The Blueprint to Make $$$ on YouTube from Day 1
Summary
TLDRThe video outlines a strategic approach to earning a sustainable income on YouTube by using the platform as a search engine rather than just focusing on entertainment. It emphasizes teaching valuable content and building authority and audience concurrently. By understanding audience needs and optimizing video topics for searchability, creators can generate targeted views that lead to income, instead of relying solely on the YouTube Partner Program or AdSense. The video stresses the importance of building an email list as a means of maintaining an audience outside of YouTube, which helps in nurturing leads and eventual sales. The strategy presented also includes monetizing knowledge through online courses and educating viewers on solving specific pain points. Tailored content that aligns with the target audience can lead to more effective conversion into paying clients, even with smaller subscriber numbers. This approach ensures creators are not only building an organic following but are also monetizing their expertise effectively.
Takeaways
- 📈 Leverage YouTube as a search engine to grow sustainably.
- 🎥 Teach something valuable to generate income from day one.
- 💡 Focus on quality, targeted views, not large numbers.
- 🔍 Algorithm domination helps in reaching targeted audience.
- 🚫 Avoid reliance solely on YouTube's Partner Program.
- 📧 Cultivate an email list for direct audience engagement.
- 🎯 Create relevant content to build authority and attract ideal clients.
- 📊 Key metrics: retention rate and click-through rate.
- ⚙️ Use online courses to monetize knowledge effectively.
- 📝 Develop content with a clear transformation statement.
Timeline
- 00:00:00 - 00:05:00
The video discusses how YouTube is a platform not only for entertainment but also the second largest search engine globally. To generate a sustainable income without needing a large number of views or subscribers, one should teach valuable content. The speaker shares examples of people who earned significant income with few subscribers by teaching niche topics.
- 00:05:00 - 00:10:00
The speaker introduces a strategy to make money from day one on YouTube, without relying on AdSense, brand sponsors, or being part of the partner program. This is important as many creators feel burnt out earning less than $1000/month. The strategy is to treat YouTube as a search engine rather than just an entertainment platform.
- 00:10:00 - 00:15:00
The traditional method of publishing and hoping for results is ineffective. Instead, one should work with YouTube’s natural function as a search engine. By targeting specific knowledge areas, creators can attract quality and highly-targeted views, making the algorithm work in their favor, thereby gaining control over the process.
- 00:15:00 - 00:20:00
To build authority and audience simultaneously, creators must determine what they want to be known for and leverage their credibility and expertise. Random content creation leads to frustration. Instead, focus on algorithm domination by serving an ideal viewer with relevant content to build a dedicated and paying audience.
- 00:20:00 - 00:25:00
The video describes the process of starting with search traffic to build a baseline audience through targeted content that addresses specific pain points and FAQs. This foundational audience grows over time, leading to increased engagement and conversion by tapping into YouTube's internal traffic sources.
- 00:25:00 - 00:30:00
Emphasizing the importance of monetizing expertise through an online course, the speaker explains how digital products should provide transformation with a clear journey from a 'zero state' to a 'hero state' for clients. This approach leverages YouTube's platform to attract the right audience and convert them into paying customers.
- 00:30:00 - 00:35:00
It is highlighted that creators should drive their viewers to an email list, as they do not own YouTube or social platforms. An email list allows direct communication and content promotion, enhancing audience engagement and creating a dependable client base outside of YouTube's algorithm-dependent exposure.
- 00:35:00 - 00:40:00
The content scaling funnel is introduced as a method to convert viewers into clients by using varied content at different stages of a customer's journey. The importance of having different types of content like ebooks, webinars, and direct calls to action to cater to cold, warm, and hot leads is discussed.
- 00:40:00 - 00:45:08
The video concludes that the success of content relies on relevance and targeted reach. Creating less, but more focused content on YouTube can lead to higher ROI. By leveraging a strategic approach, creators can build authority faster, ensure ongoing growth, and maintain monetization control regardless of algorithm changes.
Mind Map
Video Q&A
How can I generate income on YouTube from the beginning?
You can generate income by teaching something, leveraging your expertise to attract a targeted audience, and using YouTube's search engine function to reach people interested in paying for your knowledge.
Do I need a high number of views or subscribers to earn from YouTube?
No, focusing on creating quality and targeted content can lead to earnings without a large number of views or subscribers.
What is the Publish and Hope method?
The Publish and Hope method involves putting up content regularly and hoping it generates income, though it often results in working for the algorithm rather than with it.
What is algorithm domination?
Algorithm domination is a strategy that aligns your content with YouTube's search functionalities, allowing you to be discovered by viewers interested in your expertise.
Do I need to be part of the Partner Program to earn on YouTube?
No, the video suggests that relying solely on the Partner Program can be limiting and proposes alternative ways to earn using YouTube.
What importance does an email list have in this strategy?
An email list is crucial for building a personal audience off-platform, which allows direct communication with viewers and potential clients.
What is the significance of creating relevant content?
Relevant content attracts your target audience, teaches the algorithm who to show it to, and positions you as an authority, helping to drive more targeted traffic to your channel.
Can small audiences lead to big business according to this strategy?
Yes, with a focused approach and relevant content, even a small audience can generate significant income.
Why is having a transformation statement essential?
A transformation statement helps define what you want to be known for and guides the creation of content that supports your online program and attracts ideal clients.
What are the key metrics for measuring success with this strategy?
Key metrics include retention rate and click-through rate, which measure how engaging and relevant your content is to viewers.
