0:04 Hey, it's me again. Um, just thought
0:06 about making a quick video. I don't
0:08 know. Just had this random motivation
0:11 spike. So, you know, why not? You know,
0:15 just some fun stuff for you all to enjoy
0:17 for Christmas. I guess it's my present
0:19 to y'all. But anyways, I just wanted to
0:21 talk about something. Uh, and what
0:23 better thing to talk about than just
0:26 YouTube itself. And I'm sure there's
0:28 people watching that would probably like
0:31 to stream and make videos to get other
0:33 people engaged in their content, you
0:36 know. Uh just just the the usual like
0:39 childhood aspirations, which of course
0:42 was one of mine, but you know, as we can
0:45 see, uh it's been it's been a while. And
0:47 what do I have? What a thousand subs?
0:48 You know, I mean, don't make fun of me,
0:50 please. Okay, but I just want to mention
0:53 the question being, is being a YouTuber
0:56 a waste of time? But before I actually
0:58 answer this, I I do want to establish
1:00 like the actual fundamentals of doing
1:03 YouTube, which there's some several like
1:06 crucial steps. First of all, like you're
1:07 going to want to have a lot of time,
1:10 preferably. And if if you don't have
1:12 time, I mean, that's that's still okay
1:14 cuz like I was making videos when I had
1:16 a job, and I I feel like the videos I
1:17 made there were actually pretty good,
1:19 too. In fact, some of the best videos I
1:21 made were actually when I had a job.
1:22 Sometimes like you can just get
1:25 motivation from anything. So, I mean,
1:27 time is important, but you don't have to
1:29 have a lot of it. But having a lot of it
1:32 definitely helps. But with the time, you
1:34 also want to put in just all the effort.
1:36 Not all the effort, but if you just
1:38 halfass a video, it's it's going to the
1:40 performance is going to be reflective of
1:42 it for the most part. I mean, if you
1:43 upload like memes or something, like
1:45 it'll get views, but at what at what
1:47 cost? Are people actually going to know
1:49 you for you or are they even going to
1:50 know you at all? I don't think they're
1:51 going to know you if they watch a meme
1:53 and subscribe. I don't think they're
1:54 going to know you as the guy who posted
1:57 that meme. I I don't really think so.
1:59 So, if you're if you're just consciously
2:01 putting in effort and trying to improve
2:02 yourself, I don't see how your videos
2:05 aren't going to get views over time,
2:07 just more and more, little by little.
2:10 It's a slow process. Very slow process.
2:12 So, you just have to have time and take
2:14 the time to make videos better and
2:15 better. just put more effort into it,
2:18 you know. And then another thing, so if
2:19 you're actually trying to improve, then
2:21 you should also be researching other
2:23 people who are in your niche. And what
2:25 that means is, for example, if you're a
2:28 Minecraft YouTuber, which is a terrible
2:30 niche to be in if you're starting, cuz
2:32 goodness, there's there's hundreds and
2:33 thousands of Minecraft YouTubers. I
2:36 mean, what am I doing? Oh my Oh my.
2:38 Anyways, so you're going to be looking
2:39 up people who are doing what you're
2:42 doing. And if you're not doing it better
2:45 than they are, then what exactly is
2:47 going to stand out with you? Unless you
2:49 change something up and do something
2:51 that like only you do, like something
2:54 original, like you add a twist or you
2:56 just have a unique persona or something,
2:58 like people are not going to know you as
3:00 the person doing that niche if there's
3:02 plenty of other people doing that niche.
