Posts by Michael

Well theres now an update in the dashboard about it haha

I feel that completely. I used to spend a week editing a video and release it for it to do worse than one I spent 10 mins on with barely any editing. It is hard to know how much effort to give. I could edit the F out of my videos now and spend a week on editing easily but I just dont, I spend maybe 30 mins max and that includes watching through it as I edit. The planning side too eats a lot of time with these videos to find them not doing great its like... really.

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This is the first time in history that anyone on planet earth who has a really great idea can viably get that idea out to the whole world.

In seconds - Mindblown lol

Whats your current TikTok strategy? For my small business I am posting 1 video per day 5 times a week Monday to Friday although today I will be posting 1 extra back today to a customers response using the video reply feature (wow remember those on YouTube best days!)

I am so happy with this, I have invited a total of 26 people who watched my previous channel and the rest is all organic, I feel like my strategy is working to try and limit who finds it from the other channel. The audience retention is way better and I feel that my videos are being pushed to the right people. So thankful I began this again and for everyone who has subscribed and watched.

Just me thinking about how fascinating it is that by thinking and putting those thoughts into action we can create something bigger than ourselves that others love to see, relate to and share. One thought can spur on another thought that becomes a video which can in turn grow and turn into something very real. An experience for others. We are serving our audiences and delivering to them for entertainment, education etc We are so lucky to be able to create from our ideas and have the internet available and all these platforms to share them upon. Whats the most rewarding part of creating content for you? Do you ever stop and think about this too? We are so lucky being able to create and share like this, so easily every day and even more wilder... for free more or less!

Isnt it frustrating when you put more effort into a video and think this one is going to go far and when you release it... it just flops. I made probably the best TikTok I have ever made yesterday for my small business and its just sank. The video was funny, had a great hook and stands out in quality against the rest a bit. I expected it to do as well as the rest at least but somehow hasnt. I posted a short video before it too sharing a product which wasnt anything special yet this one has outperformed the better done video. The tags were spot of and would expect to draw more viewers. It is so frustrating and strange when you can knock a video out in 10 seconds and see it do the same as something with thought put into it and finesse. Just a little rant on my frustration at this. Anyone else get this? I have had this a lot on YouTube over the years but not so much on TikTok. I hope it picks up as it deserves to be seen more. The video did well on YT too as I reupload them there as well.

So today is my new channels 1 week birthday haha I posted a screenshot of my subscriber count reaching 69 along with "Yeah baby yeah - in Austin Powers voice" and I had an email this morning saying the "video" was removed. 1. it was a post not a video and 2 really unsure why that would be removed. The screenshot was of the channel reaching 69 subscribers and was intended to be funny. The post remains and has not actually been removed. Anyone else experienced this. Its so strange. I thought maybe the screenshot could be offensive and YouTube is being VERY sensitive but really unsure.

What do you reckon?

I am thinking about getting a small vlogging camera thats wearable and mountable on a hand grip style mount but unsure what is the best out there that doesnt break the bank. I am thinking maybe a used Go Pro Hero 3 or 4 or a used DJI Osmo Mini Pocket I believe theyre called. What would you get if you wanted to shoot first person POV style content?

I ended up getting the Rodes but sadly one is faulty and the replacement was faulty too. I really want a properly working pair. I am seeing what the warranty repair service is like but so far theyve not responded.

My brother got one too second hand, I cant find them anywhere now other than Ebay and Vinted.

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Man.... youtube is so freaking limiting. Feels like I'm trying to entertain a 3 year old who just keeps saying "DO IT AGAIN! DO IT AGAIN!"

I have felt quite demoralised about posting there with the views tanking so much. Thats the only real change that I can see happened on the channel with the linking to Spotify. I did start posting less often but I cant see that damaging the channel as much. I have saw a lot of larger channels disappear and come back and still retain high viewership so unsure there.

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I love that kind of music, reminds me of "God's gonna cut you down", I just posted my first tik tok but have no way to share it and I'm not even sure it posted correctly.

Get it posted up in the promo forum, I have followed and will watch too. Love your music man!

Really wholesome old music, makes you think of people watching us when we are gone too.

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He's not talking about anything relevant in the two videos I've watched. He's just going places and living life. I love this kind of content, it's great, but if he doesn't ever touch on anything topical, I'm not surprised people aren't clicking the videos. I wouldn't have clicked it by the title and thumbnail, I only clicked it cause of this thread. Think this guy is gonna need to jump on a few more bandwagons if he wants to grow much further (says the guy who's never had anywhere near that many subs) Edit: I was looking at view count, 20,000, his sub count is actually not THAT far from where I was)

That may be true, I have seen similar channels do so well though where theyre living their life and recording it and doing viral sounding titles etc and they have gone far. Maybe this guy hasnt found his audience like other channels. I know that many watch some of the larger ones because of how they relate to the creator and find the creator cool or fun to watch.

I have noticed the option to enable the community on my new channel, I have never used or saw this before, is this like a forum on your own channel where your audience can post about your videos etc and chat? Really curious. What are your thoughts on it? Good to enable or a waste of time? How do you use it yourself?

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I felt the same way, like my growth had just decided it was what it was and the algorithm wouldn't allow me to go any further. I thought that was all in my head, and I asked Copilot about it, and copilot said that an old channel can always be revived and the algorithm doesn't force you into some kind of purgatory, but copilot also thinks my crappiest lyrics are genius so what does he know am I right?

Thats how I felt with it for a LONG time like everything I posted didnt get the same traction that it used to even around previously popular and good subjects. I done a lot of audiences requests too which may have hurt the channel as many of them were VERY random. Thats why I am so fussy about locking down into a niche now at the start and then eventually branching out. It would be like a gaming channel starting with 1 game, then once has a larger audience finally spreading into similar games and then beyond.

I love that Noah song thats always on Instagram, bet thats public domain now too. Meant to be the first rap song -

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Getting bot views, but you don't need regular views there is a special type of views which you can get from any smm panel

Nah doesnt seem like decent practices to share. Anything white hat then of course be sure to share

I think only and safest option is to do karaoke music on YouTube thats in the public domain:

Not sure how useful that would be. I think Smule may be of interest to you too.

Hmm I am unsure if classed as Karaoke but there is a woman who plays the harp live busking and she plays anime theme songs on it and sometimes does guitar at home. She seems to be fine on TIkTok doing this but I am unsure about on YouTube if that would be allowed.