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- 00:00:00every single day from every corner of
- 00:00:02the world there are over three billion
- 00:00:05people typing into the YouTube search
- 00:00:07bar things like how to train my dog or
- 00:00:09how to do your own bookkeeping or how to
- 00:00:11dance and yes this is an entertainment
- 00:00:14platform but it's still the second
- 00:00:16largest search engine in the world and
- 00:00:18if you want to generate an income off of
- 00:00:20this platform from the beginning you
- 00:00:21need to use it in that way so if we know
- 00:00:25that over 3 billion people are coming
- 00:00:27here every single day to learn something
- 00:00:30what's the most effective or efficient
- 00:00:32way to generate an income that's real
- 00:00:35and sustainable from the beginning
- 00:00:38without a lot of views or subscribers
- 00:00:40teach something for almost a decade now
- 00:00:43I have studied YouTube I've used it
- 00:00:45myself and I've taught thousands of
- 00:00:47people how to turn their channels into a
- 00:00:49very real and very consistent income
- 00:00:52like Nate who teaches people how to pass
- 00:00:54the Certified Management accountant exam
- 00:00:56and his very first video on his channel
- 00:00:58generated his first 600 $77 within 2
- 00:01:01hours or solom who teaches German and
- 00:01:04had less than a thousand subscribers
- 00:01:06when she hit her first 10K month or
- 00:01:08Jeffrey who teaches men how to save
- 00:01:10their relationships and was hitting
- 00:01:12consistent 10K months with less than 700
- 00:01:15subscribers and now has gone on to
- 00:01:17generate multiple Millions from his
- 00:01:19channel so in this video I'm going to
- 00:01:20show you the strategy to earn an income
- 00:01:22from YouTube from day one without a ton
- 00:01:27of views or subscribers any affiliate
- 00:01:29Market marketing without having to have
- 00:01:31brand sponsors and sponsored content and
- 00:01:34most importantly without having to rely
- 00:01:37on the qualifications to get you to be a
- 00:01:40part of the partner
- 00:01:44program none of those things are
- 00:01:46required and why this is really
- 00:01:48important is because if we're looking at
- 00:01:50just these options a recent study
- 00:01:52actually showed that
- 00:01:5448% of content creators are burnt out
- 00:01:57and frustrated because they're
- 00:01:58generating less than $1,000 a month even
- 00:02:01though they're working their butts off
- 00:02:03to try and achieve all of these things
- 00:02:05these can be nice side income if you
- 00:02:07want to leverage them but if you want a
- 00:02:09real full-time income this strategy is
- 00:02:11the most effective way to do so and let
- 00:02:14me tell you if you're solely focused on
- 00:02:16the partner program and generating
- 00:02:17AdSense well I have a Channel of over
- 00:02:19500,000 subscribers and this is how much
- 00:02:21I made from my channel in the last month
- 00:02:24compared to what I made with this
- 00:02:26strategy in the last month so let's get
- 00:02:29into how to turn YouTube
- 00:02:32into a passive income machine before I
- 00:02:35get into these details I have put
- 00:02:37together a free guide on the 10 steps to
- 00:02:39turn your knowledge into a full-time
- 00:02:41income if you want it just comment below
- 00:02:43the video give me the guide and we'll be
- 00:02:44sure to send you over the link to
- 00:02:46download it so really there's kind of
- 00:02:48two ways that people approach YouTube
- 00:02:49and the first way is what I call the
- 00:02:53publish and hope method so this is
- 00:02:57totally normal to tackle it in this way
- 00:02:59which means you're just putting up
- 00:03:01YouTube content and you're consistently
- 00:03:03making that content you're kind of just
- 00:03:04hoping that eventually it's just going
- 00:03:06to magically make you some money or
- 00:03:08generate some AdSense revenue or
- 00:03:09whatever it may be the problem with this
- 00:03:12is that a lot of people want to become a
- 00:03:13content creator because they want that
- 00:03:15creative freedom and they want that time
- 00:03:16Freedom as well and this kind of
- 00:03:18destroys that and what it also does is
- 00:03:20it positions you to
- 00:03:23work
- 00:03:25for
- 00:03:26the
- 00:03:28algorithm because you're constantly
- 00:03:30chasing the algorithm giving you the
- 00:03:34signals you need to actually have
- 00:03:36success with a video and you really
- 00:03:38don't have a ton of control over that
- 00:03:40you can make the best video in the world
- 00:03:42and it may get crickets so the
- 00:03:44alternative to that is
- 00:03:47work with the
- 00:03:52natural
- 00:03:55function of YouTube and I talked about
- 00:03:59this earlier this is a search engine and
- 00:04:01I know that we see these big huge
- 00:04:03creators simply using it to entertain
- 00:04:05but that's a small percentage of
- 00:04:08creators here on YouTube and it's a
- 00:04:10really tough game to play because really
- 00:04:12you're not in control of how the
- 00:04:14algorithm serves up your content who it
- 00:04:16serves it to Etc and it's a really
- 00:04:17really hard road now when you work with
- 00:04:20the natural function of YouTube as a
- 00:04:22search engine and you position yourself
- 00:04:25to be found by people who' be interested
- 00:04:27in paying you for your expert exper and
- 00:04:30your knowledge that puts you in the
- 00:04:32power position what that does it allows
- 00:04:34you to
- 00:04:36make the
- 00:04:41algorithm
- 00:04:42work
- 00:04:44for you so you become the boss and no
- 00:04:48longer is the algorithm the boss of you
- 00:04:50and this doesn't require you to have a
- 00:04:52ton of views it requires you to have
- 00:04:53really quality targeted views and
- 00:04:56subscribers which completely flips the
- 00:04:58game on its head and gives you so much
- 00:05:01of your time energy resources and power
- 00:05:03back so really the strategy behind this
- 00:05:07is first and foremost what do you want
- 00:05:10to be known for and what's the thing
- 00:05:11that you can talk about with a sense of
- 00:05:13credibility and experience and expertise
- 00:05:15behind you and that is what you're going
- 00:05:17to build Authority in inside of the
- 00:05:19algorithm what that does is it also
- 00:05:21builds your audience so it's Authority
- 00:05:23and audience at the exact same time
- 00:05:25which positions you in a really really
- 00:05:27solid place to consistently be
- 00:05:29discovered by new folks who would
- 00:05:31actually want to pay you for your
- 00:05:32knowledge so we're going to talk more
- 00:05:34about how you actually monetize your
- 00:05:35knowledge and sell it a little bit later
- 00:05:37but these are kind of the basics that
- 00:05:39you need to know before we dig in okay
- 00:05:40so let's talk about how most people um
- 00:05:44get themselves into what I call the
- 00:05:45hamster wheel on YouTube of just
- 00:05:47constant content creation and a lot of
- 00:05:50frustration so what it looks like is you
- 00:05:54create
- 00:05:57random content
- 00:06:00which leads to creating
- 00:06:03more random
- 00:06:05content and nothing works this leads to
- 00:06:08crickets and it just creates the
- 00:06:11self-fulfilling hamster wheel of you
- 00:06:13nonstop creating content and hoping that
- 00:06:15one of them is going to hit why I call
- 00:06:17this hamster wheel is ultimately because
- 00:06:20you're really just guessing you're
- 00:06:21guessing and you're hoping as I said
- 00:06:22earlier that one of these pieces of
- 00:06:24content is going to hit but even when it
- 00:06:26hits what does that really mean because
- 00:06:28generally it's not going to bring in a
- 00:06:29ton of income for you and it's not going
- 00:06:30to really allow you to sustain the work
- 00:06:32and the time and the energy that you're
- 00:06:34putting into creating this content so
- 00:06:36the other way to approach
- 00:06:38it is what I call algorithm domination
- 00:06:41so algorithm domination follows a very
- 00:06:44specific strategy and it creates the
- 00:06:47opposite of that hamster wheel it
- 00:06:49actually creates this engine that fuels
- 00:06:51your growth and your Authority building
