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[@unstable_diffusion]

I’m just wishing well to you and hope you get your plans accomplished! From a small beginner creator

[@JamesMcAllister]

Hey, thank you! Let me know if there's ever anything I can do to help you. By the way (saying this because of your username), I'm a real fan of Stable Diffusion myself! I actually just built a new PC to experiment with finetuning, and to play with LLMs as well!

[@marcosrissi]

Thanks

[@JamesMcAllister]

My pleasure Marcos!

[@Myrkanth]

HVAC, Welders, Plumbers, Electricians, Carpenters, ect. Jobs in the Trades will always be secure.

[@JamesMcAllister]

You're exactly right! Getting into one of the trades will always be a wise decision to be honest. Definite job security despite how quickly the world is changing.

[@ultravioletiris6241]

My friend couldnt get a job as an electrician because he was Mexican lol. But sure Boomer, sure

[@Myrkanth]

@@ultravioletiris6241 That's unfortunate. But it's not a reason to give up.

[@ultravioletiris6241]

@@Myrkanth No these jobs just aren’t as secure as “common sense” would seem to indicate. Once you actually scratch the surface

[@Myrkanth]

@@ultravioletiris6241Depends on the employer as well for sure. But with a trade you can take it from one place to another. Some will even recognize your skills. Don't undersell yourself and don't accept low offers if you know your trade.

[@oijgg3p]

Look I get it (and I agree).. but why are you than bad at this job? Why is camera so close, why not use key/fill/rim lights correctly.. background lights as wel.. why not learn editing, show some b-rolls, some images poping up to keep user retention.. I am gonna be honest with you, you are currently bad at this.. (p.s didn't follow script striucture closely,but where are hook/foreshadowing/transiton/story/reward structure.. why arn't you using "but so" writing method? Your message is correct, but everything around your message is not good. Remmember, algo does not care who you are, al it wants is user retention.. so your low retetion and low views are mostly on you. Good luck.

[@JamesMcAllister]

Hey, thanks! But not every video needs to be so formulaic, or hit every checklist for what a 'perfect' video should look like. I'd appreciate more specific feedback that doesn't sound like it's parroted from a checklist. I'll keep improving, but there are also people making $100k+ a month with nothing but PowerPoint slides and a $50 webcam, so you're making an awful lot of assumptions. Some of us measure business success in terms of dollars and not views 🙂

[@oijgg3p]

@@JamesMcAllister Well, I tried to help you, push you into right direction to actually be professional. I cannot help people who are lying to themself. P.s, in this game, ATTENTION is more valuable than money. (And let's be honest here, without attention, no one will even see your website plug.). Another p.s, that banner at the endis killing the retention of your viewers, direct them to aother video or just end it before that. If you are looking for long term, never waste viewer's time.

[@JamesMcAllister]

Respectfully, you sound like somebody who has watched a lot of guru videos on how to start a KZbin channel but never actually got anywhere with one. I think we both agree that your advice on increasing production value is generally good, but to act like it's a requirement is silly, and disproven. You don't even know my retention or how this video actually performed outside the view count. I do. 'Attention is more valuable than money' is one of the stupidest things I've ever heard and makes it hard to take the rest of your advice seriously, even though a couple pieces of it were good. In a niche like this one, if you can't make good money off of 500 views / video then you're doing something wrong. I'd rather have a tiny audience and a fat bank account, then millions of views and be broke. Overproduction helps with attracting kids with no attention spans (or money) that will click from video to video, but the message / content actually pushes people to take action. But if views are more important to you than money, well, you do you 🤣

[@Zortec]

I kinda disagree with your comment oijgg3p. I do agree there is room for improvement for James. But I dont think its bad like you saying it is. Everyone has there own style and with time it will improve. I do think maybe James could watch his video and study them to see what he can do to improve them and look at his competitors and study them and what he can take from them, i believe that will give the videos a bigger improvement. Also adding too many fx and retention editing fx is getting tiring (at least for me) and takes away from the message in my opinion. I do think though the thumbnails could be much better. but the video itself is decent enough.

[@JamesMcAllister]

@@Zortec Appreciate that a lot Zortec, thank you. My background is in blogging and although the marketing fundamentals are mostly the same regardless of platform, the technical skills definitely are not. I am aware that I'm not a good video editor and my thumbnails are DEFINITELY not up to par. But like you said, it's something I'll get better with over time. KZbin is not my main business and if the first year's worth of videos aren't the best, I'm okay with that. At least, if I can make the messaging / content alright. At some point in the future when I've earned people's trust, there will be more content to binge, even if they weren't presented the best that they could be. About retention editing, you bring up a good point. The other thing is the tradeoff between time and reward. I'd rather do 2 videos a week with lighter editing, than 1 video a week with really heavy editing. There are surely pros and cons to each strategy, but I will get better with the whole package - script writing, editing, thumbnails, titles etc. with more practice, doing 2 videos a week instead of 1. That's my 2 cents, anyway!