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so you're thinking about starting a
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YouTube channel right the fact that
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you're here watching this with no videos
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uploaded and no Channel Insight says
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you're stuck you're struggling with
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something and that's totally normal but
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don't worry I've been on YouTube long
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enough to know exactly how to help you
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so let's not waste any more time and get
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right to it here's the big idea you're
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going to think I'm crazy but YouTube is
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actually all about not caring I know
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that sounds totally counterintuitive but
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hear me out when you're starting a
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channel your brain is full of doubts
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right like what if nobody watches or
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what if this is just all a giant waste
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of money those thoughts they are poison
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and that's where not caring comes in you
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have to brush those thoughts aside like
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they're just junk mayale dismiss them as
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useless fears because honestly why worry
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about whether you'll get used when the
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truth is you won't get views yeah that's
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the hard truth you have to face most
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creators myself included got no views on
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her first videos especially when you're
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new and figuring it all out here's what
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it's going to look like you will upload
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your first video and for few days it's
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going to sit there totally ignored then
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you upload a second one and maybe that
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one just sits there too that's how it
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goes when you're new it takes time to
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get momentum and there is just no
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shortcut around it when I started my
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tech Channel I had zero audience no
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magical trick to bring people in I knew
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a bit about YouTube sure but that only
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got me a few views here and there not
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enough to blow things up right away it
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took quite a few videos before things
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even began to roll so you have to be
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ready for that the odds of getting big
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off a single video are almost zero
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you've got to be consistent upload
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regularly even when no one's watching
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consistency and Patience are literally
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the keys here and For the Love of All
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Things YouTube stop measuring your
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success by views in the beginning it's
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honestly the wrong way to look at it
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measure your success by how long you've
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been at it I've been a YouTuber for over
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12 years now and my first videos they
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were about card tricks the journey is
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long and those views will come if you
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stick around all you need is one video
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just one that pops off and starts the
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momentum here's the catch you never know
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when that will happen could be the first
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one could be the 50th like when we
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started our AI Channel AI Master we
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weren't expecting our first video to
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blow up but it did and now we're sitting
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over 880,000 subs earn us well let's
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just say a nice income every month that
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one video gave us the push we needed but
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it wasn't guaranteed and it took a lot
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of work to keep that momentum going now
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I know you're probably worried about
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making that first video Perfect totally
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understandable you want to make a good
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impression but here's the reality check
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let go of perfection for your first
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video just let it go look at Mr B's
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first video nothing fancy same with mine
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those early videos of mine are far from
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perfect but they are the necessary
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Stepping Stones quality improves over
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time with practice and experience if you
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keep stressing about getting it perfect
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from day one you will never actually hit
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upload just make the video put put it
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out there and keep improving as you go
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what we're really talking about here
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isn't even the quality of your videos
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it's your mindset it's that fear you
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have of starting with no subscribers
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here's the thing even if you uploaded
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your worst video to someone else's
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popular Channel people would still ask
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who you are when opening the video they
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don't know you yet same idea with your
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new channel no one knows you yet and
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that's normal you have to build that
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reputation and this whole thing about
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need and subscribers forget it
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subscribers are nice but they're not
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everything look at our Tech channel has
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over 100,000 Subs but the actual number
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of return viewers is around 520,000 same
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deal with our AI Channel people watch
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without subscribing and sometimes they
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subscribe without watching subscriber
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count doesn't automatically mean success
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it's more of a Tracker of how long
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you've been putting in the work every
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100 views you get that's like on average
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one new subscriber so if you're aiming
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for that magic number the first th000
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Subs you are aiming for around 100,000
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views but here's where it gets
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interesting it's not your current Subs
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that will push this number up it's that
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first wave of viewers who discover your
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video that really matters this kind of
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Discovery usually happens naturally on
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the big platforms like YouTube Instagram
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Tik Tok they're designed to push content
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out to random folks and see who bites
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but most other social networks were not
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built with that same discoverability in
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mind when you post something the
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algorithm doesn't care if you are
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complete newbie it well tests your video
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out with random users if people Vibe
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with it we are talking likes comments
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views then boom the platform shows it to
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even more people and guess what being
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new and having Zero Subs can actually
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play in your favor believe it or not
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some creators would love to start fresh
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because new accounts often get a little
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push from the platform as it tries to
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figure out where you fit in plus there's
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no baggage from all followers who've
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moved on over time even loyal fans can
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lose interest what people were excited
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about a year ago might not be on their
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radar today so you end up with
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subscribers who just don't click on your
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stuff anymore and those ghost followers
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are actually making it harder for your
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new videos to gain traction because the
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algorithm sees that your own audience
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isn't engaging and assumes the video
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might not be worth showing around so
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yeah sometimes being a newbie does pay
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off so let go of the subscriber count