- 00:06:53so ultimately it has to start with who
- 00:06:55are you trying to serve
- 00:06:57so ideal
- 00:07:00viewer who is the person who's going be
- 00:07:02most interested in what you have to say
- 00:07:04from there this is the probably the
- 00:07:06biggest word I need you to remember from
- 00:07:08this
- 00:07:09video
- 00:07:12relevant
- 00:07:14content we need to make sure that any
- 00:07:17content you create is not random it's
- 00:07:18relevant and it feeds back to this ideal
- 00:07:21viewer and it's exactly what they want
- 00:07:23to see and hear and learn from you
- 00:07:26because what does that do it starts to
- 00:07:29teach the algorithm oh okay this channel
- 00:07:33is about this and they're trying to
- 00:07:34reach this kind of person and so what
- 00:07:36that does is then the algorithm actually
- 00:07:38knows what the heck to do with your
- 00:07:39videos and your channel and you're not
- 00:07:40kind of fighting this uphill battle with
- 00:07:42each piece of content you post you're
- 00:07:43actually going oh I know exactly who
- 00:07:45this is made for and I know I'm starting
- 00:07:47to build a little audience around that
- 00:07:49and the algorithm is starting to
- 00:07:51understand who you want to reach so then
- 00:07:52it starts to work for you as I mentioned
- 00:07:54earlier and it starts to serve your
- 00:07:55content out
- 00:07:57using its internal traffic sources so
- 00:08:00we'll talk more about this later but
- 00:08:02that those are things like browse
- 00:08:04suggested and search traffic sources and
- 00:08:06I think the big takeaway from
- 00:08:08understanding why this works so well is
- 00:08:09because especially in the beginning of
- 00:08:12when you were starting to grow a channel
- 00:08:14this is a harsh truth but it's true no
- 00:08:18one
- 00:08:19cares no one cares about your channel no
- 00:08:22one cares about your content someone
- 00:08:24told me the other day they're like my
- 00:08:25mom won't even watch my YouTube videos
- 00:08:26and that's the truth so what you have to
- 00:08:28do is you have to make people care and
- 00:08:31following this strategy and knowing who
- 00:08:33you're actually trying to reach it works
- 00:08:35in your favor and so the process of this
- 00:08:38is we need to focus on that search
- 00:08:39traffic first and foremost so what this
- 00:08:41looks like is I kind of call it the
- 00:08:43hockey stick of growth so you have your
- 00:08:45first couple of videos I usually
- 00:08:47recommend like your first eight videos
- 00:08:48or really test videos because ultimately
- 00:08:50we have to put content out in order to
- 00:08:53know what works and what doesn't but in
- 00:08:55those first test videos we need to make
- 00:08:57make sure that we know who we're trying
- 00:08:59to reach each and making relevant
- 00:09:00content for them so this little engine
- 00:09:02can start to work from the beginning and
- 00:09:06once you understand okay we have a bit
- 00:09:08of a baseline here we know kind of the
- 00:09:09data that we're collecting we know which
- 00:09:11videos are working which videos aren't
- 00:09:13which one videos are generating
- 00:09:14engagement then you start to focus on
- 00:09:18search traffic so that is the first
- 00:09:21focus on your YouTube channel so that
- 00:09:23means you're making content that
- 00:09:24addresses pain points FAQs Etc I'm going
- 00:09:26to dig more into this strategy a little
- 00:09:27bit later and from there what it
- 00:09:30does is you start to build a little
- 00:09:32Baseline of audience members these are
- 00:09:35audience members if you were wondering
- 00:09:36what I was drawing here so you start to
- 00:09:38build this little Baseline of audience
- 00:09:40members and they're finding you through
- 00:09:42the search result so they're sitting
- 00:09:44there typing into the search bar as I
- 00:09:46said earlier and they're finding you
- 00:09:48with a helpful answer a valuable video
- 00:09:50you're becoming a thought leader and an
- 00:09:51authority even if you're starting from
- 00:09:53scratch if you have good valuable
- 00:09:54content people will listen so they're
- 00:09:57seeking out your help and advice
- 00:10:00they find you through search results and
- 00:10:02then what happens is they start to
- 00:10:03subscribe then when you put out more
- 00:10:05content your content becomes suggested
- 00:10:09to that original audience and this is
- 00:10:12where things get really interesting as
- 00:10:14long as we focus on relevant content and
- 00:10:17you don't go off path and post something
- 00:10:20random what happens from
- 00:10:23here is you start to tap into browse
- 00:10:26traffic and all three traffic sources
- 00:10:30working out once for you so what this
- 00:10:32does is it means that every time you
- 00:10:34post a video not only is this initial
- 00:10:36audience getting suggested your your
- 00:10:38content but you're also then getting
- 00:10:40pushed on the homepage to relevant ideal
- 00:10:43viewers through the traffic sources not
- 00:10:46through your own doing but the algorithm
- 00:10:48is actually starting to work for you so
- 00:10:50that gives you an understanding of how
- 00:10:52the actual process works in detail but
- 00:10:55this also brings me to the number one ru
- 00:10:59of
- 00:11:00monetizing from day one as a reminder if
- 00:11:03you want my free guide on the 10 steps
- 00:11:05to turn your existing knowledge into a
- 00:11:06full-time income online comment below
- 00:11:08with give me the guide and we'll send
- 00:11:10you the link so I mentioned earlier
- 00:11:12people want to pay for your expertise
- 00:11:14but you're probably thinking but if I'm
- 00:11:15putting out free content why would they
- 00:11:16pay well there's a lot of
- 00:11:18reasons um that I've talked about in
- 00:11:20past videos but honestly we're in a day
- 00:11:22and age where there is an information
- 00:11:23overload so people are really seeking
- 00:11:25out experts they're seeking out people
- 00:11:27who know what they're talking about and
- 00:11:28have a lot of credibility so if you can
- 00:11:30position yourself to be found as I just
- 00:11:32spoke about there is a lot of trust
- 00:11:34built there and you can only teach so
- 00:11:37much through YouTube content the real
- 00:11:39transformation happens with an actual
- 00:11:41blueprint road map and method that is
- 00:11:43packaged so that is how we can actually
- 00:11:46monetize your knowledge from YouTube
- 00:11:48without having to rely on those other
- 00:11:49sources like AdSense and Affiliates and
- 00:11:51all those things
- 00:11:54so I'm gonna I was going to write it out
- 00:11:56but we're just going to make it small
- 00:11:57online course is what that stands for
- 00:11:59the um online course and then from
- 00:12:05there what am I doing ideal there we go
- 00:12:09ideal
- 00:12:11viewer which spoiler alert that is
- 00:12:14also
- 00:12:16customer and then from there we're
- 00:12:19actually going to create a price point
- 00:12:22for this so your productized knowledge
- 00:12:24which is your online course we're going
- 00:12:25to create a price point for this that is
- 00:12:27based on the value of the outcome
- 00:12:29so if you're wondering about creating a
- 00:12:32digital product or an online course at
- 00:12:33the bare minimum and this is what I've
- 00:12:36been doing for a long time and pairing
- 00:12:38together YouTube plus online
- 00:12:42course the online course has to do
- 00:12:44something where it takes your client on
- 00:12:46what we call the ideal client Journey so
- 00:12:48it really takes them from this zero
- 00:12:50state to this hero state so the price of
- 00:12:53your program needs to be based on the
- 00:12:54hero State and that's really based on a
- 00:12:56transformation and it's not just you
- 00:12:57providing a bunch of information that's
- 00:12:59why it's really hard to monetize your
- 00:13:00knowledge on YouTube alone because
- 00:13:03there's so much information out there
- 00:13:05and it's a sea of information so when
- 00:13:07you can actually create something that
- 00:13:09transforms people then you have the you
- 00:13:12know ability to charge based on the
- 00:13:15outcome they're going to achieve from
- 00:13:16following that road mapap from following