3:04 So, you got to be competitive. So re
3:05 research the people that you're going
3:08 against in that field and do what
3:10 they're doing but better or do what
3:12 they're doing and add your own unique
3:14 like iconic twist to it that people will
3:16 will remember you so then they can be
3:18 like oh what was that guy doing the the
3:20 Minecraft mod but with the the funny
3:22 thing with it as well. I don't know. I'm
3:24 just making stuff up. With that mindset
3:25 people are going to remember you better
3:27 I guess. And of course you want to be
3:29 personable especially with streaming
3:31 too. So, if you want to be a streamer,
3:33 you need to get people to come back. And
3:36 this means if someone is chatting, you
3:39 don't ignore them, but you actually
3:40 greet them and maybe ask follow-up
3:42 questions. You know, it's just very
3:44 important to be polite. I've actually
3:46 seen countless examples of people just
3:49 giving just no attention whatsoever to
3:51 their chats. And then like one guy I
3:54 even raided and he muted everybody cuz
3:56 we raided him. Like that's free
3:57 engagement. He just boosted his channel
4:00 and yet he just he he gets annoyed by
4:02 that. I mean, to each their own, but
4:04 like what's the point in streaming and
4:05 having no commentary if you're just
4:08 going to like just avoid any
4:09 interaction? Like, what's the point of
4:11 even doing anything on YouTube if you're
4:13 not even trying? Like, surely that makes
4:15 sense. You want to be personable, which
4:17 means just getting people to come back
4:19 by being nice. Basically making friends
4:21 with everybody. If you view everybody
4:24 who watches as a friend, they will treat
4:25 you like a friend and they will come
4:27 back to see how you're doing. Literally,
4:29 it's that easy. It's that simple. Just
4:30 don't expect it to work. Like, you're
4:32 not going to get a thousand people on
4:34 your first day to come back. You might
4:36 get like one person or two people to
4:38 come back the next stream. But those
4:39 people are always very loyal if you
4:42 treat them like close friends. They will
4:44 come back like every stream. Trust me, I
4:46 I have viewers who still come back after
4:48 years. Like, it's actually crazy. So,
4:50 just trust me on this one. you. This is
4:52 literally like the most important thing
4:55 is just do something or be somebody that
4:57 people want to come back to, if that
4:59 makes sense. So, another thing is you
5:01 want to just do what people want to see
5:04 and then transfer over to what you
5:06 specifically want. So, like if people
5:08 have like a high demand to watch, I
5:10 don't know, Minecraft 100 day content,
5:12 then maybe you could think since people
5:14 like to watch these videos, I'm going to
5:17 make it but make it my way first. So
5:19 then you have your 100 day videos that
5:21 people will be searching for and then
5:23 they'll stumble upon yours so they'll be
5:25 interested and then over time as they as
5:27 they see all that then you want to
5:28 transfer and then you have this little
5:31 audience that likes you for you and not
5:34 for just the 100 days. Some of them will
5:36 only like the 100 days but the best
5:37 audience that you could possibly have is
5:39 the people that will like you for you
5:41 and will watch whatever you post. I mean
5:43 within reason. I mean, don't expect to
5:45 post the most irrelevant thing ever and
5:47 then have everybody come back. Like,
5:49 that's unrealistic. Just keep it keep
5:51 things realistic and at least a little
5:53 relevant. And then I also want to go
5:56 over some unrealistic expectations. So,
5:59 people definitely expect YouTube to be
6:02 easy and everything to just like the
6:04 subs to just stack up quickly, which
6:06 just doesn't happen unless you get this
6:08 like lucky spark or something just
6:10 magical happens. You win the YouTube
6:12 lottery. Like a lot of larger YouTubers
6:14 agree that it's just a lot of luck, too.
6:16 Like if you're not getting raided or
6:18 shouted out by larger people, there's a
6:19 chance you're not going to get huge
6:21 crowds coming to you. But with all the
6:23 steps I've already said, it will
6:24 definitely kind of maximize those
6:26 chances. Just higher chance of getting
6:28 lucky. You're not going to have 100%
6:30 chance of getting lucky, obviously. But,
6:32 you know, when you do get lucky, if you
6:34 actually have good content, people will
6:36 actually stay than if you get lucky and
6:38 have like just videos that people don't
6:40 remember at all. So obviously you
6:42 understand that when you finally do get
6:44 lucky, you will actually have good stuff
6:46 that people will finally come back to
6:48 instead of just some crappy 30-cond
6:51 video with no commentary. I don't know,
6:53 just making fun of my old self cuz, you
6:56 know, just the worst videos of all time.
