Sexy Best Practice That's Working...
Discovered something recently that is giving me scorching results. Something so obvious I should have done it years ago, but I was too cocky. You're probably making the same mistake I was... Recently, I decided to reactivate my YT channel (to boost my AI discoverability). I went on a deep dive to discover what's working best today. The experiment began... I began obsessing over my titles, thumbnails, first 7 second hooks, open loops, pattern interrupts, pacing. Stuff I was teaching others 25 years ago in copywriting and marketing workshops, but somehow got lazy and stupid along the way. The transformation in just about 3 months has been astounding in terms of views, subscriptions, and retention. Then it hit me like a brick... WTF am I treating YouTube like it matters...and everything else like it doesn't? That killer hook I obsess over for the first 7 seconds of a video? My blog posts opened with throat-clearing instead. The open loop that keeps people watching? Missing from my keynotes. The title I'll test fifteen ways for a video? My book chapters get whatever I typed first. This was never a skill problem. I already knew how to hook, build tension, and make someone unable to look away. I was just rationing that craft—pouring it into one channel and phoning in the rest. I think we all do this in some ways. We find the platform that's "working" and treat it like the exception instead of the standard. Then we wonder why the rest of our output lands flat. So…I'm done compartmentalizing my best work. Every blog title. Every speech opening. Every chapter. Every email. They all get the YT treatment now. So that’s my best practice I’ll share with you: Every project you’re working on, ask yourself, “How would a YouTuber handle this?” Eager to hear how it works for you! Peace, RG