I just started a TH-cam channel and I'm trying to just have fun with it. I feel like its a lot of work, but sometimes just being patient and positive with your videos and just being yourself is gonna get new people interested In checking out your channel. I wanted to thank you for the awesome video and good tips for starting a TH-cam Channel.
I feel like the universe is telling me that its now or never, this video came at a great time. Im picking up a second job so I can afford the gear I need to make quality videos and in the mean time i'm learning all that I can. So glad I subscribed thank you Katie!
Thanks for sharing! What would be your 2023 strategy for the vlog channel you have? Similarly to yours, mine gets very little to no recommended views. Understandibly, it's much harder to grow a general lifestyle/vlog channel compared to the how-to-youtube channels. What's your 2023 plan there if you don't mind sharing? Thanks
Such a helpful video, storyblocks sounds really great! I just posted my first video a few days ago and it's been doing so much better than I expected, hope I can keep it up!
You channel is the most valuable one for folks who are starting out on youtube. Thank you for your work!!! I subscribed and looking forward to learning more from you ✨
Love this! I’ve been wanting to start my channel for a few years now but never did because I was too shy. I decided to start this year. So excited to start this new journey❤ thank you for sharing your tips
Katie, Thank you for being so real. I appreciate this and every video put out! Love analytics! 💗 What advice do you give to someone who has recently change niches?Thanks so much for taking the time to make these videos and give encouragement. 💕
This video made me want to start editing again. Forgot how fun it is to piece footage together and make a story out of it. Gotta get back to it. Thanks for the advice! 🙏
I've been doing youtube for the past year and a half and I just feel like I'm slipping down that mountain. I do travel videos (like you do on your other channel) and I just feel like I'm missing something. Like why is it so hard for me to get any traction, and I see people blow up in one video. Just venting sorry hahahahahahhqhqh.
Starting your TH-cam Channel is always a great idea!!! The consistency you need to put into it can help you in so many ways as a creator. Loving the video
I agree on reusing reels and tiktoks! I just did that and it was interesting to see what worked. Half of them spiked around 1000 - 1500 views but completely flatlined after that. Hardly any views trickling in after that. It does give me a boost in new followers so it was a useful experiment. With the click through rate I see a different trend. It often starts a bit lower and creeps up over time. I think with a smaller audience and less videos it seems YT needs some time to figure out the right audience. And with lower views it takes a couple of weeks to get enough data to give good insights.
It's interesting to see which videos take off on TikTok and which videos take off on Shorts. This is why I always post on both. It's not one or the other. It's both.
Yeah but the content that does well for Shorts vs TikTok for example is soooo different 😭 I had the same TikTok video hit 1,7M views and on Shorts it was only watched 500 times (no, not 500k, only five zero zero 😪)
Hi, Katie! How would you recommend growing a TH-cam channel this year with no niche? "Emma Chamberlain-esque" if you will. Would love to watch a video by you explaining how she "cracked the code" to being nicheless but becoming one of the most successful TH-camrs-turned-celebrity! I know a lot of it has to do with her personality and authenticity, something myself I am trying to work on! I have also thought about beginning with a niche but branching out. Thoughts there? I just find I get burnt out quicker when in a box. All I really want to do is make videos and help others feel less alone.
Maybe make THAT your niche? I don’t know exactly what you have in mind but it sounds like “having fun with videos and making people feel less alone” could be an umbrella you fit your videos under. You might need to more explicitly verbalize that intent to the audience than more obvious niches - but who says it’s not worth a shot or won’t work?
I appreciate you saying we’re not too late, I often feel I am. But I always forget about shorts and I have tons of stuff from tiktok and reels. Can we schedule shorts? Any times you recommend? I also think this will be a great introduction to TH-cam for me and also I didn’t know you could monetize shorts 😮
Whenever I post a skincare video it does really well, but otherwise my videos are not performing. I don't want to be strictly a skincare channel, do you have any recommendations? Much appreciated!
This is so helpful! What I struggle with is music - I’m so scared to do something wrong, I think this is what holds me back the most from doing my first post. Does anyone have any tips when it comes to background music?
