Video Creators

If you're using YouTube to grow your business or even create a business, we know you have all kinds of questions about what that looks like, what works best, and how to translate business practices to an online video format. After generating several million dollars on YouTube for my businesses, we're here to help you figure out how to do the same. In this episode we answer questions about selling, managing the taxes and finance side of the business, business models for entertainment channels, and more. CREATOR SPOTLIGHT: Tetsu worked for months on growing his channel with little results, but after going through our channel growth process at, "30 Days to a Better YouTube Channel," he's seeing exponential growth. Check out Tetsu's channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/asktetsu Register today for, "30 Days to a Better YouTube Channel," here: https://videocreators.com/30-days-to-a-better-youtube-channel/ LOVE VIDEO CREATORS AND WANT TO GROW ON YOUTUBE? HERE ARE SOME NEXT STEPS! 1) SUBSCRIBE to learn how to grow your YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcB3bcWy0_QK7uPQvTD0LwQ?sub_confirmation=1 2) FREE GUIDE: "The Secret to Building your YouTube Audience" https://videocreators.com/the-secret-to-building-your-youtube-audience/ 3) SUBSCRIBE TO THE VIDEO CREATORS PODCAST - iTunes: http://go.vcreators.co/vcTViTunes - Soundcloud: http://go.vcreators.co/vcTVSoundCloud - Stitcher: http://go.vcreators.co/vcTVStitcher - Google Play: http://go.vcreators.co/vcTVGooglePlay - Spotify: https://go.vcreators.co/vcTVSpotify 4) LET'S REVIEW YOUR CHANNEL: Book a private one-on-one YouTube channel consultation with Tim or someone on his team: https://videocreators.com/youtube-certified-consultant/ Leave your comments on our post here: https://videocreators.com/sell-on-youtube-without-being-sleazy-and-other-business-questions

When you're a smaller channel, you typically follow a growth strategy that focuses on search, keywords, and making the content as short and to-the-point as possible. While there's nothing wrong with that, you'll notice that many channels with several million subscribers do NOT do that. They're not focused on keywords and there's a lot of "unnecessary" fluff. Why? If you already have some traction on YouTube, but it feels too slow, today we want to share with you a different strategy for growth, one that more closely emulates what successful channels are doing. Channels mentioned: - Pro Home Cooks: https://www.youtube.com/user/BrothersGreenEats - Seth's Bike Hacks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu8YylsPiu9XfaQC74Hr_Gw - Mark Rober: https://www.youtube.com/user/onemeeeliondollars Register today for, "30 Days to a Better YouTube Channel," here: https://videocreators.com/30-days-to-a-better-youtube-channel/ CREATOR SPOTLIGHT: Ingrid worked on her channel for years and slowly grew to 5,000 subscribers, but after going through, "30 Days to a Better YouTube Channel," she removed some of the barriers to her growth and quickly grew to 35,000 subscribers. Today she shares with us what the main thing was that she had to change on her channel in order to grow. Check out Ingrid's channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/IngridBlackburn LOVE VIDEO CREATORS AND WANT TO GROW ON YOUTUBE? HERE ARE SOME NEXT STEPS! 1) SUBSCRIBE to learn how to grow your YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcB3bcWy0_QK7uPQvTD0LwQ?sub_confirmation=1 2) FREE GUIDE: "The Secret to Building your YouTube Audience" https://videocreators.com/the-secret-to-building-your-youtube-audience/ 3) BECOME A MEMBER: Access special community perks on our channel and support our trainings by clicking that Join button! Or, click here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcB3bcWy0_QK7uPQvTD0LwQ/join 4) LET'S CONNECT! -- https://www.facebook.com/videocreators -- https://twitter.com/timschmoyer -- https://instagram.com/timschmoyer -- https://instagram.com/videocreators 5) SUBSCRIBE TO THE VIDEO CREATORS PODCAST - iTunes: http://go.vcreators.co/vcTViTunes - Soundcloud: http://go.vcreators.co/vcTVSoundCloud - Stitcher: http://go.vcreators.co/vcTVStitcher - Google Play: http://go.vcreators.co/vcTVGooglePlay - Spotify: https://go.vcreators.co/vcTVSpotify 6) LET'S REVIEW YOUR CHANNEL: Book a private one-on-one YouTube channel consultation with Tim or someone on his team: https://videocreators.com/youtube-certified-consultant/ Leave your comments on our post here: https://videocreators.com/the-growth-strategy-that-earned-several-million-subscribers-for-these-channels