- 00:13:18that blueprint but you're leveraging
- 00:13:20YouTube to sort of position yourself as
- 00:13:22your as the expert and get them in the
- 00:13:24door so I've talked about two really
- 00:13:26really important factors here that are
- 00:13:27really the base of this actually working
- 00:13:28as as a strategy and it was the
- 00:13:32what you want to be known for and
- 00:13:36who you want to reach so that's your
- 00:13:38ideal viewer and once we understand
- 00:13:41these things everything else becomes a
- 00:13:42lot easier because every single video
- 00:13:44you make needs to be directly reflective
- 00:13:47and relevant to those two factors so a
- 00:13:49really easy way to position this is to
- 00:13:51come up with what we call your
- 00:13:52transformation statement which is
- 00:13:54ultimately the Baseline of what you're
- 00:13:55going to create your online course
- 00:13:56around so it's simply put as this
- 00:13:59I
- 00:14:00help ideal client at their zero State go
- 00:14:06from zero state to Hero state so
- 00:14:12that they
- 00:14:15can there we go uh achieve desired
- 00:14:18feelings and outcomes related to getting
- 00:14:21to that hero state so if you can just
- 00:14:23fill in these blanks this is the very
- 00:14:24basis of creating content content that's
- 00:14:26actually going to bring in relev ideal
- 00:14:29clients for this online program and this
- 00:14:32really speaks to the fact that a very
- 00:14:34small audience with those examples that
- 00:14:36I shared at the beginning of the video a
- 00:14:37very small audience can really create a
- 00:14:40big business because
- 00:14:42one view can equal one client for your
- 00:14:48online program so that turns it from you
- 00:14:52sort of waiting to monetize your channel
- 00:14:55and your content to being in full
- 00:14:57control from the very very beginning and
- 00:15:00why this is so vital for you to know
- 00:15:02especially in terms of that flywheel
- 00:15:03that we just talked about is that if
- 00:15:06your ideal viewer is subscribing for a
- 00:15:09certain kind of content on a certain
- 00:15:12topic that's what they're going to want
- 00:15:14to watch more of so where people go
- 00:15:16sideways and South with this and it
- 00:15:18doesn't work very well is they start to
- 00:15:21unfortunately create random content that
- 00:15:23just doesn't appeal to the ideal viewer
- 00:15:25anymore and it's pretty simple if you
- 00:15:26have content pieces that you know
- 00:15:29generate High retention on them meaning
- 00:15:31people are watching the whole video and
- 00:15:32you're getting really good feedback and
- 00:15:34signals to say that people are engaging
- 00:15:36with it that's a huge clue as to the
- 00:15:38kinds of topics you want to make moving
- 00:15:40forward to further build your Authority
- 00:15:41and attract even more of these ideal
- 00:15:43viewers but the problem is if you start
- 00:15:45creating random content it's going to
- 00:15:47kill the all the momentum and it's going
- 00:15:49to really not allow you to ultimately
- 00:15:51monetize the the knowledge that you have
- 00:15:53in this way so we always want to feed
- 00:15:56that flywheel the right flywheel not the
- 00:15:58hamster wheel so from there I want to
- 00:16:00talk about something that's vitally
- 00:16:01important which you might have had some
- 00:16:03Clues to thus far but you do not own
- 00:16:06YouTube so ultimately you don't own the
- 00:16:09algorithm you have no control over the
- 00:16:11algorithm on really any social platform
- 00:16:13which is why an email list is crucial to
- 00:16:16your success in growing any kind of
- 00:16:18online business so at the very bare
- 00:16:21minimum when you're creating relevant
- 00:16:23content to your ideal viewer you
- 00:16:27absolutely have to be driving those
- 00:16:29viewers to an email list because what
- 00:16:32that allows you to do is it allows you
- 00:16:34to build your own audience off of the
- 00:16:36platform so what that does is it creates
- 00:16:39this really incredible process that
- 00:16:41every time you have a new video you have
- 00:16:43a built-in audience you're not sitting
- 00:16:44there waiting for the algorithm to push
- 00:16:45your content to people you actually can
- 00:16:47send your email list to your video and
- 00:16:50what do you think that does well these
- 00:16:52people are hyper targeted because we're
- 00:16:53making relevant content for that ideal
- 00:16:55viewer therefore every video you create
- 00:16:58is pretty darn interesting to them so
- 00:16:59then they're going to click on the link
- 00:17:01from the email go to the YouTube video
- 00:17:02give it a like subscribe if they haven't
- 00:17:04yet leave a comment and that tells
- 00:17:07YouTube wow this person really knows
- 00:17:09what they're talking about they're
- 00:17:10getting a ton of engagement on their
- 00:17:11videos and it's quality engagement we
- 00:17:13should start pushing their videos out
- 00:17:15more to more ideal viewers which brings
- 00:17:16you in potentially more clients and
- 00:17:18customers so how do you get people onto
- 00:17:20your email list well there are a bunch
- 00:17:22of ways to do this but in the very
- 00:17:24beginning even just setting up one of
- 00:17:26the first things that I did was just
- 00:17:27setting up a very simple PDF checklist
- 00:17:30that was relevant to the content that I
- 00:17:32was creating so that's an easy step for
- 00:17:34you to just create a PDF you could do it
- 00:17:36in something like canva or even in
- 00:17:38keynote or PowerPoint turn it into a PDF
- 00:17:41and then just create a simple landing
- 00:17:42page that people can go to type in their
- 00:17:43email address and then they get the lead
- 00:17:46magnet in return through their email
- 00:17:48from there they're on your list and then
- 00:17:50you can continue to nurture them with
- 00:17:52value and also you can position yourself
- 00:17:54as a further Authority for them to make
- 00:17:56them more incentivized and to build more
- 00:17:58trust with with you to become a part of
- 00:18:00your paid offer or your paid online
- 00:18:02program so really to sum this up what
- 00:18:05you need to know is you have to have
- 00:18:06your
- 00:18:08content plus a call to action from the
- 00:18:13beginning and even if you have nothing
- 00:18:14to sell right now that's okay if you are
- 00:18:17creating content at the bare minimum
- 00:18:18start building this email list because
- 00:18:20when you do have something to sell
- 00:18:21you'll actually have people to sell it
- 00:18:23to and not have to rely on the algorithm
- 00:18:25to show you to the right people and if
- 00:18:27you want to see this sort of like chunk
- 00:18:28L out and exactly how it flows is we go
- 00:18:31from the
- 00:18:33video to the
- 00:18:35CTA which gets people to click a link
- 00:18:38which gets them their freebie of
- 00:18:40whatever that may be so let's say it's a
- 00:18:42lead
- 00:18:43magnet which could be you know a
- 00:18:45checklist a PDF an ebook Etc once they
- 00:18:48then download that lead magnet they're
- 00:18:50on your email list so they're going to
- 00:18:51start getting emails sent to them and
- 00:18:54one of those emails is going to be your
- 00:18:56YouTube video every week which again
- 00:18:57just continues to your Authority with
- 00:18:59this audience that you actually own and
- 00:19:02is your biggest asset in your online
- 00:19:03business and from there eventually
- 00:19:06you're going to get to a place where if
- 00:19:07they aren't incentivized to become a
- 00:19:09part of your online program right away
- 00:19:12because you're continuing to nurture
- 00:19:13them at some point you'll have another
- 00:19:15CTA
- 00:19:16to work with
- 00:19:20you and why this work so well is because
- 00:19:24once they've gone through this whole
- 00:19:25process they are so warm and warmed up
- 00:19:29and nurtured to have enough trust in you
- 00:19:32to go yeah I think this is the person I
- 00:19:34want to work with because you're not
- 00:19:35just going straight from a stranger on
- 00:19:37the street asking them to buy what you
- 00:19:39have to sell to you actually start to
- 00:19:41build a relationship with them through
- 00:19:42this constant communication and constant
