Has anyone else noticed this - the comment sections on TH-cam are typically pleasant conversations, but over on instagram, oh my gosh the comments can be SO brutal and even downright disgusting!! My theory is that the instagram algorithm is not as good so it will send content to people who are not the right audience and you get this influx of hate. I actually love instagram as a platform but it’s starting to feel very toxic.
Yup. Instagram just doesn't do much for my business either. So I just use it for fun, posting pretty pictures and updates as stories. It's also a different community for me than YT so I also tease new TH-cam videos as stories with a link. Pay-to-play is absolutely correct. As frustrating as TH-cam can be, it's the best opportunity platform in town. Thanks for the video.
Hi Trena. First...THANK YOU for making this video. I'm not new to video creation but I am new to creating videos that promote a specific product with my product review TH-cam channel - I guess we call that affiliate marketing. I've been sooo stressed about learning how to use/optimize instagram but you've just released my stress with this video announcement! Now I can focus on what I know (better) and what makes me excited, vs. stressed.
Thanks for sharing this video , I left social media 7 years ago. I came back a few months ago because i started writing a book. Im a very shy person and perfectionist. I wish I would have just left social media alone . As a writer I thought I needed an audience to help me sell my book but I realized I don’t think I need instagram I feel safe and more comfortable on TH-cam
Same sister!! I quit recently too! Never scrolled it, can’t keep up with the silly demands, rarely watch short form content anyway so why would I create it. Kissed it goodbye! Life is too short to do anything you don’t love! It’s not about exploding anymore because you’ve busted your rear on every platform. It IS about building your own little community. SO much more rewarding than entertaining people who simply don’t give a rip. Goes for personal FB pages too! Community pages are so much better!! And YT is always where it’s at! Great video, glad you popped up in my feed!
THIS! Thank you for saying what so many of us are thinking! I just started my TH-cam channel with my video podcast in June. It's a teeny tiny following right now but steadily growing! What resonated with me most in this video is when you spoke about feeling your creativity stifled on IG. I feel the SAME way. I put the same videos up on literally any other platform and it feels so different! Excited to join you on this journey and hope we can all support each other in growing on TH-cam in 2024 and beyond!
Thanks for the video! I decided to refocus my attention on TH-cam. I recently posted some new videos on starting TH-cam over 40. I’m just sick of chasing the algorithm on on Instagram and I feel just like you. I find that I compare myself a lot to other creators who have the perception of perfection. Here on TH-cam I’m building my own community and I’m doing things my way! Thanks for the video.
Thank you for this insight! I only have 2600 people on my email list, but I think focusing on TH-cam instead of all the noise of TikTok and Instagram is going to be a great strategy for me, too! Thank you so much again!
I got off in April 2024. I got the awareness to change back in September 2023. Took me a new years eve breakdown and cry to actually look deeply into the why is this still in my life !!!
Definitely a good decision for Trena to leave Instagram and double down on TH-cam and thanks 👍 for this video. I have not been on Instagram since the beginning of the year and it probably was the best decision I have made as a content creator. Love 🥰 this video and love ❤Trena.
I keep trying to wait until the end of the year to make my final decision whether to stay on Instagram or not but to be honest, I think I made my mind up months ago that I don't actually like Instagram as much as I thought I would. 😬 I barely even consume content on IG as I do TH-cam or Tiktok. I stay on IG for the various ways I can link to my services but it's honestly not worth it for my goals right now. I feel much better on TH-cam and I think I will sit today and adjust my strategy to go all in on TH-cam. Thank you for the video, this might be my sign. 😂🙏🏾
You've gotta do what feel good to you.. and if you are on the fence, its seems like you aren't loving the instagram grind.... so why do it. UNLESS you know you are getting clients from Instagram?
@@TrenaLittle I'm not getting clients from it, unfortunately. And you know it's funny it took me a second to reply back to you because I opened my notes app and started writing what I think is going to be an email to my audience about how I'm leaving Instagram.🫢😅 I don't know what came over me but I think it's always been there this video just gave me the courage to finally admit it that I don't want to wait any longer. I'm quitting Instagram this week. 😯🫢 I will post my remaining content and then I'm off to better things like my TH-cam channel. 🥹 Thank you for the video again. It was the confirmation I needed. 🫶🏾
Serious question. If IG is a time suck and keeps you in the comparison trap and the bulk of your business comes from TH-cam, why not just delete it and be done with it?
Great question! If I knew that answer I would have quit Instagram a long time ago. Like I said, I think it was more of a toxic relationship making me THINK I needed to be on it... when in reality I don't
Starting a new IG channel has been brutal. No views no likes/engagements and if you want others to discover it, then you need paid ads. I havent shut mine down but if I am already making a short, I just use it to post cross platforms.
It’s for me the platform that performs the worst with lives and posts! People only come to watch but don’t interact, don’t care and it’s definitely a waste of time!
