Famous for making insanely share-able Among Us Shorts on YouTube, Jake Fellman explains the ways in which he leverages the YouTube platform for maximum growth!
In this episode of TubeTalk, Dan and Rob get to discuss short-form content on YouTube with someone who is, in their own right, a #Shorts expert by now. Jake's unique animation style and sense of humor, combined with trending topics like Among Us and Minecraft, have grown his channel to well over 4 MILLION subscribers on YouTube.
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Jake Fellman on YouTube
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This episode was hosted by Dan Carson of vidIQ. If you have any questions, please feel free to email [email protected]
Desiree Martinez has taken her YouTube career to extreme heights and discusses how to successfully network with other creators in your industry, as well as ways you can utilize YouTube and social media to grow your business.
This week, Rob and Dan ask Desiree to share her insights and strategies that have helped so many other creators turn their passions into careers. Desiree also hosts the Women of YouTube Podcast and is now officially part of the vidIQ family!
Follow Desiree here:
Desiree's Website
Desiree Martinez on Instagram
Desiree Martinez on YouTube
The Women of YouTube Podcast
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This episode was hosted by Dan Carson of vidIQ. If you have any questions, please feel free to email [email protected]
Big E is a full-time content creator who recently made the switch from doing regular Twitch streams to developing a content strategy for not one, but TWO different YouTube channels.
This week, Dan and Rob sit down with Big E to discuss the various opportunities doing livestreams on YouTube can have for a creator. While Big E mainly focuses on gaming content, there are a number of takeaways that any creator could benefit from. This includes YouTube memberships, brand deals, and just developing healthy habits as you seek to become a full-time content creator.
Follow Big E here:
@Big_E on Twitter
Big E on YouTube
Big E's Gaming Channel
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This episode was hosted by Dan Carson of vidIQ. If you have any questions, please feel free to email [email protected]
Family gaming channel Sopo Squad Gaming is on their way to their first million YouTube subscribers in less than a year's time.
This week, Dan and Travis sit down with Lizzy to learn more about how a family gaming channel that has committed itself to Roblox has managed to see such incredible growth. The moral of this episode is that it's simply never to late to start your YouTube journey!
Find Sopo Squad Gaming here:
Sopo Squad Gaming
Sopo Squad Playz
Sopo Squad Family
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This episode was hosted by Dan Carson of vidIQ. If you have any questions, please feel free to email [email protected]
Emily D. Baker, who is a former Deputy District Attorney, has taken her years of legal expertise and used them to find great success on YouTube!
This week, Dan and Rob sit down with Emily to get her take on managing a YouTube channel while being careful not to fall into any legal trouble. This discussion dives deep into topics like Fair Use, taxes, and forming an LLC for your channel, just to name a few.
Find Emily here:
https://www.youtube.com/c/TheEmilyDBaker/
@TheEmilyDBaker
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This episode was hosted by Dan Carson of vidIQ. If you have any questions, please feel free to email [email protected]
Ed Lawrence of the Film Booth YouTube channel sits down to discuss ways in which you can grow as a personality while you work to master the art of making videos.
This week on TubeTalk, Rob and Dan pick the brain of a video production professional who shares some incredible tips and insights for creating better YouTube content. While figuring out a YouTube home-studio is important, there is also a lot to be said for how you present yourself within your videos, regardless of how they look.
Check out Ed's channel here:
https://www.youtube.com/c/BusinessFilmBoothOnline
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This episode was hosted by Dan Carson of vidIQ. If you have any questions, please feel free to email [email protected]
YouTube Shorts has introduced an entirely new way to become a video creator on the YouTube platform. This feature is only now entering it's "beta" phase but so far there's no sign of short-form YouTube videos going anywhere.
In this episode of TubeTalk, Dan and Rob share their experiences around the testing they've been doing within YouTube Shorts and give some actionable advice based on what they've learned thus far. Should you be making YouTube Shorts? If so, should your "Shorts" be on their own channel? Is it possible to make money from YouTube Shorts? The answers to all of those questions and MORE await!
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This episode was hosted by Dan Carson of vidIQ. If you have any questions, please feel free to email [email protected]
Having a YouTube channel often creates a community of people who enjoy your content. Today we'll talk about the best practices for managing that community.
In this episode of TubeTalk, we sit down with vidIQ's Community Manager Daniel Holzhauer, as he shares his tips and insights on building and growing your YouTube community. Launching a Discord server or creating a Facebook group for your YouTube channel may seem like a fun idea, but without careful consideration these platforms could create a lot more work for you.