If you want to optimize your videos for growth, most people unfortunately focus primarily on the content itself: cool shots, fancy editing, and high energy. Those things can be nice, but they don't grow momentum on your channel as well as focusing on who the viewer is and what they want. Today, Liron from VidIQ joins us to talk through how we can get to know our target audience and its implications for how we craft videos that earn millions of views and subscribers. Learn more with VidIQ at https://www.youtube.com/vidiq Follow Liron's channel at https://www.youtube.com/lironsegev Go through our course, "30 Days to a Better YouTube Channel," here: https://videocreators.com/30-days-to-a-better-youtube-channel/ CREATOR SPOTLIGHT: Brad Smith, "Own The Chaos Stock Trading," https://www.youtube.com/user/smiththdctr LOVE VIDEO CREATORS AND WANT TO GROW ON YOUTUBE? HERE ARE SOME NEXT STEPS! 1) SUBSCRIBE to learn how to grow your YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcB3bcWy0_QK7uPQvTD0LwQ?sub_confirmation=1 2) FREE GUIDE: "The Secret to Building your YouTube Audience" https://videocreators.com/the-secret-to-building-your-youtube-audience/ 3) BECOME A MEMBER: Access special community perks on our channel and support our trainings by clicking that Join button! Or, click here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcB3bcWy0_QK7uPQvTD0LwQ/join 4) LET'S CONNECT! -- https://www.facebook.com/videocreators -- https://twitter.com/timschmoyer -- https://instagram.com/timschmoyer -- https://instagram.com/videocreators 5) SUBSCRIBE TO THE VIDEO CREATORS PODCAST - iTunes: http://go.vcreators.co/vcTViTunes - Soundcloud: http://go.vcreators.co/vcTVSoundCloud - Stitcher: http://go.vcreators.co/vcTVStitcher - Google Play: http://go.vcreators.co/vcTVGooglePlay - Spotify: https://go.vcreators.co/vcTVSpotify 6) LET'S REVIEW YOUR CHANNEL: Book a private one-on-one YouTube channel consultation with Tim or someone on his team: https://videocreators.com/youtube-certified-consultant/ Leave your comments on our post here: https://videocreators.com/how-knowing-your-perfect-viewer-leads-to-millions-more

One creator asked us, "How do I optimize YouTube's ads to make the most money? Should I just select all the options and let YouTube pick? Should I disable certain ad formats and force others to run more? is there anything I can do to make more money from YouTube's ads on my videos?" Another creator asked us, "How do I double my channel growth with tips you've never shared?" This question usually presumes that they're doing everything we've already said, still aren't experiencing growth on their YouTube channel, and want the secret, next level tactics. While we love talking about the next level tactics, if you're not experiencing growth with the foundational principles, the advanced principles will not work. Today we answer audio questions from channel members about: - Optimizing YouTube's ads to make the most money. - Effectively using the community tab to drive more views. - Maintaining growth as "shelter in place" slows down. - When to test different title and thumbnail ideas. - Software for managing your copyright ownership on YouTube. - How to double channel growth with tips we've never shared. - And much more. Submit your question for an upcoming Members-Only Q&A episode by joining us at the "collaboration" level here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcB3bcWy0_QK7uPQvTD0LwQ/join CREATOR SPOTLIGHT: Todd Harris, The Parenting Ninja (no channel yet) Schedule a one-on-one YouTube channel evaluation with us: https://videocreators.com/youtube-certified-consultant/ LOVE VIDEO CREATORS AND WANT TO GROW ON YOUTUBE? HERE ARE SOME NEXT STEPS! 1) SUBSCRIBE to learn how to grow your YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcB3bcWy0_QK7uPQvTD0LwQ?sub_confirmation=1 2) FREE GUIDE: "The Secret to Building your YouTube Audience" https://videocreators.com/the-secret-to-building-your-youtube-audience/ 3) BECOME A MEMBER: Access special community perks on our channel and support our trainings by clicking that Join button! Or, click here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcB3bcWy0_QK7uPQvTD0LwQ/join 4) LET'S CONNECT! -- https://www.facebook.com/videocreators -- https://twitter.com/timschmoyer -- https://instagram.com/timschmoyer -- https://instagram.com/videocreators 5) SUBSCRIBE TO THE VIDEO CREATORS PODCAST - iTunes: http://go.vcreators.co/vcTViTunes - Soundcloud: http://go.vcreators.co/vcTVSoundCloud - Stitcher: http://go.vcreators.co/vcTVStitcher - Google Play: http://go.vcreators.co/vcTVGooglePlay - Spotify: https://go.vcreators.co/vcTVSpotify 6) LET'S REVIEW YOUR CHANNEL: Book a private one-on-one YouTube channel consultation with Tim or someone on his team: https://videocreators.com/youtube-certified-consultant/ Leave your comments on our post here: https://videocreators.com/optimizing-youtubes-ads-to-make-the-most-money

