We’ve had a lot of spam messages from people promoting YouTube automation. Thankfully, the administration here takes them down pretty fast once they are reported. Don’t fall for this scam. If you’re curious, watch this video.

The truth about an “authentic community”. It doesn’t mean not sharing your YouTube site in the Skool community, you should for help and for watching other creators content you enjoy! I happen to enjoy the content of many creators on Alexa’s and other Skool platforms. I think, in fact, getting feedback from other creators is extremely helpful, especially when you are growing your channel. Also, you will find, I have that your viewers/casual viewers/subscribers will on their own share your content with family and friends they think will enjoy it. 6 viewers shared my content, unbeknownst to me, this past week!

I’m really excited to be here and start growing alongside all of you. I’m in the beginning of building a new YouTube channel that blends a few of my worlds — yoga lifestyle, vegetarian cooking, and the mindset work that comes with living this path every day. I call it Meditation Kitchen (for now, still feeling it out). The idea is simple: cook beautiful, nourishing food while weaving in little bits of wisdom, presence, and humor. Nothing overly polished, just real moments in the kitchen that reflect how I live. One of my goals is to have my YouTube channel and my Skool community support each other — using the channel to bring people into Skool, and using Skool to push more eyes back to YouTube. I want both to grow together, feeding the same mission. I’m here because I want to learn how to design this channel the right way — how to structure it, how to grow it, how to create content that actually connects with people. YouTube feels like the next piece of that puzzle. I’m looking forward to picking up ideas, supporting others, and sharing what I learn as I go. Thanks for having me — can’t wait to dive in with this group. 🙏

I have a new tab on the left side of my YouTube Studio. It's called Content Detection. I have seen that on site that I have written posts. I was very happy that the site was scouring the internet for people who was stealing my content, but it was like playing whack a mole in trying to get the content removed. And I hated that we had to provide our real name and address with the DMCA notice. (I use a pen name there). Anyway, I am glad that it is there and hope that it isn't as easy to steal a video as it is to steal an article.

YouTube has a feature now where subscribers can create posts with images on a channel's community tab. I notice that Alexa has that feature. It looks pretty easy. I have it turned on, but none of my subscribers have been able to figure out how to make posts. Is there a setting I am missing or something I need to know?