I am thinking this is how its best growing especially shorts and TikTok style videos, find a video that has a good hook or where you can easily do similar hooks, make the content easy to make and repeatable daily, tag each video similarly and share the same video as a short on YouTube. This seems to work so well for me at the moment. Does anyone else have a repeatable format that consistently works for them? I really recommend seeing you can plan your videos around this format:
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Im really thankful for reaching over 300 subscribers in 2 weeks and almost getting 10,000 views, this growth shows by feeding the algorithm a group of videos all well done to seed a channel and catering to what a niche audience wants you can grow quickly and naturally. Like I dont feel that my content is anything spectacular so if I can do it, you can too! Dont give up on your dreams of sharing and creating.
Really wonder where it will be at the 1 month mark now. I am excited as I am soon to be setting up another project that is one of its kind
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So you're worried about people you know finding you? Is that what you mean?
Yeah its a big concern to be honest man, like often times if you have shared your phone number with someone they can learn about what you are up to years later and you may not want them in your life. It is a massive concern especially for people who have experienced DV etc as their ex partners may be shown their new accounts if theyve ever had their number or clicked through on a link before. Personally my concerns are nowhere near as bad as that but I still dont want family and friends finding my YouTube channels or business etc
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Anyone concerned about their privacy on platforms? It seems as if you use your phone for whatsapp and google accounts your contacts are suggested your YouTube channel seemingly now, Meta products seem to all share data so if you were to start a new YouTube channel people you know can easily find what you do online which you may want to keep private at the start of something new and potentially uncomfortable. I really dont like the whole sharing thing and I have recently decided to get myself a burner phone and 2 new sim cards, thats gonna be 4 phones I will need to keep all my stuff fully separate 😵
It feels like if you make a new account on any of them people will find you through recommendations.
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May be of interest to some of you, here in the North East we are having a lot of people upset with the latest thing of recording people with Meta Glasses making POV content and monetising it, what do you reckon could be done to prevent this? People are saying introduce new safety laws around the issue where others say youre in public you may be recorded and its not against the law. Its such a grey area.
Quote from FB Link: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/19LkzRTP6p
QuoteDisplay MoreCan we stop pretending this is “content”?
Filming people who are clearly struggling with addiction, homelessness or other vulnerabilities and uploading it for likes, views and ad revenue isn’t ok.
It’s ritual humiliation and dehumanising.
It’s turning someone’s struggle into “content”
I’ve seen more and more of these videos popping up on TikTok and Instagram recently, filmed on those bliddy glasses, and they’re proper rank. Reducing real people with real lives, families and trauma into punchlines whilst they have no idea they are being filmed.
I’m mortified that this is happening in Newcastle. People deserve dignity man!
There’s a petition targeting two local “content creators” calling for stronger protections against exploitative, non-consensual filming of vulnerable people. Please sign it- we need change- link in comments.
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Ive noticed sometimes when playing music in a playlist it never loads, does anyone else get this, the videos seem fine when you put the usual URL without the &list section.
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Whats everyone working on this week?
For me so far ive done a TikTok for the small business and released on YT and TikTok as I like to repurpose the content. My plans for this week is another 2 videos on the new channel minimum but need to plan what I am going to be doing. How about you?
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In this thread post up your current Subscriber and Follower counts
Come back and see your growth over time. I am curious to see mine For my new channel - 215
Small business - 32 on YT and 1407
For my old YT and main TikTok - 64k and 185k
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Didn't I see that on a fortune cookie once? hehehe
Today something will er... good happenings for yous master 😄
Hit record and dont look back. You dont need to post it just get used to being on camera
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Do you remember your first time using a camera? When we were little we didnt have loads and my brother was a skater. Back then mobiles didnt have camera on them so we asked our mam to get us a proper camcorder from Argos. Think she paid 300 or so for it struggled to get it and we shared it as a Christmas present. The benefit for me was enjoying recording and my brothers benefit was seeing his tricks played back.
We would go out on a weekend with it to locations and film on the spot and carry a ghetto blaster with us with a Less Than Jake CD in it and NOFX etc and would have to press play and redo so many parts as we werent able to do any editing so the music had to be played from the player. It was such a mess on to get right, to achieve this today would take me 30 seconds in premiere. It is crazy to think we went through all those steps purely for the fun of it. There was no viewers except us and our mates, no big goals and zero chance of monetisation. It was memories and good crack. I miss them days so much now.
What about you, what was your first experience of using cameras and filming?
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Curious what others did as their first ever piece of content online. What was your first EVER video that you uploaded to any platform?