If you're a business on YouTube and are using your videos to drive traffic to your website, products, and service, there's a few myths these business creators often believe that hold them back from really seeing success on YouTube. Today, Dane Golden will join us to discuss those myths and give us practical advice for how we can overcome them and use our YouTube channels to grow our business. Learn more about Dane Golden and VidTarget at https://vidtarget.io/ Schedule a YouTube channel consultation with us and let's plan your next steps for growing your channel: https://videocreators.com/youtube-certified-consultant/ Creator Spotlight: Check out Mike's home cooking channel at https://www.youtube.com/prohomecooks LOVE VIDEO CREATORS AND WANT TO GROW ON YOUTUBE? HERE ARE SOME NEXT STEPS! 1) SUBSCRIBE to learn how to grow your YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcB3bcWy0_QK7uPQvTD0LwQ?sub_confirmation=1 2) FREE GUIDE: "The Secret to Building your YouTube Audience" https://videocreators.com/the-secret-to-building-your-youtube-audience/ 3) BECOME A MEMBER: Access special community perks on our channel and support our trainings by clicking that Join button! Or, click here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcB3bcWy0_QK7uPQvTD0LwQ/join 4) LET'S CONNECT! -- https://www.facebook.com/videocreators -- https://twitter.com/timschmoyer -- https://instagram.com/timschmoyer -- https://instagram.com/videocreators 5) SUBSCRIBE TO THE VIDEO CREATORS PODCAST - iTunes: http://go.vcreators.co/vcTViTunes - Soundcloud: http://go.vcreators.co/vcTVSoundCloud - Stitcher: http://go.vcreators.co/vcTVStitcher - Google Play: http://go.vcreators.co/vcTVGooglePlay - Spotify: https://go.vcreators.co/vcTVSpotify 6) LET'S REVIEW YOUR CHANNEL: Book a private one-on-one YouTube channel consultation with Tim or someone on his team: https://videocreators.com/youtube-certified-consultant/ Leave your comments on our post here: https://videocreators.com/the-top-13-youtube-strategy-myths-that-hold-business-creators-back

