Whats your take on replying to viewer comments, should you reply to them all? Heart them? Is responding to all of them a bad thing or a good thing? I am curious what other peoples thoughts are on this.
Do you appreciate when a creator replies to yours?
I have saw a lot of larger channels selling merch like t-shirts, cups etc but I am curious whether they actually sell well and when is best to start selling it on your channel. What are your thoughts on it do you reckon its worth it? I have friends with 300k plus subs who dont sell merch but they probably could but I am unsure if they would get many sales. I know in my own experience with websites that in the past when people said they wanted merch and i built a store that not a single item sold from it and that was after maybe 100 people saying they wanted it. The merch was well designed, as cheap as I could make it etc but still not a single sale after promoting it heavily for about a month. It seems like one of those things people say they want but most dont follow through on getting and for to have real success your audience needs to be extremely loyal with a very viral channel within a niche.
What are your thoughts? It seems its only a good idea when theres minimal time put in and minimal risk ie not holding own stock etc
I have moved this here as a resource for creators. Thank you for sharing, its very interesting. Do you only work with creators with over 50k or do you consider smaller channels too? I dont have 50k as I recently restarted my entire channel/brand on YouTube. Have you got any samples to share of channels you have worked with?
Be sure to post around the forums and help out where can too 
So I got myself the Tourbox Neo as I edit a LOT of videos per month. I am used to keyboard shortcuts and use Premiere Pro for editing. The Tourbox for me isnt something I need. It is something that helps speed me up a little and keeps the editing tools I need really close without flexing my wrist as much. I have ECU tendonitis in my left wrist/arm at the moment and I wanted something to help with ergonomics of my working.
Out of the box it feels comfortable in my hand. I wasnt keen on the preset buttons nor the ones on the Tourbox site so made my own with all my usual keys. I think everyone will set theirs up different on how they use Premiere etc.
I find the buttons easy to reach but the main jog wheel knob I find I knock a lot and it gets on my nerves. I feel like disabling it as I keep touching it accidentally when editing. I also feel theres a lack of buttons, another two buttons would have been really useful for me as I would have wanted a few extra shortcuts for quickly adding an adjustment layer, a black matt etc and I have already fully used up all the buttons.
Getting used to it has taken a little while but the HUD display is useful for finding a button if you have forgotten where it is. I keep forgetting where I mapped the pen tool and also the modifier button on the side I forget too.
I find the double click to be useful but the way I have them assigned does cause me a bit of confusion, this is my own mapping issue that I need to fix.
Overall it is something most wont need but its good to use, it makes editing fun with the wheel for scrubbing, adding ripple edits is so easy with it, there are plenty of buttons but I feel I would need two more for a couple of extra things. I do wish I got the haptic feedback elite option but at the extra amount for me it isnt worth it.
It was £135 on sale with free shipping from Tourbox directly. I recommend buying from there or Amazon for warranty and refunds.
Good thing is if you dont get along with it you can return it easily. I have decided to keep mine as its useful and makes editing fun and seems to be better than using a keyboard for my hand.
I recommend it to anyone who edits a lot of videos. People who edit more than 4 videos per week are likely to get used to it quicker than someone who edits once a month. You need some hours behind it to build muscle memory similar to any device. After using it for around 2 weeks I would say I am getting more used to it but still check the HUD which isnt bad, I am thankful it has one. I have never used any other similar devices before for editing and I am glad I chose this one. It has me pushing my keyboard out of the way during use as I get so tempted to use it every so often.
The title I got from the AI video suggestion tool is very similar to how I title my current videos, it is supposed to look at comments, what people have asked for, whats worked well and then created the ideas from the data. The video was very simple to make so I went ahead and recorded it to release at the end of the week. Video is definitely delivering on the title. I have a feeling this one could become an evergreen video as its very similar to what worked well for me on my old channel.
I think they sound better than when I go to create a title, more natural with a clear promise and a lot less like keyword stuffing haha. I definitely recommend trying the tool out even if just to get some inspiration.
I have just noticed this when looking at my YouTube analytics theres a way to use their AI to make video suggestions based on your top content and ideas. Has anyone used this successfully? What is your experience with it?
I just generated some ideas and the titles actually seem really on point. I am going to record one of them today for release later in the week and see works well.