6:59 Okay? So just don't have unreal
7:02 expectations. Expect it to be slow and
7:05 expect to get a few really good viewers.
7:07 And then the more you do it, the more
7:09 essentially the more you'll get like the
7:11 more viewers you will get. When you have
7:13 more viewers, you kind of have to learn
7:16 how to manage more. Especially on like
7:18 stream streams, videos is like you just
7:19 post a video, have a lot of people watch
7:21 it. But like streams, you got to manage
7:23 a lot of people, but you want to be as
7:25 friendly as possible and respond to
7:28 comments, especially on live streams.
7:29 Wouldn't hurt to respond to comments,
7:31 too. I mean, community engagement makes
7:33 people want to continue giving community
7:35 engagement. I mean, it's that simple.
7:37 Then, I guess one thing that kind of
7:39 demotivates people, I guess myself
7:41 included, is is the monetization
7:43 requirements, which is just the ability
7:45 to run ads. I think it's actually
7:47 different depending what country you
7:48 live in, but in the US it's like you
7:51 need 4,000 watch hours on your videos in
7:53 the last year, which means it has to be
7:56 4,000 hours in the span of 365 days
7:58 exactly. Or at least 4,000. Not exactly.
8:00 Obviously, not like you can't have only
8:02 4,000. That would be stupid. Like at
8:04 least 4,000 I mean. But like streaming
8:07 helps for sure. Longer videos basically.
8:10 This is watch time equals money. The
8:11 longer your videos, the longer your
8:13 streams. You'll get more watch time,
8:14 which will just increase your chances of
8:16 actually getting monetized, which is
8:18 obviously kind of nice. You know,
8:19 getting paid for making videos and stuff
8:21 is just a little better than doing it
8:24 for fun, maybe. Or maybe ruins the fun
8:25 for some people. Just don't don't have
8:27 that mindset. Just do it. And then when
8:29 you get monetized, wow, nothing changes.
8:30 you're still having fun doing it, but
8:32 now you get paid for it. I mean, that's
8:34 a good mindset, I guess. Um, just it's
8:36 always important. Stay determined. Have
8:38 patience in it. Keep trying. If
8:40 something isn't working, there's always
8:42 the option to try something else. After
8:45 all, you can literally upload as much as
8:47 you want. Anything you want. I mean, if
8:49 it's bad, it's going to get taken down.
8:51 Obviously, don't be uploading bad stuff.
8:53 It's that simple, okay? But like, just
8:55 keep throwing stuff at the wall until
8:56 something sticks and gets a little
8:58 better performance and everything else.
9:00 Boom, you've got something. Now work
9:02 with that. Make that better and then
9:03 boom. It's really simple. It's really
9:05 just a matter of trial and error. Just
9:07 do it. You can't do the same thing 600
9:10 times. Like you can't upload a like
9:13 Skywars video 600 times and expect to
9:15 just blow up magically. No, that's just
9:18 time. Like it took 600 videos to get
9:20 views. I'm not giving like a specific
9:22 example. I'm just making that up. But
9:24 like if you do the same thing and they
9:26 all do bad, obviously you're not going
9:27 to grow. But if you're changing things
9:29 up, trying to see what does better and
9:31 then doing the thing that does better,
9:33 obviously it's going to do do well. Then
9:35 something super important too is just
9:38 having like an iconic element to what
9:41 you do. So for me, it's I think we all
9:42 know it's the spatula. I mean, people
9:44 don't really see me as the guy with a
9:46 spatula. I mean, obviously not, but
9:48 that's kind of what I wanted. But if you
9:51 can just carry on a legacy and just kind
9:53 of bring that I don't I don't want to be
9:55 offensive like you know Technoblade his
9:57 he always just had these like sayings
9:59 like he never dies and stuff like it's
10:02 all so iconic to him like if you hear it
10:03 you just know it's Technoblade. It's
10:05 just that was something he was super
10:07 good at is just having this like iconic
10:10 phrases and personality. If you can just
10:12 stand out and have like a confidently
10:15 iconic demeanor to you, then people will
10:17 remember you as the guy who did whatever
10:20 you did. It's just it's really all that
10:22 is. You just you can't be like morally
10:24 wrong or anything like you have to just
10:26 don't do anything that affects people in
10:29 any bad way. Like just be like be funny,
10:32 be just articulate. I don't know.