Thanks for this video Katie! Quick question - so are you saying that if I repost a TikTok with baked-in music on TH-cam shorts but I don't officially add the same song directly from TH-cam, then in the future when I get monetized, I would NOT get paid for that video just because it has music that was originally added on TikTok? I have been uploading TikToks with music & they have passed the copyright clearance on TH-cam - so I thought that was enough - but maybe not
Biggest takeaway how to use Click Through Rate and View Duration to make decisions about my next video. Thank you, Katie! Following my dreams starts here!
I hknestly love you so much. U wxplaine things so well and ur entertaining to watch. I finish ur videos without falling asleep. And this was helpful. Tbh me being in yt for almost 9 years and still feel like i dnt have consistent good engagement ur vids gives me hopes
I’ve heard from multiple people that posting shorts killed their channel and that you should create new Somerset one for shorts . Any thoughts on that?
You mentioned people starting by posting their tik tok or insta posts onto TH-cam.. is it really hard to grow on TH-cam as a newbie who isn’t already on other platforms?
You are absolutely amazing, Katie!! I just started to know you and your channel, and I find it completely amazing and inspiring how far you´ve come over the years! Congratulations and thank you so much for being a great motivation for starter youtubers like me! 🤗
Fab advice as always! Question: I started this channel years ago and we only really posted training update videos for our board and train client dogs, but we decided we wanna post more educational content now. We're still gonna post training vids when we have board and train pups, but we're adding the weekly educational content now as well. Am I shooting myself in the foot by staying with this channel or would it be better to start a new one?
My shorts sometimes pick up month after posting! One short I posted a year ago, was sitting at a couple hundred views and grew the past months to 10k and now 27k views 🙌🏽
Question! If I'm not monetized, is there a way for me to turn off ads in the middle of my videos and just have them at the beginning/end? I have a yoga channel and a viewer just informed me that ads are playing throughout the video, but I don't see an option to change that.
I have a subscription box review channel..finding it difficult to grow as subscribers. I love your channel and really appreciate your advice and videos
@@lisabaileys for instance one video i posted on TH-cam Shorts got 9 views, on FB Reels it got 71 views and on TikTok it got 842 views! Another got 3 views on TikTok, 149 views on FB Reels and 1226 on TH-cam! I can't figure it out lol
@Life with Margot dang gurl, I don't have the patience for Tiktok right now (keeping it to two platforms), but great work. For my account @magnoliainvestor , one video has 1340 views on reels, but 25 views on shorts. Another video has 130 views on reels, but 2800 views on shorts. Aka I also definitely don't understand what works. I seriously think it's all magic.
I appreciate you deeply, Katie. I’m homeless, tent living as of recently, and one of those reasons is to create my channel. And I’m certainly gaining some views and subs already. there’s certainly a lot of experimenting like you said. Crazy. But I love it. It’s like “refining” me.
Thank you so much for your how to videos. I'm wanting to get started creating content on TH-cam, and your videos are so helpful/ inspiring. Very excited to start this adventure!
Ok! I’m just getting started and excited about the journey! I did post full length videos before I saw this video. So, I need to work on Shorts. Thanks for the tips!
You help alot with my channel is growing little by little, I was starting to learn guitar and on a youtube video you upload and said to upload learning guitar and etc. I start to do that and its working and also my ability to play it its helping. Also Iam trying to use shorts
You do a great job of integrating your sponsored section into the video without an abrupt shift in you video. Much appreciated!
I love that colourful wallpaper behind you! 😍
the analytics walk through was so helpful!! thank you!
Don’t you just love analytics? 😊
Need this one today! Really hope to seriously scale my channel these next couple of months! 🙏🏼
Don’t give up! ❤😊🙏
@@GinaLay thank you!
You've got this!
Good luck! 👏
I just started a TH-cam channel and I'm trying to just have fun with it. I feel like its a lot of work, but sometimes just being patient and positive with your videos and just being yourself is gonna get new people interested In checking out your channel. I wanted to thank you for the awesome video and good tips for starting a TH-cam Channel.
Thank you! I'd never thought of zooming out and taking a look at the thumnail to see what it looks like. I'll be trying this from now on!
