The Video Creatr Podcast

Jack O'Shea's Complicated Relationship with Plumbing (and YouTube)

Augie Johnston & Grant Ball Episode 107

Making a small audience laugh is challenging let alone doing comedy skits for hundreds of thousands of subscribers on YouTube... and sustaining it. For Jack O'Shea, it's been quite a ride from a small Instagrammer to almost a million subscribers on Youtube.

In this episode, Jack O'Shea, aka @JackThePoolBoy, talks about his journey as a content creator starting small on Instagram to becoming famous as the Plumber in a porn parody skit.

Jack's YouTube channel, @JackThePoolBoy, stands at 905k subscribers and counting. When you listen to this episode, you will hear about how important taking care of physical and mental health is for content creators and they also talked about TV Series such as Succession and Beef.

Highlights
[2:01] Why Jack edits all the videos he produces for the channel
[5:14] Jack’s experience working as a producer for a Digital Media Company
[9:05] What’s causing Jack to have a weird posting schedule on YouTube
[12:51] How Jack transitioned from posting content to no one to gaining tons of views
[18:40] The dark side of becoming famous too early
[22:21] The feedback they got from the Plumber Porn parody skits
[24:01] How Jack monetizes his YouTube channel
[29:05] What’s it like creating content with his fiancé, Mikaela, on his YouTube channel
[35:26] How Jack can almost predict how a video will perform 
[40:15] The pressure of getting more views and generating more revenue
[44:10] Creating content to avoid being a trend hopper

Resources Mentioned

Youtube @JackThePoolBoy

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Grant Ball
Treesicle

Augie Johnston
Vidchops
Baller Boot Camp

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