How She Created The Video That Blew Up Her Channel

[@jay]

Grow Your Podcast on KZbin Workshop: creatorscience.co/play

[@AprilynneAlter]

Thank you so, so much for having me on the show, Jay! You're such a talented interviewer

[@jay]

Thanks for sharing so much behind the curtain!

[@brewswithviews]

@AprilynneAlter when is the next video due? You are literally doing the hard work for so many creators. I struggle sometimes for ideas so the next video will be really useful for me. You're a KZbin legend already.

[@AprilynneAlter]

@@brewswithviews thank you so much! It'll be out next month!

[@Bubble1989]

Yeah I need help 😢

[@BackToTheBoomBap]

​@@jayI think you made a good choice with changing the thumbnail. I like that other style too but a lot of people are familiar with that look from her videos, so it may lead to more clicks.

[@JakobJenkov]

Keep in mind - that one of the most popular topics on KZbin (and any other SoMe) is - how to get success on KZbin (or whatever SoMe you are using)... so you cannot always use the success of such videos as an example of what is possible on the platform. Creators on a given platform are very likely very interested in how to get success on that platform, and they are probably also among the most active users of that platform.

[@MyWildBackyard]

I’d like to add a fourth category for the content buckets- videos to TEST. Sometimes you have a hunch about a video idea but no data necessarily to validate it. I’ve found it super useful to test those videos in one of my time slots every month.

[@AR-pb2zh]

So glad you interviewed April! She is terrific and her channel deserves more subs. I have all her KZbin templates on my Notion app. This advice is great. Ali Abdaal mentioned the same thing about creating evergreen content by doing a variation of other viral videos and topics! Another stellar interview!

[@joshbottz]

Her video on thumbnails was the most important video for me. My videos finally started getting views and I reached 1000 subscribers shortly after!

[@jay]

That’s amazing!

[@tizzawizza]

Congratulations!!!

[@TechnicallyTrent]

Great chat...I really liked the points about balancing research VS going with your intuition. It is definitely a fine line to walk. I also didn't know she totally deleted her original channel. Quite a difficult move! Looking forward to more videos from both you and Aprilynne.

[@jay]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@AndrewMycol]

Aprilynne's video on how to make a killer thumbnail made me really rethink KZbin and what I was doing. I had no clue how KZbin or thumbnails really worked, and that one video really explained alot!

[@jay]

She’s a great teacher!

[@henrydidit]

These interviews are great Jay. Thanks to both of you.

[@erinmgiles]

Thanks for this amazing interview Jay! Aprilynne...so proud to see such a powerful, confident and smart young woman in this space, it's so needed!

[@wonderpar]

I was loving this video and then April goes ahead and uses Figma for everything! 🥰 Throughout the video, I was almost sure she was a designer and there it is! No wonder everything is so methodical and data driven, but still creative. Well done! Now I'm gonna watch the rest of the video 🧡

[@theprojectsguy]

Amazing Interview, it was really interesting to hear the behind the scene process for one of the videos I have been thinking about the past few months. I cannot wait for her next upload on 'Ideation' process. Colin and Samir must do one with her.

[@VladimirKostek]

Thanks for this interview, and appreciate Aprilynn coming on! Her videos are immensely useful 🙌

[@frostflame8888]

I've watched and took notes from quite a few of the videos on this amazing playlist, however on this video I find it challenging to even write the initial notes (Cornell method), it feels like as soon as I start to grasp what Aprilynne is trying to say the topic is packed up, Around the 30 min mark I started skipping ahead to hopefully find something I can write down but I couldn't, around the 37 min mark I got to the point I can't watch anymore even tho I know there is value in the topic because I literally couldn't extract anything out of it. The absolute opposite of this video in terms of understandability and how easy it was to digest the value is the episode with Phil Agnew, I honestly think that episode leveled my content game by multiple levels while this video felt like I learned nothing (My notes pad only has the 3 video types which is pretty low value for what was intended). Have a blessed day :D

[@jay]

This is good feedback - thank you for taking the time. We will get better!

[@ZeusCoC101]

Ironic that this video was about making intros when she practically copied and pasted Jon Dormans video: how to create a K KZbin video (to blow up your channel) at points she even used line for line, bar for bar, aswell as the same be-roll

[@strategicarts8969]

Yeah man, I thought it's just me who noticed it. It's literally copy pasted. Felt so much urge to tell people about it but I was powerless

[@ramonedixon]

Great interview but I was watching this and thinking throughout why are there so many ads and now I understand why there were so many ads at this point in the video 42:50

[@JeffreyLarryEastTexasRealtor]

Thank you so much for this. I am rewriting my script and story board as I watch this. I don't doubt that this will make my videos perform better.

[@NotYourStorypodcast]

This is such a great interview! I haven't seen a better quality production and edit from a remote podcast than from Creator Science 👏

[@WilliamPhaan]

These raw advice videos seem to educate me the best. Gems waiting around every corner of the video.

[@paulschina]

What a great interview! I learned a lot. I will definitely be applying some of those things.

[@CarolineAnandSiddiqui]

Did you gain all your subscribers in the past month?... Nice job 👍

[@TheAccidentalSolopreneur]

Glad I brought my pen and paper for this one. Tons of new learnings for me. Thanks, Jay!

