I have an odd situation. As mentioned, I have 18k subscribers all thanks to one 1 min video which garnered 17m views over the last 10 years. It was a personal moment of me surprising my wife (so niche there). Since then, I tried uploading videos here and there but never became serious and consistent with it. Now, I have started once again. I have started with a video which has nothing to do with what these subscribers may have subscribed for. For now, I can't help it. I did think of creating a new channel but as that viral video still gets views, it is monetised and so on, I am going with it. Here is the first video that I uploaded today. I would love your honest critique of it. https://youtu.be/4pGVpE6I__s As expected, it has not got the views it should get from a channel with 18k subscribers. But, I am OK to wait. I have started posting some daily community posts to become seen for now. Hopefully, they will wake up to my channel's existence. I aim to create 1 or 2 videos with the "surprise" theme soon which could help. But, it is going to be a long grind. If you have any suggestions for me to consider, I would gobble it up! @Andrew Kirby, what would your genius mind say?

I put a ton of effort into a video, planned it out, edited it, optimized the thumbnail and title, and it got 4 views. (I normally get ~20 views) Why is this? Any feedback would be highly appreciated.

In his book The Millionaire Mindset by MJ Demarco ,He talked about how an event in life can happen at a time causing you so much pain that you decide to change aspects of your life so as never to go through that pain again. This event is termed as F* This Event and is what causes you to completely change your behaviour patterns. For me it was the fact that I had someone sitting with me who owned a sweets shop and had employees working for him and He carried 2 smartphones. Every 10 to 20 minutes or so one of them buzzed with a notification sound of payment received. I was a teacher at that time making just above minimum wage and just then I realized that where I have to teach for a month at same exact time ,same exact location ,without taking too many leaves...This man can go wherever He want., and he still was making money because he had worked and established his business and operations which makes money even in his absence. I have left teaching now. I would love if you can share your F.T.E below 👇 in the comments so that it opens someone's mind without having to experience the event first hand

So guys, I'm grateful to be here in the community, and be able to say that I finally published my first ever YouTube video. I produced it DIY from start-to-finish and would love some raw, honest feedback from this community, particularly on the thumbnail, title, hook, and affiliate spot (starting 4:15). Hope you all enjoy! The channel is called Holy Histories, and I'm focusing on the history of lesser known Christian figures and the church as there's a real shortage of quality Christian content on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koVFMVUdZQ8

I'm averaging 3 months per video. 🙄 Some might think I've got the wrong approach. Fail quickly and adjust right? BUT. Here is the good news! My first video (Steve Jobs) took about 4 months to complete. My latest one (Andrew Tate part 2) took less than 2 months to complete AND it's the best content I've made. Now we will see how my latest performs in the months ahead. But I do think I'm not too far away from learning how to create a 1 million + viral video. Maybe within my next 10 videos (hopefully). But once I hit the jackpot in the algo, the beauty lies in that people will check out my work and find a lot of other high-quality videos which increases the likelihood of a sub/fan. I'm betting that this slow path will compound into a hockey growth effect down the line. I don't know this. But I believe in it. I'm curious to hear your thoughts.