Hey everyone! March was unique and active in the community! So much progress, so many wins, and Lessons. I wanted to highlight them so hopefully they can inspire you – 30 people had awesome wins! 🥳 First up, @Carolyn Smith-Kizer had 267 views and 10 subs just 7 days after starting her YouTube channel. @Mike Norris had 1 video blow up with over 10k views (more than 10x the average on his channel). @Sandra Buchanan finally got monetized! Went from 262 subs last summer to 1600+ subs now! 🤯 She's all about fitness over 50 @Mike Bayer did his first batch recording (2 videos). He vouches for their efficiency! @Kristin Grant achieved 1,000 views and 40 watch hours. 1 percent of 4,000. @Kasia Rutkowiak reached 1000 subs (20k watch hours!) and is now monetized. Now over 2k subs! 🤩 @Jonathan Mcelrea Vlog although unedited still brought eyeballs to his business @Luis Chable got 100 subs despite having negative thoughts about his English and content! 🚀 @Rochelle Bramwell is at 500+ subs! She shows how consistent posting can really pay off! @Heather Lynne hit 217 subs, exploring self-discovery and purpose. @Andrew Watters got his first 100 subs and is heading to 200 right now. @Ian Walmsley published his first video. @Sherri Jo Wilkins went viral after starting seriously a month ago, she now has over 4k subs! She shares her backpacking adventures over 40! @Georgie Howie published her first video and today has over 100 views and 30 subscribers. @Vikki Parker got back to uploading and is growing! @Jacqueline Arsovsky hit 503 subs (growing steadily!). She's been going since May 24th 2024, she is passionate about what she does!

Might be a small milestone to some of y'all killers but it's a huge one for me - I just hit 100 subs on YouTube. Actually, I woke up this morning to 114. I've had a steady increase and decent engagement on shorts out of the gate but I'm noticing that engagement and subs are coming more and more from long form content, which is super exciting. Around 60 subs I had one long form video which just blew up (relative to my channel size haha) and at this point accounts for almost half of my total watch time and is around 3X the views of some of my other "well performing" videos. If you're in tiny channel purgatory or feeling stuck... JUST. KEEP. GOING. You never know when something you create is going to really resonate with your audience. You got this. MAKE GOOD ART.

I have a tendency to keep moving forward without looking back at my work—mostly because I know I’m improving a little with each upload. Every time I hit publish, I’m aware it could be better, but I’m still learning the skills to make that happen. So, for now, each video is the best I can do in that moment. Recently, I started looking back at some of my older videos—and honestly, it’s fun to see how far I’ve come. While I still have a long way to go, the improvement since six months ago is dramatic. What's really interesting is how obvious some of the flaws are now... but at the time, I just couldn’t see them. That’s part of learning as I go—practicing in public. Those early videos will stay up so I can track my progress over time. If you’re just starting and feel awkward, keep practicing. Practicing in public can be scary, but in my opinion, it’s the best way forward. For most of us, YouTube isn’t a “get rich quick” scheme. There’s a steep learning curve and a lot of hard work. But I truly believe this is doable. I’m still a long way from being monetized, but the progress I’m seeing is real—and I want to encourage you today: you can improve if you keep trying. 🌻

Hey y'all, newer 'Tuber and just learned that shorts views will be counted differently moving forward. As far as I know this change just happened and it looks like they switched from "views" to "engaged views" under the engagement tab which was previously "watched" vs "swiped away". Curious your thoughts on this as well as if anyone is strategizing to make changes to take advantage of this for bigger engagement?

Hey Everyone! This week's live call will be all about thumbnails! So feel free to bring some thumbnails for review to get feedback from the group! See you Thursday - Click on Calendar to learn more!