- 00:19:44value ad which makes it a lot easier to
- 00:19:47turn these strangers who discover you on
- 00:19:49YouTube through search or suggested or
- 00:19:50browse
- 00:19:52into paying clients so let's talk a
- 00:19:55little bit more in depth about what it
- 00:19:57actually looks like to convert strangers
- 00:19:59into potential clients and we call
- 00:20:03[Applause]
- 00:20:04this content scaling funnel or the
- 00:20:07YouTube scaling funnel and so to
- 00:20:11conceptualize this if we're at the top
- 00:20:13here and we're bringing somebody all the
- 00:20:16way down here it's going to be a longer
- 00:20:19sales cycle for that person to become a
- 00:20:21client from stranger to client so you
- 00:20:24want to think about the the sales
- 00:20:26happening at the bottom so in some cases
- 00:20:29this makes a lot of sense so if it's
- 00:20:31more of a cold lead meaning somebody who
- 00:20:35doesn't really know why they would need
- 00:20:37your expertise or your knowledge or help
- 00:20:39of any kind but they kind of are in the
- 00:20:42realm of starting to do a little bit of
- 00:20:43research especially on YouTube we want
- 00:20:45to serve them something that's valuable
- 00:20:47but not taking them directly to the sale
- 00:20:49because that's not going to make any
- 00:20:50sense and they're not ready for it
- 00:20:51they're not at the point in their
- 00:20:53customer Journey where that would make
- 00:20:54sense so the best thing to offer
- 00:20:56somebody at this stage is really an
- 00:20:58ebook
- 00:20:59you know checklist PDF Etc something
- 00:21:01that's a a low barrier to entry and not
- 00:21:04super intensive for them to have to go
- 00:21:06through because their commitment level
- 00:21:08at this at this stage is is low whereas
- 00:21:11the middle of the funnel is
- 00:21:12warmer they're not hot yet but they're
- 00:21:15warmer they're kind of like dipping
- 00:21:16their toe in and feeling out the water
- 00:21:19they're a little more advanced in their
- 00:21:20research they know that they're seeking
- 00:21:22out some kind of a solution but they're
- 00:21:23still in the middle part of their
- 00:21:25customer Journey so at this stage what
- 00:21:26makes a ton of sense is to br with a
- 00:21:29webinar training of some kind which is
- 00:21:30just a video training that's super in-
- 00:21:32depth on your method and that warms them
- 00:21:35up and educates them as to why they
- 00:21:36should become a buyer and their journey
- 00:21:39to becoming a buyer is much shorter now
- 00:21:41a hot weed is here at the bottom and
- 00:21:43you'll notice that it gets goes from
- 00:21:45bigger to smaller and the reason is is
- 00:21:47because your hottest leads it's going to
- 00:21:49be a much smaller group of people that
- 00:21:51are really at that place where they're
- 00:21:52like I am ready for help I am ready to
- 00:21:54buy I'm ready to become a client and
- 00:21:56actually do the work but even though
- 00:21:58it's small it's really really really
- 00:22:01important so this person is pretty much
- 00:22:02ready to go right to buy so for this
- 00:22:05person you can give them your conversion
- 00:22:06call to action what I mean by that it
- 00:22:08could be a buy button it could be apply
- 00:22:11for a strategy session it could be
- 00:22:12getting on a call with you or your team
- 00:22:15to potentially become a client but you
- 00:22:17can make their journey to sale a lot
- 00:22:19shorter because they actually are in
- 00:22:23pain they have
- 00:22:26urgency and most important importantly
- 00:22:28they have intent and that is the key to
- 00:22:31YouTube it is an intent based platform
- 00:22:34if you think about paid advertising of
- 00:22:36any kind it's kind of popping up when
- 00:22:38you least expect it whereas on YouTube
- 00:22:41people are actually sitting there and
- 00:22:42typing into the search bar to find
- 00:22:44solutions to their problems and answers
- 00:22:46to their questions so their intent is
- 00:22:49very high in finding a solution which is
- 00:22:52why it makes the leads on YouTube really
- 00:22:54really warm and also they tend to be
- 00:22:57extremely hot so that Sal cycle tends to
- 00:22:59be really really short to go from the
- 00:23:01content the free content to becoming a
- 00:23:04paid member of your program and that
- 00:23:06allows us to really understand okay
- 00:23:08obviously the content has to be good
- 00:23:10right so I think a big key to this is
- 00:23:12understanding that the content itself
- 00:23:14when I say it needs to be good it's not
- 00:23:15that it has to have high production
- 00:23:17value by any means my videos for a very
- 00:23:19long time it was me sitting in front of
- 00:23:20a webcam and a window and that worked
- 00:23:23very well in implementing this entire
- 00:23:25strategy so it's more so about the value
- 00:23:28of what you're saying in your videos
- 00:23:29needs to be super high and again super
- 00:23:31relevant to the person who's in that
- 00:23:33place where they're seeking out a
- 00:23:34solution so this brings me to what we
- 00:23:37call cracking the code on YouTube so
- 00:23:38being on this platform for so long now
- 00:23:41and working with thousands of people to
- 00:23:42develop this
- 00:23:44strategy it comes down to
- 00:23:48Content
- 00:23:54optimization development
- 00:23:59and
- 00:24:02expansion and each of these phases has
- 00:24:04to go in this order so the content is
- 00:24:06first and foremost and really this comes
- 00:24:08down to what's the niche you're in and
- 00:24:09again it's that who you are trying to
- 00:24:12reach and what you want to be known for
- 00:24:16that's the key to creating content that
- 00:24:18is actually going to appeal to people
- 00:24:19who are going to become potential buyers
- 00:24:21and when you do this right the really
- 00:24:23cool thing is that it means less content
- 00:24:26and more potential opportunity and more
- 00:24:28po potential clients and customers so I
- 00:24:29really only make three videos a month
- 00:24:31and that's kind of been the case for a
- 00:24:32long time now because I know the intent
- 00:24:34behind each piece of content is so clear
- 00:24:37and I know exactly who I'm making it for
- 00:24:39that I generally get a really high Roi
- 00:24:42return on investment from the time I
- 00:24:43spend creating content whereas a lot of
- 00:24:46people who are kind of in that hamster
- 00:24:47wheel I talked about earlier they're
- 00:24:49just constantly creating content and
- 00:24:51spiraling without actually getting
- 00:24:52anything from it so first comes content
- 00:24:55what's the niche who you're trying to
- 00:24:56attract what do you want to be known for
- 00:24:58that's really at the basis of it and I'm
- 00:24:59going to talk more about um specifically
- 00:25:03how to pick topics in just a second and
- 00:25:04like the formula to do so but I think
- 00:25:07what's important here is that you want
- 00:25:09to be a big fish in a small pond so you
- 00:25:12want to think about it in terms of
- 00:25:14you're not going after this huge market
- 00:25:17and trying to be seen in amongst a ton
- 00:25:19of competition on YouTube we have to
- 00:25:21find your unique angle and your unique
- 00:25:23Niche to really dominate in and that's
- 00:25:25where that transformation statement I
- 00:25:26mentioned earlier is crucially important
- 00:25:29so really it it looks like this there's
- 00:25:30the
- 00:25:31industry which could be let's say like
- 00:25:34health and wellness and then there's the
- 00:25:39market which would be let's say
- 00:25:42Fitness and then there's the niche and
- 00:25:45the niche is what we're trying to focus
- 00:25:47on when we're creating content and that
- 00:25:49could be like
- 00:25:51high-intensity training so going after
- 00:25:55the industry on YouTube or the market is
- 00:25:57going to put you in a of competition
- 00:25:59identifying a unique Niche and angle for
- 00:26:01yourself which is based on your own
- 00:26:03unique experience and expertise that's
- 00:26:05what's going to position you to stand
- 00:26:06out and become a big fish in a very
- 00:26:08small pond and build your Authority
- 00:26:10quite quickly and then comes
- 00:26:11optimization so when it comes to