It’s pretty easy to say when you’re established. And any rant rage causes views anywhere it’s a gimmick and a good call to action. But if anyone were to have an established insta and TH-cam they could do the same wouldn’t affect them. If and if that against why not delete all social medias. I’m new to social media like only one year in. But it’s like high school and sales tactics.
OOOO LOVE THE PLAN VIDEOS WITH ME!!! Can't wait for those Lives! And I am also really wanting to get off Instagram as 80% of my traffic comes through Google... but it is just so hard to commit to!
JUST COMMIT TO IT! lol it will feel so good. It's not that I'm NEVER getting on Instagram again, I'm just not wasting my mental capacity on an "Instagram strategy" And I'm excited you want the Plan with me videos! Would you show up live to watch? What do you think would be most helpful to see/do in these lives?
@@TrenaLittle Yeah that makes sense and would be so nice to not have to think about it!! Yes I would love to be live! But it all depends on kid schedules (they are only in part-time childcare). The most helpful things - coming up with clickable titles/ graphics?
Instagram doesn’t like me. It doesn’t show my art to people and I’ve been stuck at under 200 followers . I can’t get engagement because it won’t show people my art process posts. I want to make the move to you tube and tik tok but I want to make sure I’m in a better position to post regularly so I don’t end up killing my reach there as well. I just went far too long on instagram with not posting . I literally get less than 10 views reels these days. I’ll Still keep it for just uploading the same stuff I do on TH-cam eventually. I won’t delete it but I won’t make it my go to primary place to post once I get going on TH-cam and maybe TikTok.
Livestreams idea: Watch another "huge" youtubers video with us and comment what he (or she) is doing great. And show us (with screensharing) how to do the same thing after. It could be about his script, thumbnail, titles, editing, etc.
@@TrenaLittle You're welcome. I'm happy that you understood what I was trying to write. My first language is French. I practice English by listening to your videos 😉
Yeah, I hate it too. Just wasting my time. Not growing no matter what I do, unless I pay to push. I did the same, I started to grow offer I move Instagram to the back burner, but it has not helped my business.
Instagram is the worst, I also quit. The conversion rate was like 1-2% compared to other platforms. Not only is it a time-suck, it's mentally draining and I don't have that negative experience on YT or other social platforms! I do post on IG Stories tho, but it's just for fun with 0 expectations.
I probably spend more time creating IG posts, searching hashtags, and uploading multiple times a week than I do working on my actual channel videos. I agree it's not worth the hassle. I think a lot of people are coming to the same conclusion.
@@TrenaLittle not sure, but definitely your words resonate with me. I think the best strategy is making TH-cam a priority, while using Instagram as a secondary platform, more like a business card with evergreen funnels, clients reviews and so on :)
If you are only planning to post about YoUTube videos... you might want to save your time and just focus on building your community on TH-cam... Instagram will not push content that is linking to another platform and people follow people in Instagram for Instagram content, not TH-cam. So I would take that into consideration where your time is best spent
I honestly don’t think its about the IG strategy.. to run a successful IG strategy it takes so much more time for less results than I’ve seen and my clients have seen on YT for so much less content… I also honestly believe for a business owner to see reach on IG you will need to pay to play
I literally cannot stand Facebook I'm on there and post every once in awhile just so people know I'm still alive. In my opinion it is useless and it's just a lot of blah blah blah about nothing. To me it's just a waste of time. It has absolutely no substance.
Has anyone else noticed this - the comment sections on TH-cam are typically pleasant conversations, but over on instagram, oh my gosh the comments can be SO brutal and even downright disgusting!! My theory is that the instagram algorithm is not as good so it will send content to people who are not the right audience and you get this influx of hate. I actually love instagram as a platform but it’s starting to feel very toxic.
Yeah exactly ❤ people are more supportive here
Yup. Instagram just doesn't do much for my business either. So I just use it for fun, posting pretty pictures and updates as stories. It's also a different community for me than YT so I also tease new TH-cam videos as stories with a link. Pay-to-play is absolutely correct. As frustrating as TH-cam can be, it's the best opportunity platform in town. Thanks for the video.
Hi Trena. First...THANK YOU for making this video. I'm not new to video creation but I am new to creating videos that promote a specific product with my product review TH-cam channel - I guess we call that affiliate marketing. I've been sooo stressed about learning how to use/optimize instagram but you've just released my stress with this video announcement! Now I can focus on what I know (better) and what makes me excited, vs. stressed.
Thanks for sharing this video , I left social media 7 years ago. I came back a few months ago because i started writing a book. Im a very shy person and perfectionist. I wish I would have just left social media alone . As a writer I thought I needed an audience to help me sell my book but I realized I don’t think I need instagram I feel safe and more comfortable on TH-cam
Same sister!! I quit recently too! Never scrolled it, can’t keep up with the silly demands, rarely watch short form content anyway so why would I create it. Kissed it goodbye! Life is too short to do anything you don’t love!