10:33 Whatever you're good at, if it's
10:35 something that can benefit people, I
10:37 mean, people will will know you. So, I
10:39 guess at the end of the day, to answer
10:41 the actual question of is being a
10:43 YouTuber a waste of time, I would say
10:45 it's definitely not. I mean, it's not. I
10:47 mean, let's be real. Like, in the time
10:49 that you spend grinding YouTube, you
10:53 learn so much stuff like managing a an
10:55 entire like you could call it a
10:56 business. I mean, you got videos, you
10:58 got streams, you got shorts, you got
11:00 thumbnails, you got editing. It's it's
11:02 basically a business. I mean that it's
11:04 almost business management. I I would
11:06 call it that. It's very similar. Like
11:09 I've I've tried some stuff and I got to
11:11 say doing YouTube is very similar if you
11:12 actually like take analytics kind of
11:14 seriously, which I don't have a problem
11:16 with that. People say like don't look at
11:18 analytics, bro. If you want your videos
11:19 to get better, you're going to be
11:20 studying those analytics. I'm sorry.
11:22 Just don't don't let it take over like
11:24 everything. Don't stress out over it.
11:26 Just glance at analytics and make sure
11:28 everything's everything's all geeked up.
11:31 I don't know. uh YouTube you you know
11:33 develops your like artistic and critical
11:36 thinking and just a lot of things that
11:38 will help you in other things too you
11:40 know as I said video editing thumbnail
11:42 making just knowing how to script or
11:45 write or plan a video it's a lot of
11:46 skills that could literally be used for
11:48 other stuff too I don't know examples
11:50 like I don't know just other videos
11:53 other platforms literally just art a lot
11:55 of stuff but yeah um just it's not a
11:59 waste of time at all unless you do it
12:01 for years and years and do nothing else
12:03 all day and then you don't kind of get
12:05 anywhere with it, then I would suggest
12:07 maybe that's not for you. But like as a
12:09 hobby, YouTube is not a waste of time at
12:12 all. It's a completely beneficial hobby.
12:14 Not like crucial, but like doing it is
12:17 not a negative thing at all. So if
12:18 you're like, I'm not going to do YouTube
12:20 cuz it's just a waste of time. If that's
12:22 your mindset, but you want to do
12:23 YouTube, but you're afraid because it's
12:26 going to waste time, but then you have
12:28 not much other stuff going, I I say just
12:31 do it. Just try. And by try, I mean just
12:33 do it for a while. I mean, see if you
12:35 can do it after a little while. Don't
12:38 upload one video like, "Oh, it got five
12:40 views. I can't do this anymore." Bro,
12:42 it's one video. YouTube sometimes
12:44 doesn't even recommend stuff until you
12:45 have like 2 weeks worth of videos. So,
12:48 just upload daily first. do like simple
12:50 daily videos and boom, YouTube starts to
12:51 recognize that you actually have a
12:53 channel with videos and then boom, then
12:55 you can start to space it more once
12:57 YouTube starts getting impressions and
12:59 then make things better quality. And I
13:01 guess the rest is history. I mean, I
13:03 have 1,000 subscribers and this is kind
13:05 of everything I know. And I just I hope
13:08 I kind of let you guys in on some nice
13:10 info. I know it's kind of beginner stuff
13:13 only. I haven't uploaded in a while, but
13:14 I hope this could help somebody. But
13:16 yeah, that's really it. Yeah, just to
13:18 say, yeah, it is not a waste of time.
13:21 It's a good thing to do. And, you know,
13:23 thanks for listening. I'm glad to have
13:26 made a video that might impact hopefully
13:28 somebody at least at least just impact
13:31 your thoughts. Not your actions, but if
13:33 your if your actions are influenced,
13:36 then boom. That's just awesome. Yeah.
13:38 Thanks again. And that's it. Um, I will
13:41 see you someday. I don't know. Subscribe.
