once a week for me when I started. And I would focus on something different every week.
So one week, I might focus on doing a better job with scripting/outlining what I was gonna say. Another week I'd focus more on my thumbnails. Or my titles. Etc.
And I would schedule a session once a week where I would make an effort to learn about that. So I'd search for UA-cam videos about writing good titles (as an example) and watch those and learn and bring it into my next video.
Eventually I worked more on editing techniques once I stopped hating it so much. (It took me SIXTY HOURS to edit my first video and it's much simpler than the ones I do nowadays.)
I think that's key too... balancing what you're focusing on improving as you go. So... not ALWAYS focusing on what you HATE, making sure you're working on improving aspects of the process you like and are good/okay at as you go along as well.
Hope that is a decent answer. I feel like it could be its own video!
I might make something more detailed/demonstrative on it later, but those are my quick thoughts.
@@ByPageTurner Thank you so much for taking the time to reply. I can so relate with 60 hours editing LOL... I like what you are saying, focusing on one skill every week to improve on. I try to do too much at once then get frustrated and less productive. xxx
@@ByPageTurner More than decent, I really appreciate it... I wanted to ask if you could do a detailed video, but what you are giving us is already gold 🧡
Excellent video, and so true! I really enjoy your content, and as a new UA-cam content creator, your videos are very helpful and encouraging!
I'm so glad! Have fun and don't be too hard on yourself. ♥️
For now i just put videos out whenever i can otherwise No video i stop recording with go pro No time to edit i do it on the phone its so much quicker
You definitely don't need anything other than a phone to start a channel.
My family has NEVER watched my channel...so I use them as examples when trying to explain a concept 😂😂😂
There you go! Good resourcefulness.
Yeah, on my other platforms where I'm much more established, it's my FRIENDS who read my work mostly. And like I said today, just some of them, and it only started AFTER my writing got popular.
It's really funny -- I talked about this on another video on this channel (iirc it was the one about growing a channel from 0 followers), but one of my books is literally a memoir. And there are friends in my life who are actually CHARACTERS in the book who have never read that book. 😅
Meanwhile, a few strangers a day buy this book and read it. It's honestly hilarious to me.
Ooo I’m stealing this 😂🫡
Yes! Definitely don’t count on friends or family. If you do, it will just set you up for disappointment. My biggest fan is just some random guy who has fallen in love with everything I do. He really has given me the accolades that I was searching for. As always, thank you for your content. I really appreciate you!
Nice! Gotta love a superfan. That's wonderful!
And awww, thanks! It's been a bit hectic posting videos on this new channel, but I'm having such a blast. Viewers like you are a big reason why!
@@ByPageTurner now I gotta say “awwww”.
Every time someone subscribes, a unicorn gets its horn!
😂
@@ByPageTurner Much Love!
Hi may I know what video editing software are you using that was featured in this video?
I've used all sorts of editing software. I currently use Premiere Pro (because I had a subscription to the Creative Cloud already). I've also used Davinci Resolve in the past to good effect and will often use Clipchamp to trim longer videos before importing them into PP.
Hey page what do you use for sound editing? I use CapCut but wanting to see what others are using as well.
I am currently using Premiere Pro, but only because I already had access to Creative Cloud for other business stuff.
I used Davinci Resolve when I first got started.
Sometimes I do quick edits like basic trims in Clipchamp though to precut files a bit before bringing them into Premiere.
@@ByPageTurner awesome thank you for the advice! I love canvas as well but not so much for audio at the moment and CapCut feels so catered to tik tok 🤣😅
Yeah, I felt that way too about CapCut when I checked it out!
The friend who recommended it to me was of course way into Tiktok (which just isn't my thing as a creator, or a viewer).
I have found Clipchamp very user friendly and intuitive (if a bit limited/basic in some aspects).
Davinci Resolve is somewhere in the middle for me? It's not as user friendly as Clipchamp but does pretty much everything you'd ever need (and the free version is quite good, as long as you have a computer that can run it).
Premiere Pro was a nightmare to learn, but it's really powerful so it was more of a long-term project for me (I did a mix of UA-cam and Skillshare fo learn).
i just started using descript...i love how it shows the transcript of what i said and i can easily remove the uh's and words i don't want. i am still learning it though.