[@miniscenesgb]

She's amazing. Such a smart way to work. And the adsense thing - I have never herd that before

[@diy-basteln]

Wow. So hilfreich, so informativ. Vielen lieben Dank fürs Teilen. Großartiges Video ❤

[@davidthescottishvegan]

Thanks Jay for this awesome interview with the amazing Aprilynne Alter and I love 🥰 her channel and it was through her i found your channel and i subscribed because I want to be a better creator and Jay will help with that.

[@Darkkingztw]

Thanks for this interview

[@BackyardMaine]

I actually use a very similar process. Much less on the research phase but the rest follows my 10 step process.

[@owayneallen]

April my favorite KZbinr, and she has taught me a lot!!!

[@mediocremann]

i start doing recently my self-proclaimed best series about my life in KZbin, and i just enjoy filming, finding great view, editing , this time i just don't care about likes and views , i don't even ask to subscribe, i say myself i just training to film and edit storytelling, and i think that works,more and more i like doing it and less care about views and likes and subscribers they come themselve

[@theprojectsguy]

This is the one, I have been waiting for❤

[@jay]

Let me know what you think!

[@WorldAccordingToBriggs]

If you ever do a video about how The "AI Faceless channels" are a scam, let me know.

[@brewswithviews]

Wow......I hate those videos so much. I have been looking at destinations for a family break lately and most of them are top 5, top 10 etc and then its just AI talking crap.

[@CarolineAnandSiddiqui]

They're spam & garbage!

[@psd7721]

Two of my most favourite KZbinrs ♥️♥️♥️

[@jay]

hope you enjoy it!

[@dranipani]

Thanks for sharing it!!!

[@rosierollin]

This was amazing ❤

[@educatics_shorts]

Im blown away

[@seanmartinflix]

I wold have loved to here thoughts about starting a new youtube channel. I am thinking of starting over as I know i can make good videos but my channel is all over the place. I have gone back and forth so meany times. I am bad at making the same type of video every time.

[@ErvAnimations]

Thank you so much for putting this valuable interview together, so much good info here that I'm gonna blow up my channel with

[@pnwconcretehouse8581]

I noticed you have changed the thumbnail on this video 7 times since upload. Is that typical to do that much testing to find the right one? and how did you come to the decision to go back to the current thumbnail? Thanks, I'm trying to learn every trick possible to grow my channel!

[@owayneallen]

Had to come back to April!! Extremely smart girl

[@lovekeego]

i wish aprilynne was in the ad ngl i would've watched it if she interacted too

[@finlandexamhelp]

She is good at simply big ideas, thanks again

[@publicspeakingbasics]

Didn't she talk about having another channel with 10s of thousands of subs before starting her channel for youtubers?

[@colinf178]

Yeah I think she mentioned having a channel based around crypto / NFTs if I remember rightly ?

[@ponder24]

Big cuzzo

[@tizzawizza]

I love Artlist.

[@jakefelzien]

Could have been just gossip/rumors but didn’t a big KZbinr point out how her and another KZbinr almost shot for shot ripped that idea that went viral? Or was that just another guy? 🤔

[@TheGoldenboyo]

She deserves a spot here for sure. So many copycats of her channel now. Suddenly seeing her everywhere. About time tho. She is a great example of why authenticity is winning on this platform.

[@flyhyland]

... lol.... *sigh* . When she straight up copy and pasted Jon Dormans video for the video that blew her up.

[@TheGoldenboyo]

@@flyhyland Only just seen this: Her video title was "how to make a killer youtube intro (for the 2024 algorithm)" and Jon Dormans was "how to create a killer youtube video (to blow up your channel)." That is not a 'straight copy' at all. It's taking heavy inspiration for a title in the same niche which is what every single creator on the platform does. Plus her thumbnail was visually completely different and took zero visual inspiration from Jon's. His thumbnail was arguably harder to emulate because it was a unique standalone idea whereas hers had a 'replicable, format-style appearance, which is probably why so many have tried to copy her thumbnail. Both are great creators in their own right but always annoys me when people say someone "copied an idea"...when it's clearly just inspiration with a transformative edge. KZbin as a platform would not have survived without the principle of transformative content. It's a basic pillar of the whole platform. The best book that creators should read is "How to steal like an artist" by Austin Kleck or the documentary "Everything is a remix." Both highlight this point.

[@bretmoleta1860]

I defy anyone to follow her method of creating a KZbin video. Impossible to follow

[@ChoriPunk]

I mean... if she knows so much why doesn't she apply it to her own channel??… she is not very successful so to speak

[@VictorMachadoJesus]

What world do you live? She is big already! She applys All She is talking here at her channel! She have a espressive results…

[@flyhyland]

@@VictorMachadoJesus Hardly. She's literally made two videos in the past half a year, one of which only has 14k views. She literally had two videos that blew up somewhat (not even massively, hasn't even reached a million yet) and now she acts like she's an expert, going on all these other channels proclaiming as such. She's primarily a social media socialite, not a KZbinr. No hate towards her, she's done well, but I don't like it when people suddenly act as if they're the big deal (and trick other people into thinking this too) when they've hardly even done anything.

[@StyleArchitexts]

She’s dope

[@ashnichrist]

April is dating Rox???? Small world!!

[@rossthoughts]

Too many commercials.

[@ReeChad.]

Shes no smart strategist and this is why Most people who start youtube dont have money and she did , she got her videos promoted She had a quality phone or camera

[@divyv20]

Hey Jay , very good video . I can do better editing in your videos which can help you to get more engagement in your videos . Pls lmk what do you think ?