6 Months Of Full-Time YouTube Update! | How It's Been Going
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- Опубліковано 16 жов 2024
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It's been a full 6 months of focusing on doing UA-cam full-time! How has it been going? Join me as we sit down for a very informal chat and update, discuss some of the biggest challenges that I've dealt with and what's next!
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Eddie just gave himself a performance review and PIPed himself, you can take the guy out of corporate but you can’t take the corporate out of the guy. Happy to see you continuing on!
Hahahaha that’s a hilarious way of putting it 😂
To be honest I like your content better then bigger names . Just don’t give up and keep pushing my brother
I like his content tooo!
Maybe you could up your game a little here and there, recognisability(intro, sounds etc), structure(show of design, 0-60 etc), every big channel has it, camera work could be better, sometimes I like to let a new model sink in longer, you always have the data, in depth, but it is also a lot, you Chael Sonnen ramble here and there and I drift off sometimes, maybe tighten it up a bit, writing scripts... maybe even the overall video length... When I subscribed you were this casual yet hyper knowledgeable car guy with a hobby UA-cam channel, now you went pro so your game has to become pro too, you know? Do what all the big channels do, just give it your own style.... Just some constructive criticism, would like to see you succeed.
Agreed
Agreed also
Rooting for you Eddie!!! Your time is your most valuable asset! Good for you for following your passion! As a long time friend and sometimes viewer, I always try to show your channel to people who I know who love cars!
I’ve been watching you since the early vehicle virgin days, love to see you still in here. Hope it works out!
OMG best video ever! Yes continue the car reviews, that's what I love! I left vehicle virgins when he left car reviews behind and just blogged about his privilege lifestyle. I hate bloggers but the only one I watch is The Stradman because of his humility and honesty. So yes, I'd definitely watch your blog, as long as it gave an honest, non glamorized view into a UA-camr's daily life, including your struggles, just as you have done in this video. Authenticity is rare and desperately needed in our digital age, and if u wanna blog being 100% real, you and stradman would have a corner and a huge advantage on all other car bloggers. More contents like this: count me in! Love from Puerto Rico!
Hope GM still lets you review their cars.
Keep it up Eddie!!
Eddie. I offer a different view. You sir are a mechanical engineer. That is where I BELIEVE your passion is.
Find a way to connect both worlds
From a fellow engineer.
Cheers
You’re in your late 20’s. When I was your age, I had that same mindset as you. Wanting to be my own boss, wanting to do whatever I want, traveling anywhere, eating anywhere. But you’ll soon realize that all the “fun” money could’ve been saved for assets instead of liabilities. Becoming a successful UA-camr is extremely hard because there will always be new creators coming about stealing your shine. There are people with millions of subscribers who barely get any views. It’s very important that if you decide to take such a big risk, you have 2 years worth of expenses saved up. Going on expensive trips like a cruise or a trip to Japan may seem like a good idea, but those expenses are going to hurt you. I can appreciate your enthusiasm, but at the end of the day, you have to work as much as you can to make as much as you can. There’s nothing wrong with doing things the old-fashioned way. Good luck to you Eddie. Don’t ever feel too proud to go back to your job.
I wish I could help you dude. Materialistic things never last because when your values and priorities change, your views on objects change. The one thing that is harder to replace are good people in your life. That's the passion. Not just the cars. This is why you need to see youtube this same way. People go on youtube to escape and need entertainment and happiness. And they build this parasocial connection. And it gets even stronger when you meet and greet fans. THIS builds growth. So adding things like this and excitement to your channel will change everything. Plus have a brand on the side that can be worth exiting in the long run.
For what it’s worth I haven’t been seeing your videos on my feed
I watch this dudes content for two reasons;
1. He is just a cool dude
2. He is a near perfectionist - quality content.
I can see this dude in the future!
Holy shit, out of curiosity because of this update I checked on Vehicle Virgins. You're doing the same views with less than a tenths of the sub count. His views are abysmal for 2.5 million subs. You're gonna do just fine. Keep it up.
That's because VV stopped posting so the YT algorithm punished him.
