YouTube recently started rolling out a great new AI feature as part of YouTube Studio. This allows you to analyse your own channel, research video ideas - or even compare your channel with a competitors. To access: (See attached pics) 1. Go to your profile in the top right and select 'YouTube Studio' 2. Once YouTube Studio is open, look for the star - (between the ? and 🔔 - as in the 2nd pic attached. 3. Once your in, use the tool to conduct your research. Hope this helps! Mike

IT'S HAPPENING! YOUTUBE IS STARTING TO DEMONETISE INAUTHENTIC CONTENT. The demonetization wave is being decided by three silent tests YouTube does not publish on its support page, and most creators getting hit have no idea which one tripped them. TRAP 1: YOU BUILT ON SOMETHING YOU DO NOT OWN A 200K-sub quiz channel built on Nintendo and Disney characters just lost monetization. Plenty of similar channels look fine, and the difference is one word: transformation. Editing isn't it. Music isn't either. Real transformation means original commentary, an original story arc, or a perspective that did not exist before you made the video. The test: strip every borrowed clip out and ask whether there is still a video left. TRAP 2: YOUR VIDEOS LOOK MASS-PRODUCED This one stings. The animator above does every step himself, and still got hit. One line tucked into YouTube's monetization policies does the work: content should be made for the enjoyment or education of viewers, not the sole purpose of views. When videos hit identical formats and lengths on a frequent cadence, automated systems can't always tell the work apart from a content farm. The test: cut the visuals in half - is there still a story, lesson, or take? TRAP 3: THERE IS NO HUMAN BEHIND THE CHANNEL Faceless content is fine. AI avatars are fine. What gets you demonetized is fakery - a fictional human dressed up with authority cues like "Dr. Jennifer" giving medication advice to seniors. Faceless channels with real voices and real experience (Decoding YT, 1M subs) are fine - the human signature is clear. The test: can a curious viewer confirm a human is behind the channel in ten minutes? Thanks to VidIQ for this update

Here Are Results For Analysis Of Types Of Video That Seem To Work Right Now: a. Educational - Informative b. Storytelling - Here's how I did xyz c. Challenge - I challenged Jim to.... (Could be funny or genuine) d. Funny Skit - Humorous mishap etc e. Wait for it... Something unexpected is about to happen... I often get asked about this, so I trust you'll find it helpful!

I get lots of questions about AI. The challenge being that AI is moving so fast, whatever. we focus on now, will possibly be out of date within the next 2 weeks! None-the-less, I've compiled a list (of what I consider to be) the most popular AI tools in use at present. I appreciate that many others do exist - and welcome your comments... Mike https://vimeo.com/1192962404/0f1b1f1c60?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci