DJI Drones - A 1,000 Subscriber Story

NOT only for creators with #drones - a lot of the #tips given here can help with growing ANY channel to #monetization.
So it's been over a year of creating content on a KZbin Drone Channel with my DJI Mini 3 Pro, Mini 4 Pro and Air 3. Let me share with you my 10 things that I wish I'd known about a year ago... and the most important question - was it all worth it?
I'm acutely aware that I've only scratched the surface of flying drones and being a content creator. In comparison to all of the other excellent drone pilots and content creators out there I'm still very much a novice, but I hope you'll find this video interesting, informative and possibly even entertaining!
Ironically I realise that this vid may not get the traction that others do because, as mentioned in the video itself, it is kind of outside the usual 'niche' (Amok, you're such a hypocrite! 🤣), but for the people that do watch, I hope it serves well to help them on their way too!
Please check out the channel page for lots of links to great content that has helped me on the way.
Thankyou to ‪@iansantanabr‬ for their support throughout this production.
Contents :
00:00 Let's go..
00:43 Drone-centric
01:00 Disclaimer
01:33 Settle in...
05:20 A bit of a diversion
06:32 Back to the main plot
07:29 A bit of a niggle
08:07 Amok starts waffling
09:00 Oh boo hoo...
09:18 Pandoras box has been opened
09:51 I'll just sponsor myself then!
10:27 Things start getting expensive
11.29 500 Subs
12:34 Davinci Resolve
13:26 Not just a hobby
13:53 1000 Subs
14:29 KZbin is free
15:00 Just do your best
15:26 All the gear and no idea
15:48 The 'niche'
17:00 Meh...
18:05 Research, research, research
18:57 What did he say?
19:32 It's ok to screw up
20:05 Everything's been done already
21:16 Don't be THAT person...
22:22 The inevitable 'bonus tip'
23:13 What now?
Music :
Never Play - Jeremy Blake
Warzone - Anno Domini Beats
Pray - Anno Domini Beats
Boom Bap Flick - Quincas Moreira
Talky Beat by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/...
Source: www.twinmusicom.org/song/265/t...
Artist: www.twinmusicom.org
Some Graphics by www.vecteezy.com/

[@johnnymac26]

Thanks

[@amoktimeflies]

Aww Johnny - thanks so much!

[@chriscapune7873]

🤣😅😅 great video!!! You are just about my favorite Drone channel!!! Top 3 I am thinking. Always some great information. 👍👏🐈‍⬛🐾🍻

[@amoktimeflies]

Top 3??!! How dare you! JUST KIDDING!!! 🤣🤣 Sincerely that is really flattering and nice to hear. Thank you, as always, for your kind words and support - you have been along for the journey for ages and I really really appreciate it. Take care buddy! 🔐🔒🔓🐈🐈‍⬛🖖

[@chriscapune7873]

😅👍🐈‍⬛🐾🍻

[@deeweeuavp]

A breath of fresh air - With honest and straightforward advice and information! I've met loads of like minded people from all around the world via Live shows from US drone owners. I'm a bit of a way off from the 1K. I enjoy my videos and getting out and about ... Aerial and terrestrial photography via drones and dslr ... My name might not be on the tip of someone's tongue, so have made other channels - Drone Above Ireland. Onwards and upwards ☘

[@amoktimeflies]

Thanks for watching and the comment - as I've said in other vids - I'm just a regular guy with a drone and I know what I know (and not much more! 🤣) Cheers mate - your comment means a lot... 🖖

[@iansantanabr]

Excellent tips, mate. Every DJI drone pilot who has a channel needs them. And it's really cool to follow this journey, here's to reaching 1100, 1500, 2000, 5k, and many more followers! You realy deserve it! Oh, we know it's a lot of work, but... friend, I was desperate waiting for a new video 😍

[@amoktimeflies]

Ian - you have be instrumental in getting this video out! Thankyou so much - it means so much to have someone around that is so supportive of the channel. Hope the Air 3 recovers soon and the battle scars heal quickly! 😉🖖