VV also was on heavy drugs and he when off the rails but he’s channel is not the same
He left UA-cam for a longgg time and when you do that the algo punishes you. Infact the only one of the early car vlog UA-cam channels still doing excellently is thestradman. Shmee doesn't really get views when you consider the number of subscribers he has, he makes up for it with little editing and constant long form uploads but James just gets nothing less than 500k views per upload and vehicle virgins is beginning to climb back up
As you explain so nicely, UA-cam is challenging and takes persistence. People seem to respond well to drag racing, performance reviews, and shennanigans
I appreciate this peek inside your experience. I’m excited you aren’t quitting. Pursue your dream.
Cheer up! You will succeed eventually.
I'll watch what ever you make. I've always liked and respected you and enjoy your content.
Great video - as someone who is part time dabbling in automotive content / reviews I can relate to a lot of these points (definitely not my full time job yet!). With automotive content it is difficult to stand out and differentiate yourself from the crowd, although the choices are plentiful.
Few thoughts.
1. As long as you can cover your daily expenses that's amazing. It can only 'build' from there. 6 months is nothing in the grand scheme of things of being into a venture.
2. Have you thought of placing your own products / services on your page? You can easily carve out a niche of something you can help people with either physical, digital or mentorship product. Steering someone towards your brand(s) entirely will potentially help you grow all around.
3. I definitely enjoy your updates, and thoughts as you grow this. This is a crowded, tough niche where the name of the game is 'content and more content' -- and it's definitely not easy to jump over that mental hurdle when the equation is fairly linear. There are definitely many directions you can take this, and only you can decide what is 'right' for you. This is definitely 'fun' for me to do, but not sure if I can ever transition to doing this full time, and as you mentioned the 'passions' will just turn into a 'job' rather quick with that.
4. Oh and the rolls isn't bad either. Still on my to-drive list hopefully soon.
Good luck on your direction and curious to see where this heads and all future updates!
Eddie…..been following you for several months now and I truly enjoy your content. Big time props to you for taking YT on full time, I can only imagine how stressful it may be. That being said, your content is awesome. You’re very genuine and that goes a long way man. I love anything automotive so you’re in my wheelhouse. Keep grinding, you’ve got what it takes to be successful in the social media world. Personally, I don’t think that 6 months is long enough to determine success or failure. Give it a year and then look back at your work. I wish you the best in all that you do, and ask for one favor. More Z06 content baby….C8 owner myself.
Great honest video. The discouraging feeling is absolutely tough to get over in all challenges.
Surrounding yourself with people who push and motivate you is a big help.
I’m so glad you made the jump to self employment, I recently made the jump myself and took quite the pay cut to do so. Stick with it Eddie! Between your work ethic and your IQ, you’ll come out on top eventually!
Keep going bro, you become what you repeatedly do! Discouragement, uncertainty and doubt are right around the corner from success!
can relate to this as a quit my job last October to start my own business as well. Best of luck.
As soon who works a 9-5 and hope to one day have a successful brand doing content creation full time. This was an amazing video and you drop a bunch of truth in this video. Not everyone can do this. It all starts with a mindset. Love to watch your journey to come.
1. One channel per niche
2. Collab with other established creators in those niches
3. Teach others what you’ve learned about content creation
4. Do a tech reviews channel - content creation tech
5. Have fun and take breaks to reset
INGENIUS*
Thanks for that Rapide review with Parker back in 2015! I got my Rapide 2 years ago and the review was spot on!
I can see why you are not having the perfect experience. Ultimately, you need the positive reinforcement OR passion to keep going. If your channel is not growing quickly, it can be a deterrent. Plus you are fighting the trend of EVs, which I am guessing is not fueling your passion.
This is that point where most people would walk away. You are at the cusp of the rocket. You have to keep going!
Jesus Christ this is the best video I’ve ever seen! As an entrepreneur, real estate agent, and some UA-cam, you are 1000% right. It’s so easy to achieve motivation and not discouraged. Just keep going bro. It’s working even when you don’t see it.
Your spot on about the passion fading when you make your passion your career. It’s so incredible at first. Then it just gets boring, as terrible as that sounds. Just like you I don’t care about car meets anymore, it’s just all about what friends are going 😂 the car part is irrelevant. You’re doing awesome Eddie! See you at car week?
we’re all important Eddie, and that especially includes you.
