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Hey how's it going? My bros and sisters my name is PewDiePie!
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Today I'm going to make video on how to get started on YouTube. I've been asked to make this video.
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I don't know how many times. I get this question all the time.
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'How.. can you give me some tips on how to get started?'
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I think what I always just say is 'keep- keep working hard, and I'm sure you will succeed...'
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But I thought not today. I w-wanted to actually give something more constructive and
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some... some more help than just that
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Um, I've been doing a lot of streams lately and everyone just keep asking me "how do I get started?"
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"What kind of tips do you have?" and I thought okay fine, I'll make it okay
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I thought about making this video before, many times, but I just feel like who am I to tell you how to--
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It's not like I know all the answers.
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And I really think everyone has a different answer to the question on how to grow on YouTube.
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So just take this as.. from my own perspective
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Also know that I don't know everything and just because I say something doesn't mean it's the rule of thumb.
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You know tha-that is it that's not the case, couldn't be further from it and I started YouTube seven years ago.
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So obviously things are different now. This video probably won't be relevant for most people watching.
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But maybe it will be interesting. I don't know. (laughs)
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Here we go! First of all I wanted to start on the equipment
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Because I think it's- this is where most people fail right away, I see so many people get really angry
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about this one because they bought all this expensive equipment and they- they come to me like 'Where are the subscribers??'
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'Where are all the views- I've got- I spent all this money on all this equipment...'
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I always say don't spend money on equipment
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It doesn't have to be expensive at all
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And I think a lot of people wait with starting videos because they don't have all the equipment
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I think it takes practice to make videos, and I think it doesn't hurt to get started with what you have.
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I didn't have a webcam when I started. I had a fucking...
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I legit use this microphone?
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which I actually
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accidentally broke. That's my first microphone on the Razer headphones, and it was fine-
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(laughing) It really was. It definitely doesn't hurt to have nice quality.
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Don't get me wrong, but it's not automatically going to make you get subscribers.
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I'm going to link what I think is a good sort of budget start-up in case you're curious
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of-of what ki-sort of equipment-
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I would recommend. Uh...
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If you want to start making my type of videos, and I will-I'll also link my equipment in case you're curious
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what exactly it is I use.
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Stand out. (laughs) Personally I'm very much drawn to-to different things that people do.
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If I notice the channel doing something I haven't seen before, I'm automatically more drawn to that...thing.
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And I think it was the same thing for me when I started making videos
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I did what everyone else was doing. I-I did Call of Duty videos because that's what was- euhhh...
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popular at the time, but that's what
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made me want to start making YouTube videos cause I loved watching it on YouTube.
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And it was really popular back then and I enjoyed making those type of videos.
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But my channel didn't grow from it at all
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I had like what a couple hundred people watching me, and I remember when other YouTubers refer themselves to as
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'Oh hey-yeah, I only had a couple hundred back then...' I'm like nibba a hundred
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I'm so fucking proud of these hundred people that I have. (laughs)
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Shut the fuck up. And I also remember
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watching all these bigger YouTubers doing the same call of duty videos, and I'm like these guys are fucking terrible.
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I'm way better than these guys. Why is my channel not growing more?
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But that's the thing -- the big ones have already settled in. You know y-you're not going to- It's going to be hard as hell.
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You have... you have an uphill battle and it wasn't until I started doing something
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different, something that hadn't been done before, like the horror videos,
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that's when I started to get an audience that really cared
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about the content that I was making it and it was so clear, and I really see it myself
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Uh, when- when I
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discovered new YouTubers it's always something different. They have something different. What was it- what was it...
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Dr. Dre said it's easy to make it to the top, but it's twice as hard to stay there
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You see people on YouTube come and go all the time. I-I don't want to throw any names out there, but
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You-you know what I mean, like there's a ton of YouTubers that everyone used to watch and every-
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i-it got so many- so much attention, but they just didn't have what it takes
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Uh... to keep their audience. A lot of people
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sort of get boosted from the algorithm of YouTube.
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Basically, YouTube recommend certain type of videos that fit what they want to... promote
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Maybe it's really long videos
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Maybe it's videos they get a lot of likes and a lot of 'this and that' and there's always people that abuse their algorithm.
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It's been since I started on YouTube, an-and it's still going on. I-is- this isn't a thing that will-
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I don't think will ever end. And it's really unfair because a lot of big- a lot- a lot of youtubers
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get really big really fast because of it, but basically...
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they go away equally fast. If you don't have
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something to maintain your audience with, something more than your shtick eh-of making algorithm happy,
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then you-your lifespan on YouTube is going to be short.