Here at Video Creators, we receive over 100 email inquiries a day. As your channel and brand grows, it will start to feel unmanageable. But you MUST manage it for the sake of serving your audience and responding to business opportunities that arise. So here's how we manage it. This is our process and hope it helps you manage your community better, too. CREATOR SPOTLIGHT: Check out Changing Lanes on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2o84Ea1Z-HiiYlbBbKkVqw Schedule a YouTube channel consultation with our team: https://videocreators.com/youtube-certified-consultant/ Check out HelpScout for managing your email: https://videocreators.com/helpscout (affiliate) LOVE VIDEO CREATORS AND WANT TO GROW ON YOUTUBE? HERE ARE SOME NEXT STEPS! 1) SUBSCRIBE to learn how to grow your YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcB3bcWy0_QK7uPQvTD0LwQ?sub_confirmation=1 2) FREE GUIDE: "The Secret to Building your YouTube Audience" https://videocreators.com/the-secret-to-building-your-youtube-audience/ 3) BECOME A MEMBER: Access special community perks on our channel and support our trainings by clicking that Join button! Or, click here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcB3bcWy0_QK7uPQvTD0LwQ/join 4) LET'S CONNECT! -- https://www.facebook.com/videocreators -- https://twitter.com/timschmoyer -- https://instagram.com/timschmoyer -- https://instagram.com/videocreators 5) SUBSCRIBE TO THE VIDEO CREATORS PODCAST - iTunes: http://go.vcreators.co/vcTViTunes - Soundcloud: http://go.vcreators.co/vcTVSoundCloud - Stitcher: http://go.vcreators.co/vcTVStitcher - Google Play: http://go.vcreators.co/vcTVGooglePlay - Spotify: https://go.vcreators.co/vcTVSpotify 6) LET'S REVIEW YOUR CHANNEL: Book a private one-on-one YouTube channel consultation with Tim or someone on his team: https://videocreators.com/youtube-certified-consultant/ Leave your comments on our post here: https://videocreators.com/how-to-handle-a-daily-onslaught-of-email-inquiries

I sat down with a YouTube employee to discuss some of the things they see on their side that are mistakes that are holding creators back, what makes for a "good" video, how do we know if it's "good enough," and much more. Check out Creator Insider on YouTube for more behind-the-scenes updates from YouTube themselves: https://www.youtube.com/creatorinsider LOVE VIDEO CREATORS AND WANT TO GROW ON YOUTUBE? HERE ARE SOME NEXT STEPS! 1) SUBSCRIBE to learn how to grow your YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcB3bcWy0_QK7uPQvTD0LwQ?sub_confirmation=1 2) FREE GUIDE: "The Secret to Building your YouTube Audience" https://videocreators.com/the-secret-to-building-your-youtube-audience/ 3) BECOME A MEMBER: Access special community perks on our channel and support our trainings by clicking that Join button! Or, click here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcB3bcWy0_QK7uPQvTD0LwQ/join 4) LET'S CONNECT! -- https://www.facebook.com/videocreators -- https://twitter.com/timschmoyer -- https://instagram.com/timschmoyer -- https://instagram.com/videocreators 5) SUBSCRIBE TO THE VIDEO CREATORS PODCAST - iTunes: http://go.vcreators.co/vcTViTunes - Soundcloud: http://go.vcreators.co/vcTVSoundCloud - Stitcher: http://go.vcreators.co/vcTVStitcher - Google Play: http://go.vcreators.co/vcTVGooglePlay - Spotify: https://go.vcreators.co/vcTVSpotify 6) LET'S REVIEW YOUR CHANNEL: Book a private one-on-one YouTube channel consultation with Tim or someone on his team: https://videocreators.com/youtube-certified-consultant/ Leave your comments on our post here: https://videocreators.com/youtube-employee-interview-whats-a-good-video-mistakes-that-hold-creators-back-and-more

Yes, there's all the obvious skills like video production, editing, and YouTube strategy, but today we want to go beyond that. If your goal is to make money doing what you love and you're growing that business on YouTube, you need many more skills than video production. After over 10 years of growing online businesses and generating millions of dollars, these 7 skills are the essential ones you must acquire if you want your revenue to be sustainable long-term. Schedule a 1 hour consultation with us here: https://videocreators.com/consulting LOVE VIDEO CREATORS AND WANT TO GROW ON YOUTUBE? HERE ARE SOME NEXT STEPS! 1) SUBSCRIBE to learn how to grow your YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcB3bcWy0_QK7uPQvTD0LwQ?sub_confirmation=1 2) FREE GUIDE: "The Secret to Building your YouTube Audience" https://videocreators.com/the-secret-to-building-your-youtube-audience/ 3) BECOME A MEMBER: Access special community perks on our channel and support our trainings by clicking that Join button! Or, click here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcB3bcWy0_QK7uPQvTD0LwQ/join 4) LET'S CONNECT! -- https://www.facebook.com/videocreators -- https://twitter.com/timschmoyer -- https://instagram.com/timschmoyer -- https://instagram.com/videocreators 5) SUBSCRIBE TO THE VIDEO CREATORS PODCAST - iTunes: http://go.vcreators.co/vcTViTunes - Soundcloud: http://go.vcreators.co/vcTVSoundCloud - Stitcher: http://go.vcreators.co/vcTVStitcher - Google Play: http://go.vcreators.co/vcTVGooglePlay - Spotify: https://go.vcreators.co/vcTVSpotify 6) LET'S REVIEW YOUR CHANNEL: Book a private one-on-one YouTube channel consultation with Tim or someone on his team: https://videocreators.com/youtube-certified-consultant/ Leave comments on our post here: https://videocreators.com/the-7-required-skills-for-growing-a-successful-online-business