I am unsure if it was my first but I believe it was from when I owned a YouTube background design website. We used to make YT backgrounds back in the day custom ones and premade ones was so much fun and good work. I think my first video was a promotional video for the website I cant remember it well though sadly it was probably awful either way haha what about you?
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I am curious if I was to start a community channel if it would be possible to share YouTube analytics with other users on a per video basis. Anyone know if you can do this or would I just have to have it trust based if I wanted to split revenue with the creators?
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Yeah thats true, I dont think I will ever need to as I shoot on a tripod so shakiness wont be an issue for me thankfully. Still go to know for when I get my action camera. Thank you.
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Well in theory they should really dig what I do then, but so far today I'm getting no interaction on my tiktoks at all 😭
Make sure to tag your videos and do a little bit of research before posting. For music and random jams youre probably best tagging the song name and #songcover #rockcovers etc
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Dont fear starting, fear never starting and seeing what could happen.
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How do I record direct into Audacity? I have a Yeti plugged in and wanting to record some vocals but when pressing record it does nothing. Any ideas? I havent set the mic up or anything. Just plugged into USB. Thanks
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Hey everyone! I have updated the ranks on WeMakeVids so that as you use the forums, create posts and interact with the community you earn points which go towards your forum rank.
WeMakeVids Ranks
🌱 New Member - 0 points
💬 Contributor - 150 points
🎬 Creator - 300 points
🚀 Rising Creator - 500 points
⭐ Active Creator - 750 points
🏆 Trusted Creator - 1,000 points
👑 Creator Legend - 2,500 pointsHow Points Work
Every new post you make = 5 points
Every new thread you create = 10 points
Every reaction you receive = 1 pointYour rank shows your overall activity level on WeMakeVids and increases as you earn more points through participating in the community.
New Trophy System
Alongside ranks, I have also added trophies to reward specific achievements. Trophies are displayed as you post, on Members > Trophies pages and also on your profile.
Ranks and trophies work differently:
Ranks = Your overall forum level based on points earned through activity.
Trophies = Individual achievements you unlock for reaching specific milestones.
The current trophy categories are:
🏆 Posting Milestones
Earn trophies for reaching post count achievements.👤 Profile Milestones
Earn trophies for completing and personalising your profile.💬 Community Engagement
Earn trophies for receiving reactions and gaining recognition from other members.🧵 Membership Milestones
Earn trophies for being part of WeMakeVids over time.Some examples of trophies you can unlock:
🌱 First Post
Make your first post on WeMakeVids.💬 Getting Started: 25 Posts
Reach 25 posts.🏆 100 Posts Reached
Reach 100 posts.📅 1 Month Member
Be part of WeMakeVids for one month.You can view all trophies available here -
Trophies - YouTube Forums | Community for YouTubers, TikTok & Content Creators | WeMakeVids
More trophies will be added over time including special achievements for now I am wanting to try and keep it simple, achievable and fun.
Keep posting, sharing and getting involved. You never know what you might unlock.
Please note the amounts needed for specific trophies may be updated in future to reflect community growth and size. Names may also be changed for them.
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What are your thoughts on AI tools in content creation? Do you think they will make creating videos easier and allow more people to bring ideas to life who may otherwise not have been able to and in your opinion is that wide accessibility a good thing?
I already use AI for things like video ideas, checking vid performance and channel strategies but I havent really used it to create anything decent.
The interesting thing is how it removes barriers. Years ago creating a video with things like VFX scenes would need loads of skills but now AI can create the foundation for what would take probably weeks and a team with a simple prompt.
Do you think AI will help creators make better content or will it just flood platforms with AI slop videos? Very curious what you think.
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Thank you I am offended about quality 🤣😱😭 I am going to keep using but I would like to have some extra clips to show off more variety of the nails. I have done some beautiful handpainted nail art this week and want to show it too. I am never happy with the lighting as can be showing reflection in the nail but I dont know if this is just me or others notice and care
Some more would be good but with being a homepage video I wouldnt sacrifice user experience with extra page load times for the sake of a couple of clips when what you have already looks great and will do its job well.
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No I genuinely have no business giving tips as I've never had any true success but I will say that I've always gotten the feeling it was my inability to stick with anything that stopped me. When I DID actually consistently stick to one thing like high quality music videos for a whole month or something, I saw growth. I tend to get bored though or even like... get this panicky "I can't keep this up!" Feeling, then I pivot to something else and growth stops. So I totally do believe the internet rewards consistency, and consistency has always been difficult for me in the past.
Man that right there is experience and worth sharing too. We learn from where we went wrong and others can too. Consistency can be difficult as well as the committing.
Tip: Get a cheap ringlight and use your phone on the mount that comes with it, theyre not very expensive and works as a tripod and is fairly portable.
