Do You HAVE to pick a Niche when starting a YouTube Channel

[@iamchristianm]

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[@biziswhatitis]

I've been trying to fine tune this (I've only made two videos so far) but my main interests are philosophy, investing, general self improvement and also talking about my goals towards independence. Very similar to your channel, which I think is how I found it. Are you still figuring out your "niche"?

[@iamchristianm]

Yeah... I completely understand where you're coming from when you say you've been trying to fine tune this. The main thing is that you've started and I'm happy for you for having done so. I wouldn't really say I'm still figuring out my niche. I've pretty much settled on the fact that I'm going to keep things somewhat relatively broad under the umbrella of the journey to financial independence... so with whatever I cover, I will typically always try to tie it back to something I'm doing contributing to my financial independence goal. Naturally, there will be topics that I will tend to cover a lot more heavily than others which FOR NOW with me will be digital/affiliate marketing leaning more towards the selling of digital products than physical. It leaves things pretty open in this way allowing me to cover a wider breadth of topics when I want to. I just don't want to pigeonhole myself to only one thing. Whether or not this turns out to be detrimental towards my channel growth is something that only time will tell. I'm no KZbin expert and I'm doing what I can not to fall into the trap of pretending to be one. I'm just enjoying the journey as I go and share what I know to be true based predominantly on my personal experience. Even though I didn't give you a straightforward direct to the point answer, I hope that at least somewhat answers your question with regards to what I've settled on as my niche.

[@biziswhatitis]

@@iamchristianm Understood! You hit the nail on the head, my response would essentially be a reflection of what you just wrote, it really resonates. What I wrote to a friend about this topic: "I feel like the most valuable thing I have to share and teach stem from the wisdom I've gained through life experiences and struggles which don't exactly fit into any other niche than "Philosophy" or "Personal development" and how they apply to other areas in life. Perhaps I should accept the same broad umbrella for mine as well, at least for now. I don't want to pigeonhole myself either. I see other KZbinrs that seem to have success with this such as @ChadLisonbee. I've also noticed your subscriber count climb pretty well in the last month, at least according to my estimations. Kudos to that!

[@iamchristianm]

@@biziswhatitis Yeah... I'd say give yourself the latitude to post what you want in these early stages and then if you feel like there's any one thing you want to gravitate towards, you can always do that if you so choose to. I appreciate the encouragement with regards to my subscriber count.