I feel you on people normalizing things fast, as i have been lucky enough to move from owning no car in Shanghai to a model x, then a c63s, adding a mini jcw, adding another in m4c, most recently a GT4RS in less than a decade. Every time i come home from an extended business trip, Im able to recalibrate my mind to appreciate the emotion these cars bring when fired up😃
I love the transparency. Always enjoy your content!
Love the transparency, just subbed
I love it! You're killing it man!
The journey isn't about the destination, it's about the mindset you build throughout the journey. The resilience, knowing when the master needs to submit to another master to learn the next level, the consistency, the discipline, the emotion control and understanding of it, so on and so fort. It's a fun but challenging game to play. It's easy to follow someone else's script written for you, but following your own script will pay off far more because your character is the real thing under development, not your net worth. The net worth is a byproduct of the evolved character.
Man, I feel ya, Eddie. I left my job last year to become self-employed and it's been hard as fuck! I've been trying to stay positive but it very hard. Keep pushing man. I am right there with you, Champ.
Keep going Eddie, these things take a lot of time to build momentum.
The interest in cars are down most people can’t afford these expensive cars. He should have never quit his career for youtube the car channels are saturated.
Wonderful vid - lots of learnings for the viewers. I appreciate your honesty and authenticity.
You're gonna do fine if you keep at it and keep learning and improving, I always preferred your videos from the VV days.
If you want, you could expand more into the community aspect of car ownership and reviews. At the very least it will create more loyal fans. If you want I could draw you a plan with some ideas
Keep going. You’re doing great work. I think 2yrs is a good trial time for full time you tube. The subscribers will likely increase exponentially. Maybe alternate the car review videos with some Vlog type videos with automotive news, car events, travel and behind the scenes videos.
Enjoyed the video! Good luck, Eddie! Being a UA-camr seems glamorous but it’s clearly not easy.
Took the video down but damage already done my guy. lol GM must’ve given him fourth degree burns for that bad release
Yeah he is in big trouble
I wish you much success. I'm confident you'll crack the code on which videos are successful. From my perspective, I enjoyed your earlier videos when they focused on the cars and not too much about your personal life - such as going to a restaurant or a run to the hardware store. I also enjoy your 'pseudo' off-road videos. Review what works for others and make it your own.
I personally enjoy these videos more and like hearing about your thoughts/experiences. Can really relate Eddie. Trying out my own thing too.
Story of my life. I started a business a year ago. At first, it took off, then plateaued, and then stagnated. I'm just sticking with it for now as maybe it's just the current market.
There is way too much content out there and I think more people are trying to prioritize their time. Savagegeese is the only channel I watch now. Side note my weekly grocery bill is closer to $500 - just me
Great video man! Keep it coming, I like your content. Been watching you since the days of Vehicle Virgins!
Life's good 30:59 nervous laugh 🤔 Hobby doesn't equal passion - You're chasing your hobby not your passion at this point. ✌
Keep doing you! Your content brings more value and success than the current UA-cam algorithm will show, so try not to get to discouraged and someday I know you will be rewarded
Keep putting out the quality content and the channel will grow.
I feel with UA-cam and Automotive Channels, they grow when they do colabs or have excitement.
So glad you got what you worked for. I know that break up from that last channel hit you.
Don't worry, self-doubt and anxiety work hand in hand, and the only reason they appear is because you are unsure to how to fix a dilemma in your life. Which is likely you worrying about your future and your channel, which is normal. Embrace it. It means you are in the proper path. I keep writing comment, even others, to give you pointers and ideas, it's up to you to use them or not. If you need for info, then ask, don't just shy away or let your ego run from asking for help. These anxieties are your mind letting you know its time to ask for guidance. So find mentors, ask for some knowledge. The stuff I wrote prior should help a bunch, but you need to have an open-mind when in need of learning to go to the next level. don't figure your way through it and waste time. Ask away, and be open to external suggestions, and pick a path that resonates best with your values and priorities.
Do you shoot with scripts? Random feeling to vids. Cam work is vlog style rather than slick review style. Exterior drive by shots needed. Find interesting locations to shoot at. I watched a few vids, might not be typical but you have blackout sunglasses on a lot, which isn't great for audience connection. Charisma...some can develop it, some have it in buckets.