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This episode was hosted by Dan Carson of vidIQ. If you have any questions, please feel free to email [email protected]
100 Percent Zelda takes us through his YouTube journey and discusses his approach to gaming on the platform.
Not only is gaming on YouTube incredibly competitive, but depending on the game you choose, it can be exceptionally hard to break through. 100 Percent Zelda popped up on YouTube 10 months ago covering a game that, at the time, was over three years old. The secret to their success lies within this episode of TubeTalk!
Visit 100 Percent Zelda on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/c/100PercentZelda/
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This episode was hosted by Dan Carson of vidIQ. If you have any questions, please feel free to email [email protected]
Outside of simply posting videos, there are a number of features YouTube provides creators.
In today's episode, Dan and Rob will focus on the YouTube Community Tab. This is just one of many features creators tend to overlook. It takes 1,000 subscribers to unlock the Community Tab, and with it you can engage with your audience using polls, as well as other various types of posts.
Dan and Rob will discuss all the ways you can be leveraging the Community Tab for yourself in 2021!
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This episode was hosted by Dan Carson of vidIQ. If you have any questions, please feel free to email [email protected]
When it comes to YouTube we tend to focus on getting as many subscribers as possible.
In today's episode, I chat with Cassey about her very successful brand Blogilates.
We dive into how Cassey took her brand from a simple YouTube channel to a nationwide business that now has physical products in Target!
We chat about how she got started, her blog, her community growth, and how Cassey involved her community to launch her product lines!
Follow Cassey here:
https://www.blogilates.com/
https://www.youtube.com/user/blogilates
https://www.instagram.com/blogilates/
https://www.facebook.com/blogilates/
https://twitter.com/blogilates
This show is hosted by Liron Segev who is a Tech Blogger - TheTechieGuy.com, YouTuber, and the Director of customer success at vidIQ. If you have any questions, please feel free to email [email protected]
When YouTubers typically think of selling something to their audience, they think of Merch. The hoodie, the mug, the T-shirt.
However, there are much bigger opportunities for those creators who have a large audience and that is having products at national retail stores.
Today, I chat with Mike Bienstock, CEO of Semaphore Licensing Solutions about how Creators are able to get their products into stores.
Check out Semaphore's website for more info!
This show is hosted by Liron Segev who is a Tech Blogger - TheTechieGuy.com, YouTuber, and the Director of customer success at vidIQ. If you have any questions, please feel free to email [email protected]
As a YouTuber we tend to get into a cycle: upload a video and watch the analytics. Then upload another video and watch the analytics.
Rinse and repeat
What if its not working?
How do you instantly make a connection with your audience so that they want to watch more of your content?
How do you make little changes that will have big impact on your channel?
This is what we are chatting about on this episode of TubeTalk
In this episode you will learn:
How do you harness the power of a story?
What is a good tip to tell a great story and what do people usually get wrong?
Why should you get the audience to "turn up the volume"?
What is 30 days hind-sight and what does that mean?
Antonio Neves is an award-winning journalist, an internationally recognized speaker, a top success coach, and has just published his book: stop living on auto pilot - Take responsibility for your life and rediscover a bolder, happier you.
Check out Antonio and his new book here: https://theantonioneves.com/
This show is hosted by Liron Segev who is a Tech Blogger - TheTechieGuy.com, YouTuber, and the Director of customer success at vidIQ. If you have any questions, please feel free to email [email protected]
We know that having a good thumbnail is critical.
That is the difference between a successful video that brings in loads of views and subscribers and a video that does not.
So what EXACTLY makes a good thumbnail?
What should your thumbnail contain and what should it not?
On this episode of TubeTalk, Justin Evans from CustomThumbnails.com shares his insights so you can level-up your thumbnail game!
In this episode you will learn:
1. About unique and original images
2. Research the competition
3. How much text should you use
4. What about branding
5. Why you should Zoom out
Check out more on CustomThumbnails.com and on the Custom Thumbnails Facebook group
This show is hosted by Liron Segev who is a Tech Blogger - TheTechieGuy.com, YouTuber, and the Director of customer success at vidIQ. If you have any questions, please feel free to email [email protected]
To say 2020 was a wild year is a bit of an understatement!
At the end of the year we always look back at our channels to understand what have we learned from the year?
What insights can we take forward into 2021?
How will our channel grow in the year ahead?
Today on TubeTalk, we look back at our individual channels and vidIQ's channel and share with you the lessons that worked, and what we will carry through to 2021 to continue our growth!