I feel like the universe is telling me that its now or never, this video came at a great time. Im picking up a second job so I can afford the gear I need to make quality videos and in the mean time i'm learning all that I can. So glad I subscribed thank you Katie!
It's now!!
Same! Let’s go! 💪🏼💪🏼
Did you start? If no then do it now! I just started getting engagement on TikTok again so I’m making my first video and posting this week! Good luck
Thanks for sharing! What would be your 2023 strategy for the vlog channel you have? Similarly to yours, mine gets very little to no recommended views. Understandibly, it's much harder to grow a general lifestyle/vlog channel compared to the how-to-youtube channels. What's your 2023 plan there if you don't mind sharing? Thanks
Such a helpful video, storyblocks sounds really great! I just posted my first video a few days ago and it's been doing so much better than I expected, hope I can keep it up!
I just restarted this year!!!
Congratulations you started!👍you got this
I love these reflection questions for analytics. This was such a great video!! So much value! ❤
perfect ❤❤❤
this is SO helpful. gave me a little confidence boost
You channel is the most valuable one for folks who are starting out on youtube. Thank you for your work!!! I subscribed and looking forward to learning more from you ✨
Great tips 👍thanks
Love this! I’ve been wanting to start my channel for a few years now but never did because I was too shy. I decided to start this year. So excited to start this new journey❤ thank you for sharing your tips
Thanks Katie!
Katie, Thank you for being so real. I appreciate this and every video put out! Love analytics! 💗 What advice do you give to someone who has recently change niches?Thanks so much for taking the time to make these videos and give encouragement. 💕
For some reason I cannot see this reply.
Sounds good!
Wish me luck then :D
This video made me want to start editing again. Forgot how fun it is to piece footage together and make a story out of it. Gotta get back to it. Thanks for the advice! 🙏
This was so helpful! Thank you 💛 I just posted my first short 😬 let’s do this!
Great information content. Love the easy way you explain... so much appreciate your efforts and thought out process. Thank you sooo much!
I've been doing youtube for the past year and a half and I just feel like I'm slipping down that mountain. I do travel videos (like you do on your other channel) and I just feel like I'm missing something. Like why is it so hard for me to get any traction, and I see people blow up in one video. Just venting sorry hahahahahahhqhqh.
🥺🙌🏽
Helpful content! As usual. ❤ Thanks! Also, your shot this in new digs! Vacation spot?
Hi @katie how did you record this video showing you laptop screen but you where talking to another camera???
For those of us starting out and launching with TH-cam shorts, do you recommend using our phone for that or getting a good camera?
it's great for the explanation, and this is very informative thank you so much.
I wanna start a new YT channel because of YOU :) thank you for the amazing work you’ve been doing 🫶🏼
What does it mean to perform well? How many views are okay? How much watch time should there be?
I'm not a content creator but I really enjoy watching your videos none the less! Says a lot about your channel
awe thank you - that really means a lot to me!
I literally just posted again after 9months yesterday
Then if it's real money i may do it real me showing my face🥰🥰🥰
Do TH-cam pay real money???
I am not doing stupid shorts
Starting your TH-cam Channel is always a great idea!!! The consistency you need to put into it can help you in so many ways as a creator. Loving the video
I agree on reusing reels and tiktoks! I just did that and it was interesting to see what worked. Half of them spiked around 1000 - 1500 views but completely flatlined after that. Hardly any views trickling in after that. It does give me a boost in new followers so it was a useful experiment.
With the click through rate I see a different trend. It often starts a bit lower and creeps up over time. I think with a smaller audience and less videos it seems YT needs some time to figure out the right audience. And with lower views it takes a couple of weeks to get enough data to give good insights.
I agree 👍
It's interesting to see which videos take off on TikTok and which videos take off on Shorts. This is why I always post on both. It's not one or the other. It's both.
Thanks for sharing so much clear and concise info! Currently binging on your videos😃
Shorts have really been a game changer for growth on here, especially as a new channel!
Okay wait, zooming out on your thumbnail is so smart!
Another YT coach said shorts are low views and we shouldn’t focus on that. But I really love shorts and are easy to do!