Keep pushing brotha!!
I look forward to everyone one of your videos.
I appreciate that!
This video is just like talking to you on the phone, it’s a lot easier to digest
keep it up man, I'm starting a business myself and know the struggle. It'll pay off!
You don't have a spending problem, you have an income problem. Don't cut your expenses, grow your income. I've written tips and tricks to grow your channel before. Here's another; start a car wash product brand with highly effect products and accessories, and collab with all your connections and affiliates to make a bunch of sales. Have the biggest channels as brand ambassadors. There's are plenty of ideas everywhere, just need to know what you want in forms of result (money), then you can see different opportunities arise. Don't seek small incremental growth, that never works. Write your goal down and add another zero at the end, and see how you could make that happen. You'll see, and nothing you are doing now will get you to that amount unless you change your perspective. I've known of you for close to a decade dude, if there is one person that deserve all the growth and success is you.
I don’t always get notifications for your channel but I watch whatever you post.
My advice is to look at your business as your own consultant. What would/wouldn’t you advise that person to do?
I always give the best advice to other people! 🤷♀️ 😂
1) You were the driving force of yours and Parker's channel when you guys used to be partners take time to meditate on this this will help you with your confidence.
2) Start the series 5 things I hate about a particular car and don't feel as though you are copying Parker.
3) Remember that even though you have gotten used to high-end cars your viewers have not so it's not about you be excited for revealing to them a new thing
4) Purchase a Lamborghini hurricane. No more safe auto purchases. This will also help to blow up your channel.
5) You may not know who I am but I've met you one time in Ann Arbor Michigan I live in commerce Michigan. I've been watching you this whole time and believein you.
Stay fearless. 😊
Wishing you continued and greater success! As a pilot and commuter, flying all over wears off. All hotel rooms become the same. Buying an Audi A8L due to you !
KEEP THIS CHANNEL AS MAIN CAR CONTENT.
MAKE A NEW CHANNEL FOR PERSONAL STUFF/VLOGS.
Being the owner of your own destiny is something most people would love but for different reasons don’t get to experience. If you really love what your doing and
It’s not work to you that to me is the key.
Absolutely agree. Very few people get to be in a position like this, very grateful for the opportunity and will keep working at it!
keep tinkering and improving, if you want to stick with YT. I will say, as you may have observed... you gotta be comfortable with not having mad amount of subs... it can take years and years to crack 500k or 700 or whatever, and it also may never happen. Are you good with that? Can you grow in other ways? If so then keep it up. You've accomplished a lot by your late 20s.
The problem is, is that car channels on UA-cam are heavily saturated. The ones that do well are incredibly unique like whisling diesel or the strad man. With that being said, you can't just review cars anymore. You have to engulf the viewers.
I think you need to do a build. Buy “the cheapest” m3 or whatever and document the build. Bring in other creators to partner and document the fun!
Eddie my boy stay hard your gonna reach 500k 1 million followers with a blink of an eye you just remember why you started youtube why u started loving cars ur a nice guy with great potential some tips for maintaining passion buy a cheap car and do like mods rebuild that journey soo you feel contrast of Rolls-Royce to a mazda mx5 like make a balance of all things in ur life 🎉❤ itz great success
Nice video. Life is all about experiences. You'll see more abundance once your more happy and love yourself.
Everything you do whether it’s relationships or business or taking care of yourself, you will face adversity. Stay the course!
I watch your stuff, but the only UA-camr I'm excited to see content from is Savegegeese, they've carved out their own audience with their own style. If you're trying to get BIG in the sector you'll have to find a way to maintain a high level of quality while standing out- which is very hard. I really enjoyed this video, just keep going.
To help manage your doubts and overthinking, it could be good to set objective and quantitative goal(s) by a specific time that determines whether you continue or not. So for example, have x amount of subscribers or income by y date or z amount of savings remaining or something. You've already decided this path is worth doing and something you want to try, and second guessing the criteria at which you made the decision is just wasteful stress when UA-cam is a numbers and persistence game until you hit your big break. Set the objective and goal and trust the process at which you made the goal.
