All perfect advice ❤️🙌👍👊

I saw that when we stopped using our "cute" intro clip people watched longer. It hurt my ego, but it helped the channel getting rid of it.

great video, very informative but the most important part I think is to do something you love doing, if not you will just get bored and give up, so make sure you create a channel about something you are passionate about. cheers for the info.

Love the video Diane. Very helpful indeed!

I love your humility and sound advice. Thanks. I would love a one on one with you to offer me some insights on my channel.

There are no small channels. They are *_growing_* channels. 😉

You're absolutely right about new accounts. I started a brand new channel, not associated with this one, about 3 months ago. And started uploading videos and shorts right away. And youtube busted my hump for weeks, making everything sooo difficult, including but not limited to insisting I verify my account, but also making the "verify your account" process extremely difficult. It took weeks to verify my account, add a phone number, etc. And the al gore ithm still seems to hate my new channel. For example, subscribers often report my videos don't appear in their feed, even though I select notify subscribers, and it's only one or two videos or shorts per day. Then there's the down side of being transparent, authentic, and reachable (including listing an email address not associated with g m a i l) - sometimes there are 80 new emails, sometimes a fair bit of spam, but hate emails are rough. I think the worst one so far was an individual who felt it necessary to tell me I'm too ugly to be on youtube, and that I should just 'die already'. It'd already been a not great day that day and I didn't need that. Also, sometimes people will take the time to give a thumbs down rather than just scroll away. I got about 145 thumbs down on a short that wasn't misleading or objectionable. My best guess on the thumbs down craze is "stuff happens". A sense of humour and a thick hide are vital, online and offline these days. 😀😂

I’m coming up on my 2 yr anniversary on KZbin, this video was helpful. Thank you!

There are others out there who already have this skill who have just started out.

Amen to all the superpowers you discussed!! Great video! I am 55 and just started my first channel a week ago. It's called Gen X Gal where I discuss all things Gen X! Thanks for the inspiration!! 🎉

I heard you say you use your iPhone, but I noticed you zoomed in. I would love to do that! Could you show us how?

Small channels gather here 🙏🏽 let’s grow together this New Year 💯

I’m loving your vids! You should b a narrator! You have a great voice, Diane ;)

I only have 8 subscribers now but, I will have millions soon. Thank you in advance.

How do you keep from having lights reflecting in your glasses?

Thanks for sharing this.

New subcriber❤ Like 👍 done ✅ ❤

Started posting two days ago after gathering a lot of courage .Keep going guys ❤️

I talk on my channel like I am in the same room with them. It’s personalised then & will draw them in.

How about over the age of 55? Would it work?

This came up in my feed! Nice work Diane!

I'm 45 years old. Ive always had an interest in woodworking. My fiance finally got me to start pursuing my passion a couple years ago. All of the woodworking KZbin channels have big shops and expensive tools. One channel I follow talked me into starting my own channel. So I started one for beginners without using expensive tools. I also do some comedy shorts because everyone needs a laugh now and then I'm working on learning my editing. I finally got over 200 subscribers id love to get monetized. But if I help even one person get started woodworking it's worth it

Some very good ideas. As an audio engineer, thanks for putting it first. 👍🏼 I have tried to research and follow the stats available to help create what viewers seem to like. My most valued advice, be genuine in the material. 2nd most important, reply and interact. (It really is the best part of it all). It was valuable to watch along with you as you confirm what I've learned and "tried" to implement. Thank you for positive reinforcement and encouraging us to have fun.

Thank you. These are great tips. I have a small KZbin channel where I experimented with different videos many years ago, but was never on camera. Computer games videos worked out really badly for me (less than 100 views in 5 years), much better was videos where I wore a costume to model for my website with the intention of embedding it. Those were very brief videos showing movement. The most views that I got over years was nearly 8K. Until middle February 2025, I am still 47. For Discord calls and video use, I got myself a sound mixer recently with XLR microphone. Since I needed a functional camera in any case, I got myself a Canon 600D which I am still somewhat figuring out. My Smartphone does not always pick up the sound from my sound mixer, I suspect that the plug is partially coming off due to cable weight. My next plan is to create videos wearing a costume and talking about various topics, but I am still thinking about some ideas.

I think i resonate more with Gen X 😂😂but im borderline ('81)🤪 Love your videos, so inspirational ❤

Thank you kindly for this, perhaps I do not interact as much as I ought to with listeners. Music industry is also taking a dive. I appreciate this channel, subscribed immediately as I saw your age and background, actually - we need more representation and an algorithm recommendation change on this site, particularly for the older or more working class audiences so this is absolutely lovely! A hearty cheers

Wait a fat kick, bro I love it. I was gonna say that myself, but you made it short and sweet and bloody.

While I deal with a traumatic brain injury, tackling this platform is difficult. I hope I can continue to send messages of motivation.

You sound so much like me but you just got everything so well organized good solid work and the way you edit I guess maybe you get someone else to do your editing who should I get it? I’m wondering.😅

I like your personality. I'm going to check out becoming a narrator for the ACX platform. I've been told I have a nice "radio" voice.

I have buy me a cup of coffee too but I don’t have the little money sign next to my comment section is it because no one has visited my buy me a cup of coffee that would clear it up for me. I guess I enjoy your videos and I’ve already subscribed keep up the good work and maybe you can do a video about how you did look up with Amazon.😅

I never thought anybody can say the same things that I say only better you are great and you give me inspiration. I hope to see more of your videos soon when I have time. Thank you.😅

65 now I will be 66 January 22 and I appreciate you and your channel. I hope you can visit a lifestream with me someday maybe this morning I don’t know just a hint 😅

I question if I have an audience for my channel. Simplified how to videos. Angry vulgar multiple personalities.

I have a channel that is pretty bland it’s been tough figuring some things out thanks I’m over 60

Lovely video I now your subscriber

Give us more!! 😊

I can't promote your business use my personal data.if you want promote it add me data and money

Appreciate this post. Good luck to all small KZbin channels out there!

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Sometimes there are days when I upload a video that I don't want to see anything called views it just brings me down when I see less than 100 on about 84% of my videos hardly getting over 100. Most of my shorts get more views than my long form videos and a few live streams I've done but I can probably count on my hands that maybe less than 10 videos only got 100+ views. My only guess is because my channel hasn't been a year yet I'm never going to get 500+ views until after 3 or 4 years in the business when people start to recognize or search my channel and it reaches out to a bigger audience.

2:18 question? When a new year starts does that mean my videos watching hours start all over

0:55 your information is so valuable and informative. Im grateful

Thank you for your videos. I have a small channel so I appreciate all your advice.

I think my total addressable market is small. How do I create interest in an unusual sub niche?

I absolutely like your energy ❤❤❤

Love the channel new family member❤

I absolutely agree with all you say 100% But the problem for us little tubers is that the algorithm sucks. If it's not giving us a decent reach how can we even get the chance to be seen. I've done videos with full SEO, description, thumbnail, keywords etc etc etc. I've also done videos with nothing, no info and they've been given bigger reach. It makes zero sense. We're told to do all the things to grow but then it doesn't work, very strange that a video with nothing outperforms it. I was wondering if you have any thoughts on it..? Regards, Ken.

Thank you