Check out more info on vidIQ's channel here - https://youtube.com/vidiq
This show is hosted by Liron Segev who is a Tech Blogger - TheTechieGuy.com, YouTuber, and the Director of customer success at vidIQ. If you have any questions, please feel free to email [email protected]
There is so much information and so YouTube Data and so many stats; frankly it's overwhelming.
What should you focus on? Which analytics and tools are going to help you grow your channel?
We answer that question on today's episode of TubeTalk!
Today, you will learn about:
- Retention - Dips/ Spike/ Retention
- CTR - why you should analyze your thumbnails
- Data source - How to use that to understand your audience and their needs.
- Video Views over the past 28 days/ 90 days
- Real-time Views
Check out more info on vidIQ's channel here - https://youtube.com/vidiq
This show is hosted by Liron Segev who is a Tech Blogger - TheTechieGuy.com, YouTuber, and the Director of customer success at vidIQ. If you have any questions, please feel free to email [email protected]
When we say it's never too late to start on YouTube - we mean it!
Today's guest is Erika Kullberg and she grew her YouTube channel from 0 subscribers to 70 000 subscribers making over $100 000 in less than a year!
This was done during 2020 when the world was turned upside down and yet Erika still managed to find success.
In today's episode you will learn:
- The “Secret” to YouTube
- Be Willing to Experiment and Pivot
- Capturing Viral Videos
- Evergreen vs Viral videos
- Income Streams
- How to get more exposure in the Press
More about Erika:
Erika Kullberg is an attorney and personal finance expert. Prior to founding a legal technology startup, Plug and Law, she was a corporate attorney for Fortune 500 companies. Her personal finance YouTube channel, where she talks about topics ranging from passive income to student loans to investing, has grown to over 70,000 subscribers and 4 million views in under a year, and her work has been featured in outlets such as Business Insider, CNBC, U.S. News & World Report, the Washington Post and more. Erika holds degrees from the University of Notre Dame and Georgetown Law.
- https://erikakullberg.com/youtube-guide - This is a free guide for YouTubers revenue streams
- https://plugandlaw.com/legal-requirements-youtube-creators/ - YouTubers need to be aware of these legal requirements.
This show is hosted by Liron Segev who is a Tech Blogger - TheTechieGuy.com, YouTuber, and the Director of customer success at vidIQ. If you have any questions, please feel free to email [email protected]
Let's be honest - we hate change but YouTube's latest change to its Terms of Service has left a bad taste and feels wrong.
On today's episode of TubeTalk, Rob, Dan and I unpack all the new changes and the kind of impact it has on YouTube creators who are still not in the YouTube Partner Program.
We focus on:
- What's the update?
- How and who is impacted by this
- Are there any upsides to this?
- Any downsides?
- What about CPMs?
- Things to consider
Check out more info on vidIQ's channel here - https://youtube.com/vidiq
This show is hosted by Liron Segev who is a Tech Blogger - TheTechieGuy.com, YouTuber, and the Director of customer success at vidIQ. If you have any questions, please feel free to email [email protected]
What if I could tell you the exact topic that will get you more views and subscribers?
Would you be interested in making that video?
These are known as Tentpole events!
Once you start to understand how to use these Tenpole events, you start to understand how to prepare for them so that your video is ready to go at the right time bringing you those views.
In today's episode you will learn all about:
- YouTube search
- What are Tentpole Events
- How to use Tentpole Events
- The power of a Social Calendar
- Preparing and riding trends
Check out more info on vidIQ's channel here - https://youtube.com/vidiq
This show is hosted by Liron Segev who is a Tech Blogger - TheTechieGuy.com, YouTuber, and the Director of customer success at vidIQ. If you have any questions, please feel free to email [email protected]
We all want to use the latest commercial music and our favorite artist track in our YouTube videos - but we want to do it the right way without the fear of copyright strikes.
So how do you do that?
Someone who knows everything there is to know about the music industry and YouTube is the Founder and CEO of Lickd, Paul Sampson. Lickd is a chart-music licensing platform for Video Creators and Paul has spent over 15 years creating revenue with music licensing.
Today you will learn:
- key terminology: Royalty-free vs copyright claims-free vs production music vs commercial music
- How the YouTube copyright system actually works from a brand's point of view
- Who gets the money if your video is claimed
- Why you should NEVER use Royalty-free music from Soundcloud
- How to legally use your favorite artist's track in your next video
Get more info on Lickd here: https://lickd.co/
Twitter: @GetLickd
Instagram: @GetLickd
This show is hosted by Liron Segev who is a Tech Blogger - TheTechieGuy.com, YouTuber, and the Director of customer success at vidIQ. If you have any questions, please feel free to email [email protected]
You have spent the time and effort crafting the perfect YouTube video.