- 00:26:13optimization what I mean by that is
- 00:26:14really how are you going to package the
- 00:26:16video so you have to actually think
- 00:26:17through what makes somebody click on a
- 00:26:20YouTube video so the biggest pieces of
- 00:26:22optimization are a thumbnail that's
- 00:26:24going to make your ideal viewer click on
- 00:26:27it and a title that's hyper relevant to
- 00:26:30what they're searching out and seeking
- 00:26:32because there's a lot of options out
- 00:26:34there so yours needs to stand out as the
- 00:26:37most relevant option for them to click
- 00:26:39on and I'll talk in more detail about
- 00:26:41the specific metrics associated with
- 00:26:43these things a little bit later in the
- 00:26:44video so that you have an idea of what
- 00:26:46you're aiming for and then when it comes
- 00:26:47to development that really means the
- 00:26:49development of the content so before we
- 00:26:51even make the piece of content we got to
- 00:26:52focus on these two pieces right here
- 00:26:54when it comes to development it means
- 00:26:56you need to create the content and
- 00:26:57create the the script in a way that's
- 00:26:59different than what you see from
- 00:27:00entertainment channels and the biggest
- 00:27:03piece of this is you need to focus on
- 00:27:05retention and again I'll give you
- 00:27:06specific metrics for this a little bit
- 00:27:08later in the video but how you get high
- 00:27:10retention in developing your script or
- 00:27:12your content in it in and of itself is
- 00:27:15you look at the intro first so a lot of
- 00:27:18times on YouTube people will just talk
- 00:27:19and talk and talk and then get to the
- 00:27:21point of what they're talking about
- 00:27:22people click off because why it's an
- 00:27:25intent based platform so if it's
- 00:27:28stranger on the Internet is seeking out
- 00:27:29let's say how to train their dog and
- 00:27:31they click on a video that comes up in
- 00:27:33the search result and the the person in
- 00:27:35the video is going on and on about who
- 00:27:36they are and their day and their morning
- 00:27:39and random things that person doesn't
- 00:27:41have time and they don't care because
- 00:27:42they don't have any loyalty to you
- 00:27:44they're going to click off and go to the
- 00:27:45next person who answers it quickly so
- 00:27:46you have to think about it from that
- 00:27:48perspective we are trying to reach
- 00:27:49strangers on the internet we're not
- 00:27:51trying to have this like base that
- 00:27:53already knows us because that's not
- 00:27:55going to allow you to really expand your
- 00:27:57reach and your expertise on a much
- 00:27:58bigger scale and level so the intro of
- 00:28:01your video needs to be as efficient and
- 00:28:04tight as possible and really what that
- 00:28:06looks like is you need to hook people
- 00:28:08provide them with the clarity around the
- 00:28:10outcome you're going to give them from
- 00:28:11that video provide them with credibility
- 00:28:12of why you know what you're talking
- 00:28:14about and then dig right in dig right
- 00:28:16into the content so that they don't
- 00:28:18click off they watch the whole video you
- 00:28:20get high retention and it sends signals
- 00:28:22to the algorithm to say push this piece
- 00:28:24of content out to more people like this
- 00:28:26and then that brings in more ideal
- 00:28:27viewers and potential customers and
- 00:28:28clients and then the final piece is
- 00:28:30expansion so this piece is missed so
- 00:28:33often but what this means is you need to
- 00:28:35take this very important piece of
- 00:28:37content this content that you've thought
- 00:28:39through a lot you've gone through all
- 00:28:40these faces and then you need to expand
- 00:28:43it on other platform so that means
- 00:28:45sending it out to the email
- 00:28:47list that is super important you're
- 00:28:49starting to build a list of people who
- 00:28:50will actually give a crap about this
- 00:28:52video so send it to them so they
- 00:28:54actually watch it and give you positive
- 00:28:56signals and you want to send it to any
- 00:28:58social platforms that you have Instagram
- 00:29:00Tik Tok Facebook LinkedIn post it on
- 00:29:03other platforms so that you can expand
- 00:29:06your reach outside of just the algorithm
- 00:29:08on YouTube to give you even more
- 00:29:10attention on that video from ideal
- 00:29:13viewers who care about it which is going
- 00:29:15to again allow the internal traffic
- 00:29:17sources on YouTube to reach more of
- 00:29:19those like-minded people without you
- 00:29:20having to put in as much effort so we
- 00:29:22have to make sure that we check off that
- 00:29:24part of the process as well now there's
- 00:29:26a lot more to each of these steps but at
- 00:29:28the base level this is what you need to
- 00:29:30know to really develop content in the
- 00:29:32right way and to get the most out of the
- 00:29:34videos you're creating because you're
- 00:29:35putting effort into them so let's talk
- 00:29:36about how to create content that
- 00:29:38actually converts how do you pick the
- 00:29:39right topics what are the video topics
- 00:29:40that we want to focus
- 00:29:42on but before I get into this I did want
- 00:29:44to remind you that if you do want the
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- 00:29:52direct link to download it for free so
- 00:29:55how do you create content that actually
- 00:29:57converts wordss first and foremost we
- 00:30:00talked about this earlier it's relevancy
- 00:30:01of topics but what does that actually
- 00:30:02break down to well what are the
- 00:30:06problems facing that most ideal viewer
- 00:30:10if you think about the content scaling
- 00:30:12funnel that I talked about earlier let's
- 00:30:14talk about this person who's down here
- 00:30:15so what is the most relevant content for
- 00:30:18that person this is the content that's
- 00:30:20going to convert the best it's going to
- 00:30:22bring in the smallest amount of viewers
- 00:30:24and subscribers but those viewers and
- 00:30:26subscribers are going to be extremely
- 00:30:27relevant and extremely hot so they are
- 00:30:30going to be more likely to become buyers
- 00:30:32and clients of your actual paid program
- 00:30:34so what are the problems they're facing
- 00:30:36what are their pain
- 00:30:37points and again there are ways to
- 00:30:39figure this out without having to Rack
- 00:30:41your brain on this but as I'm saying
- 00:30:42this I want you to think through what
- 00:30:44are some of the things that they're
- 00:30:45facing and then a really easy thing is
- 00:30:47what are some of the FAQs that they
- 00:30:49commonly have or come to you for advice
- 00:30:51on um and also if you look
- 00:30:55at relevant channels
- 00:31:00that may have a similar audience to who
- 00:31:02you're trying to appeal to what's the
- 00:31:03content that's getting the highest level
- 00:31:05of Engagement not necessarily views but
- 00:31:07really qualitative engagement meaning
- 00:31:08people commenting in- depth in the
- 00:31:10comment section those are all very good
- 00:31:12Clues so when it comes to the problems
- 00:31:14pain points these FAQs Etc first of all
- 00:31:16you need to look at your own experience
- 00:31:18and you need to look at the journey that
- 00:31:20you're going to take your ideal client
- 00:31:21on in your um in your online program so
- 00:31:24that trans transformative Journey from
- 00:31:25Zero to Hero and focus on this state
- 00:31:29that's where we want to make the content
- 00:31:30for so we want to make the content for
- 00:31:31the person who's in the zero State
- 00:31:33because they're the ones who are seeking
- 00:31:34out the help so we need to think about
- 00:31:36all of their four aspects here at this
- 00:31:39zero State you can think about this on
- 00:31:41your own from your own experience but
- 00:31:42you also can do it through market
- 00:31:43research looking at things like relevant
- 00:31:44channels relevant blogs relevant social
- 00:31:46media platforms you know industry um
- 00:31:49Publications things like that and then
- 00:31:51simply put you can use something like Ai
- 00:31:53and you can say hey this is who I'm
- 00:31:54trying to reach with my content on
