Posts by Michael

  • Imposter Syndrome Posting on YouTube and TikTok

    Do you feel like an imposter when posting as a new channel? I know when I started on ALL of mine I have always felt like it wasnt my place or like my information wasnt as valuable. It is the same feeling I sometimes get as an administrator posting here when I share information about a subject as if I dont have the experience or knowledge and maybe I am not in the right position to be making comment etc it is such a horrible feeling. We ALL start somewhere and feeling like an imposter must be a fairly universal experience.

    Do you suffer from this or have you and how did you overcome it? For me I just ignored how I felt about and carried on creating and over time I felt like I belonged doing what I do. Really I feel people just shouldnt care as much but it is easy to say that and very difficult to just do.

    What are your experiences with this?

  • Scripts Vs Bullets and Notes?

    When preparing to film your videos do you tend to have a whole pre-written script or find notes and bullets easier to use? I think for me it really depends on what I am recording. For something more serious I would be using a proper script but for my own content I find a few notes sellotaped around where I am recording to keep me on track really helps. Sometimes while recording I do wish I could easily look without needing to edit checking the notes out of the video :D

  • YouTube VS TikTok

    Which is your favourite platform? For me its quite a hard choice as I like both for different reasons. TikTok is good for short form of course and I love how they made livestreams quite fun. YouTube as a real resource completely beats TikTok. Overall I will be voting YouTube

  • Doom Scrolling Dopamine and Cognitive Decline

    I have noticed in myself that my memory just feels really poor lately, when writing on here I am writing incorrect words, making spelling mistakes that I never used to make and I am thinking to myself if it could be partially to do with my doom scrolling habits affecting me over time. At work I use a bit of AI too for things I would normally have to spend a lot of time thinking about but unsure if its related, Anyone else feel this too? Is it the doom scrolling and dopamine overload? Share your thoughts.

  • Creator Wins This Week

    Big or small what are some of your wins this week as a creator?

    For me this week I have posted 6 TikToks, 5 on a business channel and 1 on my main personal one. My schedules been all over with TikToks on my main and hoping the latest video performs well too. Ive also had quite a lot of views on the shorts I made shared to the business YouTube account, for a 20 subscriber account its actually done very well. Excited for next week!

    How about you?

  • What camera are you currently using?

    Whether youre filming on your phone, a DSLR or a webcam, what camera (s) are you currently using for filming your content?

    At the moment I am using a Panasonic GH4 which is getting old sadly, SD cards feeling like theyre getting stuck a bit but its been a very faithful camera given its age. The shutter count must be so low with it mostly being used for video. I also make videos on my phone and have a Nothing 3a Pro, its fantastic but does have some limitations especially in low light.

  • Do You Prefer Filming or Editing?

    If you had to choose just one, what do you prefer to do, editing videos or filming them?

    For me it would probably be filming, I love setting up cameras and getting lighting right and seeing the result. The editing process I can find a bit boring especially when I need to watch longer less engaging parts without cutting etc How about you?

  • How Long Does It Take You to Edit a Video?

    Ive been editing a LONG time now, since around 2010 roughly is when I began using Sony Vegas and then eventually Premiere Pro. Obviously it depends on what kind of video and its editing needs, length etc but these days I am editing far far less than I used to mainly as my videos don't need that much editing. Usually the starts trimmed and the end and then I make cuts where I want to rid of bloopers etc for a 30 minute video I find I spend more time watching during the edit than anything so probably takes about 40 mins for a 30 minute video.

  • POV Public Content on TikTok and YouTube -are they able to be monetised?

    Theres so many POV content creators coming out at the moment using Meta glasses and recording the public, to name a couple there's Filtered Bros who make videos in shops messing with staff that theyre unable to say products properly and a lot of it is hilarious and then theres channels like Michael Ballymore where he goes up to people out in the public and often banters with them etc

    TikTok · Filtered Bros
    TikTok | Make Your Day
    www.tiktok.com
    Michael Ballymore ®️ on TikTok
    @yourmumwearslonsdales 78.1k Followers, 1 Following, 2.9m Likes - Watch awesome short videos created by Michael Ballymore ®️
    www.tiktok.com

    So my question is this, are these videos legal to post and are they able to be monetised?