So why not leverage that beyond just YouTube?
Today on TubeTalk, I chat with Dan Norton who is an editor that specializes in taking exiting YouTube videos and Live Streams and extracting mico-video content that can be uploaded to Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, and TikTok.
This is a great way to build new communities, engage with a new audience, and even earn more revenue.
On this episode of TubeTalk, you will learn:
- What does it mean to reuse content elsewhere?
- What is the right and wrong way to go about it?
- How does the audience react to micro-content?
- How long or short should a video be?
- What are some good video ideas that you can use right now?
- How can you take content from a YouTube Livestream and repurpose that?
More about Dan Norton:
Dan helps brands save time creating new video content by creatively repurposing pre-existing live stream and long-form videos into bite-sized videos. His background is in film and video editing, with over ten years of experience working in the live stream broadcast industry for Major League Baseball and Disney. You can learn more about repurposing video with Dan's free guide at http://repurposevideo.com
Follow Dan on:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/danielpatricknorton/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielpatricknorton/
Website: https://www.danielpatricknorton.com/
This show is hosted by Liron Segev who is a Tech Blogger - TheTechieGuy.com, YouTuber, and the Director of customer success at vidIQ. If you have any questions, please feel free to email [email protected]
The YouTube process does not begin when you upload your video. Nor does it start when you pick up the camera.
In fact, the process of creating a YouTube video begins way before that!
In today's episode of TubeTalk we chat about the process of creating your next video. I chat with the vidIQ crew about their processes and we share our tips and tricks so that you can start tackling your next video the correct way!
In this episode you will learn:
- Idea generation
- Research vs. gut instinct
- Setting the scene
- Having the equipment ready
- Creating for your audience
Check out more info on vidIQ's channel here - https://youtube.com/vidiq
This show is hosted by Liron Segev who is a Tech Blogger - TheTechieGuy.com, YouTuber, and the Director of customer success at vidIQ. If you have any questions, please feel free to email [email protected]
We all want to grow our channels and while we heavily rely on our analytics, sometimes it's those little tips that can really help grow our channels.
While we focus on the main elements such as CTR, Retention, Watchtime etc. we must not forget to focus on the "little changes" that can have a dramatic effect and impact on your channel.
On today's episode of TubeTalk, Alan Spicer and I chat about these quick wins that anyone can do on any channel size.
Today you will learn all about how to use:
- Pinned comment
- Community Tab
- Timestamps for SEO
- Shorts
- Signals
Check out more info on vidIQ's channel here - https://youtube.com/vidiq
This show is hosted by Liron Segev who is a Tech Blogger - TheTechieGuy.com, YouTuber, and the Director of customer success at vidIQ. If you have any questions, please feel free to email [email protected]
YouTube shorts are the new hot trending topic in the YouTube world.
But what are they?
YouTube has not been clear on how they work, so we decided to do our own investigation into YouTube Shorts.
On this episode of TubeTalk, Rob Wilson, Dan Carlson and Liron Segev answer all your YouTube shorts question including:
- What are YouTube shorts?
- What are the requirements?
- Do you need to have #shorts in title and description?
- What about Thumbnails?
- How long should the title be?
- Should you put shorts on your main channel?
- What about monetization?
Check out more info on vidIQ's channel here - https://youtube.com/vidiq
This show is hosted by Liron Segev who is a Tech Blogger - TheTechieGuy.com, YouTuber, and the Director of customer success at vidIQ. If you have any questions, please feel free to email [email protected]
To say 2020 has been weird is an understatement!
So as we round off the year and head into the final quarter of 2020, what should we focus on as YouTube creators?
While its easy to be despondent, there are various elements and skills that you have right now that are valuable. Not only can you use your video skills to help those around you, but you can double-down and finish the year strong too!
In this episode you will learn:
- Lessons from the 2008 recession
- You have skills that businesses need
- Monetization strategies
- Creating something unique for 2020 events
Check out Benji Travis Video Influencers here: https://www.youtube.com/user/videoinfluencers
This show is hosted by Liron Segev who is a Tech Blogger - TheTechieGuy.com, YouTuber, and the Director of customer success at vidIQ. If you have any questions, please feel free to email [email protected]