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and while you're added let go of
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stressing over video quality do you
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really think anyone's going to bounce
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just because your video looks like it
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was shot on the potato yes I'm sitting
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here with two Sony cameras a solid Li in
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setup a nice microphone and a few other
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trinkets that if I switch to an older
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camera or made this video look less
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polished will you click off I know you
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wouldn't and you know it too the truth
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is most people are watching your video
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on their tiny phone screens for them
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there is practically zero difference
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between 4K and 720 so stop getting cut
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up and buying soft boxes fancy cameras
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and mountain of gear just grab your
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phone and start filming what really
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matters to viewers is the information
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you're giv them now audio quality that's
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something that makes a difference bad
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sound yeah that's one of the things that
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will make people click away so focus on
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making sure your audio is clear next
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give people something that feels worth
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their time if someone chooses to watch
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your video make sure they don't walk
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away thinking well that was a waste of
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time give enough value to to make them
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feel like their time was well spent
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that's how you earn loyalty from your
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viewers is it tough to nail this right
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out of the gate absolutely it's going to
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take some practice if one video doesn't
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pop make another and another and another
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but that brings us to a real issue
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burnout you don't want that trust me the
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best way I found to avoid burning out is
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by building a team when you have a crew
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that can step in and help it's a game
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changer my tech Channel my AI Channel
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even the channels of our clients they
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are successful because of the teams
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behind them behind every video there is
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a creative director script writer host
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cameraman and an editor trying to do it
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all solo can be risky and exhausting if
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you're serious about making this channel
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work get yourself a team my team for
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example can help you with your channel
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we do all the research so if you're
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struggling with ideas we got you we help
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create an optimize and efficient content
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plan that will make it much easier for
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you to pump out content and scripting we
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do that too with with us your videos
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will not be boring anymore we write
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scripts for high retention and if you
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film videos at home our director will
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help you set up a home studio lights
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camera background everything we can also
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edit the videos for you and even publish
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them with thumbnails that get clicks and
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SEO that ensures that right people get
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to see your video with us you only have
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to sit in front of the camera and talk
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while we take care of the rest and if
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you don't want to show your face fine we
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work with faist channels too and they
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are showing great results I will leave a
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link in the description to Quick
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questionnaire fill it out get in touch
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and maybe we'll be the team that helps
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you get there so what's stopping you now
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worried about what people might think
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let me tell you a secret no one actually
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cares at least not until you get big
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when I started my first channel I was
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worried too thinking everyone was
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watching and judging but here's the
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truth days went by then weeks then
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months and nobody said a thing I was
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posting video after video and it was
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radio silence but the second I hit the
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first big moment suddenly the DM started
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rolling in friends from scho were
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reaching out and words spread fast some
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people were supportive genuinely happy
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for me and others well let's just say
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they had questions why is he making
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these silly videos instead of focusing
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on real stuff since we're kids Society
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has this way of teaching us to stay
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quiet to play small you are too young
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what do you know or I will care what you
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think when you're the boss all that
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nonsense but being a YouTuber is about
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pushing back against all that you've got
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to believe that your voice does matter
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that your opinions and ideas are worth
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sharing with the world look anyone
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stalking shels and Tech ale at Walmart
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can review a phone list its price list
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its specs throw it on YouTube and start
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raging abuse maybe even some cash let's
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be real for a sec most of them aren't
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working there because they're hardcore
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Tech enthusiasts or always dreamed of
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sell phones they just ended up there a
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lot of people are in jobs that doesn't
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tap into their real potential or passion
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they are clocking in clocking out and
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wondering if there is something more and
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that's why you need to put yourself out
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there start sharing what you know what
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you think and what you love because if
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you're passionate about it someone else
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out there will be too now think about a
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doctor or a teacher they're not earning
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Millions not because their work is
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invaluable because those careers don't
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scale easily a doctor can treat
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thousands of patients at once and a
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teacher can only teach one class at a
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time sure they could take on some extra
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work like tutoring or Consulting but
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that's about as far as it chaos now if
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that same teacher starts making videos
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on math certainly they can reach
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thousands the millions and that's the
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beauty of the internet it rewards reach
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it loves scalability so if you're
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hesitating doubting yourself here's what
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I want you to remember even if you can't
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fully trust yourself just yet lean on
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the fact that I I believe in you that's
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all you need to take the first step
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here's what you should do right now stop
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caring about all the doubts and worries
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just let it go you have to learn The Art
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of Letting Go starting a channel is a
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leap of faith and you only need enough
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strength to take the first step because
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if you do means you've got what it takes
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to keep going to upload regularly and to
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get better and if you run into booms
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along the way hit that link in the
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description and let us know we'll help
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you out thanks for watching and I'll see
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you next time