TubeTalk: Your YouTube How-To Guide
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TubeTalk tackles the questions that real YouTubers are asking. Each week we discuss how to make money on YouTube, how to get your videos discovered, how to level up your gaming channel, or even how the latest YouTube update is going to impact you and your channel. If you've ever asked yourself, "How do I grow on YouTube?" or "Where can I learn how to turn my channel into a business?" you've come to the right podcast! TubeTalk is a vidIQ production. To learn more about how we help YouTube creators big and small, visit https://vidIQ.com
Episodes
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Apr 1, 2026 • 51min
They Lost Every Contract And Still Grew A Million-Subscriber Channel
A family trades restaurant life for wedding films and then full-time RV travel. They recount losing contracts during COVID and pivoting to social media income. Shorts spark viral growth and unlock brand deals. Raising kids on the road brings safety, comment monitoring, and creative boundaries. They explain switching from heavy edits to simple “grandpa style” storytelling for better audience reach.
Mar 30, 2026 • 56min
Copyright For YouTube Creators With A Real Lawyer
Paul Quinn, an entertainment lawyer and former touring musician, explains creator rights, contracts, and platform licensing. He unpacks fair use and what makes content transformative. He clarifies claims, strikes, DMCA takedowns, and how registering copyright changes leverage. He also covers weaponized takedowns, AI-generated work, deepfakes, and protecting likenesses.
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Mar 27, 2026 • 48min
Why Promoting Videos With YouTube Ads Rarely Builds A Real Audience
Clear tactics for defining a channel promise and finding an ideal viewer. How to use Shorts as springboards to long-form and why Shorts views often act like impressions. Practical retention cues like hooks and pacing. The hidden costs of Promote and why paid views can trap channels in “ad prison”. Strategies for pivoting a finished channel and turning views into leads.
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Mar 25, 2026 • 42min
From Burnout To Breakthrough: Justin Brown On YouTube, Descript, And Sustainable Growth
Justin Brown, YouTuber and founder of Primal Video who helps creators make better videos faster. He talks about recording and AI-first editing in Descript, using AI to research and review scripts, and balancing faceless formats with human connection. Shorts for discovery and long form for trust, monetizing small channels with affiliates and services, and designing content for different viewing contexts.
Mar 23, 2026 • 43min
What Going Viral Really Feels Like And How To Survive It
Rob Kenney, creator of Dad, How Do I?, the wholesome how-to dad who went viral. He talks about launching during lockdown, choosing short practical videos, the shock of sudden virality and losing anonymity. He explains sponsor fit, keeping a stable job while growing, repurposing shorts across platforms, hiring help, and protecting time and values after rapid growth.
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Mar 20, 2026 • 49min
Why Chasing Views Can Break You
A food creator walks through shifting from restaurants to YouTube, early pivots and the craft of cinematic food videos. They discuss testing recipes, frequent reshoots, and using analytics to tweak pacing and openings. The conversation covers scaling with sponsorships, the toll of producing twice-weekly content, burnout and grief, and rebuilding boundaries for a sustainable creative practice.
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Mar 18, 2026 • 42min
Your Videos Don’t Suck, They’re Just Missing You with SauceStache
Mark (Sauce Stash), a recipe-driven creator who evolved from faceless cooking clips to on-camera personality, shares his journey. He talks blunt feedback that forced a pivot. He covers energy management, multiple takes, and perfectionism in food filming. He explains sponsorships, testing pivots while keeping what works, and how persistence and community helped build a sustainable creator business.
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Mar 16, 2026 • 43min
How To Turn Content Into A Full-Time Career
Modern Millie, online educator and YouTuber who helps creators replace traditional careers with content work. She covers platform-specific content, rapid idea testing with short form as validation, signs to pivot using 30-post and nine-video audits, seasonal strategies for compounding reach, monetizing early via services and partnerships, and using an alter ego and AI to boost confidence and scale.
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Mar 13, 2026 • 45min
How A 1,000-Subscriber Channel Earned $20,000 Through Smart Affiliates And Minimalist Content
A tiny review channel turned $20,000 with smart affiliate tactics and minimalist production. They discuss evergreen, buyer-intent content and a three-pillar system that builds consistent views. Learn why personal proof, “I” titles, and focused series beat fancy gear. Topics include outreach that works, email funnels, diversifying income, and realistic hit-rate expectations.
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Mar 11, 2026 • 51min
From Tape Measures To TV: When A Pencil Beats The Algorithm
Leah (See Jane Drill), trades instructor turned YouTube creator known for clear, hands-on repair tutorials. She talks about making teaching-friendly close-ups and no-assumptions how-tos, viral wins from simple tools like a pencil and tape measure, translating YouTube into TV and brand work, and promoting trades access for women and young people.