[@iansantanabr]

@@amoktimeflies Thanks buddy, but you would do well either way. The air 3 seems fine, but my emotiotional and confidence, not too much... I'll be better Hahahahah ( I'll need to change propellers and maybe do a hover test )

[@BillsPhoneTeignmouth]

Very true, everything you say. Brilliant advice - as someone who got monitised late last year, I couldn't find fault in anything you said, even if I wanted to! Heres to your next 1000 👍👍👍

[@amoktimeflies]

Thanks, BillsPhone! Really kind words - thank you. 🖖 (Tell Bill I said 'Hi' by the way 😉🤣).

[@Cozydrone]

Thank you for this information, a lot of you tubers are very secretive and I understand😊

[@amoktimeflies]

You're very welcome @cozydrone - I just do what I do and if my experiences resonate with other people then so much the better 😊🖖

[@mjsubterra]

Well done on the milestone, and I hope it's just the kick off. Enjoying your content and honesty, keep it coming please!

[@amoktimeflies]

Thankyou so much - I just try to keeps things real 😉🖖

[@Cozydrone]

I just noticed the cardboard KZbin subscriber milestone plaque.that is something I would have done.i got that same sense of humor😂

[@amoktimeflies]

I know - just me being a bit stupid! 😊😉🤣🖖

[@timothystravels8492]

I really enjoyed this. Watched it all the way through!! 😂 It was easy to be in your shoes, very familiar stories of progression, doubts and highs. Essentially, the wonder of flying and making short films is a personal journey for everyone to see, if they choose to. It's a wonderful journey and I share your joy. Davey

[@amoktimeflies]

100% Davey!👍I was just talking to my daughter about that - I enjoy the process and all of the things I learn along the way... The bonus is that I can share that journey with others as well. Thankyou for your lovely comment and for watching! Amok 🖖

[@Drone.vision]

Absolutely brilliant mate, been waiting for this one 👌 some fantastic information and you made it really enjoyable to watch aswell! Thankyou for taking the time out to do this, you deserved the 1000 subs! Look forward to your next one, have a great weekend! 👍

[@amoktimeflies]

Thankyou so much buddy - genuinely appreciate the comment... back to 'normality' soon! 🖖

[@Drone.vision]

@@amoktimeflies haha not too normal though I hope 😂 your welcome mate, keep up the good work, onto the next milestone! 👌

[@amoktimeflies]

‘Normality’ relative to other content on the channel! 😂 🖖

[@Drone.vision]

@@amoktimeflieshaha yea that’s a fair deal 😂

[@JauneMacReady]

😂 great one! You're doing exceptional ❤

[@amoktimeflies]

Thankyou so much Jaune - and thanks for watching! 🖖

[@frankvoelker1100]

It was nice to learn that we started our drone journey at the same time. I hear you when you speak in your video about the challenges a beginner faces. Today, apparently like you, I am addicted to buying DJI drones, lol. Please continue sharing your experiences with humour and show how much fun drones are. Congrats to reaching 1,000 subscribers!

[@amoktimeflies]

Frank - so nice to hear from you and thankyou so much for taking the time to comment. Drone #4 arriving tomorrow - watch out for the ‘Late To The Party’ unboxing! 😉🖖

[@stehume]

Nice little video and entreating as always. Now the weather seems to be getting a bit better and fingers crossed I hope to have a bit more time on my hands I might just be able to use mine..... At 18 min in the shot of the cliff/beach is that at highlands end caravan park as took our van there last year and walked down to the beach, looks just like that. Your editing is good and the sound is good to, correct in saying about people will just click off if poor sound as I do that myself. Well all the best and happy YouTubing and flying ( YouTubing?..... now is that a word )

[@amoktimeflies]

Thanks Ste - yeh that's at Eype's Mouth in Dorset, near Bridport and just west of West Bay. From a series of two very early 'non waffly' vids that I did. I still need to work on the sound - ironically I'm not that happy with it in this vid - I think KZbin compressed it a bit, even though I checked that it was at the right levels to stop them doing that... Probably some c*ck up I made though... Looking forward to seeing some of your drone footage soon! (Summer seems so flippin late this year!) All the best.. Amok 🖖

[@paullawrence8572]

First of all my friend congrats on the 1k subs! Love the channel so original and comicle😅 Your editing is superb in my opinion! But please don't do one on this new dji mini 2 4k sick of seeing this now😅 atb!