This episode is more for the business minded creator -- those who plan to turn their channel into a business or people who are growing a business with their YouTube channel. At VC, about 90-some percent of our revenue is funneled through our website. It's a very critical tool for us as we generate leads with YouTube, nurture those relationships with email, or even sell directly from our channel. There's an opportunity for us as creators to not only get more views and traffic on our videos, but also on our website. And as we do that and are embedding videos in our website, we get more views on those videos, too. The way most people think about this is that they should drive traffic from their videos to their website, and that's certainly one way to do that, although we're cautious to do that outside of a video that designed to be a sales video because YouTube favors content that increases people's viewing sessions. Instead, today we want to talk about organically growing the traffic to your website. Use your website to get more people to discover your videos, capture their email, make a sale, get someone to sign-up, register, or whatever the action is you want them to take. LINKS MENTIONED: - Learn more about Nate Dame and Profound Strategy at: https://profoundstrategy.com/ - Technical SEO Guide: https://profoundstrategy.com/blog/technical-seo-decision-makers-guide - SEO Tool Recommendations: https://profoundstrategy.com/insights/seo-tools - 30 Days to a Better YouTube Channel: https://videocreators.com/30-days-to-a-better-youtube-channel/ LOVE VIDEO CREATORS AND WANT TO GROW ON YOUTUBE? HERE ARE SOME NEXT STEPS! 1) SUBSCRIBE to learn how to grow your YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcB3bcWy0_QK7uPQvTD0LwQ?sub_confirmation=1 2) FREE GUIDE: "The Secret to Building your YouTube Audience" https://videocreators.com/the-secret-to-building-your-youtube-audience/ 3) BECOME A MEMBER: Access special community perks on our channel and support our trainings by clicking that Join button! Or, click here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcB3bcWy0_QK7uPQvTD0LwQ/join 4) LET'S CONNECT! -- https://www.facebook.com/videocreators -- https://twitter.com/timschmoyer -- https://instagram.com/timschmoyer -- https://instagram.com/videocreators 5) SUBSCRIBE TO THE VIDEO CREATORS PODCAST - iTunes: http://go.vcreators.co/vcTViTunes - Soundcloud: http://go.vcreators.co/vcTVSoundCloud - Stitcher: http://go.vcreators.co/vcTVStitcher - Google Play: http://go.vcreators.co/vcTVGooglePlay - Spotify: https://go.vcreators.co/vcTVSpotify 6) LET'S REVIEW YOUR CHANNEL: Book a private one-on-one YouTube channel consultation with Tim or someone on his team: https://videocreators.com/youtube-certified-consultant/ Leave your comments on our post here: https://videocreators.com/build-your-youtube-business-by-driving-more-traffic-to-your-website

After working through our YouTube growth process in Video Labs for 8 weeks, these 6 creators share some of the top ideas, tips, tactics, and strategies that have helped them see their channels grow so that you can see the same thing happen on your channel. REGISTER FOR VIDEO LABS: https://videocreators.com/video-labs/ CREATORS IN THIS EPISODE - Dimitra's Dishes: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkGxxHdqlH3snkPaelh7VMg - Hawthorn Law: https://www.youtube.com/hawthornlaw - Go See Christy: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4XGWX6eheTisHo8UBsdOWA - Ski PT: https://www.youtube.com/c/SkiPTCynthia - Cooking with Kalisha: https://www.youtube.com/user/CookingWithKalisha Leave your comments on our post here: https://videocreators.com/six-creators-share-6-proven-tips-for-growing-your-youtube-channel