- 00:31:56YouTube uh you know what are the pain
- 00:31:58points of this person and it's going to
- 00:32:00bring you up a whole list of pain points
- 00:32:02and problems that are associated with
- 00:32:03that that are going to be prime topics
- 00:32:06for your ideal viewer now relevancy
- 00:32:09comes first that is first and foremost
- 00:32:11so all of these things are going to
- 00:32:14create hyper relevant content for that
- 00:32:17ideal viewer but because it's YouTube
- 00:32:20and it's a search platform there is some
- 00:32:22SEO involved here that we have to think
- 00:32:24about when we also pick the topics for
- 00:32:26our channel so this comes first do this
- 00:32:29process first and then we can think
- 00:32:31about the actual optimization with the
- 00:32:33SEO and when it comes to SEO
- 00:32:35optimization the really the big things
- 00:32:37that you need to think about especially
- 00:32:38if you're starting at the beginning is
- 00:32:40we don't want to jump in the deep end
- 00:32:41the biggest mistake you can make is like
- 00:32:43I said earlier you jump into the
- 00:32:44industry you're in the deep end with all
- 00:32:46these people with millions of
- 00:32:47subscribers and viewers and you're just
- 00:32:48going to get lost and dropped to the
- 00:32:50Bottom of the Sea so we have to start
- 00:32:52small in really the fish pond and be a
- 00:32:54big fish in that small pond so
- 00:32:590 to a
- 00:33:00th000 search volume per month is really
- 00:33:03the sweet spot for a brand new channel
- 00:33:05because this puts you in a position
- 00:33:06where you're not going after really
- 00:33:08aggressive or competitive topics and
- 00:33:10then
- 00:33:13Fair competition so that means in the
- 00:33:17search results you're not going to go
- 00:33:20after a topic where there are millions
- 00:33:22upon Millions upon millions of search
- 00:33:25results coming up you're going to find a
- 00:33:27topic where there's you know not a huge
- 00:33:30number of people that you're competing
- 00:33:31with and not a number not a huge number
- 00:33:33of huge channels that you're competing
- 00:33:35with again that's where we need to find
- 00:33:36that unique Niche based on the
- 00:33:38transformation statement and then the
- 00:33:39final thing is what we call views and
- 00:33:41velocity so views and velocity means
- 00:33:43that if you look up a piece of content
- 00:33:45on YouTube and the channel has let's say
- 00:33:49you know two subscribers but this
- 00:33:50particular video that's coming up in
- 00:33:52search results has a million views that
- 00:33:55is a topic that you know is very very
- 00:33:58interesting for people so you want to
- 00:33:59use that as a clue for a great topic
- 00:34:02that would be you know search engine
- 00:34:04optimized because it's based around
- 00:34:06keywords and relevancy to your ideal
- 00:34:09client and one thing that I'll add on to
- 00:34:11this is not every piece of content is
- 00:34:13made the same way there are really kind
- 00:34:14of three buckets of content that I like
- 00:34:17to say on YouTube and that I generally
- 00:34:19see on everyone's channels and they
- 00:34:21serve different purposes so you have
- 00:34:24Evergreen
- 00:34:27you have
- 00:34:29depths and you have viral so you might
- 00:34:33be thinking well I want to go viral no
- 00:34:35you don't because and I actually work
- 00:34:38with people who were like I went viral
- 00:34:39once and I never want to do it again
- 00:34:41because what does this do it tends to
- 00:34:43reach an audience of very cold beginner
- 00:34:46eyeballs and that's going to lead to
- 00:34:48chaos and really bad leads plus if you
- 00:34:51go viral on a topic that isn't relevant
- 00:34:53to your ideal viewer it messes up your
- 00:34:55whole algorithm on your channel and then
- 00:34:57all of a sudden you built Authority on a
- 00:34:58topic that you don't really want to be
- 00:35:00the authority on and therefore it's an
- 00:35:02uphill battle to find relevant viewers
- 00:35:05and the algorithm has a harder time
- 00:35:07helping you find viewers through those
- 00:35:08traffic sources so really these are kind
- 00:35:11of the key focuses Evergreen content
- 00:35:13means that it's Timeless it's tutorials
- 00:35:16it's tips it's FAQs it's all of these
- 00:35:18things that I talked about here it's
- 00:35:19just Timeless things that are always
- 00:35:20going to be relevant and searchable to
- 00:35:22your ideal viewer and then depth content
- 00:35:25is really building a relationship so
- 00:35:26it's more of like a fire side chat
- 00:35:28having a coffee with your viewer talking
- 00:35:30about your unique experience and your
- 00:35:32background and your credibility telling
- 00:35:34a story that would be hyper relevant to
- 00:35:36them it really is an opportunity for you
- 00:35:38to connect with your viewer outside of
- 00:35:40just teaching and trying to reach new
- 00:35:42people depth content allows you to
- 00:35:44really connect but is depth content
- 00:35:45going to bring in a ton of eyeballs no
- 00:35:47not necessarily Evergreen content is the
- 00:35:50gift that keeps on giving because it
- 00:35:51continues to pos position itself in
- 00:35:53search results meaning that new people
- 00:35:55are finding that piece of content every
- 00:35:57single day and that's that's how our
- 00:35:58Channel continues to bring in thousands
- 00:35:59of leads continuously on repeat on
- 00:36:02autopilot when I'm not working because
- 00:36:04we have so many videos out there working
- 00:36:06for us when we're not working so that
- 00:36:08gives you a really good understanding of
- 00:36:09you know the topics you want to cover
- 00:36:12how to really think about it so
- 00:36:13relevancy first and then looking at the
- 00:36:15SEO aspect of it and the kind of buckets
- 00:36:18of content as well and how they are
- 00:36:20going to perform and setting your
- 00:36:21expectations around them
- 00:36:24so when it comes to metrics for actual
- 00:36:27monetization in this strategy there's
- 00:36:29really only a few that you really really
- 00:36:30need to focus on so number
- 00:36:33one retention I've already talked about
- 00:36:35this quite a bit but if people aren't
- 00:36:38watching your whole video or the
- 00:36:39majority of your video it's useless so
- 00:36:42we want to aim for a 40% retention rate
- 00:36:46meaning people are watching 40% or more
- 00:36:50of your video because that's telling
- 00:36:52YouTube this is a great piece of content
- 00:36:53and again we need to push it to more
- 00:36:55people that you're trying to serve those
- 00:36:57ideal viewers number
- 00:36:59two
- 00:37:01CTR so obviously if we want good
- 00:37:04retention we need people to actually
- 00:37:05click on the video and actually watch it
- 00:37:07so the CTR generally the rule is kind of
- 00:37:09like 2 to 10% anything above that is
- 00:37:12phenomenal um so the higher on that
- 00:37:14scale the better that's kind of the
- 00:37:16rough average for most videos but this
- 00:37:19is really important because if you have
- 00:37:20a high C CTR and let's say like a viral
- 00:37:24irrelevant video that's not necessarily
- 00:37:26a good thing cuz what that's doing is
- 00:37:28bringing in a whole audience of people
- 00:37:29that aren't going to care about any
- 00:37:30other piece of content you have and
- 00:37:32again it's going to mess with the
- 00:37:33algorithm so you want your CTR to be
- 00:37:35high amongst your ideal viewers and the
- 00:37:38people you're actually trying to reach
- 00:37:41and again depending on the type of video
- 00:37:43if you're doing more of a a depth video
- 00:37:45the CTR is probably going to be on the
- 00:37:46lower end but that's not a bad thing
- 00:37:47because it's really nurturing the
- 00:37:48relationships with the people who
- 00:37:50actually care the most and want to build
- 00:37:51that trust with you so CTR is yes
- 00:37:54important but it also has qualifiers to
- 00:37:56it in terms of performance depending on
- 00:37:58the kind of video and the topic of the
- 00:37:59video and then I would say probably you
- 00:38:02know next those is the qualitative
- 00:38:04feedback and this is a bit harder to
- 00:38:06actually measure measure because it's