[@amoktimeflies]

Thanks Paul - and don’t worry - DJI didn’t send me one to review as the channel isn’t big enough yet, a whilst I *am* considering the Avata 2, the Mini 4k is a downgrade from my other 3 drones, much as I love you all, I’m not going to buy it purely to make a video on. That said, the Mini 4k looks like an ideal entry level drone for someone that wants to ‘try out’ the hobby without too much outlay. As always, thanks for watching and your comment 👍🖖

[@whatchannel3679]

Good video mate, enjoyed watching you.. What mic are you using on your lapel?

[@amoktimeflies]

Very good question and I'll now make you wish you didn't ask! 🤣 I use the DJI Mic 2 with a lapel mic plugged into it - I bought a relatively cheap one from Amazon for about £13-£16 (Link below) and that seemed good enough, but then I saw that DJI had one at £35 and thought - well surely that's better! Spoiler alert - it's not - don't be tempted - its a piece of poo! The sound is mediocre at best and the length of the wire is WAY too short - very disappointing! So this is the one I'm using now and that I used in this vid - nice long wire, comes with a fluffy wind protector (the DJI one doesn't!) and two adapters - one USB C and one 90degree adaptor . amzn.eu/d/30xu2YS It's a damn good price and significantly better value than that DJI P.O.S. 😉(I'm not getting sponsored by them any time soon am I? 🤣) All the best and thanks for watching!🖖

[@johnnymac26]

Elite dangerous i lost my life to that game lol great video mate personally my videos are crap but my crap and i don't care lol never gonna monetize "phew" but like you through youtube i have also met so many lovely like minded people ...and a few bangers.....but hey that's the road we travel great video mate loved it ps...im going back to elite dangerous that cutter needs dusting off.

[@amoktimeflies]

Anacondas all the way for me - had two of them - one for combat one for deep space exploration - did Beagle point twice! (very few people will understand the ridiculous amount of time that takes! 🤣). Thankyou for the comment Cmdr - keep doing what you do! o7 🖖

[@johnnymac26]

@@amoktimeflies done beagle point once also managed to land on that crazy planet that has the fastest orbit that was fun had every ship in the game my fave is the corvette fully armed to the teeth lol

[@DroneAJKnights]

Great video just a quick comment were do u get your music from I'm a small KZbinr drone flyer and I do all my editing on my mobile phone (that's all I can afford at moment) I've got about 260 subs at moment. I do use KZbin music and mention there channel in title etc but I do get copyright claims! Which I'm not botherd all the time but I would like not to, so could u push me in the right direction thanks....

[@amoktimeflies]

Hi AJ - thanks for watching. So far I also only use the KZbin audio library for my music as well, but taking a look at a couple of your vids I noticed that you don't credit the artist in your description which is likely why you're getting copyright strikes - especially if the track has a 'Creative Commons' licence. If you scroll to the bottom of the description in any of my vids you'll see the credits there. I always put credits for all of the music even the music where the licence says that it doesn't need attribution, but especially the tracks in the audio library the have a 'CC' in under the licence - you have to click on the 'CC', click 'learn more' and copy and paste the text shown into your video description. So if you're getting copyright strikes when using KZbin Audio Library tracks, I suspect it ma be because you are using Creative Commons licensed music and haven't credited them in your description with this text. Sorry - bit of a long boring explanation, but I hope that helps and good luck! 🖖

[@shaunthedrone]

Great motivation video for those starting out and made some great pointers on how building your channel - keep it up

[@amoktimeflies]

Many thanks for watching, Shaun and for the kind words - it's channels like your that inspire people like me! Take care! Amok 🖖