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That's just how it is so I'm not really too bothered by- about any of it
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I just don't want you, if you want to grow your channel,
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to be obsessed about the algorithm because that shouldn't be the number one priority
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Uh, I personally never try to abuse the algorithm, or some shit like that. Honestly I had no idea what I was doing.
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Literally, I discovered that ten minute videos like a year ago- it's been (laughs)
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Remember the reply girls, y'know? They were so fucking popular. They-they got so many views because they- the algorithm
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promoted their videos in the sidebar all the time. But it's not like anyone is still watching them, like, 'oh
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I wonder what this algor... what th- (laughs) what this boob girl is saying now about this...'
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Y'know? What I'm getting with this is you needed personality. People- people will find your video.
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But th-they're not going to stay and like they care about you as a person
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I think YouTube is all about personality at least that's how I see it. An-and anyone I watch on YouTube,
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I watch because I care about their personality, I care about them more than just their content
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but also who they are as a person, and uh, that's why I enjoy watching them and that's why I enjoy YouTube.
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I enjoy it because it's different than television. You're not just watching this, uh...
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product behind a bunch of producers and writers, you-you're watching just a person speak directly into a camera
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And I think that's the beauty of it.
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I also think that's why so many youtubers come and go -- they forget about this part. A-and that's fine.
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Y'know, it's not like everything has to be super personal and everything has to be so,
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'Oh, I love you guys so much. You're my family.'
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YouTube... is... a hobby and a job
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at the same time, which can be really hard to balance.
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I think a lot of people don't realize this, but, you get to set your own hours, you get to set your own pace.
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But it basically means you'll be working 24/7 like it's really hard to turn off YouTube in your brain. I'm always checking videos
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How are they doing? I'm always checking stats. I'm always checking comments
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What are people saying? What are people thinking? And it's really hard to turn off
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It's not like a nine-to-five job you go in you do your job, okay, now I'm done. Phew, I can relax.
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I-I really struggle a lot with this, an-and just trying to shut my brain off and 'Okay now I'm doing this, now
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I'm doing that.' And that's why I really enjoy having an office, because I-I can do my work here
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And then once I'm back home, I can just relax.
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Eh-I-It's... I-I guess my advice here is to try and separate it. I treat YouTube with a- with a lot of respect.
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Because I feel so lucky to be in the situation that I am. I think a lot of YouTubers take- take uh...
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YouTube very...
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Casually. I'll just upload a video. I need some money. I'll upload a video
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May-maybe I'm a little naive for saying that but, I-I always get the question
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'What happens if you miss a day, Felix? What's the big deal? Who's gonna care?'
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Wh-who-It's okay. You don't have to upload all the time, but it's like I set the schedule for me.
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I know I can do it, it is my job to do it still. I have to do it, okay? I-I see YouTube as a...
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It's not going to last forever, but I might as well make the most of it...meanwhile.
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Every YouTuber has-has a-has a life span.
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Market yourself. Most YouTubers that you are watching got a helping hand to get where they are. Maybe they don't admit it.
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Maybe I'm just wrong. Most YouTubers had some helping hand. Maybe th- maybe they uh...
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Maybe their videos were posted on a website y'know? That prom- that thought okay, 'This is a cool video...'
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Maybe you got trending on reddit, y'know? Maybe your family member was the YouTuber or maybe a friend of you-o-of
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of that person was a YouTuber they helped them. Getting that helping hand on YouTube
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is not essential.
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But it's- it
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makes YouTube easy mode pretty much. To already... the hardest part of YouTube is to establish your very first audience. If you can get
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that for free from someone else, hell, yeah!
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Hell yeah, that's the best! But a lot- I see a lot of
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misunderstanding of this as well, because, for example, I did the shout out competition in the past and, uh...
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For example Jack was one of them, Ken was one of them. And a lot of people look at them and be like, 'Oh
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Oh, you got a shout out from Pewdiepie. Aww, aww that's so bullshit. If I had one, I would be big.' Fuck you.
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No, i-that's not how it works. A shout out can only get you so far.
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I-I-It gets you that-that base audience, maybe, but they're not going to stay unless you're worthwhile staying to - they're not going to care about
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watching any more videos, unless you upload videos - unless you upload videos that people care about.
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You don't need a shout out, and a shout out isn't necessarily going to help you,
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Unless your content is interesting. That's just how it is.
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You see people all the time in my comment section marketing their own YouTube channel. I find it...
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very disrespectful to do that. It annoys the hell out of me. 'Cuz it's basically just ignoring what I worked on...
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and basically just saying, 'Hey look at me!'
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I do think you should market yourself somehow if you really care about growing your channel.