Yeah but the content that does well for Shorts vs TikTok for example is soooo different 😭 I had the same TikTok video hit 1,7M views and on Shorts it was only watched 500 times (no, not 500k, only five zero zero 😪)
great tips, the 3 principles are very useful analysing results always useful; valuable 18mins of content.
Hi, Katie! How would you recommend growing a TH-cam channel this year with no niche? "Emma Chamberlain-esque" if you will. Would love to watch a video by you explaining how she "cracked the code" to being nicheless but becoming one of the most successful TH-camrs-turned-celebrity! I know a lot of it has to do with her personality and authenticity, something myself I am trying to work on!
I have also thought about beginning with a niche but branching out. Thoughts there? I just find I get burnt out quicker when in a box. All I really want to do is make videos and help others feel less alone.
Maybe make THAT your niche? I don’t know exactly what you have in mind but it sounds like “having fun with videos and making people feel less alone” could be an umbrella you fit your videos under. You might need to more explicitly verbalize that intent to the audience than more obvious niches - but who says it’s not worth a shot or won’t work?
These are so helpful! I appreciate you sharing these tips with us❤
Thank you for this what I wanted to hear
Very informative. Thank you
I appreciate you saying we’re not too late, I often feel I am. But I always forget about shorts and I have tons of stuff from tiktok and reels. Can we schedule shorts? Any times you recommend?
I also think this will be a great introduction to TH-cam for me and also I didn’t know you could monetize shorts 😮
Whenever I post a skincare video it does really well, but otherwise my videos are not performing. I don't want to be strictly a skincare channel, do you have any recommendations? Much appreciated!
This is so helpful! What I struggle with is music - I’m so scared to do something wrong, I think this is what holds me back the most from doing my first post. Does anyone have any tips when it comes to background music?
Thanks for this video Katie! Quick question - so are you saying that if I repost a TikTok with baked-in music on TH-cam shorts but I don't officially add the same song directly from TH-cam, then in the future when I get monetized, I would NOT get paid for that video just because it has music that was originally added on TikTok? I have been uploading TikToks with music & they have passed the copyright clearance on TH-cam - so I thought that was enough - but maybe not
Biggest takeaway how to use Click Through Rate and View Duration to make decisions about my next video. Thank you, Katie! Following my dreams starts here!
I hknestly love you so much. U wxplaine things so well and ur entertaining to watch. I finish ur videos without falling asleep. And this was helpful. Tbh me being in yt for almost 9 years and still feel like i dnt have consistent good engagement ur vids gives me hopes
I’ve heard from multiple people that posting shorts killed their channel and that you should create new Somerset one for shorts . Any thoughts on that?
You mentioned people starting by posting their tik tok or insta posts onto TH-cam.. is it really hard to grow on TH-cam as a newbie who isn’t already on other platforms?
Well if you have followers on other platforms it might make growing easier...
You are absolutely amazing, Katie!! I just started to know you and your channel, and I find it completely amazing and inspiring how far you´ve come over the years! Congratulations and thank you so much for being a great motivation for starter youtubers like me! 🤗
Your videos are so helpful!! Thank yo Igor putting so much work into helping us TH-camr newbies out!!
💪😊
Love this channel 🤍 I always learn so much here 🌻🙌🏽
Fab advice as always! Question: I started this channel years ago and we only really posted training update videos for our board and train client dogs, but we decided we wanna post more educational content now. We're still gonna post training vids when we have board and train pups, but we're adding the weekly educational content now as well. Am I shooting myself in the foot by staying with this channel or would it be better to start a new one?
I am also curious on this answer. 😊
Storyblocks sounds amazing! Will definitely use it
My shorts sometimes pick up month after posting! One short I posted a year ago, was sitting at a couple hundred views and grew the past months to 10k and now 27k views 🙌🏽
Do you do TH-cam channel reviews? Like to explain analytics to small/new TH-camrs
Question! If I'm not monetized, is there a way for me to turn off ads in the middle of my videos and just have them at the beginning/end? I have a yoga channel and a viewer just informed me that ads are playing throughout the video, but I don't see an option to change that.