For managing self employment, it may be good to set concrete times for relaxation when you don't think about work, especially when traveling. If you're having a problem thinking about content, maybe set a quantitative goal for how much content you need to achieve (like 2 videos' worth in a week or x amount on this vacation) and don't work past that after you've hit it.
SUP EDDIE 👍
Brainstorm: try doing investigative work. Maybe a behind the scenes perspective on the dark side of the automotive scene.
Great video, love your content!
I would keep going but there are so many car channels that do this same thing and they are going to be way ahead. You don’t really have a niche. At least you are giving it a real shot most people don’t even do that.
this video is so real
I would focus on shorts, make cool car vids, nothing to long and drawn out. I’m not a youtuber but from what I see and watch, shorts are what helps with growth.
Bro already screwed up big
What did he do?
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@@lavarball1237leaked the 2025 corvette zr1 12 hours early because he didn’t realize it said 7:30pm…
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THESE ARE THE TYPES OF VIDEOS YOU SHOULD DO ON YOUR 2ND CHANNEL. JUST TALK ABOUT LIFE, LESSONS, EXPERIENCES, AND UA-cam STRUGGLES/BLESSINGS
I do like videos like this and appreciate the transparancy, it shows you aren't fake. On a huge plus side bud, you look super healthy! Keep it up, self worth and health should always be number 1. Looks to me you have your priorities straight.
There's a difference in the way we view materialism as we mature. Maturity comes when you develop higher levels of perspective and conscious awareness. Even at the higher stages, you'll still want the same materials, but for different reasons. You learn to actually enjoy craftsmanship more, and not getting stuff to impress others. This shift in perspective includes a switch in ego development by understanding ego is an important tool to master, and not a master of you. Uncontrolled ego develops personas to cover insecurities to strictly avoid feeling defeat. It's a biological, mental protection, so to speak. Also, when developing higher consciousness and perspectives, you develop higher levels of empathy, which changes everything. But your long term goal never changes. However, your principles, ethics and morals change. Therefore, they affect your priorities and values, to accommodate how you see the world when your perspective shift happens.
You have my 100% support brother, I want to start doing UA-cam too i have bought all the right equipment it's just the confidence i know you have some skin in the game but after watching this video. i would love to Collab at some point on or off Camera just want to learn.
Keep going It going. Your videos are good.
Commenting for the 100th time that the production is too haphazard. There is no structure and it makes the videos hard to follow in addition to removing any potential anticipation of future videos because you' never know what you'll get. Make the car the star and up the production effort if you wan't to improve.
Are you referring to the vlogs or reviews?
@@EddieX Largely reviews. Vlogs need a second channel.
In my opinion Eddie, I think you started a little late. You should have started working on your on own channel when you left Vehicle Virgins. Car scene was extremely popular with Salomondrin/CupGang/ Vehicle Virgins/GoonSquad ( When these channels started off). We use to watch them religiously with my friends, now I don’t remember when’s the last time I watched one of their videos
Keep it going!
I would just recommend finding a niche in the information you provide about the cars you review… like how Doug does quirks and features. Sometimes you ramble and don’t follow through on the subject at hand. But if your content weren’t good I wouldn’t be here so keep at it!!
you should do more pov while driving and talkin instead of filming sideways because we want to see the car.
Just subscribed; nd I will say just for extra videos and content why dont you do POV’s . Or cruising in ____ car to go to somewhere while doing 360 cam or POV this js easy money making content ppl like us viewers will like to see as long as the audio is good!
Experiment with short form content and series!!!
Your challenge isn't the quantity of videos, its the quality of videos. As in, you need to understand that people need more "wow" factors in the videos they watch. Nothing too boring. Add challenges at the very least in your content and excitement. It looks like you don't read long comments, so idk. Wish i could help...
EddieX > Vehicle Virgins
Been following you since Parker fucked you over, keep pushing mate!
Eddie X durability reviews…
Take a page out of whistlin diesel
Get the press cars--ruin them?
No one would expect this haha
Seriously though-it’s a tough choice, maybe try getting in on some more UA-camr colabs, see if you can get on some other bigger channels?
Sadly alot of people who watch youtube prefer to watch videos with dum b bait thumbnails and nonsense content
Try living in CALIFORNIA on that income hahahah
Vehicle virgins in dead man. You made it out
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