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Now, I don't know what the best method is, but everyone has a secret
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I'm sure of how they try to get their channel out there. Maybe something they're ashamed of that they wouldn't admit.
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I-I think most YouTubers have it. I, for example, used to find commenters on-on videos similar to mine and uh...
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I would write a private message to them being like, 'Hey! I see that you enjoyed this channel. Maybe you will enjoy mine!'
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I know. Extremely embarrassing, extremely pathetic, but I used to do it.
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At least it's not intrusive on someone else's work, okay? So, I-if y...
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I recommend marketing yourself somehow, I just d-don't- a-and it's nothing shameful about doing it,
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But don't be fucking obnoxious and disrespectful doing it,
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That-tha-that's my point with that.
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Next up is don't fucking trust anyone.
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Growing my channel on YouTube
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I've come across so many toxic people, people that just want your s-audience your subscribers
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Uh...
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They don't give a shit about you. They'll lie to you.
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Uhm....
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They'll try and manipulate you.
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I think I'm- one of my best skills as a human being, is to cut out toxic people.
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I have very little tolerance for people in general, and if I find them to be abusive or disrespectful,
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I have no problem with cutting out these people in my life.
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I know some people really struggle with this
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And I think as a YouTuber you're just really gonna have to be cut and dry with people. It's just how it is.
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Networks.
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You may have heard of networks a lot
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I'm- I'm technically signed up with the network still, but I'm not planning to stay with the network. YouTube wouldn't sign
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with gaming channels. You could not monetize your videos if you were a gaming channel, back in the day
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It was the worst thing
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I think that could possibly happen to the gaming community on YouTube because essentially networks got so much power,
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Because we were obligated,
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to sign with them.
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So basically, as a gamer, you would get these insanely bad deals with networks where they would give you half of your revenue
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and
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Give you, essentially,
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nothing back. Networks still take a...
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huge portion of your revenue if you're a small YouTuber. I still get a lot of people asking me, 'Hey, I'm a youtuber,
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I-should I sign up to the network?'
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'I don't know blah blah blah,' or 'do they increase my CPM blah blah blah...' Most likely they don't
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Uh...
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From my experience, they don't sell ads on your videos
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Think about most networks they have- like what, thousands of channels in them. Why would they care about your channel?
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Y'know?
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How are they going to focus on all these channels? It just doesn't make any sense.
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I would not recommend signing with the network if I was a smaller YouTuber these days. That being said,
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Networks definitely helped me,
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to a certain degree,
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But I think as a smaller channel, it's completely useless.
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They're just going to take a portion of your revenue and give you nothing back
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You're not obligated to sign with a network anymore
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So, I would recommend against if you're a smaller channel. Which brings me to my next point:
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Get a lawyer.
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Don't sign anything
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without professional, over-a-a
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A professional overlooking what you're doing.
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I signed contract that were- that led me into month-long processes of trying to get out of those contracts.
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I-It's a lot cheaper to have a lawyer look over the contract and knowing exactly what you're getting yourself, into than
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Afterwards, gettin' a lawyer to try and get you out of this situation.
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Get a lawyer and get an accountant if you're-s- if you're making money off YouTube, and do it early.
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I think setting those two things up earlier is better than later.
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I realize this is a lot of information, but I think I saw this as a sort of...
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Me talking to myself in the past,
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Uh...
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And the sort of stuff that I learned through these uh,
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years of making videos on YouTube. And I try to keep it as, uh, actual advice and constructive as possible,
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But
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I would like to finish with...
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Make YouTube with the right intention.
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I see so many people wanting to make Y-YouTube videos because they want to get famous, they want to make money
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Uh...
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which is all great stuff. And YouTube really is an amazing place for it- for that, but,
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make YouTube videos,
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because you enjoy making them. If you don't enjoy making them, you're not going to keep making them
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You're g- just going to fall off at some point
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And
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you're going to get frustrated that, uh, it didn't turn out the way you wanted it to be. If you make videos
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that you enjoy making 'em, then you can't lose.
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It doesn't matter if you don't get a lot of subscribers. If- like I was equally happy, when I had a couple hundred subscribers.
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I thought that was the equally fun just to have some people watching them. If you make videos that you enjoy making,
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other people will enjoy watching them.
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I really, really strongly believe in that. So if you're not enjoying making videos, then don't make videos.
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(laughs)
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I hope this was helpful.
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I'm not-I'm not sure, to be honest, if it was.
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Uh...
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But I hope i-it was interesting at least, I don't know, I don't know, here you go.
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I did the video finally.
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Leave a like my sister fisters...
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and stay, sfisterin'!