I have a subscription box review channel..finding it difficult to grow as subscribers. I love your channel and really appreciate your advice and videos
Thanks for these awesome tips! ✨I love your content. I find you very easy to listen to and learn from. I look forward to learning more from you! ⭐
Yes! More Katie! 👏😊
thank you!!! I started a TH-cam channel in 2023. I may not have seen a lot of growth but it has been fun!!
Thanks this video will help me to grow my youtube Channel and make my own place as a french content creator. Thanks girls🥰
With shorts I've thought about the idea of making smaller videos out of the main bigger videos on the channel. I assume this would work?
this video had so many golden tips!!!!!!!!! thank you
I've found that content that performs well on reels doesn't perform well on shorts & vice versa. So maybe my initial reach niches were different?
I’ve found the same thing videos perform different on different platforms but I am going to take one of my best performing reels and try it on sgorts
@Life with Margot tell me how it goes. My stuff is almost 180deg different between the two right now
@@lisabaileys for instance one video i posted on TH-cam Shorts got 9 views, on FB Reels it got 71 views and on TikTok it got 842 views! Another got 3 views on TikTok, 149 views on FB Reels and 1226 on TH-cam! I can't figure it out lol
@Life with Margot dang gurl, I don't have the patience for Tiktok right now (keeping it to two platforms), but great work. For my account @magnoliainvestor , one video has 1340 views on reels, but 25 views on shorts. Another video has 130 views on reels, but 2800 views on shorts. Aka I also definitely don't understand what works. I seriously think it's all magic.
@@lisabaileys yeah weird lol idk either
I appreciate you deeply, Katie. I’m homeless, tent living as of recently, and one of those reasons is to create my channel. And I’m certainly gaining some views and subs already. there’s certainly a lot of experimenting like you said. Crazy. But I love it. It’s like “refining” me.
Thank you so much for your how to videos. I'm wanting to get started creating content on TH-cam, and your videos are so helpful/ inspiring. Very excited to start this adventure!
this is amazing advice. I will be uploading my tictok( without the watermarks)
Oh wait, 2023? That's now! Thank you, @Katie!
Ok! I’m just getting started and excited about the journey! I did post full length videos before I saw this video. So, I need to work on Shorts. Thanks for the tips!
Thanks, Katie! I just uploaded my first video today. Following your suggestion no. 1, I uploaded a short video that is only one minute long.
Thank you for this clarification. It's really helpful
I just started my TH-cam cooking channel and I love it ❤
You are the most transparent person speaking on this topic that I have seen.Thank you for sharing!👍
Can you talk more about TH-cam music and copywriting. Like how to not get flagged for this.
As a new TH-camr, this video was beyond helpful! Thank you for the insights ☺
I started my channel 2 months ago.
This video is incredibly helpful, thank you!
Katie these videos are great! Do you have a video on using copyrighted images and material in TH-cam videos?
Your videos are very helpful 👩🏻💻
I love this advice! I'm using your shorts strategy to launch my channel and it's so smart. Thank you!
I agree, shorts is very big impact if you're a beginner like me ❤
Love your content Katie! Thank you for sharing fire tips!
Nice one! Thanks for sharing this 👍
Love your videos! Off topic q - where did you get those earrings?
1.0k of those watch time hours were me btw, you're welcome 😁
My favorite youtuber
Your camera looks so nice
this is so awesome❤❤❤❤❤
just what i needed! 🖤 thank you for bringing so much value ☺
Brilliant- thank you!
So many great tips. Thanks!
How do you prevent the glare on your glasses?
I normally do it for fun 🤔
New supporters
I hope one day my channel get monetized ❤❤
You help alot with my channel is growing little by little, I was starting to learn guitar and on a youtube video you upload and said to upload learning guitar and etc. I start to do that and its working and also my ability to play it its helping. Also Iam trying to use shorts
Awesome! Keep up the good work! I will share your channel with my daughter. She loves YT guitar 🎸 tutorials!
@@GinaLay Thank you, I just play it, but she can watch them, I will try to do tutorials more when I learn to play guitar, Thanks alot 🥰🥰🥰
You’re so welcome! 💗 We love that song and I subscribed. 🥰
@@GinaLay Thanks 🥰