  • What's your content goals for the rest of 2026?

    Whats your content goal for the rest of 2026? We are over half way through the year now and it has flown by. For me I am trying to make sure I stick to posting regularly on my main, I really want to stabilise and grow my views, they have taken a massive dip as I wasnt posting as regularly as I should have been due to commitments and health etc but I have found a way to post more comfortably. So for me definitely more uploads and regularly. I have saw the channel take a nosedive after posting only once a month etc

  • New Forum For Achievements and Milestones

    Hey everyone I am please to announce we now have a forum for sharing your channel achievements and milestones. In this new forum we encourage you to share channel subscriber milestones, video milestones, monetisation milestones and all milestones related to your journey as a content creator. You can post about your first video hitting 10k on TikTok or getting your first 100 subscribers on YouTube.

    The forum is for sharing what is an achievement to yourself and we encourage you to share!

    Achievements & Milestones

    That said we do have some rules within the new forum to ensure its spam free and a place for celebrating creators journeys, most of it is common sense only sharing actual milestones and not making promo posts disguised as milestones -

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    Achievements & Milestones Forum Rules

    This forum is for sharing meaningful achievements related to content creation.

    Examples include:

    • Subscriber milestones
    • View milestones
    • Monetization achievements
    • Sponsorships and partnerships
    • Business and revenue milestones
    • Creator awards and recognitions
    • Personal creator goals achieved

    Please Don't Post

    • "Almost there" or "nearly reached" type milestones
    • Very minor or repetitive updates
    • Promotional posts disguised as milestones
    • False or misleading achievements

    Mass Posting

    Congratulating other members is…
    Michael
    June 13, 2026 at 1:48 PM

  • Achievements & Milestones Forum Rules

    This forum is for sharing meaningful achievements related to content creation.

    Examples include:

    • Subscriber milestones
    • View milestones
    • Monetization achievements
    • Sponsorships and partnerships
    • Business and revenue milestones
    • Creator awards and recognitions
    • Personal creator goals achieved

    Please Don't Post

    • "Almost there" or "nearly reached" type milestones
    • Very minor or repetitive updates
    • Promotional posts disguised as milestones
    • False or misleading achievements

    Mass Posting

    Congratulating other members is encouraged, but if a large portion of your activity is in the Introductions and Milestones forums, it may be considered mass posting.

    As a guideline, if more than 30% of your posts are in these forums combined it may be considered excessive.

    Moderator Discretion

    Moderators may remove any milestone thread that is low effort, repetitive, promotional or otherwise not in the spirit of this forum.

  • YouTube Shorts For Easy Initital Growth and Swapping to Long Form Content From Short Form?

    So I have a business channel with around 20 subs, I decided to just post my Tiktoks that I already make as shorts there. I have noticed the channel performs really well with shorts but I am curious, will posting only shorts mean when I eventually do longer videos that they will also perform well or are they likely to do poorly with the subscribers expecting short form content? Has anyone got any experience with growing a channel at the start solely off shorts.

  • Livestreaming Structuring Thoughts

    I used to do lives a lot on TikTok never on YouTube other than using a loop with Steamlabs. Back when I was doing TikTok lives my typical structure was like this below but over time I did feel like I was doing the same things on repeat and eventually kinda burnt out.

    Start>

    Welcoming people, chatting a bit and a warm up to get into the flow of things. This part would start fairly slow but I would have a lot of energy at the start but not fully be into the stream right away.

    Middle>

    Doing the main "performance" this is where I would slowly lose energy for performing during the stream but I would have steady viewership. It would tend to plateau during the middle and lose some viewers.

    Ending>

    Towards the end I would do the same thing every single time to give people something during the livestream to wait for, like keeping the best part of the meal until last. I would also disappear abruptly at the end so no one know exactly when I would disappear which I would do intentionally to leave viewers wanting more from me.


    Do you stick to a strict structure or do you change yours up a lot to avoid burn out? What do you do keep your energy up during the middle?