It’s not about exploding anymore because you’ve busted your rear on every platform. It IS about building your own little community. SO much more rewarding than entertaining people who simply don’t give a rip. Goes for personal FB pages too!
Community pages are so much better!! And YT is always where it’s at!
Great video, glad you popped up in my feed!
AMEN! I love this for you - Welcome to my side of TH-cam!
THIS! Thank you for saying what so many of us are thinking! I just started my TH-cam channel with my video podcast in June. It's a teeny tiny following right now but steadily growing! What resonated with me most in this video is when you spoke about feeling your creativity stifled on IG. I feel the SAME way. I put the same videos up on literally any other platform and it feels so different! Excited to join you on this journey and hope we can all support each other in growing on TH-cam in 2024 and beyond!
Thanks for the video! I decided to refocus my attention on TH-cam. I recently posted some new videos on starting TH-cam over 40. I’m just sick of chasing the algorithm on on Instagram and I feel just like you. I find that I compare myself a lot to other creators who have the perception of perfection. Here on TH-cam I’m building my own community and I’m doing things my way! Thanks for the video.
I am not ready to quit Instagram yet but I definitely am focusing more on TH-cam right now - Thanks for sharing your insight.
When ever you are ready - I would challenge you to see if you are getting sales/leads from Instagram or is TH-cam gaining you more leads or sales?
SO inspiring and motivating - thanks for being so thorough!!
This is SO refreshing to hear!!! Go YOU!!! I feel like I will be right behind you . . .
Come on and join the party! lol
I feel the same way! Sick of it! I feel like it's the doom scroll, comparison and not feeling good enough.
Thank you for this insight! I only have 2600 people on my email list, but I think focusing on TH-cam instead of all the noise of TikTok and Instagram is going to be a great strategy for me, too! Thank you so much again!
Did you keep your account open? Did you say goodbye or drive them over to your TH-cam channel? Any tips would be great!
My account is still open, and I will post whenever I feel like it... I'm just not creating a strategy specifically to stay consistent on IG
I got off in April 2024. I got the awareness to change back in September 2023. Took me a new years eve breakdown and cry to actually look deeply into the why is this still in my life !!!
Definitely a good decision for Trena to leave Instagram and double down on TH-cam and thanks 👍 for this video. I have not been on Instagram since the beginning of the year and it probably was the best decision I have made as a content creator. Love 🥰 this video and love ❤Trena.
That’s awesome! I loving hearing this and thank you for the support.
I keep trying to wait until the end of the year to make my final decision whether to stay on Instagram or not but to be honest, I think I made my mind up months ago that I don't actually like Instagram as much as I thought I would. 😬 I barely even consume content on IG as I do TH-cam or Tiktok. I stay on IG for the various ways I can link to my services but it's honestly not worth it for my goals right now. I feel much better on TH-cam and I think I will sit today and adjust my strategy to go all in on TH-cam. Thank you for the video, this might be my sign. 😂🙏🏾
You've gotta do what feel good to you.. and if you are on the fence, its seems like you aren't loving the instagram grind.... so why do it. UNLESS you know you are getting clients from Instagram?
@@TrenaLittle I'm not getting clients from it, unfortunately. And you know it's funny it took me a second to reply back to you because I opened my notes app and started writing what I think is going to be an email to my audience about how I'm leaving Instagram.🫢😅 I don't know what came over me but I think it's always been there this video just gave me the courage to finally admit it that I don't want to wait any longer. I'm quitting Instagram this week. 😯🫢 I will post my remaining content and then I'm off to better things like my TH-cam channel. 🥹 Thank you for the video again. It was the confirmation I needed. 🫶🏾
Serious question. If IG is a time suck and keeps you in the comparison trap and the bulk of your business comes from TH-cam, why not just delete it and be done with it?
Great question! If I knew that answer I would have quit Instagram a long time ago. Like I said, I think it was more of a toxic relationship making me THINK I needed to be on it... when in reality I don't
Starting a new IG channel has been brutal. No views no likes/engagements and if you want others to discover it, then you need paid ads. I havent shut mine down but if I am already making a short, I just use it to post cross platforms.
It’s for me the platform that performs the worst with lives and posts! People only come to watch but don’t interact, don’t care and it’s definitely a waste of time!
Exactly! That's why I'm putting all my time and resources here on YT
It’s pretty easy to say when you’re established. And any rant rage causes views anywhere it’s a gimmick and a good call to action. But if anyone were to have an established insta and TH-cam they could do the same wouldn’t affect them. If and if that against why not delete all social medias. I’m new to social media like only one year in. But it’s like high school and sales tactics.