So as part of most channels memberships on YouTube we can do member shout outs. I am wondering if most people like this or prefer not to have their name/username shouted out? I see why people like it but what about privacy. I am also thinking if I do them say I got 40 members plus how will I shout them out? It sounds like a headache to monitor and if I missed a member signing up I may feel bad for not sharing them. How do people usually navigate this?
I am curious, if as a creator we set to not monetise does YouTube ever show ads on the specific video? I know they show ads on non monetised channels videos but if a creator has specifically turned them off do they allow this? I ask as I have turned off ads for channel members only videos and I want to promise this as part of my perks but dont want to lie if YT sneakily slips ads in.
What do you reckon is best when launching your YouTube channel memberships in terms of promo. What have you seen others do to try and get people to become a member? Any cool perks that I could add? I have turned ads off for the videos for members only as a perk. I am hoping YouTube doesnt force them on.
I went ahead and launched channel memberships, I have one level set at the lowest price 0.99p to keep it cheap as possible as I know times are hard.
Anyone got any tips for channel memberships? How often to post? What are some best practices with them? I got one member so far which is nice to see and 6 views on the only video I made 
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Wish it had the lyrics lol
Do you have some examples of videos created with it? I have moved this to our new forum here for you. Be sure to participate in the forums too
I dont usually watch AI stuff but I must ask why 6:01 haha welcome to the forums, be sure to take part in threads and ask for any support etc
So the first I started on the 1st of July and the 2nd was started on the 18th of August. I am really pleased with the results so far. Both channels I started off by creating 14 videos to release in the first week at a rate of 2 per day (the second channel I spaced them out a little more to make sure I had enough for the entire month) then settled into 2 videos per week per channel. The first 2 weeks were the hardest content creation wise and is a lot of pressure but I reckon it helps YT know what the channel is about and sets it up with your main content pillars more or less.
What do you think of the strategy? I have saw it work well twice now and if I was making a new channel today, I would do the same 100%. I am buzzing with the results, they arent explosive growth but the curve is on the up.
I am curious, if you are reading this and you dont make content or videos for YouTube, what stops you from starting something?
I know I have a lot of reservations about making vlog style videos even though I love how the videos are shot. I feel my life isnt interesting enough to warrant making any kind of vlog videos, I also often feel unqualified enough to give out advice like I am an expert. These things are necessarily true though. My life to others could be very interesting and sharing moments of my day may be something others enjoy seeing and maybe my unqualified advice as a non expert would help someone in a way I dont realise.
Is there any type of channel youd love to create but you just completely stop or dont go along with your idea?
So far I have assigned all my commonly used keyboard shortcuts as the default ones I dont really use. I think everyone will set this up different like I never use the razor tool but I use add edit to all tracks all the time. I do not like using the modifier button on the side but I think it will grow on me. I dont think I need to use the tourbox but the jog wheel makes editing feel more hands on and fun. The big wheel I find annoying as I keep knocking it while editing. I love that you can assign shortcuts based on double clicks. So far so good but I will be seeing if its worth keeping. Theres a 30 day money back guarantee, I am keeping it immaculate in case I just find I cant lock in the button locations. I keep looking down at it which is expected. I am thankful I have a shit load of content to edit over the next 2 weeks (about 20 videos lol) so this should help me lock in with it.
Anyone else tried one, theyre not needed at all but I do find it fun to use and it allows me to sit back and single handledly edit a video for the most part at least until I need my mouse.
Haven't heard of that one before.
Its basically a console for editing with jog wheel etc I was going to go for it but it doesnt natively support premiere pro, I get the tourbox today, I am kind of dreading it as I know I need to learn how to map it and use it.
Whats your thoughts on this, does swearing like casual F's cause issues with monetisation? I swear quite a bit in normal conversation and just done a vlog style video there and noticed my swears maybe 3 in a 6 minute video. Will there be issues?
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Ive signed up and sent a DM here. I will post my experience with it after testing on the forums.
Have used free Davinci resolve a lot I think it's great honestly, since I've been making the switch to Linux because frick Microslop been exploring kdenlive some more.
I think I tried it ages ago, a lot of people who dont use Premiere seem to use it. I have tried Lightworks a lot time ago but I didnt get used to it. I couldnt get used to Linux, I used to use Ubuntu a bit but always ended up back on Windows. Kdenlive looks quite robust too.
Have you tried the speed editor before? I ended up ordering a tour box, better bloody be good for the price lol expecting it within 2 days and a new wrist brace.