- 00:38:08it's qualitative it's not quantitative
- 00:38:09but what this means is essentially
- 00:38:12you're looking at the comments that
- 00:38:13you're getting on the video if people
- 00:38:15are sharing the video and talking about
- 00:38:17the video that's a really really great
- 00:38:18sign and when I look at the comments and
- 00:38:20I'm looking at qualitative feedback I'm
- 00:38:22looking for people to leave more than
- 00:38:23just a one-word comment I want depth I
- 00:38:26want questions I want thought fness in
- 00:38:28those comments and that's telling me I'm
- 00:38:29hitting the mark especially depending on
- 00:38:31what they're saying so really pay
- 00:38:33attention to the feedback you're getting
- 00:38:35on your videos because it's going to
- 00:38:36tell you a lot about how much you're
- 00:38:38actually reaching the right human beings
- 00:38:40and the right people with your content
- 00:38:41who are going to become those potential
- 00:38:43clients or customers for your online
- 00:38:44program so when you do this all
- 00:38:46correctly probably the most important
- 00:38:49important metric that you can have is
- 00:38:50you can do this based on dollar per
- 00:38:51subscriber or dollar per view let's do
- 00:38:54dollar per subscriber
- 00:38:56so so let's say the example I gave at
- 00:38:58the beginning of the
- 00:39:00video uh I think she had yeah she had
- 00:39:03less than a
- 00:39:05thousand
- 00:39:07subscribers but she was
- 00:39:10making
- 00:39:12$10,000 a month from less than a th000
- 00:39:14subscribers that that means that each
- 00:39:17subscriber is worth $10 now if you look
- 00:39:20at the metric in a inverse of this a
- 00:39:23flip side of this let's say you have 100
- 00:39:28,000
- 00:39:31views and you're making
- 00:39:34$3,000 off that video that means each
- 00:39:38view is worth three
- 00:39:42cents and that is what AdSense tends to
- 00:39:44pay you and that's actually on the high
- 00:39:46end it's usually between 1 to three
- 00:39:49cents per view which is why it's such an
- 00:39:52uphill battle to generate a ton of views
- 00:39:54through something like AdSense but why
- 00:39:56you're in a ton of control when you make
- 00:39:58hyper relevant content for the right
- 00:40:00people and you actually have something
- 00:40:01to offer them like an online program and
- 00:40:03to kind of bring this all home something
- 00:40:05I really want to talk about is the
- 00:40:06length of your videos now there's no
- 00:40:08like magic number because I know a big
- 00:40:10question is well how long should the
- 00:40:11YouTube video be and what do you think
- 00:40:12about shorts so there is a big reason we
- 00:40:14don't use shorts and we actually have
- 00:40:16never used them um and it's because of
- 00:40:19quality it's because I would rather have
- 00:40:21less viewers less subscribers and this
- 00:40:24wasn't always the case this is the value
- 00:40:26of being on this platform for almost
- 00:40:27decade I've learned so much so I'm
- 00:40:29focused on the intent and the quality of
- 00:40:31that viewer
- 00:40:32so what I have learned through my own
- 00:40:35channel and our client's channel is
- 00:40:37longer videos
- 00:40:39equals
- 00:40:42quality
- 00:40:44viewers because this person is taking
- 00:40:47time out of their day to search a topic
- 00:40:49click on your video and actually watch
- 00:40:50it listen to you and through that whole
- 00:40:53video of listening to you and the
- 00:40:54expertise that you're sharing they're
- 00:40:55building a ton of respect and trust with
- 00:40:59you whereas shorts are going to be
- 00:41:03content that people are kind of like
- 00:41:04scrolling through they'll click on it if
- 00:41:05they feel like it but it's not
- 00:41:07necessarily going to position you as an
- 00:41:09expert and it's not necessarily going to
- 00:41:10make you super memorable so if people
- 00:41:11are actually spending time with you even
- 00:41:13if it's through a video it builds this
- 00:41:15incredible level of trust where they
- 00:41:17eventually will go well yeah this
- 00:41:19person's the expert so of course that's
- 00:41:20who I want to work with and I want to
- 00:41:22spend my hard-earned money on you really
- 00:41:25want the engaged viewer who who has the
- 00:41:28intent to actually take action on what
- 00:41:30it is that you're saying and if you're
- 00:41:32sharing more short form content that's
- 00:41:35not necessarily the case so general rule
- 00:41:37I would say between 10 to 20 minutes is
- 00:41:39a really good sweet spot for YouTube
- 00:41:40videos um there's no perfect you know
- 00:41:43science to this but 10 10 to 20 minutes
- 00:41:47is a good gauge of how long the content
- 00:41:50should be so to bring this all together
- 00:41:53CU I know this is a lot of information
- 00:41:59relevancy rules at the end of the day
- 00:42:00random content is going to screw the
- 00:42:03growth and success of your channel and
- 00:42:04also any opportunity you have to really
- 00:42:06be able to create sustainable
- 00:42:08monetization and relevant content is
- 00:42:11going to allow you to build a really
- 00:42:13loyal solid base of people who are
- 00:42:15invested into you your Authority and
- 00:42:17your expertise so you always just want
- 00:42:19to bring it back to that flywheel so
- 00:42:22ideal
- 00:42:25viewer making relevant
- 00:42:31content so that the algorithm knows what
- 00:42:33the heck is going on and can catze
- 00:42:37you and that allows traffic sources on
- 00:42:41YouTube to work for you to bring in more
- 00:42:45ideal viewers with you doing less work
- 00:42:47and this is really what creates that
- 00:42:48engine that creates that organic growth
- 00:42:51of more and more people who are going to
- 00:42:52care about what you're talking about so
- 00:42:54as I said I have been fine-tuning this
- 00:42:56process and testing it for nearly a
- 00:42:58decade now so this comes from a lot of
- 00:43:00experience and I've tried so many things
- 00:43:02over the years that can assure you that
- 00:43:04this is foolproof like this has worked
- 00:43:06and it will continue to work and it's
- 00:43:08done wonders for our clients you know
- 00:43:10scaling them to multiple Millions from
- 00:43:13their YouTube channels even if they
- 00:43:14don't have a big subscriber base or a
- 00:43:16ton of viewers they have the right
- 00:43:17people watching and that's what really
- 00:43:19matters so this whole strategy allows
- 00:43:21you to monetize your content that you
- 00:43:24own in your own way and that gives you
- 00:43:26so so much power back and this is
- 00:43:28without you know worrying about
- 00:43:30algorithm
- 00:43:33changes I have been on this platform a
- 00:43:36long time and the algorithm yes has gone
- 00:43:38through some shifts but this the
- 00:43:39strategy has stood the test of time and
- 00:43:41continues to stand the test of time
- 00:43:43because the functionality of YouTube
- 00:43:44really hasn't changed all that much it
- 00:43:47allows you to do this without
- 00:43:51constantly creating you're not
- 00:43:53constantly throwing content on YouTube
- 00:43:56and constantly creating and burning
- 00:43:57yourself out and without worrying about
- 00:44:00you know different Trends and trying to
- 00:44:01hop on different social media platforms
- 00:44:03and the newest thing it's tried and true
- 00:44:06but most importantly what this allows
- 00:44:09you to do and why it's so important to
- 00:44:11share for me is it allows you to grow in
- 00:44:15a way that isn't attached
- 00:44:17to time because your channel and your
- 00:44:20content can work for you when you're not
- 00:44:24working if you do it in this very
- 00:44:25strategic way so as a reminder if you
- 00:44:27want to know how to monetize your
- 00:44:28knowledge online I have the 10 steps to
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- 00:44:48watching and if you really want to see a
- 00:44:49real world example of this I highly
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- 00:44:55actually generated over a million dollar
- 00:44:57in one year with less than 4,000
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- 00:45:05much for watching and I'll see you in
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