I agree - I have almost no following on Instagram and I think it is a different way to post. I much prefer my own blog and youtube plus FB for groups
OOOO LOVE THE PLAN VIDEOS WITH ME!!! Can't wait for those Lives! And I am also really wanting to get off Instagram as 80% of my traffic comes through Google... but it is just so hard to commit to!
JUST COMMIT TO IT! lol it will feel so good. It's not that I'm NEVER getting on Instagram again, I'm just not wasting my mental capacity on an "Instagram strategy"
And I'm excited you want the Plan with me videos! Would you show up live to watch? What do you think would be most helpful to see/do in these lives?
@@TrenaLittle Yeah that makes sense and would be so nice to not have to think about it!! Yes I would love to be live! But it all depends on kid schedules (they are only in part-time childcare). The most helpful things - coming up with clickable titles/ graphics?
100% I haven't been on since May of this year; feel guilty though. So this helps!
Oh no do not feel guilty about being off of TH-cam. I don't know where we all started to think we have to be on Instagram if we have a business.
Instagram doesn’t like me. It doesn’t show my art to people and I’ve been stuck at under 200 followers . I can’t get engagement because it won’t show people my art process posts. I want to make the move to you tube and tik tok but I want to make sure I’m in a better position to post regularly so I don’t end up killing my reach there as well. I just went far too long on instagram with not posting . I literally get
less than 10 views reels these days. I’ll
Still keep it for just uploading the same stuff I do on TH-cam eventually. I won’t delete it but I won’t make it my go to primary place to post once I get going on TH-cam and maybe TikTok.
Livestreams idea: Watch another "huge" youtubers video with us and comment what he (or she) is doing great. And show us (with screensharing) how to do the same thing after. It could be about his script, thumbnail, titles, editing, etc.
OH! That's a very interesting concept! Thank you!
@@TrenaLittle You're welcome. I'm happy that you understood what I was trying to write. My first language is French. I practice English by listening to your videos 😉
9:11 like this idea of live stream audits!
Yeah, I hate it too. Just wasting my time. Not growing no matter what I do, unless I pay to push.
I did the same, I started to grow offer I move Instagram to the back burner, but it has not helped my business.
I was thinking it too because I had the account for one year and have a struggle with social media marketing
If you don't love doing it, find something you do love doing!
Agree! I hate it soooo much
I just can't figure it out lol. I might be right behind you!
Hey, no shame in taking a break… promise it won’t be detrimental to your business 😊
I closed mine too for my biz channel!! Ugh
Instagram is the worst, I also quit. The conversion rate was like 1-2% compared to other platforms. Not only is it a time-suck, it's mentally draining and I don't have that negative experience on YT or other social platforms! I do post on IG Stories tho, but it's just for fun with 0 expectations.
I love this perspective and is exactly why I'm doubling down on TH-cam
I quit Instagram and TikTok, I'm in the middle of getting of fb too...
I probably spend more time creating IG posts, searching hashtags, and uploading multiple times a week than I do working on my actual channel videos. I agree it's not worth the hassle. I think a lot of people are coming to the same conclusion.
So try! To edit a reel takes me FOREVER compared to a TH-cam video!
thank you 🔥
Absolutely! Are you planning on quitting Instagram?
@@TrenaLittle not sure, but definitely your words resonate with me. I think the best strategy is making TH-cam a priority, while using Instagram as a secondary platform, more like a business card with evergreen funnels, clients reviews and so on :)
Livestream series idea- building and growing an engaged community
Oh this is a good one... and I'm hoping my live streams actually help this!
@@TrenaLittle Thank you! I hope that they help with this, too.
I feel the same... guess I'll leave instagram soon
Yes to monthly audits 🎉
Great! So excited you'd like these. Would you show up live?
@@TrenaLittle I love lives but it depends on the time. I work full time and have four kiddos so time can be tricky 😅
OMG I just spent hours last night reviving my IG account. It sucks the life out of me 😅 only planning on posting about my TH-cam videos 😂
If you are only planning to post about YoUTube videos... you might want to save your time and just focus on building your community on TH-cam... Instagram will not push content that is linking to another platform and people follow people in Instagram for Instagram content, not TH-cam. So I would take that into consideration where your time is best spent
@@TrenaLittle so true. I wish TH-cam had a better way to direct message people. And stories can be fun and informal. That’s why I’ve hung onto it.
Maybe is the Instagram strategy?
I honestly don’t think its about the IG strategy.. to run a successful IG strategy it takes so much more time for less results than I’ve seen and my clients have seen on YT for so much less content… I also honestly believe for a business owner to see reach on IG you will need to pay to play
It’s facebook for me
OH man, Facebook REALLY scares me lol
I literally cannot stand Facebook I'm on there and post every once in awhile just so people know I'm still alive. In my opinion it is useless and it's just a lot of blah blah blah about nothing. To me it's just a waste of